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From YouTube: Social Services Committee 11/10/2022
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Discussion and Approval of Support Services Funding for Mental Health Service Providers, Discussion and Approval of $60,400 in CDVG-CV Funds for Health Staff Responding to COVID-19, and Discussion and Approval of $190,000 of CDBG-CV Funds to Support Ongoing Needs for Food, Staff & Safety Protocols to Prevent, Prepare and Respond to COVID-19. Find the agenda, packet and more information on the committee's web page: https://www.cityofevanston.org/government/social-services-committee
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To
the
next
slide,
please
next
slide,
please
perfect
and
then
next
slide
Okay.
So,
as
Charles
Frye
said,
this
program
is
in
partnership
with
our
referring
agencies
and
I
just
wanted
to
put
this
list
of
of
participants
here
who
have
helped
to
define
the
needs
of
our
residents
just
so.
You
don't
think
that
I
came
up
with
this
alone
in
my
office,
I've
been
in
close
contact
with
our
City
of
Evanston
victim
Advocates,
our
youth
in
young,
adult
staff,
our
general
assistance
and
emergency
assistance.
D
Our
referring
Partners
serve
different
populations
with
varying
needs,
and
we
know
that
there
is
an
overlapped
in
symptoms
or
challenges
that
that
people
and
families
are
experiencing,
including
grief,
depression
anxiety.
We
know
that
there
are
there's
a
need
for
individual
and
group
Services,
but
both
must
be
at
discrete
locations
or
locations
that
people
are
familiar
with
and
can
easily
access,
and
so
everything
that
I've
included
in
memo
and
everything
that
I'm
going
to
talk
about
tonight.
D
The
majority
of
it
came
from
our
Our
Community
Partners,
who
will
be
referring
people
next
slide?
Please
it's
okay,
so
the
target
populations
we
will
probably
not
be
able
to
meet
the
needs
of
of
everyone,
but
just
the
populations
that
we're
hoping
that
this
program
will
serve
include
parents
and
young
children,
youth,
our
youth
population,
10
to
18
families
who
are
newly
housed
and
adults
who
are
experiencing
severe
symptoms
of
depression,
anxiety
and
working
with
either
cities
staff
or
our
referring
Partners.
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D
So
this
is
an
estimated
number
of
the
services
we
need
again.
This
came
from
our
referring
Partners,
so
we
do
estimate
that
up
to
15
to
20
households
could
need
family
counseling,
family
or
individual
counseling
and
10
of
those
might
need
Court
reports
or
DCFS
progress
reports.
We
do
need
a
number
of
support
groups
and
then
we
do
have
a
request
for
additional
individual
individual
supports.
D
And
and
the
individual
counseling
would
be
for
quite
a
number
of
people.
Sorry,
it
was
cut
I
couldn't
see
my
screen,
but
yeah
40
to
50.
I
just
want
to
point
that
out.
So
when
we're
looking
at
providers,
we're
also
really
looking
at
capacity
in
addition
to
experience
working
with
the
populations,
we're
trying
to
Target.
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D
The
group
budget
is
a
little
bit
larger,
and
that
is
because
we
do
anticipate
running
a
number
of
of
groups,
but
also
because
I
was
going
to
talk
to
the
committee
about
setting
aside
a
portion
of
funds
for
program
supports,
so
we
know
that
people
who
would
be
participating
in
Services,
especially
if
they
are
families
with
small
children.
It's
anticipated
that
that
some
groups
will
take
place
in
the
evenings
right
around
dinner
time
and
for
families
with
small
children
or
young
children.
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D
So
another
criteria
when
we're
looking
at
applicants
is
a
transition
plan
to
help
people
identify
services
or
find
ways
to
connect
with
the
services
that
they're
in
from
this
program.
After
our
sessions
kind
of
come
to
a
close,
but
I'm
strongly
encourage
committee
members
tonight
to
consider
defining
that
cap
of
individual
sessions.
D
This
is
a
new
process
for
me
and
I've
learned
so
much
from
the
agencies
and
their
applications.
I
have
badgered
them
all.
With
follow-up
questions
and
I
sincerely
appreciate
all
of
the
hard
work
that
that
people
have
put
into
these
applications.
They
were
quite
extensive.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
anyone
any
of
the
agencies
or
agency
selected
and,
like
I
said,
a
majority
of
the
applicants
are
already
well
known
in
our
community
for
providing
Services
applicants
demonstrated
Partnerships
with
school
districts
and
non-profit
organizations.
D
I
can
call
some
out
specifically
because
I
enjoyed
reading
all
of
the
applications
and
they
were
all
very
strong,
Monica
Garcia
with
Lakeshore
Counseling
Services
worked
with
you
and
District
65..
We
know
that
Open
studio
project
has
had
Partnerships
with
Robert
Crown
and
other
City
community
centers
and
connections
for
the
homeless
and
impact
Behavioral.
Health
Partners
has
worked
with
connections
for
the
homeless.
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However,
in
thinking
of
the
agencies
that
could
provide
the
services
that
are
our
participants
need
and
that
were
most
identified
by
Our
Community
Partners
staff
is
really
recommending
Skylight,
Jocelyn
or
Metropolitan
Family
Services,
because
again
they
they
have
the
capacity
they
could
all
run
groups
and
there
were
little
unique,
not
little
I
apologize.
There
were
unique
features
that
each
agency
offers
that
that
I
think
will
make
the
programs
really
successful
and
and
help
participants
connect
to
the
providers.
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D
All
of
the
applicants
are
here
and
also
a
lot
of
our
service
providers
are,
are
participating
in
this
meeting,
so
we've
got
representatives
from
North
Shore,
Senior,
Center
books
and
breakfast
Moran
Center
connections
for
the
homeless,
just
to
name
a
few
who
can
also
weigh
in
and
talk
about
or
provide
any
clarification
around
the
services
that
their
participants
would
really
benefit
from
again.
So
this
isn't
just
coming
from
me.
It's
a
whole
team
effort
and
with
that
I'll
stop
talking
and
let
you
guys
kind
of
take
it
away.
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A
A
Like
this,
applicants
are
just
sort
of
ex
if
any
of
them
have
want
to
walk
through
their
experience
serving
the
various
populations
that
we
are
looking
to
serve
with
this
support
and
if
they
could
elaborate
Beyond
I'd
say
would
like
to
elaborate
on
their
experience
serving
the
populations
that
we
are
looking
to
serve
and
I.
Don't
know
if
it
might
be
helpful
Jessica
to
have
that
like
slide
where
it
had
those
distinct
populations.
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G
Hi
everyone
and
thank
you
guys
so
much
for
doing
all
this
work.
I
really
appreciate
the
three
of
the
applicants
that
that
you
suggest
that
staff
had
suggested
already.
Has
the
capability
of
the
administrative
work
that's
going
to
be
required
for
this,
because
some
of
these
families,
as
well
as
individuals,
may
have
issues
regarding
DCFS
court
issues,
reporting
issues
and
so
forth.
G
A
A
F
Apologize,
if
you
probably
you
know,
groups
have
already
talked
about
this,
but
if
you
could
maybe
talk
about
some
of
the
the
strengths
of
your
organization,
in
terms
of
you
know
how
you
provide
services
and
to
whom
you
typically,
you
know,
serve,
and
then
it
would
also
be
great
to
hear
more
about
typical
session
numbers
at
your
organization
like
how
what
would
be
sort
of
in
your
experience,
more
of
like
a
brief
model
and
how
many
sessions
just
do
folks,
usually
use
for,
like
longer
term
counseling.
Those
kinds
of
things.
B
A
Worries
I
just
didn't
want
to
I.
Do
I
want
to
make
sure
you
got
your
questions
in
and
I.
Think
I,
don't
know
if,
at
this
point,
I
think
those
are
all
the
questions
and
so
I
don't
know
how
we
want
to
have
the
applicants
answer
those
questions,
and
hopefully
they
recall
all
of
them
yeah
and
if
not
I
will
do
my
best
to
remind
them
as
we
sort
of
work
through.
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A
H
A
H
H
We
have
been
providing
outpatient,
Mental,
Health,
Services,
to
low-income
individuals
for
our
70
years
and
I'll
just
address
those
questions.
We
were
founded
by
a
child
psychiatrist
and
also
our
history
is
based
in
Children
and
Families.
It's
about
40
percent
of
our
overpopulation.
Our
overall
population
base,
our
our
kids.
We
have
a
number
of
Child
and
Adolescent
psychiatrists
on
staff
as
well
as
for
who
donate
their
time
to
serve
a
low-income
children.
H
So
we
are
very
comfortable
with
very
young.
You
know
three
to
five-year-olds
through
adolescence
and
into
the
transition
really
the
whole
lifespan.
So
our
our
then
I
think.
The
next
question
was
about
the
long-term
effects
and
if
there
was
a
drop
off
of
our
cliff,
so
80
of
our
clients
are
Medicaid
recipients.
H
It
is
the
main
source
of
our
of
our
clientele.
So
I
can
imagine
that
one
of
the
goals
for
the
for
the
the
city
is
to
make
it
very
easy
for
people
to
engage,
and
that
means
that
they
don't
need
to
go
through
a
lot
of
the
Medicaid
paperwork
and
assessments,
so
that
your
funding
will
avoid
a
lot
of
that
when
people
are
comfortable
with
their
with
their
provider
and
their
with
their
caregiver.
H
H
So
typically
the
average
length
of
treatment
for
therapy
is
18
to
24
months,
but
again,
it's
so
highly
individual
that
it
really
just
it
depends
and
that's
why
we
would
offer
that
once
the
person
is
established
and
uncomfortable
with
their
provider,
we
can
offer
that
long-term
funding
so
that
they
can
continue
for
years.
If
that's
what
they
so
wish
to
do,
the
wait
list.
We
currently
do
not
have
a
wait
list,
so
people
can
engage
in
treatment
even
in
the
numbers
you're
talking
about.
H
We
could
get
them
enrolled
immediately
into
treatment.
That
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
recognize
as
being
not
only
one
of
our
kpis,
but
something
that
you
know
our
board
looks
at
on
a
monthly
basis
is
how
fast
can
we
get
people
into
treatment?
And
so
that's
you
know,
that's
should
not
be
a
concern
for
yours.
I
I
know
that
there
are
lots
of
wait
lists
around,
but
we
work
really
hard
to
keep
those
wait
lists
depending
on
people's
schedules.
H
H
Let's
see
the
strengths
I.
Think
of
the
organization
are
that
from
I.
Think
from
your
perspective,
the
fact
that
we
can
continue
to
fund
this
program
well
after
City
of
Evanston
funding
is
depleted
through
Medicaid
funding.
We
also
provide
comprehensive
care
so
about
20
percent
of
our
clientele
does
require
medication,
and
so
we
have
a
very
robust
Psychiatric
Services
team
that
can
provide
that
level
of
care
should.
H
Should
somebody
need
medication
and
oftentimes?
That's
either
a
temporary
or
a
long-term
solution,
but
one
of
the
one
of
the
nice
things
about
providing
that
comprehensive
care
is
that
our
team
of
providers
regularly
talk
to
each
other
in
mental
health
treatment.
If
you're
seeing
a
therapist
and
you
are
seeing
a
psychiatrist,
you
oftentimes
need
to
pick
play
case
manager
for
yourself
or
for
your
family
member,
meaning
that
you,
the
doctors
and
the
therapists
don't
have
time
to
talk
to
each
other.
H
So
the
the
patient
needs
to
do
that
or
the
family
member.
We
do
that
for
people
and
I
think
that
that
is
really
one
of
the
best
things
that
we
can
do
is
provide
that
Coordinated,
Care
and
I.
Think.
The
other
strength
that
we
would
bring
to
the
table
is
a
care
coordinator,
so
oftentimes
it's
hard
to
engage
people
in
treatment
for
stigma
for
lots
of
reasons.
H
D
How
much
if
I
could
just
jump
in
and
say
you
did
an
excellent
job,
helping
me
establish
some
ground
rules,
because
your
answer
was
concise
and
checked.
All
the
boxes,
I
hope
for
the
committee,
so
I'm
going
to
play.
Timekeeper
and
I
will
also
go
down.
The
list
of
providers
I
see
so
providers.
If
you
can
raise
your
hands
but
I'm
also
I
won't
be
afraid
to
to
call
you
guys
out
to
see
who
who
would
like
to
speak
for
your
agency.
Does
that
sound
fair
committee
members?
Okay,.
A
I
So
I
first
want
to
say
that
I'm,
actually,
the
director
of
public
grants,
Jennifer
Jenks
who's,
our
who's,
our
like
mental
health,
Guru
from
Evanston
North,
is
actually
and
wasn't,
was
unable
to
be
here
tonight,
because
I
think
she
has
a
client.
So
I
will
do
the
best
I
can
to
talk
about
our
programs,
but
there
might
be
some
questions
that
we
might
have
to
do.
I
I
do
want
to
say
that
I'm
going
to
actually
go
to
the
proposal.
So
don't
forget
everything
is
that
Metro
Family
Services
I,
don't
know
how
much
you
know
about
us.
As
an
agency
we've
been
around
for
165
plus
years
we're
a
multi-service
agency
who
has
locations
throughout
the
cook
in
DuPage
counties
and
we
provide
and
we're
and
I
think
again,
one
of
the
strengths
of
our
agencies
that
we
provide
multiple
service
areas.
I
So
we
don't
just
provide
mental
health,
but
we
also
provide
Workforce
domestic
violence
counseling,
as
well
as
early
childhood
and
legal
aid
services,
for
example.
So
we
really
can
provide
a
wrap
around
service
approach
to
all
of
our
clients,
both
internally
through
our
internal
services
and
externally,
through
our
partners
with
related
to
Mental
Health
Services.
We
have
been
a
certified
mental
provider
since
for
about
28
plus
years,
and
our
model
is
we.
Our
benefit
is
that
we
do
provide
bilingual
services
and
that
our
culturally
linguistically
specific,
we
have
bilingual
clinicians
who
are
Spanish-speaking.
I
We
also
provide
services,
not
just
at
one
site.
We
can
be
flexible
and
adaptable,
so
we
can
do
them
in
the
homes
we
have
Telehealth
to
do
them.
You
know
via
Telehealth
services,
and
we
can
do
them
in
the
community
wherever
the
client
feels
the
safest
and
feels
the
most
comfortable
in
receiving
Services
I'm,
similar
to
the
other,
the
previous
presenter.
We
also
have
multi-disciplinary
Team
approach
to
Service
delivery,
so
we
wrap
around
a
team
around
our
client.
I
That
includes
the
clinical
clinician,
a
case
manager
who
can
provide
that
supportive
case
care
coordination,
as
well
as
a
peer
support
specialist
who
actually
is
a
certified
peer
support
person
who,
who
actually
has
the
the
direct
experience,
lived
experience
to
provide
additional
support
for
the
for
either
the
families
we
serve
any
zero
to?
We
serve
children,
youth,
adults,
seniors.
We
have
the
expertise
to
serve
all
those
populations,
the
other
thing
trying
to
think
what
else
in
terms
of
transition
and
all
services
so
that
they
don't
fall
off
the
Gap.
I
We
also
accept
Medicaid
and
Medicare,
and
so,
as
the
previous
presenter
said,
this
funding
would
allow
us
to
engage
clients
and
get
them
get
them
linked
into
services
and
then,
as
they
get
more
comfortable
with
their
services,
we
can
transition
work
with
them
to
either
engage
sign
up
for
benefits,
either
through
Medicaid
or
Medicare,
or
another
third
party
third-party
payer
option,
either
through
an
insurance
Etc.
So
we
have
all
those
systems
in
place
to
help
transition
those
clients
into
longer
term
care
as
needed.
D
I
I
G
Question
yes,
Jennifer!
Thank
you!
So
much
for
coming
in
and
and
helping
out,
I
truly
appreciate
this.
One
of
my
questions
is:
you
spoke
of
your
the
agency's
capability
of
being
bilingual.
Are
there?
How
far
does
your
resources
for
language,
avoiding
language
barriers
go?
Do
you
provide
languages
in
French,
polish,
some
of
our
Asian
communities
and
so
forth?
My
next
question
is
and
thank
you
for
providing
that
information
about
being
able
to
meet
meet
the
Gap.
I
I
We
also
have
staff
on
staff
who
can
speak
other
languages
like
in
the
diverse
Asian
Etc,
but
if
we
was
but
we,
but
in
terms
of
accessing
those,
those
I
would
have
to
confirm
with
Jennifer
what
populate,
what
languages
that
they
have.
That
could
is
specifically
available
in
Evanston
North,
but
I
do
know.
Polish
and
Spanish
are
and
then
I'm
sorry
I'm.
Sorry
what
was
the
the
next
one.
I
Yeah
I
was
actually
not
aware.
That's
really
I
mean
I.
I
was
not
aware
of
that,
but
that
makes
sense.
We
do
have
access
to
translation
services
through
our
partnership
with
Heartland
Alliance
as
a
language
services
that
we
can
access
translation
and
we
also
have
every
all
the
word
documentation
in
multiple
languages,
but
again
I
would
have
to
confirm
with
Jennifer
what
other
languages
outside
of
Polish
and
Spanish
that
we
have
because.
I
A
D
A
D
E
A
Understanding
of
children
filing
bilingual
expertise.
Second,
is
how
do
you
handle
the
cliff
if
people
after
these
Services
run
out
third
I?
Think
working
weightless
and
sort
of
their
General
average
number
of
sessions,
sort
of
General
approach,
Amanda
I'm
kind
of
messing
your
question
up
there,
but
I
hope.
That's
in
the
ballpark,
oh
goodness,
I
think
I
miss
him
one
more,
but
you
can
start
off
there
and
somebody
can
jump
in
with
the
others
that
I
didn't
sure.
J
Yeah,
so
thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
yeah,
our
so
we're
from
Impact
Behavioral
Health
Partners
we're
Evanston
centered
Community
Mental,
Health
Center.
Our
experience
probably
focuses
mostly
on
the
identified
population
of
those
kind
of
recovering
from
or
recently
homeless,
newly
housed
or
those
currently
experiencing
homelessness.
We
are
a
permanent
Supportive
Housing
agency,
in
addition
to
a
community
mental
health
center
and
that
adults
18
and
over
as
well
as
families,
are
the
populations
that
we
serve.
J
We
we
do
bill
where
we
do
use
Medicaid
to
fund
services.
So
individuals
who
came
into
our
programming
would
we
would
help
them
connect
with
with
that
resource,
given
if
they
are
of
low
resources
or
low
income,
they
should
qualify
and
can
be
connected,
and
that,
with
that
option
is
we
would
be
able
to
continue
providing
Services
indefinitely
I.
J
We
provide
long-term
therapy
as
well
as
case
management,
and
the
therapeutic
approach
approaches
that
we
utilize
are
really
difficult
to
identify
how
many
sessions
it's
it's
going
to
take
to
help
someone.
It's
you
know,
individuals
would
have
access
to
our
Employment
Program.
That's
a
lot
more!
You
know
time
we
have
a
supported
Employment
Program,
which
involves
one-on-one
work
with
an
Employment
Specialist
to
find
employment.
That's
a
good
fit
for
the
participant
in
that
takes.
J
J
While
we
engage
folks,
we
also
have
case
management
and
an
intake
coordinator
who
would
help
us
to
connect
with
individuals
perform
Outreach,
make
sure
folks
are
connected
to
the
resources
in
the
community
that
we're
familiar
with
here
in
Evanston
and
helping
them
then
participate
in
therapy
in
an
effective
manner.
Having
been
connected
with
the
resources
that
they
need
in
terms
of
bilingual
Services,
we
do
have
Spanish-speaking
capacity
in
our
employment
program,
but
we
do
not
currently
have
that
in
the
the
therapeutic
or
case
management
program.
K
J
Our
services,
without
needing
the
funding
from
the
city
wait
list.
Our
intention
was
to
dedicate
a
full-time
staff
to
this
Endeavor,
so
there
wouldn't
be
a
wait
list.
This
would
be
a
position
dedicated
to
this
task
and
that
that
staff
would
be
able
to
take
on
roughly
30
participants.
I
would
have
to
check
the
application
to
identify
the
exact
numbers,
but
depending
on
the
level
of
need
of
these
individuals,
2
30,
you
know
35
individuals
that
they
could
be
working
with
providing
therapy
did
I
miss
anything.
B
A
A
There
are
a
couple
reasons,
perhaps
why
there
wouldn't
be
eligibility,
but
by
and
large
I
would
think
the
population
you're
serving
would
fall
into
eligibility
be
eligible,
and
so
that's
really
helpful
and
I
think
as
we
think
of
setting
the
level
of
sessions
and
who
we
thought
I
think
it
is
important
for
us
to
think
about
for
those
eligible
for
other
funding.
What
is
that
transition
period
look
like
and-
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
these
resources
are
being
used
for
those
that
don't
have
other
resources
to
cover
right.
K
K
So
so
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
be
able
to
be
talking
with
you,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
there's
there's
dignity
in
the
process
of
people
who
are
receiving
Services,
so
I
I'm,
the
CEO
and
founder
of
Skylight
Counseling
Center.
We
started
in
2011
we're
in
Evanston
and
have
been
sporting,
the
Evanston
Community,
the
Niles
Township
Skokie
Community,
since
2011..
We
also
have
location
in
the
loop.
K
So
our
we
have
a
leadership,
team
and
structure
that
supports
our
clinicians.
A
lot
of
them
are
clinicians
themselves,
but
we
do
have
plenty
of
Administrators
so
that
that
team
allows
for
support.
For
the
clinicians,
so
that
they're
not
experiencing
vicarious
trauma
or
burnout
excessively,
that
we
really
believe
if
we
support
the
providers
they'll
do
an
even
better
job
of
supporting
the
the
clients.
So
we
do
have
a
diversity,
Equity
inclusion
focus
and
that
our
therapists
are
culturally
competent.
K
We
want
to
make
sure
that
and
that
our
leadership
team
is
a
diverse
group.
We
have
a
lot
of
inclusion
amongst
our
leadership
teams,
so
our
we're
we're
very
cognizant
of
how
power
and
privilege
experience
you
know
is
it
impacts
the
therapy
experience
for
those
clients,
and
you
know
it
can
be
different
for
different
clients
in
terms
of
the
background
of
their
therapists.
So
we're
we're
very
mindful
of
how
how
that
process
affects
the
therapy
experience.
K
K
K
We
think
about
the
system
that
they're
in
and
if
we
can
also
be
including
any
of
the
family
members
that
might
also
help
support
the
work
we
do
have
a
lot
of
DCFS
experience,
collaborating
with
attorneys
and
guardian
Adel
items
and
a
team
that
supports
the
clinicians
for
these
families,
so
so
that
the
clinician
themselves
isn't
dealing
with
DCFS
on
their
own.
We
don't
have
any
waiting
lists
for
ongoing
care.
K
We
do
have
a
foundation
that
can
provide
free
therapy
for
folks
more
in
an
ongoing
basis,
Less
on
a
limited
number
of
sessions,
so
that
that
has
been
one
option
for
us
to
provide
sliding
scale
and
ongoing
care.
And
we
do
have
a
team
of
clinical
interns
who
see
people
for
whatever
they
can
afford.
Those
are
students,
mostly
from
Northwestern
University
or
from
Adler
University,
and
some
some
from
National
Lewis,
who
can
who
are
well
supervised.
But
they
are
our
therapists
in
training
and.
J
K
Of
the
programs
we've
partnered
with,
and
our
average
I
would
say,
is
about
six
sessions,
clients,
but
that
that's
really
an
average
where
sometimes
people
don't
fully
engage,
and
we
have
plenty
of
people
who
are
doing
you
know
ongoing
therapy
for
months
or
years.
It
really
depends
on
the
presenting
issue,
but
we
have
had
success
when
there's
been
sort
of
brief
solution
focused
therapy
to
keep
the
the
numbers
more
limited.
K
It
prevents
us
from
getting
into
some
deeper
work,
but
it
hopefully
can
it
still
allow
allow
the
client
to
experience
some
support
and
and
find
tools
and
strengths
and
resources.
Lastly,
I
think
the
strength
of
our
organization
is
is
real,
smaller,
where
there's
about
40
of
us
we're
but
we're
a
Nimble
group.
K
We
can
move
quickly
to
make
decisions
happen
and
we
work
well
with
partnering
organizations
such
to
be
able
to
help
create
unique,
Partnerships
and
opportunities
to
reach
more
people,
and
we
do
have
a
strong
structure
of
support.
Our
leadership
team
that
supports
the
providers,
it's
a
diverse
team
and
we
have
folks
with
availability,
and
we,
if
you
know,
if
we
start
to
get
to
capacity,
we
do
have
the
potential
to
also
onboard
more
providers
that
we
know
that
could
also
join
our
team.
A
J
K
A
D
L
Well,
thank
you.
So
my
name
is
Tasia
and
I'm,
the
director
of
communications,
as
well
as
a
therapist
at
Urban
balance.
We
were
founded
in
2004
and
our
clinicians
work
with
diverse
individuals,
five
plus
in
age,
providing
outpatient,
individual
couples,
family
and
group
therapy,
treating
many
presenting
issues
including
depression,
anxiety,
family
of
origin
issues,
life
transitions,
trauma,
grief
and
loss,
lgbtq,
plus
issues,
substance
use
and
really
many
more.
So
we
have
a
hundred
plus
clinicians
and
they
come
from
diverse
backgrounds
and
utilize.
Many
therapeutic
modalities.
L
Our
locations
are
spread
throughout
the
city
and
in
the
suburbs
as
well,
including
in
Evanston,
and
we
do
offer
Telehealth
we're
Insurance
friendly
and
we
offer
sliding
scale
rates,
including
our
low
internship,
sliding
skill
rates.
We
do
not
have
a
wait
list.
In
fact,
we
could
take
a
hundred
plus
new
clients
per
month.
We
see
clients
seven
days
per
week
and
offer
morning
afternoon
and
evening
hours
we
have
a
dedicated
and
highly
trained
intake
department
and
our
clinicians
offer
both
short-term
and
long-term
therapy,
depending
on
the
needs
of
the
clients.
L
What
the
client
is
looking
for
and
what
therapeutic
modality
is
being
used
and
what
makes
the
most
sense.
We
don't
have
a
clear
average
length
of
treatment
because
people
come
in
with
such
diverse
presenting
issues,
so
we
do
have
some
clients
who
come
in
they're.
Looking
for
you
know
cognitive
behavioral
therapy
for
six
to
eight
sessions
or
that's
what
would
benefit
them.
L
That's
collaboratively
collaboratively
what
is
decided
upon,
and
so
it
is
a
shorter
length
of
treatment,
and
then
we
do
have
other
clients
with
more
deep,
seated
trauma
that
you
know
are
with
us
for
years.
We
don't
currently
offer
groups,
but
we
we
absolutely
can,
and
we
have
offered
many
groups
in
the
past,
including
on
Anger
Management.
We
had
a
group
specifically
focused
on
men's
issues
on
depression,
anxiety,
trauma.
L
We
had
a
gender
identity
group,
a
group
focused
on
healing
from
religious
trauma
Etc,
as
well
as
one
that
I
should
mention
on
chronic
pain
and
chronic
illness.
That
was
quite
popular
and
we
absolutely
are
able
to
offer
services
in
our
offices,
as
I
mentioned
via
Telehealth
and
potentially
through
a
partnership
with
the
city,
we
would
be
able
to
offer
services
in
other
locations
too.
We
have
done
other
Partnerships
in
the
past,
with
like
hospitals,
where
we
did.
You
know
a
group
in
a
hospital
on
a
weekly
basis
through
a
partnership.
A
L
E
E
D
D
N
Oh
hi,
everybody,
it's
nice
to
meet
you
all,
virtually
so
I'm
Sarah,
Lang,
I'm,
the
executive
director,
but
I'm,
also
in
a
visual
arts
therapist
by
training
and
I,
don't
necessarily
want
to
compete
with
Evanston
counseling
providers,
because
I
believe
that
all
of
the
people
that
are
applying
here
do
incredibly
important
work.
But
I
would
like
to
sort
of
emphasize
our
community
engagement
capacity,
particularly
in
the
Evanston
Community.
N
We
have
grown
exponentially
in
the
last
three
years
throughout
covid
and
I
will
say
that
one
of
the
reasons
for
that
is
being
a
Grassroots
non-profit
that
has
had
a
long
history
working
directly
with
Evanston
Partners.
We
opened
a
space
in
the
Robert
Crown
Community
Center.
We
have
a
fabulous
new
studio
in
the
Fifth
Ward
at
the
Family
Focus
building.
Where
we're
partnering
with
five
Community
agencies.
N
We
were
brought
in
by
Evanston
High
School
to
help
our
teenagers
acclimate
back
to
the
pandemic,
and
we
now
partner
with
their
health
department
to
provide
art,
Therapy,
Services
and
groups
after
school
there.
We
were
one
of
the
only
providers
to
partner
with
connections
for
the
homeless
during
the
pandemic,
because
we
had
the
ability
to
go
into
their
drop-in
center
and
directly
into
their
shelter,
and
we
continue
to
provide
after-school
programming
for
you
and
some
of
our
greatest
needed
agencies.
N
We
are
actually
in
response
to
all
of
the
work
that
we
have
been
developing
throughout
the
pandemic.
We
are
about
to
launch
a
more
extensive
art
therapy
clinical
service
because,
as
we've
grown,
we've
been
able
to
hire
more
clinical
art
therapists,
those
that
are
licensed
professional
counselors
and
social
workers.
Who've
joined
our
staff
in
recent
years,
so
we
are
in
a
great
position
to
provide
more
individual
and
group
art
Therapy
Services
right
now,
particularly
in
Evanston
and
I,
can't
speak
enough
to
the
power
of
art
as
a
community
engagement
tool
for
children
and
for
families.
N
It
is
a
fun
non-intimidating
way
to
get
people
a
trauma-informed
and
emotional
response
of
experience.
All
of
our
our
teaching,
artists
and
our
therapists
are
trained
and
are
trauma
trained,
Equity
bias
trained,
and
we
have
since
developed
a
very
extensive
social
emotional
learning
curriculum
that
I'm
actually
up
in
Minnesota
right
now.
N
Speaking
about
this
work
at
the
National
Conference,
so
it's
considered
very
Progressive
and
I
want
to
speak
to
the
fact
that
we
are
able
to
really
move
in
being
small
and
being
able
having
all
of
the
Partnerships
that
we
do
in
Evanston.
We
can
directly
serve
clients
at
our
studio
at
Sherman
and
Main,
at
our
studio,
at
Robert
Crown
and
at
our
studio
in
the
fifth
board.
So
we're
super
evanston-based
and
really
also
are
in
four
neighboring
school
districts,
including
Evanston.
N
So
we
are
able
to
really
reach
I
think
some
of
our
most
needed
clients.
We
have
bilingual
staff
and
yeah
we're
right
there
we're
we're
ready
to
go.
So
we
really
see
this
as
an
opportunity
to
leverage
our
existing
relationships,
but
also
kind
of
launch
a
more
extensive
mental
health
component
to
our
agency.
N
So
I
hope
that
helped
to
answer
questions.
We
do
not
take
Medicare
or
Medicaid,
but
our
partner
agencies
do
so
as,
like
you
know,
after
school,
at
Family
Focus.
We
are
working
with
that
agency,
we're
working
with
the
Y
Child
Care
Network
IOU.
So
all
of
our
partner
agencies
are
referring
clients
to
us
that
that
may
be
served
by
Medicaid.
A
A
N
So
I
mean
we
actually
in
terms
of
if
it's
going
to
be
individual
sessions,
it's
a
matter
of
just
capacity
building
that
with
our
existing
staff,
but
we
have
direct
relationships
with
the
area
of
the
school
of
the
Art
Institute
and
Adler
School
Professional
Psychology.
We
are
constantly
training
our
therapists,
so
we
have
a
an
in-house
pipeline
to
expanding
our
services
for
both
individual
and
group
art
therapy.
C
E
D
D
O
O
In
fiscal
year
2022
we
provided
services
to
about
1400
individuals,
children
and
adults,
and
about
90
percent
of
those
are
low
income.
We
do
take
Medicaid
and
Medicare,
and
so
certainly
we
could
get
people
linked
with
those
with
those
benefits.
You
know
once
we
get
them
engaged
and
they
could
continue
if
necessary.
We
have
no
problem.
Doing
that
and
keeping
them
going
as
they
need
to
we
have.
O
Our
group's
program
is
particularly
robust.
I'll
start
with
that
in
terms
of
strengths,
we
run
up
to
50
groups
weekly,
most
at
this
point
or
during
the
day
between
9
A.M
and
3
P.M,
but
we
certainly
have
run
groups
for
kids
after
school
for
parents
after
work
hours,
things
like
that,
as
those
things
have
come
up
on
and
off
throughout
the
years,
so
those
are
certainly
available
and
we
are
ready
to
add
those.
As
needed,
we
also
have
a
really
robust
crisis
program.
O
We
have
our
living
room
program,
which
is
a
walk-in
crisis
service
for
adults
in
our
Skokie
location,
and
we've
also
just
recently
received
funding
to
open
a
living
room
in
Evanston,
so
that
will
be
happening
very
soon.
We
also
have
a
mobile
crisis
service
and
that
is
available
to
anybody
at
any
time.
O
We
also
have
impact
Behavioral,
Services
and
peer
Services
have
offices
in
our
building,
so
we
have
a
direct
while
we
don't
provide
the
specific
either
Employment,
Services
or
substance
abuse
services
that
those
agencies
provide.
We
have
a
direct
pipeline
to
get
clients
linked
to
that.
If
needed,
we,
the
okay,
a
number
of
sessions,
as
many
other
providers
have
mentioned.
We
don't
necessarily
have
a
number
of
sessions
that
we
prescribe
to
anybody.
O
O
O
We
have
two
clinicians
Who,
currently
speak
Spanish
and
work
with
clients
who
need
Spanish
speaking
Services
we're
working
to
expand
on
that
in
terms
of
the
waiting
list.
We
are
also
looking
would
look
to
hire
for
this,
so
there
wouldn't
be
a
wait
for
the
clients
referred
for
this
position,
see
what
else
I
can
say
about
turning
point.
O
We
have
clinicians.
We
have
also
have
case
managers
in-house,
who
can
be
clients
can
be
referred
to
to
provide
services
around
Medicaid
Medicare
housing.
You
know
all
of
those
needs
as
well,
and
so
we
also
provide
a
wraparound
approach
to
Services.
We
have
many
clients
who
are
there
for
their
Individual
Services.
They
might
be
in
groups,
they
might
have
a
family
therapist.
They
might
also
have
a
case
manager.
O
All
those
things
happening
and
those
those
those
therapists
and
case
managers
are
all
working
together
to
coordinate
services
for
for
those
clients
and
for
those
families,
and
many
many
of
our
families
come
in
in
many
parts
of
the
family
have
services
and
it
all
sort
of
works
together,
see
if
I
didn't
miss
anything
I
think
everything
was
there.
Was
there
other
questions
that
I
missed.
O
G
Kathy
hi,
thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
The
services
that
you're
going
to
be
providing
with
the
marble,
as
well
as
the
living
room,
will
that
be
the
same
services
that
would
be
covered
with
this,
this
financial
request,
and,
secondly,
do
you
also
handle
patients
who
are
hearing
impaired
meaning,
do
you
have
sign
language
for
the
Deaf.
O
So
the
first
question:
we
have
grants
from
the
state
of
Illinois
to
provide
the
living
room
and
mobile
crisis,
so
no
those
we
would
not
be
asking
for
coverage
for
those
we
already
have
that
I
was
just
commenting
that
those
are
already
in
place
and
would
be
available
to
these
clients
that
you
would
refer
to
us
and
anybody
else
who
wants
them
that
they
are
and
that
we
are.
We
have
lots
of
experience
providing
crisis
Services
when
necessary,
but
we
already
have
coverage
for
those
we're
not
asking
for
that.
G
E
A
A
A
A
B
D
So
that's
a
great
question:
it
was
a
little
bit
of
a
moving
Target,
which
is
why
they
are
up
two
amounts
and
which
is
why
staff
would
come
back
regularly,
monthly
to
report
on
outcomes
and
budgets.
But
going
back
to
your
original
question,
the
social
services
committee
has
about
380
000.
It's
a
little
bit
under
set
aside
for
support,
services
and
staff
anticipates
that
those
funds
will
grow
as
the
we.
D
As
the
committee
determines
award
amounts
for,
or
allocation
amounts
for
case
management
and
safety
net,
there
will
be
20
a
fiscal
year,
23
set
aside
for
support
services,
and
then
there
will
be
a
fiscal
year
24
set
aside
for
support
services,
so
we
do
anticipate
that
this
budget
will
grow.
We
don't
know
how
much
it
will
grow
because
we
always
we.
We
have
to
establish
our
budget
based
on
estimate
because
we
do
have
a
portion,
a
set
portion
from
our
Human
Services
fund
and
that
portion
is
736
373
dollars.
D
Hopefully
that
carries
over
into
our
new
budget.
But
then
our
cdbg
portion
for
public
services
is
always
15
percent
of
our
entitlement,
Grant
plus
program
income.
So
so
that's
kind
of
a
moving
Target
and
if
you
can
go
into
great
detail
about
this,
but
I
will
instead
encourage
everyone
to
consider
our
action
plan
for
2023,
which
I
can
talk
about
during
our
staff
report.
A
So
Derek
I
think
Jessica
took
a
little
less
than
the
amount
we
had
left
over
for
support
services
and
did
her
best
to
split
it,
based
off
group,
an
individual
based
off
the
costs
and
proposals
that
she
reviewed
and
saw,
and
the
fact
that
group
often
needs
support
service
are
so
that
sort
of.
Basically,
we
had
350
000
to
spend
and
a
little
extra
change
and
we're
leaving
a
little
extra
just
in
case
something
goes
awry.
A
O
A
A
E
G
A
A
G
I
do
well
I,
guess
here's
my
idea
should
can.
Could
we
think
about
this
in
in
a
two-layered
session,
and
I
could
be
totally
wrong
and
I'm?
Okay
with
that,
those
that
are
in
emergency
crisis
who
need
sessions
versus
those
who
are
need.
Extenuating
need
milder,
Services,
interpretive
services
that
pulled
them
in
to
get
them
established
and
I
don't
want
to
to
make
it
sound
milder,
but
those
that
are
not
in
crisis
and
Under
Fire
that
have
to
have
a
turnaround
report
for
court
system
in
less
than
three
months.
G
A
D
However,
then
it
occurred
to
to
me
that
that
I
might
have
to
somehow
track
track.
That,
and-
and
so
my
request
would
be-
that
the
committee
approved
an
up-to
number
of
sessions,
for
example
like
20
or
25,
and
we
leave
it
up
to
the
provider
or
providers
to
help
people
transition
off
if
if
they
are
experiencing
relief
from
their
symptoms
or
if
they
learn
coping
skills
in
a
shorter
number
of
sessions
or
if
they
need
a
longer
number
of
sessions.
A
N
F
My
background
is
in
college
mental
health
and
I
realize
it's
a
different
population,
but
there's
typically
session
limits
of
like
10
is
pretty
standard
and
oftentimes
students
will
come
for
like
three
or
four
so
I
think
there
are
some
similarities
in
the
sense
of
like
there.
So
there
can
be
like
some
engagement,
things
or
people
kind
of
feel
like
they
get
relief
if
they're
in
a
crisis
and
kind
of
want
to
move
on
so
I
think
it's
kind
of
like.
F
A
C
C
10
sessions
is
what
about
almost
three
months
worth
of
sessions.
Two
and
a
half
months.
If
you're
going
into
25
you're
talking
about
six
months
worth
of
services
per
client,
which
is
a
little
heavy,
oh
come
on
so
yeah.
So
if
we're
doing
crisis
kind
of
coping
skills,
I
think
10
sessions
or
less
would
be
ideal
right.
F
A
F
I
think
Jessica
had
alluded
to
like
that.
People
indicated
their
like.
Their
groups
are
like
maybe
12
weeks
and
then
or
someone
was
talking
about
that
in
their
little
presentation
about
like
12
weeks
and
then
they
might,
they
can
choose.
But
people
do
it
different
ways.
Some
things
are
in
like
unending.
Some.
Some
are
eight
weeks
ten,
so
it
kind
of
depends
on
the
agency.
I
think
got.
A
B
No
you're,
fine,
I'm,
awesome,
okay,
Cherie
and
Amanda
question
for
both
of
you,
so
10
makes
sense,
and
just
it's
a
nice
kind
of
even
number
that
you
can.
If
you
wanted
to
take
an
hourly
average
hourly
cost
multiply
it
by
you
can
come
up
with
some
pretty
even
numbers
that
then
fit
into
this
350
000
pod
or
you
know,
150
for
individual
or
200
000
for
a
group.
B
A
D
So
I
can
say,
the
majority
of
the
applicants
in
terms
of
the
number
of
groups
were
pretty
similar,
so
like
8
to
12
group
sessions
and
then
yeah
Amanda.
Thank
you
for
calling
that
out
the
individual
sessions.
There
was
a
range,
but
for
the
most
part
they
were
from
100
to
160
or
180
on
the
higher
end,
great.
A
A
A
G
G
D
So,
typically,
you
know
all
of
the
applicants
were
invited.
It
was
strongly
suggested
that
they
have
Representatives
at
the
at
the
meeting.
I've
made
myself
available
through
email
and
my
personal
cell
phone
number
in
case
anyone
had
challenges,
logging
on
and
so
I
do
sort
of
believe
that,
if
people,
if
there
aren't
Representatives
at
this
meeting,
it
is
an
indication
that
they
would
like
to
withdraw
their
application.
D
G
A
A
D
And-
and
this
is
again
a
new
process
for
for
me
and
for
the
city,
so
I
think
my
my
hope
would
be
to
keep
in
close
contact
with
the
referring
agencies
to
understand
who
they're
referring
to
and
if
I
could
suggest.
They
begin
referring
to
a
sort
of
a
single
agency
just
to
streamline
the
process.
And
then,
if
that
provider
reaches
capacity
or
isn't
able
to
host
a
group
that
that
works
for
our
partners,
then
we
we
kind
of
engage
the
next
provider
yeah.
A
And
would
you
say
that
your
preference
would
that
just
be
I'm
gonna
pick
two
groups
or
I'll
just
use
I
won't
even
use
their
name
so
to
sort
of
like
use,
but
like
say,
would
it
be
all
right?
This
agency
is
well
versed
in
sort
of
this
population
that
this
Care
Management
organization
regularly
service,
perhaps
kids,
and
so
they,
your
preference,
would
be
that
they
start
with
the
organization
that
let's
call
them
organization
a
has
a
strong
history
of
serving
children.
A
But
maybe
this
other
organization
has
a
strong
history
of
surveying,
the
you
know
newly
housed
or
homeless
population,
and
they
would
refer
to
that
or
that,
like
it
would
be
a
maybe
we
pick
three
organizations.
They
all
have
three
different
strengths
and
the
referring
agency
would
sort
of
start
with
the
one
that
sort
of
matches
best.
But
if
that
there
were
capacity
issues
they
have
those
other
options
am
I.
Thinking
about
that
right
or
are
you
thinking,
everybody
start
with
a
and
then
go
to
B?
If
a
doesn't
work.
D
Well,
so
that's
a
great
point:
I
was
originally
thinking,
everyone
would
start
with
a
and
then,
if
a
doesn't
work
go
to
B.
But
there
are
agencies
with
with
various
strengths,
and
if
we
are
keeping
sort
of
our
our
different
populations
in
mind,
if
the
committee,
what
am
I
trying
to
say
keeping
our
different
populations
in
line,
it
does
make
sense
to
identify
providers
and
then
steer
participants
of
of
Select
populations
to
the
providers
who
can
best
not
not
best
serve
them,
but.
A
Experience
serving
that,
yes,
thank
you,
okay,
I
I,
do
think
from
that
thought
process
and
just
the
likelihood
that
there
are
the
potential
that
there
could
be
wait
list
the
potential
that
there
could
be
a
very
specialized
you
know
either
language
need
or
service
need
that
I
do
think.
We
should
do
more
than
one
for
sure
just
so
that
there
are
actions.
A
D
So
providers
who
and
advertise
themselves
as
let's
say
specializing
in
like
like
DV
services
and
running
DB
groups,
will
potentially
scare
off
participants
providers
who,
like
at
one
point,
Jeremy,
requested
or
suggested
that
a
clinician
who
or
or
a
practitioner
who's
skilled
at
working
with
youth,
just
sort
of
come
and
spend
a
couple
of
hours
each
week
engaging
the
youth
and
building
relationships
before
even
thinking
about
forming
groups
or
offering
Individual
Services.
That
is
the
type
of
Engagement
youth
need.
D
That
that
would
be
incredibly
challenging,
but
if
we
were
talking
about
holding
parenting
classes
specifically
for
men
having
a
men's
group
and
and
then
a
mom's
group
that
then
the
issues
come
out,
and
so
we
hope
that
the
practitioner
running
those
sessions
would
be,
of
course,
skilled
in
working
with
DB
and
and
all
of
sort
of
the
marriage
and
family
issues
that
go
along
with
that
again.
I
apologize,
I'm,
not
a
provider
so
I.
D
F
D
F
F
F
A
M
D
So
that's
a
great
question:
we
did
open
an
application
in
Zoom
grants
and
when
I
say
we,
it
was
done
in
Partnership,
Amanda
I
believe
that
you
had
the
chance
to
look
it
over.
But
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
I
also
asked
Damita
Cravens
to
to
provide
input
on
the
application,
as
well
as
other
City
staff.
So
it
was
very
much
a
group
effort
and
then
once
I
received
applications
and
then
had
the
opportunity
to
connect
with
our
referring
Partners
like
Family,
Focus
and
and
those
listed
earlier.
D
D
So
when
we
talk
about
diverting
some
populations
to
specific
providers,
that
really
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
me.
I
did
not
identify
impact
behavioral
health
because
they
don't
provide
group
services,
but
impact
again
is
a
provider
who
is
offered
incredible
services
to
people
experiencing
homelessness
or
housing
insecurity.
They
work
with
a
very
specialized
population
with
a
lot
of
complex
needs,
including
mental
illness
and
substance
abuse
and
I
could
go
on
about
novice.
M
D
D
A
Yeah
so
I
think
we
have
150
000
for
individual
200
for
group
and
I.
Think
the
idea
really
is
that
it
would
be
you
my
understanding,
I
think,
is
based
off
of
need
of
where
the
care
manager
sort
of
refer
in
to
it.
So
I
think
we
would
just
be
monitoring
it,
but
I
don't
know
that
we
would
sort
of
be
further
narrowing
the
buckets
so
to
speak.
Now.
A
I
think
it's
to
narrow
down
as
needed,
and
then
my
understanding
is
that
we
would
be
paying
after
utilization
and
then
monitoring
utilization
and
so
I
do
think.
Okay
next
year
or
like
mid-year,
we'll
be
able
to
probably
have
a
more
new
like
this
is
so
new
that
I
think
we're
like
we're
talking
about
an
idea,
as
opposed
to
like
next
year,
we'll
be
able
to
really
understand
like
how
many
referrals
were
there.
What
was
the
issue
you
know?
Did
we
need
more
referrals
for
more
children
or
was
it?
A
M
I
think
because
we
haven't
narrowed
down
the
scope
which
maybe
we
don't
need
to,
but
because
we
have
it,
you
know,
I
would
say
going
with
someone
that
can
provide
the
widest
range
of
services
to
different.
Demographics
is
really
important
if
we
were
to
narrow
it
down
to
say
you
know,
we
want
to
focus
on
Youth
and
Young
Adult.
We
want
to
focus
on
Art
therapy,
we're
going
to
focus
on
you
know
virtual
settings
versus
in
person
or
whatever
it
is.
M
D
M
And
Jessica:
do
you
know
if
it's
mainly
adults
or
you
know
out
of
the
50
participants?
You
said
that
would
the
likely
need
services
do
you
know
if
it
is
more
youth
or
adults
that
would
need
those
services
based
on
what
we've
heard
from
your
organization
from
the
I,
don't
even
know
how
to
we're
calling
a
few
different
people
organizations
now,
but
you
know
what
I
mean
from
the
yeah.
D
D
M
This
is
the
last
question
along
these
lines,
but
do
we
is
there?
Is
there
a
significant
need,
for
you
know
therapists
or
counselors
to
go
into
the
school
and
provide
the
service,
or
is
it
an
expectation
that
they
would
all
provide
services
at
their
own
locations
and
I'm
and
I
guess
I'm
really
trying
to
understand
the
need?
You
know?
Are
we
hearing
from
our
schools
and
from
our
Outreach
workers
to
say,
look
if
we
could
get
people
in
the
schools
during
the
day
able
to
provide
services
there
that
that's
what
they're
looking
for?
M
D
D
Their
Prime
hours
are
again
Mondays
through
Thursdays
between
5
and
7
30.,
and
so
the
hope
is
that
a
clinician
working
with
youth
could
establish
that
relationship
or
a
practitioner
working
with
youth
could
establish
those
relationships
and
then,
if
the
youth
were
open
to
it,
perhaps
we
could
set
up
groups
after
school
at
Haven,
Nichols
or
shoot.
Those
seem
to
be
the
three
schools
that,
where
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
need,
mental
health
need.
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
D
M
Long
as
I
asked
status
because
I
think
there
were,
there
might
have
been
a
few
groups
that
could
not
provide
they
would
need
to
provide
the
services
on
site
at
their
location,
as
opposed
to
off-site
I.
Think
I
saw
that
maybe
not
and
then
I
think
one
at
least
one
of
the
organizations
is
already
at
Robert.
Crown
did
I
hear
that
right.
A
P
You
know
I,
it's
not
going
to
be
it's
not
an
easy
thing
to
start,
but
Jessica's
done
a
ton
of
work
to
try
to
figure
out
a
way.
I
think
it'll
be
a
lot
of
tracking,
as
she
said,
and
trying
to
get
back
to
people,
and
one
of
the
things
I
think
we'll
also
find
out
is
the
capacity
of
you
know
what
type
of
volume
we
have
for
what
needs,
and
you
know,
I.
P
The
thought
is
that
the
commit
to
up
to
amounts,
but
they
get
paid
as
they
actually
provide
services
and,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
aware
of,
is
if
we
aren't
willing
to
sort
of
make
enough
of
a
commitment,
it's
very
hard
for
an
agency
to
to
work,
but
at
the
same
time
we
might
try
to
figure
out
some
sort
of
staging
or
checkpoint
to
say
well.
Where
are
where
is
anyone
at
X
point
and
and
see?
P
If
you
know
everything's
going
smoothly
or
some
organization
isn't
moving,
isn't
able
to
make
the
connections
and
move
on?
Could
it
could
we
have
some
discussions
and
reconsider
and
move
you
know,
move
money
around
or
anything
like
that?
I
mean
I,
don't
want
to
recommend
anything
that
would
be
completely
disruptive
to
getting
started,
but
you
know
there
would
be
the
possibility
of
allocating
a
certain
amount
of
funding
and
then
having
some
flexibility,
add
or
subtract
from
I
mean,
probably
actually
just.
P
You
could
also
leave
a
sort
of
part
unallocated
because
it's
not
all
going
to
be
used
up
in
the
first
three
months.
You
know
what
I
mean
and
then
have
some
flexibility.
If
you
wanted
to
look
at
different
needs
or
if
we
find
out
we're
really
missing
something,
just
a
suggestion
that
we
might
be
able
to
consider.
P
A
P
Don't
have
to
but
I
think
that
if,
if
agencies
don't
feel
that
they're
going
to
be
have
enough
of
a
vested
interest
in
in
working
on
it,
you
know
we
don't
have
to.
In
other
words,
if,
if
we
tried
to
do
too
many,
for
example,
and
everybody,
if
you
averaged
it
all
out,
some
everybody
might
get
a
very
small
amount,
then
I
think
we're
making
it
impossible
for
an
organization
to
make
a
commitment
to
really
working
on
this
I'm,
not
being
very
articulate.
This.
A
D
Sorry,
if
I
could
just
also
add
there
are
agencies
that
would
appreciate
sort
of
a
an
initial
disbursement
like
Skyline
could
begin
to
provide
services
with
like
a
twenty
five
thousand
dollar
initial
disbursement
and
so
I
think
that's
very
fair
if
I
could
also
just
say
that
both
Skylight
and
Metropolitan
Family
Services
have
offices
in
Evanston
that
are
close
to
public
transportation,
for
individuals
or
families
or
couples
who
wanted
to
receive
Services
again
at
a
discrete
location
that
wasn't
a
community
center.
But
there
was
public
transportation,
accessible.
G
I'm
sorry
I
was
a
little
confused
for
a
moment
and
trying
to
establish
the
guard
rails
for
this
particular
program.
Are
we
trying
to
select
at
least
three
agencies
that
have
a
specialty
that
meet
the
needs
of
not
only
youth
but
family
I?
Guess
that's
my
first
question.
My
second
question
is
man
I'll?
Let
y'all
answer
that.
Let
me
stop
right.
There.
A
I
think
yes,
you
we
are
looking
to
select
a
number
I.
Think
I
might
have
referenced
three
as
an
example,
but
I
don't
know
that
three
is
necessarily
the
right
number
I
think
it
might
be
the
number
that's
sort
of
in
my
head,
but
I,
don't
know
that
it
is
the
right
one,
but
a
small
group,
a
small
number
of
organizations
to
meet
the
varying
needs
of
the
community
and
of
those
specific
populations
that
we've
called
up
and.
G
D
P
Remember
is
City,
payments
are
not
always
as
rapid
as
private
payments,
and
so
one
of
the
things
we
do
in
certain
cases
is,
we
will
start
out
with
a
an
amount
of
money.
For
example,
we
did
this
with
the
Child
Care
scholarships.
You
know
it's,
you
can't
always
it's
hard
to,
depending
on
the
size
of
the
organization,
and
everything
cash
flow
can
be
an
issue
and
just
waiting
for
payments.
So
what
we've
done
in
cases
like
that
is,
as
Jessica
said,
we
all
you
know
we.
P
We
provide
a
certain
amount
of
funding
based
on
an
estimated
number
of
people
in
what
period
of
time
they
think
they
could
probably
be
taking
in,
and
then
they
have
to
report
against
that
they
have
to
report
every
okay.
So
we
track
again.
You
know
that
every
client
they've
taken
we
track
against
that,
and
it
really
can
be
helpful
in
getting
organizations
that
have
really
good
ability
to
meet
needs,
but
aren't
necessarily
accustomed
to
sort
of.
G
P
Be
some
that
say
they
don't
need
that
Arrangement,
just
as
we
run
into
in
some
other
services,
but
yes
I.
You
know,
and-
and
this
is
something
that
we
again-
we
have
done
similar
things
and
monitored
it
against
that
and
and
if
somebody
is
not
taking
in
clients
and
stuff
within
a
certain
period
of
time,
you
have
to
have
in
your
agreements
that
you
know.
Technically,
you
can
get
the
money
back
if
it's
not
used
so.
G
M
P
M
You
can
pick
up
all
the
time.
No
and
I
appreciate
your
questions,
so
the
I
just
want
to
understand
scenario,
one
and
scenario.
Two
in
the
package
so
scenario,
one
it
says:
approximate
cost
of
a
single
group
held
that
family
focused
10
to
12
participants.
Meeting
for
eight
weeks
is
eight
thousand.
Is
that
any
organization
in
particular?
Is
that
just
a
rough
estimate
of
what
they
all
can
provide
I'm
trying
to
understand.
D
M
M
Because
if
I'm
doing
that,
math
right
we're
setting
aside
200
000
for
groups
that
divided
by
8
000
I
mean
each
one,
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
that
math
but
I'm
just
saying
we
have
we've
allocated
a
decent
amount
to
where
we
really
could
get
a
good
sense
of
of
what
they
all
can
bring
to
the
table,
especially
if
this
is
a
learning
period
for
us,
where
we're
trying
to
get
a
hang
of
this
to
see
what
works.
I.
M
Don't
with
that
amount
of
budget
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
sure
why
we
wouldn't
want
to
work
with
all
the
groups,
potentially
especially
for
groups,
because
I
feel,
like
that's
more
likely
to
be
a
pretty
by
each
group,
is
probably
going
to
be
the
same
length
of
time.
And
you
know
it's
already
says
here.
Certain
amount
of
participants
like
I
feel
like
we
can
man
is
that
maybe
a
little
better
than
some
of
the
individual
sessions.
But
what
am
I
missing.
B
D
E
D
Yep
so
impact
Behavioral,
Health
Partners
does
not
provide
groups
and
turning
point
provides
groups
but
not
at
unique
locations.
So
we're
really
looking
at
Urban
balance.
Open
studio
met,
Family,
Services,
Jocelyn
and
Skylight
of
those
five
I
think
that
some
of
the
I
think
that
going
with
five
would
be
a
lot
for
a
staff.
We
okay.
P
I
have
another
kind
of
just
concern
and
I,
don't
know
how
it
will
work.
You
know
just
the
timing
of
getting.
We
have
a
number
of
case
management
agencies
and
people
who
are
trying
to
refer,
and
if
we
have
too
many
different
places
to
refer,
are
we
actually
going
to
form
effective
group
groups?
I
mean
you
know.
There
are
a
lot
of
things.
We
really
don't
know
here.
Trying
to
you
know,
get
things
set
up,
because,
ideally
there
could
be
groups
that
are
from
multiple.
P
You
know
serving
clients
from
different
agencies,
a
different
case
management
agencies.
So
again,
that's
not
something
we
really
understand
yet,
but
I
I
I'm
a
little
bit
thinking
that
if
we
don't
open
it
up
to
absolutely
everyone
and
have
some
limit,
it
would
maybe
make
management
at
least
initially
a
little
easier,
and
we
could
I
think
we'll
learn
pretty
quickly
what
what
seems
to
be
working.
G
And-
and
that's
part
of
my
question,
if
we
or
my
part
of
my
concern
not
my
question,
but
my
concern-
that
if
we
concentrate
on
getting
the
services
that
we
need
at
a
set
rate,
one,
it
would
lessen
I
would
think
lessen
the
strain
on
on
staff
on
the
city
side
and
it
would
make
clear
the
measurements
of
what
is
or
is
not
available
or
lacking.
Since
this
is
so
new.
G
If,
if
we
tried
to
fit
the
money,
I
guess
if
we
control
the
money
so
that
we
can
then
pivot
to
what
needs
to
be
done
in
the
second
round,
that's
something
else,
but
I,
guess
I'm
concerned
that
some
of
these
organizations
are
already
doing
this.
Work
in
in
different
agencies
are.
Are
we
paying
them
twice.
J
M
M
P
D
D
M
D
Metropolitan's
Family
Services
does
have
an
Evanston
location
at
820
Davis,
so
that's
also
public
transportation
accessible
and
if
we
chose
a
single
provider
for
individual
or
family
or
counseling
sessions,
that
would
make
the
management
much
easier
again
until
that
agency
reaches
capacity.
If
that
happens,
and
then
we
can
work
with
another
agency,
but
I
would
really
love
it.
D
If
all
of
the
referrals
from
connections
Family,
Focus
and
Welfare,
Society
Moran
were
coming
through
me
and
then
going
to
a
single
agency
or
all
of
those
Partners
were
referring
to
a
single
agency
where
I
could
keep
track
and
I'm.
Sorry
I'm
also
cutting
out
City
staff,
but
I
don't
mean
to
because
our
our
general
assistance
emergency
assistance
staff,
our
human
resource
or
our
Human
Services
specialist,
would
also
have
the
ability
to
refer
our
victim
Advocates,
but.
L
G
D
D
D
M
D
So
that's
a
great
question.
Families
would
also
prefer
to
go
into
an
office
or
have
a
set
location.
Families
could
also
meet
at
Family
Focus
or
infant
Welfare
Society
again
for
like
couples,
counseling,
marriage,
counseling
or
sessions
with
you
know,
families
and
children,
but
that
would
be
very
different
from
group
counseling
sessions.
For,
let's
say
mothers
interested
in
parenting
skills
who
might
also
be
wrestling
with.
M
Yeah
and
I'm
just
trying
to
think
if
I
got
all
the
organizations,
does
anybody
stand
out
as
a
provider
that
really
excels
in
the
area
of
group,
counseling
or
family
counseling
I
think
there
was
one
standout
at
least
one
for
Youth
and
Young
adults.
But
does
anybody
stand
out
in
terms
of
family
because
to
me
that's
everybody
can
do
it,
but
is
there
any
do
we
have
any
evidence
that
suggests
there's
that
some
of
these
providers
are
doing
it
more
effectively
than
others?
M
M
This
committee,
and
also
the
council,
has
information
we
can
use
to
take
action,
and
so
that's
one
question
you
know
which
one
do
you
think
answered
that
question
five,
the
best
or
you
know
more
effectively
than
someone
else
another
organization,
but
then
also
like
there's
some
outcomes
that
we
should.
They
should
already
have
that
they
presented
to
us,
hopefully
in
the
application.
I
wasn't
able
to
read
them
all.
M
You
know,
since
they've
been
operational
and
I
would
imagine,
there's
no
feedback
from
participants,
but
you
know
I'm
always
interested
in
that
just
surveys
and
any
information
from
their
participants
about
the
effectiveness
of
the
programming
and
and
also
think,
what's
important
to
me
is-
is
a
diverse,
diverse
counselors,
especially
to
just
to
name
it
black,
counselors,
specifically
and
and
obviously
people
who
can
help
address
any
language
barriers
as
well,
but
also
black,
counselors
and
so
I.
Don't
know
if
we
have
any.
E
D
A
And
I'm
worried
about
you
know.
Maybe
somebody
needs
more
services.
Maybe
somebody
uses
their
services,
they
come
back,
I
think
accepting
Medicaid,
especially
especially
when
dealing
with
children
I
mean
a
third
of
our
over.
A
third
of
our
children
in
the
state
are
on
Medicaid,
so
that
is
that
was
very
attractive
to.
M
Me
that's
important.
Yeah,
that's
really
important
I
mean
those
two
sound
really
good.
I,
don't
want
to
I'll,
be
the
first
one
to
kick
it
off,
but
I
mean
we've
heard.
Is
it
was
it
Skylight
or
Skyline?
I'm
sorry,
Skylight
has
come
up
a
lot
about.
You
know,
accessibility,
you
know
diverse,
you
know,
staff
or
counselors
I
mean
they've
come
up
a
few
times.
They
can.
B
M
D
A
And
those
would
be
then
I'm
going
to
ask
a
question
that
maybe
Amanda
or
should
we
might
need
to
answer
but
like
sometimes
there
are
already
like
established
groups
or
like
and
are
sort
of
you
know
they
meet
on
Tuesdays
at
this
particular
hour
and
people
may
come
in
like
they
don't
all
have
like.
There
may
be
a
group
where
it's
not
all
of
the
members
supported
by
this
funding
like
there
are
other
funding
sources
as
well.
Right
I
mean
at
my
thinking
of
that.
D
That
is
true,
so
like
Skylight,
for
example,
if
people
enroll
in
Individual
Services,
they
also
have
the
option
to
participate
in
any
of
their
group.
Services
they
David
talked
about
the
support
from
the
foundation
or
Urban.
Balance
is
an
excellent
organization,
but
I
was
worried
about
the
cost.
You
know,
and
urban
balance
has
partnered
with
the
city
again
fabulous
fabulous,
but
in
terms
of
that
transition
plan.
G
P
I
think
our
chairs
note
that
if
they
have
groups
and
people
can
be
individuals
from
our
referrals
can
be
put
into
an
existing
group
and
we
don't
have
to
try
to
fill
one
group
from
all.
This
is
a
really
good
one
too,
because
that's
that
means
you
have
a
way
of
getting.
In
other
words,
we
wouldn't
we,
the
groups,
are
all
based
on
a
sort
of
individual
right
and,
and
that
would
give
people
flexibility
to
get
into
groups
much
more
easily
than
trying
to.
P
A
A
If
they're
really
averaging
that
six
to
eight,
we
might
not
feel
that
Cliff
and
then
I
really
agree
on
Metropolitan
for
those
groups
and
that
history
of
to
First
groups
and
and
that
way,
sort
of
plugging
people
in
where
they
might
need
services.
So
that's
I,
don't
know
those
are
my
initial
thoughts,
I'm
very
able
to
be
convinced
otherwise.
But
those
are
my
initial
thoughts
for
somebody
to.
A
G
M
M
Geology
is
Trilogy
is
in
our
area
for
the
mobile
or
service,
primarily
yeah.
You
know
Evanston
and
then
also
parts
of
Chicago
and
I
think
Skokie.
Okay,
that's
I
got
big
stuff
on
that.
Okay,
but
their
turning
point
is
doing
the
living
room.
I
mean
it
may
not
be
I.
You
know.
I
would
like
to
touch
on
turning
point
in
the
game.
M
Gonna
be
saying
people
at
the
living
room.
Does
it
make
sense
to
be
able
to
refer?
Then
you
know
to
a
group
or
to
an
individual
counseling
in
this
within
the
same
organization,
I
mean
I
just
bring
that
up,
for
you
know,
continuity
and
programming,
that's
provided,
but
but
other
than
that
I,
like
I,
like
the
other
groups
as
well.
That
were
mentioned.
D
D
P
M
D
M
M
Okay,
all
right
I
mean
yeah
I,
feel
two
people
I
feel
good
about
those
three
and
then
I
mean.
Obviously
we
would.
We
were
still
the
the
plan
is
not
to
fully
allocate
all
of
these
funds
to
these
three
organizations.
It's
just
to
allocate
potentially
allocate
a
portion
of
it
and
then
hold
back
the
rest
that
we
could
use
to
allocate
more
to
these
three
or
potentially
look
at
some
of
the
other
groups.
D
D
M
E
E
M
A
So
I
think
that
would
be
the
hope.
I
do.
Think,
though,
my
understanding
is
that
it
is
like
we're
reimbursing
them
on
a
fee
for
service
basis,
so
if
all
of
us
like
so
if
I'll
just
pick
Jocelyn
because
they
have
the
application
open
but
like
let's
say
our
referring,
agencies
can't
regularly
schedule
with
them,
because
they're
all
these
complicating
things
right.
E
A
It's
not
working
out,
it
isn't
up
to
and
if
we
may
year
think
we
need
another
option
for
a
referring
agencies
and
we
still
have
dollars
open
and
maybe
skylights
capacity
is
full
like
I.
Think
at
that
point
we
could
come
back
and
revisit.
Is
that
right?
Jessica
am
I,
saying
yes,
okay,
but
it
is
sort
of
a
like.
G
P
G
G
D
P
M
C
C
M
D
E
P
D
N
C
M
They're
going
to
see
you
know,
they're
a
big
part
of
our
alternative
to
the
you
know,
emergency
room,
and
so,
if
they're
going
to
be
seeing
people
anyway,
why
not
think
about
you
know
trying
them
out
to
to
provide
those
longer
term
services
and
supporting
them,
because
they're
probably
going
to
provide
it
anyway,
but
we
might
be
able
to
get
them
to
provide
even
more
people
if
we
can
fund
them.
So
that's,
that's
the
only
reason
I
say
turning
point
is
an
interesting
one
to
consider,
but.
G
A
E
M
D
A
A
M
A
P
I
can
make
a
real
quick
note.
Originally,
we
had
set
aside
575
000
of
arpa
for
this
and
Ike,
and
his
staff
I
mean
he's
really
been
good
at
getting
other
grants,
and
things
like
that.
We
didn't
need
anywhere
near
that
much,
and
so
that
was
given
back
in
case
any
was
going
like
didn't
they
get
a
whole
bunch
of
money
already
that
that
they
released
that
back
to
the
arpa
pot.
P
So
to
speak-
and
this
is
a
great
use
of
cdbgcv,
because
it's
directly
covered
related,
which
is
required
by
cdbg
much
more
tightly
than
our
butt
is.
So
it
gives
us
greater
flexibility
with
our
use
of
funding,
and
this
just
assures
us
these
staff
people
and
things
that
are
important
to
our
working
of
our
health
department.
G
D
Sorry
we're
going
to
Interfaith
action,
so
Interfaith
action
runs
a
congregate
emergency
overnight
shelter
and
the
request
is
to
not
only
clean
and
disinfect
the
churches
hosting
that
shelter,
but
also
to
clean
and
disinfect
the
cots
and
the
bedding
and
everything
that
participants
need.
So
the
cleaning
and
sterilization
really
increase
the
cost
of
regular
laundry
services.
Okay,.
G
D
A
B
A
A
You
guys
I
learned
from
you
every
month
you
have
just
wonderful
questions
and
insights
and
a
wonderful
commitment
to
Evanston
and
I
would
be
honored
to
continue
to
serve
in
this
role.
As
long
as
you
promise
not
to
judge
sort
of
after
9
30
I
must
admit
my
brain
sort
of
it
goes
off.
So
I
will
try
to
run
really
efficient
committees
for
you.
So
we
end
by
9,
30.
B
Yeah
I
Echo,
all
of
that
I've
I've,
really
gotten
really
enjoyed
getting
to
know
each
of
you
on
these
meetings
and
I've
learned
a
lot
about
the
services
that
we
provide
to
the
communities
in
the
in
Evanston
and
I.
Just
love,
Evanston
and
I
want
to
keep
contributing
to
it
as
much
as
I
can,
and
so
you
know,
I'd
be
happy
to
continue
on
in
the
vice
chair
capacity,
so
I
hope
we
get
to
meet
in
Personnel,
someday
I,
don't
know
when
that'll
either,
hopefully
soon.
E
E
D
D
The
first
thing
I
want
to
announce
is
that
the
draft
2023
action
plan
will
be
open
for
public
comments,
starting
tomorrow
that
public
comment
period
lasts
for
30
days
and
will
close
at
the
December
13th,
Housing
and
Community
Development
act
committee
meeting
we
are
again
all
Awards
will
be
on
estimate,
and
this
is
for
cdbg
ESG
home
and
it
will
have
very
exciting
information
about
our
home
ARP
project.
Okay.
D
D
D
They
were
originally
providing
Services
through
a
Northwestern
grant.
That
is
expiring
and
staff
struggled
with
this
application
because
it's
sort
of
like
our
Mental
Health
Services
that
we've
just
approved
tonight,
but
for
a
very
unique
population,
but
it
I
can
also
understand.
We
also
understand
how
it
is
a
safety
net
service,
because
the
application
deadline
for
safety
net
and
case
management
closed
at
the
end
of
the
month.
D
I
just
didn't
want
the
committee
to
feel
like
you've
heard
all
of
these
proposals
for
mental
health,
and
why
is
CNE
going
next
month?
They
did
that
at
staff's
recommendation
and
we
can
talk
more
about
it
in
December
before
before
10
o'clock
at
night.
So
thank
you.
Everyone
for
for
everything,
I
I
also
have
you
know,
quarter
three
reports
and
the
child
care
premium
pay
program
is
has
expended.