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A
B
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
coming
it's
great
to
see
so
many
agency
representatives
here.
This
is
always
a
wonderful
night
for
us
to
hear
about
good
work
agencies
do
in
Evanston
and
for
Evanston
residents.
So
thank
you
as
a
reminder.
Please
state
the
name
of
your
organization.
Your
name
is
title:
the
name
of
the
program
that
you're
requesting
funding
for
and
then
contact
information
for
your
agency.
Should
anybody
hearing
this
meeting
want
to
volunteer,
maybe
donate
or
access
services.
So,
please
be
sure
to
add
contact
information.
B
B
G
H
H
A
C
Hi
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
consideration
your
time
tonight.
My
name
is
kami
and
I
find
the
executive
director
of
books
and
breakfast
and
just
to
get
my
contact
information,
and
although
my
email
is
Kim
H
at
breakfast
and
you
can
reach
us
also
in
our
website
focus
breakfast
card
as
well.
The
program
we're
talking
about
time
is
our
general
programming
through
books
and
breakfast
I'll
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
who
we
are
books
and
breakfast
is
a
before
school
program.
C
C
In
our
program,
we
exist
so
that
every
child
can
enter
their
classroom,
really
fully
ready
for
daily
learning,
but
we
believe
that's
holistic,
but
that
means
with
a
healthy
meal
that
physical
preparation,
but
also
the
emotional
preparation
of
knowing
that
you
belong
in
your
school
community
and
that
there's
someone
there
who
sees
you
and
really
values
you
and
then
academically
ready
with
homework,
complete
and
a
sense
of
confidence
as
a
learner.
Our
overall
mission
is
to
in
partnership
with
district
65,
to
advance
educational
inequity
in
our
schools.
C
Here
in
Evanston,
we
served
over
10,000
new
homes
last
year
and
finished
health,
finish
thousand
three
seven
thousands
of
pieces
of
homework.
We
are
really
excited
about
the
opportunity,
expand
our
programs
and
Lincoln
Elementary
School.
We
plan
to
do
that
in
January,
late
January
or
early
February
19
and
through
the
2019
calendar
year.
We
hope
we
can
expand
from
a
program
that
was
reaching
120
to
130
students
to
170
to
180,
so
that
would
be
well
over
15,000
meals,
thousands
more
pieces
of
homework
finished.
C
We
operate
our
program
very
heavily
on
the
support
of
volunteer
tutors.
So,
each
morning
it
books
the
breakfast
a
kid
comes
in:
they
have
a
healthy
meal
and
then
they're
matched
up
with
a
tutor
for
the
morning
and
those
tutors
come
from
three
predominant
groups.
Northwestern
students
work
with
us.
We
had
parents
from
the
local
school
and
then
community
members
who
work
usually
one-on-one
with
students
on
homework
or
reading,
so
that
students
feel
really
ready
for
the
school
day.
Our
overall
plan
for
the
next
five
years
is
one
of
growth.
C
We
are
being
asked
to
expand
to
multiple
school
sites
in
the
district
and
we
want
to
do
that
as
much
as
possible.
So
what
you
have
before
you
is
a
request
to
help
us
do
just
that.
There
is
a
$10,000
request
to
CDBG.
That
request
is
to
support
a
transition
in
my
role.
I
have
been
working
as
a
site
director
at
Dewey
elementary
school.
Managing
that
on-the-ground
work,
I
need
to
move
to
a
full-time
and
executive
director
role
to
support
the
kind
of
growth
that
we
see
organizationally.
C
If
we're
gonna
grow
to
that
many
schools
and
and
really
provide
that
kind
of
care
one
on
one
for
our
children,
we
need
to
find
more
people
willing
to
help
us
do
that.
So
we
will
be
Taschen
into
the
associate
director
who
will
help
us
do
just
that.
There's
one
thing
that
you
have
someone
submitted
a
question
about
our
application
about
our
selection
process
and
I
apologize.
It
wasn't
included,
I
didn't
respond,
but
it
wasn't
included
in
our
application
materials.
C
So
I
think
the
question
was:
what
is
your
selection
process
so
just
to
clarify
our
our?
We
work
a
collaboration
with
district
65,
so
we
work
every
day
in
school
buildings
with
teachers
and
social
workers
and
teachers.
So
teachers
recommend
students.
They
believe
would
benefit
from
our
resources
from
that
healthy
meal.
From
that
social,
emotional
support
from
at
an
academic
boost,
they
recommend
teach
students
to
the
principal
and
then
the
principal
think
is
priorities
about
list
according
to
which
students
qualify
for
free
and
reduced
lunch.
C
So
almost
all
of
our
students
do
qualify
for
free
or
reduced
lunch,
and
that's
a
collaborative
effort,
because
I'm
going
to
be
as
strategic
as
possible
and
when
a
teacher
recommends
a
child
to
be
in
need.
That
means
we've
already
started.
A
partnership
been
working
with
them
to
support
that
student
and
mentalism.
You
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Thanks
again.
H
C
You
for
that
question
we
are
a
relatively
young
organization,
so
this
fall
people,
it's
our
5-year
anniversary,
so
we're
learning
and
growing
about
how
we
measure
those
things
we
do.
We
keep
count
of
all
how
many
meals,
how
many
students,
how
many
interactions
we're
having
with
parents,
how
many
homework
pieces
where
are
completing,
but
in
addition
to
that,
we
are
working
with
teachers
to
get
their
feedback
on
it.
Did
you
see
a
shift
and
a
change
and
your
students
in
the
classroom?
C
We
work
with
principals
to
get
that
same
feedback
with
students
themselves
and
with
parents.
So
what
we're
going
to
engage
our
success
that
we're
picking
three
main
things?
We
look
at
our
teachers
saying
that
homework
completion
is
increasing
and
in
a
significant
way.
So
that's
a
one
of
the
measures
that
we'll
use
to
engage
in
success
going
forward.
Are
our
teachers
reporting
that
seventy-five
to
eighty
percent
of
our
students
are
turning
in
work?
We
did
homework
consistently.
C
The
other
one
is
on
what
teachers
see
in
terms
of
social-emotional
readiness
for
the
day
and
then
the
same
rubric.
We
want
to
see
their
teacher
saying
that
seventy-five
to
eighty
at
minimum
percent
of
our
students
are
more
emotionally
ready
for
the
started
thing,
and
the
last
thing
that
we're
measuring
and
looking
at
again
by
surveys
predominantly
is
this
sense
of
confidence
as
a
learner.
It
has
the
student
reporting
that
and
what
our
teachers
saying
in
the
classroom.
So
those
are
our
main
key
new
ways
of
looking
at
success
right
now.
C
We
also
are
working
on
a
data
sharing
agreement
with
the
district
to
look
at
more
of
the
numbers,
so
what's
happening
in
terms
of
office
referrals
what's
happening
in
terms
of
tardies.
Those
are
some
things
that
we
want
to
lay
out
over
the
next
year
in
terms
of
really
targeting
what
is
success
a
little
better
for
us,
but
right
now
we're
taking
a
lot
of
feedback
from
teachers
to
say:
do
you
see
this
working
in
your
classroom
and
how
do
we
know
that
from
those
communications
in
those
surveys?
So
all
those.
C
And
then
right
now
and
we
haven't
been
able
to
isolate,
standardized
testing
movement
or
grade
moving
in
getting
braces
is
really
difficult
in
elementary
school,
because
there
aren't
actually
gradients
giving
out
even
homework.
Completion
is
not
measured
from
the
teachers,
there's
not
a
number
that
we
can
point
to.
We
want
to
look
at
doing
that
over
time,
but
what
we're
basing
our
program
off?
Is
it?
C
What
a
teacher
says
to
me
that
my
kids
are
coming
into
the
classroom
ready
in
a
way
that
used
to
take
me
in
hours
worth
of
instruction
time
to
get
them
socially
emotionally
ready
for
the
day
that
to
me
says
that
that's
worth
an
investment,
and
even
just
purely
if
you
looked
at
the
number
of
meals
that
we
are
serving,
we
have
multiple
schools
and
evidence
and
a
lot
of
people
don't
know
this
that
do
not
provide
a
meal
to
students
who
need
access
to
that.
The
research
there
is
it's.
C
It's
just
kind
of
beyond
proven
that
if
a
child
enters
their
school
day
hungry,
that
is
not
setting
them
up
for
academic
success,
so
just
by
making
sure
that
kids,
that
every
kid
who
needs
that
access
is
walking
in
with
a
full
tummy
and
feeling
like
I
belong
here.
I
can
do
that.
Some
research
says
that's
gonna
translate
and
the
kind
of
thing
we
want
to
see
eventually
in
terms
of
standardized
test,
scores
and
breaks.
We
don't
have
that
yet,
but
we
feel
like
we're
doing
the
things
that
research
says.
I
E
C
Are
planning
on
expanding
we're
just
looking
for
multiple
in
multiple
ways,
for
additional
supporters
and
over
the
last
five
years,
we've
done
a
great
job
at
building
partnerships,
partnerships
at
the
district
level,
partnerships
with
other
nonprofits
and
maybe
building
a
really
committed
group
of
donors.
But
if
we
are
going
to
be
able
to
meet
the
kind
of
growth
that
we're
being
asked
to
do,
we
need
to
diversify
those
partners.
Finance
lay
so
we're.
C
J
Who
do
you
think
my
name
is
Chris?
Salyers
I
am
with
the
harbor.
The
executive
director
for
the
harbor
and
the
application
that
we
have
submitted
is
for
rs80
Harbor
emergency
shelter
in
order
to
contact
our
24-hour
staff,
people
could
call
eighty
four
seven,
two,
nine
seven,
eight
five,
four
one,
our
general
enquiries,
eight,
four,
seven,
two,
nine
seven,
eight
five,
four
zero.
Also
you
can
contact
me
KR
is
at
the
Harvard
THD
har
bo.
You
are
border
and
our
website
is
the
harbor
worker.
J
J
So
the
harbor
was
started
in
nineteen
to
provide
homeless
youth
services
to
young
women
who
were
locked
out
runaway
or
coming
to
us
as
a
direct
result
of
family
discussion.
Our
goal
with
our
young
people
is
family
search
and
unification,
or
you
reunification,
or
for
young
people
who
cannot
go
home.
The
goal
is
to
provide
them
with
a
long-term
housing
option,
to
keep
them
safe
and
to
move
them
toward
independence.
J
So
last
year
the
Harper
did
provide
will,
on
the
fiscal
year
the
Harper
provided
services
to
ten
young
women
from
Evanston
in
our
shelter
of
those
ten
young
women.
Nine
of
them
were
reunified
with
family,
and
one
of
them
went
to
a
residential
treatment
center,
which
was
a
planned
discharge.
The
other
three
girls
that
are
not
mentioned
in
our
application
are
from
our
parenting
program,
where
we
provided
housing
for
those
young
women
in
Evanston,
and
they
are
still
in
their
own
apartments,
living
completely
independent
from
any
public
funding
source.
J
The
goal
for
us
is
that,
within
the
three
weeks
that
we
have,
our
young
women
stay
with
us
that
we
provide
them
with
exactly
what
they
need.
They
go
to
school,
they
get
life
skills
groups,
they
get
family
kind
of
limited
case
management,
and
the
goal,
as
I
said,
is
to
keep
them
dip
to
discharge
them
to
a
safe
and
secure
setting.
J
J
We
we
do
provide
those
services
in
tandem
with
the
community
in
order
to
make
sure
that
our
young
people
are
successful
in
our
shelter
we
have
a
like
a
98%
and
I
have
to
look
at
my
notes,
success
rate
of
keeping
kids
in
school
when
they
come
into
a
shelter.
Very
few
kids
miss
even
one
day.
We
have
strong
relationships
with
the
Evanston
high
school.
We
work
again
very
closely
with
why
you
are
you
to
make
sure
that
those
minor
children
are
going
to
school
and
that
their
transportation
is
managed.
J
A
A
Really,
like
the
application,
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
really
great
information
in
there
and
I.
Do
appreciate
the
time
that
you
took
to
really
flush
those
answers
out.
I
guess
one
question
I
do
have.
Is
I'm
curious
how
the
transfer
works.
Obviously,
when
my
told
me
about
displaying
girls
from
Evanson
back
equality
ths
all
the
places
like
what
does
that?
Look
like
such
a
great.
J
Thank
you
for
putting
me
back
on
track,
so
this
past
year
what
I
was
going
to
also
say
with
this
past
year.
We
recognize
that
our
barriers
were
set
too
high
for
our
kids
and
so
in
order
to
accommodate
that
through
a
generous
donation
from
the
Evanston
Community
Foundation.
We
we
actually
started
a
text
helpline,
we're
doing
active,
targeted
outreach
in
the
community
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
recognized
was
transportation
as
a
barrier
for
kids
getting
to
us.
So
now,
kids
can
text
us
Twitter
us
tweet,
us.
J
And
then
our
staff
will
call
them,
because
what
we've
learned
is
that
our
kids
don't
use
cellphones
like
like
people,
I,
guess
most
people
text,
but
so
we
now
also
provide
transportation.
So
we
have
a
crisis
worker
who
will
go
out
in
the
community.
We
have
strong
relationships
with
the
schools,
the
police
departments,
other
agencies,
providing
these
services
so
that
we
can
identify
them
and
get
them
in.
Historically,
they
had
to
go
through
a
triage
over
the
phone.
J
J
Keep
mckinney-vento
is
a
law
that
keeps
kids
in
their
school,
and
so
that
is
funds
that
are
provided
to
the
school
to
provide
that
transportation.
So
our
transportation
is
transportation
to
and
how
to
and
from
mental
health
services
to
and
from
the
center
itself.
But
we
do
recognize
it's
all
the
way
out
and
desplaines,
but
what
we
have
also
learned
is
all
the
way
out
and
just
planes
is
really
good
for
our
kids.
J
We
do
30
60
90
days
and
then
six
months
in
a
year
and
I
asked
my
team
to
start
collecting
data
as
far
out
as
three
years.
What
we
learned
is
that
teenagers
are
pretty
transient
just
by
their
nature,
and
cell
phones
are
started
like
pancakes.
You
can
get
a
new
one
tomorrow
and
your
thumb
changes.
So
when
we,
when
we
started
a
Facebook
page
with
our
case
management
team,
designed
specifically
to
maintain
contact
with
our
kids,
it's
a
safe.
J
I
J
So
we
provide
them
all
the
tools
that
they
need
when
they're
with
us
to
make
sure
that
they
don't
skip
a
beat
I
tell
people
where
the
arms
are
the
absent
parent,
so
whatever
a
mom
and
dad
would
give
you
that's
what
we're
doing
but
intentive
our
life
skills
is
no
joke
and
you
know
I
had
a
kid
tell
me:
I
told
them
Chris
that
you're
not
gonna.
Let
them
come
and
lay
on
the
couch
and
eat
Cheetos
and
drink
monster
drinks.
J
If
they
have
to
get
a
job
and
we
do
we
require
them
to
work.
We
require
them
to
save,
and
so
many
of
our
kids
have
left
our
programs
with
a
greater
savings
than
speak
myself
even
me.
So
the
goal
for
us
is
to
really
make
sure
that
that
shelter
program
ensures
not
one
more
night
in
causing
instability.
F
A
J
F
J
Kids
are
at
the
mercy
of
the
Gemini's
of
the
housing
market,
and
so
whatever
apartments
they
can
rent
because
of
their
age,
they
don't
really
qualify
for
permanent
supportive
housing
options
because
they've
ever
been
homeless
long
enough,
so
they're
really
competing
for
market
rate
housing
with
everybody
else.
So
the
harbor
works
with
landlords
to
rent
to
our
kids
and
we
pay
a
descending
rent
schedule,
but
we
are
really
hindered
somewhat
by
landlords
who
don't
want
to
give
us
a
for
example.
Well,.
J
J
E
J
Private
country
that
that
had
to
have
been
in
here
because
our
private
contributions
in
terms
of
individuals
is
about
30-some
thousand
and
then
the
contributions
from
foundations
and
grants,
and
so
I
can
also
work
with
my
team.
To
get
you
a
more
pointed
answer
on
that,
because
I,
which,
where
are
you
exactly.
J
J
J
J
O
Good
evening
my
name
is
Patrick
Keenan
Devlin
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
Moran
center.
Our
phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
four
nine
two
1410
our
website
is
Moran
M,
o
ra
n
Center,
C
NT,
er
dot
o-r-g.
Our
main
email
address
is
contact
at
Iran
Center
org.
Our
address
is
11
23
emerson's,
Suite,
203,
Evanston,
Illinois,
602
201,
and
we
are
applying
tonight
for
integrated
legal
and
social
work.
Services
from.
O
Mos,
you
are
very
familiar
with
Moran
center
network,
but
just
to
give
folks
at
home
a
quick
overview
of
who
we
are
and
what
we
do.
We
are
Evanston's
legal
aid
agency.
We
provide
integrated
legal
representation,
advocacy
trauma-informed,
Social,
Work
services
and
collaboration
with
community
resources
to
dismantle
the
destructive
school
to
Prison
Pipeline
in
our
community,
and
our
vision
is
to
enable
youth
to
be
successful
in
school
and
jobs
and
in
the
community,
and
we
strive
for
Evanston
to
be
an
equitable
and
just
place
with
opportunities
for
all
children,
youth,
young
adults
and
their
families.
O
Member
of
this
community
for
the
past
38
years,
providing
excellent
services,
quality,
legal
services
and
quality
mental
health
services
to
Evanston's
children
and
their
families,
the
best
eight
years
or
so
bran
Center
has
worked
diligently
to
deepen
our
engagement
in
this
community
and
and
I'd
like
to
again
just
focus
on
two
areas:
exciting
developments
within
our
agency
that
are
really
going
to
impact
community,
but
certainly
impact
the
proposals
that
are
before
you
tonight.
The
first
is
that
in
April
we
launched
a
school-based
civil
legal
clinic
at
shoot
middle
school
for
years.
O
O
We
try
our
best
to
fill
the
justice
gap
ourselves,
but
it
was
hodgepodge
at
best
and
we
recognize
that
civil
legal
issues,
destabilize
families
and
if
our
mission
and
vision
is
to
see
every
child
successful
in
school
in
life,
we
weren't
doing
enough
as
lawyers
to
ensure
that
vision
is
reality,
and
so
we
launched
this
exciting
school-based
civil
legal
clinic
that
initially
was
targeted
to
serve
just
the
shoot
neighborhood.
We
actually
believe
that
we
have
the
capacity
now
to
serve
all
district
65
families.
O
I
did
not
offer
this
phone
number
at
the
top,
but
I
will
offer
it
now.
Joey
clay
is
the
Moran
centers
civil
legal
clinic
attorney
and
her
direct
line
is
84,
seven
to
seven
eight
four,
two
to
zero.
That's
eight,
four:
seven
to
seven
eight,
four:
two
to
zero.
We
will
be
hosting
a
clinic
at
JH
at
shoot
middle
school
and
at
King
Arts,
and
we're
doing
a
lot
of
work
right
now,
community
to
educate
families
about
this
new
ready
access
to
civil
legal
services.
O
O
But
we
over
the
past
couple
of
years
have
not
been
able
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
community,
and
we
have
been
well
operating
well
well
over
capacity,
and
so
we
made
a
decision
this
year,
which
will
be
a
stretch
for
us,
but
to
hire
a
bilingual
education
advocate
to
accompany
families
to
particularly
school
law
meetings,
a
particular
special
education
meetings
so
as
to
assert
children's
rights
to
appropriate,
supports
and
services.
We.
O
This
year
with
Denise,
which
is
a
local
agency
that
supports
parents
who
are
seeking
support
for
their
children,
and
we
are
working
with
them
to
trained
caregiver
advocates
and
providing
support
to
other
parents
and
caregivers,
hopefully
again
expanding
the
reach
of
the
Moran
Center
within
the
community.
Last
thing
I'll
disclose
with
is
that
the
marantz
that
are
also
just
adopted
in
July
a
strategic
plan
for
the
next
three
years
for
2018
2021.
O
In
that
we
have
committed
ourselves
to
this
expansion
of
legal
services.
Our
board
also
just
voted
to
expand
our
criminal
legal
representation
for
adults
up
to
the
age
of
26,
in
order
to
comport
with
brain
science
that
has
shown
that
particularly
for
males
maturation
to
snacked
does
not
occur
until
they
reach
their
26th
birthday.
So
we
were
trying
to
keep
up
with
developing
brain
science.
O
Our
social
workers
have
to
keep
up
with
our
expanding
legal
services,
so
that
has
to
be
part
of
our
strategic
strategic
plan
is
making
sure
that
our
social
workers
are
not
inundated
by
the
increased
legal
services,
because
we
really
do
try
to
prepare
all
of
our
legal
clients
with
a
social
worker
and
then,
lastly,
we
are
trying
to
do
our
best
in
supporting
lots
of
efforts
in
our
community
to
build
a
more
restorative
and
trauma-informed
community
in
our
schools
and
businesses
in
City
Hall.
So
we
want
to
be
a
true
partner
with
many
institutions.
D
D
O
Great
question
and
I
think
if
you
ask
any
executive
director,
we
look
at
expenses
and
we
try
our
best
to
meet
those
through
income.
I
am
working
harder
than
ever
to
go
out
and
meet
with
individual
donors.
I
actually
had
two
foundation
meetings
this
morning,
but
but
the
need
is
there
and
it's
on
me
to
raise
the
money
to
meet
the
needs
of
this
community,
so
I
will
steal
and
cheat
to
get
there
if
I
have
to,
because
that
is
for
public
comment.
O
D
D
O
Hard
work
and
our
frontline
providers
I'm
really
proud
of
red
center,
in
that
we
actually
have
really
low
turnover
at
the
Writing
Center.
So
our
staff
is
really
really
dedicated
to
this
community,
but
I
recognize
one
of
my
primary
jobs
is
to
keep
them
there
as
long
as
I
possibly
can,
and
that
means
self
care,
and
so
that's
been
a
big
priority
of
our
agency
over
the
past
two
years.
So
thank
you
for
pointing
that
out.
E
O
We
have
four
and
a
half
FTE
attorneys
on
staff,
but
we
have
recruited
thus
far
25
attorneys
to
support
our
school-based
civil
legal
clinic,
and
then
we
also
have
a
dedicated
cadre
of
pro
bono
attorneys
that
support
our
expungement
help
desk
at
the
Skokie
courthouse,
every
Tuesday
and
Thursday
from
10
to
noon,
and
those
attorneys
have
been
there
for
years,
dedicated
every
Tuesday
and
Thursday,
and
we
help
we
help
to.
Last
year
nearly
800
people
I
think's
much
one
helpdesk.
O
A
O
Have
no
deeper
service
and
we
have
to
hustle
a
lot
more
than
than
many
of
our
brother
and
sister
agencies
in
that
we
we
have
to
start
at
zero
every
year
and
we
we
went
through
a
couple
of
years
ago,
a
training
at
Kellogg.
It
was
called
FC,
VI,
fundraising,
capacity,
building
initiative,
and
at
that
point
we
had
actually
was
just
looking
at
the
numbers.
The
day
forward
we
had
to
give
and
our
revenue
streams
were
totally
lopsided
in
comparison
to
where
they
are.
O
I
O
It's
just
our
revenues
have
gone
down
so
with
that
being
said,
we
had
to
with
no
fee
for
service
with
having
to
start
at
zero
every
year
and
with
really
no
other
sources
of
revenue
to
go
after,
except
for
individuals.
We
have
focused
laser
beam
on
raising
donations
from
individuals,
and
so
that's
why
and
that's
a
reflection
of
a
hard
work
that
we've
done
over
the
past
few
years
to
focus
on
individual
donors
when.
A
O
A
A
O
I'm
gonna
give
the
answer
and
my
director
of
operations
behind
me.
So
if
I'm
wrong,
she'll
kick
me
but
I
believe
that
is
because
we
have
two
legal
fellows
this
year.
One
is
from
University
of
Chicago
School
of
Law
and
the
other
is
from
Western
school
law,
their
postgraduate
fellows
each
being
paid
$50,000
by
the
universities.
So
it's
just
passed
through
money,
I.
E
O
A
I
O
A
O
F
O
F
P
I'm
Debbie
Kathy
from
the
executive
director
from
Yale
said
home
here
in
local
meals-on-wheels
provider.
Phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
three
three
two
two
six
seven
eight
our
web
site
is
meals
at
home.
That
org
and
email
is
meals
at
home,
at
meals
at
home.
At
work,
easy
enough.
Our
address
is
one
one:
two
three
Emerson
suite
213
Evanston,
Illinois
602
or
one
of
the
nearly
15,000
seniors
in
Evanston.
We
project
2500,
will
need
our
meal
delivery
services.
Meals
at
home
is
focused
on
growing
our
capacity
to
serve
far
more
community
members.
P
In
the
next
year.
Our
volunteers
deliver
more
than
a
meal
Monday
through
Saturdays.
They
provide
an
important
safety
check
and
a
bit
of
socialization
to
a
population
riddled
in
loneliness
about
20
percent
of
our
seniors
of
our
clients
are
not
seniors.
Their
families
call
us
because
they're
unable
to
shop
or
cook
for
themselves
because
of
a
recent
surgery,
dementia,
complicated
special
diets
and
many
other
limitations
about
20%
of
our
clients,
have
a
report
having
a
mental
illness.
Many
others
suffer.
Undiagnosed
issues
such
as
loneliness
loneliness
tends
deleted
loss
of
appetite
disturbances
in
the
immune
system.
P
It
influences
disease
outcomes
of
diabetes,
hypertension,
arthritis,
emphysema,
it's
implicated
and
depression
and
suicides
among
elderly
are
29
per
100,000
compared
with
the
national
averages
of
12.6
the
regular
fee
for
a
two
meal.
Delivery
is
$10,
but
meals
at
home
applies
a
sliding
scale
for
its
low-income
clients,
and
last
year,
64%
of
our
clients
received
a
reduced
rate.
P
While
I've
talked
about
the
growth
at
meals
at
home.
For
the
last
several
years
this
year,
we
are
on
a
path
that
will
be,
we
think
the
most
impactful
in
our
past
50
years.
As
mentioned
in
the
application,
he
has
at
home
recently
hired
a
consultant
to
conduct
a
kitchen
feasibility
study.
We
want
to
see
if
it
makes
sense
for
us
to
be
able
to
build
this
and
really
start
taking
control
of
the
numbers
of
meals.
We
can
provide
we're.
P
Also
wrapping
up
the
strategic
planning
process
should
be
done,
the
beginning
of
October,
Mewsette,
homeless,
intent
on
being
as
prepared
as
possible
as
we
tackle
this
huge
growth
ahead
of
us.
The
meals
at
home,
Board
of
Directors,
will
announce
the
details
of
this
plan
and
fall,
but
I
can
tell
you,
by
increasing
the
organization's
food
production
capacity,
we'll
be
able
to
serve
far
more
people,
resulting
in
far
more
safety
checks.
P
Socialization.
This
growth
comes
at
a
cost.
Of
course.
We
always
welcome
donations,
meals
at
home
kind
of
work,
but
we
don't
want
this
growth
to
come
at
the
expense
of
the
one-on-one
contact
that
our
clients
have
had
with
our
volunteers
for
the
last
50
years,
that
will
not
change
will
still
have
the
smiling
volunteer
at
the
doorstep
of
our
clients.
We
will
need
more
volunteers,
however,
and
everything
else
that
goes
with
it.
P
So
we
think
this
is
a
very
exciting
time
for
the
entire
community,
as
we
work
to
create
this
important
resource
in
the
fight
against
senior
hunger,
we're
planning
to
work
with
a
lot
of
the
organizations
in
Evanston
who
also
have
their
fingers
in
this
hunger
issue
that
we
have
we're
looking
for
ways
to
really
truly
create
a
sense
of
community
when
clients
have
additional
additional
needs.
We
refer
them
to
the
city
Audrey
Thompson
generally,
nor
she,
our
senior
centers
Sasi,
a
bunch
of
our
friends
sitting
in
the
audience
government
agencies.
Community
members.
P
Let's
see
everything
we're
grateful
for
the
past
support.
Absolutely
from
this
group
and
I
was
nodding
my
head
to
Patrick's
comments,
because
absolutely
the
growth
is,
you
can
do
more
when
you
have
more.
So
we're
very
grateful
for
that
and
hope
that
we
have
continued
support
as
we
work
to
really
raise
the
bar
I'm
happy
to
respond
to
questions.
F
P
Opens
up
the
possibilities
to
where
you
can
one
of
the
things
that
we
really
like
to
be
able
to
do
well.
A
couple
years
ago,
for
example,
we
added
a
delivery
from
hecky's
on
Saturdays
for
people
who
are
general
diet,
clients
they
can
choose
that
option.
We
can
do
that
sort
of
thing
a
whole
lot
more.
P
F
K
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Betty
bhaag
I'm,
the
executive
director
connections
for
the
homeless.
My
contact
info
is
BiBi
OGG
at
connect
to
the
number
two
home
org,
my
numbers,
eight,
four,
seven,
four,
seven:
five:
seven:
zero,
seven
zero!
My
extension
is
at
108
and
you
can
also
make
general
inquiries
to
us
at
info
at
connect
to
home
org.
K
Let
me
extend
my
deep
thanks
to
members
of
the
mental
health
board
and
Housing
a
Community
Development
Act
committee,
for
considering
our
combined
request
for
connections,
homeless,
outreach
and
drop-in
programs.
With
your
investment
and
partnership.
We
will
serve
five
hundred
and
fifty
people
who
are
homeless,
providing
access
to
basic
services
like
food,
clean
clothes,
showers,
laundry,
medical
and
mental
health
care,
while
simultaneously
building
a
partnership
with
that
person,
so
that
we
may
end
his
or
her
homelessness
for
good.
We
are
seeking
this
combined
funding,
because
this
important
work
meets
the
articulated
goals
and.
K
Right
now
is
a
particularly
important
time
to
invest,
because,
just
five
months
ago,
our
drop-in
and
outreach
services
expanded
from
operating
two
days
a
week
to
five
and
with
that
expansion
we
are
serving
significantly
more
people.
Well,
once
we
were
seeing
fifty
or
so
individuals
per
week,
we
are
now
seeing
on
average
40
every
day.
The
team
that
works
with
these
vulnerable
neighbors
has
also
grown.
We
have
added
a
full-time
mental
health,
specialist,
a
program
manager,
an
additional
community
case
manager
and
a
housing
coordinator.
K
Additionally,
we've
had
dedicated
full-time
volunteer
coordinator
to
make
sure
that
the
full
force
of
any
sins,
well-known
spirit
of
generosity,
service
and
community
investment
is
fully
harnessed,
but
the
most
effective
way
to
show
the
impact
of
your
support
through
funding.
Our
program
expansion
is
to
share
a
story
of
two
participants
who
we
recently
got
housed
begin
with.
K
This
allowed
our
community
case
manager
to
start
building
a
stronger
relationship
with
him,
which,
in
turn
allowed
for
completion
of
the
paperwork
needed
so
that
Gabriel
could
go
through
the
process
of
coordinated
entry
and
be
formally
assessed
for
supportive
housing
program.
We
determined
that
he
was
extremely
vulnerable
and
which
put
him
at
the
top
of
the
wait
list
for
housing.
Fortunately,
when
our
partners
at
impact
I'll
help
partners
at
a
new
supportive
housing
unit
come
online,
we
were
able
to
help
transition
Gabriel
into
that
program
and
have
him
house
now.
K
Let
me
tell
you
about
Cynthia.
After
fleeing
a
domestic
violence
situation,
Cynthia
has
been
living
on,
had
been
living
on
the
streets
of
Evanston
off
and
on
for
at
least
six
months
when
she
first
came
to
our
drop-in
center
in
September
of
2017
Cynthia
got
a
job
at
a
nursing
home,
making
a
little
over
$12
an
hour,
but
still
had
nowhere
to
sleep
at
night
or
keep
her
belongings
over
the
next
eight
months.
Connections
provided
her
with
basic
needs,
including
food
and
clothing.
A
place
to
take
a
shower.
K
Do
laundry
and
store
her
things,
but,
most
importantly
with
case
management
services.
This
meant
that
when
Cynthia
needed
to
buy
a
bus
card,
connexions
did
so
and
when
she
needed
a
uniform
for
work,
connections
purchased
it.
In
fact,
in
November
of
2017,
while
still
homeless,
Cynthia
was
awarded
both
awarded
Employee
of
the
Month,
a
true
testament
to
the
resilience
and
courage
of
the
people.
We
work
with
every
day
in
May
of
2018
a
month
after
our
drop-in
Services
Center
reopened.
K
Five
days
a
week,
Cynthia
moved
into
a
market
rate
apartment
for
homelessness,
prevention
and
rapid
rehousing
program
connections
paid
for
Cynthia's,
move-in,
V
and
first
month's
rights.
When
people
ask
me
about
the
causes
of
homelessness,
it's
hard
for
me
to
answer
succinctly,
because
each
person
has
their
own
complicated
story.
The
one
thing
I
do
see
in
an
almost
universal
basis
is
a
lack
of
a
support
system.
Cynthia
is
still
working
with
us
because,
when
you're
living
near
at
or
below
the
poverty
line,
or
even
even
a
Cynthia,
is
nearly
twice
the
poverty
limit.
K
Your
life
is
complex
and
stressful,
and
you
need
the
support
of
someone.
You
need
a
community
where
you
can
problem
solve,
ask
for
help
and
work
with
the
myriad
of
storms
that
life
presents,
the
kind
of
work
connections
does,
or
everyone
has
access
to
the
most
basic
necessities.
They
need
to
live
in
thrive
in
our
community.
R
K
E
K
K
E
K
The
nurse
practioner
that
we
had
in
place
actually
her
husband,
has
this
had
this
weird
like
job
that
only
you
can
only
get
tenure
for
in
North
Carolina.
So
she
actually,
we
were
heartbroken
that
she
transitioned
away
from
us
in
in
the
beginning
of
August.
We
have
had
a
long
time.
Nurse
who's
been
a
volunteer
with
us,
who's
been
providing
his
bridge
services
and
we
have
a
new
nurse
practitioner,
starting
on
the
12th.
D
K
D
K
K
Our
goal
with
all
of
these
programs,
particularly
outreach
and
drop-in,
is
to
build
relationships
with
people,
because
people
don't
come
in
off
the
street
after
living
in
a
Park
District
for
18
years,
and
just
tell
you
everything
you
need
to
know
they
have
to
do
that
in
a
safe
place
where
they
build
a
trusting
relationship
with
us.
So
it's
important
for
us
to
be
present
as
much
as
possible
for
the
moment
when
they're
ready
to
share
that
information.
S
Name,
thank
you
for
having
us
here
this
evening.
I
am
Colette
Allen
Center
Director
for
family
focus.
Evanston
our
address
is
2010.
Do
we
Avenue
here
in
Evanston
Illinois?
Our
phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
four,
seven,
five,
seven
five,
seven
zero
our
website,
ww-why
are
slash.
Evanston
and
I
can
be
reached
at
Collette,
co.
L,
ET
te
elen
at
family
focus
board
with
me
this
evening.
I
have
two
of
our
exhilarate
four
members,
Rose
Johnson,
who
is
our
chair
and
Walter
Calhoun?
S
Who
was
chair
for
many
many
years
and
I'm
sure
many
of
you
are
familiar.
I
know
that
people
in
the
audience
and
here
are
familiar
with
family
focus,
we've
been
around
for
43
years
and
we
started
right
here
in
business.
In
Illinois
we
were
the
first
Center
for
family
focus.
We
take
a
holistic
approach
to
supporting
families
and
we
do
it.
I
started
with
early
childhood
development
where
we
have
a
home
visiting
program.
S
We
also
do
families
in
crisis
with
our
Family
Advocacy
Center,
where
we
partner
with
DCFS
and
provide
parent
education
advocacy
to
try
to
bring
families
back
together,
and
we
also
provide
a
family
support.
Group
for
grandparents
raising
grandchildren,
but
I
am
here
this
evening
to
ask
you
for
your
support
of
our
after-school
and
summer
camp
programs.
In
this
program
we
serve
approximately
sixty
to
seventy
students
every
year.
These
are
low
and
moderate
income
families,
primarily
from
the
fifth
Ward,
whose
kids
are
bused
to
schooled
north
of
the
canal.
S
We
help
them
with
homework.
Every
evening
we
devote
an
hour
to
homework
every
evening
and
in
addition,
we
do
enrichment
activities
to
enhance
their
experience
and
family
focus.
Our
goal
for
the
students
last
year
was
that
75%
would
remain
at
reading
level
or
above
grade
grade
level.
Ninety
percent
of
our
students
met
that
goal.
S
The
only
place
where
we
were
short
our
goal
was
to
have
a
hundred
percent
of
the
students
participate
in
stem
activities
well,
when
you're
competing
against
fam
and
junior
wild
kids
and
cheerleading
it's
hard
to
make
sure
that
the
students
are
there
for
every
stem
session,
but
we
came
close
with
ninety
percent.
Thanks
to
the
your
support,
we
have
been
able
to
leverage
your
support
with
amazing
partnerships
around
the
area.
S
Our
major
partnership
is
with
Evan
stem
and
through
that
we
provide
a
lot
of
stem
activities
for
the
community
and
for
our
children,
one
of
the
most
popular
ones
are
science
Saturday's,
where
graduate
students
from
Northwestern's
McCormick
School
of
Engineering
provide
science
activities
and
engineering
activities
once
a
month
on
Saturdays
from
all
middle
school
students,
but
primarily
we
target
students
of
color.
We
continue
our
partnership
with
samo,
Science
and
Industry,
would
they
divide
staff
development
for
our
staff
and
then
mature
Terios
free
of
charge?
S
And
then,
once
a
week
we
have
a
science
club
4:30
to
fifth
graders.
We
continue
our
partnership
with
Northwestern
science
and
society
where
they
provide
a
science
club
for
our
middle
schoolers
and
they
are
provide
mentors
so
students
to
work
in
small
groups
to
do
science
activities
our
partnership
this
year
with
Evanston
food
exchange,
expanded
thanks
to
the
support
of
the
Houston
rotary
and
what
we
do
with
that
is.
We
have
a
gardening
program
for
our
kids.
S
Well,
this
past
summer
we
added
the
mayor's
youth
summer,
employees
and
so
high
school
students
worked
with
our
students
to
do
gardening,
but
we
also
provided
life
skills.
Entrepreneurship
and
community
service,
so
they
were
at
the
farmers
market
selling
vegetables
on
Tuesdays
and
Thursdays.
They
were
district
distributing
the
vegetables
that
they
raised
to
those
people
who
came
to
our
food
pantry
and
clothes
closet.
So
it
was
a
total
program
that
expanded
it
culminated
in
a
community
dinner
and
it
was
called
farm
to
fork.
S
S
Our
effectiveness
of
our
literacy
program,
which
is
run
by
a
volunteer
that
has
been
with
us
for
12
years,
her
name,
is
Beth.
Jacobs
was
shown
when
our
students
wrote
letters
to
representative
Jocasta.
She
was
very
gracious
and
she
attended
family
focus.
Our
students
read
their
letters
to
the
representative.
She
was
wild,
they
were
very
powerful
emotional.
They
talked
about
issues
like
gun,
violence,
poverty,
racism
and
she
took
those
letters
to
Congress
and
shared
her
with
her
Congress
members.
S
S
So
we
hired
him
as
the
middle
school
instructor
and
he
is
with
us
not
only
through
the
summer,
but
he
is
with
us
for
the
school
year
and
you
can
already
see
the
kids
gravitating
to
him
and
getting
help
from
him.
We
continue
our
science
clubs
with
Northwestern
and
MSI.
We
continue
our
partnership
with
beacon
Academy,
where
the
students,
in
order
to
satisfy
their
community
service
hours,
are
teaching
art
to
our
kids.
And
now
we
have
three
very
new,
exciting
partners.
S
So
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
this
evening,
through
a
NSF
grant
to
Northwestern
School
of
Education
and
social
policy,
we
are
not
going
to
have
macaws
magog,
wise
meta,
media
and
Family
Photos,
which
means
that
children
in
our
community
will
have
the
experience
of
a
makers
lab
right
there
in
the
building
that
family
focus.
So
in
addition
to
our
kids
being
exposed
to
some
of
the
things
that
we
provide,
they
will
have
the
opportunity
to
go
downstairs
and
participate
in
meta
media
and
we
won't
have
to
transfer.
S
S
That
the
kids
wouldn't
have
to
do
it,
but
I
think
they
will,
because
it's
going
to
be
interactive.
It's
going
to
talk
to
talk
about
mental
health
awareness,
it's
going
to
talk
about
the
stigma
associated
mental
illness,
they're
going
to
talk
about
stress,
everybody
talked
about
depression,
and
they
are
also
going
to
give
them
tools
to
deal
with
these
issues
as
middle
school.
S
So
we're
very,
very
excited
about
the
programs
and
I
think
the
kids
will
be
too,
and
also
we're
going
to
take
a
page
from
Arthur
Ashe
and
we're
going
to
use
tennis
to
teach
life.
So
in
a
partnership
with
Evanston
Community
Tennis
Association
four
hours
a
week.
Volunteers
from
that
organization
will
not
only
be
teaching
tennis
to
the
kids,
but
they
will
devote
half
of
that
time
to
developing
relationships
with
our
students,
mentoring
them
and
helping
them.
S
So
I'd
like
to
invest
with
bragging
a
little
bit
about
our
kids.
So
this
year
this
past
year,
science
and
society
decided
to
have
our
students
compete
against
the
students
that
met
a
meter.
The
first
thing
was
a
science
fair,
our
students,
out
of
five
places
to
the
first
second
and
fourth,
and
then
the
team
that
won
fourth
place
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
was
a
group
of
young
men
and
they
were
very
upset
that
the
girls
had
beat
them.
S
I
S
A
I
think
I
can
speak
for
all
of
us.
They
believe
in
mental
health.
What
the
that
is,
just
fantastic
talk,
result
America
for
that
that
workshop,
oh
I,
think
it's
also
great
that
you
had
a
bit
of
pushback
from
this
stuff,
because
I
guarantee
after
they
do
the
workshop,
so
don't
see
that
America
vent
and.
S
R
S
A
Q
Hello,
I'm
Susan
earthy
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
an
active
action.
Whatever
extent
our
email
is
ia
at
interfaith
action
of
Evanston
org
website
is
Interfaith
Action
Center
our
office
is
at
10:04
Greenwood
at
st.
Paul's
Lutheran
Church
phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
eight
six
nine
and
on
three
seven,
oh
and
we're
who
made
up
of
42
of
the
faith
communities
in
Evanston,
and
we
do
the
hospitality
Center
for
the
homeless
every
morning
at
st.
Q
Mark's
Church
and
there
we
have
employment,
counseling
and
computers
for
people
to
use
breakfast
and
a
place
for
people
to
sleep
if
they
need
to,
and
we
do
working
centers
from
November
through
March
at
different
communities
throughout
downtown.
We
do
the
soup
kitchens
in
Evanston
there's
at
least
one
every
day.
Some
days
there's
two.
We
do
the
produce
mobile
and
partnership
with
the
Greater
Chicago
Food
Depository
in
the
city
of
Evanston,
and
that
is
at
Robert
Brown
and
the
second
Tuesday
of
every
month,
and
it's
what
am
I,
not
I.
Q
They
owned
a
home
in
the
neighborhood
and
she
said
I
was
walking
around
today
and
I
saw
all
these
people
over
at
Robert
crown
and
I
went
over
there
and
I
got
enough
vegetables
and
potatoes
to
last
my
family
for
a
month,
and
so
it
just
opened
my
eyes
that
it
was
that's
for
everybody.
So
we
work
with
people
who
are
homeless.
B
Q
Have
nothing
but
also
people
who
just
need
food
or
just
are
having
a
hard
time
like
any
one
of
us
might
have
the
reason
that
I'm
here,
though,
is
for
we're
trying
to
expand.
We
will
expand
our
emergency
overnight.
Shelter,
we've
been
open
for
12
years,
the
first
10
years.
We
were
open
when
it
was
year.
Two
years
ago,
thanks
to
CDBG
funds
and
the
Community
Foundation
and
donors,
we
were
able
to
raise
the
temperature
that
we
opened
to
15
degrees.
So
we
were
open
more
often
they're.
Q
Q
They
come
at
8
o'clock
and
set
up
cots
and
blankets,
and
then
they
also
pass
out
blankets
to
our
guests,
so
they
get
to
interact
with
them
and
I
have
to
say
that
the
mayor
came
one
time
last
year
and
he
was
great,
he
did
not
say
I'm
the
mayor.
He
did
not
bring
a
photographer.
He
just
came
and
said:
I'm
Steven.
Can
you
want
a
blanket?
So
it
was
really
nice.
So
we
had
lots
of
volunteers
to
do
that.
They
like
to
do
that.
Q
We
have
a
staff
person
who
spends
the
night
with
a
volunteer.
So
we
also
have
you
know,
have
two
people
in
the
evening
and
then
in
the
morning
at
6:00
people
come
in
volunteers,
wake
up
our
guests
and
in
the
coffee,
then
they
leave
and
come
over
to
the
hospitality
Center
for
breakfast
and
then
anybody
who's
new
anybody
is
welcome
and
if
they
are
new,
when
they
come
new
to
Evanston
or
new
to
being
homeless
in
the
morning,
we
refer
them
to
heal
this
place
so
that
they
can
get
the
help.
Q
That's
offered
there
from
the
caseworkers
and
this
at
the
end
of
the
season.
Last
year,
I
asked
some
of
our
guests
where
they
would
be
sleeping
if
they
were
not
sleeping
at
the
church
on
a
cots,
and
these
are
just
some
of
their
answers.
One
man
said
I
sleep
on
the
El.
If
I'm
lucky
enough
to
have
a
pass,
another
says
I
sleep
in
the
Rose
Garden
but
I'm
afraid
of
frostbite
I
sleep
in
my
storage
unit,
but
it
isn't
heated
and
it
gets
really
cold.
Q
Q
Q
One
man
said
that
that
one
of
those
nights
was
the
worst
night
he
had
in
a
long
time.
He
said:
there's
nothing
worse
than
horizontal
sleet,
so
sleeping
outside
is
not
so
easy,
and
so
the
temperature
was
15
degrees
when
we
opened
it,
but
16
degrees
is
pretty
darn
cold,
asleep
outside
as
well.
This
winter
we
will
raise
the
temperature
to
20
degrees,
and
we
also
are
going
to
try
to
open
when
there's
significant
moisture
expected
so
that
maybe
it'll
be
30
degrees,
but
the
freezing's
wears
on
no
sleet.
Q
We
need
to
have
people
sleeping
indoors.
The
increase
in
the
cost,
for
that
is
the
overnight
staff,
because
there
is
one
staff
person
and
they
would
be
there
more
often.
Last
year
they
were
there
28
nights.
We're
kind
of
budgeting
for
45
nights
will
be
open,
then
the
three
months
that
our
winter
r19
half
of
them
could
easily
be
20
degrees.
And
then,
of
course,
we
do
the
laundry
every
day
we
have
a
laundry
service
that
watches
the
blankets
and
the
sheets.
So
that's
a
raisin
cost.
Q
Our
goal,
though
that'll
be
this
winter
of
December
January
February.
Our
goal
for
next
December,
2019
and
2020,
is
that
we
will
be
open
every
night
in
December,
January
and
February,
but
and
we're
working
toward
that
right
now.
That
would
be
regardless
of
the
temperature.
We
will
just
be
open.
The
churches
have
in
synagogue,
have
all
agreed
that
you
know
they
signed
up
for
two
weeks,
whether
we're
open
one
night
or
fourteen
they're
ready.
Q
That
raises
the
cost,
because
then
we
would
hire
two
people
to
be
the
opening
supervisors,
because
we
just
would
run
out
of
overnight
volunteers
people
who
can
spend
the
night
and
the
laundry
the
rest
of
the
costs
won't
change.
So
that
is
what
the
CVB
CBG
comes
to
find.
This
will
make
possible,
and
so
this
winter
you
and
I
when
we
go
to
bed
at
night.
But
what,
if
you
didn't,
have
a
home?
Where
would
you
sleep
so
think
about
that?
I
T
Good
evening
my
name
is
Chantel
Haley
and
the
executive
director
of
open
studio
project.
Our
phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
four,
seven:
five:
zero:
three
nine
zero.
Our
website
is
open
studio
project
org
our
address
903
Sherman,
Avenue,
Evanston,
Illinois,
602
602,
oh
two
and
our
contact
information
is
info
at
open
studio
project
org.
T
T
Openstudio
project
is
an
artisan
social
service
organization.
We
have
been
a
nemesis
since
2001
and
we
offer
youth
and
adults
the
opportunity
to
experience
art
for
personal
growth.
We
embrace
a
strong
social
orientation.
We
try
and
eliminate
social
and
economic
barriers
to
art
and
make
art
accessible
to
all
people
our
studio.
We
have
workshops,
we
have
a
gallery,
we
have
exhibits
and
we
have
serve
a
diverse
population.
Our
fourth
main
component
is
our
outreach
program
which
we
call
art
in
action.
T
The
open
studio
project
has
a
creative
methodology
that
was
developed
by
three
women
from
the
School
of
the
artists
to
the
art
therapy
department.
It
involves
journaling
and
making
visual
art
and
it
helps
the
individuals
express
their
emotions
in
a
healthier
manner.
They
develop
mental
clarity,
able
to
make
better
decisions.
T
G
T
T
Some
of
the
testimonials
about
our
program
are
pretty
powerful
when
one
young
woman,
Kalea
she's
a
19
year
old,
trainee
at
Kurt's,
cafe
and
her
story
expresses
the
optimism
and
confidence
that
participants
feel
after
completing
the
program
and
making
art
as
well.
Khalil
Riley
described
her
painting
at
a
gallery
show
which
we
have
at
the
end
of
our
therapeutic
program.
T
As
a
tribute
to
her
mother
who
raised
four
children
and
every
other
single
mother
in
the
foreground
is
the
silhouette
of
a
pregnant
woman.
This
image
is
surrounded
by
four
minutes
of
tiny
hands
and
feet.
She
explains
my
mother
was
there
for
me.
The
pregnant
belly
is
dedicated
to
my
mother
and
the
single
mothers
who
supported
their
children
on
their
own.
The
picture
is
one
of
several
that
Kalia
created
during
the
program.
Here's
how
she
describes
another
of
her
works,
I
love
my
city,
but
we
have
our
ups
and
downs.
T
What
inspired
me
to
paint
these
pieces
was
me
loving.
The
sky.
At
night,
it's
busy
I,
come
from
a
single-parent
home.
I,
see
my
city
differently
than
most.
The
art
expresses
the
tears
the
sorrow,
the
happiness,
hopes,
dreams
and
thoughts
with
colors
and
Kalia
had
never
painted
before,
but
she
said
that
this
experience
taught
her
to
never
be
afraid
to
do
anything.
She's
really
GED.
He
graduated
high
school
in
May
she'll
be
attending
Columbia
College
in
the
fall,
and
she
hopes
to
do
something
like
fashion
business
and
continue
to
be
an
activist
in
her
community.
T
T
From
the
journals
which
is
part
of
our
process,
we
have
writing
and
visual
or
making
and
in
the
journal,
some
of
the
young
women
said
creating
creating
brings
me
peace
and
I
love.
Working
with
my
friends,
another
young
woman
said
to
make
art
is
to
express
a
way
of
feeling
a
way
of
life
and
myself
as
a
person.
It
is
a
way
to
let
others
know
how
I
feel
a
way
to
let
them
know
what
I
find
so
hard
to
put
them
towards.
T
And,
lastly,
another
testimonial
is
art
make
made
me
feel
at
peace
with
myself.
There
is
times
if
I
be
angry
and
are
intended
to
calm
me
down
I'm
grateful
I
found
my
art,
so
we
are
requesting
more
money
this
year
to
expand
into
new
services.
Primarily,
we
have
a
kindergarten
readiness
program
and
we
just
applied
for
a
grant
floor
where
we
will
be
implementing
our
social-emotional
learning,
our
curriculum
curriculum
for
pre-kindergarten
students.
But,
additionally,
we
have
a
number
of
schools
that
have
requested.
T
G
T
Can
provide
those
services
to
them
this
year
we
have
a
new
partnership
with
the
Moran
center
that
we
will
be
piloting.
This
fall
that
is
Bastilla
a
special
education,
legal
advocacy
group.
The
Moran
Center
asked
us
to
help
them
with
the
adults
and
the
parents
of
the
special
ed
students,
because
they
can't
represent
the
children.
It's
a
conflict
of
interest,
so
the
parents
have
asked
for
emotional
support.
T
It's
been
very
difficult
for
them
to
deal
with
special
education
related
issues,
and
so
what
we
have
done
is,
as
we've
we're
doing
a
five-week
pilot
where
we're
offering
a
therapeutic
art
program
at
our
studio
for
ten
members
and
offering,
at
the
same
time,
children's
hour
classes
for
their
children,
and
it's
a
number
of
families
have
already
signed
up.
So
we
are
confident
that
it's
going
to
go
well
and
we
hope
that
we
can
explain
to
2019
I.
T
T
That
were
asked
of
me
in
my
application
that
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
it
answered.
One
question
was
that
we
had
indicated
that
the
Moran
Center
was
a
contributor
to
our
national
tribute
er,
but
it's
not
a
financial
contributor.
They
are
contributing
their
time
and
resources
to
helping
notify
the
ceilin
care,
givers
and
coordinating
with
us
in
the
implementation
of
our
program.
T
T
So
we
are
always
in
need
of
additional
funds
to
provide
those
services
and
sometimes
why
we,
he
does
offer
transportation
services,
especially
to
our
studios.
But
when
we
go
to
the
schools,
we
have
to
take
care
of
our
own
transportation
services,
so
I
hope
those
I
answer
all
of
your
questions
and
you
have
any
more
questions
for
me.
I
A
M
Kenobi
and
I'm
with
the
CEO
computes
an
opportunity,
United
I'm
joined
here
today
by
our
board
president
Cindy
Wilson
by
our
director
of
clinical
and
outreach
services,
which
he's
here
with
melody
rose
and
with
our
manor
manager,
Chris
Isaak's.
Why
are
you
respectfully
requests?
Addison
mental
health
board
funds
for
trauma-informed,
counseling
and
rare
separately?
Cen
CDBG
funds
for
our
team
is
pristine
and
related
neighborhood
initiatives
in
our
youth
center
and
headquarters
at
1911,
Church
Street.
You
can
find
y
ou
use
website
at
use,
opportunity,
org
and
you
can
be
justified.
M
Eight,
four,
seven,
eight
six,
six,
twelve
hundred
and
my
email
is
Melinda,
no
May
18th
opportunity
or
why
don't?
You
has
served
the
Evanston
community
for
nearly
50
years,
providing
leadership
and
meeting
the
emerging
needs
of
youth
and
their
families
in
nineteen
and
two
thousand
eighteen
to
nineteen.
We
will
serve
750
Evanston,
youth
and
after
school
and
summer
learning
programs
offered
at
no
cost
to
families.
M
These
youth
attend
the
eighth
highest
need
title:
one
schools
in
Evanston,
including
shoot,
does
he
teach
us
King,
Arts,
Nichols,
oten,
Walker
and
Washington,
because
the
youth
we
serve
must
often
deal
with
adult
issues
such
as
poverty,
racism
trauma
and
violence.
Their
ability
to
succeed
is
threatened
by
providing
holistic
social-emotional
supports.
We
ensure
they
have
the
opportunity
to
realize
their
full
potential.
We
serve
youth
in
grades
3
through
12,
or
evenly
split
between
male
and
female
and
80%
are
low-income
and
93%
or
youth
of
color.
Why
use
model
service
model
is
unique.
M
Our
programs
are
trauma-informed
relationship
based
and
offer
innovative
and
accessible
social
and
emotional
supports
for
underserved,
low-income
youth
of
color.
We
partner
with
schools,
families
in
the
community
and
in
our
communities
to
provide
academic,
social
and
emotional
support
to
close
the
opportunity
gap
and
prepare
all
youth
for
post-secondary
and
life
success.
This
holistic
approach
considers
the
social,
emotional
and
academic
needs
of
youth
and
our
trauma-informed
program,
Invents
Youth
and
Family
Council
counselors
for
trained
clinicians
and
licensed
clinical
social
workers
into
our
after-school
programs,
where
they
can
offer
support
to
use
in
a
familiar
setting.
A
M
Offer
psycho-educational
groups,
which
are
our
therapeutic
groups,
which
are
offered
alongside
experiential
learning
and
enrichment
activities
to
D
stigmatize
counseling
and
provide
a
low
risk
entry
way
for
youth.
Our
clinicians
also
provide
effective
alternatives
for
many
refugee
and
and
low-income
youth,
for
whom
traditional
psychotherapy
conflicts
with
cultural
norms.
We
also
offer
individual
and
family
counseling
our
clinicians
provide
individualized
and
family
counseling
to
youth
in
order
to
support
improved
family
functioning
communication
and
relationship
building.
Finally,
we
also
engage
our
families.
M
We
particularly
facilitate
trauma-informed
support
and
skill
building
groups
for
caregivers
and
built
and
helped
build
networks
for
our
families.
These
services
are
critical
to
meet
the
mental
health
needs
of
underserved
youth
and
families.
We
are
also
seeking
CDBG
funds
to
adjust
another
critical
need
facing
youth
exposure
and
access
to
steam
21st
century
skills.
We
were
fortunate
to
include
a
makerspace
in
our
facility
plans
and
have
spent
the
past
year
learning
and
designing
enriching
activities
that
advance
steam
education
among
the
youth
in
our
communities.
M
We
formulated
a
NEMA
credit,
visor
II
group,
which
helped
inform
and
plan
community
activities
and
we're
committed
to
quarterly
weekend
STEM
related
workshops
targeted
to
our
neighbors.
In
the
fifth
Ward.
We
seek
to
serve
450
youth
and
fifth
Ward
residents
with
one-time
and
ongoing
workshops
that
will
be
designed
to
increase
youth
interest
in
STEM
subjects
and
fields,
build
youth,
21st
century
skills,
increase
their
academic
interest,
engagement
and
performance,
empower
youth
to
set
aspirations
for
their
for
their
learning
and
their
future
and
finally
providing
esteem
related
enrichment,
education
to
families
as
well.
M
The
lack
of
high-quality,
accessible
steam
programming
for
Evanston
youth
has
led
to
a
stark
achievement.
Gap
among
youth
of
color
benchmarks
at
ET
just
demonstrate
that
youth
of
color
are
underperforming
and
math
in
science.
Math
testing,
low-income
youth
and
youth
of
color
are
some
of
the
least
represented
populations
in
the
steam
field,
due
largely
to
a
lack
of
access
to
quality
steam.
Education
programming
yru
seeks
to
help
narrow
this
gap
through
our
programming
in
our
makerspace.
We
work
in
partnership
with
the
YMCA
method,
media
makerspace,
that's
dedicated
to
the
middle
school
students.
M
We
target
high
school
youth
and
due
to
our
proximity,
to
ETH
us
and
to
maintaining
a
continuum
of
steam
learning
opportunities
for
youth
moving
from
middle
school
to
high
school.
We
also
partner
with
community
organizations
such
as
Evanston,
the
at
Municipal
Public,
Library
and
Northwestern
University's
science
and
society
to
bring
workshops
of
interest
in
areas
like
coding
and
robotics.
Why
are
you
is
fortunate
to
work
in
a
collaborative
limited,
generous
with
resources
and
all
of
the
programming?
M
A
A
The
reason
is
this
may
be
the
only
application
that
I've,
read
and
I
may
be
wrong.
That
specifically,
which
are
out
and
highlighted
without
funding
priorities
on
so
at
the
mental
health,
would
save
a
lot
of
time
throughout
the
year
going
over
those
priorities.
We
fine-tune
them
and
they're
very
important
to
us.
Just
so
you
see
them
fleshed
out
any
application,
and
how
each
priority
is
addressed
is
very,
very
good.
He's
I'm
very
happy
about
that.
A
If
I
remember
correctly
lost
it
alderman
and
Greek
Simmons
from
myth,
faith
Lord
was
rightly
quite
critical
of
the
program
because
the
lack
of
people
and
involvement
very
fitfully
about
students
so
Nordics
this
year
in
your
presentation,
but
also
in
the
application
questions.
There's
a
look
yes
yeah!
So
we're
these
new
initiatives
taking
on
because
of
that
I
think.
M
Part
of
their
I
would
say
beautiful
part
of
it.
It
is
from
the
feedback.
It
also
was
always
our
intention
when
coming
into
this
space,
to
have
greater
engagement
within
the
fifth
Ward,
and
we
have
since
having
we
had
a
council
that
we
have
formed
with
alderman
sentence
with
fifth
Ward
representation.
We
were
three
approach
to
ensuring
that
we
are
engaging
fifth
Ward
participants
in
our
building.
The
first
one
is
really
true,
recruiting
and
making
sure
we're
getting
before
news
into
our
programming
every
we.
M
M
A
M
M
F
F
H
M
R
G
R
Our
it
was
really
not
too
bad
of
a
commute
for
us
to
get
here
today.
Our
web
address
is
impact
behavioral
or
you
can
reach
us
at
eight
four,
seven,
eight,
six,
six,
two
nine
seven
seven
impact
provides
it
for
the
for
those
at
home.
We
used
to
be
called
housing
options
for
the
mentally
ill
incorporated.
We
now
are
impact
behavioral
health
partners.
So
for
30
years
we've
been
providing
affordable,
housing,
clinical
and
employment
services.
R
For
folks
who
are
recovering
from
mental
illness,
I
think
one
of
the
unique
things
about
our
program
is
that
we
provide
true
wraparound
services.
Our
staff
works
together
from
each
department
really
closely
to
try
to
ensure
the
success
of
our
participants
in
the
program,
and
they
will
highlight
that
for
you
in
just
a
moment.
One
thing
I
want
to
do
for
sure
is.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
your
previous
support
of
our
programs
and
for
your
consideration
this
evening.
We
are
a
small
organization.
R
L
L
Impact
clinical
services
program
is
comprised
of
licensed
mental
health
clinicians
a
nurse
about
a
clinical
benefit
specialist
in
a
contract
psychiatrist.
We
provide
individualized
and
person-centered
mental
health
services
to
our
participants
that
are
living
in
our
permanent
supportive
housing
units,
along
with
some
individuals
who
are
living
independently
in
the
community.
The
majority
of
our
clinical
services
are
home-based
community
support
services
and
can
include
anywhere
from
case
management,
individual
and
group
therapy
and
counseling.
We
do
daily
living
skills,
training,
medication,
monitoring
we
provide
services
as
well
as
nursing
and
psychiatry
services.
L
Our
clinical
services
are
typically
provided
on
a
weekly
basis,
but
are
also
very
tailored
towards
an
individual's
need.
We
are
flexible
enough
in
our
approach
to
be
able
to
increase
and
decrease
our
services
as
by
each
individual
situation
and
our
agency
utilizes
a
trauma-informed
approach
to
providing
services,
along
with
using
harm
reduction
and
housing
first
model,
with
the
support
of
our
clinical
services.
Participants
are
able
to
demonstrate
progress
in
housing,
stability,
symptom
management
and
reduction,
improving
their
coping
skills,
improvements
with
social
dynamics
and
family
relationships,
as
well
as
improvements
with
overall
quality
of
life.
L
The
generous
support
of
the
mental
health
board
funding
over
the
years
has
allowed
us
to
maintain
a
full-time
nurse
on
staff
and
a
clinical
program.
I've
been
a
nurse
on
staff
is
very
important
component
of
providing
our
well-rounded
and
comprehensive
services
to
participants.
It's
well
documented
that
the
lifespan
of
an
individual
with
severe
mental
illness
is
shorter
than
compared
to
the
general
population
and
there's
a
high
rate
of
comorbidity
with
physical
illnesses
that
individuals
with
mental
illness
experience.
L
For
this
reason,
having
a
nurse
be
able
to
provide
direct
service
to
participants
such
as
education
and
health
prevention,
along
with
advocacy
and
care,
coordination,
have
proven
to
be
such
a
vital
part
of
the
holistic
services
that
we
provide
an
impact.
The
nurse
has
been
able
to
provide
direct
service
to
more
than
60%
of
the
participants
when
approached
and
the
clinical
program.
So
far
this
year,
another
rate
of
the
mental
health
board
funding
has
been
so
vital.
L
For
is
that,
with
this
funding,
it
also
allows
us
to
continue
providing
consistent
and
comprehensive
services
to
all
participants,
regardless
of
unexpected
changes
to
insurance
or
income.
We
work
with
individuals
on
trying
to
address
and
fix
insurance
issues
with
insurance
or
changes
to
their
income
rather
than
terminating
their
services.
This
allows
our
participants
to
continue
receiving
the
vital
services
we
can
provide,
especially
during
a
time
when
they
often
either
support
the
most
so
now
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Chris.
Who
will
talk
about
the
Employment
Program.
G
Briefly,
it's
individualized
services,
helping
individuals
find
employment
that
meets
their
needs
and
desires
and
compassion
and
helping
them
to
retain
that
employment
until
they
are
capable
of
keeping
that
job
on
the
room.
Part
of
that
includes
us
networking
with
employers
to
find
out
what
those
employers
need
and
ensure
that
we're
making
a
good
fit
when
we
help
someone
find
a
job.
G
We
are
rigorously
reviewed
every
year
by
the
state
of
Illinois
on
our
adherence
to
this.
This
model,
which
is
laid
out
in
the
application
so
get
into
the
details,
but
we
received
this
year
exemplary,
fidelity
to
the
model
showing
that
we
are
really
good
at
providing
this
service
in
the
way
that
it
was
designed
to
and
the
way
that
all
the
research
says
works.
G
Furthermore,
we
produce
really
good
outcomes
for
our
participants
for
our
Evanston
clients,
15%
of
the
people
that
we
work
with
or
are
working
with,
have
found.
Employment
and
I
just
received
an
email
from
the
national
IPS
organization,
stating
that
the
national
average
for
the
program
that
we
run
is
44
percent.
So.
G
Higher
and
that's
true
for
the
state
of
Illinois
as
well,
and
in
addition,
one
thing
that
we
look
at
that
not
a
lot
of
programs
look
at
because
it's
kind
of
a
nerve-wracking
thing.
The
track
is
a
job
retention,
so
our
program,
individuals
that
find
employment,
eighty-two
percent
of
them-
are
able
to
retain
that
job,
which
is
really
you
know
it's
a
pretty
good
number
for
the
population
that
we
serve
in
the
struggles
that
they
face.
G
I
G
With
the
general
assistance
program
to
obtain
resources
to
live
on,
he
was
then
referred
to
our
program
in
2017
and
through
the
assistance
of
our
employment
specialists,
he
was
able
to
find
a
job
at
the
Illinois
Holocaust
Museum
as
a
part-time
janitor.
After
a
year
of
work
and
support
and
progress
in
July,
he
was
offered
a
full-time
job
which
included
health
benefits
and
all
the
benefits
of
being
a
full
time
employee.
G
E
Just
to
cover
my
up
I've
often
thought
that
the
Employment
Program-
that's
really
except
for
didn't.
Ask
you
the
basing
results
with
very
difficult
and
sometimes
frustrating
experience
where
you
work
and
work
to
get
a
job,
and
then
people
drop
it
drop
out
either
quit
the
job
after
a
short
term.
So
I
think
that's
amazing.
It
was
really
happy
to
hear
that
the
agency
is
going
after
housing,
because
that's
really
the
purpose
and
I've
been
a
bit
critical.