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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means on May 14, 2018
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Docket #0559-0565- FY19Budget: Youth Engagement & Employment
A
I'd
like
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
broadcast
on
our
CN
80
to
Comcast
8,
Verizon,
1964
and
streamed
on
Boston
gov
backslash
city
council,
TV
I'd
like
to
ask
folks
in
the
chamber
to
silence
their
electronic
devices
the
conclusion
of
the
department's
presentation
and
questions
from
my
colleagues.
We
will
accept
public
testimony,
there's
a
sign-in
sheet
to
my
left
by
the
door.
A
Five:
six:
four
through
zero:
five:
six,
five
capital
budget
appropriations,
including
load
orders
and
lease
and
purchase
agreements,
I'd
like
to
introduce
my
colleagues
in
order
of
their
arrival
to
my
immediate
left,
the
chairman
of
education
and
city
councilor
at
large
Anisa,
sabe,
Jorge,
councilor
Pressley
was
in
the
chamber.
She
stepped
out
councillor
Flynn
to
my
left,
councillor
Campbell,
councillor
McCarthy
and
councillor
O'malley.
All
to
my
left
want
to
welcome
you
Rashad
and
Michael
back
to
this
afternoon's
hearing,
and
if
you
have
a
short
presentation,
you
can
proceed.
B
And
the
members
of
the
City
Council,
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today
to
present
our
fiscal
year
19
budget.
What
I
like
to
do
today
is
really
just
talk.
You
know
a
lot
about
some
of
the
accomplishments
that
we
experienced
with
the
division
of
youth
engagement,
employment
with
our
fiscal
year
18
budget,
and
also
talk
about
some
of
the
goals
and
initiatives
that
we
are
hoping
to
continue
to
work
on
in
the
year
ahead.
B
I
would
say
19
months
in
it's
continues
to
be
an
honor
and
an
extraordinary
experience
to
serve
in
this
role
and
to
serve
the
constituents
of
the
City
of
Boston.
Most
importantly,
the
young
people,
their
families
in
our
partners,
the
division
of
youth
engagement.
Employment
is
positioned
to
do
some
amazing
work
in
the
weeks.
The
months
in
the
years
ahead
and
I
am
excited
to
navigate
this
process
with
our
team,
with
the
support
of
the
Office
of
Health
and
Human
Services
and
under
the
leadership
of
chief
Martinez
bcy
F
and
Commissioner
Morales
in
Mayor
Walsh.
B
So
let
me
start
with
I'm
sharing
just
two
incredible
moments
that
I
experienced
in
my
role
over
the
past.
Two
years
for
the
first
time,
NYC
welcomed
a
youth
mayor's
Youth
Council,
welcome
to
youth
who
was
hearing
impaired
to
join
the
council
without
knowing
whether
we
had
the
resources
to
support
interpretation
services.
We
just
knew
this.
Youth
deserve
this
opportunity.
B
We
managed
to
pull
together
some
funds
to
compensate
an
interpreter
to
be
at
every
NYC
meeting
to
allow
for
this
youth
to
participate
and
I.
Think
this
really
just
speaks
to.
You
know
our
goals
of
making
sure
that
access
to
the
mayor's
Youth
Council
is
something
that
is
available
for
every
young
person.
B
We
are
excited
that,
through
this
work,
we
are
positioned
to
ensure
there
is
continued
focus
on
providing
intentional
and
meaningful
workforce
and
engagement,
experiences
that
have
a
direct
impact
on
the
growth
and
the
development
of
youth
across
Boston
to
be
ready
for
future
employment,
education,
civic
leadership
and
community
engagement.
Every
year.
The
youth
engagement
employment
is
striving
to
position
our
division
as
leaders
and
youth
workforce,
youth
engagement
and
skill
development.
B
While
there
is
a
very
high
significance
of
the
work
that
has
delivered
through
this
division,
we
remain
grounded
and
understanding
the
vulnerable
populations
that
we
serve
and
the
barriers
that
are
in
place
to
keep
some
youth
margin
and
complacent
from
reaching
steps
of
success.
It
is
because
of
this
that
we
have
a
dedicated
team
that
gives
of
themselves
knowing
the
most
critical
entry
point
of
impact
in
a
person's
life
is
during
their
youth
years,
and
we
carry
this
drive
with
us
in
the
year
ahead,
I'm.
B
Alignment
of
work
areas
and
priorities
were
important
to
ensure
limited
risk
of
work
overlap
among
staff.
We
restructured
our
work
to
provide
a
realignment
of
work
areas
in
structures.
They
have
supported
with
clarity
and
understanding
for
the
staff
to
have
greater
levels
of
success
in
their
roles,
so
those
work
areas
are
youth,
employment
and
development,
youth
engagement
and
outreach,
and
youth
programs
and
partnerships
and
the
youth
employment
work
which
what
lives
under
there
is
Mayor
Walsh's
success,
link
youth
jobs,
initiative,
which
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
and
our
employment
providers.
B
So
those
partners
that
we
work
with
mostly
community
based
organizations
to
provide
employment
opportunities
to
young
people
during
the
summer
months
and
also
during
the
academic
year
under
our
youth
engagement
and
outreach
that
lives
the
mayor's
Youth
Council.
The
youth
leads
a
change
which
is
Boston's,
participatory
budgeting
initiative,
the
MBTA
youth
pass
program,
which
is
another
program
that
we
are
primarily
responsible
for,
and
citywide,
youth,
civic
engagement
and
outreach
for
our
entire
division
and
then
under
our
programs
in
partnerships,
work
lives.
B
Our
career
development
work,
our
young
adult
program,
which
has
been
the
dream
team
program
and
assessment
impact
and
evaluation
of
our
programming.
This
past
fiscal
year
we
saw
the
transition
of
one
of
our
really
really
important
staff
members
who
held
long-standing
institutional
knowledge
about
this
work.
This
is
since
the
work
was
Boston
youth,
fun
under
the
old
hope
line
program.
For
those
you
guys
who
remember,
this
was
an
opportunity
for
change.
We
have
also
welcomed
five
new
staff
members
to
our
team.
B
B
She
joined
us
in
around
September
last
September
October
and,
as
you
may
know,
as
some
of
you
all
may
know,
Ruth
joined
us
from
the
the
office
of
Neighborhood
Services
and
what
she
was
a
mana
pan
liaison
and
the
Haitian
liaison
to
the
mayor
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
she
brings
a
very
strong
neighborhood
service
and
engagement
lens
to
our
work.
That
is
really
really
really
needed.
B
Ruth
has
stepped
in
to
lead
and
help
redesign
the
mayor's
Youth
Council
and
continue
the
implementation
of
youth
leader
change
and
also
redesign
a
few
engagement
events
most
significantly
the
youth
jobs
in
resource
fair,
the
other
manager
which
was
instrumental
who
replaced
you
know
our
former
employment
manager
is
Tara
Lyons,
who
currently
serves
as
our
manager
of
employment
and
development.
She
joined
us
this
past
March,
so
not
too
long
ago.
Just
in
time
for
us
to
really
kick
off
our
summer,
Employment
Program
Tara
joined
us
from
the
city
of
Boston
office
of
human
resources.
B
She
was
jokingly
kind
of
considered
an
unofficial
D
ye
staff,
matira
steps
into
the
role
within
HR
and
payroll
lense,
and
we
feel
that
that
is
critical,
because
the
Employment
Program
is
just
that.
You
know
it's
HR
work
and
for
her
to
be
able
to
bring.
You
know
that
lense
to
our
work,
you
know,
she's
efficient
through
systems,
I
feel
is
gonna,
be
instrumental
to
the
program
moving
forward.
B
She's
already
come
in
to
strategize
around
revised
payroll
systems,
which
you
know
it's
critical
to
make
sure
that
we're
paying
young
people
on
time
and
also
it's
working
to
improve
the
youth
jobs
matching
process,
which
is
the
algorithm
that
we
use
to
place.
Young
people
in
jobs
as
the
2018
fiscal
year
comes
to
the
close
I
am
very
proud
of
the
accomplishments
that
we
have
achieved.
While
there
are
levels
of
success
we
should
celebrate.
There
certainly
are
significant
areas
that
require
refinements.
B
You
may
have
with
you
the
accomplishments
and
initiatives
with
you.
So
let
me
just
share
a
little
bit
about
just
are
three
primary
work
areas
and
that
I
love
just
to
answer
questions
the
youth,
employment
and
development,
so
I
I
think
we.
We
understand
that
there's
a
shared
emphasis
that
youth
jobs
is
important
to
the
mayor.
The
success
in
program
was
level
funded
again
this
past
year
to
provide
the
intentional
and
real-world
Workforce
readiness
practices
for
young
people
in
the
summer.
B
B
The
this
was
roughly
a
19%
increase
over
the
summer
of
2016
when
they
was
about
roughly
a
little
over
2500
jobs.
Sellafield
we
saw
nearly
5200
youth
successfully
register
for
the
2017
Summer
Employment
Program,
some
other
numbers.
On
that
a
great
number.
It's
approximately
55
youth
were
placed
at
jobs
through
a
direct
selection
process.
So
the
direct
selection
process
gives
our
partner
organizations
the
opportunity
to
to
select
young
people
that
they
have
interest
in
working
math
your
sites
and
then
approximately
45%
of
our
youth
were
placed
at
jobs
through
our
randomized
lottery
process.
B
The
majority
of
the
jobs
in
summer
2017
were
located
in
Roxbury
Dorchester
in
Menna
pan.
So
this
is
just
given
a
location
of
the
providers
that
we
are
working
with
during
the
2017
school
year.
The
success
link
program
continued
the
opportunity
of
providing
jobs
to
youth.
During
the
academic
year,
we
hired
551
youth,
which
was
a
hundred
less
jobs
than
the
2016-17
school
year,
which
that
number
was
an
anomaly
given
the
low
in
numbers
that
was
hired
in
summer
2016
during
the
school
year.
B
B
Would
also
say
that
that
youth
jobs
continues
to
be
the
the
pinnacle
for
youth
independence,
responsibilities
and
increasing
youths
ability
to
prioritize
and
provide
for
themselves
and
their
families.
As
we
know,
we
see
how
youth
jobs
it
ignites
young
people
to
be
actively
engaged
and
improve
their
aspirations.
B
I
think
we
all
give
a
little
bit
more
when
there
is
some
type
of
compensation
incentive
or
reward.
That's
tied
to
our
work.
We
worked
with
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
to
implement
surveys
to
youth
job
participants
during
the
summer
of
2017.
A
few
of
the
findings
was
youth,
improve
the
aspirations
of
enrolling
and
educational
and
training
programs
after
high
school,
by
virtue
of
participating
in
youth
jobs,
Youth
have
improved
understandings
of
economic
mobility
and
more
youth
choose
to
open
bank
accounts
after
they
are
unemployed.
B
We
cannot
do
this
work
without
our
partners.
The
partners
are
there
responsible
for
the
day-to-day
employment
experiences
provided
to
the
young
people,
and
some
of
those
partners
is
the
bean
talent,
Society
Boston
neighborhood
network
news,
bikes,
Not
Bombs
the
center
to
support
immigrant
organizing.
We
have
summer
jobs
here
in
the
city
government.
Of
course,
our
BC
way
of
community
centers
company,
one
theater
supreme
judicial
courts
and
the
song
South
End
Tech
Center,
so
those
are
just
a
few
of
the
nearly
200
job
partners
that
we
you
work
with.
B
One
of
the
exciting
areas
of
the
Employment
Program
continues
to
be
the
build-out
of
our
youth
jobs
portal.
The
portal
is
an
external
portal
lives
outside
of
the
city
of
Boston's,
hiring
platform,
the
metropolitan
area,
Planning
Council
and
the
Department
of
innovation
and
Technology
have
partnered
with
us
very
closely
to
make
refinements
in
further
build
out
the
portal.
The
portal
was
used
during
the
summer
of
2017
to
to
improve
job
matches
for
youth
direct
selections
and
lottery
placements
all
was
made
through
this
external
portal,
the
the
lottery
algorithm
again
this
this
year.
B
It
takes
into
consideration
the
proximity
of
the
job,
really
that's
the
travel
time
of
where
young
person
lives
versus
where
the
job
is
actually
located,
and
it
also
takes
into
consideration
the
youth
interest
in
the
work
areas
after
running
the
lottery
matches
are
generated
and
a
job
offer.
It's
just
sent
out
to
our
young
people
most
of
the
youth
applicants,
and
this
is
about
77
percent,
preferred
interest
alignment
over
proximity
to
their
homes.
B
So
what
that
means
is
that
some
youth
would
receive
job
matches
that
omastar
interests,
but
it
was
a
far
distance
away
from
their
home.
We
saw
about
twelve
percent
of
youth
decline,
jobs
and
one
of
those
was
that
reasons
that
they
just
couldn't
get
to
it
match
what
they
were
interested
in,
but
it
was
too
far
away.
We
had
some
young
people
that
lived
in
West
Roxbury
that
were
placing
jobs
in
East
Boston.
B
B
We
held
focus
groups
with
young
people.
We
also
held
focus
rules
of
partners
to
gather
qualitative
feedback,
to
really
help
us
improve
and
further
enhance
the
system,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
and
one
piece
of
feedback
from
a
youth,
very
simple,
but
very
important,
is
they
really
felt?
There
was
a
good
system,
but
the
process
takes
too
long,
so
we've
heard
that
on
multiple
occasions
is
that
the
process
to
hire
young
people
is
a
very
long
and
drawn-out
process.
So
we
are
also
having
conversations
about
how
we
can
really
help.
B
You
know
cut
down
certain
aspects
of
that.
It
is
our
hope
to
to
really
look
at
how
we
can
use
the
portal
for
the
entire
successful
program
from
end
to
end
see
I'm
talking
about
from
the
time
that
partners
apply
the
time
now.
Young
people
apply
we're
using
multiple
systems
right
now
for
the
partner
application,
we
use
a
different
system
for
the
the
youth
application
and
then
the
portal-
you
know
it
actually
does
the
matching.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
ways
in
which
we
can
better
align
those
systems
as
well.
B
Currently,
the
process
is
just
it's
not
as
streamlined
as
we
would
like,
and
this
speaks
to
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
experience
with
kind
of
just
getting
youth
higher
just
in
a
timely
manner
for
the
upcoming
summer.
2018
right
now
we
are.
We
are
at
the
beginning
of
hiring
youth
on
this
week,
which
will
look
to
conclude
the
hiring
the
last
week
of
June,
so
we
over
the
next
seven
weeks.
You
know
our
goal
is
to
hire
3,200
young
people
we
for
this
current
summer
program,
we
saw
just
over
5100
completed
registrants.
B
We
also
saw
about
1200
incomplete
registrations
as
well,
and
the
incomplete
registrations
could
be
a
result
of
many
factors
either
young
people
that
are
logging,
they
may
start
an
application.
They
may
not
complete
the
application.
They
may
have
some
questions
about
certain
aspects
of
the
application
that
they
may
not
have
supports.
You'd
be
able
to
properly
fill
it
out.
B
Another
important
area
we
are
beginning
to
discuss
is
being
intentional:
around
providing
youth
jobs
to
vulnerable
youth
populations.
We
have
many
organizations
that
provide
work
opportunities
to
Cori
youth.
We
have
Boston
Housing
Authority,
which
is
a
partner.
The
street
workers
program
through
BC
YF
is
a
great
partner.
We
also
have
Boston
police
area
b2,
which
is
an
employment
partner
as
well,
and
we're
working
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
more
opportunities
for
youth
with
disabilities
as
well
bps
strive
and
Horace
Mann.
They
are
also
employment
partners
in
between
both
of
those
organizations.
B
They
provide
employment
opportunities
to
nearly
150
students
with
disabilities,
and
then
we
would
like
to
learn
really
a
little
bit
more
about
opportunities
for
homeless
youth.
So
that's
another
aspect
that
we're
beginning
to
have
some
discussions
around.
Lastly,
the
the
success
linked
youth
jobs
effort,
it's
really
a
very
important
component.
A
mayor
Walsh
is
larger,
10,000
youth
summer
jobs
goal
last
year.
Initial
conversations
at
the
city
level
began
with
pick
ABCD
and
MLK
scholars
to
discuss
city
alignment
of
youth,
workforce
efforts,
chief
Martinez
in
the
office
of
Health
and
Human
Services.
B
They
are
learning
more
about
the
the
many
moving
parts
of
youth
jobs
and
we're
hoping
to.
We
will
be
pulling
together
a
meeting
relatively
soon
with
those
employment
providers
to
share
practices
and
to
read
just
reconvene
discussions
around
intentional
alignment
of
youth
jobs.
I
think
we
we
know
just
over
10,000
jobs
were
provided
across
the
city
last
year
to
young
people
as
a
result
of
these
organizations.
I
think
that's
pretty
pretty
remarkable.
B
The
next
area
is
our
youth
programs
and
partnerships,
and
really
this
is
a
large
focus
of
this
area.
Is
the
Career
Development
work
and
I
think
we.
We
know
that
providing
a
job
opportunity
to
young
people
alone
is
not
enough.
Our
efforts
must
continue
to
be
redirected
towards
deepening
the
visibility
and
the
impact
of
career
and
skill
development,
which
we
feel
is
extremely
essential
to
ensure
youth
have
the
necessary
tools
to
be
prepared
for
future
workforce
opportunities,
post-secondary
education
and
continue
learning
experiences
to
make
certain
that
we
have
act.
We
are
actively
preparing
youth.
B
We
must
be
deliberate
around
building
and
sharing
innovative
curriculum,
delivering
workshops
connecting
youth
to
existing
cohort
and
pathway
opportunities
and
really
evaluating
our
impacts.
The
the
youth
works
component
of
the
program,
which
is
a
state
funded
initiative
through
the
Commonwealth
Corporation.
B
It
allows
us
to
access
the
signal,
Success
curriculum,
a
curriculum
that
is
used
by
other
job
providers
really
across
across
Massachusetts.
We
provide
through
this
curriculum.
We
provide
a
series
of
trainings
that
we
implement
every
summer
for
wrist
barrier
and
court-involved
youth.
During
the
summer
2018
we
work
with
comm
Corp
to
provide
to
professional
development
trainings
for
BC
YF
staff.
These
were
the
Beast
Way
of
youth
workers
and
BC
way
of
program
supervisors.
B
They
were
able
to
implement
about
15
hours
of
the
career
development
curriculum
across
26
BC
websites.
Now,
in
total,
youth
employees
receive
approximately
four
hundred
and
twenty
hours
of
professional
development
through
the
signal,
Success
curriculum
and
going
into
this
year.
We
looking
to
expand
this
to
to
reach
youth,
who
are
pull,
who
are
employed
at
non
DCYF
sites.
B
Youth
enrichment
day,
as
some
may
remember,
was
also
used
during
the
summer
of
2017
as
a
very
huge
effort
to
kick
off
the
summer
jobs
program,
but
it
was
also
a
day
of
development
for
youth.
Just
over
two
thousand
young
people
attended
youth
enrichment
day
at
Boston
University
last
year,
and
nearly
twelve
hundred
youth
participated
in
either
a
financial
literacy
workshop,
which
the
content
was
provided
by
a
junior
achievement
or
the
other
half
participated
in
a
trauma
workshop,
which
was
facilitated
by
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
and
also
included
an
embossing.
B
What
the
19
to
24
year
old
population
I
feel
remains
pivotal
to
our
work
as
well.
The
community
dream
team
program,
which
is
our
quarry
friendly
workforce
and
leadership
program
offered
30
young
adults
a
summer
of
employment
and
team
building
and
leadership.
We
worked
again
with
the
office
of
veteran
affairs
office
of
small
business
development,
Public
Works
and
the
office
of
neighborhood
services
as
worksite
placements.
For
this
group,
the
work
based
projects
were
in
the
neighborhoods
in
which
these
young
adults
live.
It
was
a
great
experience.
B
I
felt
to
really
allow
this
group
of
young
adults
to
experience
city
work
in
their
community.
They
saw
firsthand
the
work
of
ONS
what
they're
doing
in
the
neighborhoods
and
the
role
of
small
business
development
and
the
main
streets
as
well,
so
it
was
really
for
them.
It
was
what
they
saw
is
how
they
could
see
themselves
as
a
part
of
this
work,
I
think
for
that
program.
Moving
forward,
we
hope
to
really
begin
discussions
around
revamping
the
Dream
Team
program
to
operate
more
as
a
cohort
model.
B
We
have
learned
that
a
six-week
summer
opportunity
for
this
population
is
not
the
most
effective,
especially
if
we
do
not
have
a
transition
plan
in
place
for
them
after
the
summer
component
ends.
We
had
one
participant
who
was
a
mother
of
two.
She
was
looking
for
another
job
or
an
opportunity
after
the
program
had
ended
and
we
were
able
to
just
make
referrals.
We
were
not
able
to
guarantee
this
mother
an
opportunity
after
this
six-week
program
ended.
B
B
It
leverages
youth
voice
and
leadership
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Boston.
Young
people
are
representatives
of
their
schools
and
their
neighborhoods,
and
they
work
to
tackle
ideas
and
issues
that
are
deemed
important
from
the
youth
lens.
Ruth
George's
led
the
process
of
restructuring
the
council
to
speak
largely
to
the
roles
as
neighborhood
youth
ambassadors,
NYC
recruited
and
engaged
eighty-five
high
school-aged
youth
to
serve
as
ambassadors
for
the
2017
2018
school
year.
B
We
are
looking
to
continue
to
target
outreach
of
underrepresented
populations
alone,
so
some
of
the
major
accomplishments
not
just
highlight
a
few
was
the
dream:
chases
event
that
the
mayor's
Youth
Council
actually
for
some
led,
which
was
an
event
that
was
used
to
inspire
and
motivate
youth
to
chase
their
dreams.
There
was
a
very
powerful
panelists
which
included
Finland
and
of
Leah
chalk
or
nan
Harris
chief
Austin,
Blackman
and
YC
also
met
with
parkland
students,
and
they
met
with
parkland
students
to
really
show
their
support
of
improving
the
gun
laws
and
then
NYC.
B
B
B
The
cost
of
the
past
is
$30
versus
the
cost
of
the
original
monthly
and
BTUs
past,
which
is
8450.
Our
reach
has
been
conducted
to
raise
awareness
about
the
MBTA
youthpass
program
for
eligible
participants.
We
will
also
begin
discussions
of
finding
ways
for
the
homeless,
youth
and
young
adults
to
access
the
MBTA
youth
pass.
B
We
were
able
to
attend
the
the
rise
to
the
challenge
event
that
was
put
on
by
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
over
at
the
Bowen
building
a
few
weeks
ago,
and
this
spoke
to
the
barriers
that
youth
and
young
adults
have
with
access
to
transportation
among
other
critical
areas
on
for
that
population,
and
we
feel
that
there
is
an
opportunity
to
fill
this
gap
with
the
youth
pass
program
and
I.
Think
in
closing,
we
are
chief.
Priority
continues
to
be
endless
opportunities
for
young
people
in
Boston.
B
The
impact
of
our
work
we
know,
must
intersect
with
city
of
Boston
priorities
around
public
safety,
youth
development
and
education
and
I.
Think
this
year
ahead
will
require
us
to
be
more
intentional
around
our
goals
and
increase
our
viability
for
increased
funding
and
resources
to
support
this
work.
B
A
C
C
A
B
So
the
so
we
do
receive
funding
for
the
at-risk
funding
is
the
funding
that
we
receive
from
Commonwealth
Corporation,
so
that's
administered
to
office
of
Workforce
Development
for
just
employment
programming
to
read
that
at-risk
population.
So
there's
some
funding
that
comes
to
us
and
this
funding
that
goes
to
some
of
the
other
employment
providers
across
the
across
the
city
and
the
I
believe
the
settlement
fund
and
I'll
find
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
The
settlement
fund
has
been
just
I
think
it's
just
been
a
fun.
B
That's
just
been
just
it's
just
sitting
there,
which
we
have
used
to
offset
costs
mainly
to
kind
of
support
the
school
year
employment
program,
majority
of
our
emergency,
employee
funding,
goes
towards
the
summer
program
and
whatever
is
left
over
and
we'll
be
able
to
support
these
year-round
school
year
program.
Yeah.
D
C
E
E
What
else
can
we
do
in
the
city
to
you
know
continue
that
same
outreach
to
those
with
disabilities
so
that
they
can
get
access
to
education,
training,
employment,
especially
our
young
people?
That's
a
that's
a
concern
for
me
making
sure
that
those
with
disabilities
are
they
need.
Some
assistance,
have
access
to
the
same
city,
services
and
and,
having
said
that,
I
just
want
to.
E
You
know
recognize
that
the
great
work
you're
doing
and
you
know,
keep
up
the
great
work
and
if
there's
anything
I
can
do
to
help
you
out,
please
let
me
know,
but
if
there's
any
any
anything
that
you're
doing
special
on
outreach
to
those
with
disabilities.
I
know
the
mayor's
office
of
mayor's
Commission
for
persons
with
disabilities.
I
know
you're,
probably
working
closely
with
them
as
well
any
any
thoughts
about
any
of
the
any
any
way.
We
can
continue
that
great
outreach,
yeah.
B
B
They
understand
that
you
know
our
job
is
to
reach
out
to
in
every
young
person
across
the
city
of
Boston,
and
you
know
they
do
a
good
job
of
just
learning
about
what's
happening
across
the
city
of
Boston
learning,
about
who
our
youth
providers
are
and
being
able
to
find
opportunities
for
us
to
meet
with
them.
To
have
initial
conversations
to
explore
future
opportunities.
I
think
that's
been
the
extent
of
our
outreach.
E
F
You
very
much
mr.
chair,
and
that
was
a
that
was
that
was
pretty
in-depth,
shot.
I
appreciate
that.
So,
as
you
know,
I
know
a
little
bit
about
the
program
myself
couple
things
the
158
CBO
sites
you
have
this
year.
Do
you
plan
on
expanding
that
at
all
this
year?
Is
it
a
financial
thing
or
is
it
just
a
is
just
a
youthful,
useful
job
problem?
The
reason
why
I
asked
that
question
in
that
way,
I
phrased
it.
F
B
B
We
know
our
traditional
summer
programs
and
summer
job
providers,
who
you
know
happen
with
us
for
many
years,
but,
as
you
know,
as
young
people
begin
to
just
change
and
grow
and
develop,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
reaching
out
and
identifying
partners
that
are
really
gonna
meet
the
needs
of
those
young
people.
So
I
think
we've
had
a
partnership
mix
our
counselor
and
that
partnership
mixer.
B
It
was
to
invite
new
partners
that
really
don't
really
know
a
lot
about
our
work
and
find
ways
and
opportunities
for
us
to
partner
with
them
through
our
Employment
Program,
for
them
to
be
a
resource
partner
to
young
people
or
Career
Development.
So
I
would
say
yes,
you
know
we
are
very
interested
in
continuing
to
identify
new
partners,
I
think
for
this
current,
some
upcoming
summers
program.
We
we
cannot
we've
already
at
the
planning
which
we're
getting
ready
to
do
that,
but
I
think
you
know
moving
ahead.
I
would
certainly
say
yes,
yeah.
F
I
think
that's
something
we
need
to
work
on,
and
this
is
you
know,
certainly
above
some
people's
pay
grades,
but
the
the
reality
is.
If
there's
a
if
there's
700
jobs,
let's
say
five,
let's
just
say,
500
all
500
jobs
that
could
be
filled
but
can't
be
filled
because
we
don't
have
the
funding
and
we
need
to
address
that
with
a
budget
the
size
we
have
the
summer.
Jobs
need
to
have
more
money
and
I've
said
it
before.
F
F
Mapp
is
going
to
talk
about
it
as
well
about
extra
creative,
whether
it's
the
red
shirt.
So,
however,
you
want
to
call
it
but
a
work
program
that
we
can
make
a
positive
impact
on
the
neighborhoods
immediately
I'm,
including
the
winter
work
program
which
we
used
to
run,
which
would
help
with
pedestrian
ramps
and
fire
hydrants
during
snowstorms
and
days
off
during
snow,
and
it
can
be
done
a
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
money.
A
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
will,
but
there's
been
a
lot
of
great
things.
F
I
know:
you've
done
a
great
job.
I've
watched
from
afar
securing
approval
to
distribute
the
work
papers
is
a
huge
thing.
It's
it's
huge
and
I
know.
You
know
it's
huge,
because
everybody
comes
with
all
that
paperwork
in
order
and
there's
always
one
thing
missing
and
I
bet
you.
If
you,
if
you
looked
at
it,
you
probably
agree.
May
70%
of
it
is
you
know
it's
not
the
utility
bill,
it's
not
the
birth
certificate,
it's
always
the
working
papers
and
the
fact
you
got
to
go
somewhere
else.
F
G
Thank
you
for
that
great
presentation.
I'll
just
jump
right
in
to
my
good
colleague
and
friend,
comes
from
McCarthy's
line
of
questioning.
So
we
had
several
weeks
ago,
perhaps
two
months
ago,
did
a
herring
order
about
restoration
of
the
bus
and
youth
cleanup
Corby
ycc,
the
redshirt
program
has
there
been,
and
we
haven't
yet
held
the
herring
but
now's
as
good
a
time
as
any
since
you
two
would
likely
be
as
well
as
maybe
someone
from
DPW
at
this
hearing
so
not
to
go
to
off-topic.
B
H
B
You
know
I
think
you
know
we
are
open
to
just
you
know
having
those
conversations
with
the
appropriate
folks
to
really
see
where
the
opportunity
lies,
and
you
know
what
steps
we
need
to
take
to
be
able
to
offer
that
so
I
would
say
you
know
it's
just
been
preliminary
discussions
about
it,
but
we
have
not
made
you
know
any
steps
towards
really
actually
on
designing.
Implementing
anything.
Do.
B
No
I
mean
in
theory,
we
can
speculate,
but
I
don't
know.
Actually
why
yeah.
G
Okay,
well,
I
think
you
know
you
know,
councillor
McCarthy
and
I
still
see
enormous
efficacy
and
actually
holding
this
hearing,
but
but
until
then
they
gonna
be
helpful.
It
may
be
you
two
couldn't
you
know,
work
with
the
chief
and
the
Commissioner
and
our
offices
as
well
and
just
see
about
maybe
here
trying
a
pilot,
smaller
scale
program
for
this
summer.
G
G
H
D
B
B
G
None
right,
but
we
could
maybe
if
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
we've
seen
we
all
know
it
makes
sense.
People
are
out
more,
you
know,
causes
more
rubbish,
causes
more
graffiti
everything
else.
If
we're
seeing
an
uptick
in
3-1-1
request.
So
maybe
we
could
look
at
some
of
the
younger
folks
being
assigned
to
DP.
Maybe
that's
an
easy
way
to
get
a
pilot
of
program
working
and
then
we
could
come
up
with.
You
know
a
strategic
plan
for
them.
Yeah.
G
G
Not
all
clean
cleaning
work
learn
other
skills
they're,
never
as
well-rounded
of
an
internship
type
summer
job
as
we
can,
we
can
put
but
I
think
this
I'm
excited
about
this
opportunity
and
then,
similarly,
if
it's
successful,
looking
at
the
winter
work
program
as
well,
so
in
last
summer
there
were
5,000
183
applicants
for
the
youth
summer,
jobs
3,018
were
hired
and
that
represents
about
a
400
plus
increase
over
the
prior
year
of
the
twenty
ones.
That's
great
I
want
to
start
with
that.
B
B
Think
it's
really
just
making
sure
that
we're
comparing
numbers
we're
comparing
data
yeah
from
those
other
summer
job
providers,
but
there
is
a
a
tool
in
place
that
allows
us
to
be
able
to
cross
match
across.
You
know
check
the
young
people
who
are
applying
yeah
all
these
organizations
and
who
gets
a
job.
We.
G
G
Or
too
far
we
said
I
think
a
third,
no
I
did
I
think
what
you
guys
are
doing
is
great.
Work
is
important.
Work,
I,
just
I,
think
I
I'm
hopeful.
We
can
find
out
a
little
more
data
just
to
see
ways
that
we
should
look
at
strengthening
that
we
should,
you
know,
perhaps
increase
funding
and
certain
aspects.
Lutely
I
would
venture
guess
that,
unlike
many
of
the
other
requests
for
information,
we
put
out
this
one.
G
That
will
be
easy
to
get
the
answers,
because
people
are
rightfully
proud
of
the
number
of
youth
sort
of
jobs
they
offer.
So
again,
this
isn't
necessarily
relevant
to
this
budget,
but
I
think
going
forward.
It
might
be
a
good
conversation
to
have
to
keep
on
you
know
a
track,
and
then
can
you
furnish
for
the
consul
through
the
chair,
a
breakdown
by
neighborhoods
in
terms
of
applicants
and
seats
filled
for
yeah.
We
can
summer
jobs.
We
have
that
okay
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
Thank,.
I
Thank
you
so
yes,
I
would
also
like
to
have
that
breakdown
by
neighborhood.
So
thank
you
for
providing
that
to
us.
I
was
wondering
and
I'm
sure
you
covered
this,
because
it
was
a
very
thorough
presentation,
but
I
missed
the
beginning
of
it.
Could
you
talk
about
the
the
pay?
How
much
money
does
each
young
person
earn
yeah.
B
B
I
B
Sure
I
think
when
we
speak
of
equity
I
think
we
are
talking
about
making
sure
that
every
young
person
has
an
equal
opportunity
to
be
able
to
work
during
the
summer
months.
And
yes,
the
the
portal
takes
into
consideration
the
direct
selection,
but
the
lottery
component
of
it
is
the
piece
that
helps
ensure
that
equity
and
what
that
means
is.
If
a
young
person
applies,
they
do
through
the
randomize
process
in
the
portal,
they
have
a
chance
just
to
be
able
to
be
employed
through
this
randomized
selection
process
in
place
at
a
job.
B
So
I
think
you
know
the
we're
hoping
that
we
can
continue
just
to
look
at
that
you've
jobs
portal.
We
we
had
some.
We
have
some
folks
over
ima
PC
that
were
extremely
generous
in
terms
of
just
pulling
a
lot
of
data
for
us
so
that
we
were
able
to
really
just
really
take
a
close
look.
You
know
at
those
numbers
how
many
use
or
place
through
lottery.
You
know
how
many
accepted
crime,
the
neighborhoods
the
ages.
So
we
do
have
that
data.
B
I
A
B
I
And
do
many
of
the
young
people
come
back
and
the
the
the
next
year
do
they
come
back
like
young
people
who
were
here
last
year
had
a
summer
job
they
liked
it,
they
come
back,
they
apply.
Can
they
go
back
one?
Can
they
participate
again
and
two?
Can
they
go
back
to
the
same
organization
or
company?
Yes,.
I
Thank
you.
I
really
appreciate
the
work
that
you're
doing
I
think
you
know
good
quality
education,
jobs,
opportunity
for
our
young
people
are
really
important,
and
you
know
it's
really
helpful
to
have
these
things
in
place.
I
I
would
love
to
see
more
funding
and
resources
going
toward
these
types
of
things,
because
I
think
that's
how
we
really
combat
you
know
violence
in
our
neighborhoods
by
making
sure
that
we
have
jobs
and
opportunity
for
our
young
people.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
sure.
Thank
you.
Mr.
chair.
Thank.