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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.SO WELCOME TO OUR BOARD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MEETING FOR APRIL.
DID WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR ANYTHING SENT IN FROM THE PUBLIC? NO.
SO WE WILL START WITH OUR CALL TO ORDER AND A ROLL CALL.
AND WHAT TIME ARE WE STARTING? 8:06 AM CHAIR LESSON ABSENT.
SO WE'LL JUST START WITH OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, I BELIEVE WE ALL GOT OUR MINUTES, AND IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THEM FROM OUR BOARD MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR THESE ALEJANDRO.
UM, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND? EXCELLENT.
SO, FIRST BY DR. SAUNDERS, SECOND BY BARBARA.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE.
SO OUR DIRECTOR, DID SHE, I KNOW SHE'S ABSENT TODAY.
UM, DID SHE WRITE SOMETHING OR WE'RE GONNA JUST PASS ON THAT.
SO OUR DIRECTOR IS DOING SOME, UM, SO SOME RESEARCH IN EUROPE ON SOME BEST PRACTICES AND HOUSING.
SO SHE'S GONNA PROBABLY HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH US ABOUT WHAT SHE'S LEARNED, BUT IN HER ABSENCE, WE WILL JUST, UH, APPROVE TO, TO HAVE HER, UM, REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
A FIRST, UH, CAN I HAVE A FIRST FOR THAT, UH, QUESTION.
WE DO HAVE OUR CITY HEALTH OFFICER, DR. DAVIS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START.
SO BASICALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT MEASLES.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ANDREA GONNA GO OVER THE KIND OF FEDERAL IMPACTS, BUT I'LL KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THE MEASLES OUTBREAK, HOW THE FEDERAL IMPACTS ARE KIND OF, UM, AFFECTING THE, WERE GOING.
SO CASES ARE STILL ARISING FROM MEASLES.
IT'S REALLY, IT'S GLOBALLY CASES ARE VERY HIGH.
WE ALSO HAVE A CONTINENTAL PROBLEM.
IT'S REALLY A NORTH AMERICAN ISSUE.
UM, WE HAVE 675 CASES, AND THIS WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SO PROBABLY HIGHER, UM, IN, UH, THE UNITED STATES.
UM, THERE'S AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT OUTBREAKS RIGHT NOW.
SO THERE'S THE ONE THAT'S GETTING A LOT OF PRESS IN WEST TEXAS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT ONE IS, IS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 500 CASES AND STILL RISING.
UM, AND THAT IS HAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY CALLING IT THE PANHANDLE OUTBREAK NOW BECAUSE IT'S TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, NEW MEXICO, KANSAS, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE STATES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE AFFECTED RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THERE'S AN OUTBREAK THAT'S, UM, OCCURRING IN OHIO, A SEPARATE OUTBREAK.
AND, UH, SO, AND THEN JUST A LOT OF SPORADIC CASES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
UM, IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE NINE CASES.
THEY'RE ALL TRAVEL RELATED, SO THAT MEANS THERE'S FOLKS THAT WENT TO, UM, ANOTHER COUNTRY CAME BACK, UM, MEASLES.
SO THEY ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, NOT VACCINATED.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING THESE, UH, THE GETTING INFECTED
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ARE UNVACCINATED OR THE VACCINATION STATUS UNKNOWN.UM, THE PANHANDLE OUTBREAK IS AFFECTING, UM, FOLKS UNDER 18, AND ESPECIALLY UNDER FIVE.
WE'VE HAD THREE DEATHS NOW FROM THAT PANHANDLE OUTBREAK.
SO THERE'S TWO IN TEXAS AND THE ONE THAT'S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION IN NEW MEXICO.
UM, THEN THERE'S CASES IN CANADA, SEVERAL WEASEL CASES, BUT THERE'S, ONTARIO IS BEING ESPECIALLY HARD AND THEY HAVE LIKE ABOUT 600 CASES JUST IN THAT PROVINCE BY THEMSELVES.
AND THEN IN MEXICO, THEY'RE ALSO HAVING AN OUTBREAK AFTER LEAVE BASED IN ALAH.
AND A LOT OF THE, UM, CASES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES ARE FROM CLOSEKNIT COMMUNITY, UM, A MENNONITE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S 500TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND SO THERE'S, UM, TRAVEL GOING ON, SO LIKE MEXICO AND CANADA, THAT HAS A LOT TO DO, DO WITH, UM, WITH THE OUTBREAK THAT WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT GOING ON GLOBALLY.
SO MOST OF THE, THE CASES THAT IN CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN TRAVELED TO, UM, ASIAN COUNTRIES, BUT THERE'S OUTBREAKS IN EUROPE, UM, IN AFRICA, LIKE JUST EVERY, UM, AND SO KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS THAT GOES IS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE UP TO DATE WITH YOUR MR. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE 2 28 DAYS APART, UM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GONNA BE TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY.
WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING FOR CONGREGATE SETTINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR
BECAUSE IF THERE'S A CASE, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOUR IMMUNITY.
AND IF IT UNTIL YOU DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO BE QUARANTINED.
AND IF YOU DON'T END UP, EITHER YOU'RE NOT IMMUNE OR YOU CAN'T PROVE IT, YOU'RE, UM, EXCLUDED FROM WORK OR YOU ARE ABLE GO SCHOOL FOR UP TO 21 DAYS.
SO REALLY, AND IT'S US AND YOU GUYS THAT'LL BE TRYING TO FIGURE ALL THAT OUT.
UM, AND SO THAT REALLY IS ONE OF THE, THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS REALLY TRYING TO GET THE DOCUMENTATION DONE NOW AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT IF YOU DO GET A CASE THAT COMES IN THE ER OR IS IN A CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REST OF THE STUDENTS THERE.
UM, SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS AND HOW THE FEDERAL IMPACTS HAVE REALLY, UH, WHAT I RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THESE OUTBREAKS IN THE PAST, UM, AND WE ARE GONNA SURPASS LAST YEAR'S, UH, NUMBERS AND OUR ELIMINATION STATUS IS BEING THREATENED.
SO THIS WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE UNITED STATES IN 2000, MEANING THERE WASN'T LIKE SUSTAINED TRANSMISSION THERE POCKETS, THIS AND THAT.
UM, BUT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON NOW IS THREATENING, WE KEEP HAVING MORE AND MORE CASES.
UM, AND, AND THEN THE CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IT BECOMES ENDEMIC SO THAT IT'S JUST HERE, LIKE OTHER THINGS.
UM, AND IT, UH, YOU KNOW, BESIDES CAUSING DEATH ALSO CAN CAUSE BLINDNESS AL UH, HEARING LOSS.
IT CAN CAUSE OTHER, UH, UH, COMORBIDITY.
UM, SO IT IS A VERY SERIOUS DISEASE.
SO KIND OF THE, THE, THE, MY OBSERVATION HAS BEEN THAT EVERYTHING AROUND THE MEASLES OUTBREAK HAS JUST BEEN VERY MUTED.
SO THE COMMUNICATION AROUND THE OUTBREAK HAS BEEN VERY MUTED.
SO WE ARE NOT GETTING A LOT, LIKE, IT'S JUST BEEN VERY, LIKE, MATTER OF FACT, THEY'RE NOT REALLY PUTTING THE FULL PICTURE.
LIKE THEY HAVEN'T REALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, PUT THIS WHOLE GOLD PICTURE TOGETHER.
UM, THE DATA GETS UPDATED LIKE ONCE A WEEK, WHICH REALLY ISN'T ENOUGH FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
LIKE, IT'S JUST CHANGING TOO OFTEN.
UM, THE, UH, THE APPROACH TO THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN KIND OF MUTED.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LETTING THE STATES TAKE THE LEAD.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COMING IN, AS THEY SAY, AS THEY INVITE US.
UM, AND THE, YOU KNOW, OTHER SOURCES HAVE BEEN SAYING LIKE THAT RFK HAS BEEN BASICALLY LIKE, OH, THINGS ARE GOOD UNDER CONTROL.
SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ALL CAN LEAVE, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER DEATH, AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, OKAY, NO, WE SHOULD COME BACK.
UM, I THINK HIS, HIS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MUTED.
SO HE HAS SAID THAT ESPECIALLY LATELY, THAT, YOU KNOW, VACCINE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT WEAS TO GO WITH THIS OUTBREAK.
UM, BUT THEN HE ALSO SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE HOLISTIC DECISIONS WHO ARE DOING VITAMIN A AND COPPER OIL AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY RECOMMEND, UM, ARE,
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ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE OUTBREAK.AND, UM, THERE HAS BEEN BLAME FOR THE, ON THE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CARE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CAN GET VACCINATED MORE THAT THIS WAS A PREVENTABLE, UM, DISEASE.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT IS.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS ARE, UM, PETER MARKS, UH, RESIGNED FROM THE FDA, SO HE WAS, UM, KIND OF THE VACCINE HEAD VACCINE REGULATOR, AND HE'S VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE COVID-19 VACCINE OUT.
UM, SO HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE FDA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION RESEARCH, UM, AND BASICALLY HE WAS PUSHED OUT, SO THEY WERE LIKE, EITHER YOU CAN RESIGN OR YOU'RE GONNA GET FIRED.
AND IT WAS AROUND THE, UM, VACCINE ADVERSE RESPONSE, ADVERSE EVENT, UH, REPORTING DATABASE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THIS OPEN DATABASE WHERE YOU CAN REPORT ANY ADVERSE EVENT THAT HAPPENS.
SO ANYBODY CAN REPORT TO THE PATIENTS, THE DOCTORS, WHOEVER.
UM, AND SO IT'S THIS VERY RICH DATABASE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, AND THEY WANTED, UH, EDITING ACCESS TO IT.
SO HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WILL GIVE YOU LIKE, READ ACCESS, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, OF COURSE.
UM, BUT THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE.
HE WAS LIKE, I DON'T TRUST THAT THEY WON'T ERASE THINGS, CHANGE THINGS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THINGS REALLY CAME TO A HEAD.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST THING IS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION HAS CALLED, CALLED FOR THE FIR OF RFK, UM, BECAUSE OF HIS, THEIR QUOTE D COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR SCIENCE.
AND THEY SAID THAT THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS CALLED FOR A FIRING OF SECRETARY OF HHS IN THEIR ENTIRE, UM, EXISTENCE.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT'S TURNAROUND TIME? CHECK SOMEBODY.
WHAT'S SAID TURNAROUND TIME? CHECK SOMEBODY'S IMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN, IF YOU GET TIRES, LIKE I WOULD THINK LIKE THREE, THREE DAYS, FIVE DAYS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YEAH.
YOU HAVE TO GET BLOOD AND SEND IT OUT AND ALL THAT.
IT PROBABLY COULD BE AS, AS QUICK AS ONE DAY, BUT IT'S PROBABLY MORE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE RECEIVE AND FILE DR.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, OUR WHOLE LIFE THEY CHANGE THE COMMUNITY OF THE VACCINE.
SO IT STILL FELT TO BE LIFELONG.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
BUT SO MANY CASES I, PEOPLE WERE NOT IMMUNE, NOT VACCINATED, HAVE LOST IMMUNITY.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
I SAID THAT SO MANY CASES THATS ARE GOING ON, AND I'M SURE THESE ARE PEOPLE ARE NOT VACCINATED.
BUT IS IT POSSIBLE GET THE IMMUNITY SO YOU, YOU KNOW, NO VACCINE IS 100%.
SO THERE IS LIKE, LIKE 95% OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING INFECTED ARE EITHER YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR VACCINATION STATUS OR, OR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED.
UM, BUT YES, YOU CAN GET, UH, YOU CAN BE FULLY VACCINATED AND GET THE DISEASE, IT'S JUST MUCH MORE MILD.
SO, UM, THERE'S BEEN LIKE, IT'S VERY FEW OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR, THEIR SHOTS, BUT IT CAN'T HAPPEN.
BUT IT'S NOT THIS DEVASTATING.
ALL IN FAVOR FOR THE, SO ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM
THE DIFFERENT, UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
WANNA VOTE ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR? A ANY NOS?
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ALRIGHT, THE MOTION CARRIES.SO, UM, NEXT IS OUR LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND COURT.
I'M THE PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT WE DO THE GRANT PROCESSES ACROSS HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALSO, UM, THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND, WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT LATER.
THERE IS A PACKET, UM, SO SLIDE DECK, UM, FOR YOU ALL TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIVES ALL TAX EXEMPT DONATIONS THROUGH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE FUND, INCLUDING ANY FOUNDATION GRANTS THAT REQUIRE TO GO THROUGH A 5 0 1 C3 ENTITY.
WITH THIS FUND, DONATIONS ARE CATEGORIZED AS EITHER RESTRICTED, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ALLOCATED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OR TEAM.
SO MAYBE, UM, A DONOR, UH, DONATES FUNDS TO A SPECIFIC PROGRAM WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S UNRESTRICTED FUNDS THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR BROADER DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS.
MANY OF THESE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE HHS FUND WITH LVCF WERE CONTRIBUTED DURING COVID-19 RESPONSE.
UM, AND LVCF DID HELP FUNDRAISE ON OUR BEHALF.
UM, AND SO CURRENTLY THERE'S ABOUT $160,000 IN UNRESTRICTED FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE HHS FUND.
SO THE USE OF THESE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS HAVE BEEN DELAYED, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT GUIDELINES, BECAUSE WE'RE SO USED TO HAVING GRANTS FUNDING OUR PROGRAMS, AND THEY HAVE SET GUIDELINES, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY THAT WE SPENT THESE FUNDS WAS, UM, FAIR ACROSS THE LINE.
SO AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, WE PROPOSED TWO KEY WAYS TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS EFFECTIVELY.
HALF OF THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR STAFF TO REQUEST SUPPORT, UM, FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO A MINI RAMP PROGRAM WHERE THE BOARD OF HEALTH PERHAPS WOULD DETERMINE WHICH LONG BEACH ORGANIZATION WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING.
SO, UM, FOR THE, UH, FOR STAFF TO REQUEST FUNDS, UM, WE SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THREATS TO FEDERAL FUNDING THAT MEETS A LOT OF PEOPLE'S BASIC NEEDS.
AND SO OUR STAFF, OUR FRONTLINE STAFF, WORK WITH SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HAVE AN IDEA ON SOME OF THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
SO, UH, WHAT STAFF COULD DO, AND IT'LL BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS REQUESTS, UH, LIKE GOOD SUPPLIES OR THAT NEED AN URGENT NEED.
SO PERHAPS, UH, PURCHASING A MATTRESS FOR AN OLDER ADULT CLIENT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENTS THAT STAFF MAY BE ABLE TO REQUEST.
SO, UM, ANY GEAR, UM, OR SWAG FOR STAFF, UM, UNDER A THOUSAND DOLLARS COURSE THAT COULD HELP, THAT MAYBE GRANTS MAY NOT COVER THAT STAFF COULD REQUEST.
BUT I THINK THE THOUGHT IS MORE TO KIND OF MEET THE MEETING NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE GUIDELINES AROUND THAT WOULD BE A ONE TIME PURCHASE, NO MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THEN EXCEPTIONS MAY BE MADE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
UM, SO THIS PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY IMPLEMENTED, SO STAFF HAVE NOT YET BEEN INFORMED OF THESE.
SO THIS IS PART OF WHY I'M, UM, PRESENTING TODAY IS TO GET ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS BECAUSE WE DO WANT, UM, THE BOARD OF HELP TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE, UM, HOW THESE FUNDS ARE SPENT.
AND SO THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, FOR STAFF REQUEST, THAT WOULD BE HALF OF HOW THE FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE A MINI GRANT PROGRAM.
SO SOME SORT OF STRAIGHTFORWARD, EASY APPLICATION PRO PROCESS FOR LONG BEACH NONPROFITS, UM, THAT PROVIDE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, THESE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR CAPACITY BUILDING FUNDS WITH GRANTS RANGING FROM 2,500 TO 5,000.
AND ELIGIBLE EXPENSES WOULD INCLUDE STAFF TRAINING, MARKETING STAFF, WELLNESS INITIATIVES, AND OTHER EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY THAT TYPICALLY AREN'T COVERED THROUGH GRANTS.
UM, SO THE BOARD OF HEALTH WOULD REVIEW AND APPROVE THESE APPLICATIONS PERHAPS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS
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OR FREQUENTLY THAT WOULD BEST, UH, ALIGN WITH THE DEMAND UNTIL ALL THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED.UM, SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO, AS I STATED IN THE BEGINNING, A LOT OF THESE FUNDS, IT'S ABOUT 160,000 WERE, UM, RAISED DURING COVID.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN KNOWN TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN FUNDRAISING AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
UH, BUT WE ARE SEEING THAT SHIFT IN THAT NEED.
UH, AND SO WE ARE, WE DO WANNA EXPLORE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO SUSTAIN THIS UNRESTRICTED HHS FUND, UM, MAYBE EXPLORING CAMPAIGNS TO SOLICIT DONATIONS.
AND THIS WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEEK GUIDANCE FROM LVCF ON FUNDRAISING RESTRICTIONS SINCE WE ARE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
BUT IT WOULD STILL GO THROUGH THEM.
ALL THE TAXATIONS WOULD GO THROUGH THEM.
SO, UM, BUT ONCE WE DO FINALIZE HOW THIS FUND WOULD BE SPENT, WE DO EXPECT THAT THAT 160,000 WOULD BE SPENT QUITE FAST.
UM, SO WE DO WANNA SUSTAIN THIS FUND.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES NOT TRADITIONALLY ENGAGE IN FUNDRAISING.
UH, BUT CONSIDERING THE CURRENT CHALLENGES IN FUNDING UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, UM, WE JUST WANT LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES TO FUNDING AS WE DO RELY A LOT ON GRANTS AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE FEDERAL PASS THROUGH.
SO WE DO WANT TO TRY OUR BEST TO MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE MULTIPLE NONPROFITS IN LONG BEACH.
UM, SO WHERE I AM HERE TODAY IS ULTIMATELY SEEKING INPUT FROM THE BOARD OF HEALTH ON WHETHER THESE CURRENT GUIDELINES, SO HALF OF THE FUNDS BEING SPENT FOR STAFF TO, UM, REQUEST FOR TO MEET A COMMUNITY NEED OR, UH, AN ADMINISTRATIVE NEED THAT MAY NOT BE COVERED THROUGH GRANT.
AND THEN THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE FOR NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING THAT THE BOARD OF HEALTH CAN WORK, CREATE THOSE GUIDELINES AND, AND IMPROVE THOSE FINDINGS FOR LOCAL NONPROFITS.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO SEE GUIDANCE ON FROM THE BOARD OF HEALTH ON HOW THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE SPENT IF THE CURRENT GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED SEEM GOOD.
AND THEN YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THESE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS.
AND IF THE BOARD OF HEALTH WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AS WELL, LIKE, UM, SUPPORTING, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IF WE DO DECIDE TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES WITH LC.
IT'S A TRUE ASK
YOU THE FOUNDATION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? I'M WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, THESE BUDGETARY ISSUES ARE NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
IT'S GONNA BE AROUND FOR WHILE.
AND WHILE PRESENTING ON WHAT CONCEPT THOUGHT.
GREAT, GREAT IDEA OF INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS INTERNAL RESOURCES AND NEEDS.
CLOSE IT UP BY CREATING A FUND AND MOVING INTO NEW VENTURES OF INCREASING, UH, RESOURCES.
DESPITE A RESOURCE LIMITED ISSUE.
I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NONPROFITS AND OFTENTIMES WITH A NONPROFIT, THEY'RE GONNA CREATE, UM, SOME TYPE OF ENDOWMENT OR THEY'RE CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE FUNDS TO MAKE FUNDS TO MAKE MORE FUNDRAISING FOLKS GET EXPERTISE AS A, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND LONG TERM, THAT WOULD, I WOULD STEP BACK AND THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE VERSUS GETTING THE OUT NOW, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW IS GONNA BE WORSE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
UM, SO THAT WAS, I THINK THE WAY THAT THE FUND CURRENTLY EXISTS IS, UM, MORE THAN JUST A HOLDING ACCOUNT.
IT'S, IT, I THINK THERE ARE SOME RETURNS, THEY ARE SMALL, UM, BUT IT, IT, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT LIKE AT THE LEVEL OF AN ENDOWMENT.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME RETURNS THAT ARE COMING FROM, UM, CF AS A MANAGER.
IS THERE A TIMEFRAME WHERE THIS HUNDRED 60,000 HAS TO BE USED? NO.
OH, SO WE CAN GO IN THEORETICALLY COULD GO INDEFINITELY.
OH, THIS IS OVER TWO YEARS OR SO, RIGHT? THERE IS NO DEADLINE.
UH, BUT I THINK BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY, THESE ARE, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE DONATED, I THINK THEY DO WANT TO SEE THAT THESE FUNDS GET, UM, BECAUSE THEIR INTENTION WHERE THEY DID DONATE WAS FOR IT TO GO TO THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, MANAGE THOSE FUNDS TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
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I THINK IF WE HAD A LOT MORE FUNDS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO SEE HOW AN ENDOWMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN INVESTMENT WISE.I JUST DUNNO IF WE COULD GET TO A POINT WHERE WE WOULD GET HIGH RETURN.
BUT, UM, SO I THINK BECAUSE IT IS AT THIS 160,000 RANGE, WE THOUGHT, OKAY, HOW DO WE, UM, KIND OF GET THAT OUT THERE? BECAUSE IF, WHEN WE WOULD HAVE TO, I THINK, BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR THEM TO KNOW, LIKE IF YOU DO DONATE, IT WOULD BE, I THINK THE EXPECTATION THE COMMUNITY HAS IS THAT WE SPEND SPENDING ON BACK TO THE BEACH COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT WE COULD DO SOME SORT OF, UH, FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST SUSTAINABILITY.
UH, SO I THINK AS LONG AS WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT ON HOW WE SPEND THAT AS THE COMMUNITY AND THAT, SO THAT COMMUNITY KNOWS THE WAY THAT WE'RE EXPECTING THE MONEY, THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS AT LEAST TWO AVENUES THAT I'M AWARE OF.
ONE WHERE, UM, A FAMILY COMES IN AND THEY PUT IT SPECIFICALLY AND THEN THEY MANAGE IT MONEY TO THE FOUNDATION TO GO INTO ANOTHER POOL AND THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THERE WHO DECIDE WHERE YES.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THE, SOMEONE FROM THE BOARD TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY SEE, UM, AS THEIR CHALLENGES AND MAYBE SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD HELP, UM, THEM, BECAUSE THEY MAY, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE DOING THIS, THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY KIND OF GOT SOME IDEAS, BUT THEY JUST NEED SOME, SOME PEOPLE TO KIND OF, UH, TO GET IT OUT THERE AND MAYBE FOR THEM TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY ON ALL THINGS.
SO THAT WHERE THEY HAVE SOME DIRECTING OF WHERE TO GO TO MM-HMM
DEPARTMENT OR EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE CONTROL OVER SUGGESTING YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THIS NON-PROFIT, WE ARE GETTING 50% FOR THE WORKERS.
THIS 50% WILL BE USED, THE SALARY.
AND THE SECOND THING IS ONE SMALL GROUND TO YOUR FRENCH IN THIS, THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO CREATE A CENTER WHERE YOU CAN REALLY HELP COMMUNITY PEOPLE.
AND ONCE YOU CAN SHOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU ARE HELPING IN A NON-PROFIT, YOU HAVE MORE CHANCE OF GETTING MORE DONATIONS AND YOU CAN INCREASE IT JUST GIVING WHAT, 2000, THIS PERSON AND 2000 PERSON, YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT SHOWING ANYTHING THAT WHAT THIS GRANT IS DOING.
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU SHOW SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE THIS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THEN PEOPLE WILL COME FORWARD TO MORE.
I ACTUALLY DIDN'T MENTION, SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS FOR THE WORKFLOW OF THIS IS, SO STAFF WOULD REQUEST FUNDS FOR THEIR CLIENTS, UH, LONG BEACH CLIENTS.
SO, UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD TAKE A SURVEY AND PICTURE OF HOW THEY SPENT THE FUNDS.
SO IF THEY DID BUY A MATTRESS FOR AN OLDER ADULT OR A CANE OR, OR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR OR A FOOD GROCERIES FOR A FAMILY, THEY WOULD, WE WOULD, THEY WOULD REPORT ON IT SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF TELL THOSE IMPACT STORIES.
UH, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THESE HUGE IMPACTS, BUT IT IS TO MEET A BASIC NEED OR AN IMMEDIATE NEED.
SO WE DO PLAN ON REPORTING OUT THOSE STORIES AND TRACKING THOSE OF HOW STAFF, UM, SPENT THOSE FUNDS AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE, UM, BECAUSE OUR ANALYSTS, THEY, THEY TRACK HOW THESE FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT WOULD BE GO TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS, UM, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, THE OTHER QUESTION WAS ENGAGING THE BOARD.
I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WITH HOW CAN SUPPORT, HOW RESOURCES, YOU CERTAINLY THINK THERE'S APPETITE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I THINK FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO DONATE TO DIFFERENT CAUSES, UM, THEY WANT TO SUPPORT, THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
AND RIGHT NOW PUBLIC HEALTH IS UNDER ATTACK.
AND SO I THINK, I THINK THERE IS
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AN APPETITE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHIN AT LEAST THE LONG BEACH.AND WE'RE SEEKING UNTRADITIONAL WAYS AS TO HOW TO, YOU KNOW, FUNDRAISE AND SUSTAIN.
LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR MANY YEARS.
HOW HAVE THEY BEEN GETTING THE FUNDS? IS ALL THROUGH THE GRAND, HAVE THEY DONE ANY FUNDRAISING OR THEY HAVE HAD ANY MAJOR DONORS COMING IN? I DON'T THINK THEY RELY SO MUCH ON DONATIONS.
THEY HAVE LIKE INVESTORS AND THEY WORK AS LIKE AN ENDOWMENT, I THINK, TO SUSTAIN THEIR INCOME.
UH, BECAUSE I, I'VE BEEN TO
UH, BUT THEN A LOT OF, UH, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY MANAGE, UH, FAMILIES GRANT PROGRAMS. SO A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT WANT TO ESTABLISH A GRANT THAT THEY'LL START, UH, A PROGRAM THROUGH THE LC UH, AND THEY, THEY'LL MANAGE THOSE GRANTS.
I KNOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE HOW THOSE BRANDS BEEN DOING, HAVE THEY BEEN CONSISTENTLY SAME OR UP AND DOWN? THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH THESE GRANTS EVERY YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE FAMILY SITUATION, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL.
I ALSO WANNA ADD THAT THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU HAS A SEPARATE FUND WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR HOMELESS ACTION.
SO THEY, THEIR BOARD, UM, COMMUNITY GRANTS AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE MODEL THIS IDEA.
UM, SO THEY DO, THEY THEY ARE, THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TRACTION.
SO THEIR GRANT SIZES ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
UM, BUT THEY KIND OF THE SIZE WHERE, WHICH TO WHICH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION NO PAYS YEAH.
SOMETHING PROVIDE, I REALLY LIKE THE, THE MODEL.
I THINK THE STAFF, UH, PART OF IT'S REALLY EMPOWERING FOR STAFF TO PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO IDENTIFY, BE, TO ACTUALLY RESPOND TO MEANINGFUL THIS AROUND ALSO THE, THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION FUNDING.
I JUST THINK IT'S A FULL SUPPORT OF IT.
SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
YEAH, NO, I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD TIMING AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS AND SOME THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO AS A BOARD.
UM, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RALLY AROUND TO REALLY HELP.
I LOVE THE IDEA THAT IT'S KIND OF BROKEN UP, UH, SO THAT THERE'S SOME DIRECT ACCESS TO FUNDS IMMEDIATELY.
'CAUSE THINGS TAKE A WHILE AND FOLKS HAVE NEEDS.
NOW, UM, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, UM, IS THERE A TIMEFRAME FOR SOME RELEASING THE IMMEDIATE MONIES? I THINK ONCE WE GET BOARD APPROVAL, ONCE WE LIKE PRESENT TO STAFF IT, I THINK WE KEEP, THE REQUEST WOULD COME ROLLING IN.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AALIYAH HAY'S, UM, EXPLANATION OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, UM, FUND AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND.
THEN A SECOND TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL TAKE IT TO A QUESTION.
I FEEL LIKE I CONCERN, I DUNNO HOW, HOW MUCH ARE IN THE FUNDS AND I HAVE A CONCERN FOR LONG TERM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SPENDING DOWN THE ACCOUNT, WHAT'S THE LONG TERM, LONG TERM TAKES RESOURCES.
SO ACCOUNT, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
SO I HAVE A LOT MORE CONCERN ABOUT LONG TERM THAN I DO TODAY, ALTHOUGH CONVERSATION I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON.
BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING HAS BE PRIORITY.
AND I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I LIKE MAYBE THE EXPERTISE.
I'M NOT EXPERT AND SO CITY'S AN EXPERT, BUT I THINK ABOUT NONPROFIT, THEY INTO ANOTHER WORLD INDUSTRY.
WE'RE HAVING TO JUMP INTO THIS PHILANTHROPY BECAUSE WE DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE STATE ALL.
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SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA BECOME PRIORITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS SO POINT OF CLARIFICATION.IT WAS SO, UM, WHAT I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO, JUST RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AS OPPOSED TO ANY DECISION BEYOND WHAT WE SAY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ALL NEW TO US.
SO I THINK WE'D HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
UM, YEAH, THIS INFORMATION, WE CANNOT, YEAH, WE NEED THE FOUNDATION.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
YOU SHOULD GET EXPERT WHO, EXPERT IN NON-PROFIT, YOU KNOW, WHO CAN ADVISE US.
I ADVISE YOU HOW WE SHOULD WORK, WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE, HOW THEY SHOULD FOLLOW.
BECAUSE NONPROFIT HAS VERY STRICT RULE YOU THE, AND EVERYTHING EACH AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW.
SO WITH THE CLARIFICATION OF JUST RECEIVING THE INFORMATION, DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING WITH EV VOTE? BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY RULE ON ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST RECEIVING IT AND THEN BRINGING IT BACK TO OUR BODY AND HAVING A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO TO HELP.
SO LIKE I SAID, THIS $160,000 CAME FROM COMMUNITY TO, UM, TO MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE RIGHT ON WHAT THESE INITIAL DONATIONS WERE GIVEN FOR, UM, AND WHAT THE INTENTION WAS WHEN PEOPLE DONATED TO THE, TO THE HHS FUND.
AND SO WE WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ESTABLISHED SOMETHING.
UM, AND SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD IS WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN FUNDRAISING AS A, AN ADDITIONAL WAY TO SUSTAIN OUR, OUR REVENUE.
AND SO WE DO WANT TO LOOK AT, I I COME FROM THE NON-PROFIT WORLD, SO, UM, I WAS IN FUNDRAISING, SO THAT'S INDIVIDUAL GIVING, THAT'S CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, GALAS, LIKE, THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY BE THE DIRECT, WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A B, C, F AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
UM, SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, I THINK YES, WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL CLARITY ON, UM, I THINK THE MAIN THING IS NOT, THIS WOULD BE THIS WAY OF SPENDING THE MONEY IS ONGOING.
I THINK IT'S FOR THIS FIRST $160,000, WHICH ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH UM, JUST MEETING FACING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN LET'S, AND THEN WE WANT TO WORK TOWARDS, UM, FUNDRAISING SO THAT WE COULD RAISE A LOT MORE MONEY, HOPEFULLY.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF NONPROFITS ARE STRUGGLING IN THE DONATIONS PART TOO.
AND ANOTHER CONCERN IS LIKE, DO WE WANT TO BE COMPETING WITH THE LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT NEED THE MONEY TOO? SO, UM, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RESTRICTIONS ARE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A PUBLIC CHARITY.
UM, SO IF IT'S THROUGH LBCF, THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE DONATIONS.
UM, BUT UH, IF WE DO WANNA CONTINUE TO PAUSE ON JUST SPENDING THE HUNDRED 60,000, THAT'S FINE.
WE COULD, I THINK I WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US IS UNDERSTANDING, UM, WHAT AREAS OF CLARITY WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO GET FROM OR, UH, FOR YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE FOR US.
AND I, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST THAT HUNDRED 60,000, NOT HOW WE WOULD EXPECT ANY MONEY TO RAISE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE NOT BY APPROVING THIS, WE'RE NOT SAYING SAYING YES OR NO FOR APPROVING THE SPENDING OF THE ONE 60.
WE'RE JUST SAYING WE'RE JUST APPROVING YOUR REPORT ON.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS THE MOTION.
WE'RE JUST RECEIVING THE REPORT.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ASKS IN THE REPORT, BUT WE'D HAVE TO, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR THE ASKS, BUT RECEIVING THE REPORT I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE START.
BECAUSE WITHOUT INFORMATION WE CAN'T BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION.
YEAH, AND I COULD UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD STATE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE AT, AT A POINT IT WOULD BE PREMATURE.
UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT SINCE IT'S COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, IT SHOULD GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF UNDERSTOOD THAT HOW THAT HAPPENS AND HEALTH FUND, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
SO WITH THAT CLARITY, THE MOTION THAT IS ON THE FLOOR IS JUST TO RECEIVE THE REPORT? CORRECT.
ONE ABSTENTION, EVERYBODY ELSE FEEL? YES.
UM, YEAH, I DUNNO IF THIS AFFECTS BOOK OR WHATEVER.
SO, UH, I GUESS, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, UH, THERE'S THE HUNDRED 60,000
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THAT WAS RAISED DURING COVID THAT I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY PROBABLY WANTS TO GET OUT.I'M SURPRISED WE STILL HAVE THIS MONEY FROM COVID.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE ONE THING, AND I DO THINK THERE'S ENOUGH NEED NOW TO, TO GET THAT OUT.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS LIKE MOVING FORWARD, LIKE THE SITUATION WE'RE IN NOW.
SO THE HUNDRED 64 WAS THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN IN 20 20, 21, 20 22, UM, WITH COVID.
AND THEN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO USE FUNDRAISING AS A NEW AND CREATIVE WAY TO MEET THE FUNDING CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M HEARING.
AND THEN, UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT I'M ALSO HEARING, AND I'M WONDERING IS THERE SPECIFIC AROUND THE 160, WHICH I DO FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, GIDDY UP IN OUR STEP TO TRY TO GET THIS OUT.
UM, WHAT ARE THERE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AROUND THAT THAT WOULD HELP, UM, HELP GET WHAT WE NEED TO? IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME IS GONNA THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS, SO IT'S MORE SO ABOUT LIKE WHAT'S THE MECHANISM OF DISTRIBUTING FUNDS, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF THE, THE PLANS THAT PROPOSED HERE YEAH.
THAT THIS WAS THE PLAN TO GET THEM OUT.
SO I THINK WE DID WANT, I THINK WE DID WANT AN ANSWER ABOUT GETTING THAT HUNDRED 60,000 OUT, HONESTLY MM-HMM
BECAUSE IT IS JUST BEEN SITTING THERE AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF DOING THIS COMMUNITY A DISSERVICE BECAUSE THAT MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO COME GO OUT TO MEET THE COMMUNITY'S MOST BASIC NEEDS AND LBCF DID RAISE THOSE FUNDS.
UM, AND SO I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE HISTORY OF IT.
I THINK, UM, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON IN COVID THAT, UH, AND THE FUND DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS VERY NEW
SO, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, GET THE FUNDS OUT, WE REALLY WANNA DO.
SO, SO, SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST REAL ACTION ITEM.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO RELEASE FUNDS.
AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE NEW FUNDS THAT COME IN, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD REALLY WORK TOWARDS.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE CONTINUAL ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK IN THE MEDIA IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT HUNDRED 60,000.
BUT IF THERE ARE CONCERNS, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, UM, LIKE SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
SO I COULD KNOW LIKE JUST HOW TO CUT BACK AND PRESENT ON THAT.
ON WHICH
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IDEAS, STRATEGIES, YOU TALKED ABOUT LONG TIME FOR TEACHERS WHO OPENED UP THIS KIND OF WORM, RIGHT? YES.
AND SO INITIAL CONVERSATION WAS VETTING AND GIVING SUPPORT TO THIS THING.
YOU SAY UNRESTRICTED, THERE'S NO, SO I'M READING HERE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS FUNDS THAT GIVEN TO LONG, YOU KNOW, AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN ALL 20.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS OF WHERE THIS FUNDS CAME FROM, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GOAL.
THE MISSION WAS, AND I REMEMBER WRITING A WHOLE LOT OF CHECKS TO THIS BECAUSE OF THIS PERSON, RIGHT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT I WAS GIVING, AND OFTENTIMES WE GIVE ALL OF THE MOMENTS, RIGHT? UM, NOT KNOWING WHERE THE FUNDS, I'M JUST THINKING IT'S SERVING WHAT EVERYDAY STUFF IS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO COME BACK TO COME BACK TO THOUSANDS OF MONIES AND IT WENT TO 40 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK ABOUT IS THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M THINKING LONG TERM AND THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD IS GOING BECAUSE I'M VERY, VERY CYNICAL RIGHT NOW ABOUT BUDGETS, CAPACITY CITY'S CHANGING.
UM, CAN A DEPARTMENT THAT'S NOT BEING WELL SUPPORTED NATIONALLY SOCIAL? SO, UM, SO YOU JUST OPENED UP THIS, WE OPENED UP THIS CAN, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE, THE, UH, THE A LARGER CONVERSATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AT THIS MOMENT TO ANSWER.
UM, SO I WAS, I WAS ABSTAINING FROM JUMPING INTO THIS KNOWING WHAT'S THE BIG PICTURE PLAN, BUT SUPPORT RECEIVING PROPOSAL.
UM, BUT WE THINK IT OPENS UP A, A LARGER CONVERSATION BECAUSE IF YOU DO WANT US TO, WE HOPE TO SUPPORT, UM, Y'ALL CAN BRING DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND ASSETS TO
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THE LARGER CONVERSATION.YOU ARE ASKING POTENTIAL OLD INVOLVEMENT IN FUNDRAISING.
BUT SUPPOSE IF YOU WANT IN FUNDRAISING, WHAT I GONNA TAKE YOU OR WHAT ARE WE READY FUND, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC GOAL.
IF I COME TO YOU AND I ASK YOU HUNDRED THOUSAND, I'M JUST GOING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
THE FIRST PERSON GONNA, HE OR SHE'LL ASK FOR WHAT, WHAT ARE DOING WITH THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND WHERE JUST GOING AND NO, NO, WE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC GOAL THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR CAR, THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING THAT PARTICULAR CAR, HAVE THOSE THINGS HERE, HOW WE CAN GET INVOLVED.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP, WHAT, WHAT LIMITATIONS, IF ANY, ARE THERE ARE FUNDRAISING BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT A 5 0 1 MM-HMM
SO WHAT, HOW CAN MONEY BE RAISED? YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THEY'RE EARMARKING STUFF OR FOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAYING THERE'S HERE DOING THIS, BUT FOR INDIVIDUALS, IF IT'S NOT A 5 0 1, MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT SOMEHOW THE DEDUCTION AND HOW DO WE WORK WITH THAT? SO THEY WOULD DONATE, UH, TO THE HHS FUND WITHIN LECF IF THEY WOULD GET A TAX SENT.
CAN THEY DO THAT? THEY'RE NOT, UM, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A FUND SET UP THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, NO, THEY WOULD DONATE TO OUR FUND.
THAT'S IF THE INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO DONATE AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SO FOLKS SAYING, WHAT IF THEY ALL DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, DOES IT IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THEY'RE JUST RIGHT SAYING CHECK FOR $10.
SO THE, THE LVCF CAN ALSO DIRECT.
SO IF THERE'S JUST A PERSON WHO WANTS TO DONATE $5,000 AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAYING, I WANT IT TO GO TOWARDS SC PREVENTION, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? THEY, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO DONATE TO LBC CAN HELP GUIDE THEM TO THE CORRECT.
SO THEY SAY, OH, MAYBE THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE.
SO THERE, THERE'S ALSO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND LCF HAS A BIG LISTSERV, UM, AND PUTS OUT DIFFERENT RFP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IF WE WERE, IF WE PUT OUT A GRANT OPPORTUNITY AND SAID, YOU KNOW, A CALL FOR, YOU KNOW, PROPOSALS, UM, THEY COULD PUT THAT OUT FOR US.
IF YOUR, IF YOUR ORGANIZATION, FOR EXAMPLE, NEED SUPPORT WITH CAPACITY BUILDING OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT OTHER GRANTS WOULDN'T HELP COVER, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN OUR IDEA IS FOR THIS BOARD TO SELECT, WHICH IT DOESN'T SET UP FOUNDATION, JUST BE AN INDIVIDUAL COMING IN AND GIVING THEM A CHECK SAYING WE'D LIKE, EXACTLY.
YOU CAN MAKE THOSE DONATIONS AND GET CREDIT CARD ONLINE TOO.
AND THEN IF THEY'RE ALLOCATED TO THE, THE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND WITHIN THE LBCF, THAT'S WHERE THIS COMMITTEE IS WEIGHING IN ON.
SO WE WANNA RELEASE, SO THE ONE 60, IS THAT FOR ALL OF HHS OR IS THAT JUST THE UNRESTRICTED MONIES THAT THEY HAVE? THAT'S H FROM THE HHS FUNDS.
SO THAT'S, THAT MAKES, YEAH, THAT MAKES WAY MORE SENSE.
SO YEAH, I MEAN THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE MOTION THEN WE RECEIVED YOUR REPORT.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS, DO WE WANT, DO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, WE WANNA RELEASE THE MONIES, BUT I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE HOW, IF THIS IS THE WAY WE WANT TO DO THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S A SEPARATE CONVERSATION.
TO SUPERVISE THAT, TO MAKE A DECISION ON, I THOUGHT THIS IS STRICTLY A LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION JOB, BUT THEY HAVE, BUT IF THEY'VE EARMARKED IT TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR LONG BEACH, THAT'S OUR BOARD.
I I BUT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.
I DON'T, HAVE WE EVER DONE THIS BEFORE? NO.
SO I, I, I, IT JUST SEEMS NEW.
IT'S NOT THAT I, I AM AVERSE TO IT AND I WOULD, I DON'T LIKE TO MAKE BARRIERS.
BUT YOU CAN'T UNDO WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO WE'LL RECEIVE THE REPORT AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
WOULD IT, UM, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF LBCF CAME? YES.
I THINK THAT'S THE BEST THING.
AND IF THEY COULD, YOU DON'T THINK SO, A REPRESENTATIVE TO ANSWER SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS, THEY'RE JUST THE HUB.
THEY'RE JUST THE NON-PROFIT STATUS OF THE HUB OF THE FUNDS BEHALF, THE CITY AGENCY THAT'S NOT
IS THERE ONE PERSON? WE DO HAVE A LIAISON AND
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I MEAN, I KNOW I SAY UNRESTRICTED BECAUSE IN ALL SENSE, WHEN WE HAVE GRANTS, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC.LIKE WE HAVE, I WOULD GUESS THESE WOULD BE MORE LIKE FLEXIBLE FUNDS.
SO THERE ARE STILL PUBLIC HEALTH CHARITIES HAVE A WAY THAT YOU CAN SPEND FUNDS.
SO WE CAN'T JUST SAY LIKE, WE WANT TO JUST HOLD THIS MONEY AND SEE IF IT GAINS INTEREST.
LIKE THAT MIGHT NOT BE A POSSIBILITY FOR US TO CREATE A DOWN IN LIKE, UH, SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO ALL THE LEGALITIES WITH LVCF AS THE PROFESSIONALS.
BUT, UM, SO IT WOULD BE, YEAH, IT COULD BE GOOD TO GET THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE HOW WE, WE COULD
UM, BUT I COULD ASK FOR, I THINK ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US TO GIVE THEM SOME INPUT INTO FUNDRAISING, IT'D BE NICE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
AND TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE AT THE TOP LEVEL, AT THE BOARD LEVEL OR WHATEVER, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD TO GIVE US A OVERALL PICTURE, WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
BUT THEIR FUNDRAISING IN THE CENTER, THEY GETTING ON THE GRANTS AND, UM, MONITORING FAMILIES GRANTS AND SO ON.
I THINK IT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND SEE HOW WE CAN PUT, PUT IT INPUT INTO THAT FUNDRAISING.
ARE ARE, ARE THERE OTHER LIKE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES THAT YOU, YOU CONSIDER USING THESE FUNDS? THAT WE WOULD WANNA BE AWARE OF? I THINK WE WANTED TO MODEL AFTER THE, UH, THE MAYOR ON THIS ACTION BECAUSE, I MEAN, GRANTED THEY DID HAVE, I MEAN THEY WERE IN A STATE EMERGENCY, A LOT OF TRACTION AROUND THAT.
UM, SO THERE, THERE HONESTLY HAVEN'T BEEN OTHER MODELS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.
UM, BUT WE, WE JUST WANTED TO MODEL IT OVER SOMETHING THAT, AT LEAST WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, BUT ALSO THERE'S JUST BEEN SIGNIFICANT, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM MANAGERS IS THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT NEEDS STILL WITHIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET THROUGH THEIR PLANS.
I JUST PUSH A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY AROUND HELPING TO PAY FOR UTILITIES TO PAY FOR GROCERIES, UM, MAYBE EVEN PUTTING DOWN THE, THE, UH, DEPOSIT TO LIKE MOVE INTO A NEW APARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, THESE ONE TIME COSTS THAT JUST WOULD ADD A LITTLE BIT.
SO GIVEN WHAT WE DO HAVE 60,000 THAT IS NOT BEING SPENT, WE FEEL LIKE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MEET THE NEEDS THAT OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE OUT ARE VERY RESTRICTIVE.
SO LIKE JUST BEING ABLE TO DO LIKE UBER ARRIVED FOR SOMEBODY TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B TREATED OR GET TO THEIR DOCTOR OR WHATEVER.
UM, I THINK JUST LIKE THAT REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO JUST, YEAH, WE, WE, WE ENCOUNTERED THAT ALL THE TIME.
WE PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS AND VERY LITTLE FUNDS FOR DIRECT CLIENTS AND DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT EXPRESSION AND UBER SUCKS UP PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, A BROKEN WINDOW, A BROKEN DOOR, LIKE IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF NEED OUT THERE.
I'M, I'M WONDERING IF LIKE, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC, 'CAUSE IT, I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO WALK AWAY WITHOUT LIKE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE SEEMS LIKE WE WANT MORE INFORMATION NEXT STEPS.
I THINK THE AREAS OF CLARITY WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL SO THAT WE CAN MEET WITH AND GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS WELL.
AND HOW WILL WE REPORT OUT ON HOW THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE PLANS, LIKE I SAID, TO UM, HAVE THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO, WHERE THEIR BASIC NEEDS WERE MET.
I THINK YOU WERE SAYING LIKE, UM, COMMUNITY COMPETING COMMUNITY BASIC NEEDS WASN'T SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED MAYBE LIKE LIMITING IT TO A SPECIFIC NEED, UH, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
MAYBE, MAYBE SOME BUCKETS, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, RESIDENT HOUSING NEEDS MAYBE THREE OR FOUR BIG BUCKETS SO THAT FOLKS
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THEY COULD ASK THE WORLD.BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PERSPECTIVE OF SMALL THINGS WHERE YOU CAN'T SHOW OUTCOMES.
AND SO FROM A WE TALK ASSESS OUTCOMES, TALK ABOUT S SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN A CATEGORY NOR WITH THE PAPERWORK SOMETIMES, BUT THEY'RE LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN, THERE.
IT COULD BE MISCELLANEOUS IF IT DOESN'T FALL IN THE BIG THREE TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND DME SPREADSHEET CAN IT TO TRACK.
I MEAN I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT, BUT WE WANNA HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, PASSING THIS.
ABSOLUTELY, LET'S USE THIS, BUT THIS IS SORT OF HOW IT WAS USED.
UM, JUST TO GIVE CREDIBILITY TO, OKAY, IN ORDER FOR THAT TO REQUEST THE FUND, YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL US HOW THEY INTEND TO SPEND IT.
AND THAT WOULD WE GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS? RIGHT.
THERE'S AN EXPECTED AMOUNT TO BE SPENT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE RECEIPTS TO SAY THAT THIS IS HOW MUCH IT ACTUALLY COSTS AND THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.
I THINK THE BEST USE OF HUNDRED 60,000 WILL BE TO SPEND ON MENTAL HEALTH FOR THESE OLDEST, YOU, I READ THE NEWS THAT THIS NAKED WOMAN WAS RUNNING AROUND ON THE STREET AND THIS, YOU KNOW, GOT HELP THEM.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING BECAUSE SHE HAD A MENTAL PROBLEM.
IF YOU SPEND THAT MONEY ON KIND OF, THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST PROJECT.
AND THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF LOT OF CRIMES AS WELL AS HELPING THEM TO BECOME HEALTHY AND GET, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR OWN WORK AND JOB AND SURE.
I THINK, I THINK PEOPLE EXPERIENCE ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF AROUND BASIC, BASIC SERVICES.
SO I THINK, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, BUT THESE ARE REALLY MEANT FOR ONE TIME COSTS.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE TOWARDS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT OR, OR THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES BECAUSE THAT'S VERY COSTLY.
I THINK JUST REALLY I CLEAN, UM, IN LIKE THREE DAYS.
UM, SO, BUT, BUT SPEAKING TO THE BASIC NEEDS OF, OF AN IN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING THAT I THINK IS VERY MUCH S ONE MORE AND I'LL, YEAH.
UH, I, I THINK WHERE MY ONLY QUESTIONS AROUND SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT LIST AS FAR AS INFORMATION THAT'S HERE AROUND THE WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE, THE STAFF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BROAD.
THAT, AND I WAS THINKING BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST PUT THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR HONESTLY COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY FACING, UM, BUT THERE WERE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS THAT WOULD BE, COULD MAYBE YEAH, I THINK LIKE, UM, SO IF, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT STORYTELLING AS A WAY TO SUSTAIN THESE LENS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND MAKING VIDEOS TO DEMONSTRATE IMPACT, LIKE THE IMPACT THAT THESE FUNDS ARE HAVING, PERHAPS WE NEED A SUBSCRIPTION TO, I DUNNO, SOME VIDEO EDITING SOMETHING RIGHT.
THAT A GRANT, UM, OR IF THERE WAS A PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY'RE FOR THAT THEY, I THINK YOU'RE CERTAINLY RIGHT.
WE COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE AS, AS WE HELPFUL JUST A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBILITY.
WE, WE ARE REALLY RESTRICTIVE.
UM, AND I THINK FLEXIBILITY TO THE EXTENT THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
EVEN FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
SO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ACCOUNTING OR US FOR DEVELOPING LEGISLATIVE, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A BUDGET TO RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR, UM, CONFERENCES.
UH, SO JUST HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY TOO.
SOMETIMES BEING OUT THE FIELD, LIKE I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS, I'M JUST THINGS OUT THERE, BUT LIKE HAVING AN IPAD SO THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY PUT IN DATA SPEAKING WITH A PERSON INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GET A BUNCH AND BRING ALL BACK AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE.
AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS.
SO MAYBE INVITING YOU BACK WITH SPECIFICS AND THE LONG BEACH FUND REPRESENTATIVE.
SO THAT PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN TERMS OF STAFF NEEDS
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AND THEN WHAT THEY CAN SAY ABOUT THE NONPROFIT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW WE CAN WEIGH ON, WEIGH IN ON THAT.SO YEAH,
OH YEAH, THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD A BIT I THINK.
BUT I THINK SPECIFIC FOR STAFF.
BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS IN THAT SECOND PART, THE MINI GRANTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK ABOUT HOW, HOW TO CONNECT WITH THOSE PEOPLE FOR RAISING PERSON ON YOUR TEAM OR, OKAY.
THAT'S WHERE I COULD SEE A BOARD HELPING TO BE AN ADVICE OF A TEAM OR ADVISING A RESOURCE OR VISION PLANNING, WHATEVER THAT COULD BE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SAYING IS LIKE, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GAUGE LIKE THE BOARD'S INTERESTS AND INVOLVEMENT.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT SECOND PART OF THE PRESENTATION, THE FIRST PART IS LIKE, UM, GETTING APPROVAL ON HOW TO SPEND THESE INITIAL FUNDS.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS LIKE, ARE YOU OPEN TO, UM, LIKE WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES OF FUNDRAISING WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH US? SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT SOME BASIC, SOME BUCKETS AROUND BASIC NEEDS AND POTENTIALLY HAVING ONE AT THE OTHER IN CASE SOMETHING MAY FALL OUTSIDE OF THAT.
AND THEN PERHAPS, UH, MAYBE ANOTHER COUPLE OF BUCKETS AROUND STAFF.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WHAT COULD THAT INCLUDE? UM, AND THEN GETTING MORE CLARITY FROM LECF AROUND WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AROUND SOLICITING FUNDS AND HOW THE FUNDS CAN BE USED.
I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULDN'T USE THESE FUNDS FOR LOBBY, THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE C3 NOT A FOUR.
SO, UM, JUST GETTING MORE CLARITY AROUND HOW THE PLANS CAN BE SPENT AND BEING CLEAR ABOUT THAT AS WE PROMOTE YEAH.
JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE, LIKE WE HAD A ONSITE SCREENING AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE FOOD, YOU KNOW, AS, SO THIS COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR THAT AS WELL.
'CAUSE THINGS TO HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB.
AND THAT'S NOT A BUCKET, I UNDERSTAND.
FOOD IS ALWAYS A BIG PROBLEM FOR GRANTS TOO AND IT'S SUCH A, AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BREED.
THANK YOU FOR THE VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, UM, SO WE ARE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO, OH, DO WE NEED TO, OH, DO WE, UH, NO, FOR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SO ARE WE STILL KEEPING BARBARA AS FIRST, UM, MILES AS SECOND SO WE ABSTAINED AND EVERYONE ELSE? YES.
THAT'S HOW THE VOTE WENT DOWN.
DO WE WANNA KEEP THAT? I THOUGHT NOT ABSTAIN.
IT'S VERY, YEAH, NO, NO, THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN.
YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET, UM, THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2024 THROUGH 2028.
UM, I WANNA THANK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DR. SANDERS.
WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS TO UH, KIND OF COME UP WITH SOME STRUCTURE AND CLARIFICATION ON OUR SCOPE, ONBOARDING ENGAGEMENT, AND WAYS TO EVALUATE AND FIND THAT WE ARE EFFECTIVE.
SO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO, TO PERUSE, JUST REMINDING YOU OF OUR MISSION.
OUR MISSION IS TO USE OUR BROAD BASED, MULTI-SPECIALTY EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES TO CHAMPION HEALTH AND WELLNESS SO THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY CAN THRIVE.
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I, TODAY'S MEETING, I'M CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION MAY BE STARTED OFF SOONER.I, I ALSO THINK IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, I MEAN IT REALLY DOES, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN UM, SORT OF ACTUALIZE WHAT THIS SAYS ON PAPER ABOUT OUR ROLES, UM, IN OUR ACTIONS AS AN ADVISORY BOARD.
EVEN JUST USING THIS EXAMPLE, UM, WITH THE LBCF, UM, I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE DOING, WE CAN USE AN EXAMPLE TO SEE IF WHAT WE'VE WRITTEN ACTUALLY FLOWS, UM, WITH AN EXAMPLE.
SO I, I AM OKAY WITH MAYBE TABLING IT TILL THE NEXT MEETING AND SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE, BECAUSE THE ADVISORY BOARD IS BASICALLY HERE
SO WE, WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS DOCUMENT, BUT IT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD ALL OF US HERE.
SO DO I NEED A MOTION TO TABLE THIS? WE OKAY RIGHT NOW? SHE JUST THE BACK.
BARBARA? BARBARA, UH, SHE SAID SHE HAD TO LEAVE AT NINE.
I JUST AS A SIDE QUESTION, ARE WE ADDING ANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS? WE ARE.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECK ON THE, THE OATHS AND EVERYTHING AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM TO START NEXT MONTH.
AND WHAT KIND OF WORK EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE.
WHERE DID IT COME FROM? I DON'T, I CAN GET THOSE DETAILS FOR YOU.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME, I KNOW ONE IS, UM, VETERINARIAN, IF I'M CORRECT.
UM, AND I NEED TO CHECK UP ON THE THIRD.
UM, BUT YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THAT.
YOU THINK IT WOULD BE AN UPDATED BIO AND A CONTACT LIST? YEAH, FOR SURE.
WITH THOSE THREE BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDED.
THIS FIRST SECTION, UH, IT SAYS CHAPTER THIS, THIS MS, PAGE ONE, TWO, BASICALLY WE CAN TAKE THAT THE CITY CHARTER, SO IT'S NECESSARILY PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT, UM, KIND OF LIKE A FOUNDATION.
SO YOU COULD PUT THAT AS AN ADDENDUM OR AS A ATTACHMENT AND JUST START WITH THE SCOPE.
SO THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION WAS TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MEMBERSHIP TO REVIEW.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS REPORT UNTIL OUR, TO OUR NEXT MEETING? THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
THE NEW MEMBERS WERE COMING IN.
WE ARE A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE FOR US TO SEND THAT SINCE THEY'RE GONNA BE ATTENDING THE NEXT MONTH MEETING.
THAT SHOULD SOMETHING BE DISCUSS THEIR OF THIS, WHAT'S GOING ON.
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DO YOU AGREE? MAYBE YOU NO, I, I THINK, I THINK THAT THEY'LL WALK INTO AN ACTIVE BOARD AND WE WILL GIVE THEM SOME CONTEXT AND MAYBE HAVE THEM MAYBE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE CLARIFYING ROLES.I DON'T THINK, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, SO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT COME, THEY'LL WALK INTO AN ACTIVE BOARD.
SO WE'LL HAVE THINGS ALREADY GOING ON AND WE CAN, IT'D BE AN OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY OUR ROLES AND OUR SCOPE OF, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TIME ACTUALLY.
UM, AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WEIGH, THEY MAY ABSTAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE BRAND NEW.
UH, BUT AT LEAST THEY'LL HEAR THE INFORMATION.
HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE ACTUALLY, YOU LOOKING AT? YEAH, PROBABLY WHAT TIME DO YOU HAVE 13 MORNING, TECHNICALLY LIKE 9 45.
SO, UM, I THINK I KNOW EVERYBODY.
I MANAGER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I PRESENTED COUPLE HERE, UM, IN THE PAST.
AND TODAY I'LL PROVIDE UPDATE ON THIS WEEK'S, UM, POTENTIAL PUBLIC POLICY AND THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
AND, UM, SO WE'LL START AS USUAL, I BREAK IT DOWN INTO FOUR BUCKETS.
NEW LEADERSHIP POLICY AND BUDGET UPDATES, LONG BEACH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UPDATES, AND THEN RECOMMENDED EVENTS.
SO WE'LL START OFF WITH, UM, NEW LEADERSHIP.
MO OZ WAS CONFIRMED AS DIRECTOR OF CENTERS OF, UM, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES.
SUSAN MENEZ DOES NOT YET HAVE A CONFIRMATION HEARING DATE SET.
UM, AND SHE WAS NOMINATED AS CDC DIRECTOR YESTERDAY, THE SENATE BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HELD A CONFIRMATION FOR DEPUTY, UH, DEPUTY HUD SECRETARY.
HE'S EXPECTED TO BE CONFIRMED.
UM, HE'S SERVED AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR HUD, UM, IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, BUT HAS, UH, A LONG TENURE WITH HUD, UM, AND SERVED IN THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
BILL, UM, VACATED HIS DISTRICT 63 OFFICE ON APRIL 1ST BEFORE HE SWORN IN AS, UH, THE ANNOUNCED AND WAS SWORN IN, SORRY, AS THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH INCLUDES LA COUNTY COUNTY.
ON APRIL 8TH, HE ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE HOMELESSNESS, FRAUD AND CORRUPTION TASK FORCE, WHICH WILL INVESTIGATE FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, AND CORRUPTION, UM, OF HOMELESSNESS CRIMES WITHIN THE SEVEN COUNTY JURISDICTIONS.
THIS INCLUDE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH FBI, HUD AND I, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO KEY POLICY BUDGET UPDATES.
SO THE, SO, UM, THE SENATE ADOPTED THEIR VERSION OF BUDGET RESOLUTION, AND YESTERDAY THE HOUSE HAS THE SAME BUDGET RESOLUTION MARGINS TO 16 VERSUS TWO 14 NOW TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES, UM, TO DRAFT THE, THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILLS, WHICH REQUIRE MORE DETAILS ON.
SO, SO FAR IT'S JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL IDEAS OF WHAT, UM, OF HOW THEY WANT.
SO THE COMMITTEES WILL BE TASKED WITH GRANTING LEGISLATION TO ADVANCE THE PRESIDENT'S BORDER IMMIGRATION ENERGY DEFENSE PRIORITIES, AND INCREASE THE DEBT LIMIT.
AND BOTH CHAMBERS MUST PASS THE BILL BEFORE IT GOES TO THE PRESIDENT FOR A SIGNATURE.
HOWEVER, SENATE ONLY NEEDS A CIVIL MAJORITY TO PASS A BUDGET, A BUDGET BILL.
THEY EXPECT TO GET THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL TO THE PRESIDENT BY MEMORIAL DAY ACT, UH, IN DECEMBER.
UM, UH, SO BIG HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UPDATES.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING, UH, RECENT NEWS, THERE WAS AN $11 BILLION CALLBACK IN HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH GRANTS AT 23 STATES AND WASHINGTON DC'S FILED SUIT, UM, OVER THE LEGAL OF.
AND, UM, SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER FOR 14 DAYS AND FILED COMPLIANCE ON APRIL 7TH SAYING IT WOULD NOTIFY ALL OF ITS DEPARTMENT'S EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS PER THE ORDER.
FOUR OF OUR CDC GRANTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, TOTAL FOUR 71,000.
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WHILE WE HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT ON CONTINUING BECAUSE OF THE, THEY WERE SET TO EXPIRE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.SO FOR US, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO GO BACK AND FORTH WHEN THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND HOW THE COURTS WILL ROLL AFTER THE 14TH DAY TRO EXPIRES.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO CLOSE OUT THE GRANTS.
UM, AND THEN LAST WEEK WE ALSO LEARNED THAT DOGE IS REQUIRED AN ADDITIONAL $2.9 BILLION WORTH OF CUTS.
AND THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE 11 MILLION.
IT'S ALREADY, UM, UNDERWAY IN THE COURTS.
UM, AND SO I'LL SPEAK TO HOW THIS MAY IMPACT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE NEXT SECTION UNDER THE, SO THE SABA AROUND TARIFFS CONTINUES.
UM, SO, UH, THE PRESIDENT ISSUED RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ON DOZENS OF COUNTRIES REACHING UP TO 30 AND 40.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S HALTING THE TARIFFS OVER THE NEXT BASE.
AND THE PAUSE DOES NOT INCLUDE CHINA, WHICH WOULD INSTEAD RAISE TARIFFS ON CHINESE FROM ONE 4% TO ONE 25%.
AND THIS WILL IMPACT THE COST OF EVERYDAY BASIC ITEMS, INCLUDING CLOTHING AND INQUIRY.
AND THEN ON, UM, APRIL 9TH, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD, THAT ADDITIONAL TARIFFS ON PHARMACEUTICALS WOULD BE ISSUED SOON.
SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE MEDICATION, VACCINES, BLOOD, ORGANIC CULTURE ADVANTAGES, AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE A REALLY BIG IMPACT.
UM, AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO IMMIGRATION.
SO ON APRIL 7TH, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AT THE IRS FINALIZING MOU ON CONFIRMING TAX INFORMATION ABOUT IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE FINAL ORDERS OF REMOVAL OR, OR UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, FEDERAL LAWS ACTUALLY PROHIBIT, UM, THE IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF TAXPAYER INFORMATION.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE SEES THIS AS LAWFUL BECAUSE IT'S A CONFIRMATION OF THE ADDRESSES RATHER THAN A SHARING OF THE ADDRESSES.
SEVERAL IRS SENIOR LEADERS RESIGNED IN DISAGREEMENT.
UM, AND IN 2023, THE YALE BUDGET LAB REPORTED THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS PAID $66 BILLION WORTH OF FEDERAL TAXES.
ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO 8.5 MILLION WORTH STATE TAXES.
SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY REDUCE THE REVENUE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TOO TO, TO FILE TAXES.
SO, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE LEARNED THAT DOGE IS REQUIRING THAT THE CDC CUT AN ADDITIONAL $2.9 BILLION WORTH OF CONTRACTS BY NEXT FRIDAY 18.
OUR FINANCIAL TEAM QUICKLY ANALYZED OUR POTENTIAL RISK AND DETERMINED THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT GRANTS WITH THE CPC, WITH $6.6 MILLION TO OVER REMAIN TO BE SPENT.
AND, UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE EIGHT GRANTS WITH HRSA WITH $6.7 MILLION TOTAL REMAIN TO BE SPENT IN TOTAL.
THIS IS 16 GRANTS, UM, WITH $13.3 MILLION IN REMAINING FUNDS ACROSS BOTH AGENCIES.
SOME GRANTS EXPIRE AS EARLY AS JUNE OF THIS YEAR, AND SOME AS LAID AS SEPTEMBER, 2028.
UM, AND SOME OF THE GRANTS, GRANTS AT RISK OF TERMINATION OR REDUCTION NEXT WEEK INCLUDE SIX HIV PREVENTION GRANTS, CHILDHOOD LIFE POISONING AND PREVENTION, IMMUNIZATION PREVENTION GRANT, WHICH PROVIDES VACCINES TO CHILDREN AND UNINSURED ADULT IN PLACE-BASED SETTINGS, STI, SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING TO LAUNCH AN SDI CLINIC IN NORTH NATION.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, WHICH BETTER EQUIPS PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO THREATS AND MATERNAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT GRANTS, INCLUDING BLACK INFANT HEALTH, UM, WHICH EMPOWERS BLACK WOMEN BY SUPPORT TO HEALTHY BEHAVIORS DURING PREGNANCY.
PARTICIPANTS IN THESE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE PREDOMINANTLY BY LOW INCOME PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND IF THERE ARE IES PROGRAMS, IT WILL ONLY FURTHER EXACERBATE.
HEALTH DISPARITIES ACROSS, ACROSS THE ADDITIONAL CUTS TO THESE PROGRAMS MAY RESULT IN LOST JOBS, DECREASED VACCINATION RATES, INCREASED HIV RATES, AND OVERALL LOWER ACCESS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH DISEASE.
AND AS A REMINDER, CITY OF LONG BEACH ARE ALREADY HAS THIS, ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF SYPHILIS.
THIS IN THIS STATE AND NEW HIV INFECTIONS IS, HAS, IS ALREADY DOUBLED THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TWO WEEKS AGO, SECRETARY KENNEDY REDUCED THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WORKFORCE BY AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 STAFF.
AND COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS RISKS, UH, REDUCTIONS IN FORCE, THIS RE REPRESENTS A 25%
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REDUCTION IN, UH, THE OVERALL HEALTH AND HUMAN ENTIRE DIVISIONS WITHIN THE CDC HRSA.FDA NIH ARE GONE SUCH AS H-I-V-S-C-I, PREVENTION, LEAD CHILDHOOD, LEAD POISONING PREVENTION, IMMUNIZATION SERVICES, DIVISION, DISEASE INTERVENTION, MATERNAL CHILD HERO, AND MANY, MANY MORE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ELIMINATIONS OF DIVISIONS ARE VERY WELL ALIGNED WITH OUR GRANTS THAT ARE AT RISK.
AND THERE ARE NO STAFF AT CDC TO OVERSEE THIS WORK, WHICH MAKES THAT OUR GRANTS RIGHT FOR ELIMINATION.
SO OUR FINANCE TEAM AND I MET WITH LONG BEACH STATE AND FEDERAL DELEGATION JUST YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE CDC IONS AND WENT VERY WELL.
THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THEY REQUESTED THAT THE CITY WRITE A LETTER THAT DETAILS THESE POTENTIAL FEDERAL CUTS SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE WITH VARIOUS BUDGETS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ADDITIONAL DECISION MAKERS.
UM, AND CITY MANAGER HAS REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON HOW STAFF OF MEMBER PARTICIPANTS AND THE CITY AT LARGE.
SO NEXT STEPS, UM, BECAUSE THESE GRANT, THOSE FOUR GRANTS WERE TERMINATED WITHOUT NOTICE AND PREMATURELY, THE ADMIN AND FINANCE TEAM CREATED PROTOCOLS ON IF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL CONTRACTS ARE TERMINATED WITHOUT NOTICE.
UM, PROGRAMS WITH FEDERAL GRANTS AND OR FEDERAL PASS THROUGH GRANTS SHOULD BE INVOICING FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN CASE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, UM, UNEXPECTED CUTS.
AND I CREATED AN INTERNAL TRACKER OF REALIZING POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CHANGES BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING TO WRAP UP.
SO THAT'S, UM, MY UPDATE FOR TODAY.
SORRY, I HAVE TO RUN THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? NOT GOOD NEWS? YEAH, THANK YOU.
SO, FOUR 70 RIGHT NOW THAT'S KIND OF CLINICAL, ANOTHER 16 MILLION, BUT THAT'S AT RISK DIRECTLY FOR THE PALM BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
BUT THE FOUR 70 YOU CAN CONTINUE TO USE.
YEAH, IT, WE WE'RE CONTINUING TO CLOSE DOWN AND FOR OUR NINE ITEMS, LIKE PROGRAM, MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, IT'S LIKE THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAD, UM, WE HAD THREE SUBCONTRACTS ON ONE OF THE GRANTS AND JUST GIVEN THE BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH, IT'S JUST, I THINK WE'RE PERMITTED TO CLOSE OUT.
WE CAN NOTICE 400,000 IS IN LIMBO, LIKE WE'RE TREATING IT AS A WE'RE WE'RE IN TERMS OF THE SUBCONTRACTS? YES.
THEY, THEY ARE SUBMITTING THEIR DOCUMENTS TO CLOSE OUT.
WE ARE GONNA CLOSE OUT, BUT FOR AREAS THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY, LIKE PROGRAM SUPPLIES, ARE THERE ANY TRAININGS WITHIN THE MONTH THAT YOU WANNA ATTEND? WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND THAT TIME.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE HER REPORT FILE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? LOTS OF QUESTIONS, BUT ANY IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS? HEART BURNING QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, VOTE PLEASE.
UM, I DON'T IF IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, YOU CAN'T.
WE CAN, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT ONE.
I ACCEPT A MOTION TO MOVE IT TO NEXT MONTH.
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THANK YOU.