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From YouTube: Social Services Committee - May 12, 2022
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Discussion of EPLAN and violence reduction programs for youth, Q1 reports for agencies receiving FY2022 funding and mental health support services. 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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All
right,
wonderful,
well
good
evening
and
we'll
call
the
meeting
to
order.
We
do
have
a
quorum
jessica.
Do
I
have
you
call
the
role?
I
always
forget
this.
Do
I
have
you
called
the
role
first
and
then
the
motion
to
meet
virtually
or
virtually
first
virtually
first,
please
all
right,
wonderful!
I
need
a
motion
to
ex
to
suspend
the
rules
and
meet
virtually
it's
so
moved.
E
D
D
F
D
Wonderful,
thank
you
all
very
much.
We
are
going
to
ask
for
our
first
portion
of
public
comment.
We
will
have
public
comment
again
later
in
the
meeting,
but
I
will
pause
here
to
see
if
there
are
any
in
the
audience
that
would
like
to
provide
public
comment
prior
to
our
presentations.
This
aft
this
evening.
D
G
So
this
is
a
question
that
was
asked
in
a
representative
sample
each
year
from
2014
to
2019.
Has
you
know
continued
to
be
asked?
We
just
have
data
going
up
to
2019
so
far,
and
the
question
was
in
the
last
30
days:
did
you
have
at
least
two
weeks
of
poor
mental
health,
and
so
you
can
see
the
the
percentage
that
responded
that
they
did
experience
more
days
of
poor
mental
health
in
the
previous
month
than
good
mental
health?
G
G
You
know
that,
with
the
the
huge
impact
that
the
pandemic
has
had
on
all
of
our
kind
of
mental
well-being
that
when
the
the
numbers
are
released
for
2020
through
2022,
that
that
we
might
see
significant
jumps
here,
we
can
also
look
at
this
data
in
a
little
bit
more
of
a
granular
way.
So
this
is
looking
at
in
2019
for
evanston
by
neighborhood,
who
was
reporting
frequent
mental
distress
and
so
again
in
evanston.
That
was
about
11
of
adults
so
slightly
lower
than
the
state.
G
G
So
we
can
see
that,
while
you
know
on
average,
we
have
about
11
of
adults,
reporting,
poor
mental
health
in
some
neighborhoods,
that's
much
lower
and
then
in
in
some
neighborhoods
much
higher.
So
I
think
these
these
areas
where
mental
distress
reporting
is
high.
We
we
might
kind
of
correlate
that
with
high
levels
of
economic
distress
in
that
fifth
ward
area,
because
we
know
that
that
is
very
closely
tied
to
mental,
well
mental
and
emotional
well-being
and
mental
distress
and
then
in
the
northwestern
area.
G
G
Here
we've
got
the
illinois
rate
by
race,
ethnicity,
so
broken
down
by
white,
black
and
hispanic
latino,
and
we
can
see
even
you
know
in
the
state
overall
that
we
see
a
kind
of
significant
racial
disparity
wherein
we
have
more
black
residents
going
to
the
emergency
room
there.
There
may
be
a
lot
behind
these
numbers,
but
I
think
one
thing
that
this
could
really
indicate
is
you
know
we
all
know
that
the
emergency
room
is
not
the
best
place
to
treat
mental
health.
G
If
you
end
up
in
the
emergency
room
that
might
indicate
a
lack
of
access
to
preventative
care.
That
might
you
know
when
you're
in
a
crisis,
emergency
room
is,
is
not
a
place,
that's
ideal
to
de-escalate,
and
so
I
think
that
we
can
really
interpret
this.
As
kind
of
you
know
when
we
see
these
these
higher
rates
of
racial
inequity
that
this
might
reflect
a
lack
of
access
to
care,
and
so
in
illinois
we
already
have
this
kind
of
pretty
stark
racial
inequity.
G
We
can
look
also
at
emergency
room
visits
for
alcohol,
related
disorders-
and
you
know
what's
interesting
here-
is
that,
statistically
speaking
when
we
we
look
at
drinking
behaviors
by
race,
we
tend
to
see
much
lower
reporting
of
binge
drinking
among
black
individuals
across
the
country
than
we
do
among
white
individuals.
But
when
we
look
at
our
emergency
room
visits
for
alcohol
disorders,
we
again
see
this
racial
disparity,
wherein
black
folks
are
visiting
the
emergency
room
at
a
higher
rate
and
again
in
evanston.
G
G
G
This
kind
of
lack
of
access
to
preventative
care
has
really
resulted
in
just
problems
exacerbating
and
reaching
a
crisis
level,
and
so
I
have
this
quote
here
from
a
mother
that
says:
if
you
have
medicaid
or
cheap
insurance,
you
won't
have
access
to
services
quickly.
I
have
a
daughter
with
a
mental
health
condition.
She
was
hospitalized
a
few
times.
We
had
to
wait
two
months
for
a
therapist
and
then
she
missed
her
appointment
because
she
was
hospitalized
and
had
to
start
with
a
new
therapist
and
wait
another
two
months
because
she
missed
her
appointment.
G
So
again,
just
one
kind
of
anecdote
that
really
reflects
this
very
problematic
gap
in
services
that
then
leads
to
people
having
to
seek
much
higher
levels
of
care
and
then
kind
of
start,
the
the
process
all
over
again
when
they
miss
that
preventative
care
visit.
And,
of
course,
you
know
when
you
restart
with
a
brand
new
therapist
you're
having
to
build
trust
again
and
kind
of
restart.
G
Another
issue
that
residents
raised
was
just
a
in
general
kind
of
a
lack
of
opportunities
for
youth
right
now,
especially,
you
know
lack
of
affordable
opportunities.
One
thing
is:
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion
about.
You
know
the
the
for
children
with
mental
health
conditions,
the
services
and
support
that
was
available
to
them
in
schools,
so
both
kind
of
social
workers
therapists.
G
Those
services
are
very
lacking
and
also
just
kind
of
the
understanding
and
being
able
to
work
with
families
who
whose
children
are
experiencing
mental
health
conditions,
was
seen
as
a
real
area
that
needs
growth
in
our
schools
and
then
and
then
just
in
general,
safe
places
for
children
to
to
play
and
grow
and
and
be
adolescents.
And
so
there
was
a
lot
of
talk
about
how
you
know
what
what
used
to
be
kind
of
you
know
places
where
youth
could
gather
the
mall
or
things
like
that.
G
G
One
is
investing
in
a
community
navigator
to
really
help
community
members
find
services,
because
it's
practically
a
full-time
job
to
find
a
therapist,
particularly
one
that
is
free
or
sliding
scale,
and
so
we
really
need
someone
who
can
help
folks
navigate
the
system
efficiently
and
get
the
care
that
they
need
quickly,
so
that
we
don't
see
these.
You
know
exacerbations
to
crisis
level
where
kids
are
ending
up.
You
know
in
the
hospital.
G
G
Some
focusing
on
seniors
some
folks
with
disabilities,
some
early
childhood
and
and
really
tried
to
kind
of
systematically
assess
what
different
subpopulations
were
identifying
as
critical
needs
for
kind
of
coming
back
and
building
back
better
post-pandemic,
and
so
in
six
out
of
eight
of
these
conversations,
mental
health
arose
as
the
top
priority,
which
I
think
is
really
telling,
and
specifically,
when
folks
were
talking
about
what
was
needed.
It
was
this
access
to
affordable
and
culturally
competent,
culturally
reflective
mental
health
services.
G
That
is,
is
both
kind
of
a
long
unmet
need
for
for
many
years,
but
then
also
is
particularly
urgent
in
the
wake
of
the
pandemic
and
then
so.
So
a
lot
of
this
data
led
to
the
health
department
adopting
mental
health
as
a
key
priority
for
us
to
address
in
the
next
five
years,
and
so
just
kind
of
going
over
the
the
overarching
kind
of
conclusions
of
some
of
this
data.
G
One
is
that
mental
health
is
is
absolutely
one
of
our
most
critical
needs
in
this
community
and
one
of
our
most
urgent
inequities
that
we
really
need
to
address
both.
You
know
racially
and
socioeconomically
we
saw
in
the
pre-pandemic
data.
You
know
that
there
was
already
a
growing
burden
of
of
mental
distress
across
our
community
and
that,
certainly,
as
numbers
come
out,
we
expect
that
to
to
jump
a
lot.
G
You
know,
as
as
residents
and
providers
brought
up,
there's
an
increasing
shortage
of
providers
for
our
most
vulnerable
community
members
and
there's
a
lot
of
community
consensus
around
this
need
to
to
find
ways
to
provide
mental
health
care
for
those
most
vulnerable.
Community
members,
and
so
addressing
mental
health
in
evanston
is,
is
you
know,
is,
is
going
to
be
a
two-part
kind
of
strategy.
G
The
impact
that
we're
having
on
mental
health
also,
you
know
when
we
when
this
group
makes
a
decision
on
on
you
know
what
programs
or
initiatives
to
support
it's
hard
to
say
it's
hard
to
isolate
that
investment
and
say
that
that
caused
an
increase
in
our
decrease
in
mental
distress
or
that
you
know
if
we
continue
to
see
increasing
mental
distress
that
that
what
we
try
didn't
work.
It's
just
it's
just
a
lot.
G
It's
very
difficult
to
establish
that
kind
of
causal
mechanism,
and
then
you
know
it's
it's
just
very,
very
expensive
to
accurately
collect
that
data
at
the
local
level.
So
I
think
the
the
the
best
way
that
we
can
really
track
this
for
now
is
looking
at
who
is
being
served
and
making
sure
that
that
reflects
what
we
know
in
the
data
about
where
our
inequities
really
lie.
G
And
then
you
know
collecting
a
combination
of
both
qualitative
and
quantitative
data
and
kind
of
doing
the
best
we
can
to
assess
over
time.
You
know
how
we're
doing
in
our
mental
health
response,
but
certainly
I
think
the
data
reflects
that
this
is
an
urgent
priority
that
that
cannot
be.
You
know
cannot
wait
to
be
acted
on
and
then
so
again,
I'm
kristin
meyer.
D
F
G
Yeah
great
question
that
action
plan
is
currently
in
development
and
our
timeline
is
kind
of
through
july
to
create
it,
but
it
will
be
an
iterative
process
as
we
go
on
and
what
we're
doing
right
now.
As
you
know,
after
we've
identified
that
mental
health
is
the
priority
that
we
need
to
talk
to,
we
need
to
go
back
to
all
those
community
members
and
community
leaders
and
really
see
what
what
needs
to
be
highlighted
in
this
action
plan.
G
E
Yeah,
thank
you,
chair
kristen.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation,
obviously
not
surprising
data,
but
still
upsetting
and
shocking
to
see.
Nonetheless,
especially
when
it's
quantified
like
that,
I
was
curious
in
in
any
of
the
work
that
you
and
your
team
did.
Did
you
happen
to
compare
to
data
in
comparable
cities,
like
I
don't
know,
ann
arbor,
berkeley,
analogs
to
evanston
and
see
how
what
their
trends
were.
G
Oh,
that's
interesting,
you
know
I
so
I
I
can
say
that,
for
example,
the
kind
of
slow
and
steady
increase
in
in
reports
of
mental
distress
really
reflects
what
we're
seeing
nationally.
But
but
one
thing
I've
looked
into
a
little
bit
and
I
I
can't
say
anything
at
the
moment
about
mental
health.
Specifically,
is
I've
also
kind
of
looked
at
how
skokie
is
doing
on
a
lot
of
the
health
metrics
that
I've
collected
for
evanston?
Just
because
you
know
it
is
a
nearby
community?
G
That's
you
know
similar
in
size,
and
you
know
I
have
to
say
that
they
on
a
lot
of
fronts,
they're
they're,
doing
better
equity-wise
than
evanston.
I
I
can't
speak
specifically
to
mental
health.
At
this
moment.
I
could
certainly
get
you
that
data,
but
that's
that's
something
that
we
we
are
seeing
is
that
you
know,
and
not
only
in
our
mental
health
data
but
kind
of
across
the
board.
We've
really
got.
D
D
A
A
A
I
I
So
I'll
start
by
saying,
okay,
so
we
are
currently
gearing
up
for
the
summer.
The
summer
presents
a
unique
set
of
challenges
for
our
youth
and
our
goal
is
to
make
the
summer
as
fun
and
safe
as
possible
for
all.
Currently
for
our
current
youth
and
youth
that
are
participating
in
our
programs,
we
are
working
to
execute
the
following.
I
So
with
this
plan
that
we're
put
into
place,
we
kind
of
we
kind
of
teamed
up
with
nine
other
organizations,
the
collective
informed
of
a
collective
group,
which
consists
of
the
moran
center.
The
city
of
evanston,
yjc,
ylu,
pure
services,
connections
for
homeless
and
one
more
the
ywca
when
the
shooting
took
place
in
2021.
I
We
wanted
to
kind
of
create
more
of
a
wrap
around
support
for
the
youth
and
kind
of
kind
of
get
more
in
the
thick
of
things.
So
we
created
a
initiative
called
my
city,
our
city,
which
I'll
get
into
in
a
little
bit,
but
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
guys
some
context
of
why
the
initiative
was
created.
We
felt
that
we
needed
some
immediate
attention
to
the
youth
and
we
wanted
to
give
them
something
to
kind
of
keep
the
time
going
and
keep
their
schedule
idle
for
the
summer.
I
So
the
mayor's
summer,
youth,
employment,
job
fair,
will
start
on
june
6..
We
currently
had
734
youth
attended
job,
fair.
It
was
on
march
12th.
We
are
currently
looking
to
place
about
three
to
about
350
of
those
700
youth
to
be
placed
in
jobs
in
this
summer
and
they'll
start
working
on
june
6..
The
program
will
be
a
nine
week
program.
That'll
go
from
june
6,
all
the
way
into
august
5th.
I
For
the
first
time,
the
youth
will
be
required
to
participate
in
the
job
orientation,
which
will
include
a
training
regarding
sexual
harassment
and
healthy
relationships.
Training.
We
created
this
training
because
we
thought
it
would
be
perfect
to
to
kind
of
get
the
youth
ahead
of
schedule
with
learning
and
understanding
what
it
means
to
be
in
situations
that
are
not
healthy
grooming
positions
and
just
unhealthy
relationships.
I
We
think
that
it
was
pivotal
for
every
youth
that
participates
in
msyp,
which
is
known
as
the
mayor
some
youth
employment
program.
I'm
sorry
you'll,
hear
me
say
msyp
a
lot,
because
that's
what
I
usually
call
it,
but
it's
actually
the
mayor's
summer
youth
employment
program,
so
every
youth
will
participate
in
that
training
and
it'll
be
some
of
the
most
at-risk
and
opportunity
youth
that
would
be
also
participating.
I
So
we'll
get
a
real
good
sense
of
where
we
at
with
some
of
the
youth,
and
you
know
if
we
need
to
lend
an
extra
hand
on
some
of
those
trainers.
We
are
also
bringing
together
something
called
virtual
msyp.
We
actually
started
this
during
the
pandemic,
where
youth,
who
were
not
able
to
actually
work
in
person.
We
would
create
something
online
for
them
to
do
and
with
this
virtual,
it's
kind
of
more
of
a
life
skills.
I
They
meet
twice
a
week
after
summer
school,
so
kids,
who
are
not
able
to
get
a
job
because
it's
summer,
school
they're
still
able
to
get
virtual
virtual
msyp,
which
is
the
mayor.
Seven
youth
employment
program,
so
virtual
will
begin
on
six,
seven
and
youth
who
are
able
to
obtain
an
in-person
youth
who
are
not
able
to
attend
an
in-person
summer.
Job
will
be
able
to
make
under
five
hundred
dollars
for
the
summer.
I
So
so,
if
you
did
not
get
a
job
or
a
youth
is
not
looking
to
work,
because,
maybe
because
of
covid
or
maybe
or
anything
else,
they
are
able
to
sign
up
for
this
virtual
msyp.
Any
youth,
that's
in
evanston
that
does
not
have
a
job
or
looking
to
have
a
job,
can
sign
up
for
a
virtual.
This
will
go
live
monday
and
it'll
be
posted
on
our
city
website
for
any
youth.
That
again,
that's
in
evanston
will
be
allowed
to
do
this.
It
will
continue.
I
Classes
will
consist
of
financial
literacy,
workplace
components,
building
a
resume
interviewing
skills
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
Just
them
learning
the
basic
skills
of
how
to
get
prepared
for
a
job
and
what
some
of
the
things
that
matter?
Why
you
in
the
job,
we're
going
to
teach
them
about
financial
literacy?
We
also
do
a
know,
your
rights
training,
where
we
bring
a
police
officer
and
either
alderman
or
someone
who's
really
kind
of
permanent
to
what's
going
on
in
the
community.
I
They
kind
of
go
through
of
logistics
of
things
of
how
to
comport
yourself.
If
you
get
stopped
by
the
police,
how
to
interact
with
a
police
officer
what
questions
to
ask
what
questions
not
to
ask
and
just
kind
of
give
them
a
basic
overview
of
how
to
protect
yourself
and
how
to
just
be
prepared
for
everything,
so
virtual
will
will
kick
off
six
seven
and
it'll
kick
off
a
day
after
msyp.
I
I
think
that,
with
both
of
these
kind
of
things
running
side
by
side,
it
should
kind
of
have
a
lot
of
the
youth
in
evanston
kind
of
occupied
for
a
long
time.
So
I
think
that's
our
goal
to
have
the
kids
working
and
continuously
doing
something
for
the
whole
entire
summer.
Speaking
about
my
city,
our
city
initiative,
that
we
started
with
the
collective
it's
a
safe
summer
initiative
that
will
begin
this
year
with
the
violence
prevention
week.
I
This
is
something
new
that
we're
doing
this
year
and
we're
actually
partnering
with
this
is
65
and
202.
So,
the
week
of
the
last
week
of
school,
when
the
kids
get
out
at
65,
which
is
5
23
through
5
27,
we
are
going
to
install
a
violence
prevention
week.
That'll
take
place
from
here
on
out
from
next
year
on
two,
so
from
5
23.
Every
time
you
get
to
every
time
you
get
out
of
school.
That
week
will
be
a
violence
provincial
week.
I
I
Please
join
us
at
mason
park
on
six
three
and
our
first
friday
event,
and
if
you
can't
wear
orange
it'll,
be
a
big
crowd
out
there
and
we'll
kick
off
our
my
city
initiative
with
a
huge
barbecue
and
gaming
and
free
activities
for
everybody
in
everton
community,
known
that
the
orange
symbolize,
the
color
that
hunters
wear
to
make.
Others
hunters
know
that
human
life
is
present
and
precious
and
not
not
so
much
to
shoot.
We
will
have
a
movie
in
the
park
that
day
it'll
be
free.
I
Food
it'll,
be
giveaways
obstacle
courses
to
be
outside
many
community
partners,
and
many
community
valuable
members
will
be
in
attendance.
So
I
would
love
to
see
you
guys
if
you
can
be
a
part
of
that
it'll
be
a
huge
thing
for
everton
and
we
have
first
fridays
the
first
of
every
month,
so
it'll
be
one
in
june
july
and
august
it'll
be
out
through
the
duration
of
the
summer.
All
first
friday
events
are
held
at
mason
park
and
they'll
be
from
six
o'clock
to
nine
pm
at
night
on
fridays.
I
I
I
Most
of
those
youth
would
be
working,
so
we
don't
right
now
we're
not
opposed
to
opening
it
a
little
bit
earlier,
but
hopefully
we
have
as
many
youth
as
possible
working
so
that
when
they
get
off
work,
they'll
be
able
to
come
to
the
teen
center
to
enjoy
and
then
get
back
ready
for
work
at
the
part
of
my
city
initiative.
We
will
assist
block
clubs
also
into
and
executing
their
block
parties
and
efforts
to
ensure
that
there
are
more
activities
for
the
summer
and
that
you
have
something
to
do.
That's
productive
and
meaningful.
I
Our
first
block
party
will
be
held
june
4th
on
hoveland.
Again
I
talked
about
the
collective
getting
together
and
us
forming
a
my
city.
Our
count
initiative,
it
actually
stems
from
the
shooting
that
took
place
in
2021
on
holland.
So
we
thought
that
every
year
we
would
kick
off
our
initiative
with
the
block
party
at
hovland
it'll
be
on
the
fourth
it'll
be
from,
I
believe,
from
one
to
seven.
It'll
be
obviously
a
a
fun
filled
event.
C
I
Day-To-Day
basis,
robert
crown
has
been
an
interesting
place
where
the
youth
actually
love
to
come
now.
It
did
not
used
to
be
that
way,
as
we
all
probably
know
on
this
call,
but
we
have
turned
robert
crown
into
that
space
and
they
love
it.
They
enjoy
it.
They
are
skating,
I'm
actually
here
right
now,
they're
here
skating
playing
basketball.
I
They
really
love
this
space,
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
keep
it
up
so
that
they
can
enjoy
it,
but
we're
using
robert
crown
as
more
of
a
drop-in
center
for
the
middle
school
youth
and
then
gibson
morrison
to
be
a
drop-in
center
for
more
of
the
high
school
youth.
We're
trying
to
figure
out
a
way
to
separate
that
age
group,
because
we
don't
want
any
trouble
to
arise
by
that.
I
We've
been
successful
in
doing
that,
and
we
are
ready
to
keep
these
young
people
busy
we're
ready
to
get
them
some
jobs,
we're
ready
to
just
say
just
figure
out
whatever
they
need
and
meet
them
at
the
level
that's
needed.
I
have
a
team
of
not
or
eight
going
on
nine.
Six
of
them
are
four-time
outreach
workers.
One
of
them
is
part-time,
and
then
we
have
some
youth
advocates.
I
I
have
a
tremendous
team
and
I
just
want
to
name
them
just
so
you
guys
notice,
if
you
ever
run
into
a
if
you
ever
run
into
them
any
community.
You
would
know
that
they're
part
of
the
youth
younger
the
robberies
team,
the
first
one
is
stacey
morani
stacy
has
been
with
us
for
a
very
long
time
has
a
very,
very
good
rapport
in
the
community
with
the
youth
and
parents,
and
then
we
have
leticia
barton.
She
has
been
here.
Obviously
she
has
been
here
for
about
seven
years.
I
Lakeisha
is
kind
of
our
guru
for
housing.
Dealing
with
you,
she's
done
a
lot
of
she's
worked
with
youth,
her
whole
entire
life.
She
ran,
programming
out
of
north
out
of
northwestern
and
family
focused
she's,
a
very
good
asset
for
us,
and
then
we
have
general
hernandez
who's
bilingual
he's
a
hispanic
he's
been
with
us
for
about
two
years
now:
fantastic
he's
born
and
raised
in
everton,
as
well
as
lakeisha
and
stacy.
I
I
think
that
that's
been
a
a
huge
key
of
just
being
able
to
understand
what
how
evident
functions
and
how
it
operates,
and
then
we
have
yozari
gutierrez
who's.
Also
bilingual,
who
has
actually
just
became
full-time
with
us
and
she's,
been
tremendous
she's.
More
of
our
person
that
gets
us
gets
us
going
and
keeps
us
on
track.
I
We
also
have
a
guy
by
the
name
of
monday.
His
name
is
monday.
I
know
it
sounds
like
it's
not,
but
his
name
is
monday
bamboos.
He
works
for
this
he's
a
youth
advocate,
and
then
we
hired
xavier
hiriar
who's.
Also
a
youth
advocate,
and
we
also
have
someone
on
this
call.
Who's
just
been
hired
by
us
with
demeta
she's,
also
outreach
worker.
She
just
actually
got
hired
for
she
started
for
us
this
week,
so
I'm
eager
and
happy
for
demuted
to
join
our
team.
I
I'm
excited
she
has
already
brought
some
good
things
to
us.
So
I'm
excited
about
that.
It
was
good
that
I
know
that
she
would
be
on
this
call,
because
I
wanted
to
give
her
a
shout
out
and
just
let
her
know
that
she's
been
been
amazement
for
us
from
the
start
and
then
yeah
we're
just
we're
just
trying
to
just
make
sure
that
we
are
in
high
gear.
Audrey
thompson
is
our
director,
so
she
has
been
helping
us
out
through
this
whole
process.
I
We
are
busy
and
things
are.
Things
has
been
a
whirlwind
for
us,
but
we're
getting
it
under
control,
we're
figuring
out
the
best,
the
best
ways
to
serve
the
youth.
We
are
looking
for
more
individuals,
so
if
you
know
any
individuals
that
are
interested
in
working
with
youth
and
would
love
to
work
with
you,
please
refer
them
to
the
youth
division
if
they
are
interested,
we're
looking
for
more
important
people
that
really
want
to
help
push
our
mission
forward,
but
yeah
we
are
here
on
the
ground.
We
are
in
the
schools.
I
I
We
know
it's
a
unique
time
right
now
with
everything
is
going
on
with
the
summer,
but
we
are
shaping
into
that
and
we
hope
that
this
kind
of
comprehensive
plan
that
we're
laying
out
and
we
have
some
more
stuff.
But
this
is
more
of
the
the
stuff
that
I
think
that
the
youth
would
really
get
connected
to.
We
averaged
about
300
people
at
our
first
fridays
last
year.
I
Yes
ma'am,
so
we
did
get
some
national
recognition
and
it
was-
and
I
and
I
can
sit
up
here
and
act
like
it
was
us
it
was
not.
It
was
the
youth.
The
youth
came
up
with
a
lot
of
this
stuff.
We
had
conversations
with
them.
We
were
holding
town
hall
meetings,
they
were
telling
us
and
directing
us
to
letting
us
know.
We
had
some
good
insight,
but
I
would
I
would
say
that
you've
had
a
huge
part
of
that
of
that
of
that
national
award.
But,
yes,
we
did.
D
I
A
I
have
to
say
you
nailed
it.
It
was
a
wonderful
presentation.
I
wanted
to
take
a
minute
just
to
thank
kristen.
She
was
is
my
communications
link
between
north
shore,
university
health
systems
and
the
mental
health
task
force.
So
without
her
I
would
not
have
all
of
the
information
that
you
you
guys
received
in
your
memo,
and
I
absolutely
want
to
thank
you,
jeremy.
You
you
both
did
an
amazing
job,
but
when
jeremy
was
was
mentioning
his
team
and
all
of
the
initiatives
that
that
they
have
going
on.
B
Yeah,
no
thank
you
just
wanted
to
encourage
people
to
go
to
some
of
the
summer
events.
They
are
amazing
and
it
is
exactly
what
we
need
to
not
isolate
those
youth
and
those
communities
from
the
rest
of
the
community.
Actually,
it
was.
It
was
the
first
first
friday
last
summer
at
mason
park,
and
we
were
all
just.
Oh,
my
god,
we
haven't
had
this
many
people
in
one
place
forever,
and
it
was.
It
was
amazing
and
they
all
were
amazing
and
the
the
youth
work
to
help
put
those
things
on.
I
So
you
made
me,
I'm
sorry
guys
you
made
me
think
about
something
too,
so
I
and
I
don't
want
to
miss
it.
I
think
it's
huge
too,
so
we
also
have
brought
together.
We
are
on
so
monday
through
friday,
we're
bringing
back
the
outside
mason
park,
basketball,
league,
mondays
and
wednesdays
will
be
middle
school
co-ed,
girls
and
boys.
Fridays
will
be
high
school,
co-eds
and
boys
and
then,
and
then
tuesday
will
be
just
a
tuesday
and
thursday
will
be
strictly
just
a
young
woman's
league
for
middle
school
kids.
I
So
we're
we're
adding
that
component
to.
We
know
a
lot
of
our
youth
love
to
play
basketball
and
we're
going
to
bring
some
things
together.
It's
going
to
be
music
out
there
we're
going
to
play
some
of
the
games
on
the
first
friday.
So
I
think
that
that's
that's
huge
too.
So
if
you
know
any
youth
or
you
run
across
any
youth
that
are
looking
to
play
basketball
in
high
school
or
middle
school,
please
refer
them
to
us
and
refer
them
to
that.
I
H
I
I
However,
we
can
help
in
any
way
we've
kind
of
I've
kind
of
shifted
that
for
us
to
be
youthful
young
adult
to
more
of
a
family
service,
we
haven't
actually
got
the
name
change
but
we're
working
with
family
period.
If
it's
the
mom,
the
dad
the
uncle
the
the
younger
but
all
ages,
we
are
able
to
help
out
with
I.
D
A
Jessica,
I
also
wanted
to
to
highlight
that
our
own
demeta
cravens
is
shifting
her
role
and
moving
into
a
position
with
the
city
which
is
bittersweet,
and
I
wanted
to
amida
call
to
me
to
call
you
out
and
see
if
you
just
wanted
to
say
anything
about
that
or
say
anything
about
your
role.
This
does
mean
that
demeta
is
transitioning
off
of
the
board,
because
it's
a
conflict
for
her
to
be
a
staff
member
and
a
board
member.
A
J
I
don't
have
a
lot
to
say
just
that,
I'm
looking
forward
to
this
new
rule
role,
although
I
am
doing
this
full
time,
I
did
keep
about
eight
of
my
clients,
so
I'm
still
doing
private
practice
working
for
private
practice
too.
Just
so,
I
can
have
somewhat
of
a
balance,
and
I
believe
I
can
bring
some
of
my
skills
from
private
practice
and
working
at
trilogy
once
upon
a
time
to
helping
our
youth
and
young
adults
as
well.
D
Right,
wonderful!
Well,
thank
you
guys
so
much.
Thank
you
kristen!
Thank
you,
jeremy.
Thank
you,
demeta.
I
think
we're.
I
don't
see
any
further
questions
we'll
continue
through
the
agenda
and
our
next
item
is
our
community
needs
assessment
and
mental
health
measures,
which
we
did.
We
go
in
reverse
order
on
presentations.
I
think
we
we
did
so
just
fy
2022
first
quarter.
Report
updates,
that's
jessica,.
A
A
There
are,
there
are
still
some
some
staffing
challenges.
I
have.
I
have
good
news
to
report
on
that
front
and
and
some
some
challenges.
The
hack
has
still
not
been
able
to
hire
a
case
manager
either
in
their
partnership
with
trilogy
or
independently,
but
all
other
programs
are
moving
along
and
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
If
there
were
questions
about
those
agencies
for.
A
B
A
But
thank
you
thank
you
for
that.
Sarah
I
I
can
also
let
the
committee
know
that
peer
services
recently
hired
a
new
not
recently,
but
in
april
hired
a
new
executive
director,
jennifer
kohler
she's,
replacing
maureen
mcdonald
y-o-u
has
hired
a
new
case
manager
and
a
new
executive
director
of
finance,
so
that
program
did
experience
some
challenges
due
to
staffing,
loss
and
turnover
in
2021,
but
they
are
trying
to
rebuild
staff
and
move
forward,
and
then
connections
has
hired
a
new
controller.
A
I
can
also
say
that
north
shore
senior
center
provided
information
at
the
last
meeting.
The
committee
members
requested
additional
information
about
north
shore
senior
center's
services,
expanded
services
to
seniors
and
north
shore
did
provide
pages
of
information
that
I
will
be
sending
along
to
the
committee
in
in
a
later
email.
I
did
not
receive
those
documents
in
time
to
put
them
in
the
packet,
so
I
thought
I
would
make
an
announcement
to
let
everybody
know
that
they
provided
the
additional
information
and
that
I
will
be
sending
it
in
a
follow-up
email.
D
A
Fantastic
okay!
Well,
then,
you
know
moving
right
along,
so
we
have
heard
a
lot
about
local
measures
and
initiatives
from
kristin
and
jeremy,
and
there
was
additional
information
in
the
packet
about
efforts
from
other
community
stakeholders,
including
north
shore.
Excuse
me,
north
shore
university
health
systems,
even
though
the
information
provided
in
the
memo
was
from
their
2019
community
needs
assessment.
We
have
heard
that
their
most
recent
assessment,
much
like
our
e-plan,
is
in
draft
form
but
should
be
released
in
june.
A
Christian
was
able
to
confirm
that
a
lot
of
the
information
is
similar
and
their
process
for
gathering
information
in
terms
of
community
outreach
was
very
similar.
So
we
look
forward
to
seeing
their
their
two
initiatives
for
youth,
which
is
their
bridges
program
and
the
clinic
at
eths
to
see
if
those
services
are
maintained
in
in
in
future
or
if
they're
expanded.
A
A
D
Jessica,
do
you
have
a
sense
of
the
needs?
I
mean
of
of
adults
versus
kids,
I
mean.
Is
there
an
understanding
of
my
first
assumption
is,
is
perhaps
there
are
some
services
for
children
that
are
at
schools
that
don't
you
know,
but
obviously
we
also
hear
so
much
about
youth
pressure.
I
mean:
do
we
have
a
sense
of
the
largest
unmet
need?
D
A
A
A
And
I'm
sorry,
I
I
almost
neglected
to
mention,
because
I
don't,
I
think
that
it's
been
mentioned
so
often,
but
it
should
be
mentioned
that
within
those
groups,
a
focus
on
our
black
and
hispanic
youth
is
a
particular
need
and
and
finding
services
that
are
culturally
sensitive
services
for
our
lep,
our
or
I'm
sorry
elp
are
in
english,
english
language
learners.
Thank
you,
english
language,
learners
and
our
immigrant
populations.
D
F
I'm
back,
I
guess
I
have
some.
I
need
some
clarification,
and
maybe
just
you
can
give
me
that
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
as
we
all
have
stated,
is
not
a
lot
of
money.
If
you're
talking
about
an
individual
therapist,
that's
just
one
whole
therapist
the
need
for
black
and
brown
children
to
be
able
to
have
therapy
in
conjunction
with
their
families
and
possibly
bilingual.
Are
we
talking
about
networking
with
organizations
already
in
existence,
so
we
don't
have
to
eat
up
that
money
with
capital,
o
capital
line
issues
and
overhead.
A
B
B
If,
if
we
gave
somebody
money
to
hire
an
additional
therapist,
you
know
they.
It's
not
like
we're
going
to
have
that
person
sit
there
and
wait
and
just
take
only
the
people
who
are
referred
from
our
case
management,
for
example.
So
what
we
have
to
be
able
to.
But
then
we
would
want
to
work
out
of
flexibility
so
that
we
sort
of
for
lack
of
a
better
way
feel
that
we
have
a
certain
number
of
slots
of
people
who
were
referring.
B
So
it
was
a
kind
of
like
and
and
when
in
our
discussions
of
group
sessions,
we
see
an
opportunity
to
expand
those
beyond
probably
just
our
case
management
clients,
because
that's
going
to
be
more
effective
and
get
the
groups
you
need
because
we
may
not
be
able
to
put
together
the
you
know
right
number
of
people
for
a
group
like
at
the
right
time.
I
think
I
think
you
all
understand,
because
many
of
you
are
practitioners
yourself.
It's
just
not
an
easy
thing
to
it's.
B
Just
not
doesn't
go
poof,
everything's,
ready
and
starts
up
exactly
when
people
need
help.
So
it's
how
to
figure
out
how
to
get
ongoing
ability
to
work
with
providers
to
so
that
we
have
a
that's
the
part
of
the
long-term
relationship
too,
and
I
think
that
that's
the
whole
theory
of
our
case
management
and
these
services
and
and
focusing
on
our
funding
on.
B
D
B
B
Well,
you
know
what
we're
basically
at
this
point
just
providing
support
to
our
mental
health
providers
with
it,
and
then
we
explained
our
case
management
and
trying
to
get
drug
said.
Oh
now,
I
see
why
you're
looking
at
because
we
wanted
to
talk
to
them
about
they'd
done
both
fee-for-service
agreements
and
they'd
done
grants
to
organizations
that
would
provide
certain
services,
and
so
we
were
trying
to
get
feedback
on
that,
but
it
was
really
interesting
because
one
of
the
big
challenges
is,
we
just
don't
know
the
capacity
of
our
potential
providers
too.
B
So
I
appreciate
if
we
have
some
flexibility,
because
we
don't
really
know
what
we're
going
to
be
able
to
come
up
with.
I
think
we
know
what
we
need
to
try
to
get,
but
you
know
it's
it's
it's
challenging
for
everybody
right
now,
and
so,
but
I
guess
the
thing
is
I
I
guess
the
thing
I'm
most
interested
in.
Do
you
think
we
should
do?
Would
you
like
to
see
us
pursue
both
group
sessions
and
individual
counseling,
because
that
could
really
kind
of
determine
a
focus
differently.
H
Yeah,
I'm
in
support
of
the
flexibility
also,
but
I
also
just
want
to
say
that
I
am
very
pleased
that
group
is
being
so
strongly
considered
because
I
think,
given
the
isolation
and
loneliness
and
how
that
drives
mental
health
concerns,
not
to
mention
everything
with
the
pandemic.
I
do
think
that
it's
a
fantastic
modality
to
really
address
those
things
and
and
learn
you
know
from
others
in
that
kind
of
capacity.
So
you
know
whether
it's
group
or
individual,
whatever
kind
of
fits,
but
I
am
really
happy
that
group
is
on
the
docket.
D
C
C
Where
would
we
guide
them
to
just
having
some
kind
of
referrals
for
family
therapy
or
individual
therapy
guiding
them?
I
think
through
group
therapy
we
can
offer
better
navigation
throughout
the
system,
and
you
know
just
the
social
aspect
would
be
definitely
a
big
positive,
getting
more
kids
involved
or
more
parents,
adults.
B
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
funded
historically,
that
was
very
valued,
that
we're
not
was
the
parenting
program
of
metropolitan
family
services
and
they
because
of
their
merger,
didn't
apply
for
funding
and
things
like
that
and-
and
I
think
that
was
part
of
what
that
program
did.
So.
I
I
think
that's
a
helpful
comment
that
you
know
you
you
find
you
get
them
started
and
then
some
of
them
may
need
to
go
into
different
individual
therapy,
but
it
it.