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WE'VE MET.WE HAVE A FORUM, SO WE CAN THANK YOU.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2026.
WE'RE COMMENCING THE BOARD OF HEALTH, THE HUMAN SERVICES MEETING.
A FEW FACES, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE NEW PLACES HERE.
ALL, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE AT YET LEAST, UH, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE APRIL 10TH MEETING.
IT'S A LONG TIME AGO, SO, UH, PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO, TO REVIEW AND, UM, I'LL ASK COURT A MOTION IN A MINUTE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
WE HAVE A, A FIRST AND THE SECOND.
UM, THE, SO MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXECUTIVE TEAM.
IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL HERE.
AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW IT'S TAKEN US A MOMENT TO GET QUORUM, UM, BUT, UH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR EACH OF YOU IN YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY.
UM, AND, UH, AT AN IMPORTANT TIME.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS UNVEILED ITS BUDGET, SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SLIGHTLY LARGE VIEW AND THEN NARROWED DOWN TO, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, I INVITE ALL OF YOU WHO CAN COME TO OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH.
UM, COUNCIL MEETING, I BELIEVE STARTS AT FOUR 30 THAT DAY, BUT WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO YOU SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THERE WILL BE THREE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, PRESENTING THAT NIGHT.
IT WILL BE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PD.
UM, PD WAS SCHEDULED TO GO LAST WEEK, BUT BECAUSE THE CHIEF HAD AN EMERGENCY, IT WAS PUSHED TO THIS WEEK.
WE DON'T USUALLY GO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND, UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I'M SURE THAT THAT WILL BRING EVEN GREATER ATTENTION.
UM, THERE'S BEEN MUCH ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE DEFICIT THAT THE CITY
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IS FACING.SO, ON JULY 30TH, UM, THE CITY UNVEILED, UH, THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET AT A $4 BILLION PACKAGE.
AND, UM, THAT BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED TO CLOSE A $58.2 MILLION GENERAL FUND STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF I CAN GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS OF WHY THAT DEFICIT EXISTS, AND THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, QUANTITATIVELY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MUCH OF IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY, UM, PROJECTIONS FOR REVENUE COMING IN MUCH LOWER, UH, THAT PROPERTY TAXES, THAT'S UTILITY TAXES, THAT SELLS TAX, THAT'S EVERYTHING.
AND OF COURSE, THE COST HAS GONE UP.
AND AS WE KNOW SINCE 2025, MANY OF THE GRANT FUNDS THAT, UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED, NOT JUST IN HEALTH BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, HAVE BEEN PULLED.
AND WE ARE HAVING TO NOW RIGHT SIZE OUR SERVICES WITH OUR FUNDING.
THIS WAS A DEFICIT THAT WAS FORECASTED EVEN BEFORE COVID-19.
IT WAS THE PANDEMIC AND THE ARPA MONEY, THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLANNED ACT MONEY THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF HELD OFF THIS, UM, DEFICIT, UM, WHILE THOSE MONIES WERE BEING SPENT.
AND NOW THAT MONEY HAS GONE AWAY AND WE ARE NOW LEFT WITH UNEVEN, UM, WORSE SITUATION BECAUSE OF REVENUES NOT BEING WHAT WERE PROJECTED.
SO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSES TO CLOSE THE $55.9 MILLION DEFICIT THROUGH AN EIGHT POINT STRATEGY.
AND, UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING, UM, TO ELIMINATE APPROXIMATELY 483 CITYWIDE POSITIONS.
UM, BUT 220 OF THOSE ARE VACANT AND AN ESTIMATED 180 OF THOSE ARE OCCUPIED.
AND SINCE EVEN JULY 30TH, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETIRED, SOME WHO HAVE RESIGNED.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE A MOVING KIND OF NUMBER, A DYNAMIC NUMBER, BUT IT WILL RESULT IN LAYOFFS, SOME TRANSFERS AS WELL AS THE ATTRITION THAT I JUST SPOKE OF.
SO TO DRILL DOWN TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UM, WE ARE AMONG THE DEPARTMENT'S MOST IMPACTED, UH, AND AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS, UH, BY THE CITYWIDE REDUCTIONS.
UM, WE FACE A, A NET REDUCTION OF 65 POSITIONS.
I THINK WE RECONCILED FROM 66 TO 65, 66.
UM, THE THIRD LARGEST DEPARTMENTAL CUT IN THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE BEHIND ONLY PARKS, RECS AND MARINE AND PD.
UM, BUT WE ARE HEAD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AND FIRE.
UM, THIS BASICALLY REFLECTS OUR RELIANCE ON, UM, THE GENERAL FUND AND THE HEALTH FUND, WHICH HAS BEEN DIMINISHING OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND THE COMPOUNDING PRESSURE OF THE DECLINING FEDERAL AND STATE PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORT, INCLUDING REDUCED MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING AS WELL.
SO THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THE RESTORIZATION, UM, SUSTAINING AND ENHANCING POSITIONS BECAUSE OF THE MEASURE ER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE.
UM, THAT WA IS THE COUNTYWIDE HALF CENT SALES TAX THAT WHEN I THINK WE MET LAST, THE FINAL VOTES HAD NOT BEEN COUNTED.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO FAIL, BUT IT ACTUALLY ENDED UP PASSING BY A VERY SMALL MARGIN.
UM, AND IF YOU MUST KNOW, IT ACTUALLY DID FAIL IN LONG BEACH.
UM, BUT 'CAUSE IT WAS COUNTYWIDE, UM, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE PASADENA HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL SHARE IN THE FUNDS THAT ARE GENERATED FROM THAT BALLOT MEASURE.
UM, AND SO WE ARE, HIS PACKAGE HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE PRIMARY, UH, CATEGORIES.
AND THAT WAS, AS I MENTIONED, RESTORING, SUSTAINING, AND ENHANCING.
SO WE ARE GOING TO RESTORE SOME SERVICES THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE LOST, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT WE TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT HAVING GONE THROUGH TO DETERMINE WHAT MANDATED CORE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WE HAD TO HAVE, UM, WHICH ONES WE THOUGHT,
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UH, SUPPORTED THOSE ROLES, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY, AND THOSE THAT WERE NICE TO HAVE, AND THOSE THAT WOULD BE THE FOURTH TIER, WHICH WERE THOSE THAT WE COULD RELEASE BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES AND MANDATED SERVICES.SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, WE WILL ACTUALLY, UM, MOVE TOWARD, UH, GETTING THOSE PERSONS, UM, WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THINGS LIKE OUR TB, UM, THAT'S NOT FUNDED TUBERCULOSIS.
YOU REMEMBER WE HAD THE EMERGENCY TB CRISIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
THE DISEASE INVESTIGATION CONTRACT TRACING, UM, THAT TAKES PLACE WITH THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GENERALLY GETS FUNDED.
AND WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE STATE, UM, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY AND THE STATE HAS BEEN RAVAGED TO BY THEIR LOSS, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WERE ACTUALLY A PASS THROUGH FROM THEM TO US.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE POSITIONS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE ACTIVITY IN LIKE OUR IMMUNIZATION CLINICS AND OTHERS, UM, WHERE WE ARE NOT SEEING THE SAME LEVEL OF ACTIVITY.
SO WE WILL BE REDUCING, UM, SOME OF THOSE NURSES AND REDEPLOYING THEM TO OTHER PLACES.
UM, BUT OVERALL, UM, OUR, OUR BUDGET PACKAGE IS NOT AS DEVASTATING AS IT WOULD'VE BEEN WITHOUT MEASURE ER.
AND SO WE WILL PRESENT A PACKAGE THAT WE BELIEVE, UM, WILL POSITION THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR FORWARD MOVEMENT AND RIGHT SIZING US WITH THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE NEED TO DELIVER THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN SUPPORT.
OCONNOR COMING TODAY? HE'S NOT COMING TODAY.
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE NEWS, UM, WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CYCLOSPORA.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN THAT WE'VE NOT HAD AN OUTBREAK HERE.
UM, AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN FOLLOWING SOME PATIENTS WHO RETURNED FROM AREAS WHERE THERE IS AN EBOLA CRISIS.
AND BECAUSE THEY RETURNED TO LONG BEACH, WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR CARE FOR SYMPTOMS THAT DID NOT MANIFEST.
SO WE NOW HAVE NO EBOLA CLIENTS THAT WE ARE WATCHING FOR SYMPTOMS ANY LONGER.
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO FINALIZE, UH, A NEW HEALTH OFFICER.
UM, AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT HOPEFULLY AS WE, UM, SETTLE THAT VERY SOON.
BUT OF COURSE, THE BUDGET IS THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW, SO EVERYTHING IS LEADING TOWARD THAT.
SO AGAIN, THAT IS TUESDAY NIGHT.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COME AND SUPPORT, UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
UH, OTHERWISE WE WILL REPORT BACK.
WE HOPE TO HAVE A FINALIZED BUDGET BY SEPTEMBER 14TH, UM, IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER ONE DEADLINE.
WHILE WE STILL WILL HAVE, UM, PERHAPS A FEW, UH, IMPACTED EMPLOYEES WHO MAY NOT LAND IN POSITIONS.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE A CIVIL SERVICE ENVIRONMENT, THERE IS ALSO WHAT WE CALL BUMPING THAT IS BASED ON SENIORITY FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES.
SO THERE ARE EMPLOYEES TODAY WHO HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AS A RESULT OF THE NOTICE OF REDUC, UH, NOTICE OF REDUCTION IN FORCE, UM, BUT COULD BE IMPACTED BECAUSE THE SENIORITY IS LESS THAN SOMEONE ELSE WHO HOLDS A CLASSIFIED POSITION.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF A MUSICAL CHAIRS AND IT'S NOT THE ONE WITH THE FUN MUSIC.
UM, SO WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE KNOW.
UM, BUT WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO SAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RETAIN, UH, EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY.
YES, UNDERSTANDERS UNFORTUNATE INFORMATION.
UM, UM, WHAT, CAN YOU GIVE US SPECIFICS? WOULD YOU WANT US TO BE THERE IN THE AUDIENCE OR WOULD YOU WANT US TO SPEAK OR WOULD YOU WANT US TO? CAN YOU GIMME A LITTLE BIT, LIKE HOW CAN I BE A BOOST? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, BEING IN THE AUDIENCE IS GREAT, SPEAKING'S EVEN BETTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY EVEN DO THAT FROM HOME NOW.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE INDEED HYBRID.
UM, YOU DO HAVE TO REGISTER, REGISTER TO SPEAK IN ADVANCE, UH, WITH THE CITY CLERK.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO THAT UP UNTIL THE DAY OF.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST YOUR SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH MEANS EVERYTHING.
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MANY SPEAKERS, RIGHT? UM, AND WHILE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL LAST, I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS HAVE PRESENTED.UM, SO WHETHER OR NOT PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE BEFORE, UM, QUESTIONS OR AFTER QUESTIONS IS UNKNOWN.
UM, I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEND, IT CAN BE DAUNTING.
UM, AND WITH, UH, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN PD, UM, AROUND THEIR BUDGET, THEIR LOSS, THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THE PD IS UNDERFUNDED.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT IT IS OVERFUNDED.
SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION THERE, I THINK.
UM, BUT YES, COMMENTS ARE SOLICITED AND APPRECIATED.
UM, AND YOU CAN DO THEM EITHER WAY IN PERSON AND OR VIRTUALLY.
BESIDES, UM, UH, COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IS THERE ANY OTHER IDEAS AND HOW WE BE, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND YOUR COMMENTS IN ADVANCE, AND THEY ARE, UM, RECEIVED AND PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THEY ARE NOT READ OUT LOUD, BUT THEY ARE RECEIVED AND GIVEN TO THEM FOR CONSIDERATION.
I CAN TRY TO, UM, ZOOM IN LATER.
I HAVE ANOTHER BOARD MEETING AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT, UM, WHEN YOU SAID IT'S THE PUBLIC, IT'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IS IT ALSO THE POLICE AND FIRE? NOT FIRE.
FIRE WAS THIS PAST WEEK AND THAT WAS OF COURSE A VERY HOT TOPIC BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE ENGINES THERE.
UM, UH, SO, AND IT WILL BE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PDV, AND HEALTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY A PAINFUL PLACE TO BE IN.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE, THE WORK AND THOUGHTFULNESS YOU'RE PUTTING INTO HOW TO FILE BALANCE.
UM, CAN I HAVE A, A MOTION TO RECEIVE A FILE REPORT? I SECOND.
UM, THE, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST, UM, AND YOU, YOU INCLUDED, UM, THE, THE HELP OFFICERS OF PEOPLE? YES.
TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, YES.
UH, SO ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS BOARD OF PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, I THINK THAT IS PERTAINING TO THE REPORT THAT I THINK I NEED TO DO OR ME AND VICE LESS.
UM, I DID IT LAST YEAR, SO
UH, SO I'LL YEAH, WE WE HAVE A COPY OF IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
I I IMAGINE THAT IT JUST MUGS A LITTLE UPDATED.
DO, DO YOU NEED, UM, FOR RIGHT NOW, DO YOU NEED ANY FEEDBACK OR, OR DO I NEED ANY, WE RECOMMEND ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE GROUP.
UM, ANYTHING THAT'S, I MEAN, TO ME THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT STOOD OUT WAS THAT WE ARE PART OF THIS PROCESS OF REVIEWING AND MAKING SUGGESTIONS FOR FUNDING MM-HMM
FOR THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A HIGHLIGHT.
UM, WE'VE HAD, THIS IS, THIS IS THE CALENDAR YEAR FROM JANUARY? NO, THIS IS THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS, SO WE'LL REFERENCE THOSE.
UM, SO I, I THINK I, I'M GONNA FOLLOW YOUR MODEL.
I'M JUST GONNA REVIEW ALL THE, UM, THE AGENDAS WE'VE HAD.
I JUST TOOK ALL THE MINUTES OF THE, OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, AND I GET A SUMMARY.
WELL, THERE'S NO OTHER, OH, BOARD MEMBER SANDS.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE ANNUAL, THE ANNUAL REPORT.
I CAN SEND YOU WHAT, UM, THE PREVIOUS PERSON HAD PREPARED.
IT WAS ALMOST A TEMPLATE AND THERE WAS THINGS THAT HE HAD LIKE GATHERED JUST FROM, UH, PAST MINUTES, UM, AS WELL AS, AND IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT SHOWED LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP OR NOT SHOWING UP, IT SHOWED, UM, JUST WHAT PRESENTATIONS, LIST
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OF PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE DONE.AND A FEW OF THE THINGS, I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU IF YOU WANNA RECREATE THAT.
NO, I, I, YES, PLEASE, PLEASE.
BUT THE WORK, THE WORK, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PERSON, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT PLAYED OUT INTO ANYTHING.
IF THERE WAS EVER LIKE A, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM A C YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT AN AUDIT
THAT BECAME LIKE A, A, A OVERALL ARCHING WHAT, WHAT WAS DONE EACH YEAR, WHAT'S OUR OUTCOMES? ALMOST THAT, SO WHAT DO WE KNOW WHEN THIS IS DUE? I CAN ASK, TO BE HONEST, I THINK IT WAS DUE A LONG TIME AGO.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS, WE'VE BEEN WITH IT FOR YEARS,
UM, SO GENERALLY IT, IT WAS DUE IN THE SPRING FOR SOME REASON.
UM, BUT WHEN I, YEAH, THERE'S NO ONE, NO ONE COMES AFTER YOU.
NO, I WAS GONNA SAY THERE'S NO ASK.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT I, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL DOES INDEED RECEIVE IT, UM, REVIEW IT.
UM, AND TAKE IT UNDER DUE TO ADVISEMENT.
SO I, I, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S ONE THEY SOLICIT.
AND IF WE CAN SUPPORT IN THAT, LET US KNOW.
AND I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT REALLY COLLECTIVE EFFORT GIVES CREDIBILITY TO DO MATTER.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, I MEAN, UM, EXPECTATION, DOES ANYBODY CARE? IS THERE ANY COMPLIANCE? IS THERE, AND NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO ADD TO ANYBODY'S WORKLOAD, BUT THERE IS CREDIBILITY AND VALIDITY WHEN THERE IS A REPORT.
BUT IF NOBODY'S REALLY READING IT, THEN IT'S KIND, DO YOU MATTER? DO YOU REALLY CARE WHAT'S HAPPENING? THESE GROUPS? UM, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO READ IT BECAUSE, UM, THERE ARE POINTS IN WHICH THEY, UM, INJECT INFORMATION FROM THESE REPORTS INTO THEIR LINE OF QUESTIONING, AROUND ITEMS THAT COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST REVIEWING, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, UM, YOUR, YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, THEY DO REVIEW THOSE AND THERE ARE SOME VERY STRONG SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, THAT SIT ON OUR COUNCIL.
UH, AND THEY LOOK TO USE, UH, ANY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THEM AS THE SOURCE FOR THAT SUPPORT.
SO GIVEN ALL OF THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS IN THE CITY, UM, THOSE ARE OPERATED THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WHICH IS WHY I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION IN COLLECTING THEM TIMELY.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT, I KNOW THEY GET CIRCULATED.
I KNOW THAT I WILL GET QUESTIONS FROM A FEW OF THEM, UM, ABOUT, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, OR, I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT KIND OF INQUIRY DOES HAPPEN, WHICH TELLS ME THEY'RE SEEN AND THEY'RE READING IT.
I THINK SOMETIMES THESE THINGS BECOME IMPORTANT WHEN THEY BECOME IMPORTANT.
LIKE, MAYBE NO ONE LOOKS AT IT, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND IT NEEDS TO BE THERE, OR SOMETHING COMES UP AND, OH, GOSH, THAT WAS SO IT, I SAID IT THE WAY I WANTED TO SAY IT, TO BE REF.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT UNTIL THEY'RE IMPORTANT, BUT AT SOME POINT THEY BECOME IMPORTANT.
SO THEN THAT MAKES ME THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE ALIGNING THIS UP WITH THAT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE CREATED.
WE LAID OUT GOALS FOR OURSELVES.
HOW, HOW HAVE WE MET OR MOVE TOWARDS ANY OF THOSE GOALS OR THAT PLAN? I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF STARTING TO ADOPT THAT PLAN.
WE, I THINK WE BEGAN TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, UM, AROUND OUR FOCUS TOWARDS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR CORE ISSUES,
SO, UM, BUT, UM, AS, AS, UM, I'M LOOKING AT IT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT, I'LL, I'LL REFERENCE THE PLAN AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO,
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TO RECEIVING FILE MOVED TO APPROVE THE THAT'S RIGHT.ANY OPPOSED? THE NA A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS NOT TO FILE? THANK, THANK YOU.
UH, I'LL, I'LL WE'LL START OVER.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS? SO MOVE SECOND.
SO, UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION MINI GRANT PROGRAM.
I THINK THESE ARE THE, THE ORGANISMS, THE, THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AROUND APRIL-ISH, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THESE ARE AROUND TWO OR A QUARTER, TWO GRANTEE APPLICATIONS.
AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, I'M NOT AALIYAH HAYES.
UM, AALIYA HAYES DEPARTED HER POSITION IN JUNE.
SO I WILL BE PRESENTING THE GRANT ALL SO WE CAN REACH CONSENSUS ON OUR FOUR AWARD MEETINGS.
SO I THINK, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD TIME TO REVIEW THE, UM, TOP SIX APPLICANTS I THINK ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH COMMITTEE GRANT PROGRAM, BUT I'LL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW.
SO THE ELIGIBILITY IS RESERVED FOR NONPROFITS BASED IN LONG BEACH, WHO SERVE PRIMARILY ON LONG BEACH NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS WITH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMMING.
THE ALLOWABLE USE OF FUNDS ARE STAFF WELLNESS INITIATIVES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, WHETHER THROUGH TECH UPGRADE, CONSULTANT SUPPORT, OR SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PURPOSE OF OUR GRANTS ARE TO ENSURE THAT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE CITY IS STRENGTHENED THROUGH THE, UM, BOLSTERING AND INCREASED SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR LONG BEACH NONPROFITS.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN STAFF ARE SUPPORTED, TRAINED, AND EQUIPPED, ORGANIZATIONS ARE BETTER ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
SO IN SUMMARY, WE RECEIVED 20 APPLICANTS, WHICH IS A GREAT TURNOUT, AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE TOP SIX TODAY.
AND THE BOARD OF HEALTH WILL DECIDE WHICH FOUR WILL BE FUNDED THIS ROUND.
SO, REVIEWING THE SCORING CRITERIA QUICKLY, WE ARE MAKING SURE OUR PRIORITIES ALIGN WITH PROGRAM PURPOSE.
THEY CONSIDER POTENTIAL IMPACT BOTH IN THE SHORT TERM AND THE LONG TERM.
THEY HAVE A FEASIBLE, UM, PROJECT, UH, AND FEASIBLE IMPLEMENTATION.
THEY'RE COST EFFECTIVE AND A BONUS IF THEY PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION AND EQUITY.
SO WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH EACH, UM, APPLICANT.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE AN OVERVIEW AND THEN, UH, A SLIDE ABOUT THEIR ASK AND A SLIDE ABOUT THEIR IMPACT.
SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH.
UM, UH, THEIR MISSION IS VOLUNTEERS EMPOWER AND TRANSFORM LIVES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS. ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LONG BEACH PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON LONG BEACH RESIDENTS AND PROVIDE FREE SCHOOL UNIFORMS FOR LBDL, THE USD STUDENTS, UM, LOW COST ORTHODONTIA, UH, EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY, TUTORING, MENTORING AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WITH POTENTIAL TO THRIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO THRIVE ACTIVITIES FOR, UH, PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL PATIENTS.
CLOTHING AND SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, EDUCATIONAL TOURS AND EDUCATION ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO BULLYING AND VIOLENCE.
IN ADDITION TO TEAM VOLUNTEERISM OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR REQUEST EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN EXPANDING VIDEO CONFERENCING CAPACITY, UH, WHICH WOULD IMPROVE MEETING EFFICIENCY AND INCREASE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITH 14 STAFF AND OVER 700 VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY.
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SEEK TO CONDUCT MULTIPLE VIRTUAL AND HYBRID MEETINGS.THEY CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE VIDEO CONFERENCING AND SET UP, UH, AVAILABLE MAKING HOSTING AT MULTIPLE CONCURRENT MEETINGS, UM, A CHALLENGE, SO THEIR BUDGET, UM, TOTAL TH UH, $3,414.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, TWO CONFERENCE ROOM CAMERAS AND TWO HEAVY DUTY ROLLING AUDIO VISUAL PARTS.
SO WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE AV IS FOR OUR PRESENTATION QUALITY.
OVERALL IMPACT WILL BE REDUCING SCHEDULING CONFLICTS AND SET UP TIME INCREASING STAFF PRODUCTIVITY, ALLOWING GREATER FOCUS ON COMMUNITY SERVICES, IMPROVING OVERALL OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
THE MEASURABLE IMPACT WOULD BE INCREASING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, UM, BY CONDUCTING A, A GOAL OF AN AVERAGE OF 20 VIRTUAL OR HYBRID MEETINGS PER MONTH WITH AT LEAST A 50% REDUCTION IN MEETING SET UP TIME AND SCHEDULING CONFLICTS MEASURED BY INTERNAL CALENDARING DATA AND STAFF TIME TRACKING.
WITHIN NINE MONTHS OF IMPLEMENTATION, THEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND HYBRID MEETING TECHNOLOGY, INCREASE OVERALL MEETING PARTICIPATION BY 25%, AND ACHIEVE CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE OF 20 TO 50 MEETINGS PER MONTH WITH A HIGH HIGHER PROPORTION OF REMOTE PARTICIPANTS AS MEASURED BY ATTENDANCE LOGS AND VIRTUAL MEETING ANALYTICS.
SO I CAN GIVE YOU A MOMENT JUST TO SORT THAT.
AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE SECOND OF THE TOP SIX CONFLUENCE RISING.
UM, YOU MAY KNOW THEM AS CCEJ OR THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE, THAT'S THEIR FORMER NAME.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR, UH, 60 YEARS AND BUILDING A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE LIVE FREE OF OPPRESSION AND THRIVE.
THEIR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER YOUTH AND ADULTS TO LEAD CHANGE FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE GOAL OF CONFLUENCE, CONFLUENCE RISING YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS IS TO PROVIDE SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH PEERS AND ADULTS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO INCLUSION AND CONFLUENCE PROGRAMS. YOUTH BETWEEN AGES 14 AND 20 FIVES FOR SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION, FACILITATE DIALOGUE WITH PEERS OF DIFFERENT RACES AND GENDER IDENTITIES, AND LEARN HOW TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT CONFLICT AND HATE IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.
SO THEIR ASK FOR THEIR MINI GRANT INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR, UM, $500, AN ANNUAL STIPEND PER STAFF MEMBER, UM, AND SUPPORTS LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AND TRAININGS, UH, SUCH AS CONFLICT RESOLUTION, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, AND ANTI-RACISM.
UM, THIS ALSO INCLUDES AN ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING DAY, UM, INCLUDING A STAFF RETREAT FOR TEAM BUILDING AND FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATING CHANGE AND CHALLENGES.
IT WOULD ALSO FUND THEIR CHILL PROGRAM, A BIMONTHLY SKILL BUILDING, UM, SESSION BASED PROGRAM, UM, THAT INCLUDES FIELD VISITS TO, UM, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL SITES TO DEEPEN LEARNING ON RACIAL AND GENDER JUSTICE.
THEIR BUDGET, UM, INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AT $4,000 FOR 16 STAFF, UM, UH, BUCKETS OF MONEY FOR THEIR CHILL ON THE ROAD, UM, PROGRAMS AND, UH, CONFLUENCE RISING ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING RETREAT.
IMPACT INCLUDES ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES, WHICH SUPPORT STAFF RETENTION AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.
TEAM WIDE LEARNING, UH, FOSTERS THE, UH, SHARED EXPERIENCE, REFLECTION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
UM, STRENGTHENING THEIR ABILITY TO ADVANCE THE MISSION OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE, EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP.
UM, BUILDING TRUST, RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATION ACROSS TEAMS AND DEPARTMENTS.
ENCOURAGING VULNERABILITY AND CONNECTION, ENHANCING PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AND THE FUNDING WOULD ENSURE CONSISTENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLECTIVE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS IMPROVED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE WHICH ENHANCE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
CAN I ASK JUST A QUICK QUESTION? SO WHEN WE'RE, UM, DONE REVIEWING THESE, WE'RE
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GONNA RANK THE TOP TOP FOUR.SO WE'LL LOOK THROUGH SIX AND THERE'LL BE A QR CODE AT THE END WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR RENT SO THAT YOU, CAN YOU MAKE SURE IT'S ANONYMOUS.
SO, UH, THIRD UP, DEVOTION FITNESS.
DEVOTION FITNESS IS A COMMUNITY ROOTED WELLNESS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CREATING SAFE, AFFIRMING AND INCLUSIVE SPACES FOR LGBTQ PLUS WOMEN AND MARGINALIZED, UM, YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS MISSION.
THEIR MISSION IS TO USE MOVEMENT AS MEDICINE BY SOMATIC FITNESS AND HOLISTIC WELLNESS PRACTICES TO REDUCE STRESS, ANXIETY, AND SOCIAL ISOLATION, WHILE FOSTERING BELONGING AND EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE.
THEY PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE TRAUMA INFORMED PROGRAMMING THAT BLENDS BOXING AND FITNESS WITH COMMUNITY CARE.
THEIR SERVICES INCLUDE, UH, GROUP SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES, SOUND BATH, WELLNESS EDUCATION WORKSHOPS, AND COMMUNITY BASED EVENTS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
EACH OFFERING IS INTENTIONALLY STRUCTURED TO CULTIVATE CONNECTION, PARTICULARLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN EXCLUDED OR HARMED IN TRADITIONAL FITNESS ENVIRONMENTS.
THEIR ASK INCLUDES FUNDING FOR WELLNESS ACTIVITIES, BIWEEKLY, INCLUDING SOUND THERAPY, REIKI AND GUIDED MEDITATION, YOGA AND MOVEMENT BASED STRESS RELIEF, MASSAGE THERAPY AND HYDROTHERAPY, SPA BASED RECOVERY EXPERIENCES, AND TEAM SELECTED ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.
IT ALSO SUPPORTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ONLINE COURSES AND CERTIFICATIONS AND INTEGRATED INTO WEEKLY WORKFLOWS, UM, AND APPLIED TO IMPROVE EXISTING PROGRAMS. THEIR, UH, PROPOSED TIMELINE WOULD BE TO START IN MAY, SO THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE OFFSET, OBVIOUSLY, UM, BUT IT WOULD BE A FIVE MONTH PROPOSED TIMELINE.
FROM LAUNCH TO, UM, EVALUATION.
THE BUDGET WOULD BE A TOTAL OF FIVE, $5,000, UM, $3,000 FOR TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, $2,000 FOR STAFF WELLNESS.
AND I'LL, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, NOT READ ALL THE DETAILS THERE.
100% OF STAFF, UM, FORCING MEMBERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONGOING WELLNESS SESSIONS, IMPROVING EMOTIONAL REGULATION, TEAM COHESION AND JOB SATISFACTION.
ADDITIONALLY, AT LEAST THREE STAFF MEMBERS WILL COMPLETE CERTIFICATIONS OR TRAININGS IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, SOMATIC PRACTICES OR FITNESS, UH, AND STRENGTHENING PROGRAM SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS.
SO OVERALL, THE ASK SUPPORTS A MORE RESILIENT, SKILLED, AND SUSTAINABLE TEAM, ALLOWING THE ORGANIZATION TO EXPAND ITS IMPACT WHILE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE SAFE HEALING SPACES FOR LGBT PLUS, UM, INDIVIDUALS, WOMEN AND YOUTH.
HOWARD FOR HOPE IS, UM, COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BY STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, AND EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE FROM SURVIVAL TO STABILITY.
THEY FOCUS ON REDUCING HEALTH INEQUITIES BY PROVIDING EARLY INTERVENTION PREVENTION AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF STRESS, INSTABILITY AND LIMITED ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH THEIR PROGRAM.
ME, MYSELF, AND Y, THEY DELIVER EARLY PREVENTION PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH AGES NINE TO 14.
FOCUS ON EMO, FOCUSING ON EMOTIONAL, UM, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DECISION MAKING SKILLS THAT REDUCE LONG TERM RISK FACTORS, SUCH AS ANXIETY, BEHAVIORAL CHANGES, AND NEGATIVE PEER INFLUENCE.
LINKS OF HOPE, SUPPORT CAREGIVERS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, ADVOCACY TOOLS AND, UM, NAVIGATION ACROSS HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEMS. THE HOPE PROGRAM, HELPING OTHER PEOPLE PERSEVERE EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSES ECONOMIC STABILITY AND HOUSEHOLD WELLNESS BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, LIFE SKILLS, TRAINING AND COACHING.
BY REDUCING FINANCIAL STRAIN ON SUPPORT AND SUPPORTING PARENTS, THE PROGRAM DIRECTLY IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH, REDUCES CHRONIC STRESS, AND CREATES HEALTHIER HOME ENVIRONMENTS.
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THEIR PROJECT OUTLINES A PROGRAM OF STAFF WELLNESS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, UM, AND THEIR TIMELINE WOULD BE OVERALL SIX MONTHS WITH THE FIRST TWO MONTHS BEING, UH, PLANNING FOR THE WELLNESS AND TRAININGS.UM, MONTH THREE TO FOUR WOULD BE THE, UH, EXECUTION AND COMPLETION OF TRAININGS, UM, AND THE START OF SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THE FINAL TWO MONTHS BEING FINALIZING SYSTEMS AND IMPROVING INTERNAL PROCESSES.
THEIR MEASURABLE OUTCOMES INCLUDE REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING TIME BY AT LEAST 30%, UH, 90% OF STAFF SHOWING INCREASED CONFIDENCE AND, UM, APPLYING NEW STRATEGIES, INCREASED ACCURACY AND TIMELINESS OF REPORTING, UM, AND EXPANDING STAFF CAPACITY TO FOCUS ON DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY.
OVERALL, THIS IMPACT SPEAKS TO SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY ACCOUNTABLE SERVICES FOR THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
THE WELLNESS COMPONENT, UM, WILL SUPPORT RESTORATION AND BURNOUT PREVENTION, IMPROVED MORALE, RETENTION, AND CAPACITY TO SERVE HIGH NEED POPULATIONS.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL ENHANCE, UM, SKILLS IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND LEAD TO STRONGER PROGRAM DELIVERY AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH, CAREGIVERS AND FAMILIES.
NEXT UP, SUCCESS IN CHALLENGES INC.
IS A LONG BEACH BASED, UH, NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE EDUCATION, WELLNESS, LIFE SKILLS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THEY DELIVER A RANGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING YOUTH ENRICHMENT, TRANSITIONAL AGE, YOUTH SUPPORT, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND NAVIGATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS BASED WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON MENTAL AND SELF CARE.
UM, THESE DIRECTLY ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS HEALTH, INCLUDING ECONOMIC STABILITY, EDUCATION ACCESS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.
PROJECT FUNDS WILL SUPPORT, UH, CONSULTANT LED DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STREAMLINED SYSTEMS FOR ATE TRACKING, DATA COLLECTION AND PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION.
THEY CAN MEASURE BETTER MEASURE OUTCOMES, UH, COORDINATE SERVICES AND RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND ALSO SUPPORT TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION.
THEY ALL ALSO HAVE A SIX MONTH TIMELINE, UM, WITH OR STARTING WITH ASSESSMENT, UM, AND IDENTIFICATION DEVELOP, AND THEN MOVING INTO DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ONBOARDING, UH, OF THE CONSULTANTS.
AND IN THE FINAL MONTH, EVALUATION REFINEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING.
THE BUDGET CONSISTS OF 2,500 IN CONSULTANT SUPPORT, UM, $1,000 IN SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION, DIGITAL TOOLS, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, 1000 IN PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT, UH, STAFF TIME AND LABOR FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN OTHER, UH, $500 IN TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
THE IMPACT, UM, WOULD BE ENHANCING INTERNAL SYSTEMS FOR DATA TRACKING AND PROGRAM COORDINATION.
UM, INCREASED STABILITY FOR, UH, MEASURABLE OUTCOMES RELATED TO HOUSING STABILITY, ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND WELLNESS.
AND, UH, REDUCTION OF BURDEN ON STAFF, ALLOWING MORE TIME TO FOCUS ON DIRECT SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF AT LEAST ONE OR ONE NEW OR SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED SYSTEM FOR PROGRAM TRACKING AND OUTCOME MEASUREMENT.
UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STAFF TRAINED IN NEW SYSTEMS AND WORKFLOWS, INCREASED EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVED ABILITY TO TRACK PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES AND DEMONSTRATE FUNDERS AND PARTNERS.
UH, THE NEXT ORGANIZATION, YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, UM, HAS A MISSION TO BUILD COMMUNITIES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR ADULT ALLIES COME TOGETHER TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE.
THEIR WORK IS BASED ON THE CONVICTION THAT IF WE INVEST IN YOUNG PEOPLE TO HELP THEM UNCOVER THEIR AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP STYLE, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL PROSPER.
AS A RESULT, THEY PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH
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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE LEADERS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.UM, THEIR LONG BEACH YOUTH LEADERS HAVE DRIVEN, IMPACTFUL YOUTH LED PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE CITY'S FIRST OPIOID AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, A TWO YEAR YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORT, AND AN ONGOING THREE YEAR K TO 12 MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNS.
THEIR GRANT, UH, PROJECT OUTLINES A STAFF WELLNESS PROGRAM, INCLUDING WELLNESS STIPENDS FOR CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND AFFIRMING CARE, UM, COVERAGE FOR SERVICES LIKE THERAPY, GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, MOVEMENT BASED PRACTICES, AND STRESS SUPPORT, REDUCTION OF FINANCIAL BARRIERS, UM, PREVENTION OF BURNOUT, AND, UM, ENSURING THE STAFF WERE EQUIPPED TO SUPPORT YOUTH FACING, UM, VARIOUS CHALLENGES.
UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO INCLUDED, AND THAT WOULD FOCUS ON CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE FACILITATION, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH, EQUITY CENTER LEADERSHIP, AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
UM, THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD, WOULD BE DELIVERED BY TRUSTED COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, THE PROPOSED PARTNERS WOULD BE, UH, GEORGE JACKSON ORGANIZING SCHOOL, THE GUIDANCE CENTER, AND THE L-G-B-T-Q CENTER OF LONG BEACH, UM, OR CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE.
THEY HAVE A 12 MONTH IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE THAT WOULD YEAH, INCLUDE THE TRAINING SCHEDULES AND GUIDELINES, THE APPLICATIONS AND TRAININGS AND EVALUATION AND INTEGRATION OF PRACTICES.
THEIR BUDGET IS $5,000 WITH 3000 GOING TOWARDS TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 2000 GOING TOWARDS STAFF AND WELLNESS STIPENDS.
UM, EACH STAFF MEMBER WOULD RECEIVE $1,000 TOTAL OF TWO STAFF MEMBERS.
100% OF STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS AT LEAST ONE WELLNESS SUPPORT RESOURCE.
UM, 100% OF STAFF PARTICIPATING, UM, IN TWO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINEES.
UM, AT LEAST 80% OF STAFF REPORTING INCREASED, UH, WELLBEING, UH, AT LEAST 70% OF YOUTH REPORTING, UH, IMPROVED STAFF SUPPORT.
AND, UM, AT LEAST TWO RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES INTEGRATED INTO PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS UPDATED YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE GUIDE, UM, WITH NEW 10 NEW LOCAL AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE RESOURCES.
OVERALL, THE IMPACT WOULD STRENGTHEN STAFF CAPACITY, PROGRAM QUALITY, AND SUSTAINABLE HIGH IMPACT SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED IN LONG BEACH.
IF YOU COULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO EITHER SCAN THE QR CODE OR TYPE IN THAT URL, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A RANKING MICROSOFT FORM.
AND WE HAVE TO, SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE AS IS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO WAY TO SUGGEST THAT WE, I'M GONNA THROW OUT AN EXAMPLE.
I MIGHT BE COMPLETELY GREAT WITH THE IDEA OF GIVING AN ORGANIZATION $3,000 FOR THE DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, PIECES THAT THEY WANT, BUT MAYBE I'M LESS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GIVING THEM A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A STAFF SPOTTED.
SO IS THERE A WAY TO FUND PART OF SOMEONE'S PROPOSAL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A CITYWIDE BUDGET DEFICIT MM-HMM
AND WITH CUTS AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SPRING FOR YOUR SPA DAY, BUT I'M TOTALLY DOWN FOR GIVING YOU MONEY TO IMPROVE YOUR CAPACITY TO SERVE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, YES.
IT, SOME OF THESE ARE GREAT PROPOSALS.
IF THEY DIDN'T THROW IN LIKE, SOME MONEY FOR THAT, THAT GOES DIRECTLY IN THE POCKETS OF THEIR STAFF.
AND LARGE AMOUNTS, LIKE 500 AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO JUST GIVE TO STAFF MEMBERS ISN'T WHERE I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THE MONEY.
BUT THAT STINKS BECAUSE THE REST OF THE PROPOSAL I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPACTFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE.
SO LIKE IS THERE A, DO WE JUST SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS? THAT'S WHAT THEY SUBMITTED, OR, I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION ON WHAT'S FUNDED.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT I SEE IN, IN ANY ALLOCATION COMMITTEE THAT
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I'VE SERVED ON.SO I THINK WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO REACH CONSENSUS ON IF, IF THERE'S AN APPLICANT THAT'S IN THE TOP FOUR, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, LIKE WE WANNA TAKE THE SPA DAYS OUT.
OR YOU KNOW, THAT WHATEVER'S PERCEIVED AS THE MONEY IN THE POCKET OUT, UM, I WOULD JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THAT BREAKDOWN WOULD BE.
OR, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SIMPLY RANK THOSE LOWER TOO.
WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TELL ABOUT THAT.
DO YOU WANNA JUST RANK AS IS OR WRITE ON WITH YOU? YEAH, LIKE TO, I'M GONNA GRAB MY COFFEE.
IS THERE ROOM IN THE FORM FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THOSE THINGS? IS THERE ROOM FOR NARRATIVE? I HAVE MY FULL, IT'S JUST A RANK.
I THINK IT'S, SO DO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT? I CAN TAKE NOTES, SO.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
OR WE COULD SAY, WE'LL FUND THIS PART, BUT NOT THIS PART.
SO DO WE WANNA DISCUSS BEFORE WE RANK? OR DO WE WANNA JUST, OR AM I THE ONLY I, WELL, I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THIS WAY BECAUSE A COUPLE, YOU SETTLED.
I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT PRAGMATICALLY, I'D RATHER RANK AS IS.
AS IS AND JUST TAKE THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY CHALLENGING TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF LIKE, THE LOGISTICS OF, OKAY, FIRST WE NEED TO VOTE ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA FUND, THEN WE'RE GONNA LIKE PUT THEM BACK IN THE RANKING.
AND I, I, I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THAT ALL.
BUT THOSE QUESTIONS GONNA COME UP AROUND IT, BUT THAT'S THAT.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING MY PIECE.
AND THEN HOW ABOUT WE VOTE ON, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE, TWO CAN JUST TALK.
PEOPLE CAN JUST SAY, I'M NOT RANKING PEOPLE BASED OFF OF WHAT I SAW.
I ONLY FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR TWO OF 'EM BECAUSE I JUST THINK, YEAH.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE FOUR THAT I, THEY HAVE SUCH A GIANT CHUNK OF CHANGE THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTED FOR APPROPRIATELY.
THAT I DON'T THINK THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE PROVIDING MY SUPPORT FOR.
I I, IT WAS A STRETCH FOR ME TO FIND A THIRD.
AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS THAT, FOR THAT REASON, AND IF YOU DIDN'T SUGGEST THE SPA DAY, I'D BE ON BOARD WITH YOU.
OR YOU KNOW, THIS ONE HAS A GIANT, YOU KNOW, $500, BUT TELLS FOR WHAT PER STAFF, WHAT YOU GONNA DO WITH IT.
AND SO THAT OPENENDEDNESS OF IT IS NOT, I'M NOT FAIRLY COMFORTABLE WITH MM-HMM
WE CAN PICK, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IF WE ONLY SELECT TWO, OR IF WE WANTED TO SELECT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO SELECT FOUR AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE ONLY GET $2,500.
THERE'S NO WAY TO JUST LIKE POP TO THREE.
BUT I THINK WE'RE SAYING IN THE DISCUSSION WE CLARIFIED THAT I CAN, I'LL, I'LL JUST NOT PUT THOSE AHEAD.
WE ALL THE MONEY, BUT THEY'RE ASKING, UH, WE CAN REDUCE IT.
SO THE RANGE FOR THE MINI GRANTS IS 2,502 5,000.
SO FOR THOSE, I THINK IT WAS TWO RIGHT, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, MAYBE WE WEREN'T SURE ABOUT HOW THEY WERE ALLOCATING THOSE STAFF FUNDS, OR WE WANTED TO REDUCE THOSE, WE WANTED TO NOT FUND THOSE WELLNESS APPLICATIONS SO WE COULD FUND 'EM AT $2,500 AND SAY THAT, UM, WE WOULDN'T BE FUNDING THOSE ASPECTS AND THAT THEY COULD REORGANIZE THEIR PROJECT TO FIT THAT
I'VE SEEN BOARD MEMBER SANDRA HAND UP FOR, I JUST WANNA, UM, COMMENT.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AROUND AND WE DIDN'T GIVE A LOT OF LIKE, YOU CAN'T DO THIS, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
AND SO WHILE THAT MAY NOT LOOK ATTRACTIVE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AT DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PAYING FOR RETREATS IN PALM SPRINGS, AND SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE MICROMANAGING WOULD'VE SPENDING THEIR MONEY AT THIS TIME.
UM, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T SAY, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT.
I WANNA LEND, IT'S, UM, MY, MY TRUST THAT WE'RE GIVING THIS FUNDING BASED UPON HEALTH AND WAL AND HOW THEY, THEY CHOOSE TO SPEND THEIR MONEY.
I'M TRUSTING THAT THEY'RE INVESTING WISELY WITH IN THE ORGANIZATION.
AND IF IT IS A SPA DAY AND THEY FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VALUED TO THEIR STAFF, THEN I SAY INVEST THAT.
BECAUSE I'VE SEEN MANY OF OUR OWN ORGANIZATIONS SPEND MONEY THAT WOULDN'T LOOK GOOD ON THE RICH ON NEIGHBOR.
BUT WE ARE DOING OURSELVES DOING THAT.
'CAUSE WE TRUST THAT THERE'S VALUE IN THAT.
I MEAN, WHAT OUR SHAREHOLDERS OPPOSED TO IT THOUGH, SAY IF WE HAD KIND OF FLOODS THAT WERE DEFENDED, WE HEAR ABOUT IT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT THIS PART.
HOW DO YOU EVALUATE BEYOND THESE ASSOCIATIONS?
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SORRY, YOU JUST GO BY.HOW DO YOU EVALUATE THEM? HOW DO YOU EVALUATE THEM? EVALUATE THEM, HOW YOU GO AND CHECK THEM? OR WHAT DO YOU DO? UM, WE HAVE, UH, A VETTING PROCESS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
JUST THE BASIC VETTING FROM PROCUREMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THEIR ORGANIZATION IS LEGITIMATE, THAT THEIR STAFF IS, UM, YOU KNOW, LEGITIMATE AND, AND VETTED.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITES.
OBVIOUSLY THEIR PROJECTS WOULD BE EVALUATED AFTER THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY SUBMIT A BUDGET, THEY SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.
SO WE REVIEW ALL OF THOSE, UM, AGAINST OUR ELIGIBILITY AND OUR, OUR CORE CRITERIA.
SO JUST TO SPEAK, JUST A NOTE, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE DISCUSSION HERE, UM, IT'S VALUABLE FOR ME TO HEAR, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF THE SPA PIECE AND IF THAT OR RETREATS, UM, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR WELLNESS.
UM, THAT IS PART OF THE MINI GRANT, LIKE GIVING BACK TO STAFF BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT NON-PROFITS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT PROVIDE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OFTEN HAVE STAFF WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC BURNOUT WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF SELF CARE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE SALARIES FOR NON-PROFITS ARE OFTENTIMES MUCH LOWER THAN MARKET VALUE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S AN ECONOMIC KIND OF RECOGNITION AND OFFERING.
SO I WOULD SAY EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT FEELINGS ABOUT THE WHAT QUALIFIES AS WELLNESS, UM, THAT WOULD STILL BE AN ELIGIBLE, AN ALLOWABLE COST FOR THIS MONEY AS IT'S NOT COMING FROM CITY, UH, THE CITY BUDGET.
IT'S COMING FROM OUR HHS FUND BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHAT GIVES US SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FUNDS AND THE ALLOCATIONS THEREOF.
I WOULD ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, I DON'T HAVE THEIR FULL PROPOSALS PULLED UP RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR THOSE AMOUNTS THAT, UM, ARE STAFF STIPENDS THAT ARE, THAT DON'T HAVE DESCRIPTORS IN THE POWERPOINT, I WOULD THINK I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO REFERENCE THEIR ENTIRE APPLICATION.
BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STIPEND LIKE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES RECEIVE TO COVER, YOU KNOW, CONFERENCE FEES OR TRAINING THAT THEY WOULD FIND ON THEIR OWN TIME AND BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS ON THE DISCUSSION.
BUT YES, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ONLY FUND TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
WE CAN ALSO FUND ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WE DON'T FULLY FEEL GUNG HO ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AT $2,500 AS OPPOSED TO THE FULL FIVE.
SO I'M HEARING, UM, THREE, THREE POTENTIAL OPTIONS.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE EVERYONE'S LANDED.
I THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE NARROW.
SO THIS ONE OPTION IS TO JUST CHOOSE FOUR AS IS, RIGHT? ONE IS TO ONLY DO TWO AND THE OTHER ONE IS TO DO FOUR.
BUT WITH, UM, ELIMINATING CERTAIN BUDGET ITEMS, RIGHT? FOR TWO, FOR MAYBE FOR TWO OF THEM.
UM, I MEAN THAT NUMBER COULD BE ANYTHING.
OR YOU COULD PICK THREE AND LIMIT FOURTH.
OR CAN WE JUST DO LIKE, UM, UM, UH, UNOFFICIAL LIKE VOTE OR GO AHEAD.
I WAS GONNA SAY, WHY DON'T WE SEE WHERE THE RANKING YEAH.
AND THEN WE CAN DID EVERYONE DO THE RANKING? DID YOU MEAN? OH NO, I'M DONE YET.
AND THEN IF, IF, IF ANYBODY HAS SPECIFIC QUALMS ABOUT ONE OF THE TOP FOUR, WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION.
LET'S, LET'S SEE HOW THAT PANS OUT FIRST.
YOU KNOW, I, I, UM, I THINK I MAY HAVE DONE IT ALREADY EARLIER AND I JUST DID IT AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
I WAS LIKE, I THINK I'VE DONE THIS.
YOU HAVEN'T DONE ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE.
YOU'VE DONE, YOU DIDN'T CHEAT, YOU DIDN'T GO TWICE DOUBLE.
I, I, I THINK I NEED TO GO INTO MICROSOFT FORMS ON MY END TO SEE.
I DISCONNECTED TO JUST TAKING A LONG TIME TO LOAD HERE.
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IN WRITING.LIKE THERE'S A RECORD THAT WE GAVE THEM.
MONEY AND LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK IN SERVICE TO THEM FROM THE CITY.
SO LET'S SEE HOW THE, HOW THE, I, I KNOW THAT THAT'S LIMITED.
I GOT A DAUGHTER WHO'S A MANY VERSION OF ME.
I HAVE A, THAT'S IT'S DEADLINE.
IT'S, WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO MINUTES, SO WE NEED TO GET INTO THE ACTUAL OKAY.
SO OUR TOP TWO ARE ASSISTANT LEAGUE IN HOWARD HOPE AND INFORCE SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES AND CONFLUENCE RISING.
UM, SO IF EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE WITH EXCLUDING YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND DEVOTION FITNESS, THEN WE'RE GOOD THERE.
WHICH ONE? WHICH ONE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH PAYING FOR A SPOT.
A, THIS ALL GOES IN WRITING THAT IS POOR STEWARDSHIP OF OF FUNDING.
LIKE, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I DISAGREE.
I DON'T DO RETREATS IN COLLEGE, RIGHT? OH NO, NO.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT I WAS, I'M SURPRISED.
YEAH, I DON'T, I LOVED THE FIRST PART.
I WAS SURPRISED LAST TIME TOO.
I WAS LIKE, OH, I LOVED THE FIRST PART OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
AND IF THEY DIDN'T PUT THAT OTHER STUFF IN THERE, I WOULD'VE PUT THEM UP HIGH.
WERE THERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRIVATE PROPOSALS FOR SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES OR CONFLICT RISING? DID ARE, IS THERE A GROUP REASONING TO REDUCE THAT FUNDING TO 2,500? OR ARE WE, DID WE FEEL LIKE ALL OF THOSE COST EXPENDITURES WERE APPROPRIATE? NO, I MEAN, I DIDN'T LOVE CONFLUENCE RISING'S PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY JUST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
BUT AT LEAST IT WAS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT I FELT OKAY PUTTING IN WRITING WE WERE OFFERING INSTEAD OF THINGS THAT FELT UNCOMFORTABLE TO PUT ON PAPER, HAD DEVOTION FITNESS NOT PUT THAT OTHER STUFF IN THERE.
I LOVED THE FIRST PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL AND WOULD HAVE RANKED THEM MUCH HIGHER.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TOP FOUR AS THEY ARE.
I JUST WOULD HAVE GIVEN MONEY TO ONE OF THE BOTTOM ONES IF THEY HADN'T PUT THE OTHER PIECES IN.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH, WITH THE FOUR, FOR ME, CONFLUENCE RISING IS VERY VAGUE.
I DIDN'T LOVE THAT, BUT ME NEITHER, AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T SAY I WANT A THOUSAND FOR A MASSAGE UHHUH.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.
AND I ALSO, IN FAIRNESS, I I ACTUALLY KNOW THEM AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE GONNA DO THINGS LIKE LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH AND LIKE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WROTE AND THEY'RE JUST EACH GOING TO DO A DIFFERENT ONE.
THEY WOULD KIND OF PIN IT DOWN OR IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TO REVISIT THEN GIVE US THE OUTLINE OF WHAT THE STAFF USED THEIR, YOUR FUNDS FOR.
BUT THEY'LL, THAT WILL COME ALL ON THE BACK END.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO TRUST PART TOO HERE TOO.
AND I TRUST THAT TRUST THAT THEY CAN'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY I TRUST THAT DO, DO WE ALREADY HAVE A TEMPLATE FOR THE REPORTING AND IS THIS COST REIMBURSEMENT OR IS THIS GOING TO BE GIVEN IN AN AMOUNT AS A GRANT AND THEN THEY PROVIDE BACK A REPORT AFTER HAVING SPENT IT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, THAT'S
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A GOOD QUESTION.I I, I, I BELIEVE IT IS A FLAT RATE, BUT IT WOULD BE, SO IT WOULDN'T BE STRICT COST REIMBURSEMENT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE, UH, THERE'S A SURVEY THAT THEY TAKE OUT AND A SHORT EVALUATION REPORT THAT THEY SUBMIT.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO SUBMIT, UM, DOCUMENTATION AND PICTURES, UM, OF THEIR PROJECT.
SO THAT WOULD BE PROOF THAT OF HOW THEY SPENT THE FUNDS.
ARE THERE ANY UNALLOWABLE COSTS? UM, I KNOW LIKE THIS GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REIMBURSE FOR ALCOHOL FOR INSTANCE.
BUT ARE THERE OTHER, ARE THERE OTHERS? UM, ALCOHOL AND FOOD I THINK WOULD BE UNALLOWABLE COSTS.
ANYTHING THAT FALLS OUTSIDE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, CAN BE PART OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE DO DO THAT WITHIN THE CITY.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT UNALLOWABLE.
I WOULD HAVE TO PULL UP THE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES AND REFER TO THOSE FOR, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE ORGANIZATIONS, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY TIGHTEN UP THIS PROCESS JUST KIND OF BASED ON SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ANY ORGANIZATION TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS, WHAT CONFLUENCE RISING DID WAS GET SPECIFIC COSTS AND PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ESTIMATE OF THOSE COSTS.
I THINK IF YOU HAD SOME OF THAT FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER NEBULOUS AMOUNTS, YOU MIGHT HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE INTENTIONALITY WAS.
UM, BUT WE CAN ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD AND EVEN IN THIS PROCESS, PROVIDE YOU WITH WHATEVER OUR METRIC WILL BE FOR THEIR EVALUATION OF HOW THE FUNDS WERE SPENT.
AND THAT ALWAYS GOES BACK TO ACCESS TO A GRANT WRITER.
RIGHT? TO WHAT? TO A GRANT WRITER.
YOU KNOW, TO STAFFING AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY'RE CALLING SPA DAY OR THEY'RE CALLING IT OTHER STUFF.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HEALTH AND WELLNESS SPA BASED SOUNDS FUNNY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S PART OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
ALL OF US HAVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE AS PART OF OUR EAP AND THAT IS PART OF WELLNESS.
SO ESPECIALLY IN THIS WORLD OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, IT SOUNDS FUNNY, SPA BUT TO ME THAT'S PART OF THE HEALTH MOST I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE WE'RE A CITY COMMISSION AND ALL OF THIS IS PUBLIC RECORD AND THESE ARE PUBLIC FUNDS.
AND I WOULD NEVER, I'M A STEWARD OF PUBLIC FUNDS AT THE FULL-TIME JOB.
I WOULD NEVER WANT SPA DAY ON MY RECORDS.
SO THE WAY THAT I CHOSE TO VOTE IN THIS SITUATION DIDN'T REFLECT WHO I MOST WANT TO GIVE THE MONEY TO.
IT REFLECTED WHO I THOUGHT FILLED THIS OUT IN A WAY THAT IS MOST DEFENSIBLE.
SO I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE GIVEN DEVOTION FITNESS MONEY, BUT THEY GAVE ME A PROPOSAL THAT I, I DON'T THINK IS PUBLICLY DEFENSIBLE AS A STEWARD OF THEIR FUND OF THE FUNDING.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO HAVING ACCESS TO GRANT WRITER THAT CAN FRAME A RETREAT IN THE DEFENSIBLE PUBLIC IMAGE.
YOU KNOW, WHERE I USED TO WORK, IT WAS ALWAYS THE QUESTION WAS, IF THIS IS IN THE SACRAMENTO BEING THIS BOLD UP.
RIGHT? AND THAT GOES BACK TO HAVING ACCESS TO THE RIGHT PERSON TO WRITE THING.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MOM AND POP, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ORGANIZATION AND SOME OF THESE ALREADY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I KNOW SOME OF THESE AND I, I KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
BUT THAT GOES BACK TO HAVING A BIAS.
'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT THEY DO VERSUS KNOWING, UM, MAYBE THE MOM AND POP, I DON'T KNOW, THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE STAFFING NECK AND FRAME IT ACCORDING TO WHAT THE TAXPAYERS WILL, UM, PERCEIVE THAT TO BE.
AND THAT COMES FROM A INCLUSIVITY MENTALITY OF WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN WE'RE READING THESE GRANTS? AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE STUFF WOULD BE SO DANGEROUS, BECAUSE THE BIAS ALWAYS OFTENTIMES LENDS ITSELF TO THE, THOSE THAT HAVE THE MORE RESOURCE TO FRAME IT IN THE MESSAGING AND, AND INTO THE, THE CATEGORIES THAT WE GET THE MOST POINTS.
I'M GONNA PUSH BACK JUST A TINY BIT.
I AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHERE BIAS HIDES.
UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT I DON'T HIDE WHAT I'M REALLY DOING AND FRAME IT DIFFERENTLY FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
I WOULDN'T FUND A SPA DAY AND CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE TO PRETTY IT UP FOR THE RECORDS EITHER BECAUSE I, IT ISN'T ACTUALLY A RESPONSIBLE USE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT'S PERCEIVED AS.
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STAFF REJUVENATION TO HIDE THAT I WAS DOING A SPA DAY EITHER.UM, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A RESPONSIBLE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDING.
I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO GET PUBLIC FUNDING FOR OTHER THINGS THAT THE ORGANIZATION NEEDS AND THEN DIVERT THAT FUNDING OF YOUR OWN FUNDING TO, TO CREATE THE SPA DAY.
BUT NOT TO ASK A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION TO FUND A SPA DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, MAYBE ASK US TO FUND A COMPUTER SOFTWARE THAT YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR AND THEN USE THAT MONEY, USE YOUR OWN MONEY TO PAY FOR THE SPA DAY.
BUT IF THAT, IF YOU FEEL THAT ATTACHED TO IT.
BUT I WOULDN'T, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S DEFENSIBLE USE.
I SAW, I SAW ANOTHER HEAD FROM, FROM ANGELA.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOME OF THIS IS, IS SOME OF THIS IS DONATED THROUGH THE FUND, RIGHT? THE MONEY THAT YEAH, THE MONEY IS FROM THE HHS FUND, WHICH IS MANAGED BY LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
BUT WHERE THE MONEY ALSO ACTUALLY COMES FROM IS PUBLIC DONATIONS AS WELL.
NOT, NOT FROM COVID DONATIONS.
RIGHT? WELL, YEAH, FROM, FROM ONGOING.
WE'RE STILL SOLICITING THOUGH ONGOING.
SO IT'S COMING FROM INDIVIDUALS AND OTHERS, RIGHT.
ONGOING FUNDRAISING DUMP INTO THIS POT.
AND I DID ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE RECEIVED $20,000 FROM THE GOOD HOPE MEDICAL FOUNDATION.
YES, ALLY FOR DIRECT CLIENTS GOOD FOUNDATION.
SO THOSE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT PUBLIC FUNDS PER SE IN THAT REGARD, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT PART OF FUNDRAISING, IT MIGHT BE WORSE.
PART OF FUNDRAISING IS YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EVIDENCE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING IS WE'RE GET, WE'RE INTO A SPACE NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE REALLY PICKING AND CHOOSING WHERE THEY'RE DONATING THEIR FUNDS AND WE'RE GOING OUT THERE SOLICITING AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO THIS FUND.
WE ALSO NEED TO FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFEND.
AND AGAIN, NOT THAT THE WORDING SHOULD BE CHANGED OR IT SHOULD BE PRETTY UP, BUT, BUT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE THEY DONATING MONEY TO.
I WE SHOULD BE COGNIZANT JUST BEING C YEAH.
I THINK WE INSERTED A TRIPPING HAZARD IN THE WELLNESS PART BECAUSE I AGREE THAT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THESE ARE LIKE, SWEET, YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF.
AND, AND I THINK IT IS, IT'S, IT'S UNFAIR.
LIKE PART OF ME WANTS TO SAY, OKAY, BUT DON'T GO SO HARD ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF WATER IT DOWN AND CALL IT A WELLNESS RETREAT OR SOMETHING ELSE.
DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA SPEND $500 ON HIRING MASSAGE OR, OR IT COULD BE WELLNESS AS PRESENTED THROUGH WELLNESS TRAININGS.
OR YOU KNOW, AND JUST STAFF ENHANCEMENTS, PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS, THAT'S WELLNESS AS WELL.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU TAKE WITH YOU CERTIFICATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK BECAUSE WE PUT THE WORD WELLNESS IN THERE, THEN THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO TELL ON THAT.
BUT DURING, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME, 'CAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY NOT THAT MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT, AND THAT'S FAIR.
EVERYBODY HERE WOULD AGREE THAT, THAT IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
IT'S JUST THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE IN THAT TIME OF, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC OOF.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT AS WELL.
AND, AND IF I MAY ADD THAT THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION,
IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SURE.
AND THE COMMITTEE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY.
IT, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO RIDE A COUPLE HORSES WITH ONE.
BUT, AND SO
AND, AND YOU SAW THAT PLAY OUT IN HOW THEY ELECT, HOW THE, THE, THE RANKINGS HAPPEN, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SOMETHING IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THAT GROUP ON THAT DAY 'CAUSE OF THEIR FEET, WHAT THEY HAD FOR BREAKFAST OR WHATEVER, IS GONNA SEIZE ON ONE ASPECT OF IT.
AND THAT THING WILL TAKE PRIORITY THAT DAY.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE EQUIPMENT WELLNESS AND WHATEVER THE THIRD THING WAS, FORGIVE ME, ONE THING WILL MOVE UP AND BECOME THE THING THAT SEIZES ON THE DEBATE AND THEN THAT WILL BECOME THE THING THAT IT'S ABOUT, WHICH IS ALWAYS WHY IT'S TYPICAL TO GIVE SOMEBODY MULTIPLE MANDATES ON SOMETHING OR GIVE AN INITIATIVE MULTIPLE MANDATES, GIVE IT A STRAIGHT UP OR A STRAIGHT DOWN MM-HMM
AND THEN WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THE LINE ITEM AND THIS AND THAT, THE OTHER THING YOU CAN SEE, IT NOT ONLY BECOMES A, A RANK CHOICE ISSUE BETWEEN THE SIX, THE SIX INITIATIVES, IT BECOMES WITHIN EACH OF THOSE INITIATIVES, A VOTE UP OR A VOTE DOWN ON DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SPLIT AND IT JUST, IT, IT MAKES THE PROCESS MESSY.
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LIKE THE WORD TRIP HAZARD.UM, IT JUST, IT'S JUST, IT'S MESSY AND IT'S NOT CLEAN.
AND, AND I DON'T, I DON'T, AND I'M, AND I'M KIND OF DOING SOMETHING THAT I DON'T LIKE TO USE AND I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION I DON'T LIKE TO BRING UP MM-HMM
BUT THIS IS VERY MESSY AND, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT MESS PLAY OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO CLEAN THAT UP SOMEHOW.
UM, GET LESS HORSES TO LINE UP WITH A NUMBER OF BUTS,
BUT, UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M SEEING AND, AND I, BECAUSE I'M SITTING IN A MOMENT, I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION.
UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD'S AT.
IS IT TOO LATE TO REWORD FOR THE NEXT ROUND? UM, WELL THE OTHER BIT THAT I WAS GOING TO SHARE IS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE AT SUCH, THE FUND DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS AT SUCH REDUCED CAPACITY, WE ARE PAUSING MINI GRANTS JUST FOR THE TIME BEING.
UM, SO WE, BUT THAT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RETOOLING.
I THINK IF WE'RE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND THIS ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT WELLNESS, I THINK FRAMING IT AS WELLNESS TRAININGS, COPING SKILLS, THAT WOULD FEEL BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
SO WHEN WE CHANGE THE GUIDELINES, THEY WILL HAVE TO GET RE-REVIEWED BY A CITY ATTORNEY.
AND SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE TIME FOR THAT.
UM, SO I JUST PUT THE THREE INITIATIVES ON THE SCREEN AS A REMINDER.
UM, AND I WANTED TO JUST COME BACK TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SCORING AS WELL.
UM, JUST TO CLOSE OUT THE CONVERSATION.
SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH FUNDING ONE AND TWO AT 5,000 MM-HMM
AND THEN THREE AND FOUR AT 2,500 OR DID WE WANT TO KEEP OR JUST FUND ONE AND TWO? I'M FINE.
I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOCATE WHAT THEY SOME, SOME MONEY TO ALL SIX OF THEM AND MAYBE JUST, YOU KNOW, LESS TO NUMBER SIX.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT EVERYONE KIND OF GETS SOMETHING, BUT THEY DIDN'T BECAUSE THERE'S 20 TOTAL.
THIS IS THE SIX THAT WERE, IT WAS REDUCED.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH GIVING FOUR THE FULL AMOUNT.
I WOULD GIVE FOUR THE FULL AMOUNT.
UM, ONE OF THEM DIDN'T ASK FOR 5,000, ONE OF THEM ASKED FOR LIKE 3,534.
I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE GIVING THEM WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.
IS EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH GIVING THEM WHAT THEY ASKED FOR? MM-HMM
THANK YOU FOR THE ROBUST DISCUSSION.
AND MAYBE WE COULD JUST GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO THE FOLKS WHO DIDN'T GET THROUGH, LIKE, HEY, PEOPLE WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS PART OF YOUR PROPOSAL.
IT WAS THIS PART THAT JUST FOLKS UP.
IF, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK VIA EMAIL, IT WILL BE ANONYMOUS.
UM, BUT MAYBE THAT WOULD GO TO ALLY AND THEN SHE CAN YEAH.
JUST SO THAT THEY, IN THE, IN THE FUTURE ROUND, THEY MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SUCCESS.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONE PERSPECTIVE OF LIKE SAYING THINGS WE DON'T FUND A, B, CZFG.
AND THERE'S ALSO A PHILOSOPHY OF THIS IS A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, I HEARD WHAT YOU HAD SAID, THIS A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION OF SOMETHING WERE NOT TO BE APPROVED BY THE TAXPAYER.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
AND NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFYING.
'CAUSE I DO THINK, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SOME OF THESE THINGS SOUND FRIVOLOUS, BUT THEY'RE NOT FRIVOLOUS IN THE, IN THE WORLD OF HEALTH AND
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF WE WERE TO REWRITE THIS OR RETOLD THIS FOR THE NEXT ROUND, PERHAPS YOU COULD ADD SOME SORT OF DISCLAIMER.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE FUNDS ARE PUBLIC FUNDS AND ARE SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO MASSAGE THE LANGUAGE, BUT JUST A, A GENTLE REMINDER FOR PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND SO YOUR PROPOSAL SHOULD REFLECT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING LIKE HOW WOULD THIS PLAY OUT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF WELLNESS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? THAT'S FAIR.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASSUME IT TOO.
COULD YOU GUYS PROVIDE SOME KIND OF LIKE, ALONG THAT LINE, LIKE A BIB, WE CALL IT BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE NAVY.
SO LIKE WHEN YOU'RE UP FOR A TEST, UHHUH, THERE'S A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR YOUR TEST AND THERE'S A LIST OF RESOURCES.
UHHUH, IF YOU READ ALL THOSE RESOURCES AND YOU KNOW ALL THOSE RESOURCES, YOU WILL GET A 100% ON THE TEST.
THERE IS NOTHING ON THE TEST THAT WILL NOT BE FROM THAT BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCE.
SO LIKE SOMEBODY MET UP MADE, MADE THE POINT THAT THERE'S PROPRIETARY GRANT WRITING
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THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THAT'S KNOWLEDGE THAT'SWELL, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN TRIP HAZARDS THAT YOU COULD STIPULATE IN A BIBLIOGRAPHY THAT WILL TRIP YOUR, YOUR APPLICATION, THINGS THAT GOOD GRANT WRITERS TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT THE LAYMAN WOULD NOT KNOW.
COULD YOU HAVE A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SORTS THAT LIKE A COMPANION OF JUST EASY ACCESS GRANT WRITING STUFF THAT IS JUST A REALLY GOOD BREAD AND BUTTER THING THAT IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU HAVE AS EQUAL OF A CHANCE AS ANYONE ELSE OF GETTING YOUR GRANT APPROVED.
IT'S A BIBLIOGRAPHY, IT'S DEMOCRATIC, IT'S PUBLICLY SUPPORTED, IT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND EVERYBODY KIND OF HAS ACCESS TO THAT KNOWLEDGE THEN.
I MEAN, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A DEGREE IN SOMETHING PLUS WORK EXPERIENCE.
YOU'VE GOT A DEGREE IN SOMETHING PLUS WORK EXPERIENCE.
YOU'VE GOT A DEGREE IN SOMETHING PLUS WORK EXPERIENCE WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO GO HIRE A CONSULTANT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GETTING THE GRANT APPROVAL PROCESS DONE THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE ONCE SCREENED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE POWERS OF BE TO BE PUT ON THERE AS A BIBLIOGRAPHY THAT THESE PEOPLE CANNOT, SO TO SPEAK, FAIL IF THEY ACTUALLY CONSIDER THE REFERENCES.
I JUST, I LIKE PEOPLE SETTING DEAN SETUP FOR SUCCESS, UHHUH AND, AND I JUST THINK THAT I DON'T BLAME PEOPLE FOR FAILING IF THEY WEREN'T SET UP FOR SUCCESS.
AND SO I BLAME THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T SET.
AND I'M NOT SAYING I BLAME THE GUYS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I ALWAYS BLAME LEADERSHIP BEFORE I BLAMED THE, THE, THE LOWER DEBT.
UM, 'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE PROBLEM ON SHIP STARTS WITH, WITH THE SKIPPER OF THE CHIEF.
WELL, AND AND I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK IT'S ANYONE TO BLAME THAT.
THAT'S WHY I SAID I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY SO MUCH IS THAT OUR NONPROFITS ARE IN DESPERATE SITUATIONS.
AND SO THEY WILL ASK IF THEY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH ALLOWABLE FUNDS WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS ANY OTHER PLACE.
I THINK THEY WILL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WE DO HAVE MINI GRANT GUIDELINES THAT OUTLINE WHAT THE ALLOWABLE FUNDS ARE AND WHAT THEY AREN'T, WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE AND THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW.
UM, THOSE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN VERY ROBUST.
UM, AND I KNOW I'M WAY OVER TIME ALSO, I WANT TO SAY
UM, SO I THINK YES, MAYBE INSTEAD OF ASKING YOU ALL TO DO THAT, WE'RE A COMMISSION WHO'S THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPORTING YOU.
MAYBE WE COULD REVIEW WHAT YOU PUT OUT AND MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS.
FOR WHAT WE THINK, HOW WE THINK IT SHOULD BE CHANGED BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPORTING THE PROCESS.
SO THE MINI GRANT GUIDELINES ARE ON THE, UM, HHS FUND WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU GO TO LONG BEACH.GOV/HHS FUND, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE DROPDOWN.
SO MAYBE WE CAN ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND IZE THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
CAN I, CAN I ALSO ASK, UM, AS FAR AS THE DELAY IN THE NEXT ROUND, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO TAKE SOME ROLE TO OFFSET SOME OF THE WORK AROUND THAT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH FUNDING? UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I WOULD HAVE, THAT'S KIND OF A BIGGER QUESTION.
HOW COME MUCH OF A WORKING BOARD IS, I I DON'T KNOW YOUR GUYS' BYLAWS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD EITHER, SO I'M NOT SURE WE DO EITHER
UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL WRITE IT DOWN AS A QUESTION, BUT WE CAN HELP, WE COULD AT LEAST IZE, WE COULD AT LEAST VISIT YES.
THAT, THAT WEBSITE SITE FOR NEXT GO ROUND.
BECAUSE TO GO LEGAL IN THE MEANTIME WHILE WE'RE YEAH.
AND THAT WAY WE'RE NOT, UM, DELEGATING WORK.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HELPING OUT WITH THAT.
SO WE CAN REVISIT IT IF WE THINK THAT IT REQUIRES SOME ADDITIONAL YEP.
WE USUALLY END AT NINE, SO, WELL THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING IN FOUR MONTHS.
WE, UM, THERE'S A FEW ITEMS ON, I'M SORRY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE WE CLOSE THAT? UM, OH, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY MENTION, I'M SO SORRY.
UM, BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWO BACK TO BACK PRESENTATIONS.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS, WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT ANNOUNCING LONG BEACH KIDS AND THEN SHARING THE MAJOR GIFT THAT WE GOT, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, I THINK PROBABLY MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH LONG BEACH GIVES.
UM, SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 18TH AND THE 23RD, UM, OR THE 24TH, EXCUSE ME, TO, UM, BE PEER FUNDRAISERS AND CREATE PROFILES FOR, UM, THE HHS FUND AT THE CAUSE.
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UM, AND SO JUST THINK ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL INDUSTRIES AND, OH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO THIS NEXT SLIDE.UM, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THE HHS FUND SUSTAINABLE, UM, AND PEER FUNDRAISERS KIND OF PRESENT THEIR PERSONAL STORIES AS ALIGNMENT, UM, WITH OUR CAUSES AND INITIATIVES.
SO I'LL PROVIDE MORE GUIDANCE IN THE NEXT MEETING ABOUT THAT.
BUT OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE, UM, ANY POTENTIAL, UH, DONOR PROSPECTS THAT COULD PROVIDE A MATCH FOR DONOR GIVES, THAT ALWAYS HELPS THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF.
SO JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR WHEELS TURNING ON THAT.
UM, AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT PARTICIPATE AS A PEER FUNDRAISER.
AND I'LL PROVIDE MORE TECHNICAL, UM, GUIDANCE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
THANK YOU YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING THE BOARD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS.
IT IS AMAZING BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY TANGIBLY SINK OUR TEETH IN.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU.
ALL THE WORK THAT'S, WE STAFFED YOU AROUND REVIEWING THIS AND GETTING US READY FOR THIS.
THAT CAN GO TO YOUR ANNUAL REPORT TOO.
UM, I, WITH THAT SIDE, I THINK WE NEED, WE JUST NEED A FORMAL, UM, APPROVAL FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF FRONT THOSE FOUR AGENCIES.
IF I HAVE A MOTION JUST TO APPROVE THE FOUR THAT WERE VOTED, THAT WERE RANKED AND VOTED ON.
UM, SO GRETCHEN, YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY, UM, SO, UH, CAN I HAVE SOMEONE, UH, UH, MOTION TO UH, CONCLUDE OUR MEETING TODAY? MOTION RECEIVE A FILE? IS THAT WE JUST HEARD.
YEAH, THE, THE LONG BEACH GIVES ALSO.
NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, UM, A MOTION TO CONCLUDE OUR, OUR MEETING TODAY.
UM, SO THE PRIORITIES FOR THE BOARD OF HEALTH FOCUS AREAS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TABLE THAT.
SO, UH, CAN I TABLE THAT BY VOTE? YEAH.
SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL TABLE, UM, ITEM SIX UNTIL NEXT MEETING.
AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC, SO NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING AND SAY AYE.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVEN'T MET FOREVER.
MY DAUGHTER JUST WENT BACK TO SCHOOL.
UM, SHE'S AT CAMS AND MY SON GOES BACK NEXT WEEK.
WE JUST GOT BACK FROM OUR FAMILY VACATION.
WE WENT TO NORWAY AND DENMARK.
AND IT WAS, AND WE'RE EXHAUSTED.
WE'RE ALL EXHAUSTED FOOD THAT I LIKE TO SEE FOOD, SO IT'S A LOT OF FISH, WHICH I LOVE.
UM, BUT WE HAD THE KIDS, WE WERE OUT ON THE FJORD LOOKING AT BIG WATERFALLS AND STUFF, SO IT WAS REALLY COOL.
UM, IT WAS NOT RELAXING IN ANY WAY.
LIKE IT WASN'T THAT KIND OF TRIP, YOU KNOW.
SO I CAME BACK AND MY BOSS WAS LIKE, I HOPE YOU HAD A RESTFUL BREAK.
I'LL NEED ANOTHER BREAK FOR THAT.
IF I WANTED TO BE RESTFUL, I WOULD GO WITHOUT THEM WOULD RIGHT.
I WOULD GO WITH MY PARTNER OR MY GIRLFRIEND.
I WOULD JUST GO AND HAVE FUN AND NOT, BUT WE MADE, WE MADE PRECIOUS MEMORIES.