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>>> GOOD FLON, THE SELECT 

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COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL 

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ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY 

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CHANGES COMMITTEE MEETING WILL 

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COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:10 P.M., 

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JUNE 25, 2026. I'M CHAIR OF THE

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COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 

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CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND 

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LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT 

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COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ, STRAUSS, 

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AND SAKA ARE EXCUSED. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

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HOLLINGSWORTH. 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> VICE CHAIR KETTLE? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> CHAIR RINCK? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> THERE ARE SIX MEMBERS PRESENT

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AND THREE EXCUSED. 

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>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE 

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ONTO APPROVAL OF TODAY'S 

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AGENDA. I MOVE TO ADOPT TODAY'S

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AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO 

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OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 

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ADOPTED. WELCOME EVERYONE AND 

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S

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MAJOR CHANGES HAPPENING AT THE 

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ALL WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE. THE 

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PRIDE MONTH, EVERYBODY. WE WILL 

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BE HEARING FROM OUR WASHINGTON 

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STATE HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY AND 

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HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ON WHAT 

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FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND 

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BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON CIVIL

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HOSTILE LEGISLATION AND 

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CLEAR WHILE WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE

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TRANS PEOPLE. WE WILL OPEN THE 

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BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 

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SPEAKERS LISTED RIGHT HERE. 

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FOLKS WANT TO START QUEUEING UP.

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THE FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKER I SEE 

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HERE IS JANIS DEGUCCI, FOLLOWED 

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BY COURT TNY SMITH GILES AND 

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THEN VALERIE JOHNSON, VIOLET 

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CALGUCCI AND TAYLOR FAR. 

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. SPEAKING ON 

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THE TOPIC OF MEDICAID LONGTERM 

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SUPPORT AND SERVICES. THANK YOU 

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FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY 

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TODAY. MY NAME IS JANIS DEGUCCI,

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I'M DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE OF. AT 

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LEAST FIVE PAROLEES AND OTHER 

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LAWFULLY PRESENT IMMIGRANTS 

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THE 1200 AFFECTED WASHINGTONIANS

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WHOSE CONDITIONS ARE NURSING 

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LEVEL ACUITY. THEY WOULD LOSE 

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TREATMENT LIKE CHEMOTHERAPY, 

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CONNECT THE CLIENTS WITH OTHER 

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RESOURCES . THEIR FUTURE HEALTH 

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COVERAGE IS REVOKED. THE CLIENTS

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GIVING SUPPORT FOR THE 1200 

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>> THANK YOU. COURTNEY? 

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON 

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COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 

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COURTNEY SMITH GILES. I'M HERE 

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ON BEHALF OF LIFE LONG HEALTH TO

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SPEAK ON MEDICAID LONGTERM 

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SERVICES AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU 

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FOR HOSTING THIS IMPORTANT 

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HEARING. LIFE LONG IS AN 

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ORGANIZATION BORN OUT OF THE 

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AIDS CRISIS PROVIDING CRITICAL 

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RIGHT TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY

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WHO THEY ARE, WHO THEY LOVE, 

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WHERE THEY COME FROM OR HOW MUCH

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SERVING BETWEEN 10 AND 20 

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THAT CARING FOR THE PARTICULARLY

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VULNER BIBLE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO

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DESIRABLE AND MORE EXPENSIVE 

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SETTINGS IF WE DON'T FIND A WAY

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TO CONTINUE FUNDING THEIR CARE 

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>> HELLO , MY NAME IS VALERIE 

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JOHNSON. I'M A HATE CRIME 

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REFUGEE. I LANDED HERE APRIL 99 

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HERE BY A CHARITY AND THERE WAS 

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NOWHERE TO GO. WE NEED 

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THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND. ON 

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THIS SUNDAY, I WAS WALKING 

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ALONE, I'M A TRANS MAN AND I 

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ART WALK TRYING TO STAY AWAKE 

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ALONE AND I WAS BEATEN BY A MAN 

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BECAUSE I WAS TRANS. THIS IS NOT

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SAFE. WE NEED HELP , THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 

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VALERIE. NEXT WE HAVE VIOLET. 

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>> HELLO, I'M VIOLET CALGUCCI, 

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THE EXECUTIVE DIRECT TER OF THE 

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O'CONNOR INITIATIVE, WASHINGTON

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STATE 501(C)(3) THAT HELPS TRANS

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PEOPLE FLEEING LEGISLATIVELY 

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HOSTILE STATES. I WANT TO 

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PREFACE THIS BY SAYING WE HAVE A

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LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILT UP 

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THE COURAGE TO COME TO THIS 

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BUILDING RIGHT NOW AND TALK TO 

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YOU ALL. I IMPLORE YOU ALL TO 

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PLEASE LISTEN WITH AN OPEN MIND 

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AND AN OPEN HEART AND REALLY 

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INTERNALIZE WHAT THESE PEOPLE 

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HAVE TO SAY. THINGS ARE GETTING 

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VERY BAD. OKLAHOMA FOR EXAMPLE, 

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IS TO MY KNOWLEDGE WELL ON THEIR

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WAY TO GETTING GENDER AFFIRMING 

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CARE REMOVED FROM MEDICAID 

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COVERAGE. THIS IS HAPPENING IN 

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MANY, MANY STATES. SEATTLE IS 

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THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION IN 

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THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WE HAVE 

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INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE 

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COMMUNITY. THERE ARE 

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ORGANIZATIONS SPUN UP. WHEN THEY

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FLEE, THEY WILL FLEE HERE. AND 

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IF TEXAS OR FLORIDA DOES WHAT 

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OKLAHOMA IS DOING NOW, THIS CITY

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NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR THOUSANDS 

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OF PEOPLE FLEEING. 

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>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 

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TAYLOR FARLY. 

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>> HELLO, MOST OF YOU KNOW ME, 

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I'M TAYLOR FARLY. I'M WITH 

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QUEER POWER ALLIANCE EXECUTIVE 

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DIRECTOR . OUR COMMUNITY IS 

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UNDER ATTACK AS YOU KNOW. 

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ORGANIZATIONS PROTECTING LGBTQ 

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AI PLUS PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO

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SURVIVE. LGBTQ ORGANIZATIONS 

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RECEIVE ONLY 0.17% OF ALL 

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CHARITIABLE GIVING IN THE UNITED

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STATES. THAT'S LESS THAN ONE 

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DOLLAR FOR EVERY $500 DONATED. 

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RISING NEARLY TWICE AS FAST AS 

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THE FUNDING IS COMING IN. AT 

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THIS MOMENT, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE

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IN NEED ARE MOST IN NEED. WE 

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HEAR FROM TRANS AND NONBINARY 

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PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID OF LOSING 

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THEIR HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, 

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PROTECTIONS, FREEDOM TO LIVE FOR

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THEMSELVES. I'M GOING TO SKIP A

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BUNCH OF STUFF BUT I HAVE HEARD 

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THAT 95 PEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO 

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SEATTLE AND OVER TEN YOUTH AND 

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YOUNG ADULTS HAVE COME FROM 

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OTHER STATES TO SEEK SAFETY. 

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>> I'M GOING TO READ THE NEXT 

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FIVE NAMES. CHLOE SHAPIRO, MAG 

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DULENAROAR, LYDIA TAYLOR, AND 

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ALEX GOSS, AND EDEN QUA. 

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. I AM

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CHLOE SHAPIRO. I'M A VETERAN OF

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THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NATIONAL

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GUARD, TEXAS. I SERVED 12 YEARS.

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I AM NOW A REFUGEE FOR THE SAME 

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COUNTRY I DEFENDED FOR 12 YEARS 

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BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IN TEXAS 

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AND IT WAS GETTING DANGEROUS AND

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NOW I'M HERE, HOMELESS, 

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SLEEPING IN MY CAR. AND WE NEED,

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WE NEED ACTUAL SUPPORT, ME AND 

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ALMOST 40,000 OTHER TRANS 

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REFUGEES, ALL FROM TEXAS, 

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FLORIDA, OKLAHOMA, GEORGIA, 

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ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI. WE ARE 

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STRUGGLING, THERE ARE MULTIPLE 

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SEATS THAT HAVE CALLED SPECIAL 

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SESSIONS AND HAVE TURNED US INTO

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A PROTECTED CLASS, FOR INSTANCE 

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HAWAII, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO 

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HAVE JUST SIGNED LEGISLATION AS 

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TRANS PEOPLE AS A PROTECTED 

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CLASS. 

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>> NEXT WE HAVE MAGDALENA. 

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>> I'M READY. COUNCILMEMBER 

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PRESIDENT, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF 

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THIS BODY AND COUNCILMEMBER 

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RINCK AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 

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WHOSE SOLIDARITY WITH TRANS 

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PEOPLE IS A LAUREL TO HER CROWN.

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HER NAME WAS JUNIPER BLESSING 

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AND HER BLOOD CRIES OUT FROM THE

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FLOOR OF THE CHAMBER. BIGOTRY 

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KILLED HER IN THIS CITY'S MILD 

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MANNERED EFFORTS TO COMBAT IT. 

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YOUR FIRST DUTY AS INHERITORS OF

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A GENOCIDE, THE ONE COMMITTED 

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AGAINST THE DEWAMMISH AND OTHERS

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AND TO RETURN LEADERSHIP AND 

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STEWARDSHIP TO THEIR 

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DESCENDANTS. YOU HAVE NO HIGHER 

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DUTY. IF THIS PLACE WAS NOT 

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COLONIZED, THEY WOULD HAVE 

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OPENED THEIR ARMS TO US. YOU 

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HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING 

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LESS. ONGOING POLITICAL VIOLENCE

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AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE AS A 

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GENOCIDE. NO ONE IS QUALIFIED TO

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REFUTE THE STATEMENT. STAND BY 

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US AND DECLARE A CIVIL 

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EMERGENCY. STOP TRANS GENOCIDE. 

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WE ARE NOT A CRISIS. WE ARE A 

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CONSTITUENCY. HOW MANY OF US ARE

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HERE? MORE THAN THAN THE 2,000 

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PEOPLE THAT THE MAYOR WON BY. 

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>> NEXT WE HAVE LYDIA AND THEN 

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WE HAVE ALEX . 

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>> HELLO? 

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>> YOU HAVE TO EAT THE MIC A 

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LITTLE BIT? 

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>> LIKE THIS? 

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>> THAT'S PERFECT. HI. I'M 

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LYDIA TAYLOR. I HAVE MET SEVERAL

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OF YOU SO BEFORE EITHER WITH 

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YOUTH CARE OR MOCKINGBIRD. IT IS

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NICE AND VALIDATING TO HAVE A 

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LIST OF POINTS BUT THOSE OF YOU 

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WHO HAVE MET ME BEFORE WOULD 

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KNOW THAT I HAVE ALREADY BEEN 

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SAYING THIS FOR YEARS AT THE 

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TIMES THAT WE HAVE MET FACE TO 

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FACE. 

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>> THANK YOU, LYDIA. NEXT WE 

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HAVE ALEX GOSS FOLLOWED BY EDEN 

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QUA. 

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>> MY NAME IS ALEX GOSS. I FLED 

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HERE FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE AS THE 

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STATE WAS HOSTILE TO TRANS 

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PEOPLE. BEFORE I LEFT, THEY 

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PASSED A TRANS BATHROOM BILL AND

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ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF 

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STRIPPING AWAY TRANS HEALTHCARE.

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WITH THE INTENTION OF TAKING 

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AWAY FROM ADULTS AS WELL. NOT 

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LONG BEFORE, I LEFT NEW 

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HAMPSHIRE, NEO NAZIS WALKED 

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THROUGH THE STREETS AND THE 

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POLICE DID NOTHING. IT IS 

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BECOMING INCREASINGLY HOSTILE 

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FOR MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE 

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COUNTRY BUT ESPECIALLY TRANS 

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PEOPLE. AND THE ONLY REASON I 

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DIDN'T GO TO MASSACHUSETTS IS 

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BECAUSE I HAVE AN EX THERE WHO 

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WANTS ME DEAD. WE NEED TO TAKE 

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THIS SERIOUSLY BECAUSE WE ARE 

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TARGETS OF WHAT IS A GENOCIDE. 

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WE NEED TO DECLARE A CIVIL 

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EMERGENCY NOW. 

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>> NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM EDEN 

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AND THEN GWEN VEER, TOBIAS, I.J.

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AND THEN MANTTA. 

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>> I'M EDEN QUA FROM SOUTH 

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DAKOTA. I CAME HERE IN 2024. 

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PREVIOUSLY I WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL

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LIBRARIAN AND I WAS OUTED AT 

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WORK AND SLURS WERE FREQUENTLY 

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YELLED AT ME IN THE HALLWAY AND 

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THEN BECAUSE I HAD TO HAVE A 

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SUMMER JOB, SLURS WERE YELLED AT

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ME WHEN I WAS WORKING AT A GS 

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STATION. I GAME HERE AND I 

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DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND I 

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WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO BE 

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HOMELESS SO I TOOK OUT $62,000 

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IN DEBT TO ATTEND A GRADUATE 

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PROGRAM HERE WHICH I HAVE NOW 

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GRADUATED AND KNOW THAT I WILL 

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SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE PAYING

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OFF THE MONEY. I DON'T WANT 

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OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE OUT $62,000

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OF DEBT TO HAVE A CHANCE AT 

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GETTING A JOB SMOIR WHERE THEY 

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ARE NOT UNDERTHREAT OF HATE 

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CRIME CONSTANTLY. ALTHOUGH 

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JENNIFER BLESSING'S DEATH WAS 

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TRAGIC, THERE ARE DOZENS OF 

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OTHER TRANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE 

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MOSTERS UP TALKING ABOUT HOW 

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THEY ARE MISSING AND WE WILL 

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NEVER SEE AGAIN. 

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>> I'M READING A STATEMENT ON 

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BEHALF OF A REFUGEE. I MOVED TO 

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SEATTLE IN 2025, MOVED INTO A 

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COUPLE OF TRANS FOLKS I KNEW 

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FROM THE INTERNET. I WORKED FROM

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HOME AND DIDN'T HAVE TO FIND A 

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JOB IMMEDIATELY AFTER MOVING SO 

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THAT WAS A HUGE PLUS. IF I 

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DIDN'T HAVE THAT, I WOULDN'T 

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HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. I 

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SOLD MY MOSTIVALUE BIBLE 

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POSSESSION TO MOVE HERE, THE 

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TRUCK MY DAD BOUGHT FOR ME. I 

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FULLY RESTORED IT AND PUT SO 

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MUCH LOVE INTO IT AND HAD TO 

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SELL IT. I REACHED OUT TO A FEW 

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LGBTQ ORGS LIKE CAP HILL 

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MEDICAL. THE LGBTQ CENTER 

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ASSIGNED ME A CASE WORKER AND 

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THEY WERE INCREDIBLE. CAP HILL 

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MEDICAL WAS FULL AND NOT TAKING 

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PATIENTS. THE CASE WORKER I WAS 

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ASSIGNED RECOMMENDED ME DOCTORS.

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GETTING IN WITH FRIENDLY DOCTORS

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WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BUT I WAS 

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ABLE TO FIND ONE THANKS TO 

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FRIENDS RECOMMENDATION. LIVING 

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IN SEATTLE IS LIFE CHANGING, 

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BEING AROUND PEOPLE WHO ACCEPT 

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ME FOR WHO I AM OR DON'T CARE. 

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I DON'T GET STAIRS WHEN I GO 

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OUT. 

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>> THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE 

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TOBIAS. HELLO, THERE WE GO. MY 

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NAME IS TOBIAS GIRL. I'M A 

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TRANS MAN AND A TEACHER IN 

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SEATTLE. I MOVED HERE FOR THE 

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SECOND TIME IN DECEMBER OF 2024.

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I FLED SEATTLE IN 2022 BECAUSE I

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SAW THE DIRECTION THE CITY WAS 

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GOING AND I TRIED TO MAKE IT TO 

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CANADA. UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T

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ABLE TO STAY AFTER MY GRADUATE 

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PROGRAM CONCLUDED SO I CAME 

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HERE. WITH ALL RESPECT AND LOVE 

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TOSEATTLE, MANY OF US WOULD NOT 

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BE HERE IF WE HAD OTHER PLACES 

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TO GO BECAUSE WOE WERE UNDER THE

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THREAT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE

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DO NOT HAVE OTHER OPTIONS. WE 

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ARE PLAYING THE FLOOR IS LAVA ON

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TOP OF A VOLCANO. IF I HAD MOVED

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HERE I WOULD BE HOMELESS BECAUSE

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YOU CAN'T GET A HOME IF YOU 

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CAN'T GET A JOB. HELP US AVOID 

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ALL THAT AND FUND OUR 

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ORGANIZATIONS, THANK YOU. 

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>> HELLO, MY NAME IS I.O. THANK 

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YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M 

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CURRENTLY 2 # #. I MOVED TO 

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SEATTLE FIVE YEARS AGO, HOPING 

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TO ESCAPE THE CRUELTY OF THE 

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AMERICAN SOUTHWEST. SINCE THEN, 

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I HAVE SPENT MOST OF THE FIVE 

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YEARS DOING MY BEST TO UPLIFT 

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THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO 

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HELPED SURROUND ME. SINCE THEN I

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HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY NAME 

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VOLUNTEERING AT FOOD BANKS AND 

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EDUCATING SEATTLE'S YOUTH. 

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RIGHT NOW I WOULD LIKE TO 

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ITERATE LIKE MANY PEOPLE HERE 

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TODAY THAT TRANS PEOPLE NEED 

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HELP AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO 

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DECLARE A STATE OF CIVIL 

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EMERGENCY SO THAT WAY MORE 

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PEOPLE MAY BUILD A LIFE HERE AND

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BUILD SEATTLE INTO THE CITY THAT

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WE KNOW IT CAN BE. THANK YOU. 

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>> THEN AKARA, A POLOGIES IF I 

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MISPRONOUNCE THAT. 

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>> YOU MAY TALL ME MONTA, I AM A

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LEADER OF THE COMMUNITY IN 

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SEATTLE. I READ THIS ON BEHALF 

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OF ANOTHER TRANS PERSON. I 

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CAN'T ATTEND THIS MEETING BUT 

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IF SOMEONE CAN HIGHLIGHT HOW 

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MANY TRANS PEOPLE THEY ARE 

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LOSING WHETHER TO MENTAL 

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DISABILITY, HOMELESSNESS, ET 

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CETERA AND BECAUSE WE ARE SO 

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TUCKING POOR AND BEING 

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DISCRIMINATED GNS. 95% OF 

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EMPLOYERS SAY A TRANS PERSON 

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WOULD NOT FIT INTO OUR WORK 

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PLACE. ON BEHALF OF MY TRANS 

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SIBLING'S REQUEST I READ ALOUD 

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THE NAMES OF THE TRANS PEOPLE I 

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AM AWARE OF WHO HAVE DIED AND 

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GONE MISSING IN SEATTLE SINCE 

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KATIE WILSON WAS ELECTED MAYOR. 

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00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:46,678
VAN ESA, ALEX JUNIPER, SUICIDE, 

510
00:20:46,678 --> 00:20:50,582
LYDIA, REFUGEE MISSING, ALLEY 

511
00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:53,819
SCHMITT MISSING, JUNEBLESSING, 

512
00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:59,157
MURDERED, FATAL 27 SUICIDES, 27,

513
00:20:59,157 --> 00:21:06,865
REFUGEE FROM CANADA, GWENDOLYN, 

514
00:21:06,865 --> 00:21:17,342
O CAMA, 51, NATURAL CAUSES. 

515
00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:23,015
>> THANK YOU, VERY POWERFUL. AND

516
00:21:23,015 --> 00:21:25,150
IF PEOPLE WANT TO SUBMIT THE 

517
00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:28,520
TESTIMONY INTO THE WRITTEN 

518
00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:29,388
COMMENTS BOX, THAT'S GREAT. I 

519
00:21:29,388 --> 00:21:35,060
HAVE AKARAS AND THEN WE HAVE 

520
00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:42,801
LOU, BRANDON, ALLISON, THEN 

521
00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:43,035
FRIDAY. 

522
00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:43,468
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 

523
00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:44,369
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. I'M

524
00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:47,439
HERE ON BEHALF OF A TRANS 

525
00:21:47,439 --> 00:21:49,241
MASCULINE MAN AND REFUGEE WHO 

526
00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,609
COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. HE 

527
00:21:50,609 --> 00:21:51,677
RELOCATED FROM NEW ORLEANS 

528
00:21:51,677 --> 00:21:54,279
LEAVING THE CITY BECAUSE IT 

529
00:21:54,279 --> 00:21:56,048
WASN'T SAFE TO STAY. MEDICAID 

530
00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:59,751
DIDN'T COVER HIS HOMERUNS AND 

531
00:21:59,751 --> 00:22:01,453
HE WAS PHYSICALLY UNSAFE. A 

532
00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:02,287
TRANS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION LIKE 

533
00:22:02,287 --> 00:22:04,623
THE ONE HERE HELPED PAY FOR THIS

534
00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:05,257
PLANE TICKET TO WASHINGTON BUT 

535
00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:09,194
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MANY COSTS, 

536
00:22:09,194 --> 00:22:09,828
FINANCIAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL. HE

537
00:22:09,828 --> 00:22:11,897
HAS BEEN PUSHED OUT OF JOBS 

538
00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:12,931
WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION. HE ALSO 

539
00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:14,566
SPEAKS OF A FRIEND OF HIS IN A 

540
00:22:14,566 --> 00:22:16,134
RURAL PLACE IN LOUISIANA WHO 

541
00:22:16,134 --> 00:22:19,571
DIDN'T GET THE HELP SHE NEEDED 

542
00:22:19,571 --> 00:22:20,872
AND IS NOW ACTIVELY SUICIDAL. 

543
00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:24,476
NOW THINK OF THIS AS AN ABSTRACT

544
00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:25,377
POLICY QUESTION, THE POLICY YOU 

545
00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:27,312
ARE DISCUSSING IS THE REASON HE 

546
00:22:27,312 --> 00:22:28,747
LIVES IN WASHINGTON INSTEAD OF 

547
00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:30,282
NEW ORLEANS. MORE AND MORE 

548
00:22:30,282 --> 00:22:33,652
PEOPLE ARE COMING TO SETAL 

549
00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:36,855
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A CHOICE. 

550
00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:38,824
COSTS THAT COVER IS THE 

551
00:22:38,824 --> 00:22:44,329
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TURNING 

552
00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:51,536
PEOPLE AWAY AND SAYING --. 

553
00:22:51,536 --> 00:22:57,442
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LOU. 

554
00:22:57,576 --> 00:22:59,411
>> HEY, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK NOT 

555
00:22:59,411 --> 00:23:01,747
AS A PERSON WHO FLED A RED STATE

556
00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:03,081
BUT AS A HELPER. MOST OF US 

557
00:23:03,081 --> 00:23:05,784
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. A 

558
00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:11,289
LOT OF US ARE UNEMPLOYED. A LOT 

559
00:23:11,289 --> 00:23:12,491
OF US ARE SUPER OVERWHELMED AND 

560
00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:14,659
IT IS LIKE A PERSON DOES A BUNCH

561
00:23:14,659 --> 00:23:17,295
OF WORK, THEY COLLAPSE, GIVE IT 

562
00:23:17,295 --> 00:23:21,533
TO ANOTHER PERSON, THEY COLLAPSE

563
00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:22,901
AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE 

564
00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:24,536
THERE'S SOME STABILITY HERE AND

565
00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:25,737
THERE BUT WE NEED MONEY. WE GOT 

566
00:23:25,737 --> 00:23:28,673
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR 

567
00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:29,841
RENT. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BE 

568
00:23:29,841 --> 00:23:33,278
ABLE TO BRING IN THE PEOPLE HERE

569
00:23:33,278 --> 00:23:34,913
INTO HOUSING, LIKE A MOTEL WOULD

570
00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:37,949
BE AMAZING IF WE COULD JUST PUT 

571
00:23:37,949 --> 00:23:40,085
PEOPLE IN A MOTEL, THAT WOULD BE

572
00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:46,925
INSANE BUT WE NEED MONEY TO DO 

573
00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:51,096
THAT. PLEASE FUND ORGANIZATIONS 

574
00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:51,997
LIKE COY. THANK YOU. 

575
00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:52,464
>> BRANDON? 

576
00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:54,599
>> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU 

577
00:23:54,599 --> 00:23:56,802
HAVE GIVEN TODAY TO ADDRESS THE 

578
00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:59,237
CRISIS OF TRANS GENDER REFUGEES 

579
00:23:59,237 --> 00:24:00,939
WHO FACE PERSECUTION WITHIN 

580
00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:03,308
THEIR OWN STATES. FOR YEARS THE 

581
00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:04,309
COMMUNITY HAS WARNED OF 

582
00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:06,711
ESCALATING ATTACKS ON TRANS 

583
00:24:06,711 --> 00:24:09,481
RIGHTS AS PART OF A CALLUS 

584
00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:10,715
POLITICAL STRATEGY OF THE RIGHT.

585
00:24:10,715 --> 00:24:13,418
IT IS UNDENIABLE THAT THE 

586
00:24:13,418 --> 00:24:16,221
VIOLENCE IS REAL INCLOUDING THE 

587
00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:18,223
DISRUPTION OR ELIMINATION OF 

588
00:24:18,223 --> 00:24:19,357
NECESSARY MEDICAL SERVICES. 

589
00:24:19,357 --> 00:24:20,192
SEATTLEITES ARE WELCOMING AND 

590
00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:21,193
GENEROUS. THEY HAVE MADE IT 

591
00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,929
CLEAR THAT THE GENICIZE AGAINST 

592
00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:25,030
TRANS PEOPLE STOPS AT OUR 

593
00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:27,098
BORDER. THE QUESTION TODAY IS 

594
00:24:27,098 --> 00:24:29,267
NOT WILL SEATTLE WELCOME TRANS 

595
00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:30,335
REFUGEES FROM ACROSS THE 

596
00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:31,369
COUNTRY. OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE MADE

597
00:24:31,369 --> 00:24:32,637
IT CLEAR WE ARE WILLING TO 

598
00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:34,673
ACCEPT THEM. NOW WE NEED TO BACK

599
00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:37,309
IT UP WITH ACTION. WE NEED MORE 

600
00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:39,311
HOMES TO PLACE PEOPLE IN. WE 

601
00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:42,447
NEED MEAL ASSISTANCE AND 

602
00:24:42,447 --> 00:24:43,081
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. WE NEED 

603
00:24:43,081 --> 00:24:45,050
HEALTHCARE THAT WON'T DROP 

604
00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:48,186
COVERAGE FOR TRANS KIDS BECAUSE 

605
00:24:48,186 --> 00:24:49,855
ONE ADMINISTRATION THREATENS 

606
00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:50,455
THEIR FUNDING. ORGANIZATIONS 

607
00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:52,123
THAT REFUGEES TO SETTLE IN BLUE 

608
00:24:52,123 --> 00:24:53,291
STATES HAVE THOUSANDS OF 

609
00:24:53,291 --> 00:24:58,797
APPLICANTS BUT NOT THE RESOURCES

610
00:24:58,797 --> 00:25:07,973
THEY NEED. 

611
00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:14,079
>> THANK YOU, BRANDON. NEXT I 

612
00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:17,415
SEE ALLISON EVEREST. 

613
00:25:17,415 --> 00:25:21,653
>> DEAR COUNCIL, MY NAME IS 

614
00:25:21,653 --> 00:25:24,823
ALLISON NEPHERS, MAY PRONOUNS 

615
00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:27,859
ARE THEY SHE IT. I'M HERE TO 

616
00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:29,160
PRESENT ON THIS MATTER. THE 

617
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,563
TRANS COMMUNITY HAS DONE LEGWORK

618
00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:32,130
TO ELECT THE KURNLT 

619
00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:33,565
ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE SUPPOSED 

620
00:25:33,565 --> 00:25:35,300
TO BE A GOVERNMENT FOR AND BY 

621
00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:37,168
THE PEOPLE AND AS LONG AS THERE 

622
00:25:37,168 --> 00:25:42,540
IS A GOVERNMENT TO DO THE 

623
00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:44,409
BIDDING, WE SHOULD. OUR MUTUAL 

624
00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:47,546
AID NETWORKS HAVE BEEN STRETCHED

625
00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:49,047
BEYOND NEEDS FOR SIBLINGS 

626
00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:53,318
FLEEING ACROSS THE NATION FOR 

627
00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:53,985
IMMINENT THREAT FOR THEIR LIVES.

628
00:25:53,985 --> 00:25:55,086
WE IMPPLORE THE CITY TO HEAR OUR

629
00:25:55,086 --> 00:25:58,089
VOICE AND DO ITS PART TO LIVE UP

630
00:25:58,089 --> 00:26:00,592
TO ITS REPUTATION AS A SAFE 

631
00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:01,793
HAVEN FOR TRANS REFUGEES. TOO 

632
00:26:01,793 --> 00:26:03,929
MANY HAVE BEEN MURDERED FOR THE 

633
00:26:03,929 --> 00:26:09,601
CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS TO 

634
00:26:09,601 --> 00:26:11,870
CONTINUE. , THANK YOU. 

635
00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:13,772
>> NEXT UP WE WILL HAVE FRIDAY 

636
00:26:13,772 --> 00:26:16,841
AND THEN I'M GOING TO READ THE 

637
00:26:16,841 --> 00:26:22,881
NEXT HANDFUL OF NAMES. I HAVE 

638
00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:25,750
CLINTON, DAREN, MARIE, AND 

639
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:26,017
EARNEST. 

640
00:26:26,017 --> 00:26:26,851
>> HELLO, THERE WE GO. HELLO, 

641
00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:28,787
MEMBERS, TWO OF MY FRIENDS HAVE 

642
00:26:28,787 --> 00:26:30,789
DIED BY SUICIDE THE PAST YEAR. 

643
00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:32,724
ONE AFTER HARASSMENT FROM ONE 

644
00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:34,759
GROUP BECAME TOO MUCH. SHE MOVED

645
00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:35,727
HERE FROM AN ABUSIVE FAMILY 

646
00:26:35,727 --> 00:26:37,295
SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA AND FELL

647
00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:39,431
IN WITH OUR GROUP BEFORE THE 

648
00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:40,966
HARASSMENT BEGAN. THIS GROUP 

649
00:26:40,966 --> 00:26:43,868
USES THE WAR OF A FUN PARTY 

650
00:26:43,868 --> 00:26:47,305
SPACE WITH SEX, DRUGS, AND BEDS 

651
00:26:47,305 --> 00:26:50,675
AND SHELTER. THEY PRESSURE GIRLS

652
00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:51,643
TO CUT TIES TO OTHER GIRLS AND 

653
00:26:51,643 --> 00:26:53,778
USE THEIR POSITION TO KEEP THEM 

654
00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:55,647
IN LINE. THERE IS A KROIS S IN 

655
00:26:55,647 --> 00:26:57,115
SEATTLE. THERE ARE OVER 40,000 

656
00:26:57,115 --> 00:26:59,484
PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE MOVED TO 

657
00:26:59,484 --> 00:27:02,687
THE STATE SEEKING STABILITY AS 

658
00:27:02,687 --> 00:27:03,421
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 

659
00:27:03,421 --> 00:27:06,191
CONTINUES TO USE TRANS PEOPLE TO

660
00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:07,192
DISTRACT. WE MUST NOT ALLOW 

661
00:27:07,192 --> 00:27:09,361
PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE SEATTLE 

662
00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:12,030
SANS SUPPORT. BY DOING SO, WE 

663
00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:13,632
BREATHE AIR INTO ABUSE NETWORKS.

664
00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:15,367
BEFORE PEOPLE USED TO RELY ON 

665
00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:16,868
QUEER SUPPORT GROUPS BUT THIS IS

666
00:27:16,868 --> 00:27:19,070
A TEMPORARY MEASURE AT BEST AS 

667
00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:21,006
THE GROUPS FACE OVER CAPACITY 

668
00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:28,580
AND BUDGET CUTS DURING THE TRUMP

669
00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:29,214
ADMINISTRATION. WE MUST RAPIDLY 

670
00:27:29,214 --> 00:27:39,557
EXPAND OUR HOUSING. 

671
00:27:45,663 --> 00:27:50,168
>> OKAY. CLINTON? 

672
00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,536
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, 

673
00:27:51,536 --> 00:27:52,804
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 

674
00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:56,641
CLINTON ATWAY, DISTRICT 2, 

675
00:27:56,641 --> 00:27:59,144
SHOUTOUT TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I

676
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:00,879
AM SIS GENDER STRAIGHT, I'M 

677
00:28:00,879 --> 00:28:02,914
JUST AWARE OF THIS CRISIS 

678
00:28:02,914 --> 00:28:05,650
THROUGH OPENING MY HOME UP TO A 

679
00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:10,455
REFUGEE WHO ARE COMING UP FROM 

680
00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:12,590
TEXAS AND OTHER PLACES WHERE 

681
00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:15,260
THEY ARE JUST BEING CULTURALY 

682
00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:17,062
EXTIPGUISHED. THE COUNCILMEMBERS

683
00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:19,531
HERE ARE ALL SAVVY POLITICAL 

684
00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:21,866
MINDS AND ARE SURELY AWARE OF 

685
00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:24,669
THE CLICHE OF YOU ARE A LIGHT OF

686
00:28:24,669 --> 00:28:27,839
THE WORLD, CITY ON A HILL CANNOT

687
00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:28,840
BE HIDDEN. THIS GETS WORSE. MORE

688
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,376
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING. 

689
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:32,544
WE NEED RESOURCES NOW. THAT'S 

690
00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:39,551
GOING TO ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED 

691
00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:40,051
THROUGH DECLARING CIVIL 

692
00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:41,820
EMERGENCY. THANK YOU. 

693
00:28:41,820 --> 00:28:49,694
>> THANK YOU, CLINTON. NEXT UP I

694
00:28:49,694 --> 00:28:52,931
HAVE DAREN. AS DAREN IS COMING 

695
00:28:52,931 --> 00:28:56,501
UP, JUST A REMINDER, WE HAVE 

696
00:28:56,501 --> 00:28:58,503
MARIE, EARNEST, THEN MINA, AND I

697
00:28:58,503 --> 00:29:04,175
CAN'T BELIEVE I SEE SAM, 

698
00:29:04,175 --> 00:29:08,279
FOLLOWED BY SIMON. 

699
00:29:08,279 --> 00:29:14,486
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS DAREN. I 

700
00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:23,561
MOVED HERE FROM FLORIDA -- 

701
00:29:23,561 --> 00:29:24,696
SORRY. BACK IN 2024. RECENTLY 

702
00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:27,432
AFTER RON DESANTIS ENACTED A 

703
00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:30,969
BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW HEALTHCARE

704
00:29:30,969 --> 00:29:36,641
PROFESSIONALS TO DECLINE TO 

705
00:29:36,641 --> 00:29:37,275
TREAT TRANSGENDER PATIENTS. IT 

706
00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:41,146
HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE FOR PEOPLE

707
00:29:41,146 --> 00:29:42,480
BACK IN FLORIDA SINCE I WORRY 

708
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,382
ABOUT MY FRIENDS THERE, WHAT T 

709
00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:45,483
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH, WHO 

710
00:29:45,483 --> 00:29:49,788
COULDN'T AFFORD TO MOVE UP HERE

711
00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:51,856
LIKE I DID. I WAS VERY 

712
00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:54,592
FORTUNATE. I ASKED THE CITY OF 

713
00:29:54,592 --> 00:29:57,328
SEATTLE TO MROEZ HELP FUND OUR 

714
00:29:57,328 --> 00:29:58,696
PROGRAMS TO HELP MOVE OTHER 

715
00:29:58,696 --> 00:30:00,899
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE UP HERE AND 

716
00:30:00,899 --> 00:30:02,500
SUPPORT THE HOMELESS AND 

717
00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:09,407
STRUGGLING TRANS GENDER PEOPLE 

718
00:30:09,407 --> 00:30:14,445
IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 

719
00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:16,114
>> NEXT WE HAVE MARIE. IF I 

720
00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:18,149
COULD HAVE FOLKS AS I'M READING

721
00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:20,818
OUT YOUR NAMES, IF WE COULD HAVE

722
00:30:20,818 --> 00:30:22,787
FOLKS QUEUE UP SO WE ARE READY 

723
00:30:22,787 --> 00:30:28,026
TO GO, THAT WOULD BE REALLY 

724
00:30:28,026 --> 00:30:28,826
HELPFUL. EARNEST, MINA, SAM, 

725
00:30:28,826 --> 00:30:30,161
SIMON, START LINING UP FOR 

726
00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:33,264
PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT WOULD BE 

727
00:30:33,264 --> 00:30:34,032
GREAT. PLEASE, MARIE? 

728
00:30:34,032 --> 00:30:35,600
>> MY NAME IS MARIE. IT REALLY 

729
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,904
SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME THAT I GO 

730
00:30:39,904 --> 00:30:42,540
TOA GAY BAR THESE DAYS, I ALWAYS

731
00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:44,108
MEET SOMEBODY WHO TELLS ME THEY 

732
00:30:44,108 --> 00:30:46,144
CAME TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE 

733
00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:48,112
BECAUSE THEY ARE FLEEING SOME 

734
00:30:48,112 --> 00:30:51,015
HORRIBLE SITUATION OR SOME 

735
00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:54,052
HORRIBLE NEW LAW THAT WAS COOKED

736
00:30:54,052 --> 00:30:55,253
UP IN ANOTHER PLACE. IT ALWAYS 

737
00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:58,590
COMES FROM A NEW FACE EVERY 

738
00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:00,725
TIME. I CALL UPON THE CITY TO 

739
00:31:00,725 --> 00:31:03,862
DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON 

740
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,129
THE TRANS REFUGEE CRISIS SO THAT

741
00:31:05,129 --> 00:31:09,834
FUNDS CAN BE FREED UP TO SUPPORT

742
00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:11,970
THE MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATIONS 

743
00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:15,206
WHICH ALREADY EXIST AND WHICH 

744
00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:16,674
HELP TO RESETTLE TRANS 

745
00:31:16,674 --> 00:31:22,113
IMMIGRANTS LIKE THE PEOPLE I 

746
00:31:22,113 --> 00:31:25,750
MEET IN THESE BARS, THANK YOU. 

747
00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:32,190
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 

748
00:31:32,190 --> 00:31:33,825
EARNEST FOLLOWED BY MIPA. 

749
00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:35,426
>> HELLO, THERE. MY NAME IS 

750
00:31:35,426 --> 00:31:39,130
ERNEST WALLACE, I AM A REFUGEE 

751
00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:40,565
SUCCESS STORY. I FLED HERE IN 

752
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,233
2019 WHERE I LIVED IN GEORGIA. I

753
00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:46,371
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING A 

754
00:31:46,371 --> 00:31:51,242
SUPPORT TO STAND ON, OF HAVING A

755
00:31:51,242 --> 00:31:52,644
SOLID FOUNDATION. WE ARE TAKING 

756
00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:54,279
EFFORTS ACROSS THE TRANS 

757
00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:55,713
COMMUNITY TO BRING OURSELVES TO 

758
00:31:55,713 --> 00:31:58,316
SAFETY. BUT WE ARE ALREADY AT A 

759
00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:02,053
DISADVANTAGE. IT IS CLEAR ON OUR

760
00:32:02,053 --> 00:32:04,756
STREETS, HOMES, HEARTS. 40,000 

761
00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:06,624
PEOPLE ARRIVED HERE IN 2024 AND 

762
00:32:06,624 --> 00:32:07,892
MORE FLEE HERE EVERY DAY. IT IS 

763
00:32:07,892 --> 00:32:09,327
TIME FOR THE CITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE

764
00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:11,429
THIS AS WELL. IF YOU ARE NOT 

765
00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:13,531
PREPARED TO WELCOME US, YOU ARE 

766
00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:15,099
COMPLICIT IN THE VIOLENCE 

767
00:32:15,099 --> 00:32:16,768
CHASING US HERE. IT WILL BE 

768
00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:19,404
CLEAR WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY 

769
00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:20,672
SEATTLE AND THE CURRENT 

770
00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:21,806
ADMINISTRATION AS DECIDED TO 

771
00:32:21,806 --> 00:32:23,141
STAND ON. IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT 

772
00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:24,642
IN FRONT OF YOU. THE PEOPLE 

773
00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:26,878
DYING ON YOUR WATCH. THROW THE 

774
00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:28,946
LIFE LINES TO THE RAFT. WE ARE 

775
00:32:28,946 --> 00:32:34,385
BUILDING FROM THE BONES. THANK 

776
00:32:34,385 --> 00:32:38,289
YOU FOR LISTENING. 

777
00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:42,527
>> NEXT WE HAVE MINA FOLLOWED BY

778
00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:43,094
SAM, SIMON, AND ARI. 

779
00:32:43,094 --> 00:32:44,362
>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

780
00:32:44,362 --> 00:32:49,367
TO SPEAK TODAY ON THE TOPIC OF 

781
00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:50,935
THE CRISIS. SO MANY HAVE SAID IT

782
00:32:50,935 --> 00:32:54,572
BETTER THAN ANYTHING I COULD 

783
00:32:54,572 --> 00:32:57,108
COME UP WITH. WE NEED FUNDING. 

784
00:32:57,108 --> 00:33:00,211
WE NEED HELP. I'M SO TIRED OF 

785
00:33:00,211 --> 00:33:02,313
SEEING THE FEAR IN MY SIBLINGS 

786
00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:03,981
EYES WHEN THEY HAVE TO THINK 

787
00:33:03,981 --> 00:33:07,485
ABOUT GOING BACK TO PLACES THAT 

788
00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:13,958
WANT THEM DEAD, THAT WANT THEM 

789
00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:18,129
ERASED. YOU CANNOT BE FACED -- 

790
00:33:18,129 --> 00:33:19,998
SORRY. WE NEED FUNDING. WE NEED 

791
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:25,370
FUNDING TO GO TO THESE COMMUNITY

792
00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:33,611
EFFORTS THAT WILL HELP. THERE'S

793
00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:34,178
NO OTHER OPTION. THANK YOU. 

794
00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:41,552
>> HELLO, I'M SAM YAZA, LOCAL 

795
00:33:41,552 --> 00:33:42,820
ACTIVIST. IN THE PAST YOUR, I 

796
00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:46,290
COUNTED I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 12 

797
00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:47,158
DIFFERENT TRANS PEOPLE CRASH ON 

798
00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:50,028
MY COUCH AND I LIVE IN A STUDIO.

799
00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:53,765
THIS IS NOT ENOUGH. THESE PEOPLE

800
00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:54,699
ARE EFFECTIVELY ORPHANS. THEY 

801
00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:56,734
ARE FLEEING BOTH FROM STATES AND

802
00:33:56,734 --> 00:33:58,836
FROM PARENTS THAT THEY WOULD 

803
00:33:58,836 --> 00:34:03,007
RATHER BE HOMELESS THAN LIVE 

804
00:34:03,007 --> 00:34:06,444
WITH. JUST YESTERDAY, I WAS AT A

805
00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:07,879
GATHERING FOR HOMELESS TRANS 

806
00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:13,317
PEOPLE AND ALL TRANS PEOPLE TO 

807
00:34:13,317 --> 00:34:15,386
SHARE MUSIC TOGETHER THAT WAS 

808
00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:17,822
RIGHT WING AGITATORS CAME TO AND

809
00:34:17,822 --> 00:34:21,659
STARTED A FIGHT IN. WE NEED MORE

810
00:34:21,659 --> 00:34:24,362
RESOURCES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET

811
00:34:24,362 --> 00:34:25,797
HOUSING AND DON'T HAVE TO BE 

812
00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:32,570
DEPENDENT ON THE LUCKY FEW WHO 

813
00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:36,774
CAN GET EMPLOYMENT. THANK YOU. 

814
00:34:36,774 --> 00:34:38,543
>> ALSO, THOSE WINGS ARE 

815
00:34:38,543 --> 00:34:39,277
INCREDIBLE. NEXT WE WILL HAVE 

816
00:34:39,277 --> 00:34:40,478
SIMON AND THEN I'M GOING TO 

817
00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:43,147
READ THE NEXT COUPLE OF NAMES SO

818
00:34:43,147 --> 00:34:46,284
FOLKS CAN START COUPERING UP, WE

819
00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:47,452
HAVE ARI, GABBY, VINCENT, AND 

820
00:34:47,452 --> 00:34:52,924
THEN WE WILL MOVE TO ONLINE 

821
00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:54,892
COMMENTERS. PROCEED. 

822
00:34:54,892 --> 00:34:57,094
>> NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, THEY ARE

823
00:34:57,094 --> 00:34:58,563
AT WORK. I DID NOT KNOW AS LATE 

824
00:34:58,563 --> 00:35:00,765
AS THE END OF FEBRUARY THAT I 

825
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:04,068
WAS MOVING HERE WHEN KANSAS 

826
00:35:04,068 --> 00:35:05,770
PASSED SB244. I WANTED TO STAY 

827
00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:08,072
THERE, I HAD FRIENDS AND 

828
00:35:08,072 --> 00:35:08,973
COWORKERS. THE JOB WENT FIRST. 

829
00:35:08,973 --> 00:35:11,209
THEY DIDN'T WANT A BUS DRIVER 

830
00:35:11,209 --> 00:35:13,544
WHOSE LICENSE WAS GOING TO BE 

831
00:35:13,544 --> 00:35:14,846
REVOKED. THEN MY FRIEND WAS 

832
00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:17,715
SCARED OF BEING SEEN WITH A 

833
00:35:17,715 --> 00:35:18,983
TRANSGENDER PERSON. WHEN I WAS 

834
00:35:18,983 --> 00:35:20,685
FOLLOWED HOME, I MADE 

835
00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:21,853
ARRANGEMENTS TO MOVE. THE 

836
00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:23,721
SOMEONE THE NEXT WEEK HAD BROKEN

837
00:35:23,721 --> 00:35:27,091
INTO MY HOME WITH A FIREARM. 

838
00:35:27,091 --> 00:35:28,226
K.O.I. SAVED MY LIFE. THESE 

839
00:35:28,226 --> 00:35:31,462
STORIES HAPPEN AVENUE DAY, MOST 

840
00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:33,364
AND BADLY, I'M BLESSED TO HAVE.

841
00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:39,137
PEOPLE WILL MOVE HERE NO MATTER 

842
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:39,837
WHAT. THANK YOU. 

843
00:35:39,837 --> 00:35:43,241
>> THANK YOU, SIMON. NEXT WE 

844
00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:43,674
HAVE ARI. 

845
00:35:43,674 --> 00:35:46,744
>> I'M A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATOR 

846
00:35:46,744 --> 00:35:47,445
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I 

847
00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:48,613
LOVE MY JOB AND I KNOW I WOULD 

848
00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:51,415
NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT IN MY HOME 

849
00:35:51,415 --> 00:35:53,017
STATE OF ARIZONA AND 

850
00:35:53,017 --> 00:35:53,985
INCREASINGLY WOULD NOT BE AIBL 

851
00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:58,623
TO DO IT IN MANY, MANY STATES 

852
00:35:58,623 --> 00:35:59,824
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. I HAVE GOOD

853
00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:01,359
RELATIONSHIPS WITH MOST OF MY 

854
00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:02,760
STUDENTS BUT MY RELATIONSHIPS 

855
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:03,861
WITH MY TRANS STUDENTS ARE 

856
00:36:03,861 --> 00:36:04,829
ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL BECAUSE 

857
00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:06,430
THEY GET TO SEE THAT A FUTURE 

858
00:36:06,430 --> 00:36:07,732
FOR THEM IS POSSIBLE. I HAVE HAD

859
00:36:07,732 --> 00:36:10,034
TRANS STUDENTS TELL ME THAT I AM

860
00:36:10,034 --> 00:36:16,173
THE FIRST TRANS ADULT THEY HAVE 

861
00:36:16,173 --> 00:36:18,009
EVER MET, NOT ALL OF THEM. 

862
00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:21,245
SEATTLE HAS A LOT OF TRANS FOLKS

863
00:36:21,245 --> 00:36:22,880
AROUND. BUT FOR SOME OF THEM IT 

864
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,815
IS AND IT GIVES THEM HOPE THAT A

865
00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:27,251
FUTURE IS POSSIBLE. SO I'M JUST

866
00:36:27,251 --> 00:36:33,224
HERE TO SAY, PLEASE REMEMBER 

867
00:36:33,224 --> 00:36:34,592
TRANS YOUTH. TRANS TEACHERS, WE 

868
00:36:34,592 --> 00:36:37,061
ARE HERE PLEASE DECLARE A CIVIL 

869
00:36:37,061 --> 00:36:38,863
EMERGENCY, ESPECIALLY AS STATES 

870
00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:45,536
LIKE TEXAS TRY TO PUSH AN 

871
00:36:45,536 --> 00:36:55,079
INCREASINGLY HOSTILE NARRATIVE. 

872
00:36:55,213 --> 00:37:01,118
>> WE HAVE GABBY, VINCENT AND 

873
00:37:01,118 --> 00:37:01,385
MIKAYLA. 

874
00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:04,522
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS GABBY 

875
00:37:04,522 --> 00:37:06,324
DENEV. I MOVED HERE FROM 

876
00:37:06,324 --> 00:37:07,692
VIRGINIA BACK IN 2021. PRIOR TO 

877
00:37:07,692 --> 00:37:11,629
MOVING HERE, I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

878
00:37:11,629 --> 00:37:12,964
THREE TIMES. NOW I'M BASICALLY 

879
00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:15,533
AN UNLICENSED THERAPIST FOR MY 

880
00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:18,736
FRIENDS WHO ARE SUICIDAL AND 

881
00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:19,770
CAN'T GET ANY HELP. BECAUSE 

882
00:37:19,770 --> 00:37:24,141
THERE IS JUST NO GOOD PLACE TO 

883
00:37:24,141 --> 00:37:26,010
GO TO. IF YOU GO TO ANY 

884
00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:27,011
INSTITUTION, IT FEELS LIKE 

885
00:37:27,011 --> 00:37:28,346
PRISON AND THERE IS NO SAFE 

886
00:37:28,346 --> 00:37:31,882
PLACE FOR TRANS PEOPLE. NOW I 

887
00:37:31,882 --> 00:37:35,286
HAVE TO WORRY EVERY DAY THAT ONE

888
00:37:35,286 --> 00:37:36,821
OF MY FRIENDS MIGHT KILL 

889
00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:37,588
THEMSELVES. THERE IS BARELY 

890
00:37:37,588 --> 00:37:40,257
ANYTHING I CAN DO BECAUSE I'M 

891
00:37:40,257 --> 00:37:45,563
NOT TRAINED FOR ANY OF THIS! 

892
00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:54,872
THANK YOU. 

893
00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:56,240
>> VINCENT AND MIKAYLA. 

894
00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,476
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS 

895
00:37:58,476 --> 00:38:01,612
VINCENT AND I'M AN EPSTEIN 

896
00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:03,014
SURVIVOR. YOU MISSED THE MONTANA

897
00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:04,482
TENTTICAL IN THE FILES BECAUSE 

898
00:38:04,482 --> 00:38:09,286
THE PEOPLE IN THIS RING RUN THE 

899
00:38:09,286 --> 00:38:12,556
WORLD. THEY ARE ACCUSING MY 

900
00:38:12,556 --> 00:38:14,725
COMMUNITY, I AS AN INTERSEX 

901
00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:17,128
MASCULINE, THEY ARE ACCUSING MY 

902
00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:20,031
COMMUNITY OF WHAT THEY DO. I 

903
00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:24,735
SHONT HAVE LIVED PASSED 6 

904
00:38:24,735 --> 00:38:25,670
BECAUSE SOMEONE ORDERED SNUFFED,

905
00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:27,405
SERIES VIDEOS FROM MY FATHER WHO

906
00:38:27,405 --> 00:38:30,675
IS A MARINE WHO IS THE BEST 

907
00:38:30,675 --> 00:38:32,243
FRIEND OF BILL CLINTON'S MARINE

908
00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:34,645
SECURITY DETAIL. I DON'T KNOW 

909
00:38:34,645 --> 00:38:37,114
WHO ORDERED IT. I KNOW THE KKK 

910
00:38:37,114 --> 00:38:41,352
CHASED US OUT OF ARKANSAS BEFORE

911
00:38:41,352 --> 00:38:42,787
DAD COULD FINISH FILMING THOSE 

912
00:38:42,787 --> 00:38:44,455
VIDEOS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT

913
00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:49,193
TO SEE A LITTLE WHITE GIRL. THEY

914
00:38:49,193 --> 00:38:49,827
DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE BLACK 

915
00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:51,862
BABIES THEY FORCED MOW TO EAT 

916
00:38:51,862 --> 00:38:59,070
OFF OF IN THE VIDEOS. THE PEOPLE

917
00:38:59,070 --> 00:38:59,704
MAKING THE ACCUSATIONS ARE THE 

918
00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:09,847
THING. 

919
00:39:16,420 --> 00:39:17,988
>> MY NAME IS MIKAYLA HILSY, I 

920
00:39:17,988 --> 00:39:20,424
HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN SEATTLE 

921
00:39:20,424 --> 00:39:22,026
FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. WHEN I 

922
00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:23,294
FIRST GOT HERE, I WAS FORTUNATE 

923
00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:25,162
TO HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO WERE 

924
00:39:25,162 --> 00:39:26,263
ABLE TO LEND ME HOUSING IN 

925
00:39:26,263 --> 00:39:28,332
SPACES WHERE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE 

926
00:39:28,332 --> 00:39:29,967
CARE OF MOIFL IN THE BEGINNING 

927
00:39:29,967 --> 00:39:31,268
OF MY TRANSITION. I KNOW THAT IS

928
00:39:31,268 --> 00:39:33,471
NOT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MOST 

929
00:39:33,471 --> 00:39:34,438
PEOPLE ARE LENDED. THERE ARE 

930
00:39:34,438 --> 00:39:36,173
MANY VOICES WHO COULD NOT MAKE 

931
00:39:36,173 --> 00:39:41,345
IT HERE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE 

932
00:39:41,345 --> 00:39:43,814
HOOKING FOR PLACES TO SURVIVE. 

933
00:39:43,814 --> 00:39:45,883
WE ARE IN A VERY TERRIFYING TIME

934
00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:47,118
TO BE ANYTHING THAT IS 

935
00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:48,486
CONSIDERED DIFFERENT OR OUT OF 

936
00:39:48,486 --> 00:39:51,088
THE ORDER NER SNACHLT WE ARE 

937
00:39:51,088 --> 00:39:52,590
ALREADY TRYING TO BE MARGINIZED 

938
00:39:52,590 --> 00:39:53,624
AND PUSHED AWAY INTO THE CRACKS 

939
00:39:53,624 --> 00:39:56,193
OF THE STREETS WHERE WE CAN BE 

940
00:39:56,193 --> 00:39:58,129
FORGOTTEN AND LEFT FOR DEAD. IF 

941
00:39:58,129 --> 00:40:00,398
YOU NEED ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE 

942
00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:03,667
FOR WHY WE NEED A TRANS STATE OF

943
00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:06,070
EMERGENCY, YOU JUST NEED TO WALK

944
00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:09,340
THROUGH ANY STROET OF CAPITOL 

945
00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:12,176
HILL. GO INTO CALANDERSON PARK 

946
00:40:12,176 --> 00:40:19,116
ON THE VERY LARGE PUMP HOUSE ON 

947
00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:29,593
THE BACK. THERE IS A DOOR. 

948
00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:35,733
>> THANK YOU MIKAYLA. THOSE WERE

949
00:40:35,733 --> 00:40:36,934
ALL OF THE IN PERSON PUBLIC 

950
00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:39,069
COMMENTERS. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO 

951
00:40:39,069 --> 00:40:40,771
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. THE 

952
00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:43,641
FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS ALBERTY 

953
00:40:43,641 --> 00:40:44,608
ALVAREZ , PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 

954
00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:50,948
WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT. YOU 

955
00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:57,655
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. 

956
00:40:57,655 --> 00:40:59,890
>> THANK YOU. DOLLARS NOT DECK 

957
00:40:59,890 --> 00:41:02,159
LARATIONS. REPORTS AT UCLUX A 

958
00:41:02,159 --> 00:41:05,529
AND OTHER STUDIES SHOW MORE THAN

959
00:41:05,529 --> 00:41:08,399
HALF OF TRANS AND QUEER KIDS ARE

960
00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:10,901
FLEEING THEIR HOME CITIES AND 

961
00:41:10,901 --> 00:41:15,272
STATES. YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT 

962
00:41:15,272 --> 00:41:17,374
THE OPPRESSIVE LAWS AND 

963
00:41:17,374 --> 00:41:18,542
DANGEROUS POLICIES SO MANY TO 

964
00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:21,078
SEEK HEALTH AND ACCEPTANCE IN 

965
00:41:21,078 --> 00:41:26,116
OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE BEEN 

966
00:41:26,116 --> 00:41:29,253
WITNESSING THE CHAOS, VIOLENCE, 

967
00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:34,091
TURMOIL BROUGHT BY THE FASCIST 

968
00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:35,025
STORM. COUNCIL HAS THE LEGAL 

969
00:41:35,025 --> 00:41:37,228
RESPONSIBILITY AND MORAL DUTY TO

970
00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:39,196
PROVIDE FUNDING AND BUILD UP 

971
00:41:39,196 --> 00:41:40,631
COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT WILL 

972
00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:45,402
ENSURE HEALTHY ARRIVAL FOR 

973
00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:48,639
ANYONE SEEKING HELP. DOLLARS, 

974
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:51,208
NOT DECLARATIONS WILL GET THEM 

975
00:41:51,208 --> 00:41:52,877
FED, HOUSED, WORK TRAINED AND 

976
00:41:52,877 --> 00:41:55,145
READY TO STABILIZE THEIR NEW 

977
00:41:55,145 --> 00:42:00,718
LIFE IN OUR TOWN. THANK YOU AND 

978
00:42:00,718 --> 00:42:06,156
HAVE A GOOD DAY. 

979
00:42:06,156 --> 00:42:08,659
>> ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO 

980
00:42:08,659 --> 00:42:09,493
ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 

981
00:42:09,493 --> 00:42:11,495
SO NOW WE WILL BE PROCEEDING TO 

982
00:42:11,495 --> 00:42:14,532
THE ITEMS OF THE BUSINESS. BUT 

983
00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:16,033
BEFORE WE TAKE THE FIRST ITEM OF

984
00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:18,168
BUSINESS I WANT TO ADDRESS 

985
00:42:18,168 --> 00:42:19,270
EVERYONE WHO HAS COME OUT FOR 

986
00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:20,838
PUBLIC COMMENT AND TOTHANK YOU 

987
00:42:20,838 --> 00:42:21,772
FOR YOUR POWERFUL TESTIMONY. I 

988
00:42:21,772 --> 00:42:22,907
KNOW BEFORE THE MEETING I 

989
00:42:22,907 --> 00:42:25,442
CHATTED WITH A FEW OF YOU. I 

990
00:42:25,442 --> 00:42:26,143
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME 

991
00:42:26,143 --> 00:42:26,844
PEOPLEAL GIVING FIRST PUBLIC 

992
00:42:26,844 --> 00:42:28,078
COMMENT AT CITY HALL FOR THE 

993
00:42:28,078 --> 00:42:31,282
FIRST TIME. I WANT TO THANK YOU 

994
00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:32,917
FOR THAT. THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S 

995
00:42:32,917 --> 00:42:34,418
HOUSE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU 

996
00:42:34,418 --> 00:42:35,052
AND WELCOME YOU TO SEATTLE. I 

997
00:42:35,052 --> 00:42:36,820
KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW 

998
00:42:36,820 --> 00:42:38,088
NEIGHBORS HERE. I KNOW WE WILL 

999
00:42:38,088 --> 00:42:40,190
BE GETTING TO THE ITEM THAT YOU 

1000
00:42:40,190 --> 00:42:42,326
ARE SPOKING TO LATER IN OUR 

1001
00:42:42,326 --> 00:42:43,861
AGENDA TODAY BUT I WANTED TO 

1002
00:42:43,861 --> 00:42:45,596
TOUCH ON THAT POINT AND ALSO 

1003
00:42:45,596 --> 00:42:47,631
AFFIRM, I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING 

1004
00:42:47,631 --> 00:42:50,434
OF THE MEETING I SAID HAPPY 

1005
00:42:50,434 --> 00:42:52,570
PRIDE FUNT TO HONOR THE HISTORY 

1006
00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:53,570
BEHIND PRIDE MONTH, IT IS 

1007
00:42:53,570 --> 00:42:54,505
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE WOULD 

1008
00:42:54,505 --> 00:42:57,308
NOT HAVE A PRIDE MONTH IF IT WAS

1009
00:42:57,308 --> 00:42:59,209
NOT FOR TRANS PEOPLE AND IF NOT 

1010
00:42:59,209 --> 00:43:01,011
FOR A TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR. IT 

1011
00:43:01,011 --> 00:43:02,146
IS IMPORTANT TO GET THAT INTO 

1012
00:43:02,146 --> 00:43:07,384
THE RECORD. THANK YOU FOR BEING 

1013
00:43:07,384 --> 00:43:08,285
HERE AND THANK YOU. WITH THAT, 

1014
00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:10,788
WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO 

1015
00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:12,022
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL

1016
00:43:12,022 --> 00:43:15,025
THE CLERK READ ITEM ONE INTO THE

1017
00:43:15,025 --> 00:43:15,259
RECORD. 

1018
00:43:15,259 --> 00:43:17,594
>> ITEM ONE, ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL 

1019
00:43:17,594 --> 00:43:19,263
BILL ACT HR1 IMPACT ON 

1020
00:43:19,263 --> 00:43:21,131
HEALTHCARE IN SEATTLE AND 

1021
00:43:21,131 --> 00:43:22,366
WASHINGTON STATE, BRIEFING AND 

1022
00:43:22,366 --> 00:43:22,666
DISCUSSION. 

1023
00:43:22,666 --> 00:43:23,834
>> WONDERFUL. AT THIS POINT, 

1024
00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:24,702
I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR 

1025
00:43:24,702 --> 00:43:31,475
PRESENTERS TO COME UP TO THE 

1026
00:43:31,475 --> 00:43:33,577
TABLE. WHILE THE PRESENTERS ARE 

1027
00:43:33,577 --> 00:43:34,378
COMING UP TO THE TABLE, I'M 

1028
00:43:34,378 --> 00:43:39,750
REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS 

1029
00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:40,985
DISCUSSION TODAY THIS DISCUSSION

1030
00:43:40,985 --> 00:43:43,053
IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE CITY OF

1031
00:43:43,053 --> 00:43:45,456
SEATTLE AND PARTICULARLY CITY 

1032
00:43:45,456 --> 00:43:47,358
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT NECESSARILY 

1033
00:43:47,358 --> 00:43:48,826
COVER HEALTHCARE YET CONGRESS 

1034
00:43:48,826 --> 00:43:50,995
HAS MADE MAJOR CHANGES FOR OUR 

1035
00:43:50,995 --> 00:43:53,831
RESIDENTS. I THINK GIVEN THE 

1036
00:43:53,831 --> 00:43:56,400
CHANGES ARE IMMINENT AND WILL 

1037
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:57,901
HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACT FOR OUR 

1038
00:43:57,901 --> 00:43:58,669
NEIGHBORS, HAVING THE DISCUSSION

1039
00:43:58,669 --> 00:44:01,005
FELT IMPORTANT. SO I WOULD LIKE 

1040
00:44:01,005 --> 00:44:02,840
TO WELCOME OUR COLLEAGUES FROM 

1041
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:03,674
THE WASHINGTON STATE HEALTHCARE 

1042
00:44:03,674 --> 00:44:05,275
AUTHORITY. IF YOU COULD TAKE A 

1043
00:44:05,275 --> 00:44:06,176
MOMENT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES 

1044
00:44:06,176 --> 00:44:07,511
BY STATING YOUR NAME INTO THE 

1045
00:44:07,511 --> 00:44:09,046
MICROPHONE FOR THE RECORD AND 

1046
00:44:09,046 --> 00:44:13,884
THEN START THE PRESENTATION, 

1047
00:44:13,884 --> 00:44:15,519
THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. GOOD 

1048
00:44:15,519 --> 00:44:16,987
AFTERNOON, I'M TRINITY WILSON, 

1049
00:44:16,987 --> 00:44:19,156
STATE MEDICATE DIRECTOR WITH THE

1050
00:44:19,156 --> 00:44:20,057
WASHINGTON STATE HEALTHCARE 

1051
00:44:20,057 --> 00:44:20,657
AUTHORITY. THANK YOU FOR THE 

1052
00:44:20,657 --> 00:44:22,593
OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK 

1053
00:44:22,593 --> 00:44:25,429
WITH YOU TODAY. I WILL BE 

1054
00:44:25,429 --> 00:44:27,097
PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE 

1055
00:44:27,097 --> 00:44:28,499
STATE'S IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT 

1056
00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:34,371
WE ARE CALLED HR1, KNOWN AS THE 

1057
00:44:34,371 --> 00:44:35,739
ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. PROVIDES

1058
00:44:35,739 --> 00:44:37,574
FREE AND LOW COST HEALTH 

1059
00:44:37,574 --> 00:44:39,443
INSURANCE TO WASHINGTONIANS. 

1060
00:44:39,443 --> 00:44:45,382
RIGHT NOW IT COVERS 1.9 MILLION 

1061
00:44:45,382 --> 00:44:46,550
WASHINGTONIANS. I WILL PROVIDE A

1062
00:44:46,550 --> 00:44:48,686
STATEWIDE OVERVIEW OF THE 

1063
00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:50,154
IMPACTS OF HR1 AND PASS IT TO MY

1064
00:44:50,154 --> 00:44:54,491
COLLEAGUE JOHN FOR MORE OF A 

1065
00:44:54,491 --> 00:44:55,959
KING COUNTY AND SEATTLE IMPACT. 

1066
00:44:55,959 --> 00:44:59,329
THE IMPACTS OF HR ONE ON 

1067
00:44:59,329 --> 00:45:00,064
MEDICAID ARE SIGNIFICANT. WE 

1068
00:45:00,064 --> 00:45:03,667
THINK OF THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT 

1069
00:45:03,667 --> 00:45:05,335
CATEGORIES. ONE BEING AROUND 

1070
00:45:05,335 --> 00:45:08,038
IMPACTS TO MEDICAID CUSTOMERS. 

1071
00:45:08,038 --> 00:45:09,973
SO IT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES 

1072
00:45:09,973 --> 00:45:10,607
ELIGIBILITY FACTORS. MORE PEOPLE

1073
00:45:10,607 --> 00:45:13,377
WILL LOSE MEDICAID COVERAGE 

1074
00:45:13,377 --> 00:45:15,779
BECAUSE OF HR1. THE SECOND 

1075
00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:18,115
CATEGORY IS REALLY AROUND 

1076
00:45:18,115 --> 00:45:20,117
PROVIDER PAYMENTS. THERE WILL BE

1077
00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:21,051
LESS FUNDING FLOWING TO 

1078
00:45:21,051 --> 00:45:22,619
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN THE 

1079
00:45:22,619 --> 00:45:23,320
COMMUNITY. I WILL PROVIDE AN 

1080
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:24,321
OVER VIEW OF THE PROVISIONS 

1081
00:45:24,321 --> 00:45:27,224
TODAY AND ALSO WHAT WE ARE DOING

1082
00:45:27,224 --> 00:45:29,660
AS A STATE IN TERMS OF OUT REACH

1083
00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:31,161
AND XHOUNICATION TO THE 

1084
00:45:31,161 --> 00:45:36,834
COMMUNITIES AND THE INDIVIDUALS 

1085
00:45:36,834 --> 00:45:47,344
IMPACTED PIE THE PROVISIONS. 

1086
00:46:18,475 --> 00:46:19,977
>> OKAY. A HIGH LEVEL OVER VIEW,

1087
00:46:19,977 --> 00:46:21,278
I MENTIONED THE FIRST 

1088
00:46:21,278 --> 00:46:22,012
CATEGORIES. THE FIRST BULLET 

1089
00:46:22,012 --> 00:46:24,181
POINT YOU SEE IS THE ELIGIBILITY

1090
00:46:24,181 --> 00:46:26,083
PROVISIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM 

1091
00:46:26,083 --> 00:46:28,218
HR1. THE FIRST BEING AN IMPACT 

1092
00:46:28,218 --> 00:46:30,654
TO THE DEFINITION OF A QUALIFIED

1093
00:46:30,654 --> 00:46:31,789
LAWFULLY PRESENT NONCITIZEN. 

1094
00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:33,590
THOSE ARE THE MOST IMMEDIATE 

1095
00:46:33,590 --> 00:46:35,659
NORTERM IMPACTS THAT WILL COME 

1096
00:46:35,659 --> 00:46:38,262
INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1. THEN 

1097
00:46:38,262 --> 00:46:40,164
WE HAVE SEVERAL IMPACTS ON 

1098
00:46:40,164 --> 00:46:41,532
SPECIFICALLY THE ADULT EXPANSION

1099
00:46:41,532 --> 00:46:42,733
POPULATION . SO THESE ARE 

1100
00:46:42,733 --> 00:46:44,301
INDIVIDUALS IN OUR STATE WHO ARE

1101
00:46:44,301 --> 00:46:46,170
NEWLY ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID AS A

1102
00:46:46,170 --> 00:46:47,671
RESULT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE 

1103
00:46:47,671 --> 00:46:51,508
ACT. IN OUR STATE, THAT IS ABOUT

1104
00:46:51,508 --> 00:46:54,811
600,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 

1105
00:46:54,811 --> 00:46:55,412
CURRENTLY RECEIVING COVERAGE. 

1106
00:46:55,412 --> 00:46:56,613
HR1 INTRODUCES AN INCREASE IN 

1107
00:46:56,613 --> 00:46:59,316
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE 

1108
00:46:59,316 --> 00:47:00,818
INDIVIDUALS NEED TO REDETERMINE 

1109
00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:04,221
THEIR ELIGIBILITY. RIGHT NOW, IT

1110
00:47:04,221 --> 00:47:06,523
IS AN ANNUAL RESERTIFICATION. 

1111
00:47:06,523 --> 00:47:08,926
COME JANUARY 1 OF 2027, THAT 

1112
00:47:08,926 --> 00:47:10,327
REDUCES TO SIX MONTHS. TWICE A 

1113
00:47:10,327 --> 00:47:14,464
YEAR, THE ADULTS WILL NEED TO 

1114
00:47:14,464 --> 00:47:15,199
RECERTIFY THE ELIGIBILITY. HR1 

1115
00:47:15,199 --> 00:47:17,534
INTRODUCED WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR

1116
00:47:17,534 --> 00:47:20,003
THE ADULT POPULATION, AND A COST

1117
00:47:20,003 --> 00:47:21,505
SHARING PROVISION, SORT OF A 

1118
00:47:21,505 --> 00:47:26,410
COPAY FOR CERTAIN SERVICES THAT 

1119
00:47:26,410 --> 00:47:28,679
ARE RENDERED. HR1 ALSO IMPACTS 

1120
00:47:28,679 --> 00:47:29,646
RETROACTIVE COVERAGE. SO TODAY 

1121
00:47:29,646 --> 00:47:31,348
ON MEDICAID AND INDIVIDUAL COULD

1122
00:47:31,348 --> 00:47:34,284
BOW ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO THREE 

1123
00:47:34,284 --> 00:47:36,119
MONTHS OF RETROACTIVE COVERAGE 

1124
00:47:36,119 --> 00:47:38,121
IF THERE WERE UNPAID MEDICAL 

1125
00:47:38,121 --> 00:47:40,057
BILLS DURING THAT TIME. 

1126
00:47:40,057 --> 00:47:42,259
BEGINNING JANUARY 1 OF NEXT 

1127
00:47:42,259 --> 00:47:43,827
YEAR, THE COVERAGE REDUCES TO 1 

1128
00:47:43,827 --> 00:47:44,661
MONTH FOR ADULT POPULATION AND 2

1129
00:47:44,661 --> 00:47:47,664
MONTHS FOR THE REST OF THE 

1130
00:47:47,664 --> 00:47:48,665
POPULATION INCLUDING CHERN. THE 

1131
00:47:48,665 --> 00:47:51,001
SECOND BULLET YOU SEE IS AROUND 

1132
00:47:51,001 --> 00:47:56,106
THE PROVIDER PAYMENT PROVISIONS 

1133
00:47:56,106 --> 00:47:57,241
THAT I MENTIONED. HR1 INVESTS 

1134
00:47:57,241 --> 00:47:58,342
INTO WORLD HEALTH TRANSFORMATION

1135
00:47:58,342 --> 00:48:02,512
AND RESTRICTS THE USE OF STATE 

1136
00:48:02,512 --> 00:48:04,147
DIRECTED PAYMENTS, LOWERING THE 

1137
00:48:04,147 --> 00:48:06,316
FEDERAL SHARE GOING TO PROVIDERS

1138
00:48:06,316 --> 00:48:07,951
IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS SORT 

1139
00:48:07,951 --> 00:48:13,390
OF AN OVER ARCHING TIMELINE OF 

1140
00:48:13,390 --> 00:48:16,960
THE MEDICAID PROVISIONS. WE 

1141
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,029
CURRENTLY AT THE END OF THE BOX.

1142
00:48:19,029 --> 00:48:21,298
WE ARE AT THE END OF THE 

1143
00:48:21,298 --> 00:48:23,867
PROVISIONS OF HR1 AND THE GRAY 

1144
00:48:23,867 --> 00:48:26,169
BOXES ARE OTHER VARIOUS FEDERAL 

1145
00:48:26,169 --> 00:48:27,271
LED ELIGIBILITY INITIATIVES THAT

1146
00:48:27,271 --> 00:48:28,739
WE ARE ALSO UNDERTAKING. YOU CAN

1147
00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:31,942
SEE WE ARE ENTERING A PERIOD OF 

1148
00:48:31,942 --> 00:48:38,248
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE BETWEEN 

1149
00:48:38,248 --> 00:48:39,549
OCTOBER AND JANUARY OF NEXT 

1150
00:48:39,549 --> 00:48:41,218
YEAR. I WANT TO MENTION THE 

1151
00:48:41,218 --> 00:48:41,918
HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY'S APPROACH

1152
00:48:41,918 --> 00:48:42,419
TO IMPLEMENTATION. WE 

1153
00:48:42,419 --> 00:48:44,454
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WOULD NEVER 

1154
00:48:44,454 --> 00:48:45,522
HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THESE 

1155
00:48:45,522 --> 00:48:49,893
POLICIES THAT WERE PASSED BY THE

1156
00:48:49,893 --> 00:48:51,161
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE ARE 

1157
00:48:51,161 --> 00:48:53,997
REALLY BUILDING FOUR PRINCIPLES 

1158
00:48:53,997 --> 00:48:56,500
AS WE IMPLEMENT HR ONE. ONE 

1159
00:48:56,500 --> 00:48:57,634
BEING BUILDING THE LEAST 

1160
00:48:57,634 --> 00:48:58,568
BURDENSOME PROCESSES FOR THE 

1161
00:48:58,568 --> 00:49:01,571
CLIENTS. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE

1162
00:49:01,571 --> 00:49:02,439
ARE LEVERAGING AUTOMATION AND 

1163
00:49:02,439 --> 00:49:04,841
INFORMATION WE ALREADY HAVE 

1164
00:49:04,841 --> 00:49:05,742
ACCESS TO SO THAT THE CUSTOMERS 

1165
00:49:05,742 --> 00:49:08,712
DO NOT NEED TO PROVIDE US 

1166
00:49:08,712 --> 00:49:11,581
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO PROVE 

1167
00:49:11,581 --> 00:49:13,483
THEY REMAIN ELIGIBLE. OUR SECOND

1168
00:49:13,483 --> 00:49:15,752
PRINCIPLE REALLY BUILDING ON AND

1169
00:49:15,752 --> 00:49:16,386
ADVANCING THE CUSTOMER 

1170
00:49:16,386 --> 00:49:18,322
EXPERIENCE. WE WANT THIS TO BE 

1171
00:49:18,322 --> 00:49:22,726
EASY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO ACCESS

1172
00:49:22,726 --> 00:49:24,895
CARE. WE WANT CONTINUITY OF 

1173
00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:26,863
COVERAGE AND TO MITIGATE 

1174
00:49:26,863 --> 00:49:27,831
COVERAGE LOSS. WHERE THERE ARE 

1175
00:49:27,831 --> 00:49:28,598
OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO 

1176
00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:30,167
INDIVIDUALS, WE WILL BE MOVING 

1177
00:49:30,167 --> 00:49:34,037
THEM INTO OTHER PROGRAMS TO 

1178
00:49:34,037 --> 00:49:36,073
MAINTAIN COVERAGE. 

1179
00:49:36,073 --> 00:49:36,707
ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES, 

1180
00:49:36,707 --> 00:49:38,308
THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF

1181
00:49:38,308 --> 00:49:40,344
WORK FOR THE STATE AND THE 

1182
00:49:40,344 --> 00:49:41,945
PROVIDERS. WE WANT TO REDUCE THE

1183
00:49:41,945 --> 00:49:44,715
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IT TAKES TO 

1184
00:49:44,715 --> 00:49:47,017
IMPLEMENT THESE PROVISIONS AND 

1185
00:49:47,017 --> 00:49:49,586
REALLY AGAIN, LEVERAGE SYSTEMS 

1186
00:49:49,586 --> 00:49:50,887
AND PROCESSES THAT WE ALREADY 

1187
00:49:50,887 --> 00:49:53,757
HAVE ACCESS TO TODAY. AND THEN 

1188
00:49:53,757 --> 00:49:56,460
FINALLY, WE HAVE BEEN COBUILDING

1189
00:49:56,460 --> 00:49:58,595
A COMMUNICATION PLAN AND 

1190
00:49:58,595 --> 00:49:59,463
STRATEGY WITH OUR PARTNER 

1191
00:49:59,463 --> 00:50:00,831
AGENCIES, PROVIDERS, TRIBES 

1192
00:50:00,831 --> 00:50:05,802
ACROSS THE STATE, HOSPITALS AND 

1193
00:50:05,802 --> 00:50:06,670
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO

1194
00:50:06,670 --> 00:50:07,270
ENSURE WE ARE XHOUNICATING IN 

1195
00:50:07,270 --> 00:50:14,444
LANGUAGES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE 

1196
00:50:14,444 --> 00:50:16,913
FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE. 

1197
00:50:16,913 --> 00:50:17,514
AND COMMUNICATING IN METHODS 

1198
00:50:17,514 --> 00:50:18,148
THAT WILL REACH THEM. LETTERS, 

1199
00:50:18,148 --> 00:50:19,016
MAIL, TEXT MES SAGING, 

1200
00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:19,616
ROBOCALLS, ET CETERA. I WILL 

1201
00:50:19,616 --> 00:50:21,752
DIVE DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE 

1202
00:50:21,752 --> 00:50:22,319
ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS. THE 

1203
00:50:22,319 --> 00:50:28,225
FIRST BEING THE CHANGE TO THE 

1204
00:50:28,225 --> 00:50:28,759
DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED, 

1205
00:50:28,759 --> 00:50:29,393
LAWFULLY PRESENT NONCITIZEN. I 

1206
00:50:29,393 --> 00:50:31,027
WANT TO EMPHASIZE THESE 

1207
00:50:31,027 --> 00:50:31,561
INDIVIDUALS ARE LAWFULLY 

1208
00:50:31,561 --> 00:50:34,030
PRESENT. BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, WE

1209
00:50:34,030 --> 00:50:36,133
ANTICIPATE THAT ROUGHLY 14,000 

1210
00:50:36,133 --> 00:50:37,634
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY 

1211
00:50:37,634 --> 00:50:39,136
RECEIVING MEDICAID WILL NOLONGER

1212
00:50:39,136 --> 00:50:41,705
BE ELIGIBLE AS THE DEFINITION OF

1213
00:50:41,705 --> 00:50:46,643
A QUALIFIED NONCITIZEN IS 

1214
00:50:46,643 --> 00:50:48,345
RESTRICTED TO LAWFULLY PERMANENT

1215
00:50:48,345 --> 00:50:49,946
RESIDENTS, COFA ISLANDERS AND 

1216
00:50:49,946 --> 00:50:51,681
CERTAIN CUBAN AND HAITIAN 

1217
00:50:51,681 --> 00:50:52,516
ENTRANTS. OF THE 14,000 

1218
00:50:52,516 --> 00:50:55,018
INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE 

1219
00:50:55,018 --> 00:50:57,120
IMPACTED, ROUGHLY 1700 OF THOSE 

1220
00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:58,255
INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY 

1221
00:50:58,255 --> 00:50:59,856
RECEIVING LONGTERM CARE OR 

1222
00:50:59,856 --> 00:51:00,390
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY 

1223
00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:03,226
SERVICES. SO AS A STATE, WE ARE 

1224
00:51:03,226 --> 00:51:04,494
CURRENTLY EVALUATING OTHER STATE

1225
00:51:04,494 --> 00:51:06,696
FUNDED OPTIONS THAT COULD BE 

1226
00:51:06,696 --> 00:51:07,731
AVAILABLE TO THESE INDIVIDUALS 

1227
00:51:07,731 --> 00:51:08,665
AND MAXIMIZING THE FUNDS THAT 

1228
00:51:08,665 --> 00:51:15,705
ARE AVAILABLE TO US TO DO SO. WE

1229
00:51:15,705 --> 00:51:17,007
THOUGHT WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THE 

1230
00:51:17,007 --> 00:51:19,643
PROVISION OVER TIME BASED ON A 

1231
00:51:19,643 --> 00:51:21,945
RENEWAL DATE. WE HEARD FROM OUR 

1232
00:51:21,945 --> 00:51:23,013
PARTNERS AT THE MEDICARE 

1233
00:51:23,013 --> 00:51:25,615
SERVICES THIS YEAR THAT THIS 

1234
00:51:25,615 --> 00:51:29,419
PROVISION DOES TAKE EFFECT 

1235
00:51:29,419 --> 00:51:31,054
OCTOBER 1. SO THOSE 14,000 

1236
00:51:31,054 --> 00:51:35,459
INDIVIDUALS COVERAGE, THE LAST 

1237
00:51:35,459 --> 00:51:39,162
DAY OF KORJ WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 

1238
00:51:39,162 --> 00:51:42,332
30. THIS IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO 

1239
00:51:42,332 --> 00:51:43,266
THE ADULT EXPANSION POPULATION, 

1240
00:51:43,266 --> 00:51:46,703
ABOUT 600,000 INDIVIDUALS IN THE

1241
00:51:46,703 --> 00:51:48,805
STATE. BEGINNING OF JANUARY 1, 

1242
00:51:48,805 --> 00:51:51,575
HR1 INTRODUCED A NEW ELIGIBILITY

1243
00:51:51,575 --> 00:51:53,176
TRITERIA THAT INDIVIDUALS MUST 

1244
00:51:53,176 --> 00:51:54,644
MOTE A WORK OR COMMUNITY 

1245
00:51:54,644 --> 00:51:55,879
ENGAGEMENT REQUIREMENT OR 

1246
00:51:55,879 --> 00:52:00,016
QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION TO A 

1247
00:52:00,016 --> 00:52:02,252
WORK REQUIREMENT. WE DID GET A 

1248
00:52:02,252 --> 00:52:04,955
RULE PUBLISHED BY CMS ON JUNE 1.

1249
00:52:04,955 --> 00:52:09,926
THE AGENCY IS WORKING VERY FAST 

1250
00:52:09,926 --> 00:52:13,029
TO IMPLEMENT THE RULE BY JANUARY

1251
00:52:13,029 --> 00:52:15,899
1. SO SEVERAL CRITERIA TO MEET 

1252
00:52:15,899 --> 00:52:18,135
THE WORK REQUIREMENT, IT 

1253
00:52:18,135 --> 00:52:20,203
INCLOUDS HAVING AN AVERAGE 

1254
00:52:20,203 --> 00:52:22,072
MONTHLY FAMILY INCOME OF $580 

1255
00:52:22,072 --> 00:52:25,742
PER MONTH. THAT IS 80 HOURS THAT

1256
00:52:25,742 --> 00:52:26,910
THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. AN 

1257
00:52:26,910 --> 00:52:28,578
INDIVIDUAL COULD ALSO BE 

1258
00:52:28,578 --> 00:52:30,614
ENROLLED IN AN EDUCATIONAL 

1259
00:52:30,614 --> 00:52:31,781
PROGRAM AT LEAST HALFTIME. THEY 

1260
00:52:31,781 --> 00:52:33,183
COULD PARTICIPATE IN A WORK 

1261
00:52:33,183 --> 00:52:36,686
PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST 80 HOURS A 

1262
00:52:36,686 --> 00:52:37,921
MONTH. COMPLETE AT LEAST 80 

1263
00:52:37,921 --> 00:52:39,589
HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE OR 

1264
00:52:39,589 --> 00:52:41,525
ANY COMBINATION OF THE FACTORS 

1265
00:52:41,525 --> 00:52:43,460
TO MEET THE WORK REQUIREMENT. 

1266
00:52:43,460 --> 00:52:45,128
THERE ARE SEVERAL EXCLUSIONS AND

1267
00:52:45,128 --> 00:52:45,929
EXEMPTIONS TO THE WORK 

1268
00:52:45,929 --> 00:52:48,331
REQUIREMENT. I WON'T READ 

1269
00:52:48,331 --> 00:52:50,867
THROUGH ALL OF THEM. IT DOES 

1270
00:52:50,867 --> 00:52:51,468
INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 

1271
00:52:51,468 --> 00:52:53,370
FOSTER CARE OR FORMER KOSTER 

1272
00:52:53,370 --> 00:52:55,405
CARE YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 

1273
00:52:55,405 --> 00:52:56,907
PARENTS OR CARE TAKERS OF 

1274
00:52:56,907 --> 00:53:00,277
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14 OR 

1275
00:53:00,277 --> 00:53:02,245
OF CHILDREN WOO HAVE DISABILITY.

1276
00:53:02,245 --> 00:53:04,281
TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE EXCLUDED FROM

1277
00:53:04,281 --> 00:53:05,015
WORK REQUIREMENT. INDIVIDUALS 

1278
00:53:05,015 --> 00:53:06,883
WHO ARE CONSIDERED MEDICALLY 

1279
00:53:06,883 --> 00:53:08,051
FRAIL OR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 

1280
00:53:08,051 --> 00:53:12,222
RECEIVING TREATMENT IN AN 

1281
00:53:12,222 --> 00:53:13,456
ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE USE 

1282
00:53:13,456 --> 00:53:14,157
FACILITY. IN COMBINATION WITH 

1283
00:53:14,157 --> 00:53:16,726
THE WORK REQUIREMENT, I 

1284
00:53:16,726 --> 00:53:19,162
MENTIONED THE CHANGES TO THE 

1285
00:53:19,162 --> 00:53:20,030
REDETERMINATION PERIOD. 

1286
00:53:20,030 --> 00:53:22,165
BEGINNING JANUARY 1, THE ADULT 

1287
00:53:22,165 --> 00:53:25,202
POPULATION WILL NEED TO 

1288
00:53:25,202 --> 00:53:26,469
RECERTIFY THEIR COVERAGE EVERY 

1289
00:53:26,469 --> 00:53:27,637
SIX MONTHS. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT

1290
00:53:27,637 --> 00:53:32,509
THAT AS A STATE, WE ARE ABLE TO 

1291
00:53:32,509 --> 00:53:34,644
RENEW 7AL 8% OF THE MEDICAID 

1292
00:53:34,644 --> 00:53:36,780
POPULATION USING INFORMATION WE 

1293
00:53:36,780 --> 00:53:37,581
ALREADY HAVE FROM THEM. WE ARE 

1294
00:53:37,581 --> 00:53:40,350
LEANING ON THAT HIGH RATE OF 

1295
00:53:40,350 --> 00:53:42,752
RENEWAL, MOVING INTO SIX MONTH 

1296
00:53:42,752 --> 00:53:43,853
ELIGIBILITY REVIEWS. BUT IT DOES

1297
00:53:43,853 --> 00:53:46,222
-- I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT 

1298
00:53:46,222 --> 00:53:48,725
APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE 

1299
00:53:48,725 --> 00:53:50,927
POPULATION WILL STILL NEED TO 

1300
00:53:50,927 --> 00:53:52,896
MANUALLY RENEW THE COVERAGE 

1301
00:53:52,896 --> 00:53:54,130
EVERY SIX MONTHS. WE EXPECT THIS

1302
00:53:54,130 --> 00:53:57,667
WILL DRIVE CALLS TO OUR STATE 

1303
00:53:57,667 --> 00:54:00,237
AGENCIES AS IT IS A CHANGE. IT 

1304
00:54:00,237 --> 00:54:03,006
IS A CHANGE COMPARED TO OTHER 

1305
00:54:03,006 --> 00:54:04,641
HOUSEHOLDS MEMBERS. FOR A FAMILY

1306
00:54:04,641 --> 00:54:06,176
RECEIVING MEDICAID COVERAGE, 

1307
00:54:06,176 --> 00:54:08,278
THERE WILL BE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 

1308
00:54:08,278 --> 00:54:09,279
CERTIFICATION PERIODS TO TRACK. 

1309
00:54:09,279 --> 00:54:10,380
MOVING AWAY FROM THE ELIGIBILITY

1310
00:54:10,380 --> 00:54:12,449
PROVISIONS, I MENTIONED SOME OF 

1311
00:54:12,449 --> 00:54:14,150
THE STATE DIRECTED PAYMENT 

1312
00:54:14,150 --> 00:54:15,885
PROVISIONS OF HR1 WHICH REALLY 

1313
00:54:15,885 --> 00:54:18,788
IMPACT THE PROVIDER PAYMENTS IN 

1314
00:54:18,788 --> 00:54:20,290
THE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. 

1315
00:54:20,290 --> 00:54:22,325
IT DOES PROHIBIT NEW STATE 

1316
00:54:22,325 --> 00:54:24,027
DIRECTED PAYMENTS AND FOR 

1317
00:54:24,027 --> 00:54:26,229
EXISTING STATE DIRECTED PAYMENTS

1318
00:54:26,229 --> 00:54:28,231
REDUCES THE PAYMENT TO MEDICARE 

1319
00:54:28,231 --> 00:54:29,933
MAMENT Z PAYMENT LEVEL. IN OUR 

1320
00:54:29,933 --> 00:54:32,202
STATE, WE EXPECT THAT OVER TIME,

1321
00:54:32,202 --> 00:54:34,504
THIS COULD BE A $1.5 BILLION 

1322
00:54:34,504 --> 00:54:40,410
REDUCTION IN FEDERAL FUNDS INTO 

1323
00:54:40,410 --> 00:54:41,077
THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY. CUSTOMER

1324
00:54:41,077 --> 00:54:43,980
OUT REACH, I WANT TO SHARE WITH 

1325
00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:48,018
THIS GROUP THAT WE DO HAVE 

1326
00:54:48,018 --> 00:54:49,686
ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY CONNECTORS

1327
00:54:49,686 --> 00:54:51,221
FORUM. THIS IS A MONTHLY FORUM. 

1328
00:54:51,221 --> 00:54:53,590
WE INVITE ANYONE IN THE 

1329
00:54:53,590 --> 00:54:54,257
COMMUNITY, NAVIGATORS, COMMUNITY

1330
00:54:54,257 --> 00:54:56,192
MEMBERS TO TUNE IN AND LEARN 

1331
00:54:56,192 --> 00:54:58,995
ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT ARE 

1332
00:54:58,995 --> 00:55:00,664
FORTHCOMING OVER THE NEXT 

1333
00:55:00,664 --> 00:55:03,733
SEVERAL MONTHS. WE HAVE RECENTLY

1334
00:55:03,733 --> 00:55:04,668
FINALIZED A COMMUNICATION TOOL 

1335
00:55:04,668 --> 00:55:06,803
KIT FOR PARTNERS TO USE IN THE 

1336
00:55:06,803 --> 00:55:07,671
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, FOR 

1337
00:55:07,671 --> 00:55:10,040
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO USE IN 

1338
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:14,377
THEIR CLINICS TO SHARE ABOUT THE

1339
00:55:14,377 --> 00:55:16,513
CHANGES THAT ARE COMING. THIS IS

1340
00:55:16,513 --> 00:55:18,281
A TIMELINE OF WHAT INDIVIDUALS 

1341
00:55:18,281 --> 00:55:20,450
SHOULD EXPECT OVER THE NEXT SIX 

1342
00:55:20,450 --> 00:55:22,519
MONTHS. WE WILL BEGIN SENDING 

1343
00:55:22,519 --> 00:55:23,987
NOTICES TO THE 14,000 

1344
00:55:23,987 --> 00:55:25,722
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOSING 

1345
00:55:25,722 --> 00:55:29,025
COVERAGE DUE TO THE DEFINITION 

1346
00:55:29,025 --> 00:55:30,960
OF A LAWFULLY PRESENT NONCITIZEN

1347
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,296
NEXT MONTH. IN JULY, THE NOTICES

1348
00:55:33,296 --> 00:55:35,498
WILL BE SENT. THEY WILL BE SENT 

1349
00:55:35,498 --> 00:55:38,168
BY MAIL OR EMAIL. WE WILL BE 

1350
00:55:38,168 --> 00:55:39,803
RUNNING TEXT MESSAGING CAMPAIGNS

1351
00:55:39,803 --> 00:55:42,906
AND WE ARE TRANSLATING THE 

1352
00:55:42,906 --> 00:55:46,209
NOTICES INTO THE CUSTOMER'S 

1353
00:55:46,209 --> 00:55:47,277
PREFERRED LANGUAGE. WE WILL 

1354
00:55:47,277 --> 00:55:48,978
BEGIN KRNDZ ON THE WORK 

1355
00:55:48,978 --> 00:55:49,412
REQUIREMENT AND THE 

1356
00:55:49,412 --> 00:55:51,381
REDETERMINATION PERIOD FOR THE 

1357
00:55:51,381 --> 00:55:52,182
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THAT WILL BE

1358
00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:54,751
ONGOING FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS 

1359
00:55:54,751 --> 00:55:56,252
AS INDIVIDUALS ARE -- AS IT 

1360
00:55:56,252 --> 00:56:01,091
APPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN THAT 

1361
00:56:01,091 --> 00:56:01,758
COVERAGE GROUP. THEN RETROACTIVE

1362
00:56:01,758 --> 00:56:03,727
COVERAGES IN DECEMBER AND MOST 

1363
00:56:03,727 --> 00:56:05,595
OF THESE PROVISIONS TAKE EFFECT 

1364
00:56:05,595 --> 00:56:06,663
IN JANUARY. JUST EMPHASIZING 

1365
00:56:06,663 --> 00:56:08,398
JUST A LOT OF CHANGES COMING IN 

1366
00:56:08,398 --> 00:56:12,268
THE NEXT SIX MONTHS FOR THE 

1367
00:56:12,268 --> 00:56:13,336
MEDICAID POPULATION. MY CONTACT 

1368
00:56:13,336 --> 00:56:14,471
INFORMATION, IF THERE ARE 

1369
00:56:14,471 --> 00:56:19,743
QUESTIONS, AND THEN I WILL PASS 

1370
00:56:19,743 --> 00:56:30,053
IT OVER TO JOHN. 

1371
00:56:43,666 --> 00:56:46,302
>> SWITCHING OV, MOY NAME IS 

1372
00:56:46,302 --> 00:56:48,338
JOHN KIM, CEO OF HEALTHIER HERE,

1373
00:56:48,338 --> 00:56:50,006
ACCOUNTABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR

1374
00:56:50,006 --> 00:56:51,274
KING COUNTY. I WANT TO THANK 

1375
00:56:51,274 --> 00:56:53,543
COUNCIL FOR ATTENDING AND 

1376
00:56:53,543 --> 00:56:55,645
FOCUSING ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 

1377
00:56:55,645 --> 00:56:59,315
PROTECT THE HEALTH OF 

1378
00:56:59,315 --> 00:57:01,184
SEATTLEITES INTO 2027 AND 

1379
00:57:01,184 --> 00:57:03,787
BEYOND. I WANT TO EXTEND THANKS 

1380
00:57:03,787 --> 00:57:04,954
TO HCA FOR THIS AMAZING WORK 

1381
00:57:04,954 --> 00:57:06,289
THAT IS ALREADY ONGOING AND HAS 

1382
00:57:06,289 --> 00:57:08,458
BEEN GOING FOR AS SOON AS WE 

1383
00:57:08,458 --> 00:57:11,194
HEARD THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 

1384
00:57:11,194 --> 00:57:14,464
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A TON 

1385
00:57:14,464 --> 00:57:16,900
OF WORK AND IT'S VERY COMPLEX. 

1386
00:57:16,900 --> 00:57:19,035
THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AT THAT LEVEL

1387
00:57:19,035 --> 00:57:21,571
IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY BRING 

1388
00:57:21,571 --> 00:57:25,809
IT HOME TO THE PEOPLE ON THE 

1389
00:57:25,809 --> 00:57:27,010
GROUND. SO WITHOUT THAT, IT'S 

1390
00:57:27,010 --> 00:57:28,978
ROLLY CHALLENGING FOR US TO EVEN

1391
00:57:28,978 --> 00:57:30,747
IMAGINE WHAT OUR RESPONSE IS 

1392
00:57:30,747 --> 00:57:34,884
GOING TO BE LOCALLY. SO THANKS 

1393
00:57:34,884 --> 00:57:36,686
FOR THAT. I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE

1394
00:57:36,686 --> 00:57:41,391
WAS IN THIS MOMENT TO THINK 

1395
00:57:41,391 --> 00:57:44,961
WHOLISTICALLY ABOUT FAMILY AND 

1396
00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:45,829
FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND ABOUT 

1397
00:57:45,829 --> 00:57:47,230
BUSTING SILOS IN OUR CARE 

1398
00:57:47,230 --> 00:57:49,332
DELIVERY SYSTEMS THAT CAN DO A 

1399
00:57:49,332 --> 00:57:51,167
BETTER JOB OF ENSURING THAT ALL 

1400
00:57:51,167 --> 00:57:59,309
OF US HAVE ACCESS TO THE 

1401
00:57:59,309 --> 00:58:01,110
RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TOTHIEFB.

1402
00:58:01,110 --> 00:58:03,112
HEALTHIER HERE IS A CROSS SECTOR

1403
00:58:03,112 --> 00:58:06,049
COLLABORATOR AND CONVENER WITH A

1404
00:58:06,049 --> 00:58:07,150
NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, 

1405
00:58:07,150 --> 00:58:12,522
ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY 

1406
00:58:12,522 --> 00:58:15,425
ARE WITH LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL 

1407
00:58:15,425 --> 00:58:16,292
SENSITIVITY. OUR COMMUNITY CARE 

1408
00:58:16,292 --> 00:58:20,730
HUB IS BUILT AS A NO LONG DOOR 

1409
00:58:20,730 --> 00:58:22,999
HUB. IT'S A BACK BONE FOR 

1410
00:58:22,999 --> 00:58:26,236
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS 

1411
00:58:26,236 --> 00:58:27,804
PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

1412
00:58:27,804 --> 00:58:29,172
NAVIGATION TO SOCIAL CARE 

1413
00:58:29,172 --> 00:58:34,644
SERVICES. YOU CAN SO HERE THAT 

1414
00:58:34,644 --> 00:58:37,914
WE HAVE 85 COMMUNITY BASED 

1415
00:58:37,914 --> 00:58:39,682
WORKERS SPEAKING 40 DIFFERENT 

1416
00:58:39,682 --> 00:58:40,650
LANGUAGES ACROSS PARTNER 

1417
00:58:40,650 --> 00:58:42,285
ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE

1418
00:58:42,285 --> 00:58:44,087
HERE IN THE ROOM AND WILL BE 

1419
00:58:44,087 --> 00:58:49,392
SPEAKING TO YOU DURING THE ROUND

1420
00:58:49,392 --> 00:58:58,768
TABLE. OUR FIRM BELIEF IS THAT 

1421
00:58:58,768 --> 00:59:00,503
HIGH QUALITY, WHOLE PERSON CARE 

1422
00:59:00,503 --> 00:59:01,471
CORDINATION MATCHED WHAT PEOPLE 

1423
00:59:01,471 --> 00:59:05,308
NEED TO THRIVE AND NOT JUST 

1424
00:59:05,308 --> 00:59:06,376
SURVIVE. YOU CAN SEE FROM ALL OF

1425
00:59:06,376 --> 00:59:08,678
THE SERVICES THAT ARE ARE LAID 

1426
00:59:08,678 --> 00:59:10,813
OUT HERE, PEOPLE NEED A LOT OF 

1427
00:59:10,813 --> 00:59:15,985
DIFFERENT SERVICES AND THEY NODE

1428
00:59:15,985 --> 00:59:18,154
A LOT OF HELP. BUILT ON THE 

1429
00:59:18,154 --> 00:59:19,188
TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS THAT OUR 

1430
00:59:19,188 --> 00:59:21,524
PARTNERS HAVE CREATED WITH THE 

1431
00:59:21,524 --> 00:59:24,360
COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE, WE 

1432
00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:27,530
EMPOWER AND ASSIST PEOPLE TO 

1433
00:59:27,530 --> 00:59:32,201
ACCESS A WIDE VARIETY OF 

1434
00:59:32,201 --> 00:59:35,371
SERVICES. WE SEE THE BARRIERS 

1435
00:59:35,371 --> 00:59:36,205
AROUND ACCESS TOMEDICAID BEING 

1436
00:59:36,205 --> 00:59:42,145
YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT WE 

1437
00:59:42,145 --> 00:59:50,553
WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS. WE ARE 

1438
00:59:50,553 --> 00:59:51,888
FOCUSED ON SERVICING COMMUNITIES

1439
00:59:51,888 --> 00:59:55,858
THAT HAVE, LET ME SAY THAT 

1440
00:59:55,858 --> 00:59:57,260
AGAIN. WE ARE FOCUSED ON SERVING

1441
00:59:57,260 --> 01:00:03,666
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE 

1442
01:00:03,666 --> 01:00:07,337
TRADITIONALLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM

1443
01:00:07,337 --> 01:00:08,371
OR TRAGICALLY UNDERSERVED BY 

1444
01:00:08,371 --> 01:00:09,472
SYSTEMS. INCLOUDING PEOPLE OF 

1445
01:00:09,472 --> 01:00:14,544
COLOR AND MANY OTHERS LIKE 

1446
01:00:14,544 --> 01:00:17,280
ROENTLY INCARCERATED, UNHOUSED, 

1447
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,816
LGBTQ AI PLUS, IMMIGRANT, 

1448
01:00:19,816 --> 01:00:21,184
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES. WE KNOW 

1449
01:00:21,184 --> 01:00:22,251
THAT HR1 TARGETS THESE 

1450
01:00:22,251 --> 01:00:25,288
POPULATIONS AND IS DESIGNED NOT 

1451
01:00:25,288 --> 01:00:29,459
ONLY TO REDUCE THEIR ACCESS TO 

1452
01:00:29,459 --> 01:00:34,931
SERVICES, BUT TO ALSO 

1453
01:00:34,931 --> 01:00:35,565
INTIMIDATE. IT IS TARGETING. 

1454
01:00:35,565 --> 01:00:37,367
HERE YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE 

1455
01:00:37,367 --> 01:00:39,002
DATA THAT WE ARE COLLECTING ON 

1456
01:00:39,002 --> 01:00:47,410
PEOPLE WE ARE SERVING THAT IT IS

1457
01:00:47,410 --> 01:00:49,045
A VERY DIVERSE GROUP. I PUT THIS

1458
01:00:49,045 --> 01:00:53,116
UP HERE NOT BECAUSE YOU DON'T 

1459
01:00:53,116 --> 01:00:54,050
KNOW STATISTICS ABOUT KING 

1460
01:00:54,050 --> 01:00:58,421
COUNTY AND SEATTLE BUT TO SAY IN

1461
01:00:58,421 --> 01:00:59,555
THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, WE 

1462
01:00:59,555 --> 01:01:00,757
ARE COLLECTING DATA. WE ARE 

1463
01:01:00,757 --> 01:01:02,992
TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE ABOUT 

1464
01:01:02,992 --> 01:01:04,527
WHAT DATA IS TELLING US. I WANT 

1465
01:01:04,527 --> 01:01:07,130
YOU TO FOCUS ON WHAT WOE SEE AS 

1466
01:01:07,130 --> 01:01:08,564
THE HIGHEST COMMUNITY NEEDS. 

1467
01:01:08,564 --> 01:01:10,666
THIS IS COMING DIRECT FROM 

1468
01:01:10,666 --> 01:01:12,802
CLIENTS TO OUR CASE MANAGERS. WE

1469
01:01:12,802 --> 01:01:15,271
ARE SEEING THAT HOUSING AND 

1470
01:01:15,271 --> 01:01:17,206
SHELTER SERVICES, NO SURPRISE 

1471
01:01:17,206 --> 01:01:20,443
ARE TOP OF THE LIST. CLOSELY 

1472
01:01:20,443 --> 01:01:23,112
FOLLOWED BY FINANCIAL 

1473
01:01:23,112 --> 01:01:23,946
ASSISTANCE, FOOD ACCESS, 

1474
01:01:23,946 --> 01:01:25,915
EMPLOYMENT, AND UTILITIES. I 

1475
01:01:25,915 --> 01:01:28,251
ALSO WANT TO NOTE, THAT 

1476
01:01:28,251 --> 01:01:30,820
OFTENTIMES FOLKS COME INTO THE 

1477
01:01:30,820 --> 01:01:32,922
HUB, SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH ONE

1478
01:01:32,922 --> 01:01:35,892
STATED REASON, BUT BECAUSE OF 

1479
01:01:35,892 --> 01:01:38,461
THE TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS, THEY 

1480
01:01:38,461 --> 01:01:39,729
ARE ABLE TO BECOME MORE 

1481
01:01:39,729 --> 01:01:42,398
VULNERABLE OVER TIME AND TO 

1482
01:01:42,398 --> 01:01:44,667
SHARE THE FULL EXTENT OF THEIR 

1483
01:01:44,667 --> 01:01:46,803
NEEDS AND THE INTERSECTIONALITY 

1484
01:01:46,803 --> 01:01:48,604
IS A LITTLE SURPRISING. MAYBE IT

1485
01:01:48,604 --> 01:01:53,009
IS NOT SO SURPRISING BUT IT IS 

1486
01:01:53,009 --> 01:01:53,876
RARE THAT SOMEONE SHOWS UP WITH 

1487
01:01:53,876 --> 01:01:56,112
-- THEY MAY PRESENT WITH ONE 

1488
01:01:56,112 --> 01:02:00,183
NEED AND END UP HAVING FOUR OR 

1489
01:02:00,183 --> 01:02:02,485
FIVE. AS WE REMOVE BARRIERS AND 

1490
01:02:02,485 --> 01:02:05,888
HELP ATTACH PEOPLE TO SERVICES, 

1491
01:02:05,888 --> 01:02:08,758
OTHER NEEDS EMERGE. I JUST WANT 

1492
01:02:08,758 --> 01:02:11,260
TO SAY, LIFE IS NOT LINEAR. 

1493
01:02:11,260 --> 01:02:12,995
IT'S MESSY. SO BEING IN A 

1494
01:02:12,995 --> 01:02:14,897
POSITION TO WORK CLOSELY WITH 

1495
01:02:14,897 --> 01:02:17,266
FOLKS IN A TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP

1496
01:02:17,266 --> 01:02:24,574
IS ABSOLUTELY KEY. IT IS NOT 

1497
01:02:24,574 --> 01:02:26,742
TRANSACTIONAL. I PUT THE SEATTLE

1498
01:02:26,742 --> 01:02:28,111
INFORMATION UP HERE. I JUST WANT

1499
01:02:28,111 --> 01:02:30,847
TO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO THE 

1500
01:02:30,847 --> 01:02:32,715
DATA WE ARE SEEING, IN SEATTLE, 

1501
01:02:32,715 --> 01:02:34,584
THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE ARE 

1502
01:02:34,584 --> 01:02:36,619
SERVING THE MOST FOLKS FROM ARE 

1503
01:02:36,619 --> 01:02:39,288
CHOINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL 

1504
01:02:39,288 --> 01:02:41,724
DISTRICT TO SOUTH AND EAST 

1505
01:02:41,724 --> 01:02:44,560
SEATTLE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS 

1506
01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:49,832
FOLKS MOVE FURTHER SOUTH, TO 

1507
01:02:49,832 --> 01:02:51,200
FIND AFFORDABILITY AND IN SOUTH 

1508
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,869
KING COUNTY, WE ARE SEEING A 

1509
01:02:52,869 --> 01:02:56,339
MIGRATION OF FOLKS MOVING TO THE

1510
01:02:56,339 --> 01:03:02,645
SOUTH. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 

1511
01:03:02,645 --> 01:03:05,915
WITH 10.5% POPULATION ON 

1512
01:03:05,915 --> 01:03:07,383
MEDICAID, A PROFOUNDLY NEGATIVE 

1513
01:03:07,383 --> 01:03:13,723
IMPACT ON MEDICAID IS A VERY 

1514
01:03:13,723 --> 01:03:20,663
LARGE NUMBER WITHIN SEATTLE. 

1515
01:03:20,663 --> 01:03:21,364
I'M ALMOST EMBARRASSED TO PUT 

1516
01:03:21,364 --> 01:03:23,432
THIS SLIDE UP HERE WITH SIX 

1517
01:03:23,432 --> 01:03:26,402
BLOCKS BECAUSE THE TRUE IMPACT 

1518
01:03:26,402 --> 01:03:27,203
OF HR1 GOES FAR BEYOND THIS. I 

1519
01:03:27,203 --> 01:03:28,771
DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE

1520
01:03:28,771 --> 01:03:31,140
WHAT THE TRUE IMPACTS ARE GOING 

1521
01:03:31,140 --> 01:03:39,282
TO BE UNTIL TIME UNFOLDS AND WE 

1522
01:03:39,282 --> 01:03:40,016
SEE THE IMELEMENTATION. WHAT I 

1523
01:03:40,016 --> 01:03:44,053
CAN SAY IS BASED ON THE 

1524
01:03:44,053 --> 01:03:45,488
DIVERSITY OF IMPACTS I CAN 

1525
01:03:45,488 --> 01:03:47,690
IMAGINE, IT IS GOING TO TAKE 

1526
01:03:47,690 --> 01:03:48,858
STAKEHOLDERS FROM EVERY WALK OF 

1527
01:03:48,858 --> 01:03:55,598
LIF TO TAKE NOTE AND COME 

1528
01:03:55,598 --> 01:04:00,436
TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS.

1529
01:04:00,436 --> 01:04:06,642
AND THE HARMS, POTENTIAL HARMS 

1530
01:04:06,642 --> 01:04:08,611
FROM HR1 AREN'T NECESSARILY 

1531
01:04:08,611 --> 01:04:09,412
COMPLETELY NEW. BECAUSE IT 

1532
01:04:09,412 --> 01:04:13,749
WASN'T AS IF THE SYSTEM WAS 

1533
01:04:13,749 --> 01:04:16,752
REALLY WORKING PERFECTLY BEFORE 

1534
01:04:16,752 --> 01:04:21,324
THE PASSAGE OF HR1. AND BASED ON

1535
01:04:21,324 --> 01:04:23,092
OUR INPUT OR INPUT FROM OUR 

1536
01:04:23,092 --> 01:04:29,165
PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, I CAN

1537
01:04:29,165 --> 01:04:33,436
SAY THAT THE ISSUES AROUND 

1538
01:04:33,436 --> 01:04:34,370
CAPACITY, ENOUGH BODIES, IN 

1539
01:04:34,370 --> 01:04:38,841
PLACE TO WORK WITH CLIENTS IS 

1540
01:04:38,841 --> 01:04:41,978
GOING TO GET WORSE. THE TRAINING

1541
01:04:41,978 --> 01:04:42,945
THAT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THE 

1542
01:04:42,945 --> 01:04:45,514
SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE 

1543
01:04:45,514 --> 01:04:49,018
NEEDED IS GOING TO GET WORSE. 

1544
01:04:49,018 --> 01:04:52,221
AND THEN THIS IDEA THAT WE ARE 

1545
01:04:52,221 --> 01:04:53,789
NOT BREAKING DOWN SILOS AND 

1546
01:04:53,789 --> 01:04:56,792
SHARING INFORMATION IN A WAY 

1547
01:04:56,792 --> 01:04:59,295
THAT ENABLES OUR WORKERS TO 

1548
01:04:59,295 --> 01:05:00,296
ACTUALLY PROVIDE WHOLE PERSON 

1549
01:05:00,296 --> 01:05:03,466
CARE CORDINATION, IT IS GOING TO

1550
01:05:03,466 --> 01:05:05,001
GED WORSE. BEING ABLE TO SHARE 

1551
01:05:05,001 --> 01:05:08,304
DATA IN A MEANINGFUL WAY TO MAKE

1552
01:05:08,304 --> 01:05:09,372
THE TOOLS MORE EFFECTIVE, TO 

1553
01:05:09,372 --> 01:05:11,774
HAVE TRAININGS THAT ARE CURRENT 

1554
01:05:11,774 --> 01:05:15,044
AND ACCURATE AND THAT EQUIP OUR 

1555
01:05:15,044 --> 01:05:17,079
CASE MANAGERS TOO ABLE TO WORK 

1556
01:05:17,079 --> 01:05:18,881
WITH CLIENTS AND JUST HAVING 

1557
01:05:18,881 --> 01:05:21,918
MORE CASE MANAGERS AVAILABLE TO 

1558
01:05:21,918 --> 01:05:24,720
WORK WITH THE INCREASED VOLUME 

1559
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:29,592
OF FOLKS NEEDING SERVICES, THESE

1560
01:05:29,592 --> 01:05:31,727
ARE AREAS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS. 

1561
01:05:31,727 --> 01:05:35,331
HEALTHIER HERE IS IN A PLACE TO 

1562
01:05:35,331 --> 01:05:38,167
SEE SOME OF THE EARLY WARNINGS 

1563
01:05:38,167 --> 01:05:43,606
AROUND THE ISSUES WITH SYSTEMS 

1564
01:05:43,606 --> 01:05:44,740
AND NEED FOR CAPACITY. WE ARE 

1565
01:05:44,740 --> 01:05:46,943
DOING IT BY BEING CLOSE TO 

1566
01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:48,444
COMMUNITY, PAYING ATTENTION TO 

1567
01:05:48,444 --> 01:05:50,680
WHAT PEOPLE WITH LIVED 

1568
01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:51,213
EXPERIENCE ARE ACTUALLY 

1569
01:05:51,213 --> 01:05:52,048
OFFERING. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE 

1570
01:05:52,048 --> 01:05:56,652
A LOT OF THE SPECIAL SAUCE IS 

1571
01:05:56,652 --> 01:05:57,820
HAPPENING. THESE ARE RESILIENT 

1572
01:05:57,820 --> 01:05:59,488
COMMUNITIES. AND THE VALUE OF 

1573
01:05:59,488 --> 01:06:01,857
THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE SOMETIMES

1574
01:06:01,857 --> 01:06:04,493
IS NOT RECOGNIZED IN 

1575
01:06:04,493 --> 01:06:05,127
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SYSTEMS. BUT

1576
01:06:05,127 --> 01:06:09,899
WITHOUT IT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE 

1577
01:06:09,899 --> 01:06:13,135
ARE GOING TO DO BETTER. SO AS I 

1578
01:06:13,135 --> 01:06:14,603
MENTIONED, HEALTHIER HERE IS 

1579
01:06:14,603 --> 01:06:16,939
OPERATING A COMMUNITY HUB IN 

1580
01:06:16,939 --> 01:06:20,242
KING COUNTY, SERVING SEATTLEITES

1581
01:06:20,242 --> 01:06:22,511
AS WELL AS FOLKS THROUGHOUT KING

1582
01:06:22,511 --> 01:06:25,648
COUNTY TO ADDRESS PEOPLE'S 

1583
01:06:25,648 --> 01:06:26,916
SOCIAL NEEDS. WE ALSO ARE 

1584
01:06:26,916 --> 01:06:28,050
OPERATING INFORMATION EXCHANGE 

1585
01:06:28,050 --> 01:06:30,686
WHICH IS A POWERFUL TOOL IN THE 

1586
01:06:30,686 --> 01:06:34,256
HANDS OF CASE MANAGERS WHICH 

1587
01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:37,393
ALLOWS THEM ACCESS TO RESOURCE 

1588
01:06:37,393 --> 01:06:40,029
DIRECTORIES, TO CLOSED LOOP 

1589
01:06:40,029 --> 01:06:41,697
REFERRALS, TO EXCHANGE 

1590
01:06:41,697 --> 01:06:43,299
INFORMATION WITH OTHER 

1591
01:06:43,299 --> 01:06:44,834
ORGANIZATIONS SO MORE PROVIDERS 

1592
01:06:44,834 --> 01:06:49,005
OF SUFBSS HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE 

1593
01:06:49,005 --> 01:06:50,506
OF COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS OF THEIR 

1594
01:06:50,506 --> 01:06:51,640
CLIENTS. IN THE COURSE OF THIS 

1595
01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:53,642
WORK, WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE 

1596
01:06:53,642 --> 01:06:57,980
TO BE WORKING WITH SEATTLE KING 

1597
01:06:57,980 --> 01:06:58,581
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. WE HAVE 

1598
01:06:58,581 --> 01:07:00,950
BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AHEAD OF 

1599
01:07:00,950 --> 01:07:03,285
IMPLEMENTATION OF UNDERSTANDING 

1600
01:07:03,285 --> 01:07:06,989
THE IMPACTS OF HR1. THEY HAVE 

1601
01:07:06,989 --> 01:07:07,990
SHARED REALLY COMPREHENSIVE 

1602
01:07:07,990 --> 01:07:10,826
TRAININGS THAT WE ARE ADOPTING. 

1603
01:07:10,826 --> 01:07:13,529
AND USING TO TRAIN OUR PARTNERS 

1604
01:07:13,529 --> 01:07:15,531
AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR TRIPLE

1605
01:07:15,531 --> 01:07:23,239
A IN TOWN IS ALSO BEEN 

1606
01:07:23,239 --> 01:07:24,607
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS WE 

1607
01:07:24,607 --> 01:07:26,442
IMPLEMENT SOCIAL NEEDS SERVICES 

1608
01:07:26,442 --> 01:07:28,277
AND CREATING STRENGTH BETWEEN 

1609
01:07:28,277 --> 01:07:32,848
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SERVING 

1610
01:07:32,848 --> 01:07:34,917
OVER LAPPING POPPINGULATIONS. 

1611
01:07:34,917 --> 01:07:36,619
YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THE 

1612
01:07:36,619 --> 01:07:39,355
WORST OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH 

1613
01:07:39,355 --> 01:07:44,927
HR1. I JUST WANT TOSAY IF WE DO 

1614
01:07:44,927 --> 01:07:49,331
NOTHING THIS WILL COME TO 

1615
01:07:49,331 --> 01:07:51,267
PASS.BUT NOT US BECAUSE WE HAVE 

1616
01:07:51,267 --> 01:07:52,168
AN OPPORTUNITY. AND COMING 

1617
01:07:52,168 --> 01:07:53,636
TOGETHER AND THINKING ABOUT THE 

1618
01:07:53,636 --> 01:07:56,806
WAYS WE CAN REALLY COORDINATE 

1619
01:07:56,806 --> 01:07:57,940
THE EFFORT ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS,

1620
01:07:57,940 --> 01:08:01,444
ACROSS SILOS SO WE ARE NOT 

1621
01:08:01,444 --> 01:08:02,244
DUPLICATING, EXPENSIVE 

1622
01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:04,013
INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ARE REALLY 

1623
01:08:04,013 --> 01:08:04,814
CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE 

1624
01:08:04,814 --> 01:08:06,382
COVERAGE OF ALL OF THE MANY 

1625
01:08:06,382 --> 01:08:12,488
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO 

1626
01:08:12,488 --> 01:08:13,589
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING 

1627
01:08:13,589 --> 01:08:15,257
UNNECESSARILY ENROLLED FROM A 

1628
01:08:15,257 --> 01:08:20,596
SERVICE THAT THEY NEED SO BADLY.

1629
01:08:20,596 --> 01:08:27,503
THANK YOU. 

1630
01:08:27,503 --> 01:08:30,873
>> THANK YOU FOR THE 

1631
01:08:30,873 --> 01:08:31,407
TREMENDOUSLY INFORMATIVE 

1632
01:08:31,407 --> 01:08:33,109
PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, I WANT

1633
01:08:33,109 --> 01:08:37,580
TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS YOU 

1634
01:08:37,580 --> 01:08:38,747
HAVE FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES. 

1635
01:08:38,747 --> 01:08:39,215
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

1636
01:08:39,215 --> 01:08:41,183
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH 

1637
01:08:41,183 --> 01:08:43,018
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, AND THANK 

1638
01:08:43,018 --> 01:08:44,954
YOU SO MUCH PRESENTERS. I WANT 

1639
01:08:44,954 --> 01:08:45,988
TO FIRST START OFF WITH A 

1640
01:08:45,988 --> 01:08:48,624
COMMENT AND COME BACK AROUND 

1641
01:08:48,624 --> 01:08:49,992
WITH A QUESTION. I REALLY 

1642
01:08:49,992 --> 01:08:50,459
APPRECIATE THIS. THE 

1643
01:08:50,459 --> 01:08:53,395
PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE 

1644
01:08:53,395 --> 01:08:54,730
FOCUS ON REENROLLMENT AND THE 

1645
01:08:54,730 --> 01:08:57,700
WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING TO MAKE 

1646
01:08:57,700 --> 01:08:59,535
SURE FOLKS ARE TRAINED SO THAT 

1647
01:08:59,535 --> 01:09:02,738
WE CAN MINIMIZE AS MUCH AS 

1648
01:09:02,738 --> 01:09:05,007
POSSIBLE THE IMPACTS FROM HR1. 

1649
01:09:05,007 --> 01:09:07,042
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME NOT JUST 

1650
01:09:07,042 --> 01:09:08,878
AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL BUT 

1651
01:09:08,878 --> 01:09:10,613
SOMEBODY, I TALK ABOUT THIS 

1652
01:09:10,613 --> 01:09:12,314
OCCASIONALLY BUT I WAS ON APPLE 

1653
01:09:12,314 --> 01:09:14,850
HEALTH WHEN I GAVE BIRTH TO MY 

1654
01:09:14,850 --> 01:09:17,219
SON. IT WAS LIKE A LIFE LINE, 

1655
01:09:17,219 --> 01:09:19,421
LITERALLY. IT WAS THE WAY WE 

1656
01:09:19,421 --> 01:09:20,222
ACCESSED HEALTHCARE. THAT ACCESS

1657
01:09:20,222 --> 01:09:25,161
FOR MYSELF AND FOR HIM TO HAVE A

1658
01:09:25,161 --> 01:09:26,162
STRONG START WAS SO IMPORTANT 

1659
01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:28,097
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE 

1660
01:09:28,097 --> 01:09:33,202
POTENTIAL FOR FAMILIES TO LOSE 

1661
01:09:33,202 --> 01:09:35,204
THAT ACCESS IS JUST DEVASTATING.

1662
01:09:35,204 --> 01:09:37,573
JUST WANT TOSAY HOW MUCH I 

1663
01:09:37,573 --> 01:09:39,441
APPRECIATE THAT PROFESSIONALLY 

1664
01:09:39,441 --> 01:09:41,510
AND PERSONALLY. I WANT TO THANK 

1665
01:09:41,510 --> 01:09:43,078
HEALTHIER HERE FOR HAVING ME 

1666
01:09:43,078 --> 01:09:44,680
YESTERDAY. I GOT A CHANCE TO SIT

1667
01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:49,185
DOWN WITH THE TEAM AND FANTASTIC

1668
01:09:49,185 --> 01:09:51,020
FOLKS FROM VIA COMMUNE TARRIA 

1669
01:09:51,020 --> 01:09:52,488
AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR WORK AND 

1670
01:09:52,488 --> 01:09:54,156
WHAT THEY ARE DOING ON THE 

1671
01:09:54,156 --> 01:09:55,958
PREVENTION SIDE AND TRYING TO 

1672
01:09:55,958 --> 01:09:59,028
KEEP PEOPLE ENROLLED AND I JUST 

1673
01:09:59,028 --> 01:10:00,229
WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION 

1674
01:10:00,229 --> 01:10:02,531
AGAIN FOR THE FOLKS HAVING ME ON

1675
01:10:02,531 --> 01:10:05,367
THE SITE VISIT AND TOUR. IT WAS 

1676
01:10:05,367 --> 01:10:06,335
A HELPFUL OPPORTUNITY TO 

1677
01:10:06,335 --> 01:10:07,670
UNDERSTAND HOW THE NETWORKS ARE 

1678
01:10:07,670 --> 01:10:11,974
TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO STEM 

1679
01:10:11,974 --> 01:10:13,943
THE WORSE. HAVINGED THAT, I'M 

1680
01:10:13,943 --> 01:10:15,077
WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK MORE,

1681
01:10:15,077 --> 01:10:17,713
I THINK YOU HAVE THIS ON BOTH 

1682
01:10:17,713 --> 01:10:20,683
SLIDES AROUND THE ROLE OF THE 

1683
01:10:20,683 --> 01:10:22,918
COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS AND THE 

1684
01:10:22,918 --> 01:10:23,586
TRAININGS WE ARE DOING. I WONDER

1685
01:10:23,586 --> 01:10:25,621
IF WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF 

1686
01:10:25,621 --> 01:10:28,824
HOW MANY FOLKS WE THINK ARE 

1687
01:10:28,824 --> 01:10:30,059
ELIGIBLE FOR REENROLLMENT, IF WE

1688
01:10:30,059 --> 01:10:31,994
ARE ABLE TO REACH THEM 

1689
01:10:31,994 --> 01:10:33,262
ADEQUATELY. DO WE HAVE A NUMBER 

1690
01:10:33,262 --> 01:10:37,666
THERE OR A SENSE OF SCALE TO 

1691
01:10:37,666 --> 01:10:38,934
YOUR POINT OF MINIMIZING THE 

1692
01:10:38,934 --> 01:10:39,168
WORST? 

1693
01:10:39,168 --> 01:10:41,704
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING

1694
01:10:41,704 --> 01:10:43,772
YOUR STORY, COUNCILMEMBER 

1695
01:10:43,772 --> 01:10:47,776
FOSTER, I APPRECIATE THAT. I 

1696
01:10:47,776 --> 01:10:49,578
MENTIONED THE 600,000 INDIVIDUAL

1697
01:10:49,578 --> 01:10:53,082
ADULTS IMPACTED BY THE 

1698
01:10:53,082 --> 01:10:53,682
PROVISIONS. WE DID HAVE 1300 

1699
01:10:53,682 --> 01:10:56,218
INDIVIDUALS SIGN UP FOR AND 

1700
01:10:56,218 --> 01:10:58,587
ATTEND THE FIRST WEBINAR ON HR1.

1701
01:10:58,587 --> 01:10:59,855
WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE 

1702
01:10:59,855 --> 01:11:01,690
HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY IS NOT THE 

1703
01:11:01,690 --> 01:11:08,430
RIGHT MESSENGER IN A LOT OF THE 

1704
01:11:08,430 --> 01:11:09,131
RIGHT FORUMS. INDIVIDUALS 

1705
01:11:09,131 --> 01:11:09,765
RECEIVING TRUST THEIR PROVIDERS 

1706
01:11:09,765 --> 01:11:11,133
AND THE NEGATIVEIGATORS THEY 

1707
01:11:11,133 --> 01:11:12,167
WORK WITH TO ACCESS THE 

1708
01:11:12,167 --> 01:11:14,203
COVERAGE. WE HAVE A LOT OF 

1709
01:11:14,203 --> 01:11:16,772
LEARNINGS FROM THE COVID-19 

1710
01:11:16,772 --> 01:11:17,439
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND WHEN

1711
01:11:17,439 --> 01:11:19,675
WE UNWOUND THAT. THERE WERE 

1712
01:11:19,675 --> 01:11:20,976
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 

1713
01:11:20,976 --> 01:11:23,679
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD TO RECERTIFY

1714
01:11:23,679 --> 01:11:25,881
COVERAGE OVER A PERIOD OF 12 

1715
01:11:25,881 --> 01:11:26,749
MONTHS. THE OUT REACH STRATEGY 

1716
01:11:26,749 --> 01:11:29,184
OF WHAT WE USED FOR THE UNWIND 

1717
01:11:29,184 --> 01:11:32,955
IS WHAT WE ADOPTED FOR 

1718
01:11:32,955 --> 01:11:34,189
IMPLEMENTATION OF HR1. LEANING 

1719
01:11:34,189 --> 01:11:35,457
ON ASSISTANCE OF COMMUNITY 

1720
01:11:35,457 --> 01:11:36,759
PROVIDER NETWORKS TO HELP 

1721
01:11:36,759 --> 01:11:38,427
COMMUNICATE. I THINK IN TERMS OF

1722
01:11:38,427 --> 01:11:40,195
IMPACT AND NUMBER OF 

1723
01:11:40,195 --> 01:11:41,430
INDIVIDUALS, WE KNOW THAT TODAY 

1724
01:11:41,430 --> 01:11:46,035
WE ARE ABLE TO RENEW UP TO 78%. 

1725
01:11:46,035 --> 01:11:49,638
WE KNOW THAT UP TO 200,000 OF 

1726
01:11:49,638 --> 01:11:50,639
THOSE EADULTS COULD LOSE 

1727
01:11:50,639 --> 01:11:53,208
COVERAGE THANKS TO THE WORK 

1728
01:11:53,208 --> 01:11:54,743
REQUIREMENT AND THE ELIGIBILITY 

1729
01:11:54,743 --> 01:11:55,811
REQUIREMENTS ALONE. IT IS A 

1730
01:11:55,811 --> 01:11:56,679
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. THE MORE 

1731
01:11:56,679 --> 01:11:58,914
PEOPLE WE COULD REACH IN THE 

1732
01:11:58,914 --> 01:12:00,482
COMMUNITY TO SHARE THE IMPACT, 

1733
01:12:00,482 --> 01:12:05,320
THE BETTER WE WILL DO AT 

1734
01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:08,357
MITIGATING THE COVERAGE LOSS. 

1735
01:12:08,357 --> 01:12:10,225
>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. AND 

1736
01:12:10,225 --> 01:12:13,495
SO FOR A LEVEL SET, WHEN WE ARE 

1737
01:12:13,495 --> 01:12:15,164
TALKING ABOUT THE TOTAL MEDICAID

1738
01:12:15,164 --> 01:12:19,101
POPULATION ACROSS THE STATE OF 

1739
01:12:19,101 --> 01:12:23,172
WASHINGTON, KING COUNTY IS 22% 

1740
01:12:23,172 --> 01:12:28,544
OF THE TOTAL MEDICAID PART WHICH

1741
01:12:28,544 --> 01:12:29,611
TRANSLATES TO MANY THOUSANDS. 

1742
01:12:29,611 --> 01:12:31,613
AND HEALTHIER HERE IS ONLY ONE 

1743
01:12:31,613 --> 01:12:37,219
OF THE PLAYERS THAT IS INVOLVED 

1744
01:12:37,219 --> 01:12:40,022
IN KING COUNTY. AND TRINITY 

1745
01:12:40,022 --> 01:12:42,658
MENTIONED SORT OF THE IMPACTS 

1746
01:12:42,658 --> 01:12:45,060
ACROSS NOT JUST THE MEDICAID 

1747
01:12:45,060 --> 01:12:46,428
ENROLLEES BUT ALSO THE REDUCED 

1748
01:12:46,428 --> 01:12:47,696
PAYMENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT 

1749
01:12:47,696 --> 01:12:50,365
APPLY TO PROVIDERS, WHAT WE ARE 

1750
01:12:50,365 --> 01:12:56,505
SEEING IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF 

1751
01:12:56,505 --> 01:12:58,040
INTEREST FROM HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, 

1752
01:12:58,040 --> 01:12:59,274
HEALTHCARE INSURERS AND THE 

1753
01:12:59,274 --> 01:13:04,513
FOLKS THAT DO THE NAVIGATION FOR

1754
01:13:04,513 --> 01:13:05,547
THE HEALTHCARE BENEFIT EXCHANGE.

1755
01:13:05,547 --> 01:13:09,284
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE I 

1756
01:13:09,284 --> 01:13:12,287
THINK WHO ARE, HAVE THEIR OWN 

1757
01:13:12,287 --> 01:13:13,756
INTERESTS. BUT WHEN IT IS 

1758
01:13:13,756 --> 01:13:15,457
COMBINED, THAT LOOKS LIKE BETTER

1759
01:13:15,457 --> 01:13:19,061
COVERAGE FOR REACHING THE NUMBER

1760
01:13:19,061 --> 01:13:22,164
OF MEDICAID ENROLLEES IN KING 

1761
01:13:22,164 --> 01:13:23,565
COUNTY AND IN SEATTLE BETWEEN 

1762
01:13:23,565 --> 01:13:25,501
ALL OF US, WE HAVE DIFFERENT 

1763
01:13:25,501 --> 01:13:31,507
TOUCH POINTS AND DIFFERENT WAYS 

1764
01:13:31,507 --> 01:13:33,475
OF REACHING THEM. WE WERE 

1765
01:13:33,475 --> 01:13:34,510
LOOKING FOR AS COMPREHENSIVE 

1766
01:13:34,510 --> 01:13:36,478
COVERAGE AS POSSIBLE AND WE 

1767
01:13:36,478 --> 01:13:38,046
CAN'T DO IT ALONE. BY LINKING 

1768
01:13:38,046 --> 01:13:39,848
ARMS WITH PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR 

1769
01:13:39,848 --> 01:13:42,184
INTERESTS IN TERMS OF ENSURING 

1770
01:13:42,184 --> 01:13:42,851
PEOPLE ON MEDICAID STAY ON 

1771
01:13:42,851 --> 01:13:45,254
MEDICAID, WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE 

1772
01:13:45,254 --> 01:13:47,055
OF APPROACHING THAT NUMBER. I 

1773
01:13:47,055 --> 01:13:51,059
WILL JUST THROW OUT THERE, OVER 

1774
01:13:51,059 --> 01:13:55,497
50% OF THE MEDICAID POPULATION 

1775
01:13:55,497 --> 01:13:58,600
IN KING COUNTY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE.

1776
01:13:58,600 --> 01:13:59,401
THANKS FOR AGGRESSIVE CHIPS 

1777
01:13:59,401 --> 01:14:02,905
PROGRAM AND THE ABILITY TO GET 

1778
01:14:02,905 --> 01:14:05,908
FOLKS ON COVERAGE, BUT THESE ARE

1779
01:14:05,908 --> 01:14:08,043
LARGE NUMBERS AMONGST THE 

1780
01:14:08,043 --> 01:14:09,645
POPULATION THAT WE ARE SEEKING. 

1781
01:14:09,645 --> 01:14:11,180
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST ONE 

1782
01:14:11,180 --> 01:14:13,448
FOLLOW UP QUESTION AND I REALLY 

1783
01:14:13,448 --> 01:14:14,950
APPRECIATE YOUR MENTION OF BOTH 

1784
01:14:14,950 --> 01:14:16,819
THE IMPACT TO YOUNG PEOPLE AS 

1785
01:14:16,819 --> 01:14:22,624
WELL AS THE REFERENCE TO LESSONS

1786
01:14:22,624 --> 01:14:24,560
LEARNED FROM COVID. MAYBE THIS 

1787
01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:25,928
IS TOO SIMPLISTIC OF A QUESTION 

1788
01:14:25,928 --> 01:14:28,163
BUT I THINK OF THE COMMUNITY 

1789
01:14:28,163 --> 01:14:30,265
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND FOLKS 

1790
01:14:30,265 --> 01:14:31,066
YOU MENTIONED AS TRUSTED 

1791
01:14:31,066 --> 01:14:34,336
PROVIDERS, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY 

1792
01:14:34,336 --> 01:14:38,540
FOR THOSE FOLKS TO HAVE UP TO 

1793
01:14:38,540 --> 01:14:39,007
DATE INFORMATION ON 

1794
01:14:39,007 --> 01:14:39,975
REDETERMINATION IF WE WANT TO 

1795
01:14:39,975 --> 01:14:42,611
MAKE SURE AS A CITY WE ARE 

1796
01:14:42,611 --> 01:14:44,780
GETTING, DOING OUR PART TO FWET 

1797
01:14:44,780 --> 01:14:46,048
THE INFORMATION TO FOLKS. 

1798
01:14:46,048 --> 01:14:47,683
>> THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR FORUM

1799
01:14:47,683 --> 01:14:49,918
THAT I MENTIONED IS A FANTASTIC 

1800
01:14:49,918 --> 01:14:52,120
OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO TUNE 

1801
01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:53,388
IN. WE ARE ALSO DOING QUARTERLY 

1802
01:14:53,388 --> 01:14:54,456
WEBINARS AND HAPPY TO SHARE THE 

1803
01:14:54,456 --> 01:14:56,391
INFORMATION WITH THE COUNCIL 

1804
01:14:56,391 --> 01:14:57,993
AFTER THE MEETING. AND THEN THE 

1805
01:14:57,993 --> 01:14:59,428
TOOL KIT, WE JUST PUBLISHED IT 

1806
01:14:59,428 --> 01:15:01,597
THIS WEEK. BUT IT HAS A LOT OF 

1807
01:15:01,597 --> 01:15:03,332
FACT SHEETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA 

1808
01:15:03,332 --> 01:15:05,267
CAMPAIGNS THAT PEOPLE CAN USE, 

1809
01:15:05,267 --> 01:15:07,302
REBRAND, AND SHARE WITHIN THEIR 

1810
01:15:07,302 --> 01:15:08,237
NETWORKS. FROM THE STATE'S 

1811
01:15:08,237 --> 01:15:09,438
PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE THE 

1812
01:15:09,438 --> 01:15:12,307
BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO 

1813
01:15:12,307 --> 01:15:13,542
GET INVOLVED. 

1814
01:15:13,542 --> 01:15:17,646
>> I WILL JUST ADD THAT IN LAST 

1815
01:15:17,646 --> 01:15:24,219
SESSION, THERE WAS A PROVISO 

1816
01:15:24,219 --> 01:15:29,091
INSERTED INTO THE BUDGET THAT 

1817
01:15:29,091 --> 01:15:30,759
ENCOURAGES THE ACHs ACROSS THE 

1818
01:15:30,759 --> 01:15:32,494
STATE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH ACA 

1819
01:15:32,494 --> 01:15:33,695
TO WORK TOGETHER ON 

1820
01:15:33,695 --> 01:15:34,563
IMPLEMENTATION SO THERE IS 

1821
01:15:34,563 --> 01:15:37,032
SPECIFIC CALLOUT FOR US TO BE 

1822
01:15:37,032 --> 01:15:39,134
WORKING TOGETHER. I'M HAPPY TO 

1823
01:15:39,134 --> 01:15:41,069
SAY THAT WE ARE IN CONVERSATION 

1824
01:15:41,069 --> 01:15:44,473
ABOUT HOW BEST TO DEPLOY 

1825
01:15:44,473 --> 01:15:46,275
RESOURCE SAID BETWEEN THE LOCAL 

1826
01:15:46,275 --> 01:15:48,443
AND STATE IN ORDER TO ENSURE 

1827
01:15:48,443 --> 01:15:52,714
THAT WE ARE REALLY AT ONCE 

1828
01:15:52,714 --> 01:15:53,916
PROVIDING ACCURATE AND HELPFUL 

1829
01:15:53,916 --> 01:15:56,285
INFORMATION BUT ALSO DELIVERING 

1830
01:15:56,285 --> 01:15:59,354
IT IN A WAY THAT IS LANGUAGE 

1831
01:15:59,354 --> 01:16:01,456
SENSITIVE, CULTURAL SENSITIVE, 

1832
01:16:01,456 --> 01:16:04,526
AND COMING FROM FOLKS THAT ARE 

1833
01:16:04,526 --> 01:16:06,295
FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY 

1834
01:16:06,295 --> 01:16:06,862
ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH. 

1835
01:16:06,862 --> 01:16:09,665
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU 

1836
01:16:09,665 --> 01:16:09,898
CHAIR. 

1837
01:16:09,898 --> 01:16:13,869
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS, 

1838
01:16:13,869 --> 01:16:14,937
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. VICE CHAIR

1839
01:16:14,937 --> 01:16:15,170
KETTLE? 

1840
01:16:15,170 --> 01:16:17,606
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO 

1841
01:16:17,606 --> 01:16:19,975
THANK MS. WILSON AND MR. KIM FOR

1842
01:16:19,975 --> 01:16:23,979
BEING HERE AND YOUR 

1843
01:16:23,979 --> 01:16:25,247
PRESENTATION. I LIKE YOUR LAST 

1844
01:16:25,247 --> 01:16:26,148
SLIDE. OR SECOND TO LAST SLIDE. 

1845
01:16:26,148 --> 01:16:28,717
IT SAYS TOGETHER WE CAN SUPPORT 

1846
01:16:28,717 --> 01:16:32,187
A HEALTHY, SAFE, AND THRIVING 

1847
01:16:32,187 --> 01:16:34,356
SEATTLE. I THINK THE WE, ONE 

1848
01:16:34,356 --> 01:16:37,292
THING I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THAT 

1849
01:16:37,292 --> 01:16:39,294
WE, BE IT STATE, COUNTY, CITY 

1850
01:16:39,294 --> 01:16:40,362
NEED TO WORK TOGETHER BETTER. 

1851
01:16:40,362 --> 01:16:43,932
THIS SHOWS UP IN A WHOLE HOST OF

1852
01:16:43,932 --> 01:16:44,833
DIFFERENT POLICY ISSUES. BUT IN 

1853
01:16:44,833 --> 01:16:48,070
THIS ONE, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE 

1854
01:16:48,070 --> 01:16:51,106
WE DO HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN

1855
01:16:51,106 --> 01:16:52,841
SYNC. WE NEED THE STATE, COUNTY,

1856
01:16:52,841 --> 01:16:58,180
CITY, WITH THE VARIOUS PIECES 

1857
01:16:58,180 --> 01:16:59,348
AND RESPONSIBILITIES BECAUSE THE

1858
01:16:59,348 --> 01:17:01,416
CHALLENGES SHOW IN SEATTLE IN A 

1859
01:17:01,416 --> 01:17:03,518
WAY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN 

1860
01:17:03,518 --> 01:17:06,788
OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. THE 

1861
01:17:06,788 --> 01:17:08,523
RESPONSIBILITY FOR -- THE AREA 

1862
01:17:08,523 --> 01:17:10,993
OF RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRE THE 

1863
01:17:10,993 --> 01:17:13,195
STATE TO DO ITS PART. SO I THANK

1864
01:17:13,195 --> 01:17:15,664
YOU FOR BEING HERE AND IN A WAY 

1865
01:17:15,664 --> 01:17:20,636
REPRESENTING THAT. THAT'S 

1866
01:17:20,636 --> 01:17:22,571
SOMETHING WE NEED TO REINFORCE. 

1867
01:17:22,571 --> 01:17:26,708
BECAUSE PARTLY, WE ARE ALL 

1868
01:17:26,708 --> 01:17:27,509
FISCALLY IN DIFFICULT STRAITS. 

1869
01:17:27,509 --> 01:17:29,177
SO THIS IDEA, YOU KNOW, AND IT 

1870
01:17:29,177 --> 01:17:30,479
IS MADE WORSE BY WHAT THE 

1871
01:17:30,479 --> 01:17:31,513
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING BUT 

1872
01:17:31,513 --> 01:17:34,282
THE IDEA THAT THE CITY OF 

1873
01:17:34,282 --> 01:17:38,720
SEATTLE CAN DO IT ALONE IS 

1874
01:17:38,720 --> 01:17:39,988
OBVIOUSLY NOT POSSIBLE. WE DO 

1875
01:17:39,988 --> 01:17:42,424
NEED TO COMMENT ON THE STATE'S 

1876
01:17:42,424 --> 01:17:43,959
RESPONSIBILITIES IN DIFFERENT 

1877
01:17:43,959 --> 01:17:48,196
AREAS, MEDICAID TO DO ITS PIECES

1878
01:17:48,196 --> 01:17:49,664
AS WELL. I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE

1879
01:17:49,664 --> 01:17:52,634
AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I 

1880
01:17:52,634 --> 01:17:54,803
THANK ALL OF THE PUBLIC 

1881
01:17:54,803 --> 01:17:55,537
COMMENTERS THAT HAVE COME HERE. 

1882
01:17:55,537 --> 01:17:57,572
THE FACT IS WE ARE A WELCOMING 

1883
01:17:57,572 --> 01:17:59,374
CITY BY EXAMPLE OF ALL OF THE 

1884
01:17:59,374 --> 01:18:02,210
PUBLIC COMMENT WE SEE TODAY. SO 

1885
01:18:02,210 --> 01:18:05,647
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I 

1886
01:18:05,647 --> 01:18:06,848
THINK MESSAGING THIS, AND ALSO 

1887
01:18:06,848 --> 01:18:13,388
MESSAGING IT IN A WAY THAT IS 

1888
01:18:13,388 --> 01:18:15,924
REFLECTIVE OF THE FOUNDING 

1889
01:18:15,924 --> 01:18:17,492
DOCUMENTS. THIS IS OUR 250th 

1890
01:18:17,492 --> 01:18:25,300
YEAR. AND I'M OLD ENOUGH TO 

1891
01:18:25,300 --> 01:18:29,638
REMEMBER THE 1976 BICENTENNIAL 

1892
01:18:29,638 --> 01:18:31,006
AS WELL. YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

1893
01:18:31,006 --> 01:18:36,545
THE POINT BEING THAT YOU KNOW, 

1894
01:18:36,545 --> 01:18:42,484
WE NEED TO BUILD ON THESE PIECES

1895
01:18:42,484 --> 01:18:43,885
AND REMIND OURSELVES, THIS IS 

1896
01:18:43,885 --> 01:18:44,986
IMPORTANT TO COME TO PUBLIC 

1897
01:18:44,986 --> 01:18:48,724
COMMENT AND BE SEEN AND BE 

1898
01:18:48,724 --> 01:18:50,258
HEARD. I CARRY AROUND A U.S. 

1899
01:18:50,258 --> 01:18:51,560
CONSTITUTION, PARTLY MORE SO 

1900
01:18:51,560 --> 01:18:53,895
UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 

1901
01:18:53,895 --> 01:18:56,731
BUT IT IS A REMINDER, THE 

1902
01:18:56,731 --> 01:18:59,534
FREEDOM PLANE COMING HERE SOON, 

1903
01:18:59,534 --> 01:19:02,304
NEXT MONTH AS PART OF THE 250 

1904
01:19:02,304 --> 01:19:03,071
#th CELEBRATIONS THAT WE THE 

1905
01:19:03,071 --> 01:19:06,108
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND 

1906
01:19:06,108 --> 01:19:08,410
THE PREAMBLE GOES ON TO SAY IN 

1907
01:19:08,410 --> 01:19:10,512
ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT 

1908
01:19:10,512 --> 01:19:12,180
UNION ESTABLISH JUSTICE, PROVIDE

1909
01:19:12,180 --> 01:19:13,915
FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE, PROMOTE 

1910
01:19:13,915 --> 01:19:16,351
THE GENERAL WELFARE AND SECURE 

1911
01:19:16,351 --> 01:19:18,653
THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO 

1912
01:19:18,653 --> 01:19:19,221
OURSELVES AND POSTERITY AND 

1913
01:19:19,221 --> 01:19:21,556
ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION FOR 

1914
01:19:21,556 --> 01:19:23,024
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 

1915
01:19:23,024 --> 01:19:26,328
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR ALL 

1916
01:19:26,328 --> 01:19:28,830
OF AMERICA. IN OUR HISTORY, IT 

1917
01:19:28,830 --> 01:19:30,765
HASN'T BEEN. IT HASN'T BEEN 

1918
01:19:30,765 --> 01:19:34,569
FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN, OUR BLACK 

1919
01:19:34,569 --> 01:19:36,471
COMMUNITIES. AND PARTICULARLY IN

1920
01:19:36,471 --> 01:19:39,074
THE AGE OF SLAVERY BUT ALSO FOR 

1921
01:19:39,074 --> 01:19:44,246
WOMEN IN TERMS OF RIGHT TOVOTE. 

1922
01:19:44,246 --> 01:19:46,615
THIS ARC OF THE HISTORY, THE 

1923
01:19:46,615 --> 01:19:48,817
IDEA OF PROMOTING GENERAL 

1924
01:19:48,817 --> 01:19:55,123
WELFARE, IT APPLIES TO THE LGBTQ

1925
01:19:55,123 --> 01:19:59,361
COMMUNITY. THE IDEA THAT IT 

1926
01:19:59,361 --> 01:20:02,998
DOESN'T IS WRONG. I THINK IT IS

1927
01:20:02,998 --> 01:20:03,899
IMPORTANT WITH THE COLLEAGUES 

1928
01:20:03,899 --> 01:20:06,334
SITTING HERE THAT SOMEBODY WHO 

1929
01:20:06,334 --> 01:20:06,968
COMES FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION 

1930
01:20:06,968 --> 01:20:09,337
AROUND THE COUNTRY, I HAVE BEEN 

1931
01:20:09,337 --> 01:20:10,639
AROUND THE COUNTRY IN MY TERM IN

1932
01:20:10,639 --> 01:20:15,210
THE MILITARY. I KNOW ALL OF 

1933
01:20:15,210 --> 01:20:17,479
THESE STATES THAT HAVE BEEN 

1934
01:20:17,479 --> 01:20:18,079
MENTIONED. OFTEN TIMES, IT IS 

1935
01:20:18,079 --> 01:20:20,849
PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE PASSING 

1936
01:20:20,849 --> 01:20:21,883
THESE LAWS IN THESE STATES. I 

1937
01:20:21,883 --> 01:20:24,920
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS 

1938
01:20:24,920 --> 01:20:28,223
A CITY, COUNTY, STATE, TO SAY 

1939
01:20:28,223 --> 01:20:30,292
THAT PUBLICLY, GO BACK TO WHAT 

1940
01:20:30,292 --> 01:20:32,761
IS THE FOUNDATION AND THEN MAKE 

1941
01:20:32,761 --> 01:20:34,129
THE POINT THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING

1942
01:20:34,129 --> 01:20:38,466
TODAY IS PART OF THE ARC OF 

1943
01:20:38,466 --> 01:20:40,335
HESTORY. IT IS CREATING A MORE 

1944
01:20:40,335 --> 01:20:41,903
PERFECT UNION BECAUSE IF WE 

1945
01:20:41,903 --> 01:20:45,073
STOPPED TEN YEARS AGO, THAT'S 

1946
01:20:45,073 --> 01:20:50,946
NOT RIGHT. WE SHOULD BE BUILDING

1947
01:20:50,946 --> 01:20:52,581
ON JUNETEENTH. WE SHOULD BOW 

1948
01:20:52,581 --> 01:20:55,483
BUILDING ON, I COME FROM MERE 

1949
01:20:55,483 --> 01:20:57,185
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, SUSAN B. 

1950
01:20:57,185 --> 01:20:59,387
ANTHONY AND THE SUFFRAGE AND THE

1951
01:20:59,387 --> 01:21:03,692
RIGHT TO VOTE. TLUT THE PERIOD 

1952
01:21:03,692 --> 01:21:06,194
OF THE 60s, 70s, 80s, AND NOW 

1953
01:21:06,194 --> 01:21:10,599
THE 2020s AND WHT WE ARE SEEING 

1954
01:21:10,599 --> 01:21:12,133
WITH REACTION TO THE TRUMP 

1955
01:21:12,133 --> 01:21:13,168
ADMINISTRATION. AND SO I'M 

1956
01:21:13,168 --> 01:21:15,036
SAYING THIS TO SAY, IT IS 

1957
01:21:15,036 --> 01:21:16,905
IMPORTANT TO BE HERE. IT IS 

1958
01:21:16,905 --> 01:21:18,773
IMPORTANT TO SEE OURSELVES AS 

1959
01:21:18,773 --> 01:21:20,842
PART OF THIS PROCESS. I THINK WE

1960
01:21:20,842 --> 01:21:23,678
SHOULD BE LINKING IT TO THAT 

1961
01:21:23,678 --> 01:21:25,480
PROCESS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, 

1962
01:21:25,480 --> 01:21:28,917
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE GET 

1963
01:21:28,917 --> 01:21:31,253
SUCCESS. BUT THAT SUCCESS CANNOT

1964
01:21:31,253 --> 01:21:33,555
BE CITY OF SEATTLE ALONE. IT HAS

1965
01:21:33,555 --> 01:21:35,724
GOT TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 

1966
01:21:35,724 --> 01:21:40,095
THE COUNTY AND STATE IN OUR 

1967
01:21:40,095 --> 01:21:41,329
CASE. AND REALLY A PARTNERSHIP 

1968
01:21:41,329 --> 01:21:43,698
WITH OREGON, CALIFORNIA , OTHER 

1969
01:21:43,698 --> 01:21:45,567
STATES AS WELL. CHAIR, I WANTED 

1970
01:21:45,567 --> 01:21:47,602
TO MAKE THAT KNOWN. I THINK IT 

1971
01:21:47,602 --> 01:21:49,638
IS IMPORTANT TO GROUND OURSELVES

1972
01:21:49,638 --> 01:21:51,139
IN THAT WAY. AND TO BE FRANK, I 

1973
01:21:51,139 --> 01:21:53,375
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE

1974
01:21:53,375 --> 01:21:54,809
LIKE ME, BECAUSE AGAIN, SO MANY 

1975
01:21:54,809 --> 01:21:56,645
OF THE STATES, IT IS PEOPLE WHO 

1976
01:21:56,645 --> 01:21:58,313
LOOK LIKE ME, THEY HAVE MY 

1977
01:21:58,313 --> 01:22:02,484
BACKGROUND AND THE LIKE THAT ARE

1978
01:22:02,484 --> 01:22:05,587
PASSING THESE LAWS, IN THESE 

1979
01:22:05,587 --> 01:22:06,288
VARIOUS STATES. OFTEN IN 

1980
01:22:06,288 --> 01:22:10,926
IGNORANT -- NOT OFTEN BUT NEARLY

1981
01:22:10,926 --> 01:22:12,127
ALL THE TIME IN IGNORANCE. SO 

1982
01:22:12,127 --> 01:22:12,827
CHAIR I WANTED TO TAKE THE 

1983
01:22:12,827 --> 01:22:15,096
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT N. I 

1984
01:22:15,096 --> 01:22:15,664
DON'T HAVE A QUESTION 

1985
01:22:15,664 --> 01:22:21,870
SPECIFICALLY BUT I THINK IT IS 

1986
01:22:21,870 --> 01:22:22,370
IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT. 

1987
01:22:22,370 --> 01:22:25,507
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE REMARKS, 

1988
01:22:25,507 --> 01:22:27,976
VICE CHAIR AND I THINK THAT WAS 

1989
01:22:27,976 --> 01:22:29,678
A GOOD GROUND TOO AND I WANT TO 

1990
01:22:29,678 --> 01:22:31,513
BUILD ON THE REMARKS YOU MADE TO

1991
01:22:31,513 --> 01:22:34,382
TEE UP A QUESTION FOR OUR 

1992
01:22:34,382 --> 01:22:35,717
PRESENTERS TODAY. PART OF HOW WE

1993
01:22:35,717 --> 01:22:37,419
STRUCTURED THIS DISCUSSION TOO 

1994
01:22:37,419 --> 01:22:40,288
IS TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FIRST 

1995
01:22:40,288 --> 01:22:42,490
TALKING THROUGH THE MECHANICS OF

1996
01:22:42,490 --> 01:22:44,125
HR1 AND THE STRUCTURES THAT 

1997
01:22:44,125 --> 01:22:47,729
EXIST AROUND HEALTHCARE POLICY 

1998
01:22:47,729 --> 01:22:49,164
AROUND THE STATE. I THINK WITH 

1999
01:22:49,164 --> 01:22:50,799
EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN WALKED 

2000
01:22:50,799 --> 01:22:53,668
THROUGH, IT REALLY BEGS THE 

2001
01:22:53,668 --> 01:22:54,736
QUESTION ABOUT DOING BETTER 

2002
01:22:54,736 --> 01:22:57,238
TOGETHER AND KIND OF WORK 

2003
01:22:57,238 --> 01:22:58,406
THROUGH THESE SILOS. SO I WANTED

2004
01:22:58,406 --> 01:23:00,008
TO POSE THE QUESTION TO YOU TOO,

2005
01:23:00,008 --> 01:23:02,143
IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE ACTIONS 

2006
01:23:02,143 --> 01:23:05,580
YOU ARE AWARE OF ON THE STATE 

2007
01:23:05,580 --> 01:23:07,215
LEVEL , WHETHER BY STATE AGENCY,

2008
01:23:07,215 --> 01:23:08,650
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT WE ARE 

2009
01:23:08,650 --> 01:23:10,352
AWARE OF AND WHAT 

2010
01:23:10,352 --> 01:23:11,453
RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD YOU HAVE 

2011
01:23:11,453 --> 01:23:13,521
AS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO BE A 

2012
01:23:13,521 --> 01:23:18,293
BETTER PARTNER OR WAYS WE CAN 

2013
01:23:18,293 --> 01:23:20,061
WORK ON BREAKING DOWN SOME OF 

2014
01:23:20,061 --> 01:23:25,633
THE SILOS AS WE NAVIGATE THIS 

2015
01:23:25,633 --> 01:23:25,900
TOGETHER? 

2016
01:23:25,900 --> 01:23:28,370
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 

2017
01:23:28,370 --> 01:23:30,071
I'M TEMPTED TO JUST BORROW A 

2018
01:23:30,071 --> 01:23:32,941
LINE I HEARD EARLIER WHICH WAS 

2019
01:23:32,941 --> 01:23:35,510
SO POWERFUL AND IT WAS DOLLARS, 

2020
01:23:35,510 --> 01:23:37,245
NOT DECLARATIONS BUT I DON'T 

2021
01:23:37,245 --> 01:23:43,651
THINK THAT TELLS THE FULL STORY.

2022
01:23:43,651 --> 01:23:46,588
IN A SYSTEM WHEN WE ADDRESS 

2023
01:23:46,588 --> 01:23:47,789
REALLY IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEMS, LIKE

2024
01:23:47,789 --> 01:23:53,528
THE SIZE OF IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, 

2025
01:23:53,528 --> 01:23:54,829
THE COMPLEXITY OF IT IS 

2026
01:23:54,829 --> 01:23:58,500
IMPOSSIBLE, THE NOTION THAT 

2027
01:23:58,500 --> 01:24:04,105
ANYONE CAN DO IT BY THEMSELVES 

2028
01:24:04,105 --> 01:24:06,074
REALLY IS FALSE, RIGHT? BUT TO 

2029
01:24:06,074 --> 01:24:08,343
HAVE EVERYONE CROWD IN, YOU KNOW

2030
01:24:08,343 --> 01:24:10,211
IN A PANICKED REACTION, AND JUST

2031
01:24:10,211 --> 01:24:12,747
DIVE IN AND EVERYONE TRYING TO 

2032
01:24:12,747 --> 01:24:22,056
DO IT, THAT'S ALSO NOT AN 

2033
01:24:22,056 --> 01:24:24,125
ANSWER. AND SEATTLE COUNCIL HAS 

2034
01:24:24,125 --> 01:24:28,463
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY I THINK TO 

2035
01:24:28,463 --> 01:24:29,464
BE A CONVENER BECAUSE THE FORCE 

2036
01:24:29,464 --> 01:24:32,967
OF COUNCIL IS DIFFERENT THAN THE

2037
01:24:32,967 --> 01:24:36,337
FORCE OF ANY OTHER CONVENER. THE

2038
01:24:36,337 --> 01:24:41,176
WAY THAT I SEE IT IS THERE ARE 

2039
01:24:41,176 --> 01:24:42,410
REALLY POWERFUL PLAYERS THAT ARE

2040
01:24:42,410 --> 01:24:45,647
TIED INTO THE SYSTEM AND ARE 

2041
01:24:45,647 --> 01:24:47,649
NECESSARY PARTS OF THE ANSWER 

2042
01:24:47,649 --> 01:24:50,118
AND THEN THERE ARE SMALL, LITTLE

2043
01:24:50,118 --> 01:24:51,586
GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT 

2044
01:24:51,586 --> 01:24:54,289
ARE BARELY SCRAPING BY THAT ARE 

2045
01:24:54,289 --> 01:24:57,292
JUST AS IMPORTANT. TO BE ABLE TO

2046
01:24:57,292 --> 01:25:00,395
EQUALIZE THE POWER OF THESE TWO 

2047
01:25:00,395 --> 01:25:01,496
INCREDIBLY VALUABLE AND 

2048
01:25:01,496 --> 01:25:03,298
IMPORTANT PLAYERS IS SOMETHING 

2049
01:25:03,298 --> 01:25:05,867
THAT I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A 

2050
01:25:05,867 --> 01:25:10,405
POSITION TO DO WITH THE RIGHT 

2051
01:25:10,405 --> 01:25:12,373
CONVENING, RIGHT FACILITATION. I

2052
01:25:12,373 --> 01:25:16,377
THINK THE POSSIBILITY OF 

2053
01:25:16,377 --> 01:25:17,512
ACTUALLY AVOIDING DUPLICATION 

2054
01:25:17,512 --> 01:25:18,813
AND COVERING GAPS SO THAT PEOPLE

2055
01:25:18,813 --> 01:25:21,349
ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE REALLY 

2056
01:25:21,349 --> 01:25:23,485
GREAT AT, AND NAURT TRYING TO 

2057
01:25:23,485 --> 01:25:25,553
COVER ALL OF THE OTHER GROUND. 

2058
01:25:25,553 --> 01:25:27,288
PEOPLE STAYING IN THEIR LANE 

2059
01:25:27,288 --> 01:25:29,491
WITH THE FAITH THAT SOMEBODY IS 

2060
01:25:29,491 --> 01:25:31,025
GOING TO BE STANDING NEXT TO 

2061
01:25:31,025 --> 01:25:38,066
THEM IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE 

2062
01:25:38,066 --> 01:25:38,600
INTENTIONALLY CREATED AND 

2063
01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:45,273
PLANNED. I MENTIONED THE THREE 

2064
01:25:45,273 --> 01:25:46,341
GRAPHS WE SEE ALREADY, 

2065
01:25:46,341 --> 01:25:47,408
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO MAKE 

2066
01:25:47,408 --> 01:25:49,878
SURE THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO 

2067
01:25:49,878 --> 01:25:51,613
WORK DIRECTLY WITH CLIENTS. WE 

2068
01:25:51,613 --> 01:25:54,182
KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE AFRAID OF 

2069
01:25:54,182 --> 01:25:56,584
GOVERNMENT. WE KNOW THAT THEY 

2070
01:25:56,584 --> 01:25:59,020
ARE AFRAID OF BEING TARGETED. SO

2071
01:25:59,020 --> 01:26:01,122
WHO BETTER, THAN TO INVEST IN 

2072
01:26:01,122 --> 01:26:03,124
THE WORK FORCE THAT LOOKS LIKE 

2073
01:26:03,124 --> 01:26:06,494
THEM, MAYBE THEY ARE COMING FROM

2074
01:26:06,494 --> 01:26:09,264
THE SAME STREET. THEY SPEAK THE 

2075
01:26:09,264 --> 01:26:10,565
SAME LANGUAGE. THEY SHARE THE 

2076
01:26:10,565 --> 01:26:13,234
SAME FOODS, RIGHT? THIS IS THE 

2077
01:26:13,234 --> 01:26:14,736
KIND OF CONNECTION THAT CREATES 

2078
01:26:14,736 --> 01:26:17,739
SAFETY AND THE ABILITY, I THINK 

2079
01:26:17,739 --> 01:26:20,708
FOR PEOPLE TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

2080
01:26:20,708 --> 01:26:24,045
HARDLY ANYONE WANTS TO PAY FOR 

2081
01:26:24,045 --> 01:26:26,180
THAT. SO I THINK IN THE ASPECT 

2082
01:26:26,180 --> 01:26:28,750
OF BEING ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE 

2083
01:26:28,750 --> 01:26:30,652
TOGETHER TO COORDINATE THE 

2084
01:26:30,652 --> 01:26:34,189
EFFORT AND PUT RESOURCES BEHIND 

2085
01:26:34,189 --> 01:26:39,093
GETTING PEOPLE ONTO THE CHIENT 

2086
01:26:39,093 --> 01:26:42,263
CLIENT FACING LINES ARE TWO 

2087
01:26:42,263 --> 01:26:43,097
IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER. 

2088
01:26:43,097 --> 01:26:48,937
>> I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN TOP 

2089
01:26:48,937 --> 01:26:51,706
THAT. I THINK I WILL JUST 

2090
01:26:51,706 --> 01:26:53,474
MENTION FROM THE STATE 

2091
01:26:53,474 --> 01:26:54,909
PERSPECTIVE THAT EDUCATION AND 

2092
01:26:54,909 --> 01:26:56,344
AWARENESS ARE A GREAT FIRST 

2093
01:26:56,344 --> 01:26:58,279
STEP. I APPRECIATE THE 

2094
01:26:58,279 --> 01:26:59,547
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORIA TO 

2095
01:26:59,547 --> 01:27:01,549
SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE 

2096
01:27:01,549 --> 01:27:02,817
STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. I THINK

2097
01:27:02,817 --> 01:27:06,187
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL 

2098
01:27:06,187 --> 01:27:09,224
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SHARE 

2099
01:27:09,224 --> 01:27:09,891
BILATERALY INFORMATION WHAT IS 

2100
01:27:09,891 --> 01:27:11,526
HAPPENING WITH KING COUNTY AND 

2101
01:27:11,526 --> 01:27:13,194
THE STATE, THOSE ARE 

2102
01:27:13,194 --> 01:27:15,263
OPPORTUNITIES WE WOULD ANT TO 

2103
01:27:15,263 --> 01:27:18,333
LEVERAGE AND WELCOME THE 

2104
01:27:18,333 --> 01:27:20,435
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. 

2105
01:27:20,435 --> 01:27:21,436
>> THANK YOU, BOTH. AND HEARING 

2106
01:27:21,436 --> 01:27:23,238
THAT CHARGE TOO OF BEING A 

2107
01:27:23,238 --> 01:27:25,340
CONVENER, I THINK OUR WORK AS WE

2108
01:27:25,340 --> 01:27:27,709
NAVIGATE THE CHANGES, WE WILL BE

2109
01:27:27,709 --> 01:27:28,376
CONTINUING TOGETHER. COLLEAGUES,

2110
01:27:28,376 --> 01:27:29,911
WE WILL BE CONTINUING THE 

2111
01:27:29,911 --> 01:27:31,779
DISCUSSION BECAUSE AS OUR TWO 

2112
01:27:31,779 --> 01:27:33,281
PRESENTERS SPOKE HERE, THERE ARE

2113
01:27:33,281 --> 01:27:34,582
A NUMBER OF PROVIDER PARTNERS 

2114
01:27:34,582 --> 01:27:36,718
DOING THE WORK ON THE GROUND. WE

2115
01:27:36,718 --> 01:27:38,486
WILL BE HEARING FROM THEM NEXT. 

2116
01:27:38,486 --> 01:27:40,588
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY FINAL 

2117
01:27:40,588 --> 01:27:41,522
QUESTIONS, LAST CALL? WONDERFUL.

2118
01:27:41,522 --> 01:27:44,359
I'M GOING TO KEEP US MOVING AND

2119
01:27:44,359 --> 01:27:49,931
THANK OUR PRESENTERS TODAY AND 

2120
01:27:49,931 --> 01:27:50,431
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN 

2121
01:27:50,431 --> 01:27:54,002
COMMITTEE. 

2122
01:27:54,002 --> 01:27:58,373
>> NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOUFB 

2123
01:27:58,373 --> 01:27:59,674
MOVE TO ITEM 2. 

2124
01:27:59,674 --> 01:28:02,510
>> ITEM 2, ROUND TABLE 

2125
01:28:02,510 --> 01:28:04,379
CONVERSATION, ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL 

2126
01:28:04,379 --> 01:28:06,247
BILL ACT, HR1, IMPACT ON 

2127
01:28:06,247 --> 01:28:10,551
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN SEATTLE 

2128
01:28:10,551 --> 01:28:16,124
AND WASHINGTON STATE, BRIEFING 

2129
01:28:16,124 --> 01:28:16,491
AND DISCUSSION. 

2130
01:28:16,491 --> 01:28:20,161
>> ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, WE 

2131
01:28:20,161 --> 01:28:22,263
HAVE A FEW OF THE INCREDIBLE 

2132
01:28:22,263 --> 01:28:24,432
PROVIDERS THAT WERE SPOKEN ABOUT

2133
01:28:24,432 --> 01:28:27,301
T ABOUT COMING UP TO THE TABLE 

2134
01:28:27,301 --> 01:28:29,003
TODAY. AS FOLKS GET SETTLED IN, 

2135
01:28:29,003 --> 01:28:30,438
I KNOW FAMILIAR FACES ARE 

2136
01:28:30,438 --> 01:28:35,109
COMING. IF YOU COULD BE ON ONE 

2137
01:28:35,109 --> 01:28:36,244
SIDE, THAT WOULD BE BETTER. 

2138
01:28:36,244 --> 01:28:37,545
OTHERWISE, I'M LOOKING AT THE 

2139
01:28:37,545 --> 01:28:41,349
BACK OF YOUR HEAD AND I WOULD 

2140
01:28:41,349 --> 01:28:42,650
RATHER SEE YOUR FACE. WONDERFUL.

2141
01:28:42,650 --> 01:28:44,919
IF YOU GET SETTLED IN, TAKE A 

2142
01:28:44,919 --> 01:28:50,491
MOMENT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF 

2143
01:28:50,491 --> 01:28:50,925
BEFORE STARTING THE 

2144
01:28:50,925 --> 01:28:53,361
PRESENTATION. PLEASE PROCEED. 

2145
01:28:53,361 --> 01:28:55,263
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU 

2146
01:28:55,263 --> 01:28:57,398
FOR THE INVITATION TO JOIN THE 

2147
01:28:57,398 --> 01:29:00,335
ROUND TABLE. I'M MARY PIERCEN, 

2148
01:29:00,335 --> 01:29:02,203
DIRECTOR OF AGING AND DISABILITY

2149
01:29:02,203 --> 01:29:02,437
SUFBSS. 

2150
01:29:02,437 --> 01:29:05,373
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M G. DE 

2151
01:29:05,373 --> 01:29:07,075
CASTRO, HE/HIM PRONOUNCES WITH 

2152
01:29:07,075 --> 01:29:10,812
ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL 

2153
01:29:10,812 --> 01:29:12,280
SERVICES AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 

2154
01:29:12,280 --> 01:29:13,948
>> SOMMER COWALLEY, I'M THE 

2155
01:29:13,948 --> 01:29:15,550
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT 

2156
01:29:15,550 --> 01:29:16,150
HARBOR VIEW MEDICAL CENTER. 

2157
01:29:16,150 --> 01:29:19,253
>> GOOD DAY, GOOD TO SEE YOU, 

2158
01:29:19,253 --> 01:29:26,594
CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE 

2159
01:29:26,594 --> 01:29:28,062
COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ESTHER 

2160
01:29:28,062 --> 01:29:28,930
LUCERNO. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT 

2161
01:29:28,930 --> 01:29:32,800
TO BE IN SOLIDARITY AT THIS 

2162
01:29:32,800 --> 01:29:34,168
MOMENT. I ALSO IDENTIFY AS TWO 

2163
01:29:34,168 --> 01:29:36,771
SPIRIT AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR 

2164
01:29:36,771 --> 01:29:39,607
TRANS RELATIVES IN HERE BECAUSE 

2165
01:29:39,607 --> 01:29:43,344
THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING 

2166
01:29:43,344 --> 01:29:44,579
CHANGE IS IDENTIFICATION AND 

2167
01:29:44,579 --> 01:29:46,314
RESISTANCE. I'M SO PROUD OF 

2168
01:29:46,314 --> 01:29:47,749
YOU. I KNOW HOW INTIMIDATING 

2169
01:29:47,749 --> 01:29:49,684
ENVIRONMENTS LIKE THIS CAN BE. 

2170
01:29:49,684 --> 01:29:55,356
SO KEEP RAISING YOUR VOICE AS WE

2171
01:29:55,356 --> 01:30:02,230
SEE YOU. I KNOW YOU GUYS, I 

2172
01:30:02,230 --> 01:30:04,198
DON'T KNOW THEM. I'M SUPER 

2173
01:30:04,198 --> 01:30:04,432
PROUD. 

2174
01:30:04,432 --> 01:30:05,933
>> THANK YOU. I BELIEVE WE WILL 

2175
01:30:05,933 --> 01:30:10,471
BE HEARING FROM AGING AND 

2176
01:30:10,471 --> 01:30:11,606
DISABILITY SERVICES FIRST. LET 

2177
01:30:11,606 --> 01:30:15,076
ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY TECH 

2178
01:30:15,076 --> 01:30:15,409
SUPPORT TOO. 

2179
01:30:15,409 --> 01:30:17,945
>> THANK YOU. AS I STATED, MY 

2180
01:30:17,945 --> 01:30:20,081
NAME IS MARY PIERCEN, THE 

2181
01:30:20,081 --> 01:30:21,482
DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR AGING AND 

2182
01:30:21,482 --> 01:30:22,350
DISABILITY SERVICES WITH THE 

2183
01:30:22,350 --> 01:30:24,952
HUME P SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN 

2184
01:30:24,952 --> 01:30:26,954
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. OPERATES AS

2185
01:30:26,954 --> 01:30:28,489
THE AREA AMGANCY ON AGING FOR 

2186
01:30:28,489 --> 01:30:30,358
KING COUNTY AND THROUGH FEDERAL,

2187
01:30:30,358 --> 01:30:32,326
STATE, AND LOCAL DOLLARS WE FUND

2188
01:30:32,326 --> 01:30:34,429
A NETWORK OF SERVICES THAT MEET 

2189
01:30:34,429 --> 01:30:37,098
THE NEEDS OF OVER 50,000 OLDER 

2190
01:30:37,098 --> 01:30:39,233
ADULTS, PEOPLE WITH 

2191
01:30:39,233 --> 01:30:40,902
DISABILITIES, AND FAMILY 

2192
01:30:40,902 --> 01:30:43,171
CAREGIVERS EACH YEAR. WE ALSO 

2193
01:30:43,171 --> 01:30:46,574
ADMINISTER THE MEDICAID LONGTERM

2194
01:30:46,574 --> 01:30:48,309
CARE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, 

2195
01:30:48,309 --> 01:30:52,447
COORDINATING IN HOME CARE 

2196
01:30:52,447 --> 01:30:55,983
SERVICES FOR OVER 16,000 ADULTS 

2197
01:30:55,983 --> 01:30:57,552
EACH MONTH. MEDICAID LONGTERM 

2198
01:30:57,552 --> 01:30:59,353
SERVICES AND SUPPORTS PROVIDE IN

2199
01:30:59,353 --> 01:31:02,690
HOME SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR 

2200
01:31:02,690 --> 01:31:05,393
PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSESSED AS 

2201
01:31:05,393 --> 01:31:07,195
FINANCIALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY 

2202
01:31:07,195 --> 01:31:08,563
ELIGIBLE. THE LATTER IS DEFINED 

2203
01:31:08,563 --> 01:31:10,765
AS NEEDING SUPPORT WITH AT LEAST

2204
01:31:10,765 --> 01:31:14,202
THREE ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

2205
01:31:14,202 --> 01:31:17,038
SUCH AS EATING, BATHING, OR 

2206
01:31:17,038 --> 01:31:18,206
DRESSING. WASHINGTON'S STATE'S

2207
01:31:18,206 --> 01:31:19,640
LONGTERM SERVICES AND SUPPORT 

2208
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:20,741
PROGRAM IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED 

2209
01:31:20,741 --> 01:31:23,611
AMONG THE TOP TWO IN THE NATION 

2210
01:31:23,611 --> 01:31:25,980
FOR HIGH QUALITY AND COST 

2211
01:31:25,980 --> 01:31:26,948
EFFECTIVE CARE. CLIENTS CAN 

2212
01:31:26,948 --> 01:31:29,884
RECEIVE CARE IN THEIR HOMES AND 

2213
01:31:29,884 --> 01:31:32,220
COMMUNITY BASED SETTINGS RATHER 

2214
01:31:32,220 --> 01:31:33,855
THAN IN MORE COSTLY 

2215
01:31:33,855 --> 01:31:36,357
INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS SUCH AS 

2216
01:31:36,357 --> 01:31:41,796
NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED 

2217
01:31:41,796 --> 01:31:52,340
LIVING COMMUNITIES, THANK YOU. 

2218
01:32:01,082 --> 01:32:03,317
>> FOR AGING COUNCIL AND 

2219
01:32:03,317 --> 01:32:05,520
REFERRAL SERVICE WE PROVIDE 

2220
01:32:05,520 --> 01:32:07,588
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND 

2221
01:32:07,588 --> 01:32:09,991
ALSO SOCIAL SERVICES WITHIN KING

2222
01:32:09,991 --> 01:32:12,493
COUNTY AND WIDER STATE, BUT 

2223
01:32:12,493 --> 01:32:15,997
PRIMARILY SERVICES ARE WITHIN 

2224
01:32:15,997 --> 01:32:19,333
SEATTLE AREA, KING COUNTY AREA. 

2225
01:32:19,333 --> 01:32:23,738
MOST OF OUR CLIENTS, FOLKS WE 

2226
01:32:23,738 --> 01:32:29,577
SERVE ARE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE

2227
01:32:29,577 --> 01:32:30,144
HAWAIIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER 

2228
01:32:30,144 --> 01:32:30,845
COMMUNITY. 

2229
01:32:30,845 --> 01:32:34,015
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO 

2230
01:32:34,015 --> 01:32:36,150
MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE. I'M 

2231
01:32:36,150 --> 01:32:37,919
ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO BE 

2232
01:32:37,919 --> 01:32:40,087
INVITED TO A COUNCIL MEETING AND

2233
01:32:40,087 --> 01:32:42,990
AM SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO 

2234
01:32:42,990 --> 01:32:45,092
REPRESENT THE INSTITUTION OF 

2235
01:32:45,092 --> 01:32:46,027
HARBOR VIEW MEDICAL CENTER. I'M

2236
01:32:46,027 --> 01:32:48,596
ALSO PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH 

2237
01:32:48,596 --> 01:32:49,297
SUCH ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES AND 

2238
01:32:49,297 --> 01:32:51,499
EVERYONE WHO IS HERE, THANK YOU 

2239
01:32:51,499 --> 01:32:56,037
SO MUCH. I WANTED TO TAKE A 

2240
01:32:56,037 --> 01:32:57,605
MINUTE TO PROVIDE AN OVERSIGHT 

2241
01:32:57,605 --> 01:33:00,041
OF WHO HARBOR VIEW IS. I KNOW 

2242
01:33:00,041 --> 01:33:01,676
MOST KNOW BUT WHO HARBOR VIEW IS

2243
01:33:01,676 --> 01:33:03,344
IN PARTICULAR TO THE CITY AND 

2244
01:33:03,344 --> 01:33:08,950
THE COUNTY AND THE REGION, WE 

2245
01:33:08,950 --> 01:33:12,587
ARE IN, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW 

2246
01:33:12,587 --> 01:33:13,921
FEDERAL CHANGES LIKE HR1 

2247
01:33:13,921 --> 01:33:16,390
DIRECTLY IMPACT HARBOR VIEW'S 

2248
01:33:16,390 --> 01:33:19,393
MISSION AND THOSE WE ARE HERE TO

2249
01:33:19,393 --> 01:33:23,931
SERVE. SO, IF WE THINK ABOUT HAR

2250
01:33:23,931 --> 01:33:25,433
HARBOR VIEW'S MISSION BEING 

2251
01:33:25,433 --> 01:33:27,668
HERE TO SERVE THE REGION, ALWAYS

2252
01:33:27,668 --> 01:33:31,205
OPEN TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE, 

2253
01:33:31,205 --> 01:33:32,440
REGARDLESS OF PAYER STATUS, 

2254
01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:36,010
DOESN'T MATTER, EVERYONE IS 

2255
01:33:36,010 --> 01:33:38,679
WELCOME TO HARBOR VIEW. AS YOU 

2256
01:33:38,679 --> 01:33:44,585
CAN IMAGINE, HR1 WILL HAVE A 

2257
01:33:44,585 --> 01:33:45,653
VERY LARGE PROPORTIONATE T 

2258
01:33:45,653 --> 01:33:49,690
IMPACT AS A PROVIDER, IN PATIENT

2259
01:33:49,690 --> 01:33:51,559
AND OUT PATIENT HEALTH SERVICES.

2260
01:33:51,559 --> 01:33:53,194
IF WE THINK OF WHERE HARBOR VIEW

2261
01:33:53,194 --> 01:33:55,496
IS RIGHT NOW, WE THINK OF WHERE 

2262
01:33:55,496 --> 01:33:58,499
HEALTHCARE IS . HARBOR VIEW IS A

2263
01:33:58,499 --> 01:33:59,600
MICROCOSM OF WHAT'S HAPPENING 

2264
01:33:59,600 --> 01:34:02,370
FEDERALLY TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM 

2265
01:34:02,370 --> 01:34:02,937
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 

2266
01:34:02,937 --> 01:34:06,173
REIMBURSEMENT CUTS ARE SET TO 

2267
01:34:06,173 --> 01:34:09,010
HIT WITH HR1. HARBOR VIEW IS 

2268
01:34:09,010 --> 01:34:13,681
ESTIMATING UP TO $700 MILLION IN

2269
01:34:13,681 --> 01:34:14,281
REDUCED NET REVENUE. REVENUE 

2270
01:34:14,281 --> 01:34:18,019
THAT WE USE TO CARE FOR THE MOST

2271
01:34:18,019 --> 01:34:20,154
VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS 

2272
01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:23,090
HR1 GETS IMPLEMENTED OVER THE 

2273
01:34:23,090 --> 01:34:25,159
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL 2031. 

2274
01:34:25,159 --> 01:34:27,695
WE WILL SEE COVERAGE AND SERVICE

2275
01:34:27,695 --> 01:34:29,897
CHARGES THAT T WILL CHANGE. JUST

2276
01:34:29,897 --> 01:34:32,767
LIKE TRINITY TALKED ABOUT, THE 

2277
01:34:32,767 --> 01:34:34,668
REALITY WILL BE INDIVIDUALS WILL

2278
01:34:34,668 --> 01:34:38,873
FALLOFF MEDICAID PLANS, WILL NOT

2279
01:34:38,873 --> 01:34:40,241
BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM. 

2280
01:34:40,241 --> 01:34:41,809
WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THE 

2281
01:34:41,809 --> 01:34:44,745
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WE HAD A 

2282
01:34:44,745 --> 01:34:46,614
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO HELPED 

2283
01:34:46,614 --> 01:34:49,583
GET PEOPLE ON MEDICAID. WE HAVE 

2284
01:34:49,583 --> 01:34:50,184
THE OPPOSITE NOW. IT WILL BE 

2285
01:34:50,184 --> 01:34:52,186
VERY HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE ON 

2286
01:34:52,186 --> 01:34:53,587
MRNZ. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL 

2287
01:34:53,587 --> 01:34:55,389
HAVE A DIFFICULTY WITH A LARGE 

2288
01:34:55,389 --> 01:34:57,792
RISE IN INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL 

2289
01:34:57,792 --> 01:35:00,494
HAVE NO COVERAGE AT ALL. THEY 

2290
01:35:00,494 --> 01:35:01,695
WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE. 

2291
01:35:01,695 --> 01:35:04,265
HARBOR VIEW IN ADDITION TO THAT 

2292
01:35:04,265 --> 01:35:06,834
WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE 

2293
01:35:06,834 --> 01:35:08,035
CAPACITY T CONSTRAINTS. AS YOU 

2294
01:35:08,035 --> 01:35:13,808
KNOW, WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE 

2295
01:35:13,808 --> 01:35:16,544
KING COUNTY TAXPAYERS GIVE US A 

2296
01:35:16,544 --> 01:35:18,412
BOND FOR NEW FACILITIES. THAT IS

2297
01:35:18,412 --> 01:35:23,050
GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLY 

2298
01:35:23,050 --> 01:35:24,752
IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR US. WE 

2299
01:35:24,752 --> 01:35:30,891
REMAIN IN A STATE POST COVID OF 

2300
01:35:30,891 --> 01:35:33,294
HAVING WAY TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS 

2301
01:35:33,294 --> 01:35:34,095
IN NONOPTIMAL SPACE. THESE ARE 

2302
01:35:34,095 --> 01:35:35,863
ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WE ARE HERE 

2303
01:35:35,863 --> 01:35:37,298
TO REPRESENT, WE ARE HERE TO 

2304
01:35:37,298 --> 01:35:39,266
TALK ABOUT THE MOST VULNERABLE 

2305
01:35:39,266 --> 01:35:40,901
IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHO 

2306
01:35:40,901 --> 01:35:41,869
HARBOR VIEW SERVES. WE ARE 

2307
01:35:41,869 --> 01:35:43,871
WORKING VERY HARD TO ENSURE WE 

2308
01:35:43,871 --> 01:35:46,307
HAVE THE CAPACITY T AND ARE ABLE

2309
01:35:46,307 --> 01:35:49,710
TO EXECUTE ON WHAT THE TAXPAYERS

2310
01:35:49,710 --> 01:35:51,645
PROVIDED US. IF I THINK OF WHAT 

2311
01:35:51,645 --> 01:35:52,913
TRINITY PRESENTED YOU GUYS, I 

2312
01:35:52,913 --> 01:35:55,049
CAN PUT IT INTO A COUPLE OF 

2313
01:35:55,049 --> 01:35:56,951
BUCKETS FOR HARBOR VIEW. IF YOU 

2314
01:35:56,951 --> 01:35:59,787
THINK OF HR1 AND I DO NOT CALL 

2315
01:35:59,787 --> 01:36:03,424
WHAT ITS OTHER NAME IS. I WILL 

2316
01:36:03,424 --> 01:36:04,825
REFER TO IT AS HR1, FIRST STEP 

2317
01:36:04,825 --> 01:36:07,294
FOR HARBOR VIEW IS WE WILL HAVE 

2318
01:36:07,294 --> 01:36:08,529
NEW MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY. THERE 

2319
01:36:08,529 --> 01:36:12,066
WILL BE A LOT MORE NEED FOR WRAP

2320
01:36:12,066 --> 01:36:13,033
AROUND SERVICES AND PARTNERSHIPS

2321
01:36:13,033 --> 01:36:14,135
WITH INDIVIDUALS AT THE TABLE 

2322
01:36:14,135 --> 01:36:18,706
WITH ME TO ENSURE WE ARE ALL 

2323
01:36:18,706 --> 01:36:19,340
WORKING TOGETHER. SO WHEN 

2324
01:36:19,340 --> 01:36:20,207
INDIVIDUALS ARE SEEKING CARE, 

2325
01:36:20,207 --> 01:36:22,343
THEY ARE ON PLANS OR WE CAN GET 

2326
01:36:22,343 --> 01:36:25,713
THEM ON PLANS. THOSE THAT WILL 

2327
01:36:25,713 --> 01:36:27,014
NOT BE ON PLANS, OBVIOUSLY, 

2328
01:36:27,014 --> 01:36:28,649
HARBOR VIEW IS THE SAFETY NET, 

2329
01:36:28,649 --> 01:36:34,188
NOT ONLY IN THE AREA BUT 

2330
01:36:34,188 --> 01:36:35,489
REGIONALLY. ANOTHER BIG CHANGE 

2331
01:36:35,489 --> 01:36:39,360
THAT WILL BE VERY CATASTROPHIC 

2332
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:40,594
TO OUR MEDICAID POPULATION AND 

2333
01:36:40,594 --> 01:36:41,862
THOSE THAT WILL BE SEEKING TO 

2334
01:36:41,862 --> 01:36:44,198
STAY ON MEDICAID IS THAT THEY 

2335
01:36:44,198 --> 01:36:46,033
ONLY HAVE THAT 30 DAY WINDOW. 

2336
01:36:46,033 --> 01:36:47,735
TYPICALLY, IF YOU THINK OF AN 

2337
01:36:47,735 --> 01:36:51,438
INDIVIDUAL THAT COMES IN WITH A 

2338
01:36:51,438 --> 01:36:52,506
CATASTROPHIC EVENT OR A VERY 

2339
01:36:52,506 --> 01:36:55,342
SERIOUS ILLNESS INTO A HOSPITAL 

2340
01:36:55,342 --> 01:36:58,546
T, PARTICULARLY HARBOR VIEW, YOU

2341
01:36:58,546 --> 01:37:00,814
HAVE 90 DAYS RETRO. EVEN IF IT 

2342
01:37:00,814 --> 01:37:02,483
IS THE DAY BEFORE, 89th DAY, WE 

2343
01:37:02,483 --> 01:37:04,985
CAN STILL GET THEM ON A PLAN 

2344
01:37:04,985 --> 01:37:06,453
WHICH HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT. 

2345
01:37:06,453 --> 01:37:08,856
OFTEN TIMES YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE

2346
01:37:08,856 --> 01:37:09,790
INCAPACITATED AND THEY ARE NOT 

2347
01:37:09,790 --> 01:37:15,162
ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO 

2348
01:37:15,162 --> 01:37:16,664
TO GET ON A PLAN. NOW WE WILL 

2349
01:37:16,664 --> 01:37:19,300
ONLY HAVE 30 # DAYS. THAT IS NOT

2350
01:37:19,300 --> 01:37:20,734
ONLY CATASTROPHIC TO THE 

2351
01:37:20,734 --> 01:37:22,736
INDIVIDUALS BUT IT WILL RESULT 

2352
01:37:22,736 --> 01:37:25,539
IPA LOT MORE CHARITY CARE AND 

2353
01:37:25,539 --> 01:37:29,109
UNCOMPEN STATED CARE TO HARBOR 

2354
01:37:29,109 --> 01:37:31,512
VOW AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. WE 

2355
01:37:31,512 --> 01:37:33,480
ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE AN 

2356
01:37:33,480 --> 01:37:37,918
IMPACT TO HARBOR VIEW OF MORE 

2357
01:37:37,918 --> 01:37:41,322
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EITHER 

2358
01:37:41,322 --> 01:37:42,556
UNDERINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, 

2359
01:37:42,556 --> 01:37:43,924
MEDICAID BEING TRANSFERRED TO 

2360
01:37:43,924 --> 01:37:45,326
HARBOR VIEW FROM OTHER HEALTH 

2361
01:37:45,326 --> 01:37:47,595
SYSTEMS. I THINK THAT WILL 

2362
01:37:47,595 --> 01:37:51,699
CONTINUE AS THERE IS A GRIT DEAL

2363
01:37:51,699 --> 01:37:53,167
OF FEAR ABOUT HEALTH SYSTEMS NOT

2364
01:37:53,167 --> 01:37:54,668
HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO SERVE THE

2365
01:37:54,668 --> 01:38:00,708
MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TO 

2366
01:38:00,708 --> 01:38:05,512
SERVE. THE SECOND PIECE THAT 

2367
01:38:05,512 --> 01:38:06,847
TRINITY TALKED ABOUT THAT IS 

2368
01:38:06,847 --> 01:38:08,849
CRUCIAL TO HARBOR VIEW WAS THE 

2369
01:38:08,849 --> 01:38:13,921
IDEA OF THE DIRECTED PAYMENT 

2370
01:38:13,921 --> 01:38:14,955
PROGRAMS. THESE WERE MADE, 

2371
01:38:14,955 --> 01:38:17,091
CREATED DURING THE ACCOUNTABLE 

2372
01:38:17,091 --> 01:38:19,326
CARE ACT FOR HOSPITALS LIKE 

2373
01:38:19,326 --> 01:38:21,195
HARBOR VIEW, THE TRUE SUPER 

2374
01:38:21,195 --> 01:38:22,830
SAFETY NET HOSPITALS, FEW IN THE

2375
01:38:22,830 --> 01:38:25,933
COUNTRY LEFT BUT HARBOR VIEW IS 

2376
01:38:25,933 --> 01:38:27,101
ONE OF. THE DIRECTED PAYMENT 

2377
01:38:27,101 --> 01:38:32,840
PROGRAMS WERE MADE TO PROVIDE A 

2378
01:38:32,840 --> 01:38:35,309
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR 

2379
01:38:35,309 --> 01:38:35,976
MEDICAID PATIENT REIMBURSEMENT. 

2380
01:38:35,976 --> 01:38:37,344
IT ALLOWED PROVIDERS LIKE HARBOR

2381
01:38:37,344 --> 01:38:40,114
VIEW WHO HAVE LARGE PORTIONS OF 

2382
01:38:40,114 --> 01:38:41,115
MEDICAID TO RECEIVE 

2383
01:38:41,115 --> 01:38:46,720
REIMBURSEMENT THAT IS SOMEWHAT 

2384
01:38:46,720 --> 01:38:51,392
CLOSER TO WHAT HOSPITALS WHO SEE

2385
01:38:51,392 --> 01:38:52,326
MORE COMMERCIAL PATIENTS 

2386
01:38:52,326 --> 01:38:54,595
RECEIVE. IF YOU THINK OF 

2387
01:38:54,595 --> 01:38:55,763
GOVERNMENT PAYERS LIKE MEDICARE 

2388
01:38:55,763 --> 01:39:00,434
AND MEDICAID, THEY PAY UNDER 

2389
01:39:00,434 --> 01:39:02,369
WHAT COST IS. SO THE ABILITY FOR

2390
01:39:02,369 --> 01:39:04,738
A HOSPITAL LIKE HARBOR VIEW TO 

2391
01:39:04,738 --> 01:39:05,472
RECEIVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL 

2392
01:39:05,472 --> 01:39:07,675
DIRECTED PAYMENT PROGRAMS AND TO

2393
01:39:07,675 --> 01:39:09,343
RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT, TO SEE 

2394
01:39:09,343 --> 01:39:11,879
ALL OF THE MEDICAID PATIENTS AND

2395
01:39:11,879 --> 01:39:18,852
REINVEST IN THE PATIENTS, 

2396
01:39:18,852 --> 01:39:19,453
THAT'S GOING AWAY. THAT IS 

2397
01:39:19,453 --> 01:39:21,522
CATASTROPHIC TO A HOSPITAL LIKE 

2398
01:39:21,522 --> 01:39:24,224
HARBOR VIEW. LASTLY I WOULD JUST

2399
01:39:24,224 --> 01:39:25,592
SAY THAT WE ARE INCREDIBLY 

2400
01:39:25,592 --> 01:39:30,798
COMMITTED AT HARBOR VIEW TO 

2401
01:39:30,798 --> 01:39:31,732
CONTINUING TO SERVE THE 

2402
01:39:31,732 --> 01:39:33,834
COMMUNITY WE ARE HOAR TO SERVE. 

2403
01:39:33,834 --> 01:39:36,370
WE DO NOT WAVE FROM OUR MISSION 

2404
01:39:36,370 --> 01:39:38,672
OR OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL OF 

2405
01:39:38,672 --> 01:39:40,941
THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE HERE

2406
01:39:40,941 --> 01:39:41,608
TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE. 

2407
01:39:41,608 --> 01:39:47,114
BUT WE ARE READY TO FIGHT THE 

2408
01:39:47,114 --> 01:39:50,584
GOOD FIGHT. AND FEGURE OUT WAYS 

2409
01:39:50,584 --> 01:39:53,520
FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CARE THE

2410
01:39:53,520 --> 01:39:59,493
MOST OF ARE PROTECTED FROM WHAT 

2411
01:39:59,493 --> 01:40:00,060
IS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL 

2412
01:40:00,060 --> 01:40:00,728
LEVEL. 

2413
01:40:00,728 --> 01:40:03,297
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE SO 

2414
01:40:03,297 --> 01:40:05,332
MUCH RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES 

2415
01:40:05,332 --> 01:40:06,934
AT THE TABLE. THE SEATTLE INDIAN

2416
01:40:06,934 --> 01:40:09,036
HEALTH BOARD IS AN URBAN INDIAN 

2417
01:40:09,036 --> 01:40:15,476
ORGANIZATION. WE ARE PART OF THE

2418
01:40:15,476 --> 01:40:16,443
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM WE 

2419
01:40:16,443 --> 01:40:20,047
RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A CARVE OUT 

2420
01:40:20,047 --> 01:40:21,915
FOR NATIVE AMERICANS FOR THE 

2421
01:40:21,915 --> 01:40:23,584
WORK REQUIREMENT. ABOUT 60% OF 

2422
01:40:23,584 --> 01:40:27,421
THE RELATIVES WE SERVE, WE CALL 

2423
01:40:27,421 --> 01:40:30,124
PATIENT RELATIVES, THAT IDENTIFY

2424
01:40:30,124 --> 01:40:31,925
AS AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN. 

2425
01:40:31,925 --> 01:40:34,628
WE OPERATE THE URBAN HEALTH 

2426
01:40:34,628 --> 01:40:36,096
INSTITUTE, ONE OF 12 TRIBAL 

2427
01:40:36,096 --> 01:40:37,264
EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTES AND ACT 

2428
01:40:37,264 --> 01:40:39,066
AS PUBLIC HEALTH ARM. WE ARE A 

2429
01:40:39,066 --> 01:40:41,702
PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY JUST 

2430
01:40:41,702 --> 01:40:43,704
LIKE THE COUNTY. WE ARE ALSO A 

2431
01:40:43,704 --> 01:40:44,271
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH 

2432
01:40:44,271 --> 01:40:49,843
CENTER MEANING WE ARE PART OF 

2433
01:40:49,843 --> 01:40:55,382
THE SAFETY NET. WOE SEE EVERYONE

2434
01:40:55,382 --> 01:40:56,016
REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO 

2435
01:40:56,016 --> 01:40:56,984
PAY. WE SEE THEM IN THE NATIVE 

2436
01:40:56,984 --> 01:40:57,851
WAY. SO THE INFORMATION I WANT 

2437
01:40:57,851 --> 01:40:59,787
TO HAVE WITH YOU ALL TODAY IS 

2438
01:40:59,787 --> 01:41:02,790
BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE SOME 

2439
01:41:02,790 --> 01:41:05,492
CREATIVE THINKERS UP HERE, SOME 

2440
01:41:05,492 --> 01:41:06,627
BRILLIANT POLICY MINDS. 

2441
01:41:06,627 --> 01:41:08,862
SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER, WE 

2442
01:41:08,862 --> 01:41:10,864
DON'T PAY FOR HEALTHCARE, CITY 

2443
01:41:10,864 --> 01:41:11,965
OF SEATTLE DOESN'T PAY FOR 

2444
01:41:11,965 --> 01:41:13,934
HEALTHCARE. AND I WILL TELL YOU 

2445
01:41:13,934 --> 01:41:17,704
THAT YOU INDIRECTLY DO. YOU DO 

2446
01:41:17,704 --> 01:41:18,972
IT THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL 

2447
01:41:18,972 --> 01:41:23,210
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT OR 

2448
01:41:23,210 --> 01:41:24,912
WHATEVER IT IS WITH THE COUNTY. 

2449
01:41:24,912 --> 01:41:27,915
SO YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO PARTNER 

2450
01:41:27,915 --> 01:41:30,417
WITH ONE ENTITY. I BRING THIS UP

2451
01:41:30,417 --> 01:41:33,720
BECAUSE YOU ALL FUNDED 

2452
01:41:33,720 --> 01:41:34,688
THUNDERBIRD TREATMENT CENTER 

2453
01:41:34,688 --> 01:41:36,290
BECAUSE YOU YOU RECOGNIZE THE 

2454
01:41:36,290 --> 01:41:38,859
TREATMENT OF THOSE LIVING ON THE

2455
01:41:38,859 --> 01:41:39,793
STREETS OF SEATTLE. YOU 

2456
01:41:39,793 --> 01:41:43,564
RECOGNIZE THE INTERSECTION OF 

2457
01:41:43,564 --> 01:41:45,065
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, PUBLIC

2458
01:41:45,065 --> 01:41:45,766
SAFETY. VICE CHAIR KETTLE, YOU 

2459
01:41:45,766 --> 01:41:48,302
CARE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND YOU

2460
01:41:48,302 --> 01:41:50,337
KNOW WE HAVE TO SOLVE THE 

2461
01:41:50,337 --> 01:41:51,972
CHALLENGES TO GET THROUGH THE 

2462
01:41:51,972 --> 01:41:58,212
PROBLEM. I KNOW YOU CAN THINK 

2463
01:41:58,212 --> 01:42:01,281
CREATIVELY. I WILL DISTRIBUTE TO

2464
01:42:01,281 --> 01:42:02,716
REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY. 

2465
01:42:02,716 --> 01:42:07,054
THESE ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT 

2466
01:42:07,054 --> 01:42:08,155
BEEN USED WELL. . I WOULD 

2467
01:42:08,155 --> 01:42:10,858
CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE

2468
01:42:10,858 --> 01:42:11,525
MEDICAID ISSUE. HERE'S WHY. HOW

2469
01:42:11,525 --> 01:42:15,028
DO YOU THINK WE GOT A CARVE OUT 

2470
01:42:15,028 --> 01:42:16,663
FOR AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKAN

2471
01:42:16,663 --> 01:42:19,433
NATIVES? WE SAW THE TRUMP 

2472
01:42:19,433 --> 01:42:20,868
ADMINISTRATION'S INITIATIVE TO 

2473
01:42:20,868 --> 01:42:21,568
DISMANTLE D.E.I. PROGRAMS. WE 

2474
01:42:21,568 --> 01:42:23,770
HAD TO GET AHEAD OF THAT 

2475
01:42:23,770 --> 01:42:26,507
CONVERSATION TO HELP THE TRUMP 

2476
01:42:26,507 --> 01:42:28,208
ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTAND THAT 

2477
01:42:28,208 --> 01:42:29,776
AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKAN 

2478
01:42:29,776 --> 01:42:31,178
NATIVES WITH A POLITICAL ENTITY.

2479
01:42:31,178 --> 01:42:34,815
WE HAD TO GET AHEAD OF THE 

2480
01:42:34,815 --> 01:42:37,017
LEGISLATION. WHEN I HEAR 

2481
01:42:37,017 --> 01:42:39,520
RHETORIC AND PASSION FOR 

2482
01:42:39,520 --> 01:42:40,954
COMMUNITIES THAT DRAW OUR PEOPLE

2483
01:42:40,954 --> 01:42:42,523
HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING 

2484
01:42:42,523 --> 01:42:44,725
FOR SAFETY AND LOOKING FOR 

2485
01:42:44,725 --> 01:42:48,729
RESOURCES AND THEY ARE LOOKING 

2486
01:42:48,729 --> 01:42:50,364
FOR PROTECTION. WE CANNOT STOP 

2487
01:42:50,364 --> 01:42:52,633
THAT RHETORIC. WE CANNOT STOP AT

2488
01:42:52,633 --> 01:42:53,534
A POLITICAL POSITION. BUT WE 

2489
01:42:53,534 --> 01:42:56,336
HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT A 

2490
01:42:56,336 --> 01:42:58,238
PLAN AND GET RESOURCES AND 

2491
01:42:58,238 --> 01:42:59,306
POLITICAL STRATEGIES ALIGNED SO 

2492
01:42:59,306 --> 01:43:02,142
THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THE 

2493
01:43:02,142 --> 01:43:05,779
INITIATIVES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO

2494
01:43:05,779 --> 01:43:06,680
DESTROY US. THE CITY OF 

2495
01:43:06,680 --> 01:43:09,483
SEATTLEAL WANTS TO BE A LEADER, 

2496
01:43:09,483 --> 01:43:12,185
A TRUE LEADER. YOU MUST HAVE A 

2497
01:43:12,185 --> 01:43:15,756
PLAN, A VISION, RIGHT, POSITION,

2498
01:43:15,756 --> 01:43:17,958
AND A MRN. WITHOUT A PLAN, YOU 

2499
01:43:17,958 --> 01:43:19,426
ARE JUST DREAMING, YOU ARE 

2500
01:43:19,426 --> 01:43:21,562
MAKING FALSE PROMISES TO FOLKS 

2501
01:43:21,562 --> 01:43:22,496
SITTING HERE TODAY. WHAT I'M 

2502
01:43:22,496 --> 01:43:24,131
TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW IS YOU 

2503
01:43:24,131 --> 01:43:26,266
HAVE PARTNERS RIGHT HERE AT THE 

2504
01:43:26,266 --> 01:43:29,069
TABLE THAT IF YOU RETHOUGHT THE 

2505
01:43:29,069 --> 01:43:31,505
USE OF THOSE FUNDS, IF YOU 

2506
01:43:31,505 --> 01:43:35,676
RETHOUGHT THE USE OF IF THE 

2507
01:43:35,676 --> 01:43:37,277
FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE MEDICAID

2508
01:43:37,277 --> 01:43:39,112
ISSUE, YOU WOULD HAVE MORE 

2509
01:43:39,112 --> 01:43:40,047
IMPACT. YOU WOULD HAVE MORE 

2510
01:43:40,047 --> 01:43:43,116
IMPACT. WE ARE SITTING IN A 

2511
01:43:43,116 --> 01:43:45,953
POSITION FOR AN URBAN INDIAN 

2512
01:43:45,953 --> 01:43:48,021
ORGANIZATION. WE WERE PROMISED 

2513
01:43:48,021 --> 01:43:52,326
MEDICAID FUNDS FOR INDIAN HEALTH

2514
01:43:52,326 --> 01:43:53,594
SERVICES ALREADY. WHEN I THINK 

2515
01:43:53,594 --> 01:43:56,196
ABOUT THE IDEA THAT ALL OF A 

2516
01:43:56,196 --> 01:43:57,264
SUDDEN, YOU LOSE ELIGIBILITY, 

2517
01:43:57,264 --> 01:44:00,500
THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS

2518
01:44:00,500 --> 01:44:07,941
TO EVEN REAPPLY, THAT IS 

2519
01:44:07,941 --> 01:44:08,575
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. WE HAVE 

2520
01:44:08,575 --> 01:44:13,680
LAWYERS ON THIS . WHEN YOU 

2521
01:44:13,680 --> 01:44:16,383
RECEIVE WELFARE OR THE SORT OF 

2522
01:44:16,383 --> 01:44:17,584
BENEFIT, IT BECOMES A PERSONAL 

2523
01:44:17,584 --> 01:44:19,019
PROPERTY RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A 

2524
01:44:19,019 --> 01:44:20,454
POSITION ON THAT. I DON'T WANT 

2525
01:44:20,454 --> 01:44:22,089
TO HEAR THAT WE CAN'T DO 

2526
01:44:22,089 --> 01:44:24,591
ANYTHING, THAT WE WILL SIT HERE 

2527
01:44:24,591 --> 01:44:26,260
AND TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIP OR 

2528
01:44:26,260 --> 01:44:28,261
CONVENING. I DON'T CARE ABOUT 

2529
01:44:28,261 --> 01:44:30,664
THAT. I CARE ABOUT RESOURCES AND

2530
01:44:30,664 --> 01:44:31,498
CREATIVITY AND ALLOCATING 

2531
01:44:31,498 --> 01:44:32,833
RESOURCES. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU 

2532
01:44:32,833 --> 01:44:34,701
ALL TO NOT JUST STAND WITH US 

2533
01:44:34,701 --> 01:44:36,703
AND GIVE US LOOKS THAT SAY I'M 

2534
01:44:36,703 --> 01:44:38,472
SO SORRY YOU ARE DEALING WITH 

2535
01:44:38,472 --> 01:44:40,874
THIS BUT TO REALLY RISE UP AND 

2536
01:44:40,874 --> 01:44:51,418
RETHINK THE WAY WE HAVE ALWAYS 

2537
01:44:51,418 --> 01:44:59,493
DONE THINGS. ONLY THEN , ONLY 

2538
01:44:59,493 --> 01:45:03,730
THEN. I DON'T KNOW CREATOR SAID

2539
01:45:03,730 --> 01:45:04,364
YES. PLEASE LISTEN. 

2540
01:45:04,364 --> 01:45:07,968
>> JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT MY

2541
01:45:07,968 --> 01:45:11,505
PARTNER HERE SAID AND TO ADD TO 

2542
01:45:11,505 --> 01:45:13,607
INTRODUCE THE SERVICES WE 

2543
01:45:13,607 --> 01:45:15,509
PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL 

2544
01:45:15,509 --> 01:45:17,611
CURRENT INTERNAL PROJECTIONS WE 

2545
01:45:17,611 --> 01:45:20,614
HAVE ARE THAT ABOUT 500 # 

2546
01:45:20,614 --> 01:45:23,850
INDIVIDUALS WE ARE CURRENTLY 

2547
01:45:23,850 --> 01:45:25,118
SERVING WILL LOSE MEDICAID 

2548
01:45:25,118 --> 01:45:28,422
ELIGIBILITY. 70 OF THEM AS SOON 

2549
01:45:28,422 --> 01:45:33,493
AS OCTOBER 1. AND WE WAIT THE 

2550
01:45:33,493 --> 01:45:36,129
MEANS AND THE FOLKS WHO WILL 

2551
01:45:36,129 --> 01:45:41,802
LOSE THE COVERAGE COME OCTOBER 

2552
01:45:41,802 --> 01:45:44,337
AND JANUARY 1 OF 2027. ABOUT 220

2553
01:45:44,337 --> 01:45:45,739
OF THOSE ARE SEATTLE RESIDENTS. 

2554
01:45:45,739 --> 01:45:49,976
FOR US, YOU KNOW , WHAT T DO WE 

2555
01:45:49,976 --> 01:45:53,013
DO? WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE 

2556
01:45:53,013 --> 01:45:55,115
INFORMATION THAT IS BEING SHARED

2557
01:45:55,115 --> 01:45:58,251
THROUGH HCA. BUT FOR THE 

2558
01:45:58,251 --> 01:45:59,453
PROVIDERS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, 

2559
01:45:59,453 --> 01:46:00,387
THEIR HEALTHCARE, BEHAVIORAL 

2560
01:46:00,387 --> 01:46:02,789
HEALTH NEEDS DON'T END WHEN 

2561
01:46:02,789 --> 01:46:05,125
THEIR COVERAGE DOES. SO WE ARE 

2562
01:46:05,125 --> 01:46:07,160
LEFT HOLDING, LIKE WE CAN'T 

2563
01:46:07,160 --> 01:46:09,663
JUST LIKE SORRY WE CAN'T SERVE 

2564
01:46:09,663 --> 01:46:12,332
YOU NOW. WHAT'S THE PLAN, 

2565
01:46:12,332 --> 01:46:13,700
WHAT'S THE GUIDANCE FROM STATE,

2566
01:46:13,700 --> 01:46:15,402
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF HOW WE ARE 

2567
01:46:15,402 --> 01:46:18,205
GOING TO HANDLE ALL OF THESE 

2568
01:46:18,205 --> 01:46:22,576
FOLKS LOSING ACCESS TO MUCH 

2569
01:46:22,576 --> 01:46:25,445
NEEDED PRIMARY AND BEHAVIORAL 

2570
01:46:25,445 --> 01:46:26,847
HEALTHCARE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE 

2571
01:46:26,847 --> 01:46:29,449
ONLY DOOR THAT WILL BE LEFT OPEN

2572
01:46:29,449 --> 01:46:31,184
WILL BE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS OF

2573
01:46:31,184 --> 01:46:35,021
THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHICH IS NOT 

2574
01:46:35,021 --> 01:46:37,624
AN ANSWER. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE 

2575
01:46:37,624 --> 01:46:39,493
HAVE BEEN THINKING THROUGH THIS 

2576
01:46:39,493 --> 01:46:42,162
AND HAVE NOT HEARD ANY MAN ON 

2577
01:46:42,162 --> 01:46:44,998
HOW WE TRANSITION CARE FOR THOSE

2578
01:46:44,998 --> 01:46:46,633
FOLKS WHO WILL LOSE COVERAGE. SO

2579
01:46:46,633 --> 01:46:48,668
THAT'S ONE PIECE WE ARE TRYING 

2580
01:46:48,668 --> 01:46:50,103
TO THINK THROUGH. FOR THOSE 

2581
01:46:50,103 --> 01:46:54,374
FOLKS WHO WILL HAVE NEW WORK 

2582
01:46:54,374 --> 01:46:55,475
REQUIREMENTS, ALSO WE ARE 

2583
01:46:55,475 --> 01:46:59,312
THINKING THROUGH HOW WE WILL 

2584
01:46:59,312 --> 01:47:01,548
HELP THEM BE COMPLIANT WITH A 

2585
01:47:01,548 --> 01:47:03,350
MONTH OR WORK REQUIREMENT. ARE 

2586
01:47:03,350 --> 01:47:05,919
THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH

2587
01:47:05,919 --> 01:47:08,321
OUR CITY, COUNTY, STATE 

2588
01:47:08,321 --> 01:47:09,689
GOVERNMENT ON FINDING VOLUNTEER 

2589
01:47:09,689 --> 01:47:12,859
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE FOR EXAMPLE 

2590
01:47:12,859 --> 01:47:15,262
WORKING OR VOLUNTEERING WITH OUR

2591
01:47:15,262 --> 01:47:17,998
MANY, MANY PARKS IN THE CITY, IN

2592
01:47:17,998 --> 01:47:19,366
THE COUNTY AND STATE TO MAYBE 

2593
01:47:19,366 --> 01:47:25,071
GET THOSE HOURS THAT THEY NEED 

2594
01:47:25,071 --> 01:47:26,473
TO KEEP ON COVERAGE. SO THOSE 

2595
01:47:26,473 --> 01:47:29,609
KINDS OF THINGS ARE SOME OF THE 

2596
01:47:29,609 --> 01:47:34,281
THINGS WE ARE THINKING THROUGH. 

2597
01:47:34,281 --> 01:47:37,017
FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER 

2598
01:47:37,017 --> 01:47:38,685
LIKE ASRS, PROVIDING CULTURALY 

2599
01:47:38,685 --> 01:47:39,953
RESPONSIVE SERVICES, THE LOSS OF

2600
01:47:39,953 --> 01:47:41,955
THOSE FOLKS THAT WE SERVE WILL 

2601
01:47:41,955 --> 01:47:44,157
ALSO MEAN A REDUCTION IN OUR 

2602
01:47:44,157 --> 01:47:46,092
WORKFORCE, A LOSS IN THE 

2603
01:47:46,092 --> 01:47:47,060
SPECIALIZED WORKFORCE THAT WILL 

2604
01:47:47,060 --> 01:47:52,432
BE VERY HARD FOR US TO REBUILD 

2605
01:47:52,432 --> 01:47:53,633
WHEN THE NEED RISES AGAIN. SO 

2606
01:47:53,633 --> 01:47:56,069
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS 

2607
01:47:56,069 --> 01:47:57,971
THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH, 

2608
01:47:57,971 --> 01:47:59,339
TRYING TO HOPEFULLY PARTNER WITH

2609
01:47:59,339 --> 01:48:00,974
OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIKE THE 

2610
01:48:00,974 --> 01:48:03,476
CITY OF SEATTLE AND WITH OUR 

2611
01:48:03,476 --> 01:48:07,581
PARTNERS IN THE AREA OF HOW TO 

2612
01:48:07,581 --> 01:48:12,319
ADDRESS THIS. AS MUCH AS WE WANT

2613
01:48:12,319 --> 01:48:14,221
TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FREE, 

2614
01:48:14,221 --> 01:48:16,523
OUR DOORS WON'T STAY OPEN THAT 

2615
01:48:16,523 --> 01:48:19,659
WAY. WE NEED RESOURCES TO ENSURE

2616
01:48:19,659 --> 01:48:21,695
THAT THE VITAL SERVICES CAN 

2617
01:48:21,695 --> 01:48:28,335
CONTINUE WHEN THOSE REQUIREMENTS

2618
01:48:28,335 --> 01:48:28,902
HIT IN OCTOBER AND JANUARY. 

2619
01:48:28,902 --> 01:48:35,075
THANK YOU. 

2620
01:48:35,075 --> 01:48:39,145
>> THANK YOU ALL, TRULY. I WANT 

2621
01:48:39,145 --> 01:48:40,480
TO SPECIFICALLY THANK ESTHER 

2622
01:48:40,480 --> 01:48:42,883
JUST FOR THAT CALL TO ACTION AND

2623
01:48:42,883 --> 01:48:44,751
THAT CHALLENGE TO ALL OF US. 

2624
01:48:44,751 --> 01:48:46,119
THIS WAS EXACTLY THE REASON WHY 

2625
01:48:46,119 --> 01:48:49,456
WE WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE THIS 

2626
01:48:49,456 --> 01:48:52,926
COMMITTEE MEETING AS REALLY AN 

2627
01:48:52,926 --> 01:48:55,295
INFLECTION POINT TO SAY WE HAVE 

2628
01:48:55,295 --> 01:48:56,062
TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT A PLAN. I 

2629
01:48:56,062 --> 01:48:58,632
WANT T TO THANK YOU FOR THE CALL

2630
01:48:58,632 --> 01:48:59,933
TO ACTION AND DEFINITELY 

2631
01:48:59,933 --> 01:49:00,834
COMMITTED TO FOLLOW UP. I'M 

2632
01:49:00,834 --> 01:49:06,940
GOING TO MOVE NEXT TO VICE CHAIR

2633
01:49:06,940 --> 01:49:07,173
KETTLE. 

2634
01:49:07,173 --> 01:49:09,142
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I HAD ONE 

2635
01:49:09,142 --> 01:49:11,444
STATEMENT, ONE COMMENT, AND ONE 

2636
01:49:11,444 --> 01:49:12,946
QUESTION. I HEAR YOU, MISSION, 

2637
01:49:12,946 --> 01:49:15,081
VISION, AND PLAN. THAT'S WHAT 

2638
01:49:15,081 --> 01:49:17,951
WE DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND 

2639
01:49:17,951 --> 01:49:18,885
HAVING THAT CONSTRUCT IS ROLLY 

2640
01:49:18,885 --> 01:49:20,353
IMPORTANT AND THEN DOING THE 

2641
01:49:20,353 --> 01:49:24,157
WORK THAT GOES BEHIND THAT AS 

2642
01:49:24,157 --> 01:49:27,560
WELL IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO LIKE 

2643
01:49:27,560 --> 01:49:31,298
THE CHAIR, LOVE YOUR PASSION AS 

2644
01:49:31,298 --> 01:49:32,632
WELL. ONE QUESTION I HAD WAS, IN

2645
01:49:32,632 --> 01:49:34,834
LOOKING AT THE SPACE AND AGAIN 

2646
01:49:34,834 --> 01:49:36,303
WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS 

2647
01:49:36,303 --> 01:49:38,972
EARLIER TODAY IS THAT HEALTHCARE

2648
01:49:38,972 --> 01:49:40,974
IN WASHINGTON STATE HAS CHANGED 

2649
01:49:40,974 --> 01:49:41,775
DRAMATICALLY. IT HAS CHANGED 

2650
01:49:41,775 --> 01:49:45,278
SINCE I RETIRED FROM THE NAVY AT

2651
01:49:45,278 --> 01:49:48,815
2012. FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS NO 

2652
01:49:48,815 --> 01:49:51,585
LONGER VIRGINIA MASON, NO LONGER

2653
01:49:51,585 --> 01:49:55,455
SWEDISH. THOSE CHANGES HAVE HAD 

2654
01:49:55,455 --> 01:49:58,258
BIG IMPACTS ON OUR HEALTHCARE. 

2655
01:49:58,258 --> 01:49:58,858
THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE WE 

2656
01:49:58,858 --> 01:50:01,962
DEFINITELY NEED AN ALL HANDS ON 

2657
01:50:01,962 --> 01:50:02,829
DECK KIND OF APPROACH BUT 

2658
01:50:02,829 --> 01:50:06,366
BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES THOUGH,

2659
01:50:06,366 --> 01:50:06,967
THAT'S NOT REALLY POSSIBLE 

2660
01:50:06,967 --> 01:50:10,503
BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN THE 

2661
01:50:10,503 --> 01:50:11,071
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN OUR STATE. 

2662
01:50:31,057 --> 01:50:35,328
PARTICULARLY SOME OTHER AREAS AS

2663
01:50:35,328 --> 01:50:39,532
WELL THAT CAN BE PARTICULARLY 

2664
01:50:39,532 --> 01:50:45,238
IMPACTED, CAN YOU SPEAK TO SOME 

2665
01:50:45,238 --> 01:50:46,072
OF THOSE IMPACTS? BECAUSE THAT 

2666
01:50:46,072 --> 01:50:47,741
JUST PUTS EXTRA PRESSURE ON YOU 

2667
01:50:47,741 --> 01:50:48,975
AND BY THE WAY, THE IMPACTS ALSO

2668
01:50:48,975 --> 01:50:57,350
IMPACT WORLDWIDE , NOT ONLY DO 

2669
01:50:57,350 --> 01:50:58,551
WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL 

2670
01:50:58,551 --> 01:50:59,819
OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT WITHIN THE

2671
01:50:59,819 --> 01:51:01,788
STATE, WE HAVE THIS OTHER TYPE 

2672
01:51:01,788 --> 01:51:02,555
OF HEALTHCARE MIGRATION WHICH 

2673
01:51:02,555 --> 01:51:05,058
PUTS ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON THE 

2674
01:51:05,058 --> 01:51:07,193
SYSTEM. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? 

2675
01:51:07,193 --> 01:51:12,532
>> VERY ASTUTE QUESTION, THANK 

2676
01:51:12,532 --> 01:51:14,034
YOU. THE HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT,

2677
01:51:14,034 --> 01:51:16,803
IT HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED. AND 

2678
01:51:16,803 --> 01:51:18,872
WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IS A LOT OF 

2679
01:51:18,872 --> 01:51:21,274
CONSOLIDATION. PARTICULARLY 

2680
01:51:21,274 --> 01:51:25,311
ACQUISITIONS , HOSPITALS BY 

2681
01:51:25,311 --> 01:51:27,247
OTHER SYSTEMS, SOME OF OF STATE,

2682
01:51:27,247 --> 01:51:30,283
SOME FROM IN-STATE, YOU ARE 

2683
01:51:30,283 --> 01:51:32,185
SEEING A CONSOLIDATION OF THE 

2684
01:51:32,185 --> 01:51:35,055
SYSTEM INTO A FEW LARGE SYSTEMS.

2685
01:51:35,055 --> 01:51:39,759
PUBLIC HOSPITALS , AS YOU 

2686
01:51:39,759 --> 01:51:43,029
POINTED OUT, IN PARTICULAR, YOU 

2687
01:51:43,029 --> 01:51:45,899
DID MEDICINE WHICH OPERATES 

2688
01:51:45,899 --> 01:51:46,499
HARBORVIEW, IN COLLABORATION 

2689
01:51:46,499 --> 01:51:50,904
WITH KING COUNTY IS VERY 

2690
01:51:50,904 --> 01:51:51,538
DIFFERENT AS THE LARGEST PUBLIC 

2691
01:51:51,538 --> 01:51:54,941
HOSPITAL, TWO HOSPITALS IN THE 

2692
01:51:54,941 --> 01:51:58,311
STATE, RIGHT? WHAT WE ARE SEEING

2693
01:51:58,311 --> 01:52:01,147
, PARTICULARLY AT HARBORVIEW IS 

2694
01:52:01,147 --> 01:52:06,653
ALREADY MOVEMENT WHERE OTHER , 

2695
01:52:06,653 --> 01:52:11,257
OTHERS WILL MAKE DIFFERENT 

2696
01:52:11,257 --> 01:52:15,095
CHOICES AROUND WHO WILL BE SEEN 

2697
01:52:15,095 --> 01:52:18,665
FOR PRIMARY CARE, ET CETERA, 

2698
01:52:18,665 --> 01:52:21,201
WHICH WILL THEN PUT ADDITIONAL 

2699
01:52:21,201 --> 01:52:23,636
NEED FOR AN INSTITUTION LIKE 

2700
01:52:23,636 --> 01:52:28,208
HARBORVIEW. MOST STATES DO NOT 

2701
01:52:28,208 --> 01:52:29,542
RELY ON ONE SINGLE INSTITUTION 

2702
01:52:29,542 --> 01:52:30,944
LIKE HARBORVIEW, BUT WE REALLY 

2703
01:52:30,944 --> 01:52:32,679
ARE THE STANDALONE LARGE SAFETY 

2704
01:52:32,679 --> 01:52:37,183
NET , I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT HOW

2705
01:52:37,183 --> 01:52:38,752
MUCH MEDICAID WE DO, AND 

2706
01:52:38,752 --> 01:52:43,223
MEDICARE, TOGETHER. IT IS WELL 

2707
01:52:43,223 --> 01:52:43,923
OVER 60%, THAT IS TYPICALLY WHAT

2708
01:52:43,923 --> 01:52:47,127
MOST HOSPITALS DO . IF YOU TAKE 

2709
01:52:47,127 --> 01:52:48,561
ABOUT HOW MANY MEDICAID 

2710
01:52:48,561 --> 01:52:52,632
ENCOUNTERS WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, 

2711
01:52:52,632 --> 01:52:54,934
129, ALMOST 130,000 THAT WE DO, 

2712
01:52:54,934 --> 01:52:56,836
SO A VERY LARGE POPULATION 

2713
01:52:56,836 --> 01:53:02,242
ALREADY , TO SERVE THE MOST 

2714
01:53:02,242 --> 01:53:03,476
VULNERABLE. AS YOU POINTED OUT, 

2715
01:53:03,476 --> 01:53:05,612
THAT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES 

2716
01:53:05,612 --> 01:53:09,816
AND, AS OTHERS BEGIN TO NOT BE 

2717
01:53:09,816 --> 01:53:13,820
IN THAT FIELD AS MUCH, IT IS 

2718
01:53:13,820 --> 01:53:17,190
MORE STRESS ON THE SAFETY NET. 

2719
01:53:17,190 --> 01:53:18,558
WHEN YOU HAVE MOSTLY 

2720
01:53:18,558 --> 01:53:19,025
GOVERNMENTAL PAYERS, 

2721
01:53:19,025 --> 01:53:22,095
GOVERNMENTAL PAYERS PAY AT LESS 

2722
01:53:22,095 --> 01:53:26,099
THAN COST . YOU WILL SEE A 

2723
01:53:26,099 --> 01:53:26,933
HOSPITAL LIKE HARBORVIEW GETTING

2724
01:53:26,933 --> 01:53:29,402
THE VERY SERIOUS FINANCIAL 

2725
01:53:29,402 --> 01:53:30,870
CONSTRAINTS, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, 

2726
01:53:30,870 --> 01:53:31,938
TO YOUR OTHER POINT, THE PEOPLE 

2727
01:53:31,938 --> 01:53:36,309
MOST AT RISK ARE THOSE IN THE 

2728
01:53:36,309 --> 01:53:37,610
COMMUNITY THAT ARE OFTEN THE 

2729
01:53:37,610 --> 01:53:39,679
MOST VULNERABLE, 

2730
01:53:39,679 --> 01:53:40,880
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE, RIGHT? 

2731
01:53:40,880 --> 01:53:47,954
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE IS AT 

2732
01:53:47,954 --> 01:53:48,721
RISK. HARBORVIEW MEDICAL REMAINS

2733
01:53:48,721 --> 01:53:49,389
A QUAYSIDE FOR GENDER-AFFIRMING 

2734
01:53:49,389 --> 01:53:51,324
CARE THAT IS UNDER ATTACK. 

2735
01:53:51,324 --> 01:53:52,392
WOMEN'S RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE 

2736
01:53:52,392 --> 01:53:55,962
CARE, RIGHT? SO, AS YOU SEE 

2737
01:53:55,962 --> 01:53:58,865
OTHER ENTITIES COMING IN TO THE 

2738
01:53:58,865 --> 01:54:06,372
STATE, YOU SEE A LOSS OF THAT 

2739
01:54:06,372 --> 01:54:07,273
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU ALREADY 

2740
01:54:07,273 --> 01:54:09,342
HAVE RURAL HOSPITALS THAT HAVE 

2741
01:54:09,342 --> 01:54:09,976
DIFFICULTY PROVIDING THAT CARE. 

2742
01:54:09,976 --> 01:54:14,847
THE OTHER THING HR ONE IS DOING 

2743
01:54:14,847 --> 01:54:15,582
IS NOT ONLY PROVIDING LESS 

2744
01:54:15,582 --> 01:54:16,783
RESOURCES TO A PLACE LIKE 

2745
01:54:16,783 --> 01:54:20,019
HARBORVIEW WITH A VERY HIGH 

2746
01:54:20,019 --> 01:54:22,455
MEDICAID POPULATION, OUR RURAL 

2747
01:54:22,455 --> 01:54:25,024
HOSPITALS HAVE HIGH MEDICARE 

2748
01:54:25,024 --> 01:54:30,363
POPULATIONS. THEY WILL TOPPLE 

2749
01:54:30,363 --> 01:54:30,997
AND WHEN THEY COBBLE, THAT JUST 

2750
01:54:30,997 --> 01:54:32,565
DID NOT MEAN THEY HAVE CARE FOR 

2751
01:54:32,565 --> 01:54:35,969
THOSE THAT ARE POOR OR 

2752
01:54:35,969 --> 01:54:37,136
UNDERINSURED, YOU DO NOT HAVE 

2753
01:54:37,136 --> 01:54:38,238
CARE FOR ANYBODY IN THE AREA. 

2754
01:54:38,238 --> 01:54:42,208
THE SERVICES THAT GO FIRST ARE 

2755
01:54:42,208 --> 01:54:43,376
THINGS LIKE WOMEN'S HEALTH, 

2756
01:54:43,376 --> 01:54:45,945
RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE 

2757
01:54:45,945 --> 01:54:47,480
STARTING TO SEE. PEOPLE 

2758
01:54:47,480 --> 01:54:53,853
TRAVELING WELL OVER AN HOUR TO 

2759
01:54:53,853 --> 01:54:55,221
GET THAT, WE ARE IN A VERY 

2760
01:54:55,221 --> 01:54:56,456
PRECARIOUS POSITION AS A 

2761
01:54:56,456 --> 01:54:57,724
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ACROSS THE 

2762
01:54:57,724 --> 01:54:59,459
COUNTRY. AND , UNFORTUNATELY, 

2763
01:54:59,459 --> 01:55:00,393
WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING AT 

2764
01:55:00,393 --> 01:55:01,494
THE FEDERAL LEVEL WILL 

2765
01:55:01,494 --> 01:55:04,831
EXACERBATE THAT CRISIS, WAY 

2766
01:55:04,831 --> 01:55:06,466
FASTER THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE 

2767
01:55:06,466 --> 01:55:06,733
IMAGINED. 

2768
01:55:06,733 --> 01:55:10,703
>> THANK YOU. 

2769
01:55:10,703 --> 01:55:14,607
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TO

2770
01:55:14,607 --> 01:55:16,209
THE IMPACTS OF THE PAID AND 

2771
01:55:16,209 --> 01:55:18,077
UNPAID CAREGIVERS AND THEIR 

2772
01:55:18,077 --> 01:55:22,315
FAMILIES, FEAR, CONCERN OF THE 

2773
01:55:22,315 --> 01:55:26,486
UNKNOWN, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN

2774
01:55:26,486 --> 01:55:27,453
TO THEIR LOVED ONES IF THEY ARE 

2775
01:55:27,453 --> 01:55:31,824
NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE PAY TO CARE 

2776
01:55:31,824 --> 01:55:33,259
FOR THEIR FAMILY AND HAVING TO 

2777
01:55:33,259 --> 01:55:34,260
MAKE THE DIFFICULT CHOICE OF 

2778
01:55:34,260 --> 01:55:35,995
PROVIDING CARE, RIGHT? OR 

2779
01:55:35,995 --> 01:55:41,701
PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE. 

2780
01:55:41,701 --> 01:55:45,338
SORRY, I HAVE LOADS OF NOTES , 

2781
01:55:45,338 --> 01:55:50,810
RIGHT ? SERVICES, AS FAR AS, 

2782
01:55:50,810 --> 01:55:55,982
LIKE PERSONAL CARE, MEDICATION 

2783
01:55:55,982 --> 01:55:57,116
MANAGEMENT, PERSONAL EMERGENCY 

2784
01:55:57,116 --> 01:55:58,384
RESPONSE SYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL 

2785
01:55:58,384 --> 01:56:01,988
MALIK KIT -- MODIFICATIONS TO 

2786
01:56:01,988 --> 01:56:03,423
MAKE SURE THE HOMES ARE SAFE AND

2787
01:56:03,423 --> 01:56:07,327
ACCESSIBLE. ALSO, IMPACTS TO OUR

2788
01:56:07,327 --> 01:56:14,901
PARTNER AGENCIES , AND CARLIN IS

2789
01:56:14,901 --> 01:56:16,402
WELL-POSITIONED TO SPEAK ABOUT 

2790
01:56:16,402 --> 01:56:17,603
IT. WE PARTNER WITH FOUR 

2791
01:56:17,603 --> 01:56:20,373
COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCIES, ASIAN 

2792
01:56:20,373 --> 01:56:22,208
CULTURING AND REFERRAL SERVICES,

2793
01:56:22,208 --> 01:56:24,877
LIFELONG NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE , 

2794
01:56:24,877 --> 01:56:32,618
THAT HELP TO PROVIDE THE IN-HOME

2795
01:56:32,618 --> 01:56:33,286
CASE MANAGEMENT CARE FOR CLIENTS

2796
01:56:33,286 --> 01:56:34,287
THAT ARE AT RISK OF LOSING 

2797
01:56:34,287 --> 01:56:36,556
SERVICES . IS THERE ANYTHING 

2798
01:56:36,556 --> 01:56:39,425
THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? OKAY. ONE 

2799
01:56:39,425 --> 01:56:43,096
THING THAT WE DID FROM OUR 

2800
01:56:43,096 --> 01:56:46,199
CONTACT DEPARTMENTS, THERE ARE A

2801
01:56:46,199 --> 01:56:48,768
LOT OF CLIENTS THAT ARE 

2802
01:56:48,768 --> 01:56:50,837
QUALIFIED FOR CITIZENSHIP AND 

2803
01:56:50,837 --> 01:56:56,175
HAVE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST 

2804
01:56:56,175 --> 01:56:56,809
FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR. THEY ARE

2805
01:56:56,809 --> 01:56:59,879
GOING TO BE CUT , WHERE THEY 

2806
01:56:59,879 --> 01:57:01,614
WILL NOT HAVE RECEIVED 

2807
01:57:01,614 --> 01:57:04,584
CITIZENSHIP STATUS AND WILL LOSE

2808
01:57:04,584 --> 01:57:06,819
THEIR COVERAGE. WE ARE REALLY 

2809
01:57:06,819 --> 01:57:08,788
CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE 

2810
01:57:08,788 --> 01:57:10,123
DOING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BEEN 

2811
01:57:10,123 --> 01:57:13,126
ASKED TO DO SOME OF THAT ARE 

2812
01:57:13,126 --> 01:57:13,793
WAITING, BUT NOW ARE JUST CAUGHT

2813
01:57:13,793 --> 01:57:19,298
IN THE EXTENDED WAIT TIMES . 

2814
01:57:19,298 --> 01:57:21,134
THAT IS ANOTHER SEGMENT OF THE 

2815
01:57:21,134 --> 01:57:23,436
POPULATION THAT WE JUST WANT TO 

2816
01:57:23,436 --> 01:57:24,937
MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT LOSE 

2817
01:57:24,937 --> 01:57:28,708
SIGHT OF. 

2818
01:57:28,708 --> 01:57:35,448
>> I THINK , I KNOW WE ARE 

2819
01:57:35,448 --> 01:57:36,282
TALKING ABOUT MEDICAID 

2820
01:57:36,282 --> 01:57:37,183
REIMBURSEMENT, MOSTLY. BUT I 

2821
01:57:37,183 --> 01:57:39,218
DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE

2822
01:57:39,218 --> 01:57:42,789
FACT THAT H.R. 1 SIGNIFICANTLY 

2823
01:57:42,789 --> 01:57:44,090
IMPACTS LEFT BENEFITS, THAT IS 

2824
01:57:44,090 --> 01:57:45,691
SOMETHING LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN 

2825
01:57:45,691 --> 01:57:48,161
BE RESPONSIVE TO, AND WORKFORCE 

2826
01:57:48,161 --> 01:57:49,529
, HERE WE ARE LIVING IN A VERY 

2827
01:57:49,529 --> 01:57:50,730
EXPENSIVE CITY, AND GETTING OUR 

2828
01:57:50,730 --> 01:57:54,734
WORKFORCE, AND FOR EXAMPLE , IT 

2829
01:57:54,734 --> 01:57:57,303
IS ALREADY REALLY CHALLENGING. 

2830
01:57:57,303 --> 01:58:02,809
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN

2831
01:58:02,809 --> 01:58:04,777
KIND OF SUPPORT THAT WORK. I CAN

2832
01:58:04,777 --> 01:58:05,478
TELL YOU THAT THE RESIDENCY 

2833
01:58:05,478 --> 01:58:05,978
PROGRAM THROUGH SWEDISH 

2834
01:58:05,978 --> 01:58:07,814
HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE SITES THAT 

2835
01:58:07,814 --> 01:58:11,317
PARTICIPATE IN THAT, IS GOING TO

2836
01:58:11,317 --> 01:58:11,984
BE CHANGING DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE

2837
01:58:11,984 --> 01:58:13,152
THEY JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO RUN. 

2838
01:58:13,152 --> 01:58:14,787
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DISMANTLING

2839
01:58:14,787 --> 01:58:18,224
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS COMPLETELY. 

2840
01:58:18,224 --> 01:58:19,192
AND WE CANNOT GO BACKWARDS. WE 

2841
01:58:19,192 --> 01:58:28,267
JUST CAN'T. [ APPLAUSE ] 

2842
01:58:28,267 --> 01:58:31,471
>> I WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO 

2843
01:58:31,471 --> 01:58:34,073
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I

2844
01:58:34,073 --> 01:58:35,141
AM REALLY APPRECIATING THE 

2845
01:58:35,141 --> 01:58:37,977
POSITIVITY. THAN YOU FOR RAISING

2846
01:58:37,977 --> 01:58:41,681
THE POINT, TOO, ON FOOD ACCESS. 

2847
01:58:41,681 --> 01:58:44,917
WE IN THIS COMMITTEE HAD A FOCUS

2848
01:58:44,917 --> 01:58:45,852
SESSION TALKING ABOUT FOOD 

2849
01:58:45,852 --> 01:58:48,154
ACCESS ALONE AND THE IMPACT OF 

2850
01:58:48,154 --> 01:58:52,391
ALL BE CUTS TO STAFF, AND WHAT 

2851
01:58:52,391 --> 01:58:54,727
IS GOING ON THAT IS AN 

2852
01:58:54,727 --> 01:58:58,397
ENCOURAGEMENT , WE HAVE SOME 

2853
01:58:58,397 --> 01:58:59,799
LOCAL PROVIDERS REALLY UNPACKING

2854
01:58:59,799 --> 01:59:00,766
THAT COMPONENT, THE IMPACT ARE 

2855
01:59:00,766 --> 01:59:04,804
PROFOUND AND WE CANNOT GO BACK, 

2856
01:59:04,804 --> 01:59:06,272
COLLEAGUES, ADDITIONAL 

2857
01:59:06,272 --> 01:59:14,480
QUESTIONS? I AM SEEING 

2858
01:59:14,480 --> 01:59:16,115
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

2859
01:59:16,115 --> 01:59:24,223
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 

2860
01:59:24,223 --> 01:59:26,325
THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS, I 

2861
01:59:26,325 --> 01:59:26,959
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT 

2862
01:59:26,959 --> 01:59:28,127
YOU DO, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, MY 

2863
01:59:28,127 --> 01:59:33,966
QUESTION, FOR HARBORVIEW, 

2864
01:59:33,966 --> 01:59:34,600
LOOKING AND THINKING ABOUT THE 

2865
01:59:34,600 --> 01:59:35,334
$700 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENT 

2866
01:59:35,334 --> 01:59:36,102
LOSS THAT YOU MENTIONED THROUGH 

2867
01:59:36,102 --> 01:59:38,771
THE END OF 2031. I KNOW THAT YOU

2868
01:59:38,771 --> 01:59:40,940
TALKED ABOUT HOW THE 

2869
01:59:40,940 --> 01:59:45,111
DISENROLLMENT, AND LIKE, A MORE 

2870
01:59:45,111 --> 01:59:47,847
HARSHER WORD WILL END UP WITH 

2871
01:59:47,847 --> 01:59:49,815
FOLKS NEEDING TO ACCESS CHARITY 

2872
01:59:49,815 --> 01:59:53,920
CARE AND OTHER COMPONENTS. IS 

2873
01:59:53,920 --> 01:59:55,021
THAT 700 MILLION INCLUSIVE OF 

2874
01:59:55,021 --> 01:59:56,122
THOSE OTHER COSTS THAT 

2875
01:59:56,122 --> 02:00:00,560
HARBORVIEW EXPECTS TO INCUR AS 

2876
02:00:00,560 --> 02:00:01,527
PEOPLE SORT OF SHIFT HOW THEY 

2877
02:00:01,527 --> 02:00:03,129
ARE PAYING FOR THEIR CARE? 

2878
02:00:03,129 --> 02:00:04,764
>> WE ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE 

2879
02:00:04,764 --> 02:00:09,635
TO JUST FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW , 

2880
02:00:09,635 --> 02:00:12,305
WE ARE EXPECTING INITIALLY THAT 

2881
02:00:12,305 --> 02:00:12,872
WE WOULD MAYBE GO BACK TO 

2882
02:00:12,872 --> 02:00:16,008
PRE-ACA , PRE-ACCOUNTABLE CARE 

2883
02:00:16,008 --> 02:00:21,881
LEVEL OF CHARITY CARE , WHICH 

2884
02:00:21,881 --> 02:00:25,851
WAS MORE AROUND 13, 14%. 

2885
02:00:25,851 --> 02:00:29,155
HOWEVER, ONE OF THE THINGS, THAT

2886
02:00:29,155 --> 02:00:30,623
WE WERE INITIALLY LOOKING AT 

2887
02:00:30,623 --> 02:00:32,992
THAT WE REALIZED IS, WE HAVE 

2888
02:00:32,992 --> 02:00:34,727
THANKFULLY PROVIDED A MUCH MORE 

2889
02:00:34,727 --> 02:00:38,197
GENEROUS CHARITY CARE ABILITY, 

2890
02:00:38,197 --> 02:00:39,432
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY AT 300% OF 

2891
02:00:39,432 --> 02:00:45,037
FPL , BACK THEN WE WERE MORE 

2892
02:00:45,037 --> 02:00:46,505
LIKE 200, 250, THE SLIDING SCALE

2893
02:00:46,505 --> 02:00:48,474
UP TO 400 FPL MANY MORE 

2894
02:00:48,474 --> 02:00:55,648
INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS 

2895
02:00:55,648 --> 02:00:57,083
CHARITY CARE, WHICH MEANS FREE 

2896
02:00:57,083 --> 02:00:57,717
CARE, FROM HARBORVIEW. I THINK 

2897
02:00:57,717 --> 02:01:01,587
THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A GOOD 

2898
02:01:01,587 --> 02:01:02,488
UNDERSTANDING YET OF WHAT THAT 

2899
02:01:02,488 --> 02:01:04,290
WILL LOOK LIKE AND THAT IS A 

2900
02:01:04,290 --> 02:01:08,828
VERY DAUNTING THING TO THINK 

2901
02:01:08,828 --> 02:01:09,462
ABOUT, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE 

2902
02:01:09,462 --> 02:01:11,664
KNOW THAT WILL BE A POPULATION 

2903
02:01:11,664 --> 02:01:13,499
OF INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY ONLY 

2904
02:01:13,499 --> 02:01:15,434
HAVE HARBORVIEW AS A CHOICE FOR 

2905
02:01:15,434 --> 02:01:19,772
THEIR IN-PATIENT CARE. THAT IS A

2906
02:01:19,772 --> 02:01:25,645
BIG QUESTION MARK TO ME AND I 

2907
02:01:25,645 --> 02:01:27,213
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

2908
02:01:27,213 --> 02:01:29,215
>> I THINK THE NUMBER IS 

2909
02:01:29,215 --> 02:01:32,251
STAGGERING IN AND OF ITSELF. AND

2910
02:01:32,251 --> 02:01:34,086
TO KNOW THAT IS NOT 

2911
02:01:34,086 --> 02:01:35,054
COMPREHENSIVE, THANK YOU FOR 

2912
02:01:35,054 --> 02:01:38,758
THAT , CHAIR. 

2913
02:01:38,758 --> 02:01:40,393
>> THANK YOU , COLLEAGUES. WITH 

2914
02:01:40,393 --> 02:01:45,831
THAT, I WILL KEEP US MOVING ON 

2915
02:01:45,831 --> 02:01:48,200
THIS HEARING AND SAY THAT WE 

2916
02:01:48,200 --> 02:01:49,502
HAVE WORK TO DO TOGETHER 

2917
02:01:49,502 --> 02:01:51,537
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING. I JUST 

2918
02:01:51,537 --> 02:01:53,139
GOT A CALL OUT FROM THE 

2919
02:01:53,139 --> 02:01:58,544
AUDIENCE, I WOULD HUMBLY ASK, 

2920
02:01:58,544 --> 02:01:59,612
AFTER THE PRESENTATION, I THINK 

2921
02:01:59,612 --> 02:02:01,414
THERE IS INTEREST. WE DON'T TAKE

2922
02:02:01,414 --> 02:02:01,981
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE 

2923
02:02:01,981 --> 02:02:12,525
TURNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS BUT 

2924
02:02:15,294 --> 02:02:16,562
MY TEAM WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER 

2925
02:02:16,562 --> 02:02:17,396
THE MEETING TO HAVE THESE 

2926
02:02:17,396 --> 02:02:18,464
DISCUSSIONS. I THANK YOU ALL FOR

2927
02:02:18,464 --> 02:02:19,865
THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND ARE 

2928
02:02:19,865 --> 02:02:20,733
DOING AND FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP 

2929
02:02:20,733 --> 02:02:21,967
AND THE COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE 

2930
02:02:21,967 --> 02:02:23,736
GOING TO DO THE WORK TOGETHER 

2931
02:02:23,736 --> 02:02:24,303
MOVING FORWARD BEYOND THIS 

2932
02:02:24,303 --> 02:02:24,904
COMMITTEE MEETING. SO, THANK 

2933
02:02:24,904 --> 02:02:26,205
YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] WONDERFUL! I 

2934
02:02:26,205 --> 02:02:29,275
AM GOING TO MOVE US TO OUR THIRD

2935
02:02:29,275 --> 02:02:31,344
ITEM OF BUSINESS AND FINAL ITEM,

2936
02:02:31,344 --> 02:02:33,145
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 3 INTO 

2937
02:02:33,145 --> 02:02:34,680
THE RECORD? 

2938
02:02:34,680 --> 02:02:39,618
>> CIVIL RIGHTS, , BISEXUAL, 

2939
02:02:39,618 --> 02:02:42,788
LGBTQ COMMUNITIES IN PRESENT 

2940
02:02:42,788 --> 02:02:47,760
ALL, -- SEATTLE, BRIEFING AND 

2941
02:02:47,760 --> 02:02:57,436
DISCUSSION. 

2942
02:02:57,436 --> 02:03:03,075
>> THANK YOU, GOING INTO THE 

2943
02:03:03,075 --> 02:03:13,619
TRANSITION. WONDERFUL, WELCOME 

2944
02:03:14,320 --> 02:03:21,994
TO OUR FINAL PANEL FOR THE DAY, 

2945
02:03:21,994 --> 02:03:22,661
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 

2946
02:03:22,661 --> 02:03:23,462
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR THE 

2947
02:03:23,462 --> 02:03:24,029
RECORD BEFORE STARTING YOUR 

2948
02:03:24,029 --> 02:03:24,897
PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE 

2949
02:03:24,897 --> 02:03:28,934
GREAT. 

2950
02:03:28,934 --> 02:03:30,436
>> IS THE MIC ON? 

2951
02:03:30,436 --> 02:03:33,873
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THERE IT

2952
02:03:33,873 --> 02:03:40,946
IS, THANKS FOR HAVING US, 

2953
02:03:40,946 --> 02:03:41,814
COUNCIL CHAIR RINCK, THANK YOU 

2954
02:03:41,814 --> 02:03:43,182
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS 

2955
02:03:43,182 --> 02:03:44,517
CHRIS, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE 

2956
02:03:44,517 --> 02:03:45,584
HERE. 

2957
02:03:45,584 --> 02:03:50,222
>> MY NAME IS CODY ALLEN, I USE 

2958
02:03:50,222 --> 02:03:54,527
HE/HIM PRONOUNS, ANOTHER COCHAIR

2959
02:03:54,527 --> 02:03:55,194
OF THIS COMMISSION. 

2960
02:03:55,194 --> 02:03:56,829
>> THE FEDERAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR 

2961
02:03:56,829 --> 02:04:00,966
OF INTEROFFICE REGULATIONS, NICE

2962
02:04:00,966 --> 02:04:02,334
TO SEE YOU ALL. 

2963
02:04:02,334 --> 02:04:03,202
>> DOMINIC STEVENS, SPECIAL 

2964
02:04:03,202 --> 02:04:08,007
CHAIR FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 

2965
02:04:08,007 --> 02:04:13,712
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, SEATTLE CITY 

2966
02:04:13,712 --> 02:04:15,648
OFFICE, SHE/HER PRONOUNS . 

2967
02:04:15,648 --> 02:04:19,852
>> SO, AS THE COMMISSION, WE 

2968
02:04:19,852 --> 02:04:22,254
WANTED TO START OFF , FRAMING 

2969
02:04:22,254 --> 02:04:25,791
OUR CONVERSATION AND WHAT WE 

2970
02:04:25,791 --> 02:04:27,193
HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY 

2971
02:04:27,193 --> 02:04:32,231
THAT BROUGHT FORTH ACTIONS THAT 

2972
02:04:32,231 --> 02:04:34,233
WE HAVE HERE, TODAY. SO WE HAVE 

2973
02:04:34,233 --> 02:04:35,267
HIGHLIGHTED A FEW DIFFERENT 

2974
02:04:35,267 --> 02:04:39,939
THINGS , WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 

2975
02:04:39,939 --> 02:04:43,375
LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES AT LARGE, 

2976
02:04:43,375 --> 02:04:49,281
WE WANTED TO CENTER ON 

2977
02:04:49,281 --> 02:04:50,115
TRANSGENDER AND GENDER 

2978
02:04:50,115 --> 02:04:51,383
NONCONFORMING FOLKS WHO ARE 

2979
02:04:51,383 --> 02:04:53,085
EXPERIENCING AN ONSLAUGHT OF 

2980
02:04:53,085 --> 02:04:58,424
ATTACKS. FEDERALLY, -- TO, THE 

2981
02:04:58,424 --> 02:05:03,128
COMMUNITY, TO OUR RIGHTS . 

2982
02:05:03,128 --> 02:05:04,763
ESCALATING ANTI-TRANS 

2983
02:05:04,763 --> 02:05:06,732
LEGISLATION, THAT IS NOT JUST 

2984
02:05:06,732 --> 02:05:10,302
HAPPENING IN FEDERALLY BUT ALSO 

2985
02:05:10,302 --> 02:05:17,676
A STATE LEVEL, DRIVING INTERNAL 

2986
02:05:17,676 --> 02:05:19,411
DISPLACEMENT, FOLKS FROM OTHER 

2987
02:05:19,411 --> 02:05:20,279
STATES ARE COMING TO OUR CITY, 

2988
02:05:20,279 --> 02:05:24,049
OUR REGION, OUR STATE, AND 

2989
02:05:24,049 --> 02:05:25,117
LOOKING FOR THE PROTECTIONS THAT

2990
02:05:25,117 --> 02:05:26,986
WE HAVE, AS A PLACE OF REFUGE. 

2991
02:05:26,986 --> 02:05:33,659
THIS IS PLACING GROWING PRESSURE

2992
02:05:33,659 --> 02:05:34,460
ON OUR COMMUNITY-BASED 

2993
02:05:34,460 --> 02:05:35,528
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY 

2994
02:05:35,528 --> 02:05:37,730
PROVIDING THE KIND OF WRAPAROUND

2995
02:05:37,730 --> 02:05:38,898
SERVICES, WHETHER WE ARE TALKING

2996
02:05:38,898 --> 02:05:40,032
ABOUT FOOD ASSISTANCE, 

2997
02:05:40,032 --> 02:05:41,634
HEALTHCARE SUPPORT, LEGAL 

2998
02:05:41,634 --> 02:05:45,504
NAVIGATION , WHO ARE FEELING 

2999
02:05:45,504 --> 02:05:49,241
STRAPPED TO BE ABLE TO HELP, NOT

3000
02:05:49,241 --> 02:05:50,442
JUST PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS 

3001
02:05:50,442 --> 02:05:55,314
TRANSGENDER, GENDER 

3002
02:05:55,314 --> 02:05:56,215
NONCONFORMING, THOSE WHO ARE 

3003
02:05:56,215 --> 02:05:57,917
RELOCATING TO A REGION A CALL AT

3004
02:05:57,917 --> 02:05:59,018
HOME AS A PLACE OF SAFETY AND 

3005
02:05:59,018 --> 02:06:02,321
REFUGE . AS A COMMISSION, WE 

3006
02:06:02,321 --> 02:06:08,060
HAVE BEEN IN INDICATION WITH 

3007
02:06:08,060 --> 02:06:08,994
SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT

3008
02:06:08,994 --> 02:06:10,829
HAVE ASKED US, WHAT CAN WE DO TO

3009
02:06:10,829 --> 02:06:11,497
HELP AND THE INCREASED DEMAND, 

3010
02:06:11,497 --> 02:06:13,098
THE HIGHER OPERATING COSTS, THE 

3011
02:06:13,098 --> 02:06:17,603
SHIFTING AND THE FUNDING 

3012
02:06:17,603 --> 02:06:19,104
LANDSCAPE, THE ATTACKS AT THE 

3013
02:06:19,104 --> 02:06:20,906
FEDERAL LEVEL ON SOME OF THESE 

3014
02:06:20,906 --> 02:06:21,540
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CREATED NEW 

3015
02:06:21,540 --> 02:06:22,508
AND COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING 

3016
02:06:22,508 --> 02:06:24,076
PRESSURES THAT BROUGHT WHAT WAS 

3017
02:06:24,076 --> 02:06:26,845
ONCE A CRITICAL ISSUE INTO NOW 

3018
02:06:26,845 --> 02:06:31,717
BEING AN URGENT ISSUE, A MATTER 

3019
02:06:31,717 --> 02:06:39,391
OF CRISIS , NOT JUST FOR OUR 

3020
02:06:39,391 --> 02:06:40,025
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, 

3021
02:06:40,025 --> 02:06:41,126
BUT THOSE WHO ARE DIRECTLY 

3022
02:06:41,126 --> 02:06:42,461
RECEIVING THEIR SERVICES. THE 

3023
02:06:42,461 --> 02:06:45,664
COMMUNITY ASK HAS BEEN TO REALLY

3024
02:06:45,664 --> 02:06:49,902
START WITH IMMEDIATE 

3025
02:06:49,902 --> 02:06:51,670
STABILIZATION, WHILE ALL OF 

3026
02:06:51,670 --> 02:06:53,939
THESE CHANGES ARE HAPPENING . 

3027
02:06:53,939 --> 02:06:59,345
PARTICULARLY, BY WAY OF FOUNDING

3028
02:06:59,345 --> 02:07:00,746
RESOURCES TO PRESERVE THE GOOD 

3029
02:07:00,746 --> 02:07:01,380
WORK THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING 

3030
02:07:01,380 --> 02:07:08,454
WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATIONS , WHILE

3031
02:07:08,454 --> 02:07:09,888
WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO CREATE 

3032
02:07:09,888 --> 02:07:13,292
MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS THROUGH

3033
02:07:13,292 --> 02:07:15,027
NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE 

3034
02:07:15,027 --> 02:07:16,662
BUDGETARY CYCLE BUT ALSO LOOKING

3035
02:07:16,662 --> 02:07:17,296
BEYOND, INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURAL

3036
02:07:17,296 --> 02:07:19,798
SUPPORT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO 

3037
02:07:19,798 --> 02:07:25,604
WELCOME VALUES. AND CODY IS 

3038
02:07:25,604 --> 02:07:27,473
GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT 

3039
02:07:27,473 --> 02:07:29,041
THAT HAS LOOKED LIKE DEALING 

3040
02:07:29,041 --> 02:07:31,910
WITH NGOs AND OUR 

3041
02:07:31,910 --> 02:07:38,050
COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS. 

3042
02:07:38,050 --> 02:07:40,085
>> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 

3043
02:07:40,085 --> 02:07:41,620
FRAME WHAT THE COMMISSION IS IN 

3044
02:07:41,620 --> 02:07:42,221
AND WHAT WE DO. WE ARE A 

3045
02:07:42,221 --> 02:07:42,855
VOLUNTEER-BASED COMMISSION. WE 

3046
02:07:42,855 --> 02:07:44,990
ARE MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF THE 

3047
02:07:44,990 --> 02:07:51,130
LGBTQ COMMUNITY, MANY WORK IN 

3048
02:07:51,130 --> 02:07:53,098
NONPROFITS BUT ALSO RECEIVED 

3049
02:07:53,098 --> 02:07:53,532
SERVICES FROM THESE 

3050
02:07:53,532 --> 02:07:56,635
ORGANIZATIONS OURSELVES. SO, ONE

3051
02:07:56,635 --> 02:07:59,638
OF OUR BIGGEST ROLES IS TO BE A 

3052
02:07:59,638 --> 02:08:00,839
BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND

3053
02:08:00,839 --> 02:08:04,309
THE CITY, THIS BODY. IN THE LAST

3054
02:08:04,309 --> 02:08:08,247
SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, WHAT WE 

3055
02:08:08,247 --> 02:08:10,816
HAVE SEEN, WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, 

3056
02:08:10,816 --> 02:08:11,450
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMING 

3057
02:08:11,450 --> 02:08:13,185
TO US AND RAISING RED FLAGS THAT

3058
02:08:13,185 --> 02:08:17,356
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING AND

3059
02:08:17,356 --> 02:08:19,124
THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO CONTINUE

3060
02:08:19,124 --> 02:08:21,894
THESE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT 

3061
02:08:21,894 --> 02:08:24,196
SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, 

3062
02:08:24,196 --> 02:08:28,734
SPECIFICALLY HEALTHCARE, TRANS 

3063
02:08:28,734 --> 02:08:31,703
-SPECIFIC HEALTHCARE, WRAPAROUND

3064
02:08:31,703 --> 02:08:34,440
CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING AND 

3065
02:08:34,440 --> 02:08:35,874
EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES . AND

3066
02:08:35,874 --> 02:08:39,978
THIS ISN'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE 

3067
02:08:39,978 --> 02:08:46,618
FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR BUT WE CAN

3068
02:08:46,618 --> 02:08:48,520
FIGURE OUT NEXT YEAR, WE DO NOT 

3069
02:08:48,520 --> 02:08:49,254
HAVE THE FUNDING TO STAY OPEN 

3070
02:08:49,254 --> 02:08:50,823
UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. 

3071
02:08:50,823 --> 02:08:52,791
EMERGENCY. AND SO, WHILE THESE 

3072
02:08:52,791 --> 02:08:56,328
ORGANIZATIONS ARE DEALING WITH 

3073
02:08:56,328 --> 02:08:58,797
AN INCREASE IN CLIENTELE , WHEN 

3074
02:08:58,797 --> 02:09:03,168
THEY SHOULD BE INCREASING 

3075
02:09:03,168 --> 02:09:03,669
STAFFING AND INCREASING 

3076
02:09:03,669 --> 02:09:06,238
PROGRAMMING , INSTEAD, THEY ARE 

3077
02:09:06,238 --> 02:09:11,376
FIGURING OUT WHERE TO CUT MONEY 

3078
02:09:11,376 --> 02:09:13,746
FROM THESE PIVOTAL SERVICES , 

3079
02:09:13,746 --> 02:09:19,084
JUST TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. 

3080
02:09:19,084 --> 02:09:22,721
AND THE IMPACT THAT THESE 

3081
02:09:22,721 --> 02:09:25,157
ORGANIZATIONS CLOSING WOULD HAVE

3082
02:09:25,157 --> 02:09:30,362
ON OUR COMMUNITIES , IS ALMOST 

3083
02:09:30,362 --> 02:09:35,300
IMPOSSIBLE TO QUANTIFY. 

3084
02:09:35,300 --> 02:09:39,338
>> AND IS ALREADY CREATING A 

3085
02:09:39,338 --> 02:09:41,573
STRAINER ON ORGANIZATIONS, IN MY

3086
02:09:41,573 --> 02:09:47,012
DAY JOB , I AM A PROGRAM MANAGER

3087
02:09:47,012 --> 02:09:48,413
FOR A HOMELESS SHELTER AND WE 

3088
02:09:48,413 --> 02:09:50,415
HAVE SEEN A MASSIVE INCREASE IN 

3089
02:09:50,415 --> 02:09:54,486
TRANS, SPECIFICALLY , YOUNG 

3090
02:09:54,486 --> 02:09:56,221
ADULTS WHO ARE COMING HERE FROM 

3091
02:09:56,221 --> 02:09:59,358
OTHER STATES . AND I CAN TELL 

3092
02:09:59,358 --> 02:10:04,496
YOU, 100%, THE MEMBER WE HURT 

3093
02:10:04,496 --> 02:10:06,298
EARLIER [ INAUDIBLE - STATIC ] 

3094
02:10:06,298 --> 02:10:09,868
WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN OUR SHELTER

3095
02:10:09,868 --> 02:10:11,703
ALONE, WE ARE TURNING AWAY AT 

3096
02:10:11,703 --> 02:10:13,272
LEAST 10 YOUNG ADULTS PER NIGHT 

3097
02:10:13,272 --> 02:10:16,108
AND WE ARE THE BIGGEST SHELTER 

3098
02:10:16,108 --> 02:10:20,412
IN THE CITY . AND MANY, MANY, 

3099
02:10:20,412 --> 02:10:25,117
MANY OF OUR TRIADS ARE -- 

3100
02:10:25,117 --> 02:10:26,151
CLIENTS ARE TRANS REFUGEES WHO 

3101
02:10:26,151 --> 02:10:29,154
HAVE COME HERE. IF THESE 

3102
02:10:29,154 --> 02:10:30,155
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 

3103
02:10:30,155 --> 02:10:32,724
THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR QUEER 

3104
02:10:32,724 --> 02:10:34,092
PEOPLE CLOSE, THE IMPACT THAT 

3105
02:10:34,092 --> 02:10:36,395
WOULD HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, ON PEOPLE

3106
02:10:36,395 --> 02:10:42,568
WHO USE OUR SERVICES BUT EVERY 

3107
02:10:42,568 --> 02:10:43,468
OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED 

3108
02:10:43,468 --> 02:10:44,770
ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY YOU ARE

3109
02:10:44,770 --> 02:10:45,704
EXPERIENCING DECREASED FUNDING 

3110
02:10:45,704 --> 02:10:46,205
BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL 

3111
02:10:46,205 --> 02:10:50,008
ADMINISTRATION, WOULD PUT A HUGE

3112
02:10:50,008 --> 02:10:57,015
STRAIN ON THE SYSTEM . SO, AS 

3113
02:10:57,015 --> 02:10:59,918
CHRIS SAID , WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 

3114
02:10:59,918 --> 02:11:02,988
WORKING ON, WHAT WE ARE ASKING 

3115
02:11:02,988 --> 02:11:05,824
IS BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM

3116
02:11:05,824 --> 02:11:07,359
SOLUTIONS AT THE SAME TIME. 

3117
02:11:07,359 --> 02:11:10,062
LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS ARE SO 

3118
02:11:10,062 --> 02:11:11,863
IMPORTANT TO SET OUR COMMUNITY 

3119
02:11:11,863 --> 02:11:12,831
UP FOR SUCCESS. BUT , THEY 

3120
02:11:12,831 --> 02:11:14,900
DON'T MATTER, IF WE DON'T HAVE

3121
02:11:14,900 --> 02:11:19,004
SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE 

3122
02:11:19,004 --> 02:11:23,041
THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS 

3123
02:11:23,041 --> 02:11:25,043
SURVIVE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE 

3124
02:11:25,043 --> 02:11:26,411
FUTURE ALL WE WANT. IF THEY DO 

3125
02:11:26,411 --> 02:11:28,881
NOT HAVE A FUTURE, THEN IT IS A 

3126
02:11:28,881 --> 02:11:39,291
MOOT POINT. SO , WE ARE ASKING 

3127
02:11:39,291 --> 02:11:43,528
THE CITY COUNCIL , THE MAYOR, TO

3128
02:11:43,528 --> 02:11:49,501
CONTINUE -- WE NEED HELP. OUR 

3129
02:11:49,501 --> 02:11:55,340
COMMUNITY NEEDS HELP. AND THIS 

3130
02:11:55,340 --> 02:11:57,342
IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE CAN 

3131
02:11:57,342 --> 02:12:01,880
GET IT FROM. DO YOU HAVE 

3132
02:12:01,880 --> 02:12:07,619
SOMETHING TO ADD? 

3133
02:12:07,619 --> 02:12:11,556
>> AWESOME . WELL, I THINK AS WE

3134
02:12:11,556 --> 02:12:15,327
CAN TELL TAKE , THERE IS A LOT 

3135
02:12:15,327 --> 02:12:16,395
HAPPENING AROUND LGBTQIA+ AT THE

3136
02:12:16,395 --> 02:12:22,367
NATIONAL LEVEL . WE COULD SPEND 

3137
02:12:22,367 --> 02:12:22,968
QUITE SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT 

3138
02:12:22,968 --> 02:12:24,803
IT, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I AM 

3139
02:12:24,803 --> 02:12:25,470
REALLY HERE TO PROVIDE A FEW 

3140
02:12:25,470 --> 02:12:27,272
CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF HARMFUL 

3141
02:12:27,272 --> 02:12:28,173
ACTIONS THE FEDERAL 

3142
02:12:28,173 --> 02:12:30,442
ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN. 

3143
02:12:30,442 --> 02:12:34,780
REITERATING THE NEED FOR WHAT 

3144
02:12:34,780 --> 02:12:35,847
YOU ARE DISCUSSING. AND ALSO 

3145
02:12:35,847 --> 02:12:37,716
SHARE SOME INSIGHTS INTO WHAT 

3146
02:12:37,716 --> 02:12:42,087
HAPPENED DURING OUR LAST STATE 

3147
02:12:42,087 --> 02:12:43,422
LEGISLATIVE SESSION. STARTING 

3148
02:12:43,422 --> 02:12:44,089
WITH THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION,

3149
02:12:44,089 --> 02:12:48,427
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WHEN TRUMP 

3150
02:12:48,427 --> 02:12:49,394
FIRST TOOK OFFICE, THERE WAS A 

3151
02:12:49,394 --> 02:12:50,028
SLEW OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, MANY 

3152
02:12:50,028 --> 02:12:54,933
OF THEM FOCUSED ON DEI AND QUEER

3153
02:12:54,933 --> 02:12:56,735
RIGHTS, ONE OF THE INITIAL 

3154
02:12:56,735 --> 02:12:58,303
ORDERS THAT CAME OUT WAS A 

3155
02:12:58,303 --> 02:12:59,204
RESCINDING OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S

3156
02:12:59,204 --> 02:13:03,642
ORDER, MAINLY FOCUSED AROUND 

3157
02:13:03,642 --> 02:13:04,609
LGBTQIA+ EQUITIES AND INCLUDED 

3158
02:13:04,609 --> 02:13:06,311
WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 

3159
02:13:06,311 --> 02:13:11,650
WHITE HOUSE GENDER POLICY 

3160
02:13:11,650 --> 02:13:12,718
COUNCIL, SO THAT NO LONGER 

3161
02:13:12,718 --> 02:13:14,019
EXISTS. WE ALSO SAW SOME 

3162
02:13:14,019 --> 02:13:17,122
CONCERNING ORDERS, 147, 1490, 

3163
02:13:17,122 --> 02:13:24,196
WHICH BOTH TARGETED TRANS YOUTH.

3164
02:13:24,196 --> 02:13:25,297
OUTSIDE OF THOSE WE SAW 

3165
02:13:25,297 --> 02:13:26,131
EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT IMPACT 

3166
02:13:26,131 --> 02:13:27,132
FEDERAL FUNDING. 4151, REALLY 

3167
02:13:27,132 --> 02:13:30,302
AIMED TO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON 

3168
02:13:30,302 --> 02:13:33,405
FEDERAL FUNDING RECIPIENTS , 

3169
02:13:33,405 --> 02:13:36,274
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND 

3170
02:13:36,274 --> 02:13:41,480
INCLUSION. EXPENSIVE LITIGATION 

3171
02:13:41,480 --> 02:13:43,248
ON THESE ORDERS, I THINK IT 

3172
02:13:43,248 --> 02:13:43,849
REALLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE 

3173
02:13:43,849 --> 02:13:46,318
ADMINISTRATION HAS AND REALLY 

3174
02:13:46,318 --> 02:13:49,654
WILL CONTINUE TO ATTACK EQUITY ,

3175
02:13:49,654 --> 02:13:52,457
AND SPECIFICALLY, TRANS RIGHTS. 

3176
02:13:52,457 --> 02:13:57,496
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN THE SUPREME 

3177
02:13:57,496 --> 02:13:59,164
COURT HERE A NUMBER OF CASES 

3178
02:13:59,164 --> 02:14:00,999
RELATED TO TRANS RIGHTS , THIS 

3179
02:14:00,999 --> 02:14:02,267
YEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS WERE HELD 

3180
02:14:02,267 --> 02:14:04,403
FOR WEST VIRGINIA BP J, BOTH 

3181
02:14:04,403 --> 02:14:09,341
FOCUSED ON BANNING TRANSGENDER 

3182
02:14:09,341 --> 02:14:11,777
YOUTH FROM PARTICIPATING IN 

3183
02:14:11,777 --> 02:14:12,978
SPORTS. THERE WAS A MAJOR 

3184
02:14:12,978 --> 02:14:15,714
DECISION AROUND THE THERAPY AND 

3185
02:14:15,714 --> 02:14:18,784
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]. THESE ARE 

3186
02:14:18,784 --> 02:14:19,985
BOTH ISSUES THAT REMAIN 

3187
02:14:19,985 --> 02:14:22,354
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO OUR 

3188
02:14:22,354 --> 02:14:23,221
COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO I JUST 

3189
02:14:23,221 --> 02:14:24,423
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE. 

3190
02:14:24,423 --> 02:14:26,258
BEFORE HOPPING OVER TO THE STATE

3191
02:14:26,258 --> 02:14:30,762
SIDE, I WANTED TO FLAG A HIGHLY 

3192
02:14:30,762 --> 02:14:32,531
PROBLEMATIC PROPOSED RULE COMING

3193
02:14:32,531 --> 02:14:33,865
FROM THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT 

3194
02:14:33,865 --> 02:14:36,601
AND BUDGET. JUST LAST THIS 

3195
02:14:36,601 --> 02:14:37,769
MONTH, THE RULE WAS TO REWORK 

3196
02:14:37,769 --> 02:14:38,804
THE FEDERAL FUNDING PROCESS, 

3197
02:14:38,804 --> 02:14:39,438
ESSENTIALLY GIVING AUTHORITY TO 

3198
02:14:39,438 --> 02:14:44,009
HALT AWARDS BASED ON DEI 

3199
02:14:44,009 --> 02:14:48,113
POLICIES AND GENDER TRANSITION 

3200
02:14:48,113 --> 02:14:49,181
SERVICES AND ALSO GIVE THE 

3201
02:14:49,181 --> 02:14:50,248
ADMINISTRATION THE AUTHORITY TO 

3202
02:14:50,248 --> 02:14:54,219
ALTER, BASED ON NATIONAL 

3203
02:14:54,219 --> 02:14:57,556
INTERESTS . THIS REMAINS A HUGE 

3204
02:14:57,556 --> 02:15:00,358
CONCERN, WITH BOTH PRIVATE AND 

3205
02:15:00,358 --> 02:15:04,563
PUBLIC AND THIS WILL QUICKLY 

3206
02:15:04,563 --> 02:15:06,097
ELEVATE TO A LEGAL CHALLENGE IF 

3207
02:15:06,097 --> 02:15:11,269
ENACTED. WITH ALL OF THAT BEING 

3208
02:15:11,269 --> 02:15:12,504
SAID, THE WASHINGTON STATE 

3209
02:15:12,504 --> 02:15:14,005
LEGISLATURE DID TAKE ACTIONS TO 

3210
02:15:14,005 --> 02:15:18,143
PROTECT THE QUEER COMMUNITY, THE

3211
02:15:18,143 --> 02:15:22,247
SENATE BILL THAT PREVENTS THE 

3212
02:15:22,247 --> 02:15:22,848
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE 

3213
02:15:22,848 --> 02:15:24,182
PERMIT OF LICENSING [ INAUDIBLE 

3214
02:15:24,182 --> 02:15:30,055
- STATIC ], SENATE BILL 6183, 

3215
02:15:30,055 --> 02:15:31,556
WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO EARLY 

3216
02:15:31,556 --> 02:15:36,294
TREATMENT TO PREVENT HIV . WE 

3217
02:15:36,294 --> 02:15:38,096
ALSO SAW HOSPITAL 1604, WHICH 

3218
02:15:38,096 --> 02:15:40,432
PROVIDES PARAMETERS FOR 

3219
02:15:40,432 --> 02:15:41,066
CONDUCTING SEARCHES OF TRANSCEND

3220
02:15:41,066 --> 02:15:45,470
-- TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX 

3221
02:15:45,470 --> 02:15:46,838
INDIVIDUALS CAN FIND A LOCAL 

3222
02:15:46,838 --> 02:15:50,809
JAIL, CONDUCTING THE SEARCH. SO,

3223
02:15:50,809 --> 02:15:54,079
AS YOU CAN SEE, OBVIOUSLY A LOT 

3224
02:15:54,079 --> 02:15:55,780
HAPPENING BOTH ON THE NATIONAL 

3225
02:15:55,780 --> 02:15:57,315
LEVEL AND HERE AT HOME. YOU 

3226
02:15:57,315 --> 02:16:05,590
KNOW? THIS SLIDE IS TRULY THE 

3227
02:16:05,590 --> 02:16:06,892
TIP OF THE ICEBERG. I THINK THAT

3228
02:16:06,892 --> 02:16:07,959
WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE 

3229
02:16:07,959 --> 02:16:08,693
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT

3230
02:16:08,693 --> 02:16:09,794
TODAY, SO, IN A, COUNCILMEMBER 

3231
02:16:09,794 --> 02:16:11,062
RINCK, WE APPRECIATE YOU RAISING

3232
02:16:11,062 --> 02:16:12,397
THIS ISSUE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER 

3233
02:16:12,397 --> 02:16:18,470
ANY QUESTIONS AND ON A PERSONAL 

3234
02:16:18,470 --> 02:16:20,205
NOTE, WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR

3235
02:16:20,205 --> 02:16:20,805
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. ALSO A 

3236
02:16:20,805 --> 02:16:22,407
MEMBER OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY 

3237
02:16:22,407 --> 02:16:23,909
THIS IS SUCH A VERY DIFFICULT 

3238
02:16:23,909 --> 02:16:25,544
TIME. I HOPE FOLKS CAN CELEBRATE

3239
02:16:25,544 --> 02:16:29,881
AND FIND SOME QUEER JOY THIS 

3240
02:16:29,881 --> 02:16:31,049
WEEKEND, WITHOUT I WILL PASS IT 

3241
02:16:31,049 --> 02:16:32,350
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE . 

3242
02:16:32,350 --> 02:16:34,019
>> AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON, GLAD 

3243
02:16:34,019 --> 02:16:36,555
TO BE WITH YOU ALL. REALLY 

3244
02:16:36,555 --> 02:16:41,560
HONORED, FIRST , THIS ROLE THEN 

3245
02:16:41,560 --> 02:16:42,861
I SIT IN HAS NEVER EXISTED IN 

3246
02:16:42,861 --> 02:16:44,095
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THE 

3247
02:16:44,095 --> 02:16:46,064
MAYOR'S OFFICE, BEING 

3248
02:16:46,064 --> 02:16:46,765
INTENTIONAL ABOUT HAVING A 

3249
02:16:46,765 --> 02:16:47,966
SPECIAL ADVISER, IS A VERY BIG 

3250
02:16:47,966 --> 02:16:50,001
THING. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP 

3251
02:16:50,001 --> 02:16:54,272
IS, WE RECENTLY STOOD UP , AS 

3252
02:16:54,272 --> 02:16:56,875
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, A 

3253
02:16:56,875 --> 02:17:04,482
TRANS AND QUEER INTERDEPARTMENTA

3254
02:17:04,482 --> 02:17:05,584
L TEAM, THAT HAS NEVER EXISTED 

3255
02:17:05,584 --> 02:17:06,952
IN THE CITY. HERE WE ARE, WE 

3256
02:17:06,952 --> 02:17:07,986
UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF THE 

3257
02:17:07,986 --> 02:17:09,354
MATTER OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT 

3258
02:17:09,354 --> 02:17:11,289
NOW. THE CALL OF ACTION TO FOLKS

3259
02:17:11,289 --> 02:17:12,891
MOVING INTO SEATTLE, WELCOME TO 

3260
02:17:12,891 --> 02:17:14,759
SEATTLE, AND THE LONG TERM, 

3261
02:17:14,759 --> 02:17:16,027
LONG-STANDING NEEDS OF OUR 

3262
02:17:16,027 --> 02:17:21,199
COMMUNITY. THIS IDT , IN 

3263
02:17:21,199 --> 02:17:22,634
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF 

3264
02:17:22,634 --> 02:17:26,571
CIVIL RIGHTS AND COMMISSION AND 

3265
02:17:26,571 --> 02:17:28,340
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHICH IS 

3266
02:17:28,340 --> 02:17:29,641
GREAT, WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS 

3267
02:17:29,641 --> 02:17:30,775
THE CITYWIDE, IMMEDIATE NEEDS, 

3268
02:17:30,775 --> 02:17:33,078
RIGHT? FORTIFY THE LONG-TERM 

3269
02:17:33,078 --> 02:17:36,114
SERVICES, OF QUESTIONS, ASKS , 

3270
02:17:36,114 --> 02:17:38,950
AND DEMANDS, EVEN OF FOLKS , WHO

3271
02:17:38,950 --> 02:17:43,888
ARE QUEER IDENTIFIED AND WORK IN

3272
02:17:43,888 --> 02:17:45,056
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THERE HAVE 

3273
02:17:45,056 --> 02:17:46,291
BEEN A BUNCH OF REQUESTS FOR 

3274
02:17:46,291 --> 02:17:50,762
THEM THAT HAVE BEEN UNADDRESSED 

3275
02:17:50,762 --> 02:17:51,963
, UNANSWERED, THIS WILL HELP US 

3276
02:17:51,963 --> 02:17:53,264
STABILIZE AND START TO 

3277
02:17:53,264 --> 02:17:53,898
OPERATIONALIZE ACROSS-THE-BOARD 

3278
02:17:53,898 --> 02:17:54,532
WHAT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY ENDING

3279
02:17:54,532 --> 02:17:58,470
LONG-TERM NEEDS. THIS GOES TO 

3280
02:17:58,470 --> 02:18:03,274
BOTH WHAT CHRIS AND TRYING TO DO

3281
02:18:03,274 --> 02:18:05,477
WERE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT CAN BE 

3282
02:18:05,477 --> 02:18:07,112
DONE TO STABILIZE AND WHAT DOES 

3283
02:18:07,112 --> 02:18:09,948
IT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE MAYBE LOW 

3284
02:18:09,948 --> 02:18:11,916
BARRIER ACCESS TO SOME OF THIS 

3285
02:18:11,916 --> 02:18:15,487
FUNDING . SOME OF THESE 

3286
02:18:15,487 --> 02:18:18,123
ORGANIZATIONS WORK WITH 

3287
02:18:18,123 --> 02:18:19,724
SENSITIVE INFORMATION, WE DON'T

3288
02:18:19,724 --> 02:18:23,795
WANT TO FURTHER HARM THE 

3289
02:18:23,795 --> 02:18:24,629
COMMUNITY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THIS 

3290
02:18:24,629 --> 02:18:28,767
IS COMMUNITY -FORMED IN TERMS OF

3291
02:18:28,767 --> 02:18:29,701
HOUSING, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, 

3292
02:18:29,701 --> 02:18:33,872
FOOD, LEGAL NAVIGATION, SURVIVOR

3293
02:18:33,872 --> 02:18:34,973
CENTER VIOLENCE PREVENTION. PART

3294
02:18:34,973 --> 02:18:39,411
OF THAT, TOO, WOULD SAY, AS WE 

3295
02:18:39,411 --> 02:18:40,745
ARE TAKING THE COMMUNITY 

3296
02:18:40,745 --> 02:18:44,082
-INFORMED INFORMATION , THE 

3297
02:18:44,082 --> 02:18:47,485
QUESTIONS, THE FACTS , AND WE 

3298
02:18:47,485 --> 02:18:51,556
ARE TRYING TO FORMALIZE WHAT 

3299
02:18:51,556 --> 02:18:52,824
WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. WE WANT TO 

3300
02:18:52,824 --> 02:18:54,225
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS

3301
02:18:54,225 --> 02:18:57,095
IN A VERY INTENTIONAL WAY. FOR 

3302
02:18:57,095 --> 02:18:58,129
EXAMPLE, WE CAN GET INTO THIS 

3303
02:18:58,129 --> 02:19:00,198
DEEPER AT ANOTHER TIME. WE KNOW 

3304
02:19:00,198 --> 02:19:01,466
THAT, IN OUR SHELTER EXPANSION, 

3305
02:19:01,466 --> 02:19:04,269
THERE WILL BE A TRANS-SPECIFIC 

3306
02:19:04,269 --> 02:19:09,941
SITE THAT WILL BE SET UP . THAT 

3307
02:19:09,941 --> 02:19:11,309
IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD GO 

3308
02:19:11,309 --> 02:19:12,510
AHEAD AND SAY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, 

3309
02:19:12,510 --> 02:19:17,048
THROUGH THE IDT , WHAT WE DO IN 

3310
02:19:17,048 --> 02:19:18,383
TERMS OF FOLKS WHO ARE MIGRATING

3311
02:19:18,383 --> 02:19:19,284
HERE. YOU MIGHT BE MIGRATING 

3312
02:19:19,284 --> 02:19:20,185
WITH SOME RESOURCES, THAT IS 

3313
02:19:20,185 --> 02:19:21,820
SOMETHING I THINK I HEARD AT THE

3314
02:19:21,820 --> 02:19:23,455
TABLE, TOO. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE 

3315
02:19:23,455 --> 02:19:24,889
THAT YOU DO NOT DEPLETE ALL OF 

3316
02:19:24,889 --> 02:19:26,157
THE RESOURCES TO GET SERVICES, 

3317
02:19:26,157 --> 02:19:35,934
RIGHT ? WE HAVE A BAD HABIT OF 

3318
02:19:35,934 --> 02:19:37,435
MAKING PEOPLE GO TO ZERO TO GET 

3319
02:19:37,435 --> 02:19:38,737
SERVICES AND I THINK WE CAN BE 

3320
02:19:38,737 --> 02:19:40,138
ON THE PRECIPICE OF MAKING SURE 

3321
02:19:40,138 --> 02:19:40,939
THAT WE DO NOT DEPLETE 

3322
02:19:40,939 --> 02:19:42,006
SOMEONE'S RESOURCES AS WE MOVE 

3323
02:19:42,006 --> 02:19:43,541
TO SEATTLE FOR THEIR SAFETY. WE 

3324
02:19:43,541 --> 02:19:44,709
ARE GOING TO DO THIS AS AN 

3325
02:19:44,709 --> 02:19:45,944
INTERSECTIONAL LYSED APPROACH, 

3326
02:19:45,944 --> 02:19:49,948
WE WILL NEED ALL IDENTITIES TO 

3327
02:19:49,948 --> 02:19:50,949
TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED, 

3328
02:19:50,949 --> 02:19:52,684
WHETHER YOU ARE A YOUNG PERSON, 

3329
02:19:52,684 --> 02:19:55,453
OLD PERSON, OLDER PERSON, I 

3330
02:19:55,453 --> 02:19:56,554
SHOULD SAY, WISDOM. [ LAUGHTER ]

3331
02:19:56,554 --> 02:19:59,190
I WAS NOT LOOKING AT YOU, 

3332
02:19:59,190 --> 02:20:01,960
COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT KETTLE. 

3333
02:20:01,960 --> 02:20:03,862
SHE'S LIKE , HOW DID I GET INTO

3334
02:20:03,862 --> 02:20:06,965
THIS? ACROSS THE BOARD, WE 

3335
02:20:06,965 --> 02:20:12,370
STABILIZE , AND WE ARE NOT 

3336
02:20:12,370 --> 02:20:13,505
ALWAYS AT THE STARTING LINE. WE 

3337
02:20:13,505 --> 02:20:15,707
WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS 

3338
02:20:15,707 --> 02:20:18,910
ONGOING FOR OUR FOLKS AND 

3339
02:20:18,910 --> 02:20:19,544
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AS A PROUD L,

3340
02:20:19,544 --> 02:20:25,950
IN LGBTQ, WE HAD THIS 

3341
02:20:25,950 --> 02:20:26,818
CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY, WE 

3342
02:20:26,818 --> 02:20:28,319
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE 

3343
02:20:28,319 --> 02:20:31,623
IS SINGING , IDENTIFIED, AND 

3344
02:20:31,623 --> 02:20:32,891
LIFTED UP IN A NONHOSTILE WAY TO

3345
02:20:32,891 --> 02:20:34,025
GET THE SERVICES AND NEEDS THAT 

3346
02:20:34,025 --> 02:20:35,493
THEY WANT AND SO DESIRE AS THEY 

3347
02:20:35,493 --> 02:20:36,995
LIVE IN DESIRE -- SEATTLE, PLAY 

3348
02:20:36,995 --> 02:20:42,333
IN SEATTLE, THE IDT, WE HAVE 

3349
02:20:42,333 --> 02:20:43,268
ONLY HAD A FEW MEETINGS. THANK 

3350
02:20:43,268 --> 02:20:49,441
YOU FOR EVERYONE ON THE DAIS, 

3351
02:20:49,441 --> 02:20:50,275
YOU WILL HAVE GREAT 

3352
02:20:50,275 --> 02:20:51,409
REPRESENTATION IN THIS IDT. WE 

3353
02:20:51,409 --> 02:20:52,844
WILL BE ADDING MORE ENGAGEMENT, 

3354
02:20:52,844 --> 02:20:55,146
AS OUR ENGAGEMENT ROLLS OUT, WE 

3355
02:20:55,146 --> 02:20:56,548
WILL HAVE WAY MORE ENGAGEMENT 

3356
02:20:56,548 --> 02:21:02,921
FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

3357
02:21:02,921 --> 02:21:04,322
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IS A 

3358
02:21:04,322 --> 02:21:06,090
BROAD APPROACH AS WELL, THANK 

3359
02:21:06,090 --> 02:21:11,763
YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 

3360
02:21:11,763 --> 02:21:12,997
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, TODAY I WOULD

3361
02:21:12,997 --> 02:21:14,599
LIKE TO COVER AN OVERVIEW OF HOW

3362
02:21:14,599 --> 02:21:16,067
THE SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL 

3363
02:21:16,067 --> 02:21:17,235
RIGHTS APPROACHES CIVIL RIGHTS 

3364
02:21:17,235 --> 02:21:19,904
PROMOTION AND DETECTION BUT WITH

3365
02:21:19,904 --> 02:21:25,310
A SPECIAL FOCUS ON 2SLGBTQIA+ 

3366
02:21:25,310 --> 02:21:26,511
COMMUNITIES, THE FIRST AREA OF 

3367
02:21:26,511 --> 02:21:31,049
WORK IS ON CIVIL RIGHTS POLICY 

3368
02:21:31,049 --> 02:21:33,384
AND ENFORCEMENT, WE ENFORCE THE 

3369
02:21:33,384 --> 02:21:35,453
ALL-GENDER RESTROOMS ORDINANCE, 

3370
02:21:35,453 --> 02:21:41,759
CONVERSION THERAPY ON MINORS, WE

3371
02:21:41,759 --> 02:21:43,695
MONITOR AND ENFORCE 21 PROTECTED

3372
02:21:43,695 --> 02:21:44,729
CLASSES THAT INCLUDE GENDER 

3373
02:21:44,729 --> 02:21:46,130
IDENTITY, SEXUAL IDENTITY, 

3374
02:21:46,130 --> 02:21:49,267
MARITAL STATUS , IN ADDITION, 

3375
02:21:49,267 --> 02:21:56,507
WHEN WE CONDUCT OUR POLICY 

3376
02:21:56,507 --> 02:21:57,108
ANALYSIS WE NOT ONLY TAKE A 

3377
02:21:57,108 --> 02:21:57,709
DATA-INFORMED AND SCIENTIFIC 

3378
02:21:57,709 --> 02:22:00,245
APPROACH, WE HAVE APPLIED AN 

3379
02:22:00,245 --> 02:22:01,646
INTERSECTIONAL LENS SO WE PAY 

3380
02:22:01,646 --> 02:22:05,116
CLOSER POLICY ATTENTION, 

3381
02:22:05,116 --> 02:22:06,384
PARTICULARLY THOSE ON THE 

3382
02:22:06,384 --> 02:22:07,085
MARGINS OF SOCIETY. AND WE 

3383
02:22:07,085 --> 02:22:08,386
CONSIDER VERY CLOSELY HOW A 

3384
02:22:08,386 --> 02:22:10,121
RANGE OF POLICIES AFFECTS THIS. 

3385
02:22:10,121 --> 02:22:18,062
OF LGBTQIA COMMUNITIES IN 

3386
02:22:18,062 --> 02:22:18,863
PARTICULAR, ALONG WITH POLICY 

3387
02:22:18,863 --> 02:22:19,430
AND ENFORCEMENT, WE ENGAGE 

3388
02:22:19,430 --> 02:22:20,298
COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY TO OUR 

3389
02:22:20,298 --> 02:22:21,599
COMMISSION. WE ARE COLLABORATING

3390
02:22:21,599 --> 02:22:26,004
WITH THE LGBTQ COMMISSION ON THE

3391
02:22:26,004 --> 02:22:27,071
STABILIZATION IDT. WE ALSO HAVE 

3392
02:22:27,071 --> 02:22:28,172
OUR WOMEN'S COMMISSION, 

3393
02:22:28,172 --> 02:22:30,341
DISABILITY COMMISSION, AND HUMAN

3394
02:22:30,341 --> 02:22:36,915
RIGHTS COMMISSION THAT WE ENGAGE

3395
02:22:36,915 --> 02:22:38,082
WITH AS WELL. FINALLY, I WOULD 

3396
02:22:38,082 --> 02:22:39,751
LIKE TO GIVE A PREVIEW OF WHAT 

3397
02:22:39,751 --> 02:22:42,887
OUR RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WILL

3398
02:22:42,887 --> 02:22:43,454
BE ROLLING OUT IN THE NEAR 

3399
02:22:43,454 --> 02:22:44,622
FUTURE, THEY WILL BE WORKING ON 

3400
02:22:44,622 --> 02:22:45,456
TRAININGS FOR TRAININGS ON 

3401
02:22:45,456 --> 02:22:48,059
CONSIDERING GENDER IDENTITY, HOW

3402
02:22:48,059 --> 02:22:52,697
THEY OVERLAP IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS

3403
02:22:52,697 --> 02:22:53,965
AND SHAPE HOW WE CAN BETTER 

3404
02:22:53,965 --> 02:22:54,999
SUPPORT THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU 

3405
02:22:54,999 --> 02:22:59,737
ALL . [ APPLAUSE ] 

3406
02:22:59,737 --> 02:23:02,106
>> THOUGHTFUL , THANK YOU ALL 

3407
02:23:02,106 --> 02:23:09,380
FOR WALKING THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

3408
02:23:09,380 --> 02:23:11,683
COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING TO OPEN 

3409
02:23:11,683 --> 02:23:13,518
IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL,

3410
02:23:13,518 --> 02:23:13,751
FIRST. 

3411
02:23:13,751 --> 02:23:18,189
>> I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A LOT

3412
02:23:18,189 --> 02:23:21,960
THROWN AT US TODAY, DON'T BE 

3413
02:23:21,960 --> 02:23:22,193
SHY. 

3414
02:23:22,193 --> 02:23:23,361
>> I WILL GO FIRST. 

3415
02:23:23,361 --> 02:23:29,334
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. 

3416
02:23:29,334 --> 02:23:31,736
>> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS 

3417
02:23:31,736 --> 02:23:32,971
TOGETHER, THANK YOU ALL. EXCUSE 

3418
02:23:32,971 --> 02:23:35,540
ME, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK 

3419
02:23:35,540 --> 02:23:38,242
ON THIS, I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT 

3420
02:23:38,242 --> 02:23:38,943
OF COORDINATION, EFFORT, AND 

3421
02:23:38,943 --> 02:23:41,079
GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE 

3422
02:23:41,079 --> 02:23:46,050
COMMUNITY AND ALSO BRIDGING WHAT

3423
02:23:46,050 --> 02:23:48,353
WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY AND 

3424
02:23:48,353 --> 02:23:50,188
FIGURING IT OUT HOW WE PUT IT 

3425
02:23:50,188 --> 02:23:57,161
INTO CONCRETE PIECES , THROUGH 

3426
02:23:57,161 --> 02:23:57,929
WHATEVER PROCESSES, EXECUTIVE, 

3427
02:23:57,929 --> 02:23:58,563
LEGISLATIVE, THE DEPARTMENTAL 

3428
02:23:58,563 --> 02:24:00,999
PIECE. THE BUREAUCRACY THAT 

3429
02:24:00,999 --> 02:24:04,636
OFTEN PEOPLE DO NOT SEE. 

3430
02:24:04,636 --> 02:24:06,070
HOWEVER, TRYING TO MOVE WITH A 

3431
02:24:06,070 --> 02:24:07,939
SENSE OF URGENCY TO MEET THE 

3432
02:24:07,939 --> 02:24:09,207
NEED AND ALSO THE MOMENT IN 

3433
02:24:09,207 --> 02:24:15,380
TIME, IT IS A DELICATE DANCE. 

3434
02:24:15,380 --> 02:24:18,116
NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU 

3435
02:24:18,116 --> 02:24:23,521
ALL FOR THAT. THE SECOND THING I

3436
02:24:23,521 --> 02:24:24,922
WANTED TO KNOW AND I HAVE HEARD 

3437
02:24:24,922 --> 02:24:26,624
IT FROM A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO 

3438
02:24:26,624 --> 02:24:30,328
SPOKE TODAY, RESOURCES. 

3439
02:24:30,328 --> 02:24:31,295
IMMEDIATE RESOURCES FOR THE 

3440
02:24:31,295 --> 02:24:32,096
COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN 

3441
02:24:32,096 --> 02:24:33,131
STABILIZE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN 

3442
02:24:33,131 --> 02:24:34,365
ALONG OUR STREETS, HOUSING, 

3443
02:24:34,365 --> 02:24:38,503
RESOURCES, FOOD, MENTAL HEALTH. 

3444
02:24:38,503 --> 02:24:40,238
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT, HEY, WE 

3445
02:24:40,238 --> 02:24:43,207
NEED JOBS , THESE PIECES. WANTED

3446
02:24:43,207 --> 02:24:44,642
TO KNOW FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, 

3447
02:24:44,642 --> 02:24:48,946
IF WE ARE THINKING . I KNOW 

3448
02:24:48,946 --> 02:24:51,816
THERE ARE IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND 

3449
02:24:51,816 --> 02:24:53,451
LONG-TERM PIECES AND WHAT WE ARE

3450
02:24:53,451 --> 02:24:55,119
FOCUSING ON, WHAT I AM TRYING TO

3451
02:24:55,119 --> 02:25:02,627
FOCUS ON , PARTICULARLY, WHAT 

3452
02:25:02,627 --> 02:25:03,227
ARE THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS RIGHT 

3453
02:25:03,227 --> 02:25:04,028
NOW. OFTEN, IN A MOMENT OF 

3454
02:25:04,028 --> 02:25:05,630
CRISIS, YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD TO 

3455
02:25:05,630 --> 02:25:07,298
FIGURE THAT OUT. WHAT I HAVE 

3456
02:25:07,298 --> 02:25:09,801
HEARD, HOUSING, FOOD ACCESS , 

3457
02:25:09,801 --> 02:25:11,969
BUILDING UP A LOT OF THE GROUPS 

3458
02:25:11,969 --> 02:25:14,505
, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE. 

3459
02:25:14,505 --> 02:25:16,941
COULD YOU ALL TALK ABOUT, HERE 

3460
02:25:16,941 --> 02:25:18,676
ARE THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS? YOU ALL

3461
02:25:18,676 --> 02:25:22,780
TALKED ABOUT THEM TODAY. BUT 

3462
02:25:22,780 --> 02:25:24,949
HEY, HERE IS HOW WE ARE 

3463
02:25:24,949 --> 02:25:25,516
APPROACHING IMMEDIATE NEEDS 

3464
02:25:25,516 --> 02:25:26,784
RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE SEEN, YOU

3465
02:25:26,784 --> 02:25:30,721
KNOW, ABOUT COMMUNITY NEEDS ? 

3466
02:25:30,721 --> 02:25:35,093
>> I THINK THAT FUNDING IS THE 

3467
02:25:35,093 --> 02:25:39,897
BIGGEST ONE. MANY OF OUR 

3468
02:25:39,897 --> 02:25:41,332
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE GROWN TO BE 

3469
02:25:41,332 --> 02:25:42,934
VERY SCRAPPY WITH THE WRAPAROUND

3470
02:25:42,934 --> 02:25:43,801
CARE THAT THEY OFFER. ONE STOP 

3471
02:25:43,801 --> 02:25:47,672
SHOPS FOR ALL SORTS OF RESOURCES

3472
02:25:47,672 --> 02:25:49,240
. AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME

3473
02:25:49,240 --> 02:25:50,708
OF THAT FUNDING SUPPORT TO HELP 

3474
02:25:50,708 --> 02:25:54,412
KEEP THEM AFLOAT . PARTICULARLY 

3475
02:25:54,412 --> 02:25:59,450
AT A TIME WHERE THERE IS A LOT 

3476
02:25:59,450 --> 02:26:00,184
OF TREPIDATION FROM PREVIOUS 

3477
02:26:00,184 --> 02:26:01,953
DONORS WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE 

3478
02:26:01,953 --> 02:26:03,788
FLAGGED IN THE FEDERAL 

3479
02:26:03,788 --> 02:26:11,896
ADMINISTRATION'S CROSSHAIRS. IN

3480
02:26:11,896 --> 02:26:12,363
TIMES THEY ARE SEEING 

3481
02:26:12,363 --> 02:26:12,964
LEGISLATION ROLLOUT FROM THE 

3482
02:26:12,964 --> 02:26:13,531
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, CALLING 

3483
02:26:13,531 --> 02:26:14,132
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION 

3484
02:26:14,132 --> 02:26:17,869
SUPPORTING QUEER FOLK, CALLING 

3485
02:26:17,869 --> 02:26:21,339
THEM DOMESTIC TERRORISTS . THERE

3486
02:26:21,339 --> 02:26:22,974
IS A LOT OF TREPIDATION ABOUT --

3487
02:26:22,974 --> 02:26:28,713
[ APPLAUSE ] -- A LOT OF 

3488
02:26:28,713 --> 02:26:29,480
UNDERSTANDABLE TREPIDATION ABOUT

3489
02:26:29,480 --> 02:26:30,915
WHAT IT MEANS TO SUPPORT 

3490
02:26:30,915 --> 02:26:31,816
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT 

3491
02:26:31,816 --> 02:26:35,453
NOW. WE ALSO WANT TO ENDORSE 

3492
02:26:35,453 --> 02:26:36,888
THAT THEY ARE DOING THE REALLY 

3493
02:26:36,888 --> 02:26:43,928
GOOD WORK, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY 

3494
02:26:43,928 --> 02:26:45,163
RIGHT NOW AND DON'T WANT TO 

3495
02:26:45,163 --> 02:26:46,264
STOP THEM DOING THAT GOOD WORK. 

3496
02:26:46,264 --> 02:26:47,331
IN FACT, WE WANT TO BUILD THEM 

3497
02:26:47,331 --> 02:26:48,232
UP. [ APPLAUSE ] 

3498
02:26:48,232 --> 02:26:50,501
>> YEAH. I THINK IT IS REALLY 

3499
02:26:50,501 --> 02:26:54,238
IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT, SEATTLE 

3500
02:26:54,238 --> 02:26:56,808
DOES HAVE AN HISTORIC AND REALLY

3501
02:26:56,808 --> 02:26:58,976
ROBUST SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR LGBTQ 

3502
02:26:58,976 --> 02:27:02,914
COMMUNITIES. WE SIMPLY DON'T 

3503
02:27:02,914 --> 02:27:05,683
HAVE THE FUNDING IN ORDER FOR 

3504
02:27:05,683 --> 02:27:08,386
THEM TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

3505
02:27:08,386 --> 02:27:11,722
AND SO, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE 

3506
02:27:11,722 --> 02:27:12,523
ALWAYS MORE PROGRAMS AND MORE 

3507
02:27:12,523 --> 02:27:13,791
GROWTH. I DON'T THINK THE 

3508
02:27:13,791 --> 02:27:18,529
QUESTION IS WHAT , WHAT MORE 

3509
02:27:18,529 --> 02:27:26,103
PROGRAMMING CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW?

3510
02:27:26,103 --> 02:27:28,005
THE PROGRAMMING IS THERE. IT 

3511
02:27:28,005 --> 02:27:29,073
JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDING 

3512
02:27:29,073 --> 02:27:30,441
FOR IT TO REACH THE LEVEL IT 

3513
02:27:30,441 --> 02:27:31,909
NEEDS TO REACH, IN ORDER TO HELP

3514
02:27:31,909 --> 02:27:33,077
THE COMMUNITY THE WAY THE 

3515
02:27:33,077 --> 02:27:34,178
COMMUNITY NEEDS HELP. SO, IT IS 

3516
02:27:34,178 --> 02:27:35,479
FUNDING. 

3517
02:27:35,479 --> 02:27:41,419
>> IF I MAY , I THINK THAT ONE 

3518
02:27:41,419 --> 02:27:42,987
OF THE MAJOR BARRIERS TO A LOT 

3519
02:27:42,987 --> 02:27:44,822
OF THESE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES AND

3520
02:27:44,822 --> 02:27:45,690
SERVICES IS DISCRIMINATION. SO, 

3521
02:27:45,690 --> 02:27:47,158
FOR THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, 

3522
02:27:47,158 --> 02:27:49,227
WE HAVE A PUBLIC-FACING OFFICE. 

3523
02:27:49,227 --> 02:27:52,563
WE DO INTAKE WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE

3524
02:27:52,563 --> 02:27:54,098
EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION 

3525
02:27:54,098 --> 02:27:55,066
WEATHER WITH EMPLOYMENT OR 

3526
02:27:55,066 --> 02:28:00,137
HOUSING OR CONTRACTING, SO, ONE 

3527
02:28:00,137 --> 02:28:01,839
OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WE DO 

3528
02:28:01,839 --> 02:28:05,643
INTAKE'S, INVESTIGATE, MEDIATE,

3529
02:28:05,643 --> 02:28:12,116
OR COME TO A SOLUTION TO REMEDY 

3530
02:28:12,116 --> 02:28:12,850
THE DISCRIMINATION. THAT IS 

3531
02:28:12,850 --> 02:28:13,751
SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DOES 

3532
02:28:13,751 --> 02:28:14,919
RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO HELP FOLKS 

3533
02:28:14,919 --> 02:28:16,120
GET PEOPLE ACCESS AND EQUAL 

3534
02:28:16,120 --> 02:28:18,856
OPPORTUNITIES. 

3535
02:28:18,856 --> 02:28:24,528
>> I THINK I'M A ALSO, WE HAVE 

3536
02:28:24,528 --> 02:28:25,730
HEARD A LOT ABOUT HAVING A 

3537
02:28:25,730 --> 02:28:29,100
SYSTEM NAVIGATOR. SOMEONE IN OUR

3538
02:28:29,100 --> 02:28:31,702
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION 

3539
02:28:31,702 --> 02:28:38,276
THAT CAN HELP OUR NEW NEIGHBORS 

3540
02:28:38,276 --> 02:28:39,310
NAVIGATE WHERE THE RESOURCES 

3541
02:28:39,310 --> 02:28:43,714
ARE. SOMETIMES IT IS JUST HARD 

3542
02:28:43,714 --> 02:28:45,249
TO FIND OUT WHERE THE BASIC 

3543
02:28:45,249 --> 02:28:48,152
RESOURCES ARE , EVEN IF THERE IS

3544
02:28:48,152 --> 02:28:49,387
ACCESSIBILITY FOR THAT. WE ARE 

3545
02:28:49,387 --> 02:28:50,388
REALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE 

3546
02:28:50,388 --> 02:28:57,929
ASK FOR FUNDING IN THE SYSTEM 

3547
02:28:57,929 --> 02:28:58,963
NAVIGATOR. WE KNOW THERE IS A 

3548
02:28:58,963 --> 02:29:00,131
QUESTION ABOUT AN OFFICE AS WELL

3549
02:29:00,131 --> 02:29:01,799
BUT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON 

3550
02:29:01,799 --> 02:29:07,371
THE SHORT TERM. CAN WE FIND THE 

3551
02:29:07,371 --> 02:29:08,673
FUNDING, CAN WE STABILIZE THE 

3552
02:29:08,673 --> 02:29:09,307
FUNDING INTO 2027, 2028, AND 

3553
02:29:09,307 --> 02:29:10,308
SIMULTANEOUSLY FIGURE OUT THE 

3554
02:29:10,308 --> 02:29:11,709
SYSTEM NAVIGATOR. AS PEOPLE ARE 

3555
02:29:11,709 --> 02:29:15,579
MOVING TO SEATTLE , THE COUNTY, 

3556
02:29:15,579 --> 02:29:16,280
WASHINGTON, BUT SPECIFICALLY 

3557
02:29:16,280 --> 02:29:20,284
SEATTLE, THAT THERE IS ACCESS 

3558
02:29:20,284 --> 02:29:21,485
FOR PEOPLE TO FIND WHAT THEY 

3559
02:29:21,485 --> 02:29:24,155
NEED AS THEY MOVE HERE . I 

3560
02:29:24,155 --> 02:29:25,690
THINK, THROUGH THE IDT, WHAT WE 

3561
02:29:25,690 --> 02:29:29,960
CAN EXPLORE OUR MODELS THAT WE 

3562
02:29:29,960 --> 02:29:31,362
HAVE USED ANOTHER DEPARTMENTS 

3563
02:29:31,362 --> 02:29:33,965
AND IN OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT 

3564
02:29:33,965 --> 02:29:35,232
THOSE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAME UP 

3565
02:29:35,232 --> 02:29:36,534
WITH A SERIES OF FUNDING. AND WE

3566
02:29:36,534 --> 02:29:38,169
WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT FUNDING IN

3567
02:29:38,169 --> 02:29:40,237
A PHILANTHROPIC GROUP, LOW 

3568
02:29:40,237 --> 02:29:44,475
BARRIER ACCESS, HOW DO WE 

3569
02:29:44,475 --> 02:29:47,178
CONTINUE THOSE KINDS OF MODELS .

3570
02:29:47,178 --> 02:29:52,216
AND WHILE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF 

3571
02:29:52,216 --> 02:29:55,586
FOLKS CHRONICALLY UNSHELTERED ON

3572
02:29:55,586 --> 02:29:57,321
THE GROUND, ARE THERE IN MODELS 

3573
02:29:57,321 --> 02:30:03,094
THAT WE CAN USE , AND THINGS 

3574
02:30:03,094 --> 02:30:04,228
LIKE THAT, SO WHAT GIVES YOU 

3575
02:30:04,228 --> 02:30:05,863
AGAIN ACCESS TO HOUSING AND 

3576
02:30:05,863 --> 02:30:07,164
BEING SHELTERED, WHILE YOU 

3577
02:30:07,164 --> 02:30:09,166
FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ON YOUR 

3578
02:30:09,166 --> 02:30:12,770
FEET WHILE YOU MOVE TO SEATTLE? 

3579
02:30:12,770 --> 02:30:15,106
WE ARE NOT PUTTING YOU IN 

3580
02:30:15,106 --> 02:30:16,207
FURTHER, FURTHER HARM IS YOU ARE

3581
02:30:16,207 --> 02:30:17,274
TRYING TO FIND YOUR FOOTING. WE 

3582
02:30:17,274 --> 02:30:18,275
ARE TRYING, THOSE ARE THE 

3583
02:30:18,275 --> 02:30:21,178
IMMEDIATE THINGS WE HAVE HEARD ,

3584
02:30:21,178 --> 02:30:22,847
RIGHT OFF THE BAT. THANK YOU, 

3585
02:30:22,847 --> 02:30:25,116
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BAIRD 

3586
02:30:25,116 --> 02:30:26,884
>> I WILL JUST SAY PART OF THE 

3587
02:30:26,884 --> 02:30:28,452
WORK IS AROUND ADVOCACY AND 

3588
02:30:28,452 --> 02:30:34,725
POLICY ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. 

3589
02:30:34,725 --> 02:30:35,993
SO, YOU KNOW, IN HAND WITH THAT,

3590
02:30:35,993 --> 02:30:37,995
THERE IS A LOT ON THE LEGAL SIDE

3591
02:30:37,995 --> 02:30:40,498
RIGHT NOW, PROTECTING COMMUNITY,

3592
02:30:40,498 --> 02:30:41,565
HAPPY TO PARKER, AROUND SOME 

3593
02:30:41,565 --> 02:30:45,736
NATIONAL ADVOCACY AND I THINK A 

3594
02:30:45,736 --> 02:30:47,438
CONTINUATION OF JUST PROTECTING,

3595
02:30:47,438 --> 02:30:50,775
FROM THE LEGAL SIDE IS NEEDED 

3596
02:30:50,775 --> 02:30:52,143
OUTSIDE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES. 

3597
02:30:52,143 --> 02:30:55,312
>> AWESOME, THANKS. THANK YOU 

3598
02:30:55,312 --> 02:31:00,050
FOR THAT. THIS IS JUST A COMMENT

3599
02:31:00,050 --> 02:31:01,786
. THIS IS HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT 

3600
02:31:01,786 --> 02:31:02,887
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HEARING, I 

3601
02:31:02,887 --> 02:31:05,289
THINK THERE IS A UNIQUE 

3602
02:31:05,289 --> 02:31:06,690
OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE OF THE 

3603
02:31:06,690 --> 02:31:09,193
GROUP THAT HAS BEEN STOOD UP 

3604
02:31:09,193 --> 02:31:12,396
WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS , 

3605
02:31:12,396 --> 02:31:17,535
BECAUSE RESOURCES , I ALSO HERE,

3606
02:31:17,535 --> 02:31:21,205
LET'S HAVE A PLAN . BEING ABLE 

3607
02:31:21,205 --> 02:31:25,042
TO SET UP A PLAN AND BEING VERY,

3608
02:31:25,042 --> 02:31:27,978
VERY INTENTIONAL, THESE GROUPS 

3609
02:31:27,978 --> 02:31:29,046
ARE DOING THE HOUSING, THESE 

3610
02:31:29,046 --> 02:31:31,182
GROUPS ARE DOING THE FOOD 

3611
02:31:31,182 --> 02:31:33,250
ACCESS, THESE GROUPS ARE DOING 

3612
02:31:33,250 --> 02:31:36,353
THE RESOURCE MAPPING. WHEN 

3613
02:31:36,353 --> 02:31:39,557
SOMEONE COMES TO SEATTLE, OR 

3614
02:31:39,557 --> 02:31:40,891
PEOPLE ARE HERE, THEY ARE ABLE 

3615
02:31:40,891 --> 02:31:42,526
TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO IN A 

3616
02:31:42,526 --> 02:31:44,662
SYSTEM THAT IS EASILY 

3617
02:31:44,662 --> 02:31:46,764
ACCESSIBLE, WITH THIS . INSTEAD 

3618
02:31:46,764 --> 02:31:51,902
OF FUND THIS, FUND THIS , I 

3619
02:31:51,902 --> 02:31:54,171
THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

3620
02:31:54,171 --> 02:31:59,376
PLAN OUT, A POINT OF PRIVILEGE. 

3621
02:31:59,376 --> 02:32:01,378
I THINK IT IS REALLY COOL. I DID

3622
02:32:01,378 --> 02:32:02,847
COACH ANNIE. TO SEE HOW SHE HAS 

3623
02:32:02,847 --> 02:32:05,516
GROWN UP INTO A GREAT YOUNG 

3624
02:32:05,516 --> 02:32:08,219
WOMAN AND ADVOCATING FOR THIS. 

3625
02:32:08,219 --> 02:32:12,656
THIS IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. 

3626
02:32:12,656 --> 02:32:15,759
POINT OF PRIVILEGE , IT IS GREAT

3627
02:32:15,759 --> 02:32:16,927
TO SEE HOW WELL YOU HAVE GROWN 

3628
02:32:16,927 --> 02:32:21,065
UP AND ARE NOW ABLE TO ADVOCATE 

3629
02:32:21,065 --> 02:32:21,832
FOR THIS. 

3630
02:32:21,832 --> 02:32:22,766
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. AND

3631
02:32:22,766 --> 02:32:25,002
SHOUT OUT FOR THE SEATTLE YOUTH 

3632
02:32:25,002 --> 02:32:31,141
COMMISSION. IT IS QUITE A 

3633
02:32:31,141 --> 02:32:31,876
PRIVILEGE TO BE AT THIS TABLE 

3634
02:32:31,876 --> 02:32:32,877
TODAY, THANK YOU. 

3635
02:32:32,877 --> 02:32:38,215
>> THANK YOU . I WANTED TO BUILD

3636
02:32:38,215 --> 02:32:40,317
ON A POINT THAT THE COUNCIL 

3637
02:32:40,317 --> 02:32:42,553
PRESIDENT HAD, AS SHE WAS ASKING

3638
02:32:42,553 --> 02:32:45,256
ABOUT THE NEED. WE TALKED A 

3639
02:32:45,256 --> 02:32:47,625
LITTLE BIT ABOUT DATA AND THE 

3640
02:32:47,625 --> 02:32:50,261
CHALLENGES AROUND DATA. WE HEARD

3641
02:32:50,261 --> 02:32:51,395
ABOUT DATA POINTS RAISED BY 

3642
02:32:51,395 --> 02:32:57,134
PUBLIC COMMENT , SO DATA IS A 

3643
02:32:57,134 --> 02:32:59,537
POWERFUL THING AND DATA ALSO CAN

3644
02:32:59,537 --> 02:33:00,838
BE REALLY COMPLICATED IN TERMS 

3645
02:33:00,838 --> 02:33:04,708
OF HOW WE COLLECT DATA AND 

3646
02:33:04,708 --> 02:33:05,976
PARTICULARLY, RIGHT NOW, WITH 

3647
02:33:05,976 --> 02:33:09,680
SUCH A CONCERTED , JUST 

3648
02:33:09,680 --> 02:33:10,281
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANS 

3649
02:33:10,281 --> 02:33:17,755
PEOPLE . THERE IS REAL TROUBLE 

3650
02:33:17,755 --> 02:33:18,889
THAT COMES FROM DATA COLLECTION.

3651
02:33:18,889 --> 02:33:20,424
HOW ARE WE BALANCING THE NEED, 

3652
02:33:20,424 --> 02:33:21,492
UNDERSTANDING THE DATA BEHIND 

3653
02:33:21,492 --> 02:33:24,595
SCALE , LOOKING AT INVESTING 

3654
02:33:24,595 --> 02:33:27,264
RESOURCES BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO

3655
02:33:27,264 --> 02:33:30,167
BE MINDFUL OF WHEN IT COMES TO 

3656
02:33:30,167 --> 02:33:32,603
DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION? A 

3657
02:33:32,603 --> 02:33:34,405
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING BY BY 

3658
02:33:34,405 --> 02:33:36,507
STAYING INVISIBLE. I WANT TO BE 

3659
02:33:36,507 --> 02:33:39,310
REALLY MINDFUL AND CAREFUL ABOUT

3660
02:33:39,310 --> 02:33:49,553
THAT REALITY. 

3661
02:33:50,187 --> 02:33:53,424
>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT 

3662
02:33:53,424 --> 02:33:57,161
QUESTION . I THINK FOR US RIGHT 

3663
02:33:57,161 --> 02:33:59,196
NOW, WE REALLY NEED THE DATA 

3664
02:33:59,196 --> 02:34:03,400
POINTS ON FOLKS MOVING TO 

3665
02:34:03,400 --> 02:34:04,768
SEATTLE. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF 

3666
02:34:04,768 --> 02:34:06,070
ANECDOTES ABOUT HOW MANY FOLKS 

3667
02:34:06,070 --> 02:34:07,371
ARE MOVING TO WASHINGTON BUT WE 

3668
02:34:07,371 --> 02:34:09,440
HAVE NOT SEEN ANY REAL NUMBERS 

3669
02:34:09,440 --> 02:34:11,308
ON PEOPLE MOVING TO SEATTLE, WE 

3670
02:34:11,308 --> 02:34:12,910
ARE KIND OF FIGURING THAT 

3671
02:34:12,910 --> 02:34:17,214
PORTION OUT , TOO , SO WE CAN 

3672
02:34:17,214 --> 02:34:20,150
FIGURE OUT HOW TO SCALE UP INTO 

3673
02:34:20,150 --> 02:34:28,359
THE PLAN. AND THEN, FOR HOW WE, 

3674
02:34:28,359 --> 02:34:30,828
LET ME THINK ABOUT THE REST OF 

3675
02:34:30,828 --> 02:34:31,762
YOUR QUESTION FOR A SECOND. 

3676
02:34:31,762 --> 02:34:32,863
BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE 

3677
02:34:32,863 --> 02:34:34,398
SURE THAT AS WE ARE GETTING 

3678
02:34:34,398 --> 02:34:35,299
INFORMATION, WE WANT TO DO IT 

3679
02:34:35,299 --> 02:34:37,234
MINDFULLY. WE HAVE HEARD IT , 

3680
02:34:37,234 --> 02:34:38,602
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, SOME OF THE

3681
02:34:38,602 --> 02:34:39,737
NEW ORGANIZATIONS, THEY JUST 

3682
02:34:39,737 --> 02:34:43,874
BECAME 501(C)(3)'S, IF WE ARE 

3683
02:34:43,874 --> 02:34:45,309
EVER ABLE TO FIND FUNDING, DO WE

3684
02:34:45,309 --> 02:34:46,477
PUT THE FUNDING SOMEWHERE ELSE? 

3685
02:34:46,477 --> 02:34:50,881
AGAIN, IT IS LIKE A LOW BARRIER 

3686
02:34:50,881 --> 02:34:52,282
SYSTEM SO THEY ARE NOT HAVING TO

3687
02:34:52,282 --> 02:34:53,550
DISCLOSE A BUNCH OF INFORMATION 

3688
02:34:53,550 --> 02:34:55,319
THAT MAY NOT FIT WELL. SO, WE 

3689
02:34:55,319 --> 02:35:00,124
ARE BEING MINDFUL OF HOW WE WANT

3690
02:35:00,124 --> 02:35:01,525
TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT DATA 

3691
02:35:01,525 --> 02:35:02,693
AND AGAIN WE WANT TO MOVE 

3692
02:35:02,693 --> 02:35:03,927
OURSELVES OUT OF THE WAY OF 

3693
02:35:03,927 --> 02:35:05,062
GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL

3694
02:35:05,062 --> 02:35:06,563
GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? WE DO NOT 

3695
02:35:06,563 --> 02:35:08,432
AGAIN WANT TO CREATE ANY MORE 

3696
02:35:08,432 --> 02:35:10,067
HARM AS WE ARE TRYING TO COLLECT

3697
02:35:10,067 --> 02:35:12,202
THIS DATA OR WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO

3698
02:35:12,202 --> 02:35:16,874
BE ABLE TO GET TO RECEIVE THE 

3699
02:35:16,874 --> 02:35:18,375
FUNDING. WE ARE ROAD MAPPING 

3700
02:35:18,375 --> 02:35:20,044
THAT OUT IN THE IDT AS WELL. SO,

3701
02:35:20,044 --> 02:35:23,647
THERE IS A BUNCH MORE THERE. 

3702
02:35:23,647 --> 02:35:25,215
>> THANK YOU, TIA YAZZIE. 

3703
02:35:25,215 --> 02:35:27,317
COUNCILMEMBER, AS FAR AS DATED 

3704
02:35:27,317 --> 02:35:34,558
COLLECTION -- DATA COLLECTION, I

3705
02:35:34,558 --> 02:35:35,826
THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 

3706
02:35:35,826 --> 02:35:36,460
QUALITATIVE APPROACH WHICH 

3707
02:35:36,460 --> 02:35:37,528
ALLOWS US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 

3708
02:35:37,528 --> 02:35:38,595
LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND DO 

3709
02:35:38,595 --> 02:35:40,864
EXPERIENCE RESEARCH, 

3710
02:35:40,864 --> 02:35:42,333
ESSENTIALLY. WE ARE LEARNING 

3711
02:35:42,333 --> 02:35:49,340
FROM FOLKS MOST IMPACTED , THEN 

3712
02:35:49,340 --> 02:35:50,474
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO NAVIGATE THE 

3713
02:35:50,474 --> 02:35:51,342
SEATTLE ENVIRONMENT WHEN IT 

3714
02:35:51,342 --> 02:35:52,142
COMES TO ACCESSING RESOURCES, 

3715
02:35:52,142 --> 02:35:53,210
SERVICES, OR COMING ACROSS 

3716
02:35:53,210 --> 02:35:57,514
BARRIERS. ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF

3717
02:35:57,514 --> 02:35:58,582
DOING A QUALITATIVE APPROACH, 

3718
02:35:58,582 --> 02:35:59,516
WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE HEADED, 

3719
02:35:59,516 --> 02:36:00,984
PRIVACY, WE ARE NOT COLLECTING 

3720
02:36:00,984 --> 02:36:03,053
SENSITIVE DATA, YOU CAN 

3721
02:36:03,053 --> 02:36:08,225
ANONYMIZE THE DATA . YOU CAN 

3722
02:36:08,225 --> 02:36:09,660
PROTECT PEOPLE AND OFFER THEM A 

3723
02:36:09,660 --> 02:36:11,595
DEGREE OF COVER WHILE ALSO 

3724
02:36:11,595 --> 02:36:14,932
LEARNING FROM THEM AND THEIR 

3725
02:36:14,932 --> 02:36:16,100
EXPERIENCES. AS FAR AS IDT, 

3726
02:36:16,100 --> 02:36:18,502
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT GOES, WE

3727
02:36:18,502 --> 02:36:22,406
SHOULD OFFER A DEGREE OF 

3728
02:36:22,406 --> 02:36:24,908
PROTECTION AROUND PRIVACY. 

3729
02:36:24,908 --> 02:36:27,311
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE 

3730
02:36:27,311 --> 02:36:27,978
RESPONSES. I LOOK FORWARD TO 

3731
02:36:27,978 --> 02:36:32,716
CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS WITH IDT .

3732
02:36:32,716 --> 02:36:35,252
AND ON THAT NOTE , I WANT TO 

3733
02:36:35,252 --> 02:36:37,755
THANK THE MAYOR FOR CONVENING 

3734
02:36:37,755 --> 02:36:42,192
THIS IDT AND BRINGING SO MANY 

3735
02:36:42,192 --> 02:36:43,293
PARTNERS TO THE TABLE TO PUT 

3736
02:36:43,293 --> 02:36:44,595
THIS TOGETHER AND TAKING A 

3737
02:36:44,595 --> 02:36:47,331
CITYWIDE APPROACH ON HOW WE 

3738
02:36:47,331 --> 02:36:48,265
REALLY TACKLE THE CHALLENGES 

3739
02:36:48,265 --> 02:36:49,967
THAT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT TODAY. 

3740
02:36:49,967 --> 02:36:55,105
IN THAT SAME SPIRIT, WE HAVE 

3741
02:36:55,105 --> 02:36:55,939
HEARD IT ARTICULATED THAT 

3742
02:36:55,939 --> 02:36:57,174
SEATTLE CANNOT DO THINGS ALONE, 

3743
02:36:57,174 --> 02:36:58,475
WE NEVER CAN. AND I BRING THAT 

3744
02:36:58,475 --> 02:37:02,012
UP , TO THE POINT THAT I AM 

3745
02:37:02,012 --> 02:37:03,514
WONDERING HOW WE CAN REALLY 

3746
02:37:03,514 --> 02:37:07,217
BUILD UP THIS , PARTNERING 

3747
02:37:07,217 --> 02:37:07,918
ACROSS JURISDICTIONS, KNOWING 

3748
02:37:07,918 --> 02:37:09,253
THAT SEATTLE IS NOT ALONE IN 

3749
02:37:09,253 --> 02:37:14,458
THIS AND I KNOW THERE IS REAL 

3750
02:37:14,458 --> 02:37:15,392
OPPORTUNITY TO BE PARTNERING 

3751
02:37:15,392 --> 02:37:16,393
WITH OTHER CITIES AROUND THE 

3752
02:37:16,393 --> 02:37:17,461
COUNTY, LOOKING TO THE COUNTY 

3753
02:37:17,461 --> 02:37:22,933
LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL. I 

3754
02:37:22,933 --> 02:37:24,501
WANT TO ADD SOME THINKING, HOW 

3755
02:37:24,501 --> 02:37:25,302
ARE WE THINKING ABOUT ENGAGING 

3756
02:37:25,302 --> 02:37:26,136
WITH OUR OTHER JURISDICTIONAL 

3757
02:37:26,136 --> 02:37:27,237
PARTNERS IN THIS PARTICULAR 

3758
02:37:27,237 --> 02:37:27,438
WORK? 

3759
02:37:27,438 --> 02:37:30,207
>> WELL, I WILL LET THE 

3760
02:37:30,207 --> 02:37:31,375
COMMISSIONERS SPEAK, THEY HAVE 

3761
02:37:31,375 --> 02:37:33,577
DONE A LOT OF LEGWORK, THERE IS 

3762
02:37:33,577 --> 02:37:36,146
INTEREST FROM THE PORT, WE 

3763
02:37:36,146 --> 02:37:40,150
STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH THE 

3764
02:37:40,150 --> 02:37:41,285
KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE,

3765
02:37:41,285 --> 02:37:44,621
ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE, IN 

3766
02:37:44,621 --> 02:37:45,422
TERMS OF STABILIZING AND 

3767
02:37:45,422 --> 02:37:51,295
SUPPORTING LGBTQIA COMMUNITIES, 

3768
02:37:51,295 --> 02:37:53,063
ALSO IN THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN, IT 

3769
02:37:53,063 --> 02:37:53,764
IS EXTREMELY ROBUST ON OUR 

3770
02:37:53,764 --> 02:37:57,301
REGIONAL PARTNERS, AND WHO WE 

3771
02:37:57,301 --> 02:37:59,236
ARE GOING TO BE CALLING IN TO 

3772
02:37:59,236 --> 02:38:05,809
THE TABLE. RESOURCES WE REALLY 

3773
02:38:05,809 --> 02:38:10,547
WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND HELP 

3774
02:38:10,547 --> 02:38:12,483
US MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT

3775
02:38:12,483 --> 02:38:12,916
THE COMMUNITY-BASED 

3776
02:38:12,916 --> 02:38:16,420
ORGANIZATIONS. WHEN WE ARE AT 

3777
02:38:16,420 --> 02:38:18,121
THAT STAGE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO 

3778
02:38:18,121 --> 02:38:19,823
CALL IN AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS 

3779
02:38:19,823 --> 02:38:23,327
THAT ALIGN TO THIS , IF THAT 

3780
02:38:23,327 --> 02:38:24,661
MAKES SENSE, SO WE CAN DO THIS 

3781
02:38:24,661 --> 02:38:25,963
IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY. A 

3782
02:38:25,963 --> 02:38:29,867
BUNCH OF FOLKS ARE IN THIS, OF 

3783
02:38:29,867 --> 02:38:31,535
WHO WE ARE GOING TO BE CALLING 

3784
02:38:31,535 --> 02:38:34,771
ON , FOR THE IDT AND THE 

3785
02:38:34,771 --> 02:38:35,172
STABILIZING WORK. 

3786
02:38:35,172 --> 02:38:38,709
>> MAYBE ADDING ONTO THAT OR 

3787
02:38:38,709 --> 02:38:42,279
EMPHASIZING DOMINIQUE'S POINT ,

3788
02:38:42,279 --> 02:38:44,715
WE HAVE HAD REALLY PRODUCTIVE 

3789
02:38:44,715 --> 02:38:51,588
CONVERSATIONS WITH CREATIVE 

3790
02:38:51,588 --> 02:38:52,422
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS 

3791
02:38:52,422 --> 02:38:53,690
JURISDICTIONS WHO ALSO WANT TO 

3792
02:38:53,690 --> 02:38:55,192
STAY WITH US AT THE TABLE. AND I

3793
02:38:55,192 --> 02:38:56,760
THINK THAT HAS BEEN REALLY 

3794
02:38:56,760 --> 02:39:07,304
ENCOURAGING TO SEE AND I HOPE TO

3795
02:39:10,574 --> 02:39:11,475
SEE THAT SNOWBALL STILL ROLLING,

3796
02:39:11,475 --> 02:39:12,542
ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN OUR 

3797
02:39:12,542 --> 02:39:13,744
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 

3798
02:39:13,744 --> 02:39:14,378
ARE FEELING LIKE THE CLOCK IS 

3799
02:39:14,378 --> 02:39:15,279
TICKING. WE CAN COME UP WITH 

3800
02:39:15,279 --> 02:39:16,113
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS WITH MORE 

3801
02:39:16,113 --> 02:39:17,548
PEOPLE AT THE TABLE TO BE ABLE 

3802
02:39:17,548 --> 02:39:18,949
TO DO THE THINGS THAT HELP, FOR 

3803
02:39:18,949 --> 02:39:20,450
THE STABILIZATION. NOT JUST NOW,

3804
02:39:20,450 --> 02:39:21,585
BUT ALSO THINKING LONG-TERM. SO,

3805
02:39:21,585 --> 02:39:23,520
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 

3806
02:39:23,520 --> 02:39:24,488
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY 

3807
02:39:24,488 --> 02:39:25,556
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR 

3808
02:39:25,556 --> 02:39:32,129
PANEL TODAY? ALL RIGHT, I AM NOT

3809
02:39:32,129 --> 02:39:34,097
SEEING ANY HANDS. I WANT TO 

3810
02:39:34,097 --> 02:39:38,035
THANK THE PANELISTS . THE WORK 

3811
02:39:38,035 --> 02:39:39,136
AHEAD IS VERY IMPORTANT. I LOOK 

3812
02:39:39,136 --> 02:39:41,939
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE IDT,

3813
02:39:41,939 --> 02:39:45,075
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE LAST 

3814
02:39:45,075 --> 02:39:46,543
POINT AROUND ALL THE FOLKS WE 

3815
02:39:46,543 --> 02:39:48,512
CAN BRING INTO THIS WORK. THANK 

3816
02:39:48,512 --> 02:39:49,646
YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE 

3817
02:39:49,646 --> 02:39:51,648
TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

3818
02:39:51,648 --> 02:39:54,484
WORK. 

3819
02:39:54,484 --> 02:39:56,253
>> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 

3820
02:39:56,253 --> 02:39:58,855
>> WONDERFUL ! WE HAVE A 

3821
02:39:58,855 --> 02:40:09,266
STANDING OVATION. COLLEAGUES, WE

3822
02:40:09,266 --> 02:40:10,834
HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S

3823
02:40:10,834 --> 02:40:11,435
AGENDA. A LOT OF INFORMATION 

3824
02:40:11,435 --> 02:40:12,736
THAT I WANT TO GET THROUGH THESE

3825
02:40:12,736 --> 02:40:13,804
PROCEDURAL NOTES. I WANT TO 

3826
02:40:13,804 --> 02:40:14,938
CORRECT THE RECORD THAT 

3827
02:40:14,938 --> 02:40:20,143
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS EXCUSED 

3828
02:40:20,143 --> 02:40:21,211
FROM THE MEETING, I MISSPOKE 

3829
02:40:21,211 --> 02:40:22,646
EARLIER AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT

3830
02:40:22,646 --> 02:40:24,348
ERROR. FINALLY, JUST AS A QUICK 

3831
02:40:24,348 --> 02:40:29,519
UPDATE, TOMORROW IS TRANS PRIDE,

3832
02:40:29,519 --> 02:40:30,387
THAT FEELS PARTICULARLY TIMELY. 

3833
02:40:30,387 --> 02:40:31,288
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR 

3834
02:40:31,288 --> 02:40:32,522
SIGNING ONTO THE TRANS PRIDE 

3835
02:40:32,522 --> 02:40:34,191
INITIATIVE. ALONGSIDE THIS, A 

3836
02:40:34,191 --> 02:40:38,028
REALLY INCREDIBLE EVENT. AND WE 

3837
02:40:38,028 --> 02:40:39,896
HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S

3838
02:40:39,896 --> 02:40:43,634
AGENDA. DOES ANY -- ANYONE HAVE 

3839
02:40:43,634 --> 02:40:45,135
ANYTHING FURTHER? ALL RIGHT, 

3840
02:40:45,135 --> 02:40:47,404
NOTING NO FURTHER BUSINESS 

3841
02:40:47,404 --> 02:40:49,806
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. THE NEXT 

3842
02:40:49,806 --> 02:40:53,644
COMMITTEE MEETING