>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THIS AFTERNOON'S
MEETING, THE 9th, 2021
GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE WILL NOW COME TO
ORDER.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT?
>> STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR GONZALEZ?
>> PRESENT.
>> I HAVE FOUR PRESENT, MADAM
CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, IF
THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARHEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS POINT I'LL OPEN UP THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I UNDERSTAND WE DO NOT HAVE
ANYONE SIGNED UP ON OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT SIGNUP SHEET AND JUST
LOOKING TO OUR I.T.
FOLKS TO CONFIRM THAT NOBODY IS
IN THE QUEUE.
>> AFFIRMATIVE, THERE ARE NO
PUBLIC COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GIVEN THAT THERE ARE NO PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS WE'RE GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND QUICKLY CLOSE
OUT THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD AND BEGIN ON ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA.
FIRST, TWO ITEMS.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS ONE AND TWO INTO THE
RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENTS 01826 AND
01825, THEMENT OF BAO-TRAM DO
AS MEMBER OF SEATTLE IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMISSION FOR A
TERM TO JANUARY 31, 2023 AND
THE APPOINTMENT OF AMANDA
SANDOVAL AS MEMBER OF SEATTLE
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO JULY
31,2022.
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND VOTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
READING THOSE INTO THE RECORD.
SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR CUC VU FROM OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
TO KICK OFF INTRODUCTIONS AND
WALK US THROUGH THESE TWO
APPOINTMENTS.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
IT IS MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE TWO NOMINEES FOR OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMISSION, BAO-TRAM DO AND
AMANDA SANDOVAL.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO KNOW BAO-
TRAM IN THE COMMUNITY, WE
AFFECTIONATELY TO HER AS BT AND
I'M JUST SO PLEASED THE CITY
WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE HER IN
THIS IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ROLE.
BT IS SOMEBODY WHO I'VE KNOWN
PERSONALLY TO BE THOUGHTFUL,
JUST TENACIOUS, INCREDIBLY
ORGANIZED, SMART, STRATEGIC AND
SO COMMITTED TO OUR IMMIGRANT
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES.
SHE KNOWS THE COMMUNITY THAT
I'M A PART OF, THE VIETNAMESE
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, BUT
THROUGH HER ROLE IN THE SEATTLE
FOUNDATION HAS SUCH EXPANSIVE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSTITUENTS
THAT WE SERVE IN SEATTLE AND
OUR IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
NEIGHBORS.
OVER THE LAST YEAR EVERYBODY
HAS REALLY ENDURED A STRESSFUL
YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC AND BAO-
TRAM CERTAINLY HAS BEEN BUSY
ADMINISTERING SEATTLE
FOUNDATION'S $22 MILLION IN
GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS IN HER CURRENT
ROLE AS THE PROGRAM OFFICER
THERE, BUT SHE ALSO HAS
EXPANSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH
HEALTH POLICY COMING FROM THE
GATES FOUNDATION AND I THINK
THAT BLEND OF BOTH
PHILANTHROPY, POLICY AND
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IS GOING
TO BE SUCH A GREAT ASSET TO
THIS CITY IN HER ROLE ON THE
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMISSION.
SO I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY
HAPPY TO SEE THAT BAO-TRAM IS
STEPPING INTO THIS LEADERSHIP
ROLE.
AMANDA SANDOVAL, SOMEBODY I'M
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING TO KNOW.
SHE'S CURRENTLY WITH THE
MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY, ALSO
SOMEBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCE AND
A STRONG POLICY BACKGROUND
WHICH I KNOW WILL BE A HUGE
ASSET TO THE COMMISSION.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF
IMMIGRATION POLICY.
CERTAINLY IN THE RECENT PAST,
BUT ALSO UPCOMING WITH A LOT OF
FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO
ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
LOCALLY AND AT THE STATE LEVEL
HAVING AMANDA'S KEEN POLICY
INSIGHT AND EXPERIENCE WILL BE
ALSO ANOTHER HUGE CONTRIBUTION
TO THE CITY AND THE COMMISSION.
SO WELCOME TO OUR TWO ESTEEMED
NOMINEES.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THEM AND URGE THE
COUNCIL TO APPROVE THEIR
NOMINATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
REMARKS, DIRECTOR VU, AND
INTRODUCING THE TWO NOMINEES.
COLLEAGUES, I DO WANT TO AFFORD
EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
ANY QUESTIONS OF BT AND AMANDA
AND YOU WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
I'LL KICK IT OFF BY HANDING IT
OVER TO OUR NOMINEES.
MAYBE WE COULD START WITH BT
AND HEAD OVER TO AMANDA.
IF YOU COULD TELL US YOUR NAME
AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US IN
YOUR OWN WORDS AND TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU WANT
TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH BT.
>> THANK YOU.
HI, EVERYONE.
I'M BAO-TRAM.
I GO BY BT.
I'M A PARTNER OF THE SEATTLE
FOUNDATION AND I'VE BEEN A
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE SINCE 1993,
SINCE MY FAMILY IMMIGRATED HERE
AS REFUGEES.
MY DAD IS A POLITICAL PRISONER
OF WAR.
HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR FOR
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AND SO TODAY
WORK IN THE DEMOCRACY FIELD
PARTICULARLY NONPARTISAN WITH
VOTER EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE THE
FORTUNE TO GROW UP IN SOUTH
SEATTLE WITH A LOT OF OUR
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITIES
AND LIVING AMONG DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES FROM THE LATINX TO
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND BEEN
ABLE TO HAVE HAD A LOT OF
RELATIONSHIPS, PERSONAL,
PROFESSIONAL IN THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH THAT CAPACITY.
AND I AM INTERESTED IN JOINING
THE COMMISSION KNOWING THAT
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A
VOICE TO THE TABLE AROUND
PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCACY HELPING
OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY NAVIGATE
THE PANDEMIC KNOWING THAT OUR
BIPOC COMMUNITIES ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED,
WANTING TO BRING THAT
PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS THE
PERSPECTIVE OF PHILANTHROPY AND
BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP CROSS-
SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS AND
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY IN
THAT CAPACITY.
I'M SUPER EXCITED.
THIS IS REALLY COOL.
I THINK THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT
FOR ME IN TERMS OF THE
PANDEMIC.
IT'S REALLY NEAT TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE MY INSIGHT, LEARN FROM
FELLOW COMMISSION MEMBERS AND
I'LL WORK WITH YOU ON HOW WE'RE
GOING TO WEATHER THIS PANDEMIC
AND INSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES
WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER AND,
YEAH, JUST GET THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BT, FOR
BEING WITH US AND FOR BEING
WILLING TO BE CONSIDERED TO
SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
I LOVE TO HEAR THIS IS A
HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU BECAUSE WE
AREN'T FINDING ENOUGH
HIGHLIGHTS THESE DAYS AND SO
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMIND
OURSELVES PARTICULARLY RIGHT
NOW THAT HIGHLIGHTS ARE STILL
VERY MUCH POSSIBLE AND STILL
VERY MUCH DO OCCUR.
SO THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
AMANDA, WELCOME.
>> HI.
THANK YOU.
AMANDA SANDOVAL.
I LIVE DOWN HERE IN SOUTH
SEATTLE IN THE RENTON AREA AND
AM SUPER EXCITED TO BE
CONSIDERED.
MY FAMILY CAME TO WASHINGTON
FROM MEXICO AND I WAS BORN AND
RAISED HERE.
LOVE, LOVE THE COMMUNITY,
ESPECIALLY DOWN HERE IN THE
SOUTH END.
IT'S SO DIVERSE AND RICH AND
JUST REALLY FINDING A FAMILY
DOWN HERE.
I'M EXCITED TO SERVE ON THE
COMMISSION BECAUSE I'M
PASSIONATE ABOUT ALL THINGS
POLICY AND SPECIFICALLY
IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE POLICY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN HOW MY
FAMILY HAS STRUGGLED AND SEEN
THEIR JOURNEY COMING TO THE
U.S. AND I THINK PEOPLE WITH
LIVED EXPERIENCE, WHATEVER THAT
IS, REALLY HAVE THE MEANS TO
IMPROVE CHANGE, SPECIFICALLY
POLICY CHANGE AND I'VE SEEN
THAT HAPPEN IN MY DAY JOB AND
ALSO WITH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
WE'VE DONE ON THE COMMISSION.
THIS WILL BE MY SECOND YEAR.
I SERVED LAST YEAR AS THE GET
ENGAGED COMMISSIONER AND IT WAS
A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND
I'M SO EXCITED AND I'M EXCITED
TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE IT AND I LOVE GETTING
TO TALK TO COMMUNITY AND, YOU
KNOW, SHARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THEM TO SHARE THEIR VOICE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN POLITICS IN
THEIR COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S
GOING ON AND I THINK THIS IS
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS FOR ANYONE
INTERESTED AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING TO SERVE MY
COMMUNITY AND INFLUENCE CHANGE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMANDA,
FOR THOSE REMARKS AND THAT
INTRODUCTION.
I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH ANSWERING
MY QUESTION.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FOR EITHER BT OR AMANDA?
I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR ANY
RAISED HANDS.
OKAY.
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO
QUESTIONS.
DIRECTOR VU, ANYTHING ELSE
YOU'D LIKE TO ADD FOR THE
RECORD?
YOU'RE ON MUTE.
>> NOTHING FURTHER.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
ALL RIGHT, FOLKS.
WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID I DO
WANT TO AGAIN THANK BT AND
AMANDA NOT JUST FOR THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON THE
COMMISSION, BUT FOR ALL OF
THEIR SERVICE TO COMMUNITIES,
SEATTLE FOUNDATION AND
MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY ARE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M REALLY
FAMILIAR WITH AND THAT I HAVE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT
FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
YOU BOTH BE OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF
THE COMMISSION.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CALL THESE UP FOR A VOTE AT
THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
1826 AND 1825.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> EXCELLENT.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE SENT TO
THE MARCH 15th COUNCIL MEETING
AT 2:00 P.M.
BT AND AMANDA, YOU ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO BE AT THE FULL
COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 15th.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO TUNE IN AND
WATCH, BUT YOU AREN'T REQUIRED
TO BE THERE AS A PARTICIPANT.
I'M SURE IT WILL BE A UNANIMOUS
VOTE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR
NOMINATION.
SO FOR NOW JUST WANT TO SAY
THANKS AGAIN FOR MAKING TIME TO
BE WITH US IN COMMITTEE TODAY
AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO EXIT THE
ZOOM ROOM WHENEVER YOU FEEL
LIKE IT'S BEST FOR YOU.
THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING WITH US.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAD INTO OUR
NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WHICH IS
ITEM THREE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
THREE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE
COVID-19 RESPONSES AND POSITIVE
COMMUNITY OUTCOMES FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS TO WALK US THROUGH THIS
REALLY IN DEPTH DETAILED
PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE FROM
THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS WHO ARE WITH US
TODAY.
I AM REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU
ALL HERE TO SHARE WITH US AND
THE VIEWING PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE WORK THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
HAS BEEN LEADING ON AND THE
ADDITIONAL WORK YOU UNDERTOOK
IN 2020 AROUND RAPID RESPONSE
TO EMERGING COMMUNITY NEEDS.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT
WHEN I FIRST CHAMPIONED THIS
FUNDING IN THE CITY'S 2019
BUDGET PROCESS, THE 2020 WE
WERE ALL UNDERSTANDING WAS VERY
DIFFERET FROM WHAT 2020 ENDED
UP ACTUALLY BEING.
SO FOR THAT I WANT TO THANK
EACH OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR
ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE AND FOR ALL THE TIMES
THAT YOUR TEAM HAS RUN TOWARDS
THE CRISIS TO HELP MANAGE THE
COVID-19 IMPACTS ON OUR
COMMUNITY AND TO HELP INSURE
THE IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES WERE NOT LEFT OUT
OF BEING INFORMED AND STAYING
SAFE.
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND IT
OVER TO DIRECTOR VU TO
INTRODUCE HERSELF AND TO
INTRODUCE THE TEAM WITH US
TODAY WHO IS GOING TO BE HERE
TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE WITH YOU THE WORK THAT WE
ACCOMPLISHED IN 2020 AND THANKS
IMMEASURABLY TO YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND THE LEADERSHIP OF OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO -- YOU'VE PROVIDED US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP AND
PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES AND
SUPPORTS FOR COMMUNITIES DURING
A TIME THAT WAS INCREDIBLY
TURBULENT AND WHEN WE WERE
WITNESS TO MANY LEVELS OF
INEQUITIES.
I JUST WANT TO START FIRST WITH
ALSO CONGRATULATING OUR TEAM
MEMBERS AND SO I'M JUST IN THE
POSITION TO BE ABLE TO TALK
ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU
WILL SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION
IS A BIG CREDIT TO THE
INCREDIBLE TALENT AND
COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE AMONG
OUR STAFF AND AS YOU KNOW,
WE'RE SMALL, BUT WE'RE A MIGHTY
CREW AND WE DO A LOT WITH JUST
A LITTLE BIT.
SO WITH THAT I WILL GET STARTED
WITH THE PRESENTATION.
>>.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PULL IT UP.
HERE WE GO.
THANKS.
>> WE ARE THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE AFFAIRS AND
I'M CUC VU, THE DIRECTOR OF
OIRA.
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
COVID-19 WORK THAT WE DID LAST
YEAR AND FIRST WE WANT TO KICK
THAT OFF WITH AN OVERVIEW ABOUT
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
DELIVER LAST YEAR WHICH IS THE
SEATTLE DISASTER RELIEF FUND
TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND LOW
INCOE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
RESIDENTS.
SO HERE WE HAVE ONE OF OUR
STAFF TO KICK US OFF.
OKSANA?
>> WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GO BACK
TO SLIDE NUMBER 1 I THINK WAS
STARTING IT OFF IN THE MIDDLE,
THE PRESENTATION.
>> I SEE IT.
>> YEAH.
IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE NUMBER
ONE.
THAT SLIDE SAYS COVID-19
RESPONSES AND POSITIVE
COMMUNITY OUTCOMES.
>> THERE WE GO.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH OUR
COMMITMENT EQUITY AS ALWAYS
CENTERING COMMUNITY AND MUCH OF
WHAT YOU'LL HEAR THROUGHOUT
THIS SLIDE BEGINS WITH
COMMUNITY AND ENGAGES COMMUNITY
AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE
DEVELOP ARE COMMUNITY CENTERED
AND THEREFORE, FROM THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO ACHIEVE ALSO EQUITY-
CENTERED SOLUTIONS.
WE ARE SMALL.
WE'RE ONLY 9 1/2 STAFF AND
BECAUSE OF THAT SMALL SIZE WE
ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY MATRIXED
STRUCTURE AND SO COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, FOR
EXAMPLE, DOESN'T SIT WITH ONE
PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SHARED
WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM.
CONTRACTS ALSO DOESN'T SIT WITH
ONE PERSON.
IT IS STRAIGHT ACROSS AND OUR
PROGRAM MANAGERS HAVE A MATRIX
BODY OF WORK THAT NOT ONLY
INCLUDES COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT, BUT CONTRACTS
MANAGEMENT AND POLICY AND THAT
MATRIX APPROACH ALLOWS US TO BE
COLLABORATIVE AND NIMBLE AND
RESPONSIVE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
AS WE SAW LAST YEAR AND THAT
YOU'LL SEE PARTICULARLY FROM
OUR WORK ON THE SEATTLE
DISASTER RELIEF FUND
INNOVATIVE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, AND OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS, MOSQUEDA, MORALES, ET
CETERA FOR PROVIDING SOME OF
THE BUDGET SUPPORTS THERE THAT
ALLOWED US TO DO THE WORK THAT
WE WILL SHARE TODAY.
IN THE RAPID RESPONSE FUND, FOR
EXAMPLE, IT WAS TO ENGAGE AND
RAPIDLY RESPOND TO EMERGENT
THREATS FACING SEATTLE
IMMIGRANTS AND THAT WAS
$375,000 THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ, YOU INITIATED AND
THEN FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO INCLUDED ANOTHER
$50,000 WHICH WAS USED FOR DACA
FEE ASSISTANCE AND WE SAW A
$25,000 MATCH FROM FACEBOOK AND
THEN WITH THE JOINT COVID-19
RELIEF PACKAGE APPROXIMATELY $9
MILLION FROM THAT BODY OF
FUNDING AND 8.3 MILLION WHICH
WENT TO DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE
AND 700,000 TO SUPPORT ONGOING
LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK.
AND SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO
TURN IT OVER FIRST TO OKSANA.
WE'RE MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS OKSANA BILOBRAN AND
I AM A LEGAL DEFENSE AND
PROGRAM SPECIALIST AT THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT TWO OF THE PROGRAMS
THAT I WORKED ON TOGETHER WITH
THE REST OF OUR TEAM IN 2020
AND ONE OF THEM, WE CALL IT
RAPID RESPONSE.
AS CUC MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED IN
ANTICIPATION OF VARIOUS COURT
DECISIONS AND RULE CHANGES THAT
WOULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES IN 2020 AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE HAS
APPROPRIATED $375,000 IN ONE
TIME RAPID RESPONSE FUND IN
ORDER TO HELP COMMUNITY
NAVIGATE THESE ISSUES.
AS HARD AS 2020 WAS FOR
EVERYBODY IN SEATTLE, IT WAS
EXTREMELY HARD FOR OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE NEIGHBORS
BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THE
PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC CRISIS,
THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE
ONSLAUGHT OF IMMIGRATION
POLICIES THAT WERE TARGETING
THEM.
IT WAS THE YEAR AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE, OF
COURSE, DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS
GOING TO BE THE FINAL YEAR OF
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, BUT
WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE THE
YEAR IN WHICH MANY OF THESE
PROGRAMS WILL BE INTRODUCED AND
ROLLED OUT AND IT WOULD BE
POTENTIALLY VERY HARMFUL TO OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
YES.
SO THREE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED IN CONSULTATION WITH
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WE KNEW WE HAD TO PAY
ATTENTION TO WERE PUBLIC
CHARGE, DACA AND IMMIGRANT FEE
INCREASES.
SO PUBLIC CHARGE IN BRIEF JUST
TO KIND OF SET THE INFORMATION
THAT'S OUT THERE IS THE SET OF
RULES IN WHICH PROSPECTIVE
IMMIGRANTS CAN BE DENIED ENTRY,
RESIDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES.
IF THEY ARE LIKELY TO BECOME
PRIMARILY DEPENDENT ON THE
GOVERNMENT FOR SUPPORT AND
THESE RULES WERE EXPANDED IN
FEBRUARY 2020, SO THEY HAVE
BEEN IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT A YEAR
AND ONCE THEY CHANGED AND WENT
IN EFFECT THEY CREATED HUGE
CONFUSION AND FEAR, ESPECIALLY
DUE TO THE ADDED LAYER OF THE
PANDEMIC.
SO NEW IMMIGRANTS AND THOSE WHO
WERE LIVING FOR A WHILE HERE
DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE ABLE TO
ACCESS AND BENEFIT FROM VARIOUS
PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT
AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SAFETY NET.
NEXT ISSUE WITH DACA, STANDS
FOR OBAMA ERA IMMIGRATION
PROGRAM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO
PROTECT DREAMERS FROM
DEPORTATION.
IT WAS ON TRACK TO BE
POTENTIALLY TERMINATED IN 2020.
THE SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT
WAS EXPECTED ON THE CASE, IT
WAS ANTICIPATED THAT IT WAS
GOING TO TERMINATE THE PROGRAM
AND THERE WOULD BE MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY LEFT
IN LIMBO IF THAT WERE TO COME
TRUE.
AND THE LAST ISSUE WE WERE
READY TO WORK ON WAS
IMMIGRATION FEE INCREASES.
THERE WAS AN INITIATIVE COMING
FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASE IMMIGRATION BENEFIT
FEES AND ELIMINATE FEE WAIVERS
FOR THOSE WHO WERE ELIGIBLE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF PUBLIC
CHARGE, WE DECIDED TO HAVE A
MULTIPLE LAYER APPROACH AND
FIRST OF THEM WAS SORT OF TRAIN
THE TRAINER APPROACH.
WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WORKED WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION
WOULD BE CALLING CASE MANAGERS
ASKING IF THEY ARE STILL SAFE
TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE
S.N.A.P., SO FOOD BENEFITS AND
MEDICAL CARE AND WE KNEW THAT
WE HAD TO EQUIP THOSE CASE
MANAGERS ON THE GROUND WITH THE
CORRECT INFORMATION ON THE
PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO
COMPLEX AND HAD MULTIPLE LAYERS
TO IT.
SO WE FIRST ORGANIZED A
TRAINING FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
IT TOOK PLACE IN LATE FEBRUARY
WHEN WE WERE STILL GETTING
TOGETHER IN PERSON.
IT WAS THAT DAY WHEN THE PUBLIC
CHARGE ACTUALLY WENT INTO
EFFECT AND WE HAD OVER 90
PARTICIPANTS THERE AND THE
PRESENTATION WAS CONDUCTED BY
OUR EXPERTS AT THE NORTHWEST
IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS PROJECT AND
THAT PRESENTATION WAS ALSO
VIEWED LIVE AND ON FACEBOOK AND
HAD OVER 9,000 VIEWS.
WE ALSO KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO
PROVIDE A REFERENCE GUIDE AND
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND
WE DEVELOPED A PRETTY
SOPHISTICATED REFERENCE GUIDE
THAT LISTED EVERY AVAILABLE
SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROGRAM IN
WASHINGTON STATE AND ANALYZED
WHETHER OR NOT RECEIPT OF THAT
BENEFIT WOULD IMPACT
PROSPECTIVE AND CURRENT
IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE UNITED
STATES AND HOW THAT WOULD
IMPACT DEPENDING ON YOUR
IMMIGRATION STATUS.
SO THAT REFERENCE GUIDE WAS
WIDELY SHARED AND WE'VE HEARD
THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY USEFUL IN
THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE
ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE
PUBLIC ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THEY SHOULD CONTINUE RECEIVING
BENEFITS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE ALSO DECIDED TO WORK
DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES AND
PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATION.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE
ASKED WHO WANTED TO HOST PUBLIC
CHARGE WORKSHOPS AND HAD A
PRETTY ELABORATE SCHEDULE OF
THESE IN-PERSON EVENTS AND
RIGHT AS WE STARTED DOING THEM
IN PERSON AT THE END OF
FEBRUARY, WE HAD TO SWITCH TO A
VIRTUAL MODELS ON OUR COUNTY,
THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY WENT
INTO OUR FIRST LOCKDOWN, BUT
NEVERTHELESS WE WERE SUCCESSFUL
IN ORGANIZING TEN OF THESE
WORKSHOPS BOTH IN-PERSON AND
VIRTUAL AND THEY REACHED OVER
1,300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE ALSO PROVIDED THREE SOURCES
FOR OUR PARTNERS TO DO THIS
PRESENTATION, NOT JUST FOR
GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT FOR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION,
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS.
THEY EVEN DID SEVERAL
PRESENTATIONS FOR WASHINGTON
ATTORNEY GENERAL TEAM BECAUSE
AS I MENTIONED, THIS POLICY IS
STILL EXTREMELY COMPLICATED.
NOT ONLY PUBLIC WAS CONFUSED,
BUT EVEN LEGAL EXPERTS IN THE
FIELD WHO DON'T WORK IN
IMMIGRATION LAW DAY TO DAY HAD
TO BE PRESENTED WITH THAT
INFORMATION AND WE WERE READY
TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ON THE SECOND ISSUE OF DACA, AS
I MENTIONED, IN 2017 TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION RESCINDED THE
PROGRAM, DEFERRED ACTION FOR
CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS AND THEN
THAT CASE WAS MAKING ITS WAY TO
THE SUPREME COURT.
THERE WERE WIDE SPECULATION THE
SUPREME COURT WOULD POTENTIALLY
TERMINATE THE PROGRAM AND THERE
WOULD BE AN ANXIETY AND FEAR IN
THE COMMUNITY.
SO IN PREPARATION FOR THAT
SUPREME COURT DECISION WE
DECIDED TO DO ONE-ON-ONE LEGAL
CONSULTATIONS AND PARTNERED
WITH THREE OF OUR LEGAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS, NORTHWEST IMMIGRANTS
RIGHT PROJECT, CATHOLIC
IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES AND
DE PUEBLO AND TOGETHER THESE
SERVICES PROVIDED ALMOST 100
CONSULTATIONS TO SEATTLE
RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND
STUDENTS.
ONCE WE KNEW THAT THE SUPREME
COURT WAS NOT GOING TO
TERMINATE DACA, THEY ALSO
ASSISTED PEOPLE WITH BOTH
RENEWALS, DACA RENEWALS, AND
ALSO FIRST TIME APPLICATIONS
FOR THE PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE AMY THE
LEGAL DEMAND FOR THESE SERVICES
WAS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN
THESE THREE ORGANIZATIONS COULD
MANAGE.
WE ALSO KNEW DUE TO FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION POLICIES, ALL OF
OUR LEGAL ASSISTANT RESOURCES
WERE PRETTY MUCH DEPLETED.
IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR US TO
RECRUIT PRO BONO ATTORNEYS TO
PROVIDE THESE CONSULTATIONS AND
THEREFORE, WE CAME UP WITH A
PRETTY INNOVATIVE MODEL.
THE MODELS IN WHICH WE
PARTNERED WITH OUR COLLEAGUES
AT THE KING COUNTY BAR
ASSOCIATION AND ALSO AMERICAN
IMMIGRATION LAWYER ASSOCIATION
AND SO THREE OF US, THREE
PARTNERS, GOT TOGETHER AND WE
DECIDED THAT THE BEST WAY TO
PROCEED WOULD BE TO USE A
STIPEND MODEL IN WHICH LEGAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS, IMMIGRATION
ATTORNEYS WOULD BE ABLE TO
CHOOSE AND EITHER ACCEPT A
MODEST STIPEND OR ASK FOR A
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CLE
CREDITS OR SIMPLY DONATE THE
TIME TO PROVIDE THESE
CONSULTATIONS.
SO AS A RESULT, WE SUCCESSFULLY
ORGANIZED AND OFFERED FIVE
VIRTUAL DACA CLINICS BETWEEN
JULY AND NOVEMBER 2020 AND
THROUGH THOSE FIVE LEGAL
CLINICS WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST
OVER 200 CLIENTS WITH SIGNUP
FOR THEM AND OUR WONDERFUL
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION ATTORNEYS PROVIDED
77 THREE-HOUR SHIFTS FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS SLIDE MAKES ME MOST HAPPY
PROBABLY BECAUSE IT SHOWS SOME
OF THE RESULTS OF WHAT OUR
SERVICES MEANT TO THOSE WHO
SEEK AND RECEIVE THEM.
SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDES SORT OF
BACKGROUND ON WHAT THE PEOPLE
WHO REQUESTED CONSULTATION WITH
IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS ARE
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR IN THE
FUTURE.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN CONSISTENTLY
THAT BETWEEN 25 AND 30% OF
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO
LIVE IN UNITED STATES HAVE A
PATH TO SOME SORT OF LEGAL
STATUS BUT DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND AFTER MEETING WITH
IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS THESE ARE
THE RESULTS.
IT LOOKED LIKE ROUGHLY 30% OF
FOLKS WHO RECEIVED CONSULTATION
AND SCREENING WERE ELIGIBLE FOR
INITIAL DACA.
ABOUT 30% WERE ELIGIBLE FOR
RENEWING THE DACA STATUS, BUT
ALMOST 40% OF PEOPLE WERE
ELIGIBLE FOR A FAMILY-BASED
PETITION, WHICH IS HUGE BECAUSE
IT ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN A
GREEN CARD UNLIKE DACA WHICH IS
A TEMPORARY PROGRAM.
ALSO 23% WERE ELIGIBLE FOR A
NEW VISA AND ONLY ABOUT 20% OF
PEOPLE WHO REQUESTED
CONSULTATION HAD NO RELIEF
AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT IS INCREDIBLE NEWS AND
WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WHO HEARD
THEY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR
FURTHER RELIEF WILL BE ABLE TO
SEEK ASSISTANCE IN THE FUTURE
AND ACTUALLY GET THEIR STATUS
AND DOCUMENTS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THE LAST ISSUE THAT I
IDENTIFIED EARLIER AS THE
IMMIGRATION FEE INCREASES.
SO IN NOVEMBER 2019 THE UNITED
STATES CITIZENSHIP AND
IMMIGRATION SERVICES SUBMITTED
A NEW PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
DRASTICALLY INCREASE
APPLICATION FEES AND ELIMINATE
FEE WAIVERS.
UNDER THE NEW PROPOSAL FEE FOR
CITIZENSHIP WOULD INCREASE MORE
THAN 80% FROM $640 TO 1,170.
THE COST OF DACA RENEWAL WOULD
INCREASE FROM 495 TO 765, AN
INCREASE OF 55% AND ALSO FOR
THE FIRST TIME EVER IN UNITED
STATES THERE WAS A PROPOSED FEE
TO REQUEST ASYLUM WHICH WAS
SORT OF UNHEARD OF AND WHEN WE
TALKED ABOUT WHAT TO DO AND HOW
TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE IN
ADDITION TO ALL OF OUR ADVOCACY
AND SUBMITTING RULES, COMMENTS
OPPOSING THAT RULE, WE DECIDED
TO PROVIDE TANGIBLE RELIEF FOR
IMMIGRANTS WHO NEEDED
ASSISTANCE PAYING THESE
IMMIGRATION FEES AND WE DECIDED
TO ALLOCATE $150,000 FROM THE
FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED TO
PROVIDE DIRECT IMMIGRATION FEES
SCHOLARSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE
SEATTLE RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND
STUDENTS.
AND SO TO DATE 134,000 OF THAT
MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AND AS
YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THAT
MONEY'S BEEN GIVEN FOR DACA FEE
SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH ALMOST 190
PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE.
ALSO WE AWARDED 36
NATURALIZATION FEE SCHOLARSHIPS
AND SEVEN GREEN CARD-RELATED
SCHOLARSHIPS.
IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO
THE COMMUNITY AND WE HEARD IT
VERY CLEARLY THAT IT WAS VERY
TANGIBLE HELP BECAUSE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE YEAR WITH THE
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IT MEANT THAT
PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY USE THIS
MONEY DIRECTLY TO PAY
IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS AND THOSE
IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS WERE
OFTEN GREEN CARD THAT ALLOWS
YOU TO WORK.
SO HAD THEY NOT BEEN ABLE TO
RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP, THEY
POTENTIALLY WOULD BE ABLE TO
EVEN LOSE ABILITY TO WORK IN
UNITED STATES IF THEIR GREEN
CARD OR WORK AUTHORIZATION WERE
TO EXPIRE OR THEIR DACA STATUS.
WE ALSO KNEW THAT MANY OF THESE
BENEFICIARIES OF THESE
SCHOLARSHIPS WERE EXCLUDED FROM
THE STIMULUS CHECKS THAT WERE
SENT OUT EARLIER IN 2020
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
IS, FOR EXAMPLE, FIRST TIME
DACA APPLICANTS, THEY DON'T
HAVE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND
THEREFORE, WHAT THEY NEEDED TO
APPLY FOR THEIR STATUS, THIS
WAS VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE, AS
I SAID EARLIER, THEY WERE NOT
ABLE -- THEY WERE EXCLUDED FROM
THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE EARLIER
IN THE YEAR.
SO WE PARTNERED WITH EL CENTRO
DE LA ROSA WHO ADMINISTERED
THIS SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND ALSO
LEGAL PROVIDERS WHO SCREENED
AND REFERRED THEIR CLIENTS TO
RECEIVE THESE FUNDS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE KEY THINGS THAT MADE
THIS PROGRAM EXTREMELY
SUCCESFUL AND POSITIVE THE WAY
IT WAS.
FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL FOR CITY LEADERSHIP
AND PARTICULARLY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ FOR THE
LEADERSHIP AND PROVIDING THIS
ONE-TIME FUNDING AND ALLOWING
US, GIVING US THE SPACE TO
RESPOND QUICKLY TO THE NEEDS AS
THEY WERE EMERGING AND BE
FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO GO THE WAY
THE COMMUNITY NEEDED US TO GO.
WE ALSO WORKED COLLABORATIVELY
WITH OUR PARTNERS AND CAME UP
WITH INNOVATIVE MODELS, AS I
SAID, THAT LEGAL CLINIC WITH
OUR ASSOCIATION IS SOMETHING
THAT IS NOW BEING USED AS AN
EXAMPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS
TALKING ABOUT THAT MODEL AND
TRYING TO ADOPT IT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WELL ALSO HAD TO PIVOT FROM
WORKING IN PERSON TO PROVIDING
SERVICES VIRTUALLY AND THAT
REQUIRED CREATE ACTIVITY FROM
OUR PARTNERS AND WE HAD TO BE
VERY CREATIVE IN DELIVERING
INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THESE
EMERGING CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION
POLICY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES WERE ABLE TO STAY
INFORMED AND ON TRACK WITH
EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
THAT WAS A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS
SURROUNDING POLICIES AS THEY
WERE DEVELOPING IN 2020 AND
ACTUALLY TODAY ONE OF THOSE
ISSUES, PUBLIC CHARGE THAT I
WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER,
LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE THE
BEGINNING OF THE END OF THAT
POLICY WITH SUPREME COURT
DISMISSING THE CASE.
THAT WAS BEFORE THEM.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE OUR
COMMUNICATION AND MAKING SURE
OUR COMMUNITIES STAY INFORMED
THAT THIS ISSUE'S BEYOND 2020
EVEN THOUGH THE FUNDING IS NO
LONGER THERE.
OUR OFFICE WILL WORK TIRELESSLY
TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE BOTH
ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION THAT
OUR COMMUNITIES RELY ON.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND WITH THAT I AM READY TO
MOVE TO TALK ABOUT ONE MORE
PROGRAM THAT OUR OFFICE WAS
ABLE TO STAND UP VERY QUICKLY
AND THAT PROGRAM WAS SEATTLE
DISASTER RELIEF FUND FOR
IMMIGRANTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS CUC MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS
FUND WAS CREATED TO SUPPORT
VULNERABLE IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE
BEEN FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BUT WERE
SHUT OUT OF THE FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE OR THE C.A.R.E.S.
ACT AND THE STATEMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE STIMULUS
CHECKS WERE DENIED TO BOTH
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS AND
RESIDENTS AND ALSO THE U.S.
BORN CHILDREN OF FAMILIES THAT
WERE -- MIXED STATUS FAMILIES.
SO INVESTING IN THE SEATTLE
FAMILIES WHO NEEDED HELP DURING
THIS PANDEMIC, WE KNEW THAT
THAT WOULD INSURE THAT SEATTLE
COMMUNITIES AND THEIR LOCAL
ECONOMY IS ABLE TO RECOVER
FASTER AND MORE FULLY.
SO WE WERE TASKED TO DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENT IN A VERY SHORT
TIMELINE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD
PROVIDE SUCH ASSISTANCE TO
SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE LOW
INCOME IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEE
RESIDENTS.
THE CRITERIA WE USED, THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT WAS
DECIDED ON, WAS THAT PEOPLE HAD
TO BE 18 YEARS OLD OR OLDER.
THEY HAD TO LIVE IN SEATTLE OR
ATTEND SCHOOL IN SEATTLE OR
WORK WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES
AND ALSO THAT THEY WERE
INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT ECONOMIC IMPACT PAYMENT
ALSO KNOWN AS STIMULUS CHECK
DUE TO THEIR IMMIGRATION
STATUS.
THERE WAS AN INCOME ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENT WHICH WAS THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER 50% OF
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN
SEATTLE FOR THE PAST NINE
MONTHS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD TO WORK
REALLY FAST.
WE DESIGNED THE PROGRAM IN
ABOUT SIX WEEKS FROM THE TIME
WE FIND OUT THAT WE WERE GOING
TO BE DOING THAT TILL THE TIME
WE OPENED THE ONLY INDICATION
AND THAT DESIGN PROCESS
INCLUDED CONSULTATION PARTNERS
TO PRIORITIES, AMOUNT, THE BEST
OUTREACH STRATEGIES TO
SELECTING THE ORGANIZATION THAT
WAS GOING TO DISBURSE ALL THE
MONEY AND ADMINISTER THE
PROGRAM AND THAT WAS
SCHOLARSHIP JOHN KEYS.
TO SELECTING ONE ON ONE
PARTNERS TO DO OUTREACH AND
ALSO IN LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE FOR
THOSE WHO NEED TO APPLY FOR
THIS APPLICATION.
OUR APPLICATION AND ALL OF THE
MATERIALS WERE TRANSLATED INTO
SEVEN LANGUAGES WHICH ALLOWED
US TO REACH INTO HARDER TO
REACH COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE
AND MAKE SURE THAT LANGUAGE WAS
NOT A BARRIER IN ACCESSING
THESE IMPORTANT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FUND.
WE ALSO DEVELOPED SAFEGUARDS TO
PREVENT MISUSE AND FRAUD AND
ALSO WE HEARD THAT TRUST WAS AN
IMPORTANT CONCERN FOR THE
COMMUNITY WHO WERE AFRAID TO
POTENTIALLY REACH OUT DUE TO
CONCERNS, SO MENTIONED EARLIER,
PUBLIC CHARGE AND ALSO DUE TO
CONCERNS ABOUT THE INFORMATION
BEING POTENTIALLY DISCLOSED OR
MISUSED IF THEY WERE TO APPLY
AND RECEIVE SUCH ASSISTANCE.
SO WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT
MOST OF THE APPLICANTS WHO WERE
APPROVED FOR FUNDING WERE ABLE
TO RECEIVE THEIR ASSISTANCE
WITHIN ABOUT TWO MONTHS FROM
APPLYING, WHICH IS REALLY
CRITICAL WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AND ARE WAITING FOR MONEY THAT
MIGHT MEAN THAT YOU'RE NOT
GETTING EVICTED AND YOU'RE
GETTING THE FOOD THAT YOUR
FAMILY NEEDS.
SO THAT TWO MONTHS IS SOMETHING
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> HOLD ON JUST A SECOND THERE.
WE DO HAVE A HAND RAISED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS A
QUESTION ON THAT LAST SLIDE OR
MAYBE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
ALSO JUST FOR THE RECORD AND
THE BENEFIT OF THE VIEWING
PUBLIC AND THOSE OF US HERE, I
DID WANT TO MAKE A NOTE FOR THE
RECORD COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
HAS JOINED THE COMMITTEE
HEARING.
SHE ACTUALLY GOT HERE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION
AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO
FORMALLY RECOGNIZE HER ENTRY
INTO THE MEETING.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID,
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
OVERVIEW, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE
THESE DETAILS.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE
SORT OF LOGISTICS AND I DIDN'T
MEAN TO INTERRUPT THE FLOW
HERE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK,
HAPPY TO DO SO, BUT I JUST HAD
A THOUGHT THAT CAME IN AS YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT ROLLING THE
PROGRAM OUT AND HOW WE GOT
THESE DOLLARS TO COMMUNITIES.
SO GIFT CARDS ARE WHAT YOU USED
HERE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
>> NOT ONLY GIFT CARDS, WE HAD
SEVERAL OPTIONS AND THAT WAS
ALSO WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
THERE WERE OPTIONS INCLUDING
CHECKS AND DIRECT DEPOSIT AND
GIFT CARDS.
SO THE OPTION THAT WAS SELECTED
AND APPLICANTS FOR THE FUND HAD
AN OPTION TO SELECT HOW THEY
WANTED TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT.
IT WAS THE SAME AMOUNT, BUT THE
FORM OF THE PAYMENT WAS
SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD
CHOOSE AND MOST OF THEM OPTED
TO RECEIVE A CHECK.
CHECKS WERE PRETTY EASY BECAUSE
THEY COULD BE TRACKED AND WE
COULD SEE WHETHER THEY WERE
CASHED OR NOT AND ALSO THEY
COULD BE CANCELED IF LOST AND
REISSUED, BUT YES, THERE WERE
SOME FOLKS WHO REQUESTED GIFT
CARDS INSTEAD.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THAT HELPS MEET FOLKS
WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THEIR
COMFORT LEVEL AND MAYBE WHAT
THEIR COMFORT LEVEL IS WITH
VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND
AND I ASSUME AS WELL THAT THAT
HELPED TO ADDRESS ANY SORT OF
FEES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED LIKE
WITH ACTIVATION CARDS OR WITH
DEPOSIT OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
WAS THAT PART OF THE
CONVERSATION YOU ALL HAD AS
WELL?
>> INCREASE.
WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT ACCESS TO PAYMENT AND
ALSO WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE
FOR FOLKS THAT WERE UNHOUSED OR
UNBANKED.
WE ALSO HAD PARTNERSHIP WITH
SEATTLE CREDIT UNION THAT
ASSISTED US WITH CASHING CHECKS
FOR FOLKS WHO DID NOT HAVE BANK
ACCOUNTS.
SO THERE WAS EXTENSIVE WORK
THAT WENT INTO PLANNING AND
ADDRESSING ALL OF THE BARRIERS
THAT WOULD PREVENT A POPULATION
FROM GETTING MONEY QUICKLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
>> VERY EXCITING.
AND THEN JUST A LAST QUESTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AS YOU'RE
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS, IS THERE ALSO A
DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT, THIS
IS LIKE A POINT OF SERVICE TO
TALK ABOUT THE UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM OR FOOD ASSISTANCE OR
HOUSING ASSISTANCE?
WAS THERE ANY SORT OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR CROSS-
ENROLLMENT, IF YOU WILL, IF
FOLKS WEREN'T CONCERNED WITH
THE PUBLIC CHARGE ISSUE AND DID
WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE?
>> YES.
DEFINITELY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
HAPPENING -- WE PARTNERED WITH
21 ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF THOSE
WERE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE
FUND LIKE THIS ON A STATE LEVEL
BECAUSE THOSE TWO FUNDS, THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND ALSO THE
STATE ONE, WENT IN PARALLEL AND
THERE WERE ALSO SOME ASSISTANCE
COMING FROM KING COUNTY.
SO WE'VE HEARD THAT WHEN PEOPLE
CALLED THEM FOR ONE -- WITH
QUESTIONS ABOUT ONE FUND, THEY
WERE ABLE TO REFER THEM AND
CROSS-REFER THEM TO VARIOUS
RESOURCES AND HELP THEM APPLY
FOR BOTH FUNDS AND SOME OF OUR
PARTNERS, AS I SAID, WERE DOING
FOOD ASSISTANCE AND THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
WE ACTUALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE VERY PLANNING STAGES OF
THIS PROGRAM WE CONSIDERED
WHETHER WE WANTED TO PROVIDE
THIS ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM FOR
A SPECIFIC NEED LIKE FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE OR FOOD, BUT WHAT WE
HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY VERY
LOUDLY WAS THAT BEST WAY TO
TRULY PROVIDE MEANINGFUL
ASSISTANCE WAS TO NOT TIE IT TO
ANY SPECIFIC NEED BECAUSE THEY
COULD BE SO DIVERSE.
IT COULD BE CHILD CARE.
IT COULD BE HEALTHCARE.
AND SO FOR OUR SPECIFIC FUND WE
LEFT IT VERY BROAD AND WE
TRUSTED THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE
WHAT THEY WANTED TO SPEND THAT
MONEY ON.
>> EXCELLENT.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
BACKGROUND.
>> SURE.
>> I WON'T INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I
JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS
WELL FOR THE DISAGGREGATED
DATA.
I KNOW WE ARE ALWAYS PUSHING
FOR MORE DISSEGREGATED DATA, SO
IT'S VERY HELPFULYOU ARE
LIFTING UP THAT INFORMATION AND
MAKING SURE WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING
THE VARIOUS POPULATIONS THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IS MY
LINE OF QUESTIONING.
>> THAT YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER, MOSQUEDA.
TAKE IT AWAY, OKSANA.
>> YES.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
SOME NUMBERS, WE RECEIVED OVER
18,000 APPLICATIONS AND ROUGHLY
20% OF THEM ENDED UP RECEIVING
CASH ASSISTANCE.
SO AT THE END 3,705 PEOPLE OR
HOUSEHOLDS WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT
FROM THIS AND AS I MENTIONED,
THE PAYMENT CAME IN THE FORM OF
CHECK OR DIRECT DEPOSIT OR GIFT
CARDS.
ALSO EARLY ON WE GOT A
DIRECTION THAT WE WANTED TO
PRIORITIZE THIS FUND FOR THE
CITY RESIDENTS AND ROUGHLY 90%
OF ALL THE MONEY WENT TO
SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND ABOUT 10%
WENT TO PEOPLE WHO WORK OR WENT
TO SCHOOL IN SEATTLE.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE WERE ABLE
TO FUND EVERY ELIGIBLE
APPLICANT WHO LIVES IN SEATTLE.
SO THAT WAS GOOD.
WE REACHED NOT EVERYBODY, NOT
EVERY WORKER AND STUDENT, BUT
EVERY ELIGIBLE RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE DID RECEIVE FUNDING.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE,
ABOUT 60% OF THOSE WHO
BENEFITED WERE HOUSEHOLDS AND
ABOUT 40% WERE INDIVIDUALS AND
FROM THOSE HOUSEHOLDS THAT
APPLIED WE CALCULATED THAT
ROUGHLY 3,754 WERE CHILDREN
THAT WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS
MONEY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO FIRST WHEN WE MET WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND WE SAID HOW DO WE
DO THIS, ONE OF OUR FIRST
QUESTIONS WAS DO WE WANT TO GO
AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ON THE
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS
OR DO WE WANT TO HAVE AN
APPLICATION PERIOD THAT'S OPEN
FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WEEKS
AND THEN LOOK AT ALL OF THEM
TOGETHER AND PRIORITIZE BECAUSE
WE KNEW THAT THE NEED IS GOING
TO BE GREATER THAN THE MONEY WE
HAD?
SO WHAT WE HEARD IN THOSE
CONSULTATIONS WITH COMMUNITIES
THAT WE NEEDED TO DEVELOP A
PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM AND SET
UP CRITERIA TO SEE WHO IS MOST
VULNERABLE, FOR WHOM THIS
ASSISTANCE WOULD BE MOST
MEANINGFUL.
AND OUR COMMUNITY GAVE US
SUGGESTIONS TO PRIORITIZE,
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, UNHOUSED
INDIVIDUALS, SINGLE PARENTS AND
SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE COVID ILLNESS OR THOSE
WHO ALREADY HAD COVID IN THE
PAT, PEOPLE WHO LOST INCOME
AND RENTERS.
YOU CAN TELL THAT MOST OF OUR
APPLICANTS AND BENEFICIARIES
WERE IN THOSE CATEGORIES.
OVER 90% OF THEM LOST INCOME
AND WERE RENTERS.
WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO PARTNER
WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS BECAUSE
THERE WAS A CONCERN WE DIDN'T
WANT TO GIVE OUT FUNDS DIRECTLY
TO CHILDREN UNDER 18, BUT WE
WORKED WITH AN ORGANIZATION
SUCH AS K.I.N.D.
WHO WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOUTH
AND WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE ITEMS
FOR THEM INSTEAD OF GIVING CASH
ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF RACIAL
AND ETHNIC DATA OF THOSE WHO
APPLIED AND RECEIVED OUR FUNDS
AND IT SHOWS THE BREADTH OF
REACH OF PARTNERS THAT WE WORK
WITH.
SO OVER 80% OF BENEFICIARIES OF
OUR FUND WERE FROM LATINX
COMMUNITY AND THAT'S CONSISTENT
WITH THE DATA THAT WE HAVE
ABOUT THIS VULNERABLE GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE SHUT OUT FROM
THE FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY, BUT
10% WERE OF ASIAN DESCENT OR
ASIAN-AMERICANS AND YOU CAN
TELL LIKE THERE'S A LONG LIST
OF LANGUAGES THAT -- PREFERRED
LANGUAGES THAT PEOPLE INDICATED
AND THAT'S AGAIN, WE WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR NETWORK OF
PARTNERS WAS ABLE TO REACH
FOLKS THAT DON'T NORMALLY
INTERACT WITH GOVERNMENT, DON'T
NORMALLY -- AREN'T EASY TO
REACH BECAUSE THEY SPEAK
LANGUAGES THAT ARE VERY, VERY
UNIQUE AND WE WERE SO PROUD OF
THAT NETWORK OF OUR PARTNERS
FOR BEING ABLE TO REACH THOSE
IN THE COMMUNITIES AND OVER
HALF OF ALL OF APPLICATIONS
THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO US CAME
IN LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH
AND A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THEM
WERE SUBMITTED BY OUR PARTNERS
WHO PROVIDED ONE-ON-ONE
ASSISTANCE WITH APPLICATIONS IN
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN THE SEVEN
THAT WE HAD THE APPLICATION BE
TRANSLATED IN.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS THE STORY THAT I
THINK SORT OF SUMMARIZES AND
HIGHLIGHTS WHY PROGRAMS LIKE
THIS ARE IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE
HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITIES
DURING OUR DEBRIEF MEETING WHAT
STRUCK THEM THE MOST WAS
TALKING ONE ON ONE WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HEARING
THEIR STORIES AND SOMETIMES IT
WAS -- THE STORY OF HOPE IN THE
MIDST OF DESPAIR JUST LIKE THIS
STORY THAT WAS SHARED HERE WITH
YOU.
THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
CALLED MADE US REALIZE HOW MUCH
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THESE
FUNDS.
A CALLER TOLD US ABOUT HOW HIS
WIFE HAD GOTTEN COVID-19 AND
SHE ENDED UP GETTING A STROKE
AND BECAME PARALYZED FROM THE
NECK DOWN.
THIS LET HIM TO STAY HOME AND
TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE AND IT
CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS JOB.
IT WAS VERY TOUCHING AND YOU
COULD HEAR ANGUISH IN HIS VOICE
AND HE REALLY NEEDED THE FUNDS
AND WE WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE
MORE.
THERE WERE MANY, MANY STORIES
LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S THE ONE
THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS.
ON BEHALF OF THAT FAMILY AND
THOSE RECIPIENTS WE WANT TO SAY
HUGE THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR
PROVIDING THIS HELP AND SUPPORT
IN TIMES LIKE THIS.
THE NEXT STORY -- NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
THERE IS MUCH TO BE SAID ABOUT
THE PROGRAM, WHAT MADE IT
SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE A REPORT COMING OUT
THAT WE POTENTIALLY WILL BE
SHARING WIDELY AND THE TWO MAIN
THINGS THAT WE WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT IS COLLABORATIONS.
COLLABORATIONS BOTH BETWEEN THE
CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE
EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN EXPEDITING
ALL OF THE PROCESSES THAT
SOMETIMES TAKE A MUCH LONGER
TIME AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT
TIME.
SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE
INTERNAL SUPPORT WITHIN THE
CITY, BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF OUR
OUTREACH PARTNERS THAT WERE
ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THIS WORK
AND PUT PAUSE ON THE OTHER
EXISTING PROJECTS AND REACH OUT
TO COMMUNITY AND WORK OVER
HOURS AND WEEKENDS TO MAKE SURE
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND ASSIST
THOSE WHO WANTED TO APPLY.
ALSO A CRUCIAL PIECE THAT MADE
THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL WAS
LANGUAGE ACCESS BECAUSE IT
REDUCED BARRIERS THAT OFTEN
IMMIGRANTS CAN'T OVERCOME
WITHOUT LANGUAGE ACCESS.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE
JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD WE
ARE FOR CITY OF SEATTLE FOR
LIVING UP TO ITS VALUES AND
USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PROVIDE
CASH ASSISTANCE.
THIS I THINK I'M DONE WITH MY
PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THESE TWO PROGRAMS, I'D BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT MY
COLLEAGUE STILL HAS A PORTION
OF THE PRESENTATION, TOO.
>> YEAH.
WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES LEFT IN
THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE WE
SHIFT GEARS HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
COLLEAGUES?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
OKSANA, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THIS REALLY IN DEPTH
PRESENTATION.
IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS,
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND
JUST WANT TO SORT OF AGAIN
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
WHO IS ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR
ALL THE HARD WORK SHE DID IN
MAKING SURE TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC
LINE ITEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THIS KIND OF ASSISTANCE IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE JUMP START
SEATTLE AND FOR DISASTER RELIEF
PARTICULAR.
THE IMPACT HAS BEEN REALLY,
REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND
IMPORTANT AND I'M JUST SO
GRATEFUL FOR THAT LEADERSHIP
AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR HAVING
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT
THAT WORK AND THIS IS THE
PRODUCT OF A LOT OF HARD WORK
BY CITY COUNCIL TO MEET
COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE AT AND
SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS IN THIS
MOMENT OF CRISIS.
IN A LOT OF WAYS WE DIDN'T
ANTICIPATE, BUT I'M GLAD THAT
IT WORKED OUT THE WAY IT DID.
SO THANKS.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN
THAT SPACE.
ALL RIGHT.
PEGGY, ARE YOU GOING TO WALK US
THROUGH THE LANGUAGE ACCESS
PROGRAM?
I AM SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT
LANGUAGE ACCESS AS YOU ALL
KNOW.
I AM ALWAYS SCREAMING TO THE
HEAVENS HOW IMPORTANT
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
ACCESS IS, NOT JUST
INTERPRETATION, BUT ACTUALLY
GIVE PEOPLE MEANINGFUL ACCESS
IN LANGUAGE.
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HOSTING THIS
PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION AS
WELL, SO CRITICALLY, CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS PEGGY.
I'M THE LANGUAGE ACCESS --
THAT'S MY CAT IN THE BACKGROUND
-- LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM AND
POLICY SPECIALIST WITH OIRA.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO BEFORE I SHARE OUR POSITIVE
OUTCOMES AND OUR RESPONSE I
REALLY WANT TO SHARE THIS QUOTE
AND THEN ALSO OUR OFFICE'S
APPROACH TO LANGUAGE ACCESS.
SO THIS QUOTE REALLY SUMS IT
UP, THAT THOUGH WE KNOW THAT
COVID BRINGS US TREMENDOUS
CHALLENGES AND A CRISIS THAT WE
HAVE TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO, IT
ALSO PRESENTS US A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE MORE
RESPONSIVE TO IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES AND ALSO
RAMP UP OUR CAPACITY TO REALLY
RETHINK WHAT LANGUAGE ACCESS
MEANS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND HOW TO REALLY BE THE
WELCOMING CITY THAT WE WITH WE
WANT TO BE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN THIS PRESENTATION I WILL
HIGHLIGHT FOUR LANGUAGE ACCESS
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE OBSERVE
IN OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS AND
COVID RESPONSE.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS BECAUSE OF
OUR PARTNERSHIP AND WE QUICKLY
HAD OUR APPROACH AT THE VERY
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WE
WERE ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH IN KING COUNTY
AND ALSO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WITH THE STATE TO REALLY THINK
ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD
COLLABORATE WITH FOR LANGUAGE
ACCESS AND THEN SHARE
RESOURCES.
SO AT THE VERY BEGINNING IN
ABOUT MARCH AND APRIL LAST YEAR
WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH TO HOST SEVEN IN-
LANGUAGE WEBINARS SHARING
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION WITH
OUR IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND THEN TILL THIS DAY
WE STILL WORK WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH.
IN FACT, WE JUST HOSTED TWO
COVID VACCINE INFORMATION
SESSIONS, ONE IN ENGLISH AND
ONE IN SPANISH, WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WE HAVE SEVEN MORE
IN-LANGUAGE INFORMATION
SESSIONS COMING UP IN THIS
MONTH AND THE NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY
IS WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE OUR
CITY'S STAFF LANGUAGE CAPACITY.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE.
OIRA AND THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT QUICKLY ASSEMBLED A
MULTILINGUAL RESOURCE TEAM AND
THEY ARE CITY STAFF FROM THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND
ALSO FROM OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS IN SEATTLE TO
HELP THEM APPLY FOR SBA LOANS
AND PPP LOANS AND THEN ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY
SHOULD DO IF THEY LOSE THEIR
REVENUE AND TO SUPPORT THEM TO
NAVIGATE THROUGH CITY SYSTEM
AND THEN GET THE RESOURCES THEY
NEED AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
SUPPORT EIGHT LANGUAGES AND
THEN DIRECTLY WORK WITH
BUSINESS OWNERS TO ADDRESS
THEIR CHALLENGES AND ISSUES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN THE THIRD OPPORTUNITY
HERE IS WE ARE ABLE TO, BECAUSE
OF COVID, WE ARE IN NEED TO
QUICKLY TRANSLATE COVID-RELATED
INFORMATION AND THEN TO HAVE
OUR TURNAROUND TIME IN A VERY
SHORT FOUR TO EIGHT HOURS AND
SO WE FORM A TEAM OF LOCAL
COMMUNITY TRANSLATORS OF MORE
THAN 50 LOCAL TRANSLATORS THAT
WE CAN WORK DIRECTLY WITH TO
TRANSLATE UP TO 20 LANGUAGES IN
A VERY SHORT TURNAROUND TIME
COMPARED TO PREVIOUSLY IT WOULD
TAKE TWO WEEKS TO TRANSLATE AND
THEN NOW WE CAN HAVE IT
TRANSLATED WITHIN A DAY OR EVEN
SHORTER.
AND WE TELL THE STATE CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY
TRANSLATORS TO PROMPTLY RESPOND
TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND THEN THE FOURTH OPPORTUNITY
AND IT'S ALSO A LONGER TERM
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE SEE HERE IN
THE LANGUAGE ACCESS SYSTEM IS A
CENTRALIZED LANGUAGE ACCESS
VISION.
WITH THE COMMUNITY TRANSLATOR
GROUP AND THEN ALSO THROUGH
WORKING WITH OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO THINK THROUGH
THE LANGUAGE ACCESS TO SERVICES
WE ARE CREATING A MORE ROBUST
LANGUAGE ACCESS WORKFLOW THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO GRADUALLY
BUILD UP OUR TRANSLATION
KNOWLEDGE AND THEN BUILD UP A
DATABASE WHERE TODAY OIRA WILL
SAY SOMETHING TOMORROW THAT I
WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT IS IN-HOUSE TRANSLATION
SHOP THAT WILL DIRECTLY PROVIDE
SERVICES TO OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
THIS IS ALSO BECAUSE OF
LEADERSHIP AND ALSO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND THE JOINT COVID
RELIEF FUND THAT WE ARE REALLY
ABLE TO FURTHER THINK THROUGH
WHAT THE INCREASED CAPACITY
LOOKED LIKE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE HAVE MORE POSITIVE THINGS
COMING OUT FROM THE LANGUAGE
ACCESS PROGRAM AND WE ARE ALSO
ABLE TO BUILD UP MORE CAPACITY
RESOURCES AND SHARE IT WITH
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO I INCLUDED TWO SITES HERE
FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT AND THEN
GET RESOURCES AND SHARE WITH
THEIR DEPARTMENT.
SO WITH THAT, THAT IS A QUICK
SUMMARY OF THE LANGUAGE ACCESS
PROGRAM AND POSITIVE OUTCOME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
PROGRAM?
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS PROGRAM?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA,
PLEASE.
>> JUST SAYING THANKS AGAIN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
FEEDBACK AND THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT SAID IT WELL, BUT
THIS IS ALWAYS REALLY EXCITING
TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT SHOUTING THAT HAPPENS AT
COUNCIL IN THE PRIORITY THAT
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
MENTIONED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE.
CAN YOU ANSWER ONE MORE?
I THINK THERE'S JUST A SORT OF
CLOSE-OUT SLIDE HERE.
OH, NO.
HERE WE GO.
I FORGOT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS IS
JUST TAKING THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT THE PARTNERS THAT WE
WORKED WITH CENTERING OUR
APPROACH WITH COMMUNITY AND WE
HAVE CONVENED A COUPLE OF
VACCINE ROUNDTABLES WHERE WE'VE
LEARNED IN MORE DETAIL WHY OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR THE FOLKS
THAT THEY WORK WITH ARE
CHOOSING OR NOT CHOOSING TO GET
A VACCINE AND SO HERE ARE JUST
A FEW THINGS OF WHAT WE LEARNED
AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST
THROW THIS SLIDE IN HERE
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE
WORK THAT THE INCREDIBLY
TALENTED OIRA TEAM JUST SHARED
WITH YOU, OUR FOCUS NOW IS
TRYING TO HELP THE MAYOR
ACHIEVE HER VISION OF REACHING
A 70% VACCINATION RATE FOR OUR
CITY AND CERTAINLY THE WORK
THAT WE NEED TO DO TO INSURE
THAT BIPOP COMMUNITIES GET
ACCESS TO THE VACCINES WILL BE
CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING THAT
GOAL.
I THINK THAT IS THE WRAP-UP FOR
OUR PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU THE
RESULTS AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT
COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN FEEL PROUD
ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS MADE IN
THESE PROGRAMS AND THE RESULTS
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE
TOGETHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
OBVIOUSLY THAT YOU'RE DOING IN
TERMS OF EQUITABLE VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION.
WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR LOTS OF DETAILS ABOUT THAT
WORK FROM OIRA'S PERSPECTIVE
DURING OUR LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING, SO APPRECIATE HEARING
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE
ROUNDTABLES WHICH WE HAD JUST
SORT OF TOUCHED ON LATELY.
COLLEAGUES, EITHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR OIRA BEFORE WE
SHIFT GEARS TO DEEL?
LOOKS LIKE THAT'S IT.
THANKS TO YOU, DIRECTOR VU, AND
TO PEGGY AND OKSANA FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY, REALLY
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD
WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM
WHICH IS ITEM FOUR.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
FOUR INTO THE RECORD.
I'M SORRY, YES, ITEM FOUR.
GO AHEAD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4 BIRTH
TO 3 AND CHILD CARE STRATEGIES
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
SO THIS IS OUR LAST ITEM ON THE
AGENDA TODAY.
IT IS ALSO JUST AN ITEM FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
SO I WANT TO WELCOME DIRECTOR
CHAPPELLE AND HIS DEEL TEAM
MEMBERS TO COMMITTEE TODAY AND
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK
ABOUT CHILD CARE AND
STRATEGIES.
THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER DISCUSSION
AND BRIEFING THAT FLOWS FROM
DIRECT INVESTMENTS SUPPORTED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL IN THIS SPACE,
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HEARING
MORE FROM YOU ALL AND SHARING
WITH THE PUBLIC THE DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN SUPPORT
NEW FAMILIES AND OUR YOUNGEST
LEARNERS, THOSE THAT ARE THE
AGES 0 TO 3, AND HOW WE CAN
BETTER MEET THE CHILD CARE
NEEDS OF OUR YOUNG FAMILIES AND
FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WE KNOW THAT DURING THIS
PANDEMIC IT HAS BEEN PAINFULLY
HIGHLIGHTED HOW VITAL CHILD
CARE SHORTAGES ARE AND HOW
IMPORTANT CHILD CARE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS FOR OUR
WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS THE
CITY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUND TO
COVER IN THE SUBJECT AREA.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT
WHAT IS NEXT IN ORDER TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR
FAMILIES ACROSS SEATTLE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID GOING
TO HAND IT OVER TO DIRECTOR
CHAPPELLE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
AS ALWAYS, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE
HERE TO REPORT TO YOU ON DEEL'S
PRENATAL TO 3 AND CHILD CARE
STRATEGIES AND WE ALSO WILL BE
PROVIDING YOU AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WITH AN OVERVIEW OF
OUR INVESTMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
JOINING ME TODAY IS OUR EARLY
LEARNING DIRECTOR MONICA LIANG-
AGUIRRE.
IN A MOMENT YOU'LL GET A CHANCE
TO MEET OUR SENIOR POLICY
ADVISER FOR EARLY LEARNING,
CAMERON CLARK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
SO OUR OBJECTIVE TODAY IS
REALLY JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON
DEEL'S RECENT AND ONGOING WORK
IN THESE AREAS THAT YOU SEE UP
HERE, PRENATAL TO 3, OUR CHILD
CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, CHILD
CARE STABILIZATION GRANTS AND
THEN OUR ONGOING RESEARCH AND
OUTREACH.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO BEFORE I HAND THIS OFF TO
OUR EARLY LEARNING DIRECTOR I'D
JUST LIKE TO START BY REMINDING
YOU OF THE TWO DEPARTMENT
RESULTS THAT GUIDED OR SHOULD I
SAY THAT GUIDES THE WORK OF OUR
EARLY LEARNING DIVISION.
THE FIRST IS THAT ALL CHILDREN
ARE READY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND
THE SECOND IS ALL SEATTLE
FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH
QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE CHILD
CARE.
THESE ARE THE POPULATION
RESULTS THAT -- OR SHOULD I SAY
THE POPULATION LEVEL RESULTS
THAT WE WANT TO SEE FROM OUR
EARLY LEARNING INVESTMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WHAT I'LL DO NOW IS JUST
TAKE A QUICK MOMENT AND PASS
THIS OFF TO MONICA, OUR EARLY
LEARNING DIRECTOR TO, TAKE US
FROM HERE, TALK ABOUT OUR EARLY
LEARNING INVESTMENTS.
>> GREAT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS, WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE,
A MUCH AWAITED CONVERSATION
AROUND OUR INVESTMENT IN
PRENATAL TO 3 INVESTMENT IN
CHILD CARE.
JUST TO CONTINUE WHERE DWANE
LEFT OFF I WANTED TO GIVE AN
OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT
BUCKET OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE
HAVE.
WE OBVIOUSLY DO INVEST IN
PRESCHOOL HEAVILY.
WE ALSO INVEST IN CHILD CARE,
IN HOME VISITING, IN HEALTH AND
DEVELOPMENTAL SUPPORT AND THEN
WE HAVE A FIFTH BUCKET WHICH IS
AROUND ONE-TIME FUNDING WHICH
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT AS WELL AND
REALLY PRENATAL TO 3 OR AT
LEAST BIRTH TO 3 COVERS
EVERYTHING.
IT'S INFUSED IN ALL OF THESE
INVESTMENT AREAS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON
PRESCHOOL EVEN THOUGH IT DOES
SERVE 3-YEAR-OLDS BECAUSE
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
PRESCHOOL IN THE PAST.
WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON
SOME OF OUR LESS TALKED ABOUT
PROGRAMS AND I THINK WHAT
YOU'LL SEE IN OUR PRESENTATION
IS THAT WE DO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS IN THIS AREA
AND WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH
LIGHTLY ON A LOT OF THE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND INVITE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MORE
ABOUT THEM AT A LATER TIME IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERALL
LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND HOW WE
INVEST IN THESE, YOU CAN SEE
PRESCHOOL IS THE BIGGEST HAVE.
FOR EARLY LEARNING FOLLOWED BY
CHILD CARE FOLLOWED BY HOME
VISITING AND HEALTH AND
DEVELOPMENTAL.
SO JUST TO SEE SORT OF HOW IT
ALL BREAKS DOWN IN TERMS OF
INVESTMENTS.
SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO
CAMERON CLARK WHO IS OUR SENIOR
EARLY LEARNING POLICY ADVISER,
BUT PREVIOUSLY HE WAS OUR
ADVISER FOR OUR BIRTH TO 3
INVESTMENT.
SO HE HAS A LOT OF FAMILIARITY
WITH THE PROGRAMS HE'S HELPED
KICK OFF BACK WHEN THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX BECAME A
REALITY AND STARTED AMPLIFYING
OUR INVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA.
PASS IT TO YOU, CAM.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THE POWER POINT ADVANCING?
I DIDN'T SEE THE BUDGET SLIDE.
IS THAT OKAY?
I GUESS THE NEXT SLIDE AFTER
THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
>> MY APOLOGIES.
I FORGOT TO ADVANCE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, MONICA.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE AN
OVERVIEW OF OUR WORK IN
PRENATAL TO 3 IDEAL.
GOING TO SUCCESS AND STRENGTHEN
FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN
SEATTLE IS CRUCIAL TO CLOSING
OPPORTUNITY GAPS.
I THINK RESEARCH HAS FOUND VERY
EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
MATTER AND SET THE FOUNDATION
FOR ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK IN PARTICULAR CRUCIAL
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THE
FIRST FEW YEARS OF LIFE.
ESTABLISHING A STURDY OR
FRAGILE FOUNDATION IS THE
FOUNDATION FOR ALL LEARNING
HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR THAT
FOLLOW.
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
INTERACTIONS WHICH ARE A MAJOR
FOCUS ESPECIALLY OF OUR HOME
VISITING WORK AND ALSO OUR
COACHING AND HEALTH WORK IN THE
FIRST THREE YEARS CAN REALLY
HAVE LASTING EFFECTS ON
DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK ONE THING I NOTE IS A
KEY DIFFERENCE WITH A FOCUS OF
PRENATAL TO 3 VERSUS OUR PRE-K
INVESTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IS
THAT FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS
ARE OFTENTIMES AT THE CENTER OF
OUR SUPPORTS AND INVESTMENTS.
IT'S THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THEIR
WORK.
YOU'LL SEE AS YOU MOVE THROUGH
OUR PROGRAM, THE DEEL HAVE A
MIXTURE OF PROGRAM TYPES WE
FUND THAT PROVIDES PROGRAM
SUPPORT NOT ONLY DIRECTLY TO
CHILDREN, BUT ALSO TO MOTHERS,
TO CHILD CAREGIVERS, TO CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS, ESSENTIALLY
ANYONE WHO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME
WITH YOUNG CHILDREN BECAUSE WE
THINK THEY ARE CRUCIAL TO THE
PROCESS AS WELL.
I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS A BRIEF TIMELINE.
THE CITY HAS BEEN INVESTING OR
FUNDING PROGRAMS IN PRENATAL-3
GOING BACK TO 2002 WITH THE
NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP WHICH
IS IMPLEMENTED OUT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH SEATTLE-KING COUNTY.
WE ADDED CHILD PARENTING PLUS
IN 2011.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED THE
PARENT CHILD HOME PROGRAM OR
PCHP AND THEN THE PASSAGE IN
REVENUE FROM THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX IN 2018 BROUGHT ON
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.
AFTER 2018 WE WERE ABLE TO
RECEIVE MORE FUNDS TO EXPAND
OUR WORK IN FAMILY CHILD PLUS,
FAMILY CHILD CARE, EARLY
LEARNING HEALTH.
IN 2021 WE HAVE A COMMUNITY
GRANT PROGRAM WE'RE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT'S IN THE PLANNING
PROCESS.
WITH THAT AND THE TIMELINE
MONICA AND I WILL BRIEFLY WALK
THROUGH OUR PORTFOLIO OF WORK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO OUR WORK FALLS INTO FOUR
CATEGORIES, HOME VISITING,
HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL
REPORTS, CHILD CARE OR QUALITY
CARE IS RELATED TO CHILD CARE
AND A NEW ADDITION THIS YEAR
WAS THE COMMUNITY GRANT
PROGRAM.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM IN A
FEW SLIDES.
THE WORK OR GRANTS THAT EMERGE
FROM THAT PROGRAM ARE LIKELY TO
CUT ACROSS THESE CATEGORIES AND
ALSO POTENTIALLY INTO NEW
SPACES.
ALL OUR INVESTMENTS HAVE A
STRONG FOCUS ON WORKING WITH
FAMILIES OF COLOR.
OUR CAREGIVERS HISTORICALLY
WORKED WITH FAMILIES OF COLOR.
ONE OF OUR ONGOING GOALS IS TO
BUILD MORE CONNECTIONS FROM
THESE PROGRAMS TO HIGH QUALITY
PRE-K EXPERIENCES.
AS MONICA MENTIONED, WE'LL TRY
AND KEEP OUR SUMMARIES SHORT IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME.
WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH
INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE
INVESTMENTS INDIVIDUALLY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND I BELIEVE, YES, MONICA IS
GOING TO WALK US THROUGH OUR
HOME VISITING WORK.
>> SO HOME VISITING, AS CAM
SAID, IS AN AREA WE'VE INVESTED
IN FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.
IT'S A PREVENTION STRATEGY TO
SUPPORT PREGNANT MOMS AND NEW
PARENTS TO PROMOTE INFANT AND
CHILD HEALTH, FOSTER
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
SCHOOL READINESS AND ALSO HELP
PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND
NEGLECT.
THE VISITS TYPICALLY FOCUS ON
LINKING PREGNANT WOMEN WITH
PRENATAL CARE OR PROMOTING
STRONG PARENT/CHILD ATTACHMENT
AND COACHING PARENTS ON
LEARNING ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER
THE CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT AND
SUPPORTING PARENTS' ROLE AS
THEIR CHILD'S FIRST AND MOST
IMPORTANT TEACHER.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS
THESE ARE PICTURES FROM 2020 OF
HOW HOME VISITING HAS PIVOTED
TO REMOTE PRACTICE AND
GENERALLY SPEAKING, HOME
VISITING HAS PROVEN TO BE EVEN
MORE CRITICAL DURING COVID.
THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT, THIS
CULTURE OF RESPONSIVE AND
HIGHLY PERSONAL SUPPORT THAT
FAMILIES ARE RECEIVING HAS
PROVEN TO BE EXTRA IMPORTANT,
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR AND WITHIN IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES THAT
MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE HAD
ACCESS TO SUPPORT AND
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
ON.
OVERALL I THINK OUR HOME
VISITING PROVIDERS EXPECTED TO
SEE A HIGH DROPOUT RATE DURING
COVID AND SURPRISINGLY AND
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT
ACTUALLY THAT WASN'T THE CASE.
SOME HAD TO DROP OUT, BUT
OVERALL RETENTION WAS QUITE
HIGH AND PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED
THAT THIS WAS AGAIN A VERY
IMPORTANT LIFELIN CONNECTION
DURING THIS REALLY STRESSFUL
TIME.
AND OFAND STAFF ALSO HAS
REPORTED WHILE IT'S A COMPLETE
CHANGE IN PRACTICE DOING THIS
VERY RELATIONSHIP-BASED PROGRAM
AND HAVING TO GO REMOTE WAS
REALLY STRESSFUL AND A LOT OF
BARRIERS TO TRY TO GET OVER
WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME POSITIVE
THINGS IN TERMS OF HAVING
FAMILIES FEEL MORE EMPOWERED
FROM THE GET-GO AND REALLY
TAKING LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING
THEIR SKILLS AND WORKING WITH
THEIR CHILDREN AND OUR
PROVIDERS HAVE ALSO LEARNED
THAT THEY NEEDED TO PROVIDE
OTHER KINDS OF SUPPORT AS WELL
OUTSIDE OF THE STANDARD
CURRICULUM.
SPEAKING GENERALLY AGAIN ABOUT
HOME VISITING AS BEING -- THERE
WERE SOME SILVER LININGS IN
THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S LOVELY TO
SEE THAT THIS WAS A MUCH NEEDED
CONNECTION THAT WAS ABLE TO
SUSTAIN THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC.
SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF HOME VISITING
PROGRAMS.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE FIRST AND OLDEST ONE WE'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH IS THE NURSE
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP WHICH SERVES
LOW INCOME WOMEN PREGNANT WITH
A FIRST CHILD AND IT'S ACTUALLY
OUR ONLY PROGRAM OUT OF ALL OF
OUR INVESTMENTS THAT ACTUALLY
WORKS PRENATALLY.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT
GIVES US THE PRENATAL TOUCH
POINT.
IT'S IMPLEMENTED BY PUBLIC
HEALTH SITES IN THE COUNTY AND
REGIONALLY AND LIKE I SAID,
IT'S HAD A BIG COVID PIVOT THIS
FAST YEAR, BUT WE CONTINUE TO
SEE POSITIVE RESULTS IN TERMS
OF GRADUATION FROM THE --
GRADUATING PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE
ABLE TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION
AND CAREER GOALS AND ALSO
HAVING POSITIVE BIRTH OUTCOMES,
WHICH IS ANOTHER GOAL OF NURSE
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE PARENT CHILD PLUS
PROGRAM IS OUR PROGRAM THAT IS
A HOME VISITING PROGRAM THAT
WORKS THROUGH CBOs TO PROVIDE
THE SERVICE TO FAMILIES.
IN GENERAL OUR GRADUATES OF THE
PROGRAM HAVE BEEN FOR
KINDERGARTEN READINESS, SPECIAL
EDUCATION AND REPLACE
LITERALLY, A FUNDING
COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN BEST
START FOR KIDS, UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
THIS HAS BEEN A PROGRAM WE
CONTINUE TO INVEST IN AND WE
ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH BEST
STARTS AND UNITED WAY TO JUST
INCREASE THE SUPPORT AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED, THE
TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, TO
REALLY SPREAD THIS PROGRAM AND
TO GO TO THIS EFFECTIVE
PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE ALSO BACK IN 2017 WE WERE
ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES THAT
PILOTED A PARENT CHILD PLUS
MODEL SPECIFICALLY FOR FAMILY
CHILD CARE.
SO THE THEORY WAS THAT IF THIS
PROGRAM IS AS EFFECTIVE AS IT
HAS SHOWN TO BE WITH FAMILIES,
WHAT IF WE APPLY A SIMILAR
MODEL TO FAMILY CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS FOR THE HOME-BASED
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WHO WORK
WITH LARGER GROUPS OF CHILDREN?
SO IT WAS ADAPTED FROM THE CORE
MODEL AND WE STARTED WITH JUST
A SMALL PILOT AND THE FOLLOWING
YEARS DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF
FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
THAT WE WORKED WITH.
WE'VE TWEAKED THE MODEL TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILY CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS WHO FELT FOR THE
FIRST TIME THAT THEY WERE
GETTING SOME SORT OF REGULAR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
SUPPORT AND THAT WE ALSO
EXTENDED IT TO A TWO-YEAR MODEL
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE
SUPPORT FOR A LONGER AMOUNT OF
TIME.
SO THAT IS A WRAP-UP OF OUR
HOME VISITING PROGRAM.
SO I'LL STOP HERE AND SEE IF WE
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
COLLEAGUES?
I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED,
MONICA.
I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW EXCITED
I AM THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND
THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.
THE NUMBERS SORT OF SHOW AND
THE RESULTS SORT OF SHOW HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS TO JUST
GETTING TO FAMILIES, MEETING
FAMILIES WHERE THEY'RE AT AND
SORT OF INVITING THEM IN A WAY
IS CULTURALLY AND
LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE FOR
THAT CULTURE OF EARLY LEARNING
FOR THE CHILDREN AND WE KNOW
THIS IS GOOD NOT JUST FOR THE
KIDS, BUT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
AND CONTINUE TO BE SUCH A BIG,
BIG SUPPORTER OF THESE KINDS OF
INVESTMENT MODELS THAT AT ONE
POINT IN TIME WERE CONSIDERED
EMERGING OR PROMISING PROGRAMS
AND ARE NOW LOOKING FOR US JUST
SUCH A STRONG EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE AND MODEL FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
SO REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR ALL'S ONGOING WORK AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH EXTERNAL
PARTNERS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE
THIS A REAL STRONG INVESTMENT
IN THE PROGRAM.
>> SO, CAM, DO YOU WANT TO
CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT OUR
OTHER INVESTMENTS?
>> SURE.
I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ACTUALLY I WILL ADD ONE THING
ABOUT PARENT CHILD PLUS AS WE
GO ON.
IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL
AS WE ADAPTED THE FAMILY CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS AND NOW THERE'S
A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL WHETHER WE COULD
ADAPT IT TO OTHER POPULATIONS
LIKE FAMILY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR
PROVIDERS PARTICULARLY, ALSO
POPULATIONS THAT ARE
INCARCERATED.
SO IT IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT
HOW WE CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE
THAT VERSION, MODEL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO I WILL KIND OF TALK THROUGH
THE REST OF OUR PRENATAL TO 3
INVESTMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE, WE HAVE TWO IN
HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL
SUPPORTS.
THE FIRST IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL
BRIDGE.
IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR KIND OF
EXCITING NEW PILOT INITIATIVES.
WE REFER TO IT AS THE BRIDGE.
IT'S OVERSEEN BY KING COUNTY
AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE BOWYERS
CHILDREN CLINIC IN ADDITION
WITH OUR PART C PROVIDERS.
IT'S A REALLY CHALLENGING
PROGRAM TO EXPLAIN.
IT INVOLVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS AND ELIGIBILITY.
AT A HIGH LEVEL IT WAS DESIGNED
WITH KING COUNTY DISABILITIES
DIVISION AND DEEL TO SUPPORT
FAMILIES THAT ARE FALLING
THROUGH THE CRACKS OF THE PART
C SYSTEM, SO THE 0 TO 3 SYSTEM.
IT'S A FAIRLY NEW PROGRAM GOING
THROUGH ITS THIRD YEAR AND
DEMAND HAS REALLY SPIKED WITH
COVID AND WE EXPECT THAT TO
CONTINUE AS SERVICES CONTINUE
TO BE INTERRUPTED.
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN WELL
RECEIVED BY PARTICIPATING
FAMILIES PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR
WITH MANY FAMILIES STUCK AT
HOME.
WE EXPECTED TO SERVE ABOUT 60
TO 75 FAMILIES THIS YEAR.
WE ENDED UP SERVING ABOUT 120
FAMILIES AS WE WENT THROUGH.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR SECOND INVESTMENT IN HEALTH
AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IS
EARLY LEARNING HEALTH.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
CHILD CARE HEALTH PROGRAM OF
PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
FIRST PROGRAMS THAT IMPLEMENTED
CHILD CARE HEALTH CONSULTATION.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE THE WORST.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM IN
OUR PRE-K PROGRAM AND THEY ARE
A PHENOMENAL MULTI DISCIPLINARY
TEAM OF NURSES, MENTAL HEALTH
CONSULTANTS, COMMUNITY HEALTH
WORKERS AND NUTRITIONISTS THAT
FOCUS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD OF
PUBLIC HEALTH.
THE SWEET BEVERAGE TAX ALLOWED
US TO EXPAND THE TEAM TO BIRTH
TO 3 FOCUS WORKING WITH INFANTS
AND TODDLERS.
THEY FOCUS ON HEALTH
CONSULTATION AND CHILD
DEVELOPMENT, MENTAL HEALTH,
NUTRITION AND INTERPRETING AND
COMPLYING WITH PRETTY COMPLEX
LICENSING REGULATIONS.
DURING COVID IT BECAME A GO-TO
RESOURCE SUPPORTING PROVIDERS
INDIVIDUALLY IN THE FIELD
COLLECTIVELY.
PARTICULARLY THE NURSES AT CCHP
AS WE CALL IT CREATED THE FIRST
COVID-19 GUIDANCE FOR B3 AND
OTHER PROVIDERS IN LATE JANUARY
2020 AND THEN CONTINUOUSLY
UPDATED THAT GUIDANCE AS
SCIENCE EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
THEY HAVE SOME REALLY
INCREDIBLE STORIES.
THEY DID BECOME THE PREEMINENT
RESOURCE AROUND PUBLIC HEALTH
AND COVID AROUND THE EARLY
CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY AND BIRTH
TO 3 COMMUNITY IN 2020 AND
CONTINUE TO BE SO IN 2021.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CCAP
MOVING TO QUALITY SUPPORTS.
IF WE WANT TO MAKE INROADS ON
CONTINUING TO CLOSE THE
OPPORTUNITY GAP, WE NEED CHILD
CARE TO BE HIGH QUALITY.
SIMILAR TO THE CHILD CARE
HEALTH PROGRAM DEEL HAS BEEN
PROVIDING CULTURAL RESPONSIVE
COACHING TO OUR SPT PROGRAM
SINCE THE 2018 LEVY ALLOWING US
TO FOCUS TO OUR BIRTH TO 3
FOCUS.
OUR MODEL OFFERS IN CLASSROOM
COACHING AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
THE COACHING IS TO PROVE
EDUCATOR AND CAREGIVER
PRACTICE, CREATE HIGH QUALITY
NURTURING AND LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS, PROMOTE HEALTHY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT ULTIMATELY
LEADING TO LONG TERM POSITIVE
CHILD OUTCOMES LIMITED
CURRENTLY TO 30 IN THE
CLASSROOMS.
THERE'S A COHORT MODEL THAT
MOVES THROUGH EACH YEAR.
ON THE TRAINING DECIDE WE OFFER
THEM IN LINE WITH THE
WASHINGTON STATE CORE
COMPETENCIES FOR PROFESSIONALS
TO ENHANCE EDUCATOR KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS AND ABILITIES AND WILL
EXPAND IN 2021.
I THINK THE ONE THING I WOULD
POINT OUT IS THERE WAS A MAJOR
GAP FOR INFANT AND TODDLER
WORK.
I MEAN THE LION'S SHARE OF
INVESTMENT AND SUPPORTS HAVE
ALL BEEN AROUND PRE-K BOTH AT
THE STATE AND CITY LEVEL.
SO THIS HAS FILLED A TREMENDOUS
NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEWEST
PROGRAM WHICH IS NOT EVEN IN
IMPLEMENTATION YET, SO THE
PRENATAL TO 3 COMMUNITY GRANT
PROGRAM, THERE NEW FUNDING
ORIGINATED FROM A
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ONE-TIME
THE DESIRE IS IT TO CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY
DESIGN, IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS
THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE THE FUNDING.
THE THEORY IS THOSE CLOSEST TO
THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE A BIG
ROLE IN DESIGNING SUPPORTS FOR
THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WORK
WITH.
SO WE ARE WORKING NOW CLOSELY
WITH -- THERE WAS A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT EFFORT TO MAKE THIS
RECOMMENDATION AND NOW WE'RE
WORKING WITH THE ADVISORY
BOARD, BEST STARTS FOR KIDS TO
DESIGN A FUNDING MODEL AS WELL
AS REVIEW OTHER RELATED CITY
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
PLANNING IS ONGOING.
WE JUST MADE AN RFP AVAILABLE
THIS SUMMER FOR THE FUNDING
OPORTUNITY.
WITH THAT I BELIEVE I WILL TURN
IT BACK TO MONICA ON THE NEXT
SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHILD
CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL GIVE YOU A GENERAL
OVERVIEW OF PLANS THAT WE HAD
AND HAVE FOR THE CCAP PROGRAM.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO 2020 AGAIN THREW EVERYTHING
A LITTLE BIT INTO A TIZZY FOR
US, OF COURSE.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
YEAR THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO A
PRETTY EXTENSIVE EXPANSION.
WE INCREASED OUR SUBSIDY BUDGET
TO SERVE 600 MORE CHILDREN.
WE WERE GOING TO PROVIDE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR
PROVIDERS AND INCREASED
ELIGIBILITY FOR FAMILIES UP TO
350% OF FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL
AND PREPARED A MUCH MORE ROBUST
OUTREACH PLAN TO MEET THIS
EXPANSION GOAL.
WHEN COVID HIT, THE NEEDS OF
OUR PROVIDERS AND OUR FAMILIES
JUST CHANGED DRASTICALLY AND WE
WERE STILL ABLE TO CHANGE THE
ELIGIBILITY AND PROVIDE
INCENTIVES, BUT OUR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS
PUT ON HOLD.
AND WE ALSO JUST HAD TO DO A
STRONG PIVOT TO PROVIDE
SUPPORTS DUE TO COVID.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SOME OF OUR IMMEDIATE
COVID RESPONSES AND THEN WE'LL
TALK ABOUT OUR ONGOING
UTILIZATION OF CCAP AND PLANS
FOR THE FUTURE.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU,
OUR CHILD CARE INDUSTRY WAS
REALLY IMPACTED NEGATIVELY BY
THE CHILD CARE -- BY THE
PANDEMIC AND AT THE VERY, VERY
BEGINNING PPE ACCESS WAS A
PRIMARY CONCERN FOR OUR
PROVIDERS WHEN EVERYTHING WAS
-- ESPECIALLY WHEN SUPPLIES
WERE SO SCARCE AT THE
BEGINNING.
WE HELD TWO SEPARATE SUPPLY
DISTRIBUTION EVENTS FOR OUR
EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS AND WERE ABLE TO
REALLY GIVE THEM MUCH NEEDED
SUPPLIES AT A TIME WHEN THEY
COULD NOT EITHER FIND THEM OR
AFFORD THEM.
WE ALSO MADE SOME PIVOTS IN OUR
POLICIES WITH CCAP TO SUPPORT
PROVIDERS.
WE STARTED PAYING FOR
ENROLLMENT VERSUS ATTENDANCE
SINCE APRIL 2020 TO HELP
PROVIDERS RELY ON FULL PAYMENTS
FOR THE MONTHS WITHOUT
BURDENING FAMILIES FOR
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS.
WE CONTINUED TO PAY SUBSIDIES
FOR CHILDREN EVEN WHEN THE SITE
IS CLOSED DUE TO COVID
EXPOSURE.
WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE
PROVIDERS SOME MORE REGULAR
INCOME STREAM AND THEN WE ALSO
CHANGED POLICIES FOR FAMILIES.
AS YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF 2020
FOR NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WE
WAIVED THE CO-PAY FOR FAMILIES
COMPLETELY FOR CCAP.
SO IT WAS COMPLETELY FREE FOR
FAMILIES.
NOW JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OF
2021 THEIR CO-PAYS HAVE ALL
BEEN REDUCED BY 50%.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A WELCOME
POLICY SHIFT FOR FAMILIES, AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHO HAVE
REALLY FELT THE BRUNT OF THE
CONSTRAINTS THE PANDEMIC HAS
REALLY PUT ON EVERYBODY.
>> ON THAT FAMILY CO-PAY RELIEF
COMPONENT, THAT'S LIKE ACROSS
THE SYSTEM FOR CCAP.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, CCAP IS
ALREADY SORT OF MEANS --
>> EXACTLY.
>> SO IT'S SORT OF ACROSS THE
BOARD UNIVERSAL?
>> YES.
OR FAMILIES ARE BETWEEN 200 TO
350% ABLE TO QUALIFY TO BEGIN
WITH.
EVERYBODY HAD A SMALL CO-PAY.
SO THEY WERE EITHER ELIMINATED
COMPLETELY OR NOW THEY'RE 50%
OFF.
>> GREAT.
>> YEAH.
AND THEN CAM WILL TALK ABOUT
THE CHILD CARE STABILIZATION
FUND THAT WE JUST ARE WRAPPING
UP RIGHT NOW AND IT WAS A BIG
BOON TO OUR SECTOR.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY
ABOUT THE STABILIZATION FUND
BEFORE I THROW IT BACK TO
MONICA, GOING BACK AND FORTH
TO, REVIEW CCAP UTILIZATION.
DEEL BEGAN DESIGNING A COVID
RELIEF PROGRAM TO ISSUE A CHILD
CARE STABILIZATION GRANT FUND
LAST FALL THROUGH FUNDS
ALLOCATED BY COUNCIL.
THE OVERALL INTENT WAS TO
PROVIDE STABILIZATION FUNDING
TO THE CHILD CARE COMMUNITY
THAT STAYED OPEN AMID THE
CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC.
THE KEY TENETS OF THE PROGRAM
WAS TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE FOR
THE FAMILY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
DEEL WORKED WITH CHILD CARE
RESOURCES TO ADMINISTER THE
CHILD CARE STABILIZATION GRANT
PROGRAM.
THEY ACTUALLY ADMINISTERED TWO
OTHER STABILIZATION GRANT
PROGRAMS.
THEY WERE A GOOD PARTNER IN
THIS EFFORT AND THEN PROGRAM IS
FOR LICENSED CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS AND FAMILY FRIEND AND
NEIGHBOR PROVIDERS.
2.4MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR
THE FUND WITH $100,000 RESERVED
FOR FAMILY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR
PROVIDERS WITH A MAXIMUM GRANT
OF $500 AND THE REMAINING WAS
ALLOCATED TO LICENSED CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS WITH MAXIMUM
GRANTS OF $10,000.
JUST BRIEFLY BECAUSE FAMILY
FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR ISN'T A
COMMON TERM FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE, IT'S A TYPE OF CARE
VERY COMMON WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN, ESSENTIALLY AN
INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING REGULAR
CARE AT LEAST TEN HOURS A WEEK
WHO IS NOT A GUARDIAN OR
PARENT, COULD BE A GRANDMOTHER,
AUNT, NEIGHBOR, ET CETERA.
IT'S HEAVILY USED AND ACCESSED
BY THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN
SEATTLE.
THE GRANT APPLICATIONS CLOSED
JANUARY 27th FOR CHILD CARE
AND JANUARY 29th FOR FAMILY
FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AWARDS FOR LICENSE PROVIDERS
VARIED IN SIZE BETWEEN $5,000
AND $10,000 DEPENDING ON
LICENSE CAPACITY, ESSENTIALLY
HOW LARGE YOU WERE BEING THE
BIGGEST DEFENSE
DEFINITION OF HOW MUCH MONEY
YOU RECEIVED.
ADDITIONAL WAS IF YOU PROVIDED
EXTRA HOURS CHILD CARE OR
PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION ON
STATE, CITY OR HOMELESS
SUBSIDY.
THE AVERAGE AWARD SITE FOR
SCHOOL AGED PROGRAMS WAS $6,528
WHICH INDICATES A LOT OF OUR
PROVIDERS WERE FAMILY CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS BECAUSE THEY
WERE ON THE SMALLER SIDE.
CHILD CARE RESOURCES IS ARE
CURRENTLY PROCESSING AWARD
GRANTS AS WE SPEAK AND WILL BE
ISSUING CHECKS THIS MONTH I
THINK IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS HAVE
BEEN -- I JUST WANT TO NOTE A
FEW MORE THINGS BEFORE I WRAP
THERE UP -- CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS TRULY HAVE BEEN ON
THE FRONT LINE AND ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
IF THERE'S A DEFINITION OF
THAT, THEY CERTAINLY NEED THAT
DURING THIS CRISIS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COUNCIL APPROPRIATING THESE
FUNDS FOR THE FINANCIALLY
FRAGILE SECTOR EVEN IN GOOD
TIMES, LET ALONE IN COVID.
I'D ALSO NOTE WE'RE ALSO
OPTIMISTIC WITH THE NEAR
PASSAGE OF THE FEDERAL STIMULUS
BILL WE HOPE THAT ADDITIONAL
STABILIZATION FUNDING WILL BE
COMING DOWN FOR THE CHILD CARE
COMMUNITY THIS YEAR THROUGH THE
STATE AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE WE
MOVE ON?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA,
PLEASE.
YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE.
THERE WE GO.
>> A YEAR LATER AND STILL
CANNOT PULL IT ALL TOGETHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WONDERED AND APOLOGIES
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED
THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT
GIVEN THE NATIONAL STATISTICS
THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE ABOUT
40% OF ALL THE CHILD CARE
SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
CLOSE AND CLOSE FOR GOOD
POTENTIALLY LAST SUMMER, DO WE
HAVE ANY INDICATION OF THE
IMPACT IN SEATTLE BOTH IN TERMS
OF CLOSURES AND PARENTS WHO
WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND CHILD
CARE AS THEY TRY TO REENTER THE
WORKPLACE?
I KNOW THIS IS ALSO A BIG DEAL
NOT JUST FOR WORKERS, BUT SMALL
BUSINESSES WHO ARE SEEKING TO
REOPEN THAT HAVE COME UP.
DO WE HAVE ANY HYPER LOCAL DATA
ON THE NUMBER OF CHILD CARES
THAT ARE SAYING THEY MIGHT NOT
BE ABLE TO REOPEN AGAIN?
>> WE CAN GET YOU REALLY MORE
SPECIFIC DATA.
I WILL SAY IN SEATTLE HAS NOT
BEEN HIT AS HARD AS OTHER PARTS
OF THE STATE.
WE AREN'T SEEING NUMBERS UP IN
THE 40%.
OUR CCAP PROVIDERS -- AND
MONICA, JUMP IN IF IT COMES TOP
OF MIND FOR YOU -- WE HAVE ONLY
SEEN VERY FEW CLOSURES AMONG
OUR 200CCAP PROVIDERS.
SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE
MORE FORTUNATE IN SEATTLE
AROUND CHILD CARE CLOSURES.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BUT NOT TO
THAT SAME DEGREE.
THERE ARE I BELIEVE SOME MORE
HYPER LOCAL STATISTICS.
WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
>> YEAH.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
WASHINGTON STATE OVERALL IS NOT
AS BAD AS SOME OF THOSE
NATIONAL STATISTICS BETWEEN 14
AND 24% OF CHILD CARE SAYING
IT'S NOT GOING TO OPEN, WHICH
IS STILL HUGE, BUT THAT WOULD
BE WONDERFUL TO KNOW WHAT THE
HYPER LOCAL CHILD CARE
SITUATION LOOKS LIKE,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE HEADLINES
THAT WE SAW THE YEAR BEFORE
ABOUT THERE BEING RECORD
NUMBERS OF KIDDOS BORN IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR
CHILD CARE BEING OPEN AND VERY
GRATEFUL THAT THE CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS ARE NOW ABLE TO GET
ACCESS TO VACCINES AS WELL,
JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A
HELPFUL STAT TO HAVE ON HAND.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, I
HAD PURSUED A SIMILAR LINE OF
QUESTIONING WITH DEEL WHEN I
SAW SOME OF THE HEADLINES THAT
WERE SPECIFIC TO WASHINGTON
STATE AND THEY DO HAVE THAT
INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE IT --
MONICA MIGHT NOT HAVE IT AT THE
SORT OF END OF HER CURSOR RIGHT
NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT
INFORMATION -- THAT HYPER LOCAL
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT AND WOULD
JUST ASK THAT FOLKS FOLLOW UP
BY SENDING YOUR OFFICE AN EMAIL
WITH THOSE STATISTICS.
DEFINITELY FAIRING WAY BETTER
THAN THE COUNTY, WAY BETTER
THAN THE STATE, WAY BETTER THAN
THE NATIONAL SCENE AND I THINK
HONESTLY THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, YOU
KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAD A
BASELINE ECOSYSTEM THAT WAS A
LITTLE BIT STRONGER THAN IN
SOME AREAS IN TERMS OF CHILD
CARE PROVIDER SUPPORT AND
WHATNOT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE, YOU
KNOW, IN THE HOMELAND AS THEY
SAY IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO
DO MORE, BUT I THINK THE IMPACT
HERE HAS BEEN NOT AS DEEP AS IT
HAS BEEN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
JUST A QUICK FOLLOWUP BECAUSE
NOW WE GOT THE WHEELS TURNING
HERE, GIVEN THE DATA WE'VE
ALREADY SEEN ABOUT CHILD CARE
DESERTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
AND LOOKING AGAIN HYPER LOCAL
IN SEATTLE, IT JUST MADE ME
THINK IF YOU DO ALSO IN YOUR
FOLLOW-UP HAVE ANY DATA ON WHAT
YOUR INDICATORS WOULD SHOW
WOULD BE THE NEEDED NUMBER OF
CHILD CARE CENTERS IN THE CITY
TO ADDRESS THE UNMET NEED
BEFORE, THAT WOULD ALSO BE
HELPFUL AS WE LOOK AT WHERE
THERE MIGHT BE A GAP AND WHERE
WE NEED TO ACTUALLY GO EVEN
BEFORE COVID.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT EXACTLY
SOMETHING THAT WE PREIDENTIFIED
FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IF
YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE THAT, THAT
WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
>> YOU WILL BE VERY EXCITED TO
HEAR THAT ONE OF THE VERY
IMPORTANT BUDGET ACTIONS THAT
WE GOT PASSED IN 2019 IS
SPECIFICALLY ON THAT ISSUE AND
WE GAVE DEEL SOME FUNDING AND I
HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL REPORTS
SITTING ON MY TABLE THAT SORT
OF PREVIEWS SOME STRATEGIES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT'S THE POLICY QUESTION.
YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE NOSE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY DO A SCAN OF THE
ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECOSYSTEM
TO EVALUATE WHERE THERE ARE
CHILD CARE DESERTS AND POCKETS
WITHIN OUR OWN CITY AND DEEL
HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT ALL OF
LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE A COMMENT
TO THIS COMMITTEE IN THE SPRING
WITH SOME REALLY CLEAR
IDENTIFIED STRATEGIES TO
ADDRESS ANY IDENTIFIED NEEDS
THROUGH THIS SORT OF ACADEMIC
RESEARCH COMMUNITY-BASED EFFORT
HERE.
SO OUR WHEELS ARE TURNING IN
THE SAME DIRECTION AND THAT
MAKES ME VERY HAPPY.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU JUST COVERED THE END OF OUR
PRESENTATION.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> WE'LL SKIP THAT SLIDE, BUT
YEAH.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON
RIGHT NOW IN THIS SECTOR.
IT'S HIGHLY COMPLEX, MANY
DIFFERENT LEVERS RIGHT NOW AND
SO WE'LL BE EXCITED IN A FEW
MONTHS TO COME BACK AND GIVE
YOU ALL OF OUR GREAT IDEAS
BASED ON THIS PROJECT THAT YOU
HELPED US DO.
SO LET'S CONTINUE AND I'LL JUST
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CCAP
UTILIZATION WHICH MAY ALSO HELP
FRAME AROUND WHAT THE CURRENT
REALITY IS AROUND CCAP AND OUR
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS IN THE
CITY.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, THIS SLIDE REALLY JUST
-- THAT'S NOT THE SLIDE.
YEAH.
THERE WE GO.
SO JUST SHOWS THE REAL PICTURE
OF COVID, RIGHT?
THE TOP OF THE DARK BLUE MINE
IS 2020 AND YOU CAN SEE IN
MARCH WE WERE AT 555 AND THEN
IT JUST KIND OF WENT, JUST
PLUMMETED.
OVER THE SUMMER WE WERE DOWN IN
THE 300s.
THAT IS BECAUSE FAMILIES, VERY
RIGHTFULLY IS, DECIDED WE'RE
GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
NOT TO SEND OUR CHILDREN TO
CONGREGATE CARE.
IT WAS THE FAMILIES OF
ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT REALLY
TRULY HAD NO CHOICE WHO HAVE TO
CONTINUE SENDING THEIR
CHILDREN.
SO THIS WAS, OF COURSE, ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS ARE IN SUCH TROUBLE
IS BECAUSE THEIR ENROLLMENT
WENT DOWN, BUT IT TELLS A
REALLY STRONG STORY ABOUT JUST
THE DEMAND AND WHAT FAMILIES
ARE COMFORTABLE DOING,
ESPECIALLY VIS-A-VIS WHAT THE
SCHOOLS WERE DOING AND HOW TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT FAMILIES ARE
COMFORTABLE -- HOW THEY'RE
COMFORTABLE SENDING THEIR
CHILDREN TO CARE AT THIS TIME.
SO OUR ENROLLMENT DROPPED 30%.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO EXPAND IN
2020.
THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
WE WENT DOWN 30%.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
THIS TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
OUR AGE DISTRIBUTION AND THIS
HAS BEEN A BIG TALKING POINT
FOR A WHILE NOW WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE IN HOW MANY INFANTS
AND
TODDLERS WE'RE SCHOOLING VERSUS
PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE.
WE STILL CONTINUE TO SERVE
MOSTLY PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE
CHILDREN WITH FAR FEWER INFANTS
AND TODDLERS AND THE REAL FOCUS
OF THE COUNCIL BUDGET ADD THAT
WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING WAS
AROUND MAKING ACCESS FOR INFANT
CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND MORE
ACCESSIBLE TO FAMILIES HERE IN
SEATTLE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LOT
ABOUT THAT WHEN WE COME BACK.
INTERESTINGLY, THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME IN SEATTLE THAT
ACTUALLY INFANT CARE IS
AVAILABLE AND THERE ARE NO WAIT
LISTS AND IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT
TO SEND YOUR INFANT TO CHILD
CARE, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO
DO IT.
MANY OF OUR PROVIDERS HAVE
VACANCIES.
THAT'S UNHEARD OF PREVIOUSLY,
BUT AGAIN SHOWS THAT FAMILIES
ARE NOT READY TO SEND THEIR
INFANTS TO CONGREGATE CARE AT
THIS TIME.
>> YEAH.
WHAT A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE YOU
HAD TO GET ON WAIT LISTS WHEN
YOU WERE PREGNANT IN ORDER TO
EVEN HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE FOR
IT.
SO OBVIOUSLY ON THE DEMAND SIDE
ON THE FAMILY SIDE GOOD NEWS IF
YOU'RE READY FOR CONGREGATE
CARE, BUT ALSO PAINTS A VERY
DIFFERENT PICTURE FOR PROVIDERS
WHO ARE REALLY STRUGGLING IN
THIS MOMENT.
>> IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE, THIS JUST IS A
BREAKDOWN OF THE DEM GRAPHIC OF
CAP AND AGE.
OVER 86% OF OUR CHILDREN ARE OF
COLOR, OUR LARGEST GROUP BEING
AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR BLACK OR
AFRICAN.
JUST AS A NOTE, THIS IS THE
LAST TIME THAT YOU WILL SEE OUR
DATA DESEGREGATED THIS BROADLY.
WE LITERALLY JUST THIS WEEK
TRANSITIONED TO ANOTHER
DATABASE SYSTEM THAT IS GOING
TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE WITH
THE FED 7 AND OTHER BUT WILL
ALSO ALLOW PARTICIPANTS TO SELF-
IDENTIFY AS MIDDLE EASTERN,
NORTH AFRICAN OR ALSO SHARE
MORE DETAIL ABOUT THEIR
HERITAGE SUCH AS WHETHER
THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AS SOUTH
ASIAN OR EAST AFRICAN.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP US RECTIFY
SOME OF THE DISCONNECTS BETWEEN
OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND OUR
LANGUAGE WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN A
MINUTE.
SO WE STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND
TOO MUCH WITH THE WAY IT'S
BROKEN DOWN RIGHT NOW, BUT IF
YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS
ABOUT LANGUAGE AND
OVERWHELMINGLY ALL OF OUR
FAMILIES IDENTIFY AS ENGLISH
SPEAKING.
AGAIN, ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF OUR
RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA WITH
THE NEW SYSTEM, WE'LL BE ABLE
TO UNDERSTAND THAT STORY A
LITTLE BETTER.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE
JUST FAMILIES WHO HESITATE TO
INDICATE WHAT LANGUAGE THEY
SPEAK AT HOME BECAUSE IT IS A
PUBLIC PROGRAM.
THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
BETTER AND ANALYZE.
>> MONICA, ON THIS PARTICULAR
ISSUE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT THE
QUESTION AS FRAMED IS WHAT
LANGUAGE IS PRIMARILY SPOKEN AT
HOME.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF SURVEY OR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LANGUAGE
PEOPLE WANT THEIR CHILDREN,
INFANTS AND TODDLERS, TO LEARN
IN?
SO IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE IF YOU
HAD A CHOICE OF, YOU KNOW,
IMMERSION OR BILINGUAL PROGRAM,
WHAT LANGUAGE WOULD YOU PREFER,
HAS THAT QUESTION BEEN POSED?
DO WE COLLECT THAT DATA?
>> YEAH.
I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE.
I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS A
QUESTION WE ASK FOR OUR CHILD
CARE.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FOR OUR
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE
WE HAVE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
VERY SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO
TEACH IN TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES,
BUT I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S
AN OPTION FOR CCAP.
>> YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IF IT IS.
I KNOW FOR OUR FAMILY WE WERE
VERY INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYING
A PROVIDER WHO HAD A SPANISH
IMMERSION CURRICULUM AND REALLY
CHALLENGING TO FIND THAT IN
CERTAIN PARTS OF SEATTLE,
CERTAINLY CAN SAY IT WAS
DIFFICULT TO FIND IN WEST
SEATTLE WHERE I LIVE.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT
OF UNDERSTAND THIS LANGUAGE
COMPONENT BY ASKING THAT
PREFERENCE.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
THAT THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT'S
SPOKEN AT HOME, BUT I STILL
THINK IT GIVES US AN IMPORTANT
DATA POINT OF SORT OF BOTH THE
PROVIDER NETWORK THAT MIGHT BE
AVAILABLE AND ALSO SORT OF THE
LANGUAGE PREFERENCE IN TERMS OF
CURRICULUM FROM THE FAMILY'S
SIDE AS WELL.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> WELL, LET US KNOW WHEN YOUR
DAUGHTER IS READY FOR
PRESCHOOL.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT DUAL
LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE.
>> WE'VE GOT TWO YEARS TO GO.
TRUST ME.
>> SO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST
WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SUMMARY
OF THESE.
WE HAVE THREE BIG INITIATIVES,
COUNCIL INITIATIVES, THAT WERE
FUNDED IN 2020.
OBVIOUSLY BLOCK WAS DELAYED
BECAUSE OF COVID AND WE PICKED
UP THAT BALL AGAIN BECAUSE OF
2020.
THE CHILD CARE CVAs, TWO
SEPARATE ONES, ONE FOCUSING
MORE ON CCAP AND SOME OF THE
WAYS WE CAN INCREASE ACCESS TO
INFANT AND TODDLER CARE.
ANOTHER ONE WAS MORE OF A
NATIONAL SURVEY TO LOOK AT
OTHER ON JURISDICTIONS TO LOOK
FOR OTHER IDEAS IN TERMS OF HOW
TO INCREASE ACCESS.
BOTH ARE WELL UNDERWAY AS YOU
KNOW.
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE REPORTS
ON HER DESK, VERY, VERY IN
DEPTH SURVEYS OF DIFFERENT
APPROACHES, DIFFERENT CASE
STUDIES BY CITIES AND WE HAVE
AN INTERNAL WORK GROUP RIGHT
NOW THAT IS TRIAGING A LOT OF
IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
I CALL IT SORT OF THE EMAIL.
WE'RE TRYING TO DISSTILL IT
INTO SOMETHING VERY TANGIBLE,
THINGS THAT ARE REALLY
APPROPRIATE FOR THE SEATTLE
CONTEXT, THINGS THAT ARE
ACCESSIBLE TO US IN THE NEAR
FUTURE VERSUS LONG TERM.
SO THAT'S ALL COMING TO YOU
LATER THIS SPRING AND THEN
WE'RE WORKING ON ANOTHER SLIDE
ON THE LABOR HARDENING
AGREEMENT LANGUAGE.
THAT'S A PROCESS WE PICKED UP
THE END OF 2020 AND IS ON THE
ROLL RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE COLLABORATING CLOSELY
WITH SBU 925 TO ESTABLISH THE
PROCESS AND PARTNER IN THIS
WORK.
WE PUT TOGETHER A STEERING
COMMITTEE OF VERY DIVERSE
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY
TO HELP US GUIDE THE PROCESS
AND ACTUALLY THAT HAS BEEN --
WAS A REALLY GREAT DECISION AND
IS SUPER INFORMATIVE.
IT'S A VERY COMPLEX TOPIC AND
WE'RE REALLY DIGGING IN.
MORE BROAD OUTREACH IS
HAPPENING THIS MONTH AND NEXT
MONTH AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
COMING BACK WITH UPDATES ON
THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW,
CHILD CARE IS -- WE'RE WORKING
WITHIN A LARGER ECOSYSTEM.
WE HAVE THE COUNTY WITH THE
BEST ART FOR KIDS COMING UP FOR
RENEWAL AND THEY ARE PROPOSING
THE RESURRECTION OF THEIR CHILD
CARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING
WITH THEM TO ALIGN AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND MAKING
THAT A BENEFIT FOR ALL
FAMILIES.
SO THAT IS ON THE HORIZON, AS
IS SOME MORE STATE FUNDING FOR
THE WORKING CONNECTIONS
PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT
-- NOT STAY AFLOAT, STAY AHEAD
OF ALL THE DIFFERENT POLICY
PIECES THAT ARE MOVING
REGIONALLY AS WELL, SEE THAT
WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT AND BEING AS
RESOURCEFUL AS POSSIBLE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES
ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
IN PRENATAL TO 3 AND CHILD
CARE.
I KNOW WE THREW A LOT AT YOU
AND APOLOGIZE THAT WE KIND OF
RUSHED THROUGH IT, BUT IF
THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
FOLLOW UP ON -- YOU'VE
IDENTIFIED A FEW THINGS ALREADY
-- PLEASE LET US KNOW.
>> YEAH.
I THINK A COUNCIL MEMBER MIGHT
HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
READING MY MIND, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, MONICA,
THANKS FOR YOUR SUMMARY.
YOU TALKED IN YOUR OVERVIEW IN
THE NEXT STEPS THE
CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH
LABOR AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THANK YOU, JUST A HUGE AMOUNT
OF APPRECIATION FOR YOU AND THE
TEAM AT DEEL FOR PUTTING THE
WORK IN TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND THE
COMPANIES THEY WORK FOR HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHY LABOR
HARMONY IS SO IMPORTANT AND
THAT WE MAKE SMART AND
MEANINGFUL STEPS TOWARDS
LIFTING UP THOSE CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS SIMULTANEOUS TO
TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT'S A
REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT FOR
THOSE CHILD CARE BUSINESSES AND
ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT DEEL HAS PUT INTO THESE
DISCUSSIONS AND I KNOW THAT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING
FOLKS FROM THE LABOR COMMUNITY
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT AS
WELL.
I THINK THOSE CONVERSATIONS
COMBINED WITH THE DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS TO THE COUNTY'S BEST
STARTS FOR KIDS LEVY GIVE US A
REAL SHOT AT HAVING CHILD CARE
WORKERS HAVE THE MONEY THAT
THEY NEED TO STAY IN THESE
JOBS, HAVE GREATER LONGEVITY
AND IN TURN OUR KIDDOS TURN OUR
SYSTEM INTO A MORE EQUITABLE
SYSTEM FOR ALL KIDDOS.
THIS IS A WIN/WIN AND I'M
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REALLY HARD
WORK.
I KNOW IT'S TONS AND TONS AND
IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS?
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ARE
ABOUT JUST ON TIME.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OKAY.
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE, ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD?
>> NO.
AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'RE EXCITED
TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR
BRILLIANT SCHOLARS AND FAMILIES
AS YOU HEARD TODAY AND THE
REALITY IS IT JUST TAKES A REAL
COLLABORATION TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO
SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR
FAMILIES AND YOUNG SCHOLARS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, THANK YOU, CAMERON AND
MONICA AND DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE
FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
I KNOW THERE'S MORE WORK THAT
IS BEING DONE.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
AND YOUR TEAMS FOR REALLY BEING
INNOVATIVE HONESTLY AND FOR
ALSO JUST LEARNING HOW TO ADAPT
IN A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE
ADAPTATION IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
SO THANKS TO YOU ALL.
OKAY, FOLKS, I'M GOING TO SAY
WHATEVER WORDS I NEED TO STAY
TO BRING US TO A CONCLUSION.
SO IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE WILL
BE ADJOURNED.
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS,
THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR MEETING
FOR TODAY AND OUR MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BYE BYE.