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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 6 - January 2015
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Ward 6 City Councilwoman Meg Salyer discusses Upward Transitions with Executive Director Dana Hope Chism.
A
Hello,
I'm,
Meg
Salyer
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
ward
6
council
show
I
have
with
me
today
a
great
friend,
Dana
Chisholm,
who's,
the
CEO
of
upper
transitions,
correct
an
amazing
organization
that
provides
great
services
in
our
near
downtown
and
it's
an
organization
Dana.
That
has
a
great
history.
So
perhaps
you
could
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
the
founding
of
upper
transitions
and
well.
B
We
were
actually
founded
in
nineteen
twenty
five
and
we
were
known
as
travelers
Aid
Society,
and
we
were
known
as
travelers
Aid
Society
up
until
about
two
thousand,
and
we
changed
her
name
to
travelers
aid
and
homeless
assistance
center.
We
do
so
much
more
than
providing
travelers
aid
and
we
so
we
changed
our
name
to
upper
transitions
in
about
two
thousand
eight.
B
So
we
change
the
name
quite
a
while
ago,
and
it
really
truly
reflects
what
we're
trying
to
do
for
our
clients,
and
we
provide
a
variety
of
different
social
services
for
both
the
homeless
and
for
those
in
need,
and
our
homeless
programs
include
services
such
as
getting
an
ID.
So
you
can
start
looking
for
work
or
find
housing.
B
We
have
work
search
services
for
our
homeless,
clients
with
you
at
the
goal,
then
becoming
self-sufficient
again
right
and
we
see
more
homeless
clients,
but
we
really
help
more
people
with
homeless
prevention
services
and
rapid
rehousing
services,
and
by
what
we
mean
by
homeless
prevention
services
is
that
we
assist
with
rent
and
utilities
and
I
want
to
make
clear
because
I
know
a
lot
of
people
are
always
questioning.
You
know
helping
someone
with
the
rent
or
utilities
the
families
that
we
help
have
to
be
seen
by
a
case
manager.
B
B
It's
much
cheaper
to
keep
to
help
some
with
the
renter
utility
payment
than
to
have
to
have
them
go
homeless
and
because,
if
you
think
about
going
homeless,
it's
a
progression
and
you
don't
lose
every
you
know
you
don't
always
lose
everything
at
once,
but
if
you're
homeless,
for
a
while,
literally
you
have
nothing
but
the
clothes
on
your
back,
and
you
have
to
start
all
over
with
furniture
and
towels
and
pots.
So
we
really,
we
feel
like
this
prevention.
Come
conant
of
our
services
is
very,
very
critical.
A
It
is
an
extremely
important
p
said,
trying
to
I
think
it's
exactly
the
you
know
the
right
fix
trying
to
prevent
that
from
happening.
I
want
to
go
back
just
a
little
bit
because
I
love
your
name
so
much
and
I
think
a
lot
of
people
that
have
been
in
the
community
for
a
long
time
would
recognize
recognized,
travelers
and
in
a
minute,
I
want
to
talk
about
the
services
at
at
the
airport.
A
A
A
B
Right
and
included
in
other
the
other
services
trying
to
homeless
services
and
our
heavens
prevention
services
and
our
homeless
programs.
We
also
do
domestic
violence,
relocation,
and
we
find
that
a
really
critical
component,
helping
people
that
are
facing
domestic
violence
situations
get
to
a
safe
place,
and
we
will
help
anyone
that
you
know
we
request
some
documentation
and
things
like
that
to
come
in
will
help
them
with
a
gas
or
a
bus
ticket
to
get
to.
Even
though
we
have
service
at
the
airport,
we
do
not
do
any
arable
airline
tickets.
A
B
A
B
Were
lucky
st.
Anthony
hospital
about
our
property
in
midtown
and
we
were
located
right
there
on
the
circle
next
to
kaisers
in
September
of
2012
and
over
the
next
year
and
a
half,
we
converted
an
old
storefront
building
on
Main
Street,
we're
just
west
of
western
on
Main
Street,
and
we
offer
our
services
out
of.
There
were
right
between
the
city,
rescue
mission,
the
homeless,
Alliance
and
the
day,
shelter
and
Jesus
house,
and
not
too
far
from
Pershing
center.
B
So
we
have
I
kind
of
called
Main
Street,
the
I-40
of
Social
Services
right
now,
because
our
traffic
is
just
we
knew
we
were
going
to
be
busy
when
we
moved
into
this
location
closer
to
the
missions,
and
we
just
never
dreamed
that.
We
would
be
this
busy
where
we've
been
there
a
year
and
a
half
and
we're
already
talking
about
expansion
so
and
and.
A
That's
a
good
problem
to
have
an
a
disappointing
problem.
Yes,
ma'am,
no,
you
say
main
street
is
that
I
40?
I
agree
with
you
and
and
a
lot
of
that
resides
in
Ward,
6
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
really
gratified
about
is
to
see
how
many
agencies
that
operate
in
that
corridor
are
cooperating
together,
working
hard
to
offer
complimentary
services
and
not
all
duplicative
services.
A
And
you
know,
we've
got
so
many
things
going
for
us,
but
we
still
have
folks
on
the
street,
and
we
know
that
there's
a
certain
amount
of
the
population
that
just
doesn't
want
to
reach
out
to
the
help
that's
being
provided
and
will
be
on
the
street
and
some
of
that's
transient
traffic.
That
makes
people
a
little
bit
uncomfortable.
B
It's
very
gratifying
because
we
do
and
that's
our
goal
is.
We
do
actually
break
through
on
some
of
those
people
that
are
on
the
streets
and
there's
several
clients
that
some
of
my
staff
been
working
with.
It
had
been
homeless
for
years
and
they've.
Just
you
know
the
day
that
they
decide
that
they
want
to
make
a
change.
Is
just
so
it's
just
a
such
a
happy
day
for
us,
because.
B
A
B
To
us
a
little
bit
sure
that
was
kind
of
the
brainstorm
of
our
director
development,
dustin
piatt
and
we
did
a
photography
project
and
there
was
lots
of
pictures
of
homeless
people
with
pets
and
it
just
kind
of
spurned
the
idea
that
you
know
we.
Many
of
our
clients
are
very
low-income.
You
know,
there's
a
lot
of
housing
just
directly
north
of
us
and
then
our
homeless
clients
have
pets
and
they
don't
have
the
opportunity
or
the
funds
to
be
able
to
provide
pet
care
for
their
pets.
B
B
And
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
help
with
the
money
that
our
clients
do
have
needs
to
go
to
gas,
and
you
know,
rent
utilities,
and
so
we're
trying
to
do
is
offset
those
costs
and
just
because
you're
poor
doesn't
mean
you,
don't
love
your
dog
any
more
or
less
and
they
got
little
ID
tags
that
we
engraved
with
their
names
on
their
phone
numbers,
and
so
it
just
gave
an
opportunity
for
pet
owners
to
feel
responsible.
We
really
also
wanted
to
try
and
hopefully
reach
out
to
pet
owners
to
talk
about
spaying
and
neutering.
B
A
It
was
incredibly
heartwarming
to
see
folks
come
I'm
thinking
of
one
woman
in
particular,
and
she
had
four
little
puppies
in
a
shopping
cart
a
kitty.
So
it
wasn't
just
like
we're.
Gonna
have
to
come
up
with
a
different
name
and
pepper
transition
enter
kitty
cat,
and
you
could
just
see
between
the
dogs
how
much
they
loved
her
and
how
much
she
loved
them.
It
was
really
a
was
a
great
relationship.
The
next
day
I
was
there
and
you
were
serving
hamburgers
and
hotdogs
to.
B
Partner
agent,
seen
have
been
from
almost
since
united,
we
were
founded
in
United,
Way
was
founded
and
we
do
the
united
way
day
of
caring,
client
cookout,
and
we
partner
with
a
BK
d,
which
is
an
accounting,
firm,
downtown
and
oklahoma
city
thunder,
and
they
host
the
event,
and
we
cook
hot
dogs
and
hamburgers
out
to
our
neighbors,
the
residents
in
the
area
and
our
homeless
clients
and
they
come
and
enjoy,
and
we
handed
out
Thunder
bracelets.
This.
A
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
lot
of
the
shelters
are
seen
increase
in
families
and
we,
what
we
have
noticed
is
there
was
a
from
the
point
in
time.
Count
the
homeless
count
that
we
do
every
year
there
was
an
increase
in
the
number
of
homeless
people
in
Oklahoma
City,
there's
there's
some
things
that
were
attributed
to
that.
But
what
and
the
point
the
sooner
stand
down
that
they
just
had
over
at
the
West
Town
Resource
Center
for
homeless
veterans.
They
had
a
decrease
in
the
number
of
homeless
veterans.
B
We
want
to
hopefully
attribute
that
to
the
really
great
program
that
we're
working
in
partnership
with
goodwill
to
help
homeless
veterans
and
their
families
either
rehouse
or
stop
from
becoming
homeless.
So
families
I
mean
we
really.
We
see
literally
everything
that
that
comes
through
the
door.
You
know
it's
just
a
variety
of
different
issues
and
some
are
very
difficult
and.
A
I
have
to
say
I
in
a
couple
of
times,
I've
been
down,
there
recently
have
been
so
impressed
with
the
demeanor
of
your
staff
in
the
thoughtful
way,
compassionate
way
that
they
deal
with
your
clients,
because
it's,
it
is
not
always
easy,
and
it
is
not.
You
know
this
is
a
hard
problem
for
a
community
and
we
are.