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From YouTube: Social Services Committee 8/11/2022
Description
Welcoming Center presentation by Family Focus and FY2022 Program Reports. Find the agenda, packet and more information on the committee's web page: https://www.cityofevanston.org/government/social-services-committee
A
Perfect,
thank
you.
So,
first
agenda
item
being
normally
call
to
order
Declaration
of
Quorum.
We
don't
have
a
quorum
because
we're
one
member
short.
So
what
we
are
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
move
through
some
of
the
agenda
items
that
are
presented
on
the
agenda
on
our
City
website,
but
we
will
not
be
making
any
action
item
decisions.
So
does
that
mean
then
that
we
don't
vote
on
the
suspension
of
the
rules.
A
So
essentially,
we
will
skip
a
suspension
of
the
rules
and
the
approval
of
last
of
the
June
meeting
minutes
because
we
don't
have
a
quorum
so
we'll
skip
the
Spectrum
rules
and
then
meeting
minutes
vote
and
we
will
jump
to
public
comment.
Is
there
anybody
from
our
attendees
or
our
guest
list?
Who
would
like
to
make
a
comment
at
this
time?.
B
C
Okay,
my
name
is
Marinis
and
I'm
from
Haiti
and
me
and
my
family.
We
moved
from
Haiti
six
years
ago
to
come
to
the
United
States
and
before
we
moved
to
Florida.
Now
we
in
Chicago
and
when
I
when
I
move
here
they
make
me
get
me
connected
with
Family
Focus,
because
I
had
a
special
in
child,
so
I
want
to
support
the
the
program.
You
know
the
welcome
family
program.
I
think
it
will
be
been
really
beneficial
because
if
he
wasn't
them,
I
don't
know,
but
I
will
do
because
I
did
not
know
any.
C
C
You
know
so
I
want
to
support
I
think
that
that
would
be
a
good
thing
that
will
make
the
process
more
smoothly
for
families
here.
So
that's
all
I
wanted
to
say.
B
Marie
I'm
going
to
drop
you
back
down
to
an
attendee
and
then
I'm
gonna
invite
Yari
darita
to
speak
so
I
I
apologize.
B
F
F
G
G
My
name
is
Aunt
Anna
I
am
a
mother
of
three
young
girls
and
I
came
from
Mexico
a
couple
of
years
ago.
My
two
youngest
have
both
been
in
the
parents
at
seizures
program
working
with
Yeti
I'm
at
yadia,
WIC
and
I've
learned
so
much
from
her.
It
was
nice
to
be
able
to
learn
so
much
from
someone
who
not
only
understands
my
culture,
but
that
I
feel
comfortable
speaking.
My
language
with
my
husband
is
the
only
one
who
was
working,
but
when
the
pandemic
hit,
he
lost
his
job.
G
Thanks
to
Yadi
and
Family
Focus,
we
were
able
to
continue
to
receive
diapers
get
formula,
and
even
some
food
there's
a
couple
of
times
that
she
even
got
us
some
hot
meals.
Thanks
to
the
program
at
Family
Focus,
my
family
and
I
have
learned
so
much
not
only
about
my
child's
developments,
but
also
additional
resources
in
the
community.
G
A
H
Share
my
screen,
so
you
know
that's
usually
where
the
trouble
starts.
H
So
if
you
can,
please
confirm
you,
see
Family
Focus,
city
of
evidence
and
Social
Services
committee.
Yes,
thank
you,
wonderful,
wonderful,
great,
great,
great!
Well
again!
Thank
you
again.
My
name
is
Mariano
Soria
I
am
the
senior
vice
president
of
Partnerships
and
engagement
for
Family
Focus
and,
as
you
all
heard,
Zara
is
listening
in
not
feeling
well,
but
she
we
know
she's
got
our
backs
and
we
have
hers
we're
a
great
team
working
together.
E
I
H
Thank
you,
Vanessa.
Thank
you,
Dottie
and
I
think
Vanessa,
the
camera's
just
tired.
You
know
it's
later
in
the
day,
you've
probably
been
on
it
a
lot,
so
it's
like
I
need
a
break
again.
Thank
you
all
so
much
we're
here
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
all
might
have
for
the
proposal.
H
We
we
know
that
you
all
had
opportunity
to
look
at
it
and
probably
know,
know
it
front
and
back,
but
we're
here
to
kind
of
share
a
little
bit,
give
it
a
bring
it
to
life
a
little
bit
and
then
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have
so
again.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
you
might
be
asking
yourself
why
a
welcoming
center
right?
What
does
that
mean
exactly?
What
is
a
welcoming
Center?
What
is
you
know?
What
is
it
going
to
do?
H
What's
the
purpose
Etc,
and
so
some
of
the
reasons
that
we
think
that
it's
incredibly
important
to
bring
the
welcoming
Center
to
Evanston
is
for
some
of
the
things
that
you
see
on
the
screen,
but
we've
been
in
conversation
about
this.
Actually,
since
December
of
you
know,
20
and
I
have
been
in
conversations
with
with
about
it
since
December
of
2021
and
since
then,
there's
been
further
conversations
to
really
think
about
with
the
city
with
other
leaders
why
we
should
bring
a
welcoming
Center
to
the
City
of
Evanston.
H
And
so,
as
you
can
see-
and
you
probably
are
all
aware,
Latino
growth
has
continued
to
grow
in
the
City
of
Evanston.
For
many
years,
specifically
in
the
past,
10
from
2010
to
2000
to
2020,
there's
been
about
a
34
increase
in
the
percentage
of
Latinos
in
the
City
of
Evanston,
and
if
we
go
back
to
2000,
there's
been
an
almost
100
percent
increase
in
the
percentage
of
Latinos
in
the
City
of
Evanston
and
so
I'm
sure
there
is.
H
There
are
more
data
points
even
before
that,
because
we
know
Latinos
have
been
in
the
city
for
some
time,
but
those
are
just
some
of
those
most
recent
ones,
and
that
is
what
the
census
American
Community
survey
data
has
been
showing
us
in
addition
to
that,
the
percentage
of
foreign-born
population,
so
that
is
not
just
Latinos.
H
But
anyone
who
was
born
outside
of
the
United
States
is
between
18
and
19
according
to
different
census
statistics,
as
you
know,
there's
different
data
measures
that
they
use,
but
that's
about
that
the
percentage
of
foreign-born
folks
in
the
City
of
Evanston
and,
as
you
might
be
aware,
many
Suburban
cities
outside
of
the
city
of
Chicago.
H
Much
of
the
growth
in
those
Suburban
areas
have
been
attributed
to
Latinos,
and
that
is
also
the
case
here
in
Evanston
and
then
you
know,
one
of
the
key
pieces
is
and-
and
you
heard
it
a
little
bit
in
in
the
the
testimonies-
is
a
place-
that's
safe,
that's
secure,
and
that
is
welcoming,
and
so,
as
you
probably
are
aware,
immigrants
and
refugees
come
with
all
kinds
of
statuses
right
there
are,
you
know,
foreign-born
folks
who
might
be
legal
permanent
residents.
H
They
might
have
a
family
member
who
does
not
have
a
regularized
status
so
because,
for
that
reason,
immigrants
and
refugees
are
very
cautious
about
where
they
go,
how
they
access
service,
where
they
go
to
secure,
get
the
support
that
they
need
so
a
place
that
understands
our
culture,
a
place
where
their
language
is
spoken
and
in
particular,
a
place
that
is
welcoming
right,
a
place
that,
as
you
enter,
you
know
that
you
are
going
to
be
welcome
there
right,
like
a
warm
hug
like
a
good
cup
of
coffee,
you
know
a
place
to
sit
down
and
just
know
that
you
can.
H
You
know
Lay
Your
Troubles
here,
so
that
really
is
what
one
of
the
main
reasons,
as
you
heard
Marie
talk.
First
I
was,
you
know:
I
am
remembering
many
of
the
families
that
I
have
heard.
That
said,
this
is
a
safe
place.
This
is
a
welcoming
Place.
Someone
told
me
that
I
can
get
help
here.
H
You
know
this
was
the
only
other
place
besides
my
home,
where
I
knew
somebody
in
this
new
country.
So
all
of
those
reasons
are
connected
to
why
why
we
need
a
welcoming
Center?
H
Why
Family
Focus,
you
might
ask
right
so
I
want
to
reference
a
quote
that
actually
we
used
in
a
different
presentation
from
our
lovely
Center,
Director
Dr,
Vanessa
Allen,
and
it
says
you
know
our
community
must
maintain
this
Haven
it
as
it
is
a
strong
source
of
Education
advocacy
and
other
prevention
and
intervention
services
that
help
strengthen
Children
and
Families
within
the
community,
and
then
this
last
line
that
I
think
is
really
critical,
is
Family.
H
Focus
is
the
place
to
go
when
you
need
help
in
the
community,
I
underlined
it
and
I
put
it
in
red,
because
I
think
that
is
exactly
the
case.
And
although
we
we
really
like
to
think
about
our
work
as
supporting
families,
we
know
that
many
families
come
to
us
because
they
have
either
heard
from
a
neighbor
a
friend
a
family
member,
their
Parish
that
Family
Focus
can
support
them
can
help
them.
We
may
not
be
able
to
do
it
all,
but
we
can
certainly
guide
them
to
them.
H
So
we
we
know
that
we
we
have
resources
and
tools
to
support
families.
In
addition
to
that,
Family
Focus
has
experience
in
administering
the
welcoming
Center
model.
We
do
this
already
in
three
Community
areas,
so
in
the
town
of
Cicero,
in
the
Northwest
side
of
Chicago
and
then
also
in
the
city
of
Aurora,
and
then
you
all
might
be
aware
of
the
work
that
we're
trying
to
do
with
the
Evanston
building
in
general.
H
You
know
our
community
location
that
spot
is
a
Haven
already
for
our
community
and
what
we
hope
to
bring
is
an
overall
vision
is
a
hub
of
services
and
resources
not
only
for
immigrants
and
refugees,
but
for
folks
in
the
Fifth
Ward
and
for
other
surrounding
Community
areas,
to
really
support
families
and,
to
you
know,
support
Community
Development.
So
we
we
think
that
you
know
Family
Focus
is
well
suited
to
deliver
these
programs.
H
We
have
a
history
of
success,
I
think
I
shared
in
The
Proposal
that
on
a
couple
of
our
deliverables,
most
recently,
we
you
know
exceeded
our
expectations.
You
know
by
over
200,
so
we
really
have
the
experience.
We've
been
doing
it
for
some
time.
We
feel
like
we
have
the
relationship
a
connection
in
Evanston
to
be
able
to
roll
this
out
in
in
the
Evanston
Community
as
well.
H
I'll
quickly
go
over
these
Services
I
I
saw
lots
of
head
shaking
when
the
when
the
the
public
comment
was
happening,
so
I
feel,
like
folks,
know,
Family
Focus
in
the
work
we
do
but
I'll
just
quickly
say
you
know
we
do
early
childhood,
which
is
a
heart
and
soul
of
the
work
that
we
do
kind
of
how
we
started.
H
Youth
Development
work,
family
support,
which
includes
things
like
the
family,
Advocacy
Center,
the
youth
programs,
our
case
management,
grandparents,
raising
grandchildren,
which
you
might
not
know
this,
but
they
have
published
two
books
and
I
think
are
working
on
another.
H
So
it's
it's
really
a
dynamic
group
of
programming
and
program
services
and
we
wrote
there
in
the
welcoming
Center
in
italics.
We
don't
currently
have
this,
but
we
hope
that
we
will
have
about
300
participants
minimum
annually
in
those
Direct
Services
that
doesn't
include
some
of
the
peripheral
services
that
I'll
talk
about
in
a
moment
that
welcoming
centers
offer
and
so
I'll
start.
You
know
you
might
ask
like
what
is
a
welcoming
Center.
It
might
feel
very
intuitive
a
place.
H
That's
welcoming
that
you
can
provide
services,
but
there
is
actually
a
concrete,
concrete
model,
and
it
has
these
four
components
in
it.
The
first
component
and
I
think
really.
The
anchor
of
the
work
is
the
One-Stop
shop
idea,
and
you
see
the
icon
that
I
use.
There
is
an
open
door
because
we
like
to
think
about
this
as
being
an
open
door
or
not
entering
any
wrong
door.
H
We
know
that
families
come
to
our
Center.
You
know
on
a
daily
basis
again,
just
because
someone
told
them
that
they
could
find
some
support
there.
Well,
what
a
welcoming
Center
will
do
is
identify.
What
that
need
is,
and
then
also
provide
Assessment
Services
for
that
family
to
determine
what
other
holistic
services
that
family
unit
might
need
to
be
able
to
to
meet
that
initial
request
that
they
had
or
anything
else.
H
And
what
a
welcoming
Center
has
staff
members
been
able
to
do
is
really
explain
that
talk
through
that
connect
those
those
resources
and
really
support
families,
in
particular
to
Elders
in
particular,
to
access
Medicaid
services
to
get
SNAP
benefits,
for
example,
and
all
of
those
things
contribute
to
that
overall.
Family's
success
by
you
know
changing
the
economic
Dynamic
within
that
household.
H
We
will
be
able
to
bring
those
resources
that
families
are
identified,
that
we
don't
that
we
don't
do
directly,
but
we
know
that
they
support
they
will
support
the
community
and
the
community
needs,
and
that
kind
of
leads
us
to
this
co-location
model,
which
is
basically
working
with
other
entities
in
the
community
that
provide
direct
service.
Sometimes
those
types
of
services
that
might
be
that
might
be
more
difficult
to
engage
in,
for
example,
domestic
violence
or
mental
health
services.
H
We
have
identified
Partners
to
co-locate
in
our
space
to
provide
those
services
so
that
a
direct
referral
happens.
That's
easily
easy
to
follow
up
on
and
much
more
successful,
so
that
you've
heard
the
term
like
the
warm
handoff.
But
this
is
almost
a
little
bit
deeper
than
that,
because
we
will
follow
up
with
that
partner
to
ensure
that
the
family
has
engaged
and
if
they're
physically
in
our
building,
that
helps
that
referral
be
more
successful.
H
In
that
you
know,
there's
a
difference
between
saying
you
know
this
office
is
two
doors
down
or
on
the
second
floor
versus
you
know
three
miles
away
or
you
know
you
have
to
travel
to
that
place.
So
we
have
found
that
cool
location
to
be
really
successful
in
terms
of
partnering
with
us.
We
also
will
co-locate
the
other
way
around.
H
So
one
of
the
things
that
you
saw
in
the
proposal
is
that
immigrants
are
across
the
whole
city,
they're,
not
just
in
one
community
area,
and
so
we
will
partner,
for
example,
with
District
65
and
say
you
know.
Maybe
there
is
one
day
of
the
month
where
we
do
a
you
know:
mobile,
welcoming
Center
and
every
Tuesday
from
XYZ
time
to
XYZ
time.
We
will
be
in
that
school
building
that
those
community
area
members
can
find
that
location
a
little
bit
more
accessible.
We've
done
that
with
elected
officials
offices.
H
We've
done
that
with
City
agencies
and
other
play
other
partners,
so
again
that
cool
location
can
go
in
both
directions.
The
Community
Education
component
really
is
a
monthly
Workshop
or
educational
series.
H
It
could
be
classes
that
we
would
provide
on
a
number
of
topics
that
would
help
immigrants
and
refugees
be
able
to
navigate
their
their
new
city,
their
new
town,
their
new
States
more
effectively,
and
so
it
could
include
things
like
know.
Your
rights
understanding
how
to
access
covered
vaccination
or
health
benefits.
How
to
understand
the
new
education
system
that
your
children
are
attending.
Things
like
that,
and
that
is
going
to
be
driven
by
both
our
expert
staff.
H
But
in
addition
to
that,
our
participants
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
a
co-creation
opportunity
that
we're
going
to
have
and
other
leaders
and
stakeholders,
but
really
a
collaborative
effort
to
identify
what
are
the
key
needs
or
areas
of
growth
and
opportunity
for
the
community
to
develop
and
have
more
information
so
that
they
can
meet
their
goals
and
their
dreams
for
their
for
themselves
and
for
their
families.
And
then,
finally,
there
is
a
Community
Alliance.
The
Community
Alliance
is
basically
a
collaborative
in
a
particular
community
area
that
looks
at
a
number
of
things.
H
One
of
those
is
gaps
and
services
and
so
identifying
where
those
gaps
are
where
this
collaborative
can
work
to
leverage
resources
and
leverage
opportunities
to
bring
additional
resources
into
that
community
area.
For
example,
it
could
be
that
in
a
community
area
there
is
no
Illinois
Department
of
Employment
Security
office
and
it's
too
far
away
and
and
that
has
been
identified
as
a
need,
then
that
collaborative
will
work
together
to
leverage
their
relationships
and
reach
out
to
the
state,
Etc
and
other
partners
to
bring
those
resources
into
the
community.
H
We'll
also
look
at
duplication
of
services,
as
well
as
identifying
and
supporting
other
partners
to
be
able
to
navigate
and
serve
immigrants
and
refugees
more
effectively.
So,
for
example,
when
folks
were
talking
about
Sanctuary
cities
and
Sanctuary
town,
welcoming
centers
did
a
lot
of
Community
Education
and
collaboration
with
their
Partners
to
talk
about
what
it
was,
what
it
wasn't
and
to
really
be
able
to
begin
to
have
dialogue
and
deeper
understanding,
and
so
that
the
way
that
that
manifests
could
be
in
a
couple
ways,
for
example
in
some
communities.
H
H
H
And
so,
as
we've
been
having
these
conversations
with
key
leaders
and
with
some
of
our
council
members,
we
have,
it
has
been
brought
up
to
really
think
about
co-creation,
and
we
year
we
actually
had
a
first
meeting
today
and
began
to
think
about
what
those
co-creation
opportunities
are.
Yes,
there
is
a
model
that
we
have,
but
we
know
again
that
every
Community,
every
city,
every
town
is
unique
and
we
want
to
be
responsive
to
that.
So
what
this
opportunity
will
look
like
is
the
identification
of
focus
groups.
H
So
that
is
an
exciting
part
about
this
opportunity
that
we
think
that
Evanston
is
very
ready
to
do
and
and
interested
in
doing
and
thinking
and
being
a
thought
partner
with
us
and
then
I.
Just
this
is
just
a
an
idea
of
what
some
referral
service
or
what
services
can
be
in
a
welcoming
Center
again
as
we
create
this
together.
You
know
we
may
include
all
of
these.
H
H
We
have
been
providing
emergency
and
crisis
response
and
in
particular
we
when
covid
came
all
all
of
our
welcoming
centers
were
able
to
Pivot
with
a
lot
of
intention
to
be
able
to
support
the
needs
of
immigrants
and
refugees
and,
in
particular,
undocumented
immigrants
who
who
were
initially
left
out
of
much
of
the
federal
support
and
local
support,
and
so
we
had
to
really
be
able
to
navigate
and
support
those
families
in
creative
and
unique
ways.
H
We'll
provide
Court
advocacy
interpretation
and
translation,
Notary
Services
mental
health
referrals,
Health
Care
access,
Etc,
all
of
those
and
many
other
services,
whatever
that
Community
areas
interested
in
providing
and
supporting,
and
just
to
share
a
little
bit
about
what
our
tenants
currently
do.
I'll
remind
you
all
that
we
have
in
our
building-
and
this
was
also
in
the
proposal-
entrepreneurial
Services,
education,
preschool
Community,
advocacy,
infant
child
or
care
youth
developments.
Together,
we
serve
our
services
and
our
tenants
3
500
to
5
000
individuals.
H
We
know
that
when
we
open
the
welcoming
Center
up,
we
will
increase
that
amount
and,
as
we
continue
to
develop
the
services
and
and
continue
to
identify
sustainable
funding.
For
that
program
that
we
will
be
able
to
build
that
even
more
as
we
move
move
ahead
and
we
strengthen
these
these
services
in
the
community.
We
know
that
these
are
incredibly
needed
Services.
H
We,
we
know
that
we've,
you
know
seen
some
of
the
reports
that
Evanston
has
done
and
focus
group
results,
and
we
know
that
serving
the
Latino
Community
serving
the
Immigrant
community
and
leveraging
relationships
between
our
fifth
work
residents
and
new
resident
students
will
give
us
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
really
think
about
and
respond
to
the
needs
of
those
community
members,
all
with
the
eye
towards
supporting
families
to
reach
their
goals.
I
know
Jara
likes
to
say
start
with
folks,
where
they
dream.
H
That's
what
we
want
to
be
doing,
but
we
want
to
see
those
dreams
become
reality
for
our
families,
and
that
includes
all
families,
regardless
of
their
immigrant
status,
and
we,
you
know.
We
hope
that
you
will
agree
with
us
that
this
proposal
is
something
that
Evanston
needs
and
that
Family
Focus
is
the
right
organization
to
implement
this,
and
so
we
I
want
to
offer
opportunity
for
questions
if
you
have
them,
but,
moreover,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity.
H
The
last
several
months
that
I
have
had
with
working
with
the
with
all
of
the
leaders
in
the
community
and
with
the
City
of
Evanston,
has
been
incredible.
So
I
appreciate
that
and
we've
learned
a
lot,
but
we
do
have
Dottie
here
that
can
answer
any
questions
and
Vanessa
that
can
answer
questions
on
the
very
local
level.
A
Thank
you
for
that
thorough
presentation.
Do
any
of
the
committee
members
have
any
questions
from
Mariana,
your
new
members
and
then
we've
got
Focus.
D
Okay,
I
asked
go
ahead:
Kathy
Hi!
How
are
you
thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation
that
was
wonderful
and,
as
a
I
don't
know,
team
alumni
from
Family
Focus,
40
years,
plus
I'm
very
and
we're
still
standing
I'm
very
happy
that
you
guys
have
come
forward
with
best
practices
and
dealing
with
families
and
welcome
welcoming
all
of
them
into
the
community
and
integrating
I
I.
Just
my
short
question
is
the
project
projection
of
population
is
what
exactly
as
you
go
forth
with
this
new
with
this
endeavor?
D
D
Many
people
will
do
you,
anticipate,
will
be
participating
in
most
of
the
programs
there
and
and
interacting
or
you
will
be,
inter
helping
them
interact
with
the
community.
H
Sure
sure
so
it
so
we
think
that
funded
at
the
level
that
we've
requested,
we
can
serve
300
additional
participants
with
Direct
Services.
That
includes
an
assessment
case
management,
follow-up
Etc.
That
does
not
include
referrals
or
you
know
we
might
get
phone
calls,
for
example,
where
we
a
family
is
just
still
not
ready
to
come
into
a
space,
but
they
need
some
information.
We
will
also
document
that
and
document
those
information
and
referral
pieces
that'll
be
a
much
larger
number,
but
in
terms
of
that
direct
one-on-one,
Family
Support
Services
about
300.
A
Yeah
just
go
off
of
Kathy's
question
there:
Mariana
and
I'm.
Sorry,
if
you
mentioned
this
earlier,
if
it's
in
the
proposal,
but
how
do
you
find
your
your
community
members?
How
do
you
find
people
who
are
looking
for
your
services
and
then
second
will?
Will
this
be
the
additional
300?
Will
they
be
Evanston
residence
only
or
will
they
be
within
the
area.
H
So
that's
a
those
are
two
really
good
questions.
So
the
way
we
we
do
a
number
of
things
when
we
try
to
find
folks-
and
we
put
in
our
timeline
some
Outreach
activities
that
we'll
need
to
do.
We
think
that,
as
we're
roll
rolling,
this
out
and
planning
we'll
be
doing
a
couple.
Things
in
the
focus
groups
is
getting
folks
to
kind
of
know
what
we're
doing
so
that'll
be.
One
piece
right
is
sharing
that
information.
There
will
be
some
intentional
Outreach
and
communication.
We,
you
know
we.
H
So
we
certainly
will
rely
on
that,
but
we
will
also
do
some
intentional
Outreach,
which
could
include
canvassing
which
it
could
include
working
with
our
local
parishes
or
faith-based
entities,
other
non-profits,
so
we'll
want
to
once
we
if
we
are
awarded
These
funds,
we'll
want
to
get
to
those
partners
and
then
also
work
with
their
case
managers
work
with
their
team
members
do
presentations
around
what
the
services
are,
how
to
utilize
them,
how
to
access
them.
H
So
those
those
are
some
of
the
ways
that
we
will
do
Zoo
some
community
outreach
we'll
use
our
current
participants.
As
you
know,
leaders
in
the
community
to
talk
about
the
services
that
we
do
we'll
use
newsletters
like
the
maybe
the
Evanston
newsletter
and
other
Facebook
type
of
social
media
announcements
about
the
work
that
we'll
be
doing
so
that
that'll,
be.
You
know
we'll
we'll
begin
planning
that
before
you
know,
we
roll
it
out
officially
and
then
have
an
ongoing
Outreach
and
recruitment
plan.
H
The
second
question
regarding
the
the
participants
who
can
who
can
join
I
think
our
intention
is
several
fold.
We
hope
that
that
we
will
be
able
to
reach
out
to
the
Illinois
Department
of
Human
Services,
that
funds
welcoming
centers,
and
so
we
we
have.
We
know
that
there
will
be
a
no-fo
coming
out
soon.
H
We
know
that
in
this
last
General
Assembly
session,
there
was
an
increase
of
20
million
dollars,
so
we
know
that
the
state
of
Illinois
is
committed
to
welcoming
centers
with
that
being
said,
we
think
that
our
proposal
to
them
will
be
stronger
if
we
not
only
serve
the
City
of
Evanston,
but
also
the
surrounding
areas
so
places
like
Niles
Skokie,
the
north
part
of
Chicago,
because
we
know
that
there's
a
large
immigrant
and
Refugee
population
in
those
communities
as
well.
H
So
yeah
we
we
would
house
this
NR
Evanston
building
in
the
Fifth
Ward,
so
the
Family
Focus
our
place,
Evanston
building,
and
so
again
you
know
we
would
house
it
there.
Our
key
staff
would
be
housed
there.
We
would
have
some
co-location
sites,
some
Caucasian
entities
there,
but
we
would
also
want
to
be
mobile
because
we
know
even
in,
for
example,
in
our
Cicero
community
area,
which
is
I'm
not
sure
if
you're
familiar
with
Cicero
it's
six
square
miles.
H
So
it's
pretty
small,
but
even
there
we
co-locate
sometimes
because
again
with
immigrant
and
Refugee
population,
we're
talking
about
folks
who
are
really
cautious
in
navigating
public
systems,
and
so
we
oftentimes
will
need
to
go
where
they
are
so
that
they
can
get
those
resource
places
that
they
really
trust
and,
for
you
know,
someone
in
a
different
war
that
might
be
their
local
school
right
and
so
until
we
until
the
community
fully
knows
us
and
understands
us,
we
will
need
to
be
continuing
to
to
do
collocation.
D
A
Oh
yeah
I'll
read
to
join
okay,
yeah
anybody
else,
including
councilmember
Reed.
Do
you
have
any
questions
for
the
Family
Focus
team
here.
A
Okay,
so
Jessica
I
think
with
councilmember
rejoining.
That
means
we
are
at
a
quorum
right,
we're
we
needed
one
more
person.
Yes,
okay!
Well,
that's
good!
B
So
no
we're
not
voting
tonight
or
the
I
should
say
the
committee's
not
voting
tonight.
Okay,
yeah
so
that'll
be
at
our
September
meeting.
K
You
will
be
getting
the
arpa
rubric,
which
is
a
scoring
sheet
for
each
of
the
Opera
projects,
and
you'll
have
an
opportunity
to
score
the
project
on
different
points,
and
you
will
be
getting
an
email
from
either
me
or
Jessica
during
the
next
week.
So
you
can
put
your
scores
in
it's
a
Google
form
which
you
will
be
sent
a
link
to
and
then
we'll
prepare
the
scoring
and
then
also
any
additional
public
comment
during
next
month's
meeting.
B
Thank
you
for
that.
Anna,
yes,
and
the
committee
has
seen
that
scoring
rubric
before
when
the
committee
voted
on
the
child
care
premium
pay
program,
although
Anna
and
Marion
zooped
it
up
for
us
by
getting
it
into
a
Google
form.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Anna
for
your
Tech
savviness.
A
All
right,
I
have
a
second.
Do
we
Jessica
do
we
want
to
take
roll.
B
Yes,
please
Derek,
oh
honey,
Cherie,
Lackey,.
K
B
K
You
Amanda.
A
Wonderful,
okay:
Jessica!
Do
you
want
to
take
on
2022
program
reports.
B
Sure
not
to
be
nitpicky,
but
do
we
need
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
council
member
Reed?
Do
you
want
me
to
do
a
world
Cloud
vote
for
that?
Let's.
J
Spin,
the
rules
for
to
meet
virtual
for.
B
That's
great
yeah,
okay,
formality,
okay,
so
yep
agencies
did
submit.
This
is
their
second
report
actually
for
the
2020
funding
year.
B
So
members
will
remember
that
we
sort
of
our
our
21
year
was
truncated
because
decisions,
our
timeline
got
pushed
back,
so
agencies
received
21
funds
pretty
late
in
the
year
and
then
the
committee
voted
to
provide
level
funding
for
agencies
into
2022
so
that
they
Contin
could
continue
their
good
work
and
what
you
will
find
at
the
very
end
of
your
packet
is
a
summary
of
each
agency's
outcomes.
So
we've
got
our
case
management
agencies
and
our
safety
net
agencies.
B
For
our
case
management
agencies,
the
staff
tried
to
make
the
reporting
very
unified,
so
members
can
see
how
many
new
Evanston
participants
enrolled
in
2022
and
then
the
total
Evanston
participants
served.
The
number
of
contacts
and
service
plans
created
the
number
of
referrals
made
and
then
information
about
outcomes,
including
our
most
Challenger,
the
agency's
most
challenging
referrals
for
safety
net
Services.
The
format
is
pretty
similar.
We
looked
at
the
number
of
new
Evanston
residents.
B
Those
agencies
were
able
to
enroll
in
services
and
then
the
total
Evanston
population
served
the
types
of
services,
whether
that
was
reported
in
hours
of
service
or
type
of
service,
and
then
who
received
deeper
Services
either
within
the
agency,
our
number
of
external
referrals
and
external
referral
Partners.
So
if,
for
example,
someone
was
receiving
food
but
they
needed
housing
where,
where
were
they
sent
in
the
community
and
then
the
number
of
participants
who
exited
services?
B
So
with
that
I'm
happy
to
field
any
questions,
if
anyone
has
any
about
how
the
agencies
are
chugging,
along
which,
by
the
way,
I
have
to
say,
they're,
doing
tremendous
tremendous
work
in
what
is
still
just
incredibly
stressful
stressful
times,
many
of
them
have
reported
they're
still
struggling
with
stopping
loss
they're
still,
some
of
them
are
still
struggling
to
hire
staff
and
keep
positions,
we've
seen,
covid,
spikes
and,
and
that
that
is
also
as
I'm
sure
everybody
understands
proof
really
challenging
to
agencies.
But
you
know
the
numbers
speak
for
themselves.
B
B
The
child
care
providers
have,
until
close
to
the
end
of
the
month
to
complete
the
application.
Our
close
date
is
August
23rd.
It
was
originally
the
19th
and,
and
then
staff
heard
some
feedback
from
the
providers.
So
we
agreed
to
extend
the
date.
We've
been
working
with
providers
to
help
them
meet
the
requirement
of
documenting
family
income
for
participants
served
and
finding
alternate
ways
to
record
staff.
B
Attainments
staff
is
under
the
impression
that
the
majority
of
child
care
provide
all
child
care
providers
were
in
the
Illinois
Gateway
program
and
that
those
providers
were
logging,
their
attainments
in
the
Illinois
Gateway
we've
since
learned
that
that
is
not
the
case.
B
So
so,
we've
come
up
with
another
way
for
agencies
to
report
that
information
and
we
hope
to
compile
our
results
and
and
have
that
information
for
the
committee
at
the
next
meeting,
I
will
say
a
source
of
Pride,
for
me
is
that
we've
we've
heard
from
a
number
of
Home
Care
providers,
so
I'm
very
happy
that
our
home
care
providers
that
we've
been
able
to
connect
with
them
and
and
get
them
get
them
on
board.
With
this
program.
B
That
being
said,
you
know
we
do
look
forward
to
hearing
the
results
from
from
the
larger
the
center-based
providers
as
well.
So
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
that
application
process.
How
that's
going.
A
B
Sure
so
so
the
application
is
for
child
care
providers,
whether
they're,
home-based
or
center-based
providers.
We
ask
that
either
the
business
owner
or
the
executive
director
complete
the
survey
on
behalf
of
all
all
staff.
B
The
agency
captures
information
for
full-time
and
part-time
staff.
Originally
full-time
staff
was
anyone
working
at
least
35
hours
a
week
and
and
part-time
with
anyone
working
15
hours
a
week.
We
did
hear
that
that
that
our
part-time
definition
left
some
people
out,
so
we
tweaked
the
application
to
include
a
spot
for
agencies
to
also
report
staff
who
who
might
work
less
than
15
hours
a
week.
B
So
that's
great
and
we
think,
with
this
information
we
can
present
sort
of
a
tiered
model
for
the
committee's
review,
based
on
number
of
Staff,
whether
it's
part-time,
the
staff
are
part-time
full-time.
You
know,
roughly
the
number
of
hours
worked
and
then
the
populations
that
they
serve.
B
B
And
then
there
was
discussion
about
providers
who
maybe
served
30
percent
or
more
or
those
providers
who
who
maybe
did
not
have
that
information
for
the
households
that
they
served
or
who
served
households
who
really
didn't
fall
into
that
low
moderate
income
category.
So
we
don't
have
those
results
yet
we're
we're
waiting
to
see,
but
that's
again
where
I,
where
I
hope
to
be
able
to
bring
back
good
information
to
the
committee
so
that
we
do
have
that
established
budget
of
500
000
in
arpa
funds.
B
That
is
what
went
to
Human,
Services
and
ultimately
city
council
for
approval.
So
committee
members
may
remember.
We
did
receive
Council
approval
for
that
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
as
budget
for
this
program,
and
so
now,
hopefully
in
September,
we'll
have
more
information
to
see
how
the
committee
would
like
to
parcel
out
that
that
amount
of
money.org.
A
A
E
A
E
J
Do
want
to
ask
the
committee
thoughts
on
maybe
trying
out
on
at
our
next
meeting
and
on
maybe
a
trial
basis
moving
the
committee
meeting
up
one
hour
to
six
o'clock
for
a
start
time.
J
E
J
If
there's
no
objection,
you
know
we
can
maybe
look
into
that
and
schedule
from
six
to
seven
as
opposed
to
seven
to
eight.
A
Does
anybody
is
everybody
on
the
call
aligned
with
that?
Can
the
committee
Justice
Sarah.
A
F
Sir,
go
ahead:
I
just
wanted
to
make
the
point
I
don't
think
we
know
for
sure.
If
we're
going
to
be
allowed
to
be
virtual
in
September
I
I
believe
the
virtual
meeting
allowance
runs
out
on
the
20th
of
August
I
think
we
will
watch
for
that,
because
I
think
that's
an
important
factor
for
people.
F
So
we
will
just
make
sure
that
whatever
the
committee
chooses
will
let
you
know
when
we
hear
any.
You
know
status
of
that,
so
that
it
can
inform
the
decisions.
F
Think
so
I
think
that
what
we
could
do
is
is,
but
if
the
committee
would
like
to
say
hey
we
we
would
like
to
move
to
six
o'clock
pending.
You.
B
F
Being
able
to
be
virtual,
or
if
that
doesn't
isn't
a
factor,
that's
fine
too.
It's
just
something.
I
wanted
to
bring
up,
because
if
we
do
have
to
go
in
person,
it
could
be
a
little
more
challenging
for
people
depending
on
their
schedules.
That's
what
I
was
trying
to
just
get
to.
B
That's
a
great
point
and
if
I
could
just
say
so,
I
check
illinois.gov
for
to
to
see
if
that
Proclamation
was
renewed
and
and
I
usually
don't
get
get
that
information
until
very
end
of
the
month.
So
committee
members,
you
might
be
receiving
an
email
for
me
very
close
to
the
end
of
the
month.
September
is
a
little
bit
challenging
because
the
first
I
think
falls
on
a
Friday
I'm
quickly
pulling
up
my
calendar.
Oh
no.
The
first
is
on.
B
A
J
J
D
Raised
that
was
that
was
my.
That
was
my
suggestion.
Is
that
that
we
would
have
to
or
plus
there's
some
members
that
aren't
here
so
do
we
have
to
pull
this
to
see
or
can't
and
was
the
option
of
hybrid
ever
put
into
place,
and
my
last
thing
is
we'll
just
wait
to
hear
from
you
on
what
we
can
and
cannot
do.
F
Right
now
we
do
not
have
the
capacity
to
do
hybrid
on
on
a
committee
meeting,
because
we
don't
have
the
the
technology
to
be
able
to
do
that
and.
D
B
F
Perhaps
it
would
be
good
if
we
send
out
an
email
to
the
all
committee
members
saying
Our
intention
is
to
move
the,
so
it
gives
members
who
are
not
here
a
heads
up
and
I
think
that
would
be
useful
because
it
can
help
everybody.
J
Well,
thank
you.
Everyone.
Thank
you
for
entertaining
that
question.
Chair
and
members
of
the
committee.