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From YouTube: Committee of the Whole 10-27-2020
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The Committee of the Whole of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at 1:00 PM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following items:
200369 An Ordinance authorizing City Officials to file Articles of Incorporation to establish a Non Profit Corporation that shall be called The Philadelphia Poverty Action Fund for the purpose of reducing poverty in Philadelphia.
200419 An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 from the General Fund, the Council to the General Fund, the Director of Finance.
B
Thank
you
good
afternoon
and
we're
going
to
get
started
now.
I
understand
the
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
public
hearing
as
follows.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city,
council
committees
are
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft's
teams
to
make
these
remote
hearings
possible
instructions
for
how
the
public
may
view
and
offer
public
testimony
at
the
public.
B
Hearing
of
council
committees
are
included
in
the
public
hearing,
notices
that
are
published
in
the
daily
news:
inquire,
legal
intelligencer
prior
to
the
hearings
and
can
also
be
found
on
phl
counsel
dot
com.
I
now
note
that
the
hour
has
come.
Mr
christmas,
will
you
please
call
the
roll
to
take
attendance
and
members
in
attendance
to
indicate
by
saying
present
or
I,
and
I
do
believe
that
if
you
say
a
couple
of
words,
your
screen
will
be
displayed.
D
C
A
C
B
C
Bill
200-369
authorizing
city
officials
to
file
articles
of
incorporation
to
establish
a
non-profit
corporation
that
shall
be
called
the
philadelphia
poverty
action
fund
for
the
purpose
of
reducing
poverty
in
philadelphia
and
bill
number
200419
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year.
2021
from
the
general
fund,
the
council
to
the
general
fund,
the
director
of
finance.
B
Thank
you
before
we
begin
to
hear
testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
for
today,
everyone
who
has
been
invited
to
the
meeting.
The
testifiers
should
be
aware
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
because
the
hearing
is
public.
Participants
and
viewers
have
no
reason
reasonable
expectations
of
privacy.
By
continuing
to
be
in
this
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
for
the
questions
or
comments
they
have
for
witnesses.
B
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
they
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft's
team
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
particular
person
before
we
start
just
briefly
to
the
members
most
of
you
were
here
last
year.
As
you
often
recall,
we
established
this
process
of
dealing
with
this
whole
issue.
B
We
were
really
excited
and
happy
about
the
prospect
of
getting
a
handle
on
this
long,
long,
standing
issue
and,
unfortunately,
the
pandemic
hit
and
we
were
stopped
in
our
tracks.
The
simple
reality
is
that
poverty
didn't
stop
in
this
tracks.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
poverty
expanded
so
now,
more
than
ever,
there's
the
need
to
deal
with
this
in
a
very
aggressive
and
meaningful
way.
B
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
support
for
now.
It's
time
to
implement
this,
and
hopefully,
with
this
passage
of
this
legislation,
we'll
be
in
a
position
to
move
as
expeditiously
as
possible
to
make
sure
that
we
start
touching
people's
lives
in
a
very
positive
way,
as
it
relates
to
our
ability
to
raise
the
necessary
and
increase
the
quality
of
life
for
every
citizen.
H
B
B
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
christmas
and
good
afternoon
to
our
panel.
I
believe
you're
all
connected,
and
just
can
you
please
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
proceed
with
your
testimony
and
again.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
participating
on
this
initiative
early
on
as
co-chairs
of
the
property
action
plan.
Thank
you
so
much.
E
The
2019
report
narrowing
the
gap
strategies
to
alleviate
poverty
and
prevent
poverty
in
philadelphia,
identified,
27
strategies
and
recommendations
to
address
poverty
in
our
city.
Our
work
entitled
the
philadelphia
poverty
action
plan
was
put
together
by
council's
special
committee
on
poverty
reduction
and
prevention.
E
It
provides
recommendations
for
how
public-private
partnerships
can
address
and
improve
housing,
jobs,
education
and
the
social
safety
net
for
residents
who
are
impoverished
in
our
city.
However,
we
now
must
add
to
our
concerns
the
devastating
impact
of
covet
19
on
the
physical
and
financial
health
and
well-being
of
so
many
of
our
most
vulnerable
citizens.
E
I
have
personally
witnessed
the
impact
of
this
pandemic,
not
only
on
our
citizens
but
on
our
community
organizations
that
are
there
to
provide
essential
services
to
those
in
need,
as
well
as
employment.
To
so
many
throughout
our
city,
yet
recently
we
learned
that
four
uac
partner
programs
have
lost
some
of
their
funding
as
a
result
of
covet
19.
E
E
This
effort
to
be
inclusive
has
continued
as
we
have
tackled
some
of
the
most
difficult
issues
facing
philadelphia
over
the
last
seven
months:
city
council,
the
mayor
of
foundations,
nonprofits
and
community
institutions
took
on
the
challenge
to
support
communities
through
the
philadelphia
covet
19
fund.
I
served
on
the
fund
steering
committee
and
saw
how
working
collaboratively
helped
us
to
raise
and
distribute
more
than
18
million
dollars
to
more
than
500
non-profits
in
our
community,
who
were
helping
those
most
in
need.
E
These
efforts
demonstrate
that,
in
a
time
of
crisis,
we
have
learned
to
work
effectively
together
to
tackle
big
issues
that
are
important
to
the
future
of
our
city.
The
philadelphia
poverty
action
fund,
non-profit
will
be
an
important
part
of
the
city-wide
and
regional
collaborative
work,
a
non-profit,
supported
by
the
city
of
philadelphia,
including
the
legislative
branch,
as
well
as
the
executive
branch
and
the
public
and
private
sector
are
critical
to
tackling
and
driving
down
poverty
by
100
000
by
the
year
2024.
E
I
would
hope
that
this
legislation
would
pass
and
that
members
of
the
business
community,
the
nonprofit
sector,
including
foundations,
community
organizations
and
other
social
sector
organizations
will
all
work
together
to
fund
this
effort
and
to
help
us
reach
our
goals.
In
the
end,
it
must
be
all
of
us
working
together
if
we
are
to
end
racism,
drive
down
poverty
and
rebuild
a
city
that
is
open,
safe
and
fair
for
us
all.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
time.
H
Sure
my
name
is
eva
gladstein,
I'm
deputy
managing
director
for
health
and
human
services
for
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
I
want
to
extend
my
appreciation
to
the
council
president
members
of
council
and
certainly
my
former
co-chairs
of
the
task
force.
I
was
created
to
develop
the
report
that
we
did
last
year.
H
These
are
very
large
problems,
they're
very
tough
times
that
we're
in
and
we
need
all
hands
on
deck
and,
more
importantly,
working
together
as
one.
So.
I
appreciate
this
effort
I'll
just
state
very
briefly
that
during
for
the
last
six
months
during
the
pandemic,
the
work
of
health
and
human
services
has
been
very
intense
and
many
of
the
issues
that
we're
dealing
with
before
have
been
exacerbated
by
the
pandemic
and
have
become
kind
of
laid
bare
and
more
transparent.
H
We
have
been
working
to
support
vulnerable
individuals
whose
vulnerability
has
become
more
exposed,
many
of
whom
were
housing
insecure
beforehand,
some
of
whom
were
homeless
and
therefore
really
did
not
have
a
way
to
stay
safely
at
home.
Others
were
food,
insecure
and
needed
the
forms
of
assistance
that
we
provided
and
are
need
to
continue
to
provide
in
terms
of
food
boxes
and
meals,
working
in
partnership
with
many
wonderful
non-profit
organizations,
we've
also
collaborated
with
planning
and
development
and
others
to
develop
programs
to
assist
with
rental
assistance.
H
Folks,
inability
to
pay
for
food
are
the
basic
necessities
as
well
as
their
rent,
and
so
the
extent
to
which
this
fund
is
able
to
be
nimble
and
agile
enough
to
meet
those
demands
which
were
so
evident,
given
our
high
poverty
level
before
but
was
are
so
much
more
evident
now.
I
think
it's
a
critical
time
to
get
this
moving.
H
We
really
appreciated
the
work
that
was
done
and
the
support
from
the
covet
19
fund,
and
we
saw
how
those
targeted
investments
made
a
real
difference
during
the
spring
and
summer,
and
I'm
hoping
that
this
fund
can
kind
of
take
on
some
of
that
mantle
and
I
think
it's
when
we
started
this
work
in
the
spring.
We
maybe
we
thought
it
would
be
a
week
or
two
or
a
few
months.
It's
now
obvious
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
long
haul.
H
It's
going
to
take
quite
a
while
for
us
to
be
able
to
restore
both
the
security
of
individual
households,
as
well
as
our
communities
as
a
whole
and
so
having
some
infrastructure
in
place
and
institutional
support
such
as
this
fund
will
be
critical
to
doing
that.
So
again,
I
appreciate
councils
moving
forward
on
this
and
we'll
be
happy
to
help
and
support
in
any
way
we
can.
B
I
C
I
Right
good
afternoon,
good
afternoon,
council.
Thank
you
again
for
this
opportunity.
I'll
just
thank
you
for
the
co-chairs,
and
you
know
I
appreciate
working
with
my
co-chairs
every
day,
but
I
appreciate
you
doing
this
for
the
community,
those
who
are
stuck
in
poverty,
those
who
are
dealing
with
violence.
We
know
a
lot
of
this
stuff
actually
comes
from
just
poverty
is
born
out
of
poverty
when
you're
dealing
with
loss
of
jobs
dealing
with
the
violence.
I
One
of
the
biggest
things
we've
seen
due
to
covey
is
that
our
numbers
have
actually
jumped
astronomically,
so
we're
at
70
000
people
so
far
that
we
have
served
this
year
due
to
covet
due
to
people
losing
their
jobs
and
one
of
the
things
that
really
hurts
my
heart
that
I
am
seeing
due
to
a
lot
of
loss
of
jobs.
The
violence
rates
are
going
up,
you're,
also
seeing
that
a
lot
of
people
actually
more
drug
and
alcohol
use
is
going
on
not
only
by
people.
I
I
A
lot
of
people
can't
wait,
seven
or
ten
days
to
get
food
in
a
homes
or
helping
a
home,
and
I
say
to
echo
in
the
same
day,
pay
program
that
we're
starting
because
of
city
council,
and
so
I
thank
you
so
much
for
not
forgetting
about
those
who
actually
back
us
up
day
in
and
day
out,
but
live
in
the
heart
of
our
community,
but
sometimes
in
the
middle
of
a
problem
that
they
feel
like
they
may
not
be
heard.
But
because
of
you
coming
up
with
this,
we
thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
miss
wells,
thank
you
and
thank
you
three
to
three
of
you
all
so
much
for
your
work,
not
just
on
this
issue,
but
your
long-standing
issues
as
it
relates
to
working
hard
for
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
your
own
rights
really
appreciate
it.
I
have
a
couple
of
quick
questions
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
colleague,
councilman
keonis
sanchez
and
the
members
for
questions.
During
the
course
of
the
process
and
narrowing
the
gap
you
all
had
public
hearings,
which
I
really
enjoyed.
B
You
know
having
the
opportunity
to
come
and
view
and
participate
minimally
to
some
of
them,
but
I
I
noticed
that
there
were
so
many
people
engaged,
and
that
was
a
good
thing
participating,
and
so
my
question
is
because
this
is
going
to
take
a
while,
there's
no
kidding
ourselves.
Poverty
is
not
going
away
in
the
short
term
and
and
that
timeline
has
actually
been
extended,
given
what's
going
on
as
it
relates
to
covet
and
some
of
the
other
challenges
that
we
now
face.
B
Have
you
all
talked
about
building
a
strategy,
or
was
that
a
part
of
the
early
outreach
to
have
people
engaged
long
term
six
months
out
a
year
round
with
that
core
group
of
people
that
participated
and
testified
and
said
that
they
wanted
to
help?
Do
we
have
it
or
have
we
thought
about
a
structure
that
allows
them
to
participate
long-range
that
everyday
average
citizen
that
came
to
diamonds
or
came
down
the
north,
broad
street
or
all
of
the
other
locations
where
we
had
these
public
outreach
meetings?
H
This
is
eva.
I
would
say
that
we
try
very
hard
to
kind
of
collaborate
on
a
daily
basis
to
a
number
of
different
mechanisms.
Some
of
it's
geographically
based
and
some
of
it's
and
mel
is
certainly
a
part
of
some
of
these.
Some
of
it
is
with
people
who
our
providers
for
services,
but
I
want
to
take
your
question
under
consideration,
because
we
had
a
very
engaged
active
committee.
Dealing
with
benefits,
access
and
benefits
access
continues
to
be
a
very
high
priority.
H
I
do
want
to
note,
though
that's
there
have
been
some
improvements
since
the
time
of
the
committee
and
specifically
at
the
state
level,
one
of
our
recommendations,
which
had
to
do
with
sealing
of
records
having
to
where
there
was
just
outstanding
fines
or
fees.
I
believe
passed
at
least
one
of
the
houses
in
harrisburg,
and
so
we're
also
and
we're
continuing
to
move
forward.
E
Thanks,
I,
I
would
really
just
echo
what
eva
said.
I
don't
think
that
we've
had
a
formal
process
in
place.
I
think
what
was
good
was
that
we
did
collect
information
from
everyone
who
participated
and
made
sure
that
information
was
shared
with
that
group,
but
I
think
that
it
certainly
is
an
opportunity,
as
this
non-profit
and
the
fund
is
developed
for
us
to
have
a
more
formal
process.
E
I
do
want
to
share
that
at
uac.
We
are
looking
at
how
to
more
effectively
engage
communities
through
opportunities
for
gathering
to
share
information
and
also
to
get
feedback.
So
I
would
love
to
be
able
to
get
back
to
you
as
we
develop
that
process
and
hope
that
it
will
be
something
that
could
help
in
this
process
as
well.
I
Thank
you
yeah
one
of
the
things
that
mel
well
speaking,
one
of
the
things
that
we
me-
and
mr
I
mean
we
spoke
about-
was
at
these
herons
for
now
and
moving
forward
that
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
heard
the
community
voice
first
before
they
heard
our
voice,
and
then
we
actually
talked
about
it.
Mr
maynard
just
trying
to
get
a
few
of
people
from
the
community
kind
of
you
know
to
get
what's
going
on
the
gist
of
what's
going
on
in
the
community,
so
we
can
better
resolve
it.
B
G
Questions
I'll
be
brief,
because
I
think
the
next
panel
will
will
bring
to
circle
full
circle.
Some
of
the
work
that
we're
doing.
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
wasn't
sure
I
wanted
to
take
on
this
task,
but,
having
spent
you
know
a
year
talking
to
100,
subject:
experts
people
with
live
experience
getting
hollered
at
some
of
these
meetings
as
eva
and
charmaine
will
tell
you
some
of
the
people
who
came
to
testify
we're
we're
very
raw
and
real,
and-
and
we
appreciated
that
and
and
and
really
just
want
to
amplify.
G
Thank
all
of
the
folks
who
who
participated
and
created
really
good
policy
documents
and
pilots
that,
as
eva
said,
some
of
the
things
we've
been
able
to
work
on
and
continue
to
check
off
the
boxes
and
then
others.
You
know
we
really
look
forward
to
creating
the
space
and
the
table
for
work
for
us
to
pilot
those.
G
I
want
to
thank
councilmember
alan
dom,
who
also
participated
and
worked
with
me
on
on
this
committee
and
who
went
to
just
about
every
hearing
and
every
discussion
that
that
could
be
had,
and
I
appreciate
his
support
throughout
this
process
and-
and
I
do
want-
and
I
you
know
really
want
to
make
sure
that
as
we
move
forward,
we
continue
that
community
engagement.
I
know
it
was
a
different
time.
G
We
had
400
million
dollar
surplus,
but
now
we
got
a
double
down
right
now,
it's
more
intentional,
more
focused
more
deliberate,
but
that
engagement
in
that
public
conversation
has
to
continue
and
it
has
to
be
formalized
so
that
that
people
know
that
we're
being
clear,
transparent
and
inclusive.
So
thank
you
very
much
council
president
and
so
to
all
the
folks
and
the
work
the
real
work
begins.
You
know
moving
forward
what
we
did
was
really
as
a
collective
put
together
the
best
minds
about
how
do
we
move
forward?
Thank
you,
council
president.
B
B
B
B
C
Panel
number
two
keith
liebhardt,
chair
of
the
board
of
directors
for
the
limfest
foundation,
bill
golderer
president
and
ceo
of
the
united
way
of
greater
philadelphia
and
southern
new
jersey
and
for
the
record.
I
would
like
to
just
note
that
chief
of
staff
to
the
mayor,
jim
engler,
did
submit
testimony
written
testimony
in
support
of
both
bill's
203
and
200
419..
B
Thank
you
council,
president,
good
afternoon.
First
of
all,
thank
you.
Thank
you
all
for
all
you
do
for
the
city
of
philadelphia.
We
really
appreciate
you,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
the
understanding
and
the
commitment
to
work
in
a
public
private
partnership
that
is
increasingly
be
more
and
more
important,
as
government's
ability
to
deal
with
the
challenges
continue
to
dwindle,
as
private
sector
understand
the
need
for
all
to
flourish,
and
it
helps
everyone.
B
F
Once
bill
gets
you
in,
he
won't
let
you
out
in
either
way
either.
So
you
know
so,
first
and
foremost,
it's
an
honor
for
me
to
be
able
to
present
to
council.
Today
I
represent,
I
think,
unique
perspective.
Having
grown
up,
a
part
of
the
working
poor
in
our
city
grew
up
in
west
oakland,
single
parent
home.
Every
challenge
that
you
can
imagine
coming
up
and
benefited
from
you
know
just
a
great
education
and
the
opportunity
to
change
my
social
economic
condition,
but
I've
never
lost
touch
to
the
flight.
F
There's
often,
you
know
different
egos
and
and
and
challenges
around
keeping
focus
on
what
the
objective
is,
and
I
came
out
of
the
recent
process
around
the
kovit
fund,
which
was
led
by
united
united
way
in
the
philadelphia
foundation,
extremely
impressed
in
the
execution
of
that,
and
that
was
the
rapid
deployment
of
funds
to
lots
of
different
organizations
and
to
lots
of
different
charities
that,
in
reality,
us
as
a
foundation
wouldn't
have
had.
The
capacity
to
you
know,
want
to
review
every
application
or
get
those
resources
out
the
door.
F
Despite
recognizing
that
these
are
really
really
important
issues
right,
important
challenges,
and
so,
when
bill
started
to
talk
to
me
about
this,
this
poverty
fund.
For
me,
it
has
always
been
one
of
the
saddest
things
to
think
of
the
city
that
I
grew
up,
that
we
remain
the
poorest
big
city
in
the
country,
and
we
know
when
we've
been
saying
this
for
years,
and
you
know
we
know
that
you
know
poverty
just
breeds
despair.
It
breeds
hopelessness.
F
F
I
mean
there's
no
question
that
I
would
be
if
I
didn't
have
anything
to
lose
right
when
you
create
a
permanent
underclass
of
citizens
as
we've
done
in
philadelphia,
and
I
think
yes,
we
can
talk
about
america,
but
I
think
philadelphia
has
been
unique
in
doing
that.
Philadelphia
has
been
intentional
and
then
we
talk
about
systemic
racism.
It
is
rooted
in
pretty
much
every
institution
within
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
we
have
to
be
honest
with
that
and
bill,
and
I
have
had
very
direct
conversations
around
that.
F
I
made
it
clear
to
bill
when
we
talked
about
this
fund
is,
if
we're
going
to
talk
about
doing
studies,
we
need
to
make
sure
that,
when
we're
studying
the
problem,
we're
using
minority
businesses
to
really
identify
the
solution
as
well
right,
we
just
can't
have
study
the
problem
and
identify
you
know:
majority
firms
to
help
come
in
and
assess
it.
How
are
we,
including
minority
businesses
in
the
process,
and
so
you
know
for
me
this
is
absolutely
critical.
This
is
absolutely
necessary
it.
F
This
is
something
that
we
have
to
be
committed
to
for
the
long
term,
and
it's
not
just
the
people
on
this
call.
We
have
to
be
really
open
and
honest
about
the
challenges
that
the
unions
present
right
of
as
a
pathway
for
poor
and
disenfranchised
minorities
who
are
unable
to
get
on
these
construction
sites
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
who
will
be
unable
to
participate
in
any
infrastructure
projects
that
may
come
down
of
hiking
years
to
come.
F
We
have
to
be
intentional
and
be
really
really
honest,
that
this
is
something
in
philadelphia
that
we
need
to
address.
We've
been
a
a
a
largely
democratic-led
city
and
we're
talk.
We
talked
about
the
the
national
election
here
in
philadelphia
and
I'm
a
proud
democrat,
but
I
think
we
have
failed
our
people
here
in
philadelphia.
F
We
have
failed
poor
people
here
in
philadelphia
for
years,
and
we
can
no
longer
continue
to
do
that.
I
know
for
a
fact
that,
as
a
foundation,
we
have
come
to
leaders
in
the
city
and
no
one
on
the
skull.
Thank
god
we
have
come
to
legions
in
the
city
who
are
in
positions
of
power
and
said
to
them
name
your
price
to
train
people
for
access
into
the
unions.
F
Nothing
happened,
not
not,
and,
as
I
said,
thankfully,
that
you
know
I'm
not
talking
about
anyone
on
this
call,
but
you
can
imagine
if
I'm
not
talking
to
people
on
this
call,
I'm
talking
about
somebody
who
is,
if
not
as
powerful,
equally
as
powerful
as
the
people
on
this
call
name
your
price,
we
will
have
resources
there
to
support
anyone
who
can
help
them.
If
we're
saying
that
testing
is
the
issue,
but
we're
saying
capacity
is
the
issue
we
will
help
with
capacity
right,
and
so
we
have
to
be
honest.
F
We
have
to
have
these
conversations
and
open.
We
have
to
be
honest
about
the
fact
that
you
know
there
is
a
level
of
systemic
racism
at
play
and
the
power
structures
in
this
city
that
won't
allow
black
brown
and
yellow
people
to
lift
themselves
out
of
poverty
and
I'll
give
you
one
stat
that
I
think
was
quite
alarming.
That
shows
why
we
have
to
be
intentional,
as
as
councilwoman
keanu
said,
we
have
to
be
intentional
about
this.
Is
you
know
when
they
presented
out
the
report
around
household
income?
F
Here
in
the
philadelphia
region,
you
know
nationally,
we
all
know
right
and
ever
it
is
widely
accepted
nationally
that,
in
order
a
priority
of
household
income,
the
highest
earners
in
the
country
are
asian
people,
asian
americans
right
behind
them.
By
some
you
know
small
margin,
white
americans,
then
it's
you
know
the
the
rest
that
are
significantly
lower
than
them
in
philadelphia.
F
The
asians
make
less
than
the
white
people
right
like.
That
shows
you
to
me
that
if
that
doesn't
jump
out
as
what
is
happening
different
here
in
philadelphia,
where
nationally
asians,
who
come
to
this
country,
who
typically
get
trained
as
engineers
and
and
and
doctors,
and
all
these
other
higher
level
degrees
on
average,
make
more
than
than
any
other
race
in
philadelphia.
They
too
are
behind
the
white
people
here.
So
we
have
to
be
be
really
really
clear
that
this
conversation
starts
here.
F
It
starts
with
people
who
are
willing
to
be
intentional
about.
You,
know,
extinguishing
and
and
decreasing
poverty
here
in
our
city,
but
it
spills
out
into
the
business
community
as
well
as
to
the
union
infrastructure
that
exists
here.
We
are
here
at
the
table.
We
want
to
be
funders
and
supporters
and
we
want
to
back
it.
But
quite
honestly,
as
you
can
see
in
my
presentation
in
my
candor
here,
this
can
no
longer
be
the
same
approach.
F
We
can
no
longer
just
just
shield
people
from
their
responsibility
and
addressing
poverty
and
addressing
racism
and
addressing
practices
and
things
that
hold
people
back.
Because
what
happens?
Is
you
get
hopelessness
in
the
street?
What
happens?
Is
you
get
looting?
You
get
you
you
get
people
who
who
feel
like
this
is
their
only
opportunity
to
get
something,
so
the
slightest
thing
becomes
a
trigger
right
and-
and
we
need
to
be
very,
very
intentional
about
addressing
that
so
I'll
shut
up,
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
present
here
today
and
speak
to
you
today.
J
J
There
is
an
element
of
cynicism
that
we
need
to
overcome
as
to
whether
or
not
we
could
truly
pull
together
in
this
time
when
we
really
need
to
a
public-private
partnership
that
is
really
delivering
results
and
putting
people
first
before
I
get
into
it.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
know
most
of
you
and
on
this
body,
but
just
to
introduce
myself
I'm
bill
goldberger.
J
I
am
pleased
and
honored
to
serve
the
mission
of
our
united
way,
which
about
three
years
ago,
prior
to
my
arrival,
decided
to
focus
on
how
to
meaningfully
and
measurably
reduce
the
suffering
that
comes
from
poverty
and
to
increase
and
augment
economic
mobility
in
this
region.
As
council
president
mentioned
this,
isn't:
oh,
it
is
focused
on
our
impoverished
neighbors
and
asking
whether
or
not
they
can
achieve
greater
mobility
and
what
we
can
be
doing
about
it.
But
it
really
does
benefit
every
aspect
of
our
city.
J
I
I
founded
an
organization
called
broad
street
ministry,
which
is
not
unlike
the
work
that
that
mr
wells
does
it.
We
receive
over
70
000
folks,
who
are
coming
through
that
what
I
like
to
call
the
widest
front
door
in
philadelphia
who
are
seeking
in
body,
mind
and
spirit,
an
opportunity
to
realize
their
hope
to
claim
an
opportunity
and
a
chance
to
claim
their
piece
of
the
american
dream
and
when
they
come
through
that
door
as
and
eva
gladstein
was
such
a
partner
to
me.
J
J
We've
been
working
hard
on
this
challenge
of
so
many
of
our
young
people
to
stay
on
their
path
to
grade
level.
Reading
and
not
and
having
to
do
so
without
connection
to
internet
united
way
is
fully
behind
the
scenes
collaboratively
working
to
drive
results
during
phl
connect,
ed,
and
what
I
will
tell
you
is
these
collaborative
efforts
which
we
struggle
in
philadelphia
to
pull
off,
for
lots
of
reasons
which
I
could
get
into,
but
I
won't
when
we
work
collaboratively
and
we
work
and
we
put
results
in
front
of
everything
else.
J
We
had
the
least
equitable
recovery
and
now
we're
back
in
this
moment
again,
and
we
simply
cannot
afford
to
repeat
that
result.
But,
as
my
grandmother
used
to
say,
if
you
want
a
different
result,
you
got
to
take
different
action.
So
what
is
being
proposed
here
by
this
legislation
are
a
couple
of
key
elements
and
there
are
three
one.
J
J
As
you
may
know,
the
first
community
challenge
that
we
have
before
us
that
would
really
alleviate
some
of
the
suffering
and
stabilize
some
of
our
families.
Is
the
upcoming
2021
tax
season,
the
the
committee
on
poverty
reduction
that
you
all
listen
to
all
this
testimony?
One
theme
you
remember
is
that
we
leave
450
million
dollars
in
federal
subsidies,
for
which
our
neighbors
are
eligible.
That's
cash
in
people's
pockets.
J
We
need
to
build
a
bigger
and
stronger
infrastructure
to
draw
those
down
and
get
those
cash
get
that
cash
into
the
pockets
of
our
neighbors,
so
that
greater
stability
can
take
hold
in
a
time
of
upheaval,
and
in
order
to
do
that,
which
is
probably
the
most
effective
poverty
fighting
measure
we
can
take.
In
this
moment,
we
need
to
better
capitalize
and,
as
he
said,
execute
on
that
vision
that
I
know
we
all
share,
but
we
need
to
move
today
in
order
for
that
to
happen.
J
Second,
behind
that
community
challenge
is
the
need
to
invest
in
employment
and
pathways
for
small
businesses
to
support
economic
recovery
through
business
stability
and
growth.
That
means
creating
a
real
pipeline
for
skill
development
for
promising
young
people
to
develop
real
industry
partnerships
with
employers
who
are
ready
to
hire
young
people
and
hire
locally
and
to
reduce
barriers
to
employment
that
are
stubborn
and
continue
to
exist.
That
exclude
people
from
the
workplace,
and
I
don't
need
to
tell
you
all
about
the
importance
of
that.
J
J
That
will
mean
in
establishing
a
public-private
partnership
that
basically,
that
means
a
lot
of
people
will
not
be
happy,
because
we
have
to
come
to
terms
that,
while
there
are
pieces
of
this
work
that
the
city
is
very
well
suited
to
tackle,
there
are
other
parts
that
the
people
who
are
most
proximate
to
their
own
challenges
and
the
solutions
that
they
know
about
they're,
better
positioned
to
solve
them
than
government.
Then,
and
really
anybody,
and
we
need
to
empower
those
folks
to
be
at
the
table
and
also
in
a
public
private
partnership.
J
Leadership
and
accountability
are
shared.
The
poverty
action
fund
being
established
and
more
capital
being
raised
to
match
it
would
be
overseen
by
a
board
made
up
of
city
appointees.
Community
representatives
and
other
investors
in
the
success
of
the
project
community
will
be
front
and
center
and
results
will
be
important
and
that's
the
last
piece
that
I
think
is
important
for
us
to
consider.
J
That
combined
with
interviews
as
as
charmaine
mentioned,
people
from
every
sector
of
our
community,
who
want
to
dig
in
and
roll
up
their
sleeves
and
help
our
neighbors
overcome
their
challenges.
There
was
a
real,
deep
dive
on
what
was
important
to
them,
and
a
theme
that
came
came
up
over
and
over
again
is
out.
Many
of
our
peer
cities
have
a
much
greater
ability
to
measure
the
impact
and
the
return
on
an
investment
of
a
dollar
that
we
put
in
the
fight
against
poverty.
J
That's
why
this
public
partnership
in
public-private
partnership
envisions
the
creation
of
a
knowledge
nerve
center
that
sits
at
the
end
center
of
this
effort.
It
would
not
be
an
add-on,
but
a
core
component
of
the
poverty
action
fund.
The
knowledge
nerve
center
will
not
only
give
us
real-time
data
on
the
impact
of
the
investments,
but
will
support
community
organizations
who
need
to
build
their
own
measurement
and
evaluation
capacity
to
prove
what
it
is
that
they
are
doing
to
guide
people
toward
greater
economic
empowerment
and
mobility
and
stability.
J
Guided
by
this
framework
of
accountability
and
measurement.
This
we
are
really
confident
that
progress
can
be
achieved
over
a
long
term,
but
we
will
be
able
to
see
some
shovel-ready
projects
that
will
bear
some
real
fruit.
So
council,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
share
my
sense
of
urgency,
my
passion
for
collaboration
and
my
commitment
to
measurement
and
accountability.
B
B
Sorry,
sorry
for
the
politics,
but
the
reality
is
this
is
this
is
something
you
know,
and
you
know
the
elephant
in
the
room
is
what's
going
on
literally
right
now
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
challenges
of
last
night
and
traumatic
experience.
The
sooner
we
get
to
a
place
is
doctor.
I
want
to
thank
you
soon.
We
get
to
a
place
where
people
have
hope.
B
I
mean
real
hope,
not
a
promise
by
politician
right,
not
an
application
that
never
gets
acted
on
it,
not
a
a
training
program
that
never
has
a
light
at
the
end
at
the
tunnel
that
materializes
into
an
actual
family
sustained
a
job
until
we
get
to
that
point,
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
these
challenges,
and
I
just
think
that
you
know
I
know
the
heart,
the
soul
of
every
member
of
council.
We
are
there.
We
need
to
have
the
private
sector
had
a
conversation
with
the
chamber.
B
They
started
to
step
to
the
plate
they
and
we're
at
our
same
day,
pay
initiative
and
they're
stepped
into
the
plate
with
support
they're
working
with
councilman
parker.
We
had
the
announcement
the
other
day
on
the
commercial
carter
initiative,
they're
stepping
into
the
plate
that
private
sector
is
a
key
component
and
thus
being
able
to
marshal
enough
resources
to
really
move
this
needle.
So
now
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
so
much.
D
Thank
you,
mr
president,
thank
you
for
all
you're
doing
to
step
up
to
the
plate
in
a
meaningful
way,
along
with
my
colleagues
to
address
the
elephant
in
a
room
which
is
poverty.
I
am.
If
you
look
at
all
of
our
problems,
you
can
extend
them
back
whether
it's
crime,
lack
of
education,
poor
health
care
choices,
food
choices
comes
down
to
the
issue
of
poverty.
D
So
I'm
I
promise
to
help
you
get
us
out
of
here
by
four
o'clock,
and
I
I
shall
real
quick
if
you
had
silver
bullets
in
in
your
guns
and
you
and
and
it
got
to
be
10
words
or
less,
and
you
were
telling
us
what
we
should
do.
I
heard
a
couple
of
them
from
you.
Dr
lee
depart
give
us
three
things
that
over
the
next
year,
we
should
do
to
address
the
issue
of
poverty,
so.
F
Oh
okay,
all
right,
councilman
jones,
always
a
pleasure
to
see
you.
I
mean,
I
think,
the
the
big
thing
there
are
couple
things
right.
We
all
know
that
poverty
is
attached
to
a
living
wage
right
and
we
all
should
be
pushing
and
I'm
a
business
owner
in
the
city
and
just
out
of
morals
and
ethics.
There's
no
way
in
heck
that
I
can
pay
somebody
under
15
an
hour.
F
F
I
don't
do
that
right
because
there's
just
something
into
providing
a
place
where
a
starting
point
for
people
so
we
have
to-
and
I
know
that's
not
something
that
could
be
done
necessarily
at
a
city
level,
but
we
need
to
be
making
sure
that
we're
pushing
on
every
legislative
possible
at
the
state
level
to
make
sure
that
is
of
the
highest
priority
right.
There's
no
reason
no
way
and
how
a
reason
why
pennsylvania's
pennsylvania's
minimum
wage
is
lower
than
delaware's
and
and
the
surrounding
other
states
right.
So
I
I
would
start
with
that.
F
I've
said
it
before
and
I'll
say
it
over
and
over
again
until
the
work
sites
in
this
city
reflect
the
people
of
the
city.
We
are
in
trouble
right.
We
cannot
continue
to
outsource
our
labor
and
our
effort
to
others
who
don't
live
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
then
expect
the
conditions
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
to
change
forest
people
right.
We
all
know-
and
I
was
down
here-
had
a
business
in
center
city
for
the
last
10
years
right
in
the
pond
district,
when
kovit
was
quiet
and
town
was
quiet.
F
The
only
thing
that
was
moving
was
construction
and
I
would
come
downtown
and
be
one
of
the
few
black
people
downtown
right,
because
none
of
the
shops
were
open,
they
were
boarded
up
like
they
are
now
right.
Another
shop,
but
construction
was
still
moving
and
you've
run
right
in
big
towers
are
going
up
and
minorities
are
not
only
job
sites.
We
know
that's
happening.
F
This
is
not
new,
we're
not
you
know,
I'm
not
saying
anything,
that's
like
a
secret
right,
so
we
have
to
be
really
really
clear
and
challenge
those
in
positions
to
make
a
difference.
If
they
say
they
want
to
make
a
difference,
they
say
they
they
really
are
are
about
bringing
down
poverty.
We
need
to
challenge
them
around
that
aggressor,
okay
and
then
the
last
thing
I
would
say
is
that
I'll
now
look
at
philanthropy.
F
We
have
to
do
a
better
job
right
of
not
just
funding,
bs
or
programs.
As
you
said
with
you
know,
training
programs
where
no
jobs
exist
right
and-
and
you
know
13
years
ago,
when
I
first
got
into
the
to
the
philanthropy
world
and
was
only
on
the
side
of
kind
of
giving
out
dollars.
I
was
looking
at
one
of
the
most
important
issues
in
our
city
at
the
time,
and
that
was
reentry
that
was
before
you
know.
Everyone
was
talking
about
criminal
justice
reform
and
council
councilman
jones.
F
F
One
of
the
reasons
why
I
ended
up
buying
a
business
because
I
was
so
frustrated-
and
this
was
at
the
time
jerry
olympus
was
alive
and
he
would
literally-
and
I
was
a
a
young
kid
at
the
time-
jerry
would
call
all
of
his
peers
and
his
friends,
and
you
can
probably
imagine
they
would
all
show
up,
and
they
were
all
business
leaders
here
in
the
city.
We
would
have
these
roundtable
discussions.
He
would
invite
them
there
to
meet
me.
So
I
could
talk
about
the
importance
of
re-entry.
F
We
all
know
the
time
philadelphia
had
over
200
000
ex-offenders.
You
know
more
sorry,
felons
per
capita
right
more
people
coming
home
than
anywhere
per
capita
at
the
time,
besides
from
memphis
right.
So
it
was
a
huge,
huge
problem
in
the
city,
so
the
thought
was
once
again.
We
have
dollars
and
resources
we're
going
to
fund
training
programs
to
get
people
job.
F
We're
going
to
talk
to
the
business
community
about
some
of
the
the
crimes
which
make
people
felons
which
is
drug
related
and
all
they
about
most
times
it
was
a
drug
related,
offense
and
all
and
which
are
opportunity,
related
crimes,
whether
poverty-driven
crimes
or
or
an
addiction,
and
the
sad
part
is.
Although
a
lot
of
people
will
well-meaning
in
the
room
or
at
least
that
I'm
talking
about
the
business
community
said
that
they
would
support
it
when
the
rubber
met
the
road,
they
would
say.
F
No
longer
fund
programs-
and
this
is
the
conversation
I'm
surprised
bill
actually
asked
me
to
speak
of
me
and
bill-
have
had
these
direct
conversations
over
and
over
and
over
again
right,
and
so
you
know
it.
It
is
about
being
honest,
it
is
about
you
know,
showing
some
emotion,
because
what
happens
is
we
get
what's
happening
in
the
city?
F
Everybody's
frustrated,
the
the
kids
who
are
out
there,
who
are
you
know
who
will
be
out
there
tonight
enforcement
they're
frustrated
too,
and
so
we're
at
this
impasse,
and,
as
I
said
and
and
there
is
a
what
we're,
what
we're
missing
here
is
councilman
dom's
network,
which
is
a
wonderful
network
of
business
leaders,
but
they
need
to
be
intentional
too
about
addressing
poverty
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
what
they
can
do
to
come
to
the
table.
And
I,
under
that
that.
B
A
So
really,
this
fund
that
you
put
together
with
the
council
member
canada
sanchez,
is
more
important
today
than
it
was
when
you
first
put
it
together.
It's
actually
crucial
today.
So
just
a
few
comments
I
wanted
to
make.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
whatever
we
decide
to
do,
we
have
measuring
programs
like
the
social
progress
index,
that
we
can
measure
the
investments
we
make
to
make
sure
we're
investing
the
money
the
right
way
to
really
help
people.
A
My
main
comment
really
today
is
that
the
economics
and
the
ability
to
take
people
out
of
poverty
is
probably
our
number
one
issue
in
the
city
by
far
and
everything
else
is
secondary
and
whatever
we
can
do
to
put
the
focus
on
that,
we
need
to
do
and
again,
council
president.
Thank
you
and
I
want
to
say,
council,
member
conor
sanchez.
A
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
finding
these
issues.
You
did
an
amazing
job.
I
was
in
the
audience
watching
you
basically,
and
you
were
really
terrific-
did
a
great
job,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
who
testified
all
the
chairs
and
everyone
else
and
all
my
colleagues.
So
thank
you
and
appreciate
everyone's
input.
Thank
you,
tracy.
B
Thank
you,
okay,
there
being
no
further
questions
from
members
of
the
committee
and
no
other
witnesses
to
testify
were
asked.
If
there
is
anyone
else
present
in
this
hearing
whose
name
we
have
failed
to
call,
and
that
wishes
to
offer
testimony
on
any
of
the
bills
being
considered
today,
there
being
none
checking
all
my
electronics,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
panels
and
witnesses
for
their
participation.
B
C
B
A
B
B
C
D
B
D
C
B
Thank
you
very
much.
This
concludes
the
business
before
the
committee
of
the
whole.
Today
I
want
to
thank
you
all
so
much
and
look
forward
to
moving
this
extremely
important
initiative.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
out
there
that
are
depending
on
what
we
do
every
day.
So
thank
you
all.
Thank
you
all
and
be
safe.