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From YouTube: Committee on Children and Youth 12-14-2021
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The Committee on Children and Youth of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at 2:00 PM to hear testimony on the following items:
210757 Resolution authorizing City Council’s Committee on Children & Youth to hold hearings examining out of school time programs and funding from the 2021 Summer targeted at improving safety and positive life outcomes for Philadelphia’s young people.
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I
now
know
that
the
hour
has
come.
Mr
spidey,
will
you
please
call
I'm
sorry,
mr
spike?
Well,
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you
please
call
the
rule
to
take
attendance?
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of
that
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attendance
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remarks
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responding,
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E
B
B
Thank
you
before
we
begin
to
hear
testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
today.
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who's
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record
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at
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time
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Mr
clerk,
will
you
please
call
the
first
panel
we
have
here
to
testify
this
afternoon
on
resolution
number
two
one:
zero,
seven,
five,
seven.
F
F
Thanks
good
afternoon,
I'm
cynthia
figueroa
deputy
mayor
office
of
children
and
families.
Thank
you,
chairperson,
helen
kim.
I
hope
you
feel
better
and,
of
course,
our
acting
chairperson
councilman
thomas
and
members
of
the
committee
on
children
and
youth
for
the
opportunity
to
present.
Today,
I'm
joined
as
referenced
by
commissioner
of
parks
and
recreation.
F
Catherine
lavelle
as
well
as
I
have
other
members
of
my
team
in
order
to
answer
questions
and
I'm
pleased
to
provide
an
overview
of
our
most
recent
summer,
2021,
as
well
as
talking
about
our
academic
year
programming
currently
underway,
go
to
the
next
slide.
Just
as
a
quick
overview.
The
office
of
children
family
aligns
to
work
and
to
serve
in
very
specific
four
goals.
We
work
with
ost
to
meet
each
one
of
these
goals
from
supporting
children's
safety
to
youth
employment.
F
F
So
we
have
the
quick
ability
to
deploy
summer
programs
and
was
aided
by
our
experience
in
running
access.
Centers.
Their
access
centers
helped
provide
a
roadmap
to
demonstrate
that
we
could
do
all
day
in
programming
and
we
could
do
it
during
a
pandemic
and
in
a
way
to
keep
children
safe.
I'm
pleased
to
say
that
our
summer
and
fall
programs
were
robust,
although
I
would
say,
the
pandemic
did
have
impacts
in
terms
of
getting
folks,
comfortable
or
feeling
safe
enough
to
engage
in
all
the
different
activities
that
were
available.
F
We
had
programs
that
range
from
math
and
reading
supports
to
chess
coding,
dance
sports
stem
and
a
number
of
creative
arts,
and
this
was
significant
to
have
as
many
of
these
kind
of
activities
post
a
virtual
a
virtual
year
for
our
children.
Our
large
network
of
ost
providers
reflected
in
our
ost
investment,
were
grounded
in
decades
of
research
that
showed
the
more
engaged
youth
are
in
their
schools
and
more
they're
engaged
with
programs
and
activities
in
their
communities.
The
more
successful
they
are
and
less
likely
to
be
involved
in
violent
activity.
F
We're
gonna
go
to
the
next
slide.
Just
a
few
months
ago,
we
concluded
this
summer,
it's
hard
to
believe.
Things
seem
to
be
going
really
fast.
We
had
over
309
summer
camps
and
we
tracked
seven
seven
thousand
seventy
five
thousand
reading
minutes.
There
was
a
number
of
literacy
and
math
programs
infused
throughout
all
of
our
programs,
and
I
think
you
all
know
that
this
was
an
unprecedented
summer
for
us
with
the
school
district.
F
In
addition
to
the
programs
that
were
running
on
a
traditional
schedule,
we
also
had
been
able
to
encourage
and
not
have
play
streets
throughout.
Hundreds
of
blocks
and
we
targeted
very
specific
neighborhoods
to
ensure
that
the
pastries
were
available
in
these
communities
and
we're
so
excited.
I
know
catherine's
on
with
me
that
camp
philly
and
the
poconos
was
able
to
be
back
and
in
person,
and
we
had
122
participants
this
year
next
slide.
F
So
there's
programs
that
assist
in
keeping
kids
engaged
and
supervised,
and
then
there
are
more
tailored
programs
that
we
operate
with
systems
partners
throughout
the
city
and
most
of
those
are
tailored
through
older
youth
and
teens,
to
obviously
in
their
developmental
stages
of
the
life
particularly
focused
on
kids,
who
have
risky
behaviors
or
low
school
attendance.
But
we
also
have
been
focusing
obviously
on
work,
exposure
and
work
experience
next
slide.
F
F
We
have
about
five,
just
over
5000
participants
for
the
free
library
after
school,
about
a
thousand
slots
that
we
have
available
and
then
work
ready.
Our
goal
is
always
to
be
closer
to
the
eight
thousand.
Five
thousand
of
those
slots
are
funded
specifically
by
ocf
and
the
funding
that
comes
directly
from
the
city
of
philadelphia
next
slide.
F
So
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
One
of
the
great
pieces
of
feedback
that
you
all
gave
to
us
and
that
we've
continued
to
use
is
making
sure
that
folks
know
where
to
locate
programs
that
are
within
their
zip
codes,
and
we
did
a
lot
of
mapping
as
well
as
where
programs
need
to
belong.
So
we
have
thefilla.gov
forward,
slash
ost,
where
you
can
put
in
and
find
information
about
programming.
F
The
locator
has
a
lot
of
different
ways.
You
can
look
for
programs
in
there
and
we
are
continue
to
advertise
and
make
sure
that
folks
know
where
to
find
programs
in
their
area,
and
I
think
so.
Lastly,
just
want
to
say
a
huge
thank
you
particularly
council
member
gim
and
council
member
thomas
were
instrumental
in
connecting
us
to
programs.
In
addition
to
our
traditional
ost
providers.
F
This
past
summer,
we
were
able
to
engage
a
number
of
additional
community
partners
to
bring
them
to
the
table,
to
make
sure
that
we
could
expand
services
for
kids
this
summer.
It's
pretty
unprecedented
to
remember
that
we
were
planning
for
summer
and
now
we're
already
about
to
celebrate
the
holidays
again
and
that
we'll
be
thinking
about
next
summer
soon
enough,
so
we
can
stop
sharing
and
catherine,
myself
or
anybody.
F
B
You
deputy
mayor
for
your
testimony
and
also
not
sure
if
it's
appropriate
or
not,
but
this
might
be
one
of
our
last
hearings
together.
So
I
do
appreciate
the
work
that
you
have
done,
not
just
during
my
short
term
in
council,
but
in
general,
your
service
to
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
the
heart
that
you
have
as
it
relates
to
children
and
families
across
the
city.
B
I
did
want
to
start
with
just
a
few
questions
and
then
I
wanted
to
open
it
up
to
my
colleagues
for
a
few
questions
as
well.
If
we
can
go
back
to
the
slide
that
had
the
number
of
total
children
that
we
serve,
you
broke
it
down
by
young
people
who
are
involved
in
pyn
young
people
who
were
involved
in
yep
there.
It
is
you
just
passed.
B
F
B
So
our
numbers
suggest
that
we
have
close
to
100
000
young
people
living
in
poverty
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
children
and
youth.
What
can
we
do
to
begin
to
scale
these
numbers
up,
because
I
do
know
that
we
have
a
a
number
of
slots
based
on
the
numbers
that
we
have
right
now
that
you're
displaying,
but
clearly
we're
that's,
not
even
20
of
the
young
people
who
are
living
in
poverty
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
So
what?
B
What
should
be
our
marching
orders
as
we
prepare
for
next
summer
to
figure
out?
How
do
we
service
those
young
people
that
are
in
need
the
most,
especially
considering
some
of
the
gun,
violence
and
other
crime
crisis
that
we're
facing?
We
all
know
that
the
summer
time
is
the
time
when
we
see
the
biggest
spike
when
it
comes
to
to
criminal
activity.
We
know
that
a
lot
of
times
that's
because
young
people
do
not
have
something
positive
to
do.
B
I
do
also
commend
you
and
your
team,
as
well
as
commissioner,
our
level
for
the
work
that
was
done
in
collaboration
with
the
school
district.
It
was
unprecedented.
I
know
it
was
very
difficult,
but
we
were
able
to
scale
up
last
year
during
a
pandemic.
So
I'm
wondering
what
lessons
have
we
learned
and
what
can
we
do
to
prepare
for
summer
of
2022?
B
F
So
thank
you
for
that,
and
and
thank
you
for
the
acknowledgement
I
I
I
will.
I
will
take
privilege
to
say
that
I'm
not
sure
I'm
going
to
miss
all
my
council
hearings,
but
I
will
certainly
miss
the
work
and
I
appreciate
the
partnership
right,
no
matter
what
or
how
difficult
the
conversation
is,
it's
always
been
with
heart
and
honesty.
So
thank
you
for
that.
So
I'm
going
to
start
at
the
top.
F
I
definitely
think
that
is
something
that
we
should
replicate.
We
were
limited
in
our
numbers
because
we
were
just
coming
phys.
You
know
out
of
the
pandemic,
not
all
kids
in
that
age
group
had
at
the
opportunity
to
be
vaccinated
now
being
able
to
go
all
the
way
down
to
the
younger
children.
I
think
that
there
is
a
tremendous
opportunity
there
to
grow
those
numbers
right
and
that
gives
parents
a
very
solid
chunk
of
time.
F
F
As
I
know,
bob
devine
will
be
presenting
later
is
how
do
we
use
all
the
folks
who
are
moving
and
supporting
all
these
different
athletic
programs,
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
folks
have
access
and
availability
to
spaces,
and
and
how
do
we
help
cross-promote
using
the
megaphone?
You
know
one
of
the
lessons
learned
from
the
food
access
was.
The
city
doesn't
have
to
do
all
all
of
that
right.
F
We
can
be
sometimes
the
coordinator
and
convener
for
expanding
services,
and
then
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
with
both
on
councilwoman
kim
and
my
dear
colleague,
charmaine
and
shakima
on
here
is
our
ability
to
look
at.
What's
the
right
number
for
work
ready,
how
many
kids
do
we
have
involved
in
a
paid
work
activity?
Particularly
we
talk
about
older
youth.
F
So,
on
the
front
end,
I
think,
having
as
many
opportunities
as
possible
for
the
young
and
middle
school
aged
is
a
focus
and
then
how
do
we
expand
the
number
of
slots
on
the
middle,
the
the
high
school
age,
kids?
So
I
think
we
could
work
towards
getting
like
what
does
those
numbers
look
like,
but
I
will
say
I
know
I've
been
talking
a
lot
I'll
say
this
last
thing
is
that
we
do
have
gaps
and
we
have
gaps
in
in
two
places
we
have
not.
F
All
of
our
slots
are
currently
being
utilized
partially
is
because
I
think
some
families
post
pandemic
have
figured
out
other
plans.
Some
folks
are
still
weary
and
then
we've
also
still
had
staffing
crisis
in
some
of
our
providers.
Right,
not
everybody's.
Fully
staffed
yet
so
that
creates
a
a
dynamic.
So
one
is
that
we
got
to
get
into
a
summer
where
we're
maximizing
every
slot
available
and
I'll.
B
I
think
that
we
did
take
some
steps
in
the
right
direction
last
year,
but
I
still
believe
the
process
was
a
little
too
difficult
for
our
high
school
students,
which
puts
us
in
a
position
where
we
do
not
often
have
the
ability
to
maximize
these
spots.
So,
throughout
the
course
of
this
work,
I
just
want
to
continue
to
push
folks
around
the
application
process
for
our
high
school
students.
I
think
we
did
a
good
job
with
the
marketing
side.
We
were
folks
were
in
the
schools.
Information
was
passed
out.
B
Students
were
aware
that
the
option
was
available.
We
know
there
were
a
lot
of
virtual
things,
but
I
think
again,
the
paperwork
and
a
disconnect
with
codes
and
the
needing
of
employers,
and
things
like
that.
I
think
that
put
us
in
a
position
where
young
people
were
excited
about
it
originally,
but
then,
as
they
went
through
the
process,
it
was
like.
F
So
it's
a
it's
a
great
and
one
part
of
that
question
is
very
easy
to
answer.
The
other
one
is
harder.
So,
on
the
ost
front,
the
total
rounded
up
number
of
what
we
have
is
20
million
and
30
million
dollars.
I'm
sorry,
I
was
going
to
short
changes:
30
million
dollars
in
ost.
Now
some
of
those
ost
programs
run.
B
F
This
is
the
city
of
philadelphia,
it's
30
million
dollars
in
out
of
school
time
funding,
and
that
supports
the
network
that
I
talked
about
that
runs
year
round
and
summer.
Now.
The
reason
it's
harder
to
give
a
number
around
how
much
in
youth
sports
is
that
that
gets
reflected
on
a
bunch
of
different
ways,
and
so
it's
both
in
the
parks
and
rec
staffing,
and
I
know
the
commissioners
on
she
could
answer
this
a
little
bit
better.
F
So
what
I
had
asked
of
your
office
is
we'd
like
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time.
It's
not
nearly.
I
will
be
very
honest,
not
nearly
an
investment
that
goes
into
out
of
the
school
time,
but
we've
been
looking
at
this
from
a
national
perspective
in
terms
of
how
youth
programs
are
funded
across
the
country
and
that,
obviously,
a
big
part
of
the
work
lives
in
the
parks
and
rec
system
in
terms
of
what
we
do
in
terms
of
space.
F
B
So,
for
for
in
the
midst
of
capturing
that
data
and
that
information
for
us,
can
it
be
broken
down
in
a
category
so,
for
example,
when
we
think
about
gym
permits,
I
know
firsthand
as
a
former
athletic
director
and
as
a
coach,
the
cost
that
the
office
of
parks
and
rec
have
to
absorb.
When
you
have,
you
know,
66
teams
playing
a
varsity
basketball
in
a
public
league,
and
that's
just
on
the
boys
side,
not
including
girls
in
junior
varsity.
B
Then
you
move
on
to
other
sports
like
chair
competition
and
wrestling
and
we're
only
talking
about
winter
sports.
This
is
three
seasons
right.
They
get
real
busy
in
the
spring
once
that
baseball
and
softball
and
track
come
around,
and
it's
not
like
that
they're
dormant
in
the
fall.
Those
type
of
dollars
are
great
right
and,
of
course,
when
we're
spending
staff
dollars,
seasonal
staff
and
things
of
that
capacity.
Those
are
great
as
well
too,
but
what
we
want
to
see
is
specifically
grant
dollars.
B
So
when
we
think
about
you
know
such
and
such
organization,
the
local
football
team
that
just
came
back
from
florida,
we
had
a
number
of
teams
in
the
area
go
to
florida
over
the
last
couple
weeks
for
national
football
competition.
How
many
of
those
organizations
are
actual
entities,
whether
it's
a
501c3,
c3
or
some
other
type
of
entity
who
actually
gets
some
type
of
grant
dollars
from
the
city
of
philadelphia?
B
B
B
I
will
stop
right
there,
because
I'm
pretty
sure
my
colleagues
have
questions.
I
will
also
pass
it
to
our
commissioner
of
parks
and
rex
I
see
our
hand
is
up,
commissioner,
if
you
wanted
to
come
in
and
communicate
your
or
add
to
the
dialogue
right
now.
That's
fine
council
colleagues,
if
anyone's
having
any
questions,
feel
free
to
put
something
in
a
chat
feature
or
to
raise
your
hand.
G
Thank
you
councilman.
I
just
wanted
to
offer
some
comments
from
one
of
your
previous
questions
about
the
slide
that
deputy
mayor
figaro
had
up
regarding
the
the
numbers
in
terms
of
participants
in
in
the
programs
and
just
to
offer
some
additional
commentary
and
perspective
on
that.
That
was,
you
know.
As
cynthia
mentioned
in
some
of
her
remarks,
you
know.
G
I
do
think
that
we
saw
a
a
down
lower
numbers
for
I'm
speaking,
specifically
about
parks
and
rec
for
summer
camp
and
after
school
in
2021.
Specifically,
I
think
that
was
due
in
part
number
one
to
health
department
regulations
that
we
still
needed
to
cohort
within
our
facilities
so
to
minimize
the
mitigate
the
spread,
especially
when
kids
were
not
vaccinated.
We
had
lower
numbers
due
to
due
to
the
health
precautions,
but
to
deputy
mayor's
point.
G
I
also
think-
and
I
know
this
anecdotally-
that
some
parents
were
just
still
a
little
nervous.
You
know
their
kids
hadn't
been
back
in
school
yet
and
they
they
had.
You
know
sort
of
figured
out
what
to
do
with
their
kids
at
home.
You
know,
and
so
we're
less
likely
to
to
have
their
kids
go
back
to
a
group,
a
group
setting
like
that.
G
That
said,
you
know,
while
we
were
showing
there,
you
know
a
total
of
five
thousand
young
people
for
after
school
and
out
of
school
time
for
parks
and
rec.
This
summer
I
mean
we,
we
could,
hopefully,
god
willing,
go
back
up
to
our
normal.
You
know
service
level,
which
is
between
7
500
and
8
000
children
just
for
summer
camp
and
then
an
additional
3
500
to
5
000
kids
for
after
school
program.
That's
that's
a
number,
that's
more
reflective
of
what
we
were
doing
pre-coveted.
G
So
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
we
see
that
there
was
a
coveted
lens
on
that
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
some
time
before
we
you
know
reach
that
new
normal.
I
also
want
to
mention
that
some
numbers
that
weren't
reflected
but
also
really
important
from
a
programming
perspective,
even
though
they're
in
more
informal
programs
are
the
play
streets
program.
So
you
know
we
during
covet
amplified
the
play
streets
program
so
significantly,
thanks
to
support
from
the
ymca
and
and
dozens
of
other
funders.
G
We
raised
over
half
a
million
dollars
to
amplify
the
play
streets
program
and
we
serve
approximately
12
000
young
people
right
on
their
blocks,
with
meals
and
programming
structure,
for
them
right
outside
their
front
door
and
then
also
our
pool
visits.
So
you
know,
even
though
we
had
this
significant
labor
shortage
and
lifeguard
crisis,
we
still
were
able
to
serve
350
000
young
people
at
our
swimming
pools
this
summer,
as
well
as
free,
swim
lessons.
G
So
I
say
all
that
just
to
give
context
that
you
know,
while
there's
formal
programs
like
after
school
and
summer
camp
there's
also
the
informal
connects
that
we
have
to
young
people
throughout
the
city
and
that
we
can
that
we
do
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
and
I
think
those
numbers
will
continue
to
increase.
As
you
know,
as
we
move
back
towards
this
new
normal
and
a
post-pandemic
world.
B
G
B
Was
a
good
attempt,
you
were
not
hired
right,
but
we
did
run
into
some
issues
around
hiring.
What
are
we
doing
to
prepare
for
summer
of
2022,
so
we
can
put
ourselves
in
a
position
where
that
hiring
is.
It
is
not
an
issue.
Are
we
going
to
increase
the
wage
for
lifeguards?
Are
we
going
to
get
the
word
out
earlier?
I
know
you
ran
into
some
issues
working
with
the
school
district,
around
training
for
those
lifeguards
and
that
set
you
back
about
a
month
or
so
as
well
too.
G
Yeah,
thank
you.
We,
we
are
obsessively
thinking
about
lifeguards
and
and
pool
season
for
2022..
So
last
year
was
a
perfect
storm.
Not
only
did
we
have
a
local
labor
shortage
right,
as
you
said,
you
know
why
sit
out
why?
Why
attempt
to
go
through
the
certification
process
to
become
a
lifeguard
when
you
can
go
to
you
know,
target
and
easily
get
a
job
and
a
discount
mind
you,
and
you
know,
so
we
had
the
labor
shortage.
G
We
also
have
a
national
lifeguard
shortage,
and
that
is
just
a
reality
that
parks
and
recreation
directors
across
the
country
are
dealing
with,
especially
in
cities,
and
that
is
just
a
trend
away
from
the
you
know
the
job
of
lifeguarding
and
it's
it's
a
it
is
a.
It
is
a
national
crisis.
It's
not
just
something
that
impacts
us
here
in
philadelphia.
Our
wages
are
actually
very
good.
G
They're
they're,
you
know
we,
we
pay
lifeguards
at
a
higher
rate
than
any
of
our
counterparts
locally
and
comparable,
if
not
more
than
what
other
municipalities
pay,
but
certainly
what
what
the
other
part
of
the
perfect
storm
was
that
we
really
didn't
know
if
we
were
going
to
have
a
pool
season
because
of
the
pandemic
right.
We
just
didn't
know,
and
it
was
so
touch
and
go
last
winter
we
we
have
got
to
start
training
lifeguards,
you
know.
Really.
G
By
january
1st
I
mean
we
have
got
to
be
in
full
training
mode.
If
we're
going
to
have
a
full
pool
season-
and
we
just
didn't
know
you
know
because
of
where
the
pandemic
was,
you
know
if
we
were
going
to
be
able
to
do
that,
we
found
out
early
february
that
we
were
going
to
be
able
to
have
a
pool
season.
G
And
that's
we
when
we
went
you
know
full
speed
ahead,
trying
to
recruit,
train
lifeguards,
but
that's
late
at
that
point
and
keep
in
mind
the
summer
before
we
didn't
have
a
pool
season,
so
we
had
no
lifeguards
who
were
returning,
so
we
were
basically
starting
with
a
clean
slate.
Everyone
had
to
be
newly
certified
because
all
the
certifications
ran
out.
We
had
people
who
hadn't
been
in
a
pool
for
18
18
months.
You
know
so
so,
like
yourself,
you
know
it's
people
who
had
been
hadn't
been
in
a
pool.
G
So
we
have
some
good
partners
who
have
offered
a
space
and
we're
creating
a
schedule
of
locations
around
the
city.
So
I'm
not
just
you
know
in
one
location
but
at
different
indoor
pools
throughout
the
city,
where
we'll
be
able
to
start
training
and
certifying
guards.
You
know
right
after
the
first
of
the
year
we
are
very
hopeful
and
I
think,
we're
very
close
to
getting
access
to
a
school
district
pool
as
well.
So
I
feel
like
we'll,
have
a
good
training
program
in
place.
G
B
Thank
you,
commissioner.
I
and
you
have
my
support.
I'm
going
to
train
this
time
myself
prior
to
coming
to
take
the
test,
so
I'll
be
a
little
more
prepared,
so
anything
that
we
can
do
on
the
council
side
to
help
spread
the
word
as
it
relates
to
lifeguards
and
the
work
that's
going
to
be
done
in
preparation
for
next
summer.
Please
let
us
know
we're
here.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
ask,
and
I
don't
see
anyone
else
queued
up.
B
So
I
think
this
might
be
the
last
question
for
this
panel.
For
those
who
are
looking
to
provide
quality
programs
for
next
summer,
when
could
they
begin
to
apply
for
grant
dollars?
When
do
those
rfp
goes
out?
What
is
the
city's
timeline
as
it
relates
to
funding
programs
for
next
summer,
and
how
do
you
traditionally
evaluate
how
people
are
selected
and
how
folks
are
retained
if
they've
been
awarded
dollars
in
the
past.
F
We've
had
direct
conversations
with
some
local
community-based
organizations,
we're
very
interested
in
getting
and
making
sure
that
we
send
them
directly
or
keep
them
in
the
queue
in
terms
of
just
making
them
aware
when
opportunities
become
available,
that's
still
very
much
councilman
thomas
the
traditional
ost
funding.
So
I
think
that
you
talked
earlier
about
grant-based
funding
for
athletic
type
programs.
We
don't
have
a
like
a.
F
We
don't
have
a
specific
funding
source
for
that.
So
that
might
be
something
I
would
put
in
your
queue,
and
certainly
we
would.
We
would
work
with
you
on
what
that
what
that
would
look
like
in
terms
of
a
city
procurement
process
and
then
the
work
ready,
philadelphia
use
network
who's.
Our
intermediary
can
talk
through
just
that
process
in
terms
of
what
we're
doing
in
that
space
in
terms
of
brand
availability.
E
E
I
know
during
the
summer
catherine,
you
talked
about
parks
and
rec
summer
camps
and
I
was
surprised
to
see
like
flyers
for
summer
camps
that
had
fee
for
services,
and
I
think
it
was
a
deterrent
to
some
parents
and
communities
that
did
not
have
the
money
to
be
able
to
pay
for
camps,
and
I
know
that
some
camps
did
subsidies
or
just
allowed
kids
to
come
anyway.
But
if
the
flyers
said
that
the
camp
was
150,
you
know
it
was
immediately
discarded
by
some
people
in
the
community.
E
E
You
haven't
broken
down
by
zip
code
and
school
catchment
areas,
because
what
we
realize
is
that
we
have
school
communities
that
need
programs,
you
know
to
kind
of
by
as
violence
prevention
methods,
and
if
we
don't
have
that
information
and
data
to
look
at
to
share.
You
know
it's
kind
of
hard
for
us
to
guarantee
that
the
slots
are
available
and
the
programs
are
available
to
young
people
in
these
communities.
G
I
can
take
the
first
part
councilwoman
about
the
the
fees
so
yeah,
some
of
our
some
of
our
rec
centers
do
charge
fees
for
the
summer
camps
and
the
you
know
our
our
request
is
that
we
turn
no
nobody
away.
You
know
because
they
cannot
afford
the
fee.
The
fee
normally
is
minimal
and
covers
you
know,
ancillary
costs
that
you
know
are
not
covered.
G
I
mean
basically,
what
we
cover
for
summer
camp
is
the
staff,
that's
it
right
and
some
supplies
right,
but
for
trips
and
things
like
that,
you
know
that
you
know
kids
and
parents
have
come
to
expect.
You
know
they're
often
our
additional
fees,
but
we
ask
you
know
our
rec
leaders
to
ensure
that
nobody
is
turned
away.
G
But
I
totally
hear
you
when
you're
saying
that
you
know
if
I
I
might
have
sticker
shock,
and
I
might
see
that
it's
150
and
if
I
don't
have
that
150,
I'm
not
even
going
to
consider
it
right
so
understood
that
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
how
we
market
that
and
communicate
that
you
know.
Adding
a
line
that
says
you
know
scholarships
or
sponsorships
are
are
available,
is
something
that
we
can
absolutely
and
and
will
absolutely
consider.
F
F
We
have
that
we
submitted
that
earlier
today,
so
we
we
can
send
that
to
you
as
well,
which
literally
shows
you
every
single
zip
code,
how
many
slots
and
how
many
were
utilized,
and
then
I
think
we've
been
you
know:
katherine
walked
through
the
the
she's
being
very
diplomatic.
In
that
the
rec
program
supports
staffing.
There
isn't
a
robust
project
budget
in
terms
of
programming
outside
of
staff
and
so,
for
example,
ost.
We
fund
the
program,
that's
delivered
by
the
provider
and
all
of
those
are
required
by
contract
to
be
free.
F
E
So
is
there
any
way
for
a
partnership
like
that
to
be
happening
with
summer
camp
programming,
because
I
know,
and
I'm
going
to
be
very
specific-
and
I
know
councilman
remember
kim-
has
been
working
on
this
with
me.
I
live
in
19140,
so
be
clear.
So
when
I'm
talking
about
parks,
I'm
talking
about
parks
in
1914
when
I'm
talking
about
schools,
I'm
talking
about
schools
in
1914
and
in
order
for
us
to
curb
the
gun,
violence
and
offer
kids
something
different.
E
We
need
to
have
as
much
programming
available
for
all
children,
but
particularly
the
children
that
are
what
from
third
grade
and
older,
who
are
in
the
beginning
stages
of
possibly
getting
caught
in
high-risk
behaviors,
and
that's
why
it's
important
for
us
to
see
those
numbers
by
zip
code,
but
also
it's
important
to
make
sure
that
if
a
parent
had
a
choice
of
who
they're
going
to
pay
for
camp
they're,
not
paying
for
a
12-year-old,
because
the
12-year-old
can
stay
home.
But
in
reality
the
12
year
old
needs
their
services.
E
Even
more
so-
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that,
when
we're
talking
about
funding
program
for
out
of
school
time
program
that
we're
linking
that
to
our
actual
summer
camps
and
to
council
member
thomas's,
so
our
athletic
programs
that
are
also
associated
with
parks
and
recs,
because
those
programs
are
also
drastically
underfunded
and
the
coaches
are
paying
out
of
pocket.
And
you
know
we
need
to
do
a
greater
job
of
making
sure
particular
young
people
in
these
high-risk
communities
have
all
the
possible
resources
they
can
to
be
successful.
E
And
you
know
and
eliminating
barriers.
And
in
reality
you
know
whether
it
was
150.
I
think
I
saw
that's
an
immediate
barrier,
especially
when
you're
a
parent
that
have
four
children,
and
if
you
have
to
make
a
choice,
the
teenagers
are
not
the
choice
and
to
isaiah's
point
on
councilmember
thomas's
point.
E
And
can
you
guys
speak
to
the
prioritization
of
these
particular
areas
that
I
talked
about
and
the
prioritization
of
the
partnering
in
these
particular
communities
moving
forward,
because,
like
just
early
as
someone
said
that
camp
is
already
here,
I
used
to
plan
summer
camps.
But
I
know
summer.
Camp
planning
starts
in
january,
but
sometimes
december.
F
F
We
do
have
a
large
percentage
of
our
slots
are
in
that
and
we
actually
did
an
overlay
which
is
a
map
of
our
services
and
the
high
density
areas,
and
we
also
overlaid
the
shootings
and
homicide
so
that
in
it
I'm
glad
to
say
that
everything
tracks
as
we
would
want
it.
So
we
do
see
programming
in
in
those
specific
areas,
so
you'll
be
receiving
that
as
well.
B
B
Please
communicate
that
to
council
because,
like
council
member
brooks
said,
we
are
often
put
in
a
position
where
we're
able
to
find
innovative
and
creative
ways
to
offset
those
costs
for
children
and
neighborhoods,
but
we
just
have
to
know
about
it
and
often
we
find
out
from
constituents
and
not
some
of
our
colleagues
in
the
city,
so
I
just
wanted
to
put
a
emphasis
and
bold
that
particular
point,
because
that
that
is
a
concern
that
we
have
across
the
board.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
this
panel.
B
I
Hi,
I
am
shaina
tarrall,
I'm
director
of
pipeline
programming
at
the
center
for
black
educator
development.
So
welcome
everybody.
Please
excuse
me
about
that
pull
over,
because
I'm
picking
my
daughter
up
from
school-
and
I
was
trying
to
time
the
panel
but
miss
the
time.
So
for
those
of
you
who
are
parents,
you
definitely
understand.
I
Greetings:
city,
council,
members,
community
fellow
providers
and
distinguished
guests
since
the
inception
since
our
inception
of
may
2019,
the
center
for
black
educated
development
has
been
able
to
pilot
and
expand
programming
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
at
the
center.
We
work
on
innovative
and
engaging
ways
to
diversify
the
educator
pipeline.
I
I
Got
it
all
right?
I
gotta
say
I
feel,
like
I
lost
you
guys
all
right
here.
We
go
through
increased
teaching
diversity,
one
of
the
main
ways
we
do.
This
is
through
connecting
young
people
to
teaching
apprentices
opportunities
with
working
with
other
elementary
age
students
and
helping
them
to
understand
how
teaching
is
connected
to
social
justice.
I
We
seek
to
rebuild
the
black
teacher
pipeline
by
recruiting
black
high
school
students
and
college
students
into
the
field
of
education,
our
flagship
program,
freedom,
schools,
literacy
academy
is
one
of
the
opportunities
the
central
offers
for
teaching
apprenticeships
for
youth.
Through
our
apprenticeships,
we
have
been
able
to
provide
employment
opportunities
for
youth
of
philadelphia
and
have
a
positive
effect
on
the
literacy
rates
of
elementary
age
students
and
work
towards
addressing
the
teacher
shortage.
I
We
have
received
verbal
support,
praise
for
our
work
and
the
opportunity
to
partner,
and
we
are
very
appreciative
we
want
to
highlight
a
few
challenges
we
have
experienced,
trying
to
expand
our
work
with
engaging
youth
and
rebuilding
a
black
teacher
pipeline
challenge.
One
we
haven't
had
much
support
with
obtaining
adequate
and
consistent
funding
for
our
programming,
since
our
launch
in
may
of
2019
philadelphia.
Youth
network
has
been
one
of
our
most
consistent
funding
partners
in
philadelphia.
I
I
Our
second
challenge
has
been
funding
restrictions
and
streamlining
processes,
though
the
funding
for
pyn
has
been
a
tremendous
help
in
creating
employment
opportunities.
It
sometimes
comes
with
restrictions.
I
do
understand
that
the
city
has
to
provide
priority
has
to
provide
funding
for
priority
areas
and
priority
populations.
I
I
Students
may
want
to
engage
in
our
program
but
need
a
job
that
will
pay
them
higher
wages
or
give
them
more
hours.
The
city
would
need
to
consider
increasing
funding
to
make
summer
programs
more
attractive
to
youth.
Overall,
the
process
of
getting
funding
and
executing
program
implementation
needs
to
be
streamlined.
I
Rfp
release
dates
need
to
be
aligned
with
the
summer
and
year-round
experiences
for
students.
Providers
should
be
given
adequate
time
to
plan,
recruit
and
engage
youth.
Some
of
the
current
practices
leave
providers
feeling
like
they
are
in
a
non-stop
race,
with
recruitment
and
implementation
running
altogether,
which
is
not
always
sustainable
and
doesn't
always
allow
you
to
provide
the
best
programming
challenge.
Number
three
funding
information
for
non-traditional,
ost
programs.
I
We
would
like
to
have
more
access
to
how
programs
are
funded
and
when
funding
is
released,
we
know
that
many
agencies
and
organizations
in
the
city
receive
multi-year
grants
and
funding
from
the
city.
We
don't
always
have
clarity
on
when
rfps
will
be
released
and
who's
eligible
in
trying
to
obtain
funding.
We
have
run
into
roadblocks
of
missing
an
rfp
deadline
or
release
date
and
funding
not
being
open
again
for
multiple
years,
because
we
operate
a
more
specific
program
and
not
a
traditional
after-school
program.
I
I
We
want
more
guidance
on
finding
where
and
who
to
engage,
to
get
adequate
funding
for
programming
that
can
provide
employment
opportunities
for
students
during
out
of
school
time,
but
is
but
doing
a
high
school
time
program
that
isn't
really
considered
a
traditional
after
school
program
and
challenge
number
four
additional
resources,
though
funding
has
been
a
major
challenge.
Getting
additional
resources
has
also
been
a
struggle
being
able
to
access
program
spaces
or
receive
things
such
as
materials
trip
sponsorships
or
nutrition.
Support
has
also
posed
some
challenges.
I
B
B
B
Okay,
so
first
question
and
then
I'll
open
it
up
to
my
colleagues.
If
any
members
of
the
committee
has
any
questions
we're
having
this
conversation
now
in
preparation
for
the
summer
of
2022.,
I'm
thinking
about
what
you
do,
not
just
in
ost
but
in
the
summertime,
and
also
thinking
about
how
effective
your
programming
is
for
high
school
students.
I
We
break
it
down
into
several
components.
We
start
planning
for
the
summer
around
now.
I
think
we
started
our
conversations
at
the
end
of
october
and
really
streamlining
and
planning,
because
we
have
to
know
from
a
funding
perspective,
how
many
sites
we're
actually
going
to
operate,
which
then
leads
into
how
many
people
we're
actually
going
to
have
to
employ
so
from
a
funded
perspective.
B
Thank
you.
I
think
that
that's
an
important
part,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
people
are
wondering.
Why
are
we
having
a
conversation
in
december
about
the
summer
of
2022,
and
I
think
the
reason
we
thought
it
was
important
to
have
this
conversation
now
is
because
this
is
when
people
who
provide
quality
programming
in
the
summer
time
are
are
really
putting
the
meat
and
potato
together
as
it
relates
to
what
those
summer
programs
are
going
to
look
like.
B
So
for
us
on
the
council
side,
I
think
it's
important
that
we
hear
this
information
as
well
as
the
various
departments
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
who
are
responsible
for
funding
and
providing
facilities
and
things
of
that
capacity
to
recognize
that
the
planning
is
starting
now
and
if
we're
going
to
have
a
successful
summer
next
year.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
well
ahead
of
where
we
were
last
year
in
the
year
before
my
second
question
before
I
open
it
up
to
some
of
my
colleagues
on
this
committee.
B
What
do
you
do
in
the
midst
of
your
programming
that
make
you
have
so
much
success,
not
just
with
black
men
across
the
board,
but
specifically
with
high
school
students,
we're
seeing
a
huge
spike
in
crime
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
a
lot
of
the
crime
that
we're
seeing
committed?
Are
our
young
people
that
are
under
the
age
of
18.
B
The
parent
is
going
to
choose
the
younger
sibling,
because
the
12
year
old
can
stay
by
themselves
when,
in
actuality,
the
state
of
our
city
right
now,
the
12
year
old
probably
needs
the
programming
more
than
anybody.
So
what
do
you
do?
That's
so
effective
as
it
relates
to
being
able
to
engage
and
work
with
teen
age,
young
people
and
what
can
be
replicated
based
on
the
work
that
you
do.
I
One
of
the
main
things
we
do
with
young
people
is:
our
programs
are
culturally
proficient
meaning
helping
young
people
to
understand
themselves
and
their
positions
in
the
world
and
understanding
that
they
have
agency.
They
have
voice
and
they
can
make
a
difference.
Our
programs
really
invite
young
people
to
take
a
role
of
leadership
in
their
community
and
change
the
things
that
they're
seeing
so
even
though
our
program
is
mostly
focused
on
education.
We
know
that
a
lot
of
the
gun
violence
problems.
I
A
lot
of
the
problems
that
we
see
in
the
city
with
our
young
people
are
directly
connected
to
the
type
of
education
and
the
type
of
the
support
that
they're
receiving
from
the
adults
around
them.
So
our
program
makes
sure
that
we
ensure
that
the
young
people
have
the
support
they
need,
but
also
teaching
them
that
they
have
the
agency
to
make
the
change.
We
have
an
intergenerational
component
to
our
programming,
which
allows
high
school
students
to
interact
and
engage
with
college
students
as
well
as
elders
and
current
professionals.
I
I
So
looking
at
global
movements
and
things
like
that,
such
to
see
what
they
can
learn
and
take
to
make
change
right
here
in
their
community
in
their
neighborhood,
but
one
of
the
the
two
things
that
I
highlight
that
I
think
that
we
do
well
to
breed
success
to
young
people
is
one
cultural
proficiency,
so
helping
them
understand
themselves
and
their
place
in
the
world
and
who
they
are
and
then
two
giving
them
the
opportunity
to
lead
and
letting
them
lead.
The
way.
B
B
Moms
get
the
job
done.
Where
is
council
member
catherine
gilmore
richardson?
Thank
you.
We
appreciate
your
testimony
here
today
and
we
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
with
young
people
across
the
city
of
philadelphia
before
we
call
the
next
panel.
Mr
clerk,
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
that
council
member
alan
dahm
has
joined
us.
Thank
you
councilmember
dom,
mr
clerk,
can
you
please
call
the
next
panel
to
testify
before
us
here
today.
B
J
Our
vision
is
to
use
education
and
employment
experiences
to
interrupt
the
cycle
of
poverty
by
equipping
young
people
with
the
skills
and
mindsets
they
need
to
thrive
in
their
chosen
career
path.
Together
with
our
partners,
many
organizations
like
urban
affairs
coalition
and
center
for
black
educators,
which
you've
just
heard
from
we,
have
provided
more
than
225
000
education
and
employment
opportunities.
Since
our
inception
in
1999.,
we
are
eager
to
work
with
partners,
including
lawmakers,
like
yourself,
to
implement
additional
measures
to
attract
more
young
people
and
offer
more
streamlined,
diverse
experiences
in
summer
2020.
J
A
recent
study
conducted
by
by
researchers
at
the
university
of
michigan
found
that
a
variety
of
benefits
from
summer
youth
employment
programs,
including
specifically,
work
ready
philadelphia,
which
was
highlighted
in
the
research
as
an
exemplar,
are
relevant
for
for
our
desire
to
continuously
improve
programs
and
make
them
more
accessible
to
our
young
people.
The
study
found
that
the
benefits
of
work
ready
were
highest
for
those
young
people
with
the
most
extreme
barriers
to
future
success
like
those
involved
in
the
juvenile
justice
system
and
or
foster
care.
J
A
few
more
successes
that
you
should
know.
We
launched
a
customer
service
center,
which
received
more
than
7
800
incoming
calls,
because
we
understand
that
it
can
be
a
challenge
to
navigate
the
steps
to
secure
employment
and
those
steps
are
similar
and
some
of
them
are
not
designed
or
designated
by
us
to
work
in
this
country.
You
have
to
complete
a
i9.
J
You
have
to
have
a
permit
if
you're
a
young
person,
you
have
to
complete
an
w-4,
and
the
state
requires
that
young
people
complete
clearances,
which
we
know
can
be
cumbersome
and
challenging,
and
so
we
wanted
to
be
there
for
young
people
on
the
phone
and
through
the
computer.
We
also
launched
how-to
videos
and
used
social
media
to
educate
as
many
as
possible.
J
We
also
had
a
program
locator
like
ocf
talked
about
earlier,
which
helped
young
people
to
find
programs
and
85
of
the
applicants
had
a
referral
call
in
comparison
to
40
the
year
before.
That's
more
than
double,
and
so
I
understand,
councilman
thomas
talked
about
the
codes
can
be
confusing
and
we're
seeing
some
progress
by
making
those
codes
more
available
and,
more
importantly,
the
programs.
But
we
also
heard
from
young
people
that,
while
the
access
to
the
information
was
helpful,
they
want
more
information
in
order
to
make
the
best
choice.
J
J
We
recognize
that
there
are
challenges
and
we
are
open
to
working
with
our
partners
to
address
them.
Many
providers
and
young
people
have
trouble
completing
the
application
because
it
was
all
100
virtual,
and
while
we
recognize
that
digital
literacy
and
fluency
will
be
a
required
skill
for
the
future
workforce,
we
also
know
that
coaching
training
and
easy
to
use
technology
is
important
as
well.
We
shifted
our
application
process.
We
tried
to
support
the
virtual,
the
virtual
documentation
collection,
but
we
did
that
amidst
vaccinations
not
necessarily
being
available
to
young
people.
J
In
fact,
16
year
olds
were
not
eligible
for
vaccination
until
may,
and
we
started
our
application
process
in
march.
We
did
that,
while
schools
were
closed,
which
we
typically
rely
on
schools
and
adult
practitioners
to
get
the
word
out,
and
we
did
that
amongst
the
staffing
shortages
of
our
nonprofit
providers,
who
too
were
challenged
with
the
space
record
requirements
and
implementing
services
during
pro
coding.
J
We
also
want
to
recognize
that
our
employer
community
was
very
helpful,
but
many
of
them
had
not
returned
to
in-person
work,
which
presented
challenges
for
finding
sufficient
in-person
work
sites
for
young
people.
Many
were
still
operating
fully
remotely
or
not
allowing
outside
visitors
into
their
workspaces,
which
created
a
challenge
for
us.
J
We
developed
a
virtual
internship
toolkit
to
support
employers
so
that
they
did
not
have
to
not
participate,
but
they
could
transition
and
still
engage
young
people
and
and
learning
the
skills
and
then.
Lastly,
I
would
acknowledge
that
clearances
continue
to
be
cumbersome
for
both
youth
and
employers
who
serve
as
adult
supervisors.
J
And
while
we
resolutely
believe
in
protecting
young
people,
we
think
that
the
process
needs
improvement
to
be
more
accessible
to
young
people.
I
will
stop
there
because
I
have
lots
of
information
and
questions.
I
mean
a
lot
of
information,
but
I
will
pause
because
I
know
we
have
other
people
in
the
panel.
B
K
Thank
you
councilman
good
afternoon
committee,
chair
and
council
member
helen
genn
vice
chair
and
our
leader
today,
council
member
isaiah,
thomas
other
members
of
council,
who
are
here
as
a
part
of
the
children
and
youth
committee,
and
certainly
all
members
of
council.
My
name
is
charmaine
matlock
turner,
I'm,
the
president
and
chief
executive
officer
of
the
urban
affairs
coalition
uac
has
been
a
trusted
partner
for
52
years
with
the
city,
private
and
corporate
sectors,
and
diverse
low
and
moderate
income
communities
to
address
long-term
and
emerging
quality
of
life
issues.
K
Color
uac
is
a
home
to
more
than
80
other
not-for-profit
organizations
and
projects
whose
work
address
a
myriad
of
issues
that
immediately
affect
philadelphia's
community
and
at-risk
youth,
including
out-of-school
time
programs
and
activities
and
their
residual
ability
to
serve
as
an
intervention
to
prevent
violence.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
offer
comment
on
your
resolution.
Examining
out-of-school
time
programs
and
funding
for
the
summer
of
2021,
which
targets
improvements
towards
safety
and
positive
life.
K
Thank
you,
shakima
and
pyn
for
your
great
partnership
previously
served
as
fiduciary
for
the
city's
ost
efforts
or
as
fiscal
sponsor
for
uac
program
partners
operating
ost
programs
offered
after
school
and
during
the
summer,
these
ost
programs
and
activities
are
intended
to
provide
youth
a
safe
space
to
go
with
adult
supervision
and
a
set
of
enrichment.
Experiences
that
help
youth
build
background
knowledge,
explore
career
interests,
earn
a
summer
stipend
and
develop
financial
budgeting,
socialization
and
occupational
skills.
K
As
you
know,
access
to
and
the
funding
of
ost
opportunities
doesn't
always
get
shared
equally.
When
we
look
at
the
needs
in
our
communities,
an
increased
and
adequate
public
investment
in
high
quality
ost
program
for
low-income
youth
can
certainly
make
a
huge
difference
in
their
lives
and
preventing
the
kind
of
issues
that
we
see
when
children
are
left
alone.
K
K
We
believe
demonstrating
the
following:
after-school
programs
improve
the
supervision
and
safety
of
youth,
such
as
the
ost
programs
of
uac
partner,
be
it
lead
our
roots
after
school
leadership
program
at
howard,
ferness,
high
school
serving
grades,
9
to
12
and
yo
acap's
operation
of
three
ost
programs,
including
its
finishing
trades
institute
for
carpentry
plumbing,
and
the
electrical
trades
programs,
with
an
intentional
focus
on
improving
youth.
Behavior
social
and
emotional
well-being
are
successful,
such
as
uac's
program,
partner,
philadelphia,
ball,
hawks
and
uacs.
As
you've
heard
from
shakima
summer.
K
Uac
has
led
the
initiative
to
provide
summer
employment
for
more
than
50
years
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
in
partnership
with
the
philadelphia
youth
network.
They
stand
ready
to
continue
to
support
young
people
between
the
ages
of
14
to
18
and
above
who
need
a
paid
summer
experience
in
order
for
them
to
continue
to
grow
even
while
challenged
by
the
pandemic.
K
Again
with
our
great
partner,
pyn
uac
has
also
formed
the
summer
youth
employment
cabinet.
Someone
asked:
when
do
we
get
started
on
summer.
We
get
started
on
the
next
summer
in
august
and
begin
our
process
of
making
sure
that
we
are
collaborating
and
bringing
together
citizens
to
work
on
these
issues.
K
Thank
you
again
to
the
council
members
who
led
that
effort,
including
councilwoman
sanchez
and
councilman
johnson
work
ready,
was
able
to
gain
additional
funding
of
1.87
million
dollars,
which
was
certainly
needed
to
make
sure
that
we
could
reach
as
many
young
people
as
possible
this
year.
The
cabinet's
goal,
however,
remains
the
same.
We
will
not
stop
this
work
until
we
get
to
full
employment.
K
K
This
is
a
30
million
dollar
price
tag,
but
we
believe
that
the
investment
is
absolutely
worth
it
and
we
urge
you
to
make
sure
that
we
ultimately
get
to
a
place
where
we
say
to
every
teen.
We
see
you,
we
got
you
the
opportunity
is
here
for
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
share
and
talk
today
about
the
importance
of
out
of
school
programs.
But
before
I
take
any
questions,
I
do
have
one
other
note
to
share.
K
Art
was
a
proud
temple
university
alum
and
was
a
big
homecoming
organizer,
an
avid
philadelphia
sports
fan.
Art
was
known
to
love
the
eagles
sixers
flyers
and
phillies.
All
the
same
notable
alums
of
the
philadelphia
ball
hawks
include
former
nba
players,
hakeem
warwick,
dion,
waiters,
a
former
nfl
player
jamal
custis,
as
well
as
former
syracuse
university
stars,
rick
jackson
and
scoop
jardine,
a
conservative
estimate
credits,
the
ball
hawks
with
over
30
alums
that
went
on
to
attend
college.
K
K
Art
is
remembered
for
his
passionate
approach
to
helping
youth,
no
matter
the
talent
and
background
it
is
people
like
art
and
all
those
others
who
get
up
every
day,
whether
they're
in
their
car,
picking
up
their
daughter
from
school
or
whether
or
not
they
are
seeing
a
young
person
on
the
corner
and
reaching
out
and
saying
hey,
you
want
to
catch.
This
fall
hey
you
want
to
have
a
summer
job.
K
B
C
Hi,
my
name
is
beth
devine
and
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
philadelphia
youth
sports
collaborative.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
councilwoman
kim
councilman
thomas
and
the
members
of
the
committee
on
children
and
youth,
as
well
as
other
council
members
in
attendance
and
fellow
panelists,
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
The
philadelphia
youth
sports
collaborative
is
a
collective
of
more
than
60
non-profit
providers
who
deliver
sports-based
youth
development
programs
in
every
zip
code
in
the
city,
and
we
serve
over
65,
000
kids
collectively
for
many
in
our
youth
sports
community.
C
This
past
summer
was
the
first
chance
to
be
back
in
person
with
kids
and
to
have
the
opportunity
once
again
to
use
healing
centered
trauma-informed
sports
as
a
tool
to
re-engage
and
support
our
young
people
for
the
school
district
and
city
government.
It
was
you
know,
first
time,
working
to
actively
reopen
and
reprogram
some
of
our
school
spaces.
Since
the
pandemic
began.
C
We
had
the
opportunity
not
only
to
work
with
the
office
of
children
and
families
to
provide
sports
and
fitness
equipment,
sports
curriculum
online
training
and
a
mobile
app
to
support
all
55
locations
that
the
city
and
the
school
district
were
able
to
get
stood
up.
We
also
represented
a
number
of
our
member
organizations
who
provided
cohorts
at
several
of
these
locations.
C
From
our
perspective
last
summer
was
an
unprecedented
effort
that
understandably
came
with
its
various
challenges
for
our
providers
and
for
everybody
frankly,
as
an
intermediary.
Our
job
is
to
make
sure
that
member
providers
are
prepared
to
access
funds
like
this,
to
deliver
quality
programs
in
both
summer
and
during
the
school
year
as
well,
and
we'll
continue
to
do
that
as
we
navigate
the
ongoing
return
to
play.
C
C
As
such,
the
the
non-profit
provider
community
must
be
considered
an
extension
of
the
city
and
school
district
staff.
We
are
responsible
for
the
care
of
our
children
in
so
many
places
across
the
city.
As
deputy
mayor
figaro
pointed
out,
we've
seen
the
provider
community
respond
to
the
call
to
provide
access,
centers
summer
programs
and
now
they're
back
in
schools
running
in-person
activities.
C
To
close,
I
I
know:
we've
met
with
several
council
members
to
discuss
our
role
in
the
city
and
our
mission
of
providing
equitable
access
to
quality
sport
for
development
in
every
neighborhood.
To
be
effective,
we
need
our
incredible
partners
at
philadelphia
parks
and
rec
to
have
their
funded
re
funding
restored
to
pre-pandemic
levels.
We
need
all
youth-facing
city
agencies
and
the
school
district
to
join
with
us
to
make
philadelphia
the
national
leader
in
healing-centered
trauma-informed
sport.
We
know
sports
works,
we
are
a
national
leader
already
with
a
coordinated
effort.
C
B
E
J
Understanding
the
reports
councilwoman
gamma
offered
me
a
report
that
I
was
able
to
overlay
the
priorities
in
terms
of
both
foster
care
for
young
people,
young
people
who
were
adversely
affected
by
violence,
including
by
schools
and
by
zip
codes,
because
sometimes
it
actually
covered
different
groups
of
young
people,
and
so
we
were
able
to
make
some
priorities.
But
I
will
say
that
while
we
set
aside
funding
and
slots,
there
is
still
the
ability
to
meet
the
criteria
in
terms
of
for
work
and
so
the
challenge.
J
E
I
think
thank
you
so
much
for
that,
and
I
also
wanted
to
highlight.
I
think
we
had
a
long
conversation
and
I
talked
about
how
I
was
so
impressed.
I
was
with
the
program
that
one
of
my
young
people
attended
in
north
philadelphia,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
guys
for
continuing
to
fund
these
programs
and
offer
these
opportunities
for
young
people
and
extending
from
that.
She
decided
to
even
go
through
the
out
of
school
time
program
after
school
in
the
fall,
and
that
was
huge.
E
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
brooks.
I
appreciate
your
questions.
I
do
commend
pym
for
the
work
is
being
done.
I
also
wanna
always
as
always,
volunteer
my
office
as
a
work
site
for
high
school
students
again
in
the
summer
of
2022..
But
again
we
just
want
to
push
you
on
the
application
process.
I
know
I
said
it
before
my
last
remarks.
I
know
charmaine
and
her
team
does
great
work
over
there
as
well
too.
The
application
process
is
always
somewhat
something
that's
tedious
and
just
trying
to
contemplate
and
brainstorm.
B
What
can
we
do
to
continue
to
re-evaluate,
reinvent
ourselves
and
put
us
in
a
position
to
be
able
to
hire
as
young
as
many
young
people
as
possible
is
one
thing
to
say:
we
want
to
fund
more
slots,
which
I
think
we
should,
but
it's
hard
for
us
to
be
able
to
make
that
argument
to
the
administration
into
other
entities
when
we're
not
filling
the
spots
that
we
have
now.
So
please
use
this
myself,
my
colleagues
on
this
committee.
B
Please
use
us
as
a
resource
to
be
able
to
assure
that
we
are
addressing
the
the
needs
of
young
people,
specifically
our
teens,
who
are
are
often
looking
for
quality
employment
and
enrichment
programs
similar
to
what
council
member
brooks
just
talked
about.
Are
there
any
other
questions
from
members
of
this
committee
for
this
particular
panel.
B
Well,
beth,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
and
your
team
for
the
work
that's
being
done
around
sports.
I
talked
about
the
void
that
exists
earlier
when
we
were
on
the
first
panel,
specifically
looking
at
the
lack
of
funding
and
the
lack
of
resources.
Of
course,
ms
charmaine
madlock
turner
the
great
work
you
do,
but
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
and
raising
up
mr
alta
bowser,
because
he
is
a
pillar
in
a
sports
world
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
B
We
appreciate
the
work
that
he
has
done
and
I'm
sure
his
legacy
will
live
on,
based
on
the
great
name
he
built
for
himself
and
the
work
that
he
had
done.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
everybody
on
this
panel.
We
appreciate
you
being
here
to
provide
your
expert
opinion
and,
more
importantly,
we
appreciate
the
work
you
do
as
it
relates
to
servicing
children
and
families
across
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Thank
you
everybody.
We
appreciate
you,
mr
clerk,
can
you
please
call
our
next
panel.
C
B
H
My
name
is
raheem
thompson,
I'm
the
founder
of
the
chosen
league,
which
is
a
youth,
a
citywide
youth,
basketball
league.
The
chosen
league
have
provided
an
environment,
showcasing
basketball
town
for
over
3,
500,
philadelphia,
youth,
male
and
females.
The
past
20
summers,
councilman
thompson,
councilman
thomas,
have
been
a
supporter
and
advocate
of
the
chosen
league
since
2008
before
he
was
elected
official.
H
His
purpose
in
the
chosen
league
mission
blended
perfectly
on
providing
productive
summer
programming
for
the
children
of
philadelphia
to
uplift
them
and
provide
them
with
positive
experiences
to
carry
over
into
the
upcoming
school
year.
Funding
of
these
programs,
like
mines
and
also
the
ball
hawks
pyn
different
programs
for
use
in
the
city
is
crucial.
Councilman
thomas
is
the
perfect
lead
for
this
because
he
has
been
involved
on
various
levels,
including
his
own
annual
thomas
and
wood
foundation,
camp
which
we
have
been
supportive
of
with
the
increase
in
violence
due
to
the
pandemic.
H
These
programs
provide
structure
and
hope
for
children
and
peace
of
mind
to
the
parents
during
the
time
of
the
year
when
it's
easy
to
be
influenced
by
negativity
due
to
the
free
time
which
is
summertime,
we
can
make
change
by
making
sure
these
programs
have
the
financial
resources
and
support
a
local
government
that
is
needed
to
make
significant
impact
on
the
thinking
of
the
youth
in
a
positive
light
and
just
to
continue
off
of
what
I
just
said.
The
negativity
that's
happening
in
this
city
recently
has
affected
my
program
on
a
very
personal
level.
H
H
This
call
like
this
is
our
honor
first
of
all
be
on
this
call,
but
I'm
glad
I
have
this
platform
to
talk,
because
we
have
eric
worley
on
here,
I'm
very
close
friends
with
art
when
he
rest
in
peace,
I've
known
r
for
over
16
17
years,
I'm
very
this
chosen
league.
We
deal
with
the
entire
city.
Every
zip
code
has
participated
in
jose
lee
and
the
reason
why
we
need
funding
the
way
we
need
funding
in
the
summer.
Time
is
because
we
are
underfunded.
H
We
are
overlooked
by
a
lot
of
different
things.
It's
because
of
my
respect
for
councilman
thomas
as
I'm
on
this
call,
because
my
league
used
to
be
at
10
finale
for
almost
16
years
and
the
reason
I
left
a
ten
finale
was
because
the
city
wasn't
providing
me
support
at
all
people
seen
the
the
private
donors
I
had
and
they
thought
that
we
was
making
all
this
money.
What
people
don't
understand
like
ms
charmaine
was
saying
earlier.
H
We
put
more
time
in
this
in
these
programs
than
than
we
do
with
our
own
family.
We
put.
We
give
kids
access
to
certain
certain
experiences.
We
pay.
Kids
to
work
in
the
summer
time
we
provide
opportunities
to
children.
We
feed
kids
people
sleep
at
our
house,
there's
a
lot
that
come
with
this.
I
have
two
young
daughters.
I
have
a
daughter,
that's
10,
I
have
a
daughter,
that's
eight
and
I've
been
married
for
12
years
and
I'm
also
a
priest,
so
my
life
is
not
but
servicing.
H
While
we've
been
on
this
call,
I
have
purchased
about
120
coats
for
a
family
shelter
that
I'm
taking
care
of
this
weekend
for
christmas.
So
this
is
very
near
dear
to
me,
and
I
might
get
a
little
emotional
talking,
because
we
need
funding
and
we
are
severely
underfunded,
underfunded
and
to
be
honest
with
you,
if
it
wasn't
for
councilman
thomas,
I
wouldn't
be
on
this
call,
because
in
all
the
years
I've
been
doing
this,
which
has
been
over
20
years,
I
have
not
had
support
from
city
government.
H
The
way
I
think
I
should
I
have
earned
now
people
see
the
deals
with
nike.
They
see
the
deals
with
mr
ness.
They
see
the
video
game
deal,
but
they
don't
understand
to
to
run
a
proper
summer.
League
costs
almost
15
to
20
000
this
summer
and
that's
just
paying
referees
buying
uniforms
buying
basketballs
feeding
people
this
then
other.
H
Okay
for
the
next
game
we
give
out
thousands
of
pairs
of
sneakers
eric
worley
can
testify
that
there's
not
a
program,
a
basketball
program
in
this
city
that
I
haven't
helped
out
in
some
way,
so
the
funding
that's
needed
for
the
summer
time.
It
was
a
question
I
was
asked
earlier
with
otc.
I
think
it
was.
It
was
like
what
funding
goes
towards
the
sports
programs.
H
H
When
I
took
this
league
out
of
ten
finale
the
violence
in
my
and
and
I
lived
in
the
one,
nine
one,
four
one-
I
still
live
in
the
same
area
where
I
took
my
league
out
of
devon's
increase
and
I
have
a
relationship
with
the
35th
district
with
a
lieutenant
with
everyone
over
there,
and
they
told
me
raheem
the
moment
you
took
this
out
out
of
the
neighborhood,
the
violence
increased
and
I
had
to
take
it
out
the
neighborhood.
It
wasn't
by
choice,
but
at
the
time
I
was
getting
bullied
by
the
city.
H
They
were
telling
me.
I
couldn't
do
private
donors.
If
I
did
private
donors,
the
money
had
to
run
through
them,
but
I'm
like
I'm
working
every
day,
24
7
365
days
to
provide
for
my
community
instead
of
taking
from
me.
Why
don't
you
provide
me
with
some
real
support
and
I'm
not
talking
about
1500
hundred
dollars.
H
These
programs
are
expensive
that
we
deal
with
and
you're
talking
about
dealing
with
teenagers
you're,
not
just
dealing
with
a
teenager
you're
dealing
with
the
whole
family,
because
in
my
community
eric
worley
could
testify
that
they've
been
plenty
of
people.
I
have
employed
there's
been
plenty
of
people
at
tournaments.
I
have
done
they've
been
playing
things.
I
did
for
the
ball
hawks
and
all
I'm
asking
is
for
y'all
to
look
at
this
through
a
perspective
of
if
you,
if
you
live
it
in
the
community,
it's
dangerous.
Where
I
live
at
every
day.
H
I
have
to
worry
about
my
children.
I
live
in
a
pretty
good
environment.
Thank
god,
I'm
blessed.
Nothing
has
happened
to
my
family,
but
during
this
pandemic
it
has
been
very,
very
challenging
because
I'm
losing
funding.
Other
programs
are
losing
funding,
but
people
still
need
help.
I
still
gotta
do
my
thanksgiving
day
dinners.
I
still
gotta.
Do
my
christmas
holidays
get
back.
I
still
gotta
do
my
this,
my
normal
monthly
dinners
that
we
give
to
people
in
need.
H
So
all
I'm
asking
is
when
y'all
go
to
the
table
and
look
at
these
budgets
don't
think
five
thousand
ten
thousand
dollars
is
a
lot
of
money,
because
it's
not
these
programs.
We
all
need
at
least
a
minimum
of
fifty
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
move
the
way
we
need
to
move,
and
I'm
not,
and
I'm
grateful
for
this
conversation,
but
I
just
gotta
be
honest
with
y'all.
You
have
to
have
to
help
us
more.
H
You
got
to
make
sure
this
that
and
other
that
you
gotta
turn
around,
make
sure
this
family's
calm,
but
then,
at
the
same
time
I
can
take
care
of
my
family
at
the
same
time
and
then
I'll
bring
that
into
the
house.
So
please,
when
you're
going
you
look
at
our
programs
that
you
see
understand,
we
need
help.
That's
the
point
of
being
an
elected
official
is
to
take
care
of
your
constituents,
and
I
am
asking
19141.1914019121.
H
These
zip
codes,
where
this
violence
is
at
this,
can
be
controlled.
The
reason
this
violence
is
happening
because
these
kids
don't
see
opportunity,
they
don't
see,
they
don't
have
hope
they
feel
like
no
one
cares
about
them
and
the
ones
that
care
about
them.
They
see
us
struggling.
So
I
don't
want
to
take
up
too
much
time.
I'm
sorry,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
Excuse
me
councilman
for
going
too
long.
B
Ryan
for
your
testimony,
you're
fine.
I
think
that
those
are
the
things
that
people
need
to
hear.
We
appreciate
your
expert
opinion
and
we'll
open
it
up
to
questions
for
this
panel.
Once
everyone
has
finished
their
testimony,
mr
clerky
call
out
next
witness
and
then
we'll
allow
each
witness
on
this
panel
to
testify
consecutively.
A
A
I
can
absolutely
attest
to
a
lot
of
the
things
that
the
gentleman
raheem
thompson
just
went
before
me
was
speaking
to
very
very
familiar
with
all
of
his
work
over
the
last
20
years,
with
his
league
of
ten
finale
and
a
lot
of
the
personal
resources
and
private
resources
that
he
has
poured
into
the
community.
I've
seen
it
firsthand
and
also
would
like
to
echo
the
the
salute
to
coach
art,
big
art.
As
I
called
him.
You
know
great
great
gentleman
who
did
a
great
work
down
in
the
south
philadelphia
community.
A
So,
in
our
experience
with
our
partnership
with
the
school
district,
I
believe
outside
of
like
some
early
miscommunication
as
it
pertained
to
like
the
availability
of
a
few
of
the
school
choices
that
we
wanted
to
partner
with
early
on
the
process
of
collaborating
with
the
school
district
in
philadelphia,
worked
out
well
and
provided
great
access
and
opportunity
for
us
to
continue
to
provide
a
quality
summer
camp
program
to
the
young
people
of
our
city.
So
I
think,
similar
to
most
on
the
call.
A
I
think
we
are
all
familiar
with
the
need
that
our
young
people
have
in
our
city
for
us
here
at
philadelphia,
youth
basketball.
We
are
looking
forward
to
continuing
our
partnership
with
the
school
district
of
philadelphia,
having
some
clarity
as
it
pertains
to
the
process
and
the
access
that
will
be
available
to
us
at
some
of
the
school
district
buildings.
Although
this
was
our
first
year
hosting
our
summer
camps
inside
of
the
school
district
schools,
we
were
happy
with
the
process
and
we
were
pleased
with
how
things
went.
B
D
D
I'm
a
global
humanities
and
program
developer,
and
I
am
also
just
very
interested
in
an
advocate.
So
since
last
summer
I
realized
that
there
are
many
funding
agencies
and
initiatives
for
youth,
but
there's
limitations
for
children
and
youth
in
and
around
sports,
and
as
councilman
thomas
indicated,
there
is
a
correlation
between
having
a
positive
outlet
for
children
and
youth
and
a
better
life
and
educational
outcomes.
D
In
addition
to
that,
trash
is
limiting
mobility
and
safe
environments
where
children
and
youth
can't
really
play
outside.
They
can't
run
or
exercise
and
things
of
that
nature,
because
all
of
this
mess
that's
in
the
way
and
there's
also
been
a
lack
of
education
in
and
around
sports,
with
financial
literacy,
future
options,
arts
and
sports.
And
then
even
what
does
life
look
like
after
sports?
So
with
all
these
different
limitations
and
these
grand
challenges
that
identify?
D
I
see
that
there
is
great
trauma
for
our
children
and
youth.
So
some
of
the
recommendations
that
I
want
to
push
forward,
or
at
least
advocate
and
recommend-
is
year-round
funding
for
child
and
youth,
sports-based
structured
quality
programs
as
a
preventative
service
model
for
sustainability,
effectiveness
and
accessibility
of
programs
for
all
children
and
youth
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
D
So
people
can
play
but
just
making
sure
that
there's
education
in
these
programs.
So
what
does
life
after
sports?
Look
like
making
sure
that
they're
work
ready
through
life
skills,
development,
financial
literacy,
reading
and
writing,
and
then
also
that
there's
some
form
of
trauma-informed
care
and
social,
emotional
learning
within
the
sports
programs
and
then,
lastly,
training
for
coaches,
assistants
and
program
developers
for
continuity
of
care.
D
So
I
I
say
all
of
this
because
you
know
our
children
are
our
future
as
cliche
as
it
may
be,
but
it
it
but
they
are,
and
in
order
for
us
to
make
sure
that
we
have
good
governance
in
order
for
us
to
make
sure
that
we
have
safety
moving
forward
and
maybe
even
opportunities
for
greater
morale
in
our
city.
For
for
children
and
youth
sports,
as
we
do
in
in
the
professional
arena
and
bringing
the
community
together
in
in
unity
right
instead
of
opposition.
D
L
Hi,
yes,
my
name
is
jasmine
smith.
Thank
you,
councilman
thomas
councilman,
jim
fern,
in
the
invitation,
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
icon
sports
icon
sports
is
a
non-profit
organization
geared
towards
growing
lacrosse
and
field
hockey
for
children
ages,
5-19
in
philadelphia.
Our
mission
is
to
empower,
educate
and
motivate
holistically.
The
next
generation
of
field
hocking
lacrosse
olympians.
L
This
will
translate
into
a
wholesome
productive
lifestyle,
often
on
the
field.
Throughout
this
league.
Each
player
goes
through
a
rights
of
patches
curriculum
that
is
specifically
designed
to
prepare
them
for
life
which
introducing
them
to
the
historic
legacies
in
the
african
comedic
historical
aspects:
hispanic
history,
etiquette,
meditation,
yoga,
self-love,
daily
meditations,
financial
literacy,
visualizations
academic
support
and
tutoring
with
over
600
players
in
our
four-tier
program,
which
consists
of
one
creating
lacrosse
and
field
hockey
and
teams
at
the
philadelphia
public
and
schools.
L
L
One
of
the
things
our
players
have
done
is
create
a
legal
coalition
and
where
they've
worked
with
former
governor
ed
rendell,
councilman,
thomas
councilman,
curtis
jones
and
a
host
of
other
city
and
state
legislators
to
create
reforms
and
policy
for
policy
reforms
for
police
brutality
and
violence
in
their
own
communities
as
well.
We
have
our
our
players.
After
once,
they
get
into
ninth
grade.
L
This
past
summer,
icons
was
chosen
to
be
featured
and
partnered
in
a
multimedia
campaign
and
partnered
with
nike.
Our
players
were
able
to
be
highlighted
and
showcase
their
film,
their
stories
in
film
throughout
about
philadelphia,
but
also
their
love
of
playing
lacrosse
and
phil
hockey
as
well.
We
had
over
38
girls
participate
in
a
recruiting
tournament
where
they
played
in
maryland,
virginia
and
north
carolina
to
be
recruited
to
play
in
college
through
division,
one
through
division.
L
L
We're
constantly
met
with
challenges
not
only
with
playing
the
game,
but
the
biases
that
happen
with
receiving
permits.
We're
constantly
challenged
with
the
parks
and
wrecks
with
regards
to
making
sure
that
our
girls
have
the
opportunity
to
use
the
field
at
the
same
time
that
various
other
teams
do,
and
it's
been
constant
through
the
last
couple
of
years,
just
with
the
taunting.
With
regards
to
the
the
biases
that
happens,
unfortunately,
to
gender
roles
in
2022,
we're
set
to
play
an
international
olympic
world
lacrosse
tournament.
L
This
tournament
is
being
hosted
in
the
united
states,
and
this
is
where
teams
from
all
over
the
world
will
be
playing
at
the
highest
level
competition.
Our
players
are
set
to
play
and
what
we
need
really
is
for
the
city
to
come
behind
them
and
nationally.
Internationally
icons
is
known,
but
when
it
comes
to
the
city
of
philadelphia,
these
girls
are
not
supported,
they're,
not
protected
in
a
way
that
then
allows
them
to
continue
to
break
glass
ceilings.
L
It
will
cost
over
25
000
to
get
them
to
play
at
this
world
lacrosse
tournament
and
that's
the
low
budget
in
terms
of
what
we're
going
to
be
able
to
run
raise
money
for
so
again.
I
know
that
others
have
spoken
with
regards
to
you
know
the
funding
that
should
be
accolated
to
those
sports
programs
that
meet
those
criterias,
and
so
again,
that
is
one
of
our
biggest
requests
is
to
really
assist
these
kids.
L
B
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
I
want
to
take
a
minute
to
open
it
up
to
members
of
this
panel
for
any
questions
that
they
may
have
for
this.
I'm
sorry.
I
want
to
take
a
minute
to
open
it
up
to
members
of
this
committee
for
any
questions
that
they
have
may
have
for
this
panel
I'll
go
first.
Thank
you,
everybody
again
for
your
testimony.
Just
one
question
for
everybody,
one
separate
question
raheem.
I
I
first
would
like
you
to
talk
about
your
vision
for
the
summer
of
2022..
B
H
But
it
also
gives
a
chance
to
be
able
to
showcase
the
good
in
this
city
because
one
of
the
hardest
things
that
I
deal
with
on
the
regular
in
dealing
with
guys
from
chicago
which
has
a
violence
problem
with
dc
that
would
bounce
around
is
this
500
murders
that
are
just
being
shown
across
the
country.
It
makes
people
scared,
and
it
really
puts
me
in
a
weird
spot,
because
I
always
held
the
philadelphia
flag
up
high.
So
now
we
got
more
murders
than
we
got
days
in
the
year.
H
So
now
you're
talking
about
trying
to
bring
people
into
this
city
to
show
the
good
in
this
city.
But
all
you
see
on
cnn,
you
see
on
all
courses
500,
somehow
murders
that
makes
it
kind
of
scary
for
people,
and
this
is
why
I'm
so
passionate
about
it
because,
like
I
said
I
I
had
the
people
that
got
murdered
and
the
people
that
did
the
murdering.
So
you
imagine
dealing
with
them
families
on
a
regular
basis
and
trying
to
stop
damn
near
civil
wars
breaking
out
in
communities.
H
It
is
very
taxing,
I'm
tired
and,
like
I
said
it's
because
of
you
councilman
thomas,
that
I
have
faith,
that
we
will
get
the
support
that
we
need,
but
in
the
perfect
world
I
would
love
for
all
of
us
to
get
the
funding
that
we
need,
because
what
I'm
doing
it
will
help
the
icons
it
will
help
with
doctor
charisse
is
doing
we'll
help
what
pyb
is
doing,
because
it's
not
just
basketball.
It's
showing
the
good
in
philadelphia
is
what
I'm
trying
to
pull
together,
because
there's
more
good
than
this
negativity
in
here.
H
It's
just
the
negativity,
it's
just
having
a
greater
impact
and
then-
and
it's
what
makes
it
scary.
So
I
I
I
get
long-winded
because
I'm
very
passionate
about
this,
but
I
know
if
y'all,
really
really
really
allocate
them
dollars
to
the
people
that
are
are
who
are
serious
about
this.
We
can
start
making
the
change
in
this,
because
I've
never
seen
the
violence
like
this
and
I
went
through
the
crack
era
of
the
90s,
and
it
wasn't
like
this
at
all.
This
is
this
is
just
very
scary,
and
it's
very
like
and
isaiah.
H
B
You
thank
you,
ryan,
for
your
testimony.
Jasmine,
similar
question.
I'm
thinking
about
the
work
you
do
with
icons.
The
fact
that
lacrosse
is
a
sport
that
doesn't
have
the
platform
and
the
recognition
that
it
probably
deserves.
What
what
are
you
doing
to
prepare
for
the
summer
of
2022
and
what
are
some
of
your
plans
as
of
at
least
to
how
you
plan
on
keeping
young
people
safe
in
the
city
of
philadelphia?
What
what?
What
services
and
resources
will
help
you
amplify
that
work.
L
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
I
think
that
when
you
talk
about
the
fact
that
there's
not
a
whole
lot
of
diversity
for
you
to
be
putting
a
lot
of
young
people
from
the
city
of
philadelphia
in
the
forefront
of
that
diversity
conversation
and
to
be
putting
young
people
in
a
position
where
I'm
sure
they're
earning
scholarships
and
other
opportunities
and
moments
that
they
won't
forget
for
the
rest
of
their
life,
we
appreciate
you
and
we
appreciate
the
work
you're
doing
so.
Thank
you.
A
B
Okay
same
question:
what
do
you
guys,
what
what's
the
big
things
that
you're
doing
to
prepare
for
the
summer
of
2022
and
how
can
a
city
be
more
of
a
service
and
more
of
a
resource?
We
listen
to
a
lot
of
issues
around
funding
and
access
to
space.
Would
you
communicate
similar
issues,
or
would
there
be
something
else
you
would
want
to
add.
A
Yeah
I
mean
I
think,
access
to
space
you
know
will
definitely
be
you
know
on
the
top
of
the
list
for
for
us
again
this
year
at
pyb,
we
had
some
great
success
being
at
carvery
and
this
last
year
and
then
over
washington,
but
we
have
the
ability,
you
know
to
be
able
to
scale
that
up
a
bit.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
was
very
helpful
for
us
being
in
those
communities.
You
know
we
enjoyed
being
on
the
college
campuses,
but
you
know
kind
of
bringing
our
program.
A
You
know
to
the
community
having
young
people
having
the
ability
to
walk
to
some
of
our
locations
was
very
instrumental
to
our
success
this
past
summer.
So
I
think
to
answer
that
question
councilman.
You
know
kind
of
really
having
a
clear
idea
and
picture
as
it
pertains
to
the
volume
and
the
level
of
access
that
we
will
have.
If
we
you
know,
could
get
some
additional
facilities
in
other
sectors
of
the
city
to
facilitate
our
summer
camp.
We
would
love
to
be
able
to
do
so
and
similar
to
folks
experienced
last
summer.
A
The
support
and
the
funding
that
came
from
the
city
to
allow
us
to
offer
our
work
to
that
allowed
that
allowed
us
to
offer
our
camp
experience
at
no
cost
for
our
participants
was
was
major.
So
if
we're
able
to
duplicate
that
again
this
summer,
I
think
we
will
be
in
a
great
position
to
serve
a
tremendous
amount
of
young
people
in
a
great
way.
B
I
know
for
me
we
we're
working
with
a
number
of
different
partners
and
it's
much
easier
to
get
access
to
a
rec
center
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
than
it
was
to
get
into
some
of
the
schools
based
on
not
just
the
paperwork
requirement,
but
the
type
of
insurance
that
they
were
asking
for.
So
we
do
appreciate
the
district.
B
Thank
you
to
the
office
of
children
and
family
for
your
leadership
on
that
issue,
and
we
want
to
push
them
to
do
a
little
more
with
that
as
far
as
access
to
even
more
schools,
because
we
want
to
hear
more
testimonies
like
what
eric
is
talking
about
with
pyb
as
we
close
out
doc.
If
you
could
just
talk
to
us
a
little
bit,
and
this
will
be
my
last
question,
I
promise
about
some
of
the
work
that
you
have
done
around
impact.
B
I've
been
pushing
this
idea
of
providing
more
stimulus
dollars
to,
I
should
say,
stimulus
dollars,
grant
dollars
to
programs
like
jasmine's
to
programs
like
raheem's
to
programs
like
pyb
and
and
and
based
on
everything
that
we
heard
today.
We
see
that
there's
a
gap
right
now,
as
it
relates
to
providing
great
dollars
to
youth
based
initiatives.
We
know
we
do
it
a
lot
with
the
ost
stuff,
but
similar
to
what
shayna
talked
about
representing
the
freedom
school
program,
they're
much
more
than
just
ost.
B
So
we
have
this
complex
problem
that
we
have,
as
it
relates
to
a
lot
of
great
people.
We
only
seen
a
small
sample
size
at
this
hearing
today
we
have
a
complex
problem,
as
it
relates
to
a
lot
of
great
people
doing
a
lot
of
great
work,
but
not
necessarily
understanding
how
to
access
city
dollars
or
how
to
get
city
resources
or
how
to
use
city,
space
or
city
facilities
to
be
able
to
continue
their
great
work
or
scale
up
the
work
that
they're
currently
doing.
B
D
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
councilman
thomas.
I
think
really
what
we
have
to
do
is
we
can't
just
talk
right,
it's
great
to
deepen
the
conversation,
but
there
has
to
be
some
type
of
action,
some
type
of
result.
So
I
don't
know
if
a
tripartite
committee
needs
to
happen
after
this
council
meeting
with
members
of
government
finance
and
and
and
maybe
this
committee,
where
we're
advocating
and
making
sure
that
by
january
of
2022,
that
there
is
some
type
of
funding
available
outside
of
ost
right.
D
I
think
we
also
have
to
look
at
collaborations.
You
know.
I
know
that
jasmine
had
mentioned
that
you
know
her.
Her
organization
is
working
with
nike
and
and
things
of
that
nature.
We
have
so
many
different
amazing,
great
professional
sports
programs
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
making
sure
that
that
we
help
them
create
greater
social
impact
by
helping
them
or
having
them
help
us
to
make
sure
that
our
children
have
a
place
to
to
or
can
even
go
in
and
support
them
in
the
future.
D
You
know,
because
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
giving
back
to
each
other
right-
and
I
think
that's
part
of
the
governmental
thing
too,
is-
is
making
sure
that
there's
some
type
of
accountability
for
these
large
complex
organizations
and
sports
teams,
and
things
like
that.
You
know
to
to
to
be
in
the
city
so
making
sure
that
we
have.
D
D
So,
whether
that
be
a
community
fund,
that's
established
for
these
different
programs
or
making
sure
that
the
government
itself
uses
or
reallocates
funding
from
other
programs
and
making
sure
that
there's
something
here
for
for
sports
programs
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
then
also
just
making
sure
that
we
we
have
so
many
abandoned
buildings.
We
have
so
many
buildings
that
are
are
up
to
code,
but
you
know
they're
unoccupied
right
and
we
maybe
need
to
to
do.
D
I
don't
know
if
it's
imminent
domain
or
if
it's
just
making
sure
that
we
talk
to
someone
right
and-
and
we
use
some
of
these
buildings
to
facilitate
some.
You
know
gyms
or
or
athletic,
centers
and
and
things
of
that
nature,
because
we
can't
always
keep
going
to
universities
and
as
crime
is
going
up.
Universities
are
locking
their
doors
down
to
the
outside
community
right,
so
we
have
to.
D
So
I
think
again
having
that
tripartite
committee
and
just
making
sure
that
there's
funding
consistently
available,
not
just
on
a
three-year
term,
because
a
lot
happens
right,
we're
in
a
society
a
fashion,
there's
so
much
changes
that
happens
every
single
day
we
have
cova.
Now
we
have
different
variants
right,
we
have
we,
we
have
natural
disasters.
We
have
all
different
types
of
social
problems
that
happen,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
that
there
is
funding
for
these
social
problems.
So
we
can
move
forward
as
a
community
and
have
a
safer
environment.
B
B
B
C
M
We
don't
have
any
of
the
students
here.
There
was
a
very
chaotic
day
here
at
south
philly
high
school,
so
a
lot
of
the
students
left
right
after
school,
and
that
was
part
of
the
reason
why
we
chose
to
testify
today
so
noah's
actually
with
a
group
of
our
students
now
so
they're
in
another
room,
but
I'm
brianna,
I'm
the
site
director
for
south
philadelphia's
ost
program
at
I
mean
sunrise
with
this
ost
program
at
south
philadelphia,
high
school,
so
sunrise
as
a
whole.
M
We
work
with
kindergarten
through
12th
grade,
primarily
in
the
south
philadelphia
area.
I'm
here
at
the
high
school
we
work
with
9
through
12,
and
we
have
75
slots
that
we
at
the
high
school
and
we
do
have
a
partnership
with
pyn
so
of
those
75
slots.
We
do
offer
a
school
year
incentive
program
for
those
students
who
are
actively
engaging
in
our
program.
M
M
We've
noticed
that
as
crime
increased,
the
and
the
street
lights
come
on
earlier,
our
attend.
Our
attendance
has
steadily
decreased
and
a
lot
of
youth
and
their
families.
They
have
identified
the
violence
in
philadelphia
as
the
main
challenge,
so
them
consistently
attending
our
program
so
being
as
though
we
want
our
students
to
consistently
attend
and
benefit
from
what
we
offer.
M
So
the
biggest
challenge
we've
had
is
being
able
to
actively
like
engage
the
students
and
consistently
promote
our
program.
So
we
noticed
that,
like
we
need
a
lot
more
support
from
you
guys
as
our
city
officials,
of
course,
the
south
philadelphia
high
school
administration
and
their
teachers,
the
school
district,
philadelphia
administration.
We
don't
think
that
ost
programs
are
promoted
enough
and
because
of
that,
a
lot
of
our
students.
They
don't
know
what
we
have
to
offer
them.
M
So,
while
we've
seen
a
lot
of
our
impact
from
the
students
that
we
do
consistently
see
we're
struggling
to
meet
those
numbers
consistently
and
we're
struggling
to
be
able
to
offer
all
of
our
potential
offerings
due
to
those
low
enrollment
numbers.
So
as
much
as
we
want
to,
you
know,
have
our
gaming
club
and
things
like
that
with
us,
only
having
five
kids
allowed
to
stay
after
school
a
week
if
our
gaming
club
just
turns
into
a
little
fun
day
for
an
hour
and
then
our
kids
all
leave
out.
M
I
know
we're
running
low
on
time,
so,
in
closing,
I
think
it'll
be
amazing
to
see
some
kind
of
like
citywide
initiative
or
a
productive
partnership
designed
to
drive
ost
awareness
and
enrollment
around
the
amazing
programs
that
we're
offering
across
the
city.
So,
even
if
it's
something
as
simple
as
like
a
fair
or
you
know,
mailing
out
to
families
a
little
workbook,
that
kind
of
explains
who
all
of
our
providers
are
where
we
are
located,
and
things
like
that
and
we'd
also
love
to
engage
more
youth
in
some
meetings
like
this.
M
So,
yes,
we
did
want
to
include
some
today,
but
maybe
having
a
meeting
where
schools
from
or
youth
from
different
schools
and
ost
providers
can
join
us,
and
we
can
include
more
youth
voice
in
some
of
these
public
hearings.
So
we
think
it's
very
important
that
they
have
the
opportunity
to
support
us
in
our
planning
and
implementation
and
ost
programming
so
that
we
can
better
serve
them
and
engage
their
interests.
M
B
C
B
Thank
you,
sir,
for
being
our
clerk
for
today,
and
thank
you
to
the
entire
team
for
making
this
hearing
happen.
We
feel
like
this
is
a
very
important
conversation
to
prepare
for
the
summer
of
2022.
We
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
crime
and
violence
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
if
we
want
to
see
those
numbers
decrease
next
year,
it
starts
now.
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
everybody
that
is
a
part
of
this
committee,
the
panels
and
the
witnesses
for
their
participation.