>>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING.
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 22,
2019.
IT IS 9:32 A.M.
THIS IS OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING.
I'M COUNCIL MEMBER LORENA
GONZALEZ, CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
JOINING ME ARE COUNCIL MEMBER
TERESA MOSQUEDA AND COUNCIL
MEMBER ABEL PACHECO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR
BEING HERE.
I'D LIKE TO REALLY QUICKLY GIVE
A CHAIR'S REPORT.
AND I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY
PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE
WORK BEING DONE BY THE CITY IN
THE AFTERMATH OF YET ANOTHER
SPIKE IN GUN VIOLENCE IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
I KNOW THAT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING THAT CLOSELY AND
HEARING DIRECTLY FROM
CONSTITUENTS.
MY STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN IN
CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH MANY
LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA,
INCLUDING THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEETING AT THE
COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND I
HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
DIRECTLY TO MAYOR DURKAN ABOUT
HER COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BEEN AN
ONGOING BODY OF WORK IN HER
OFFICE SINCE SHE HAS BEEN
ELECTED.
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ONGOING WORK AND ATTENTION THAT
HAS BEEN PAID TO THIS ATTENTION
BY THE EXECUTIVE.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
COORDINATING MULTIPLE
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING SPD, ISDOT
TO DO A NEIGHBORHOOD WALK OR
VISIT TO RECENT LOCATIONS WHERE
SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED.
THEY'LL BRAINSTORM POSSIBLE
CRIME PREVENTION, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS BEEN ASKING FOR,
PARTICULARLY IN THE BLOCKS
AROUND 21ST AND 23RD AVENUES AND
UNION.
I ANTICIPATE THIS COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY IS
CONTINUING TO INVEST IN AND
BOLSTER MANY UPSTREAM
INTERVENTIONS AND GUN VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
AS WELL AS A REVISED AND
EXPANDED SAFETY REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE
SEATTLE YOUTH VIOLENCE
PREVENTION INITIATIVE.
THE SAFETY RFB IS OPEN FOR
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY
FOR GRANTS.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR THE
SAFETY RFP IS JUNE 13TH.
I WILL BE PUBLISHING THIS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN MY
NEWSLETTER THIS WEEK.
SO FOLK CANS KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
THAT AS WELL.
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS EMPHASIS PATROLS ASSIGNED TO
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
WE HEARD THAT IN COMMITTEE A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON TOP OF THE
SEVEN OVER EMPHASIS PATROLS
DEPLOYED DURING THE MONTH OF
MAY.
SPD'S GANG UNIT CONTINUES TO
INVESTIGATE THE RECENT INCIDENTS
OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS
WILL COME BEFORE MY COMMITTEE IN
THE MONTH OF JUNE, HOPEFULLY BY
JUNE 12TH, TO GIVE US A
PRESENTATION ON ADDITIONAL
CONCRETE STEP ASKS INTERVENTIONS
THE EXECUTIVE PLANS TO
IMPLEMENT.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE
VIEWING AND INTERESTED IN THE
SUB JECT WANT TO KNOW MORE, YOU
CAN REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AT
206-684, # 802.
OR EMAIL ME AT LORENA.GONZALEZ@
LORENA.GONZALEZ@SEATTLE.GOV.
WE WILL DIG INTO THE REST OF
TODAY'S AGENDA.
AS USUAL WE START WITH PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY
TODAY.
AS A REMINDER, EACH PERSON THAT
I CALL UP IS ALLOWED TO PROVIDE
US TESTIMONY FOR UP TO TWO
MINUTES ON AN ITEM ON THE
AGENDA.
AND ACTUALLY BEFORE I DO PUBLIC
COMMENT, I NOW HAVE TO ASK FOR
THE AGENDA TO BE APPROVED,
CORRECT?
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO REWIND.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
>> SECOND.
>> OH.
JUST DON'T OBJECT.
>> I'M NOT OBJECTING.
THIS IS A NEW PROCEDURE FOR
THOSE OF YOU WATCHING US FUMBLE.
SO HEARING NO OX, TODAY'S AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
AT THE END OF YOUR TWO MINUTES
YOU WILL SEE THE RED LIGHT FLASH
AND I WILL ASK YOU TO CONCLUDE
YOUR REMARKS.
YOUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY
SHOULD BE ON A TOPIC ON THE
AGENDA.
IF YOU GO OFF TOPIC ON THE
AGENDA,LY GENTLY REMIND YOU OF
THE COUNCIL RULES THAT REQUIRE
YOU TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ITEM ON
THE AGENDA.
WE WILL KICK OFF PUBLIC COMMENT.
OUR ONE AND ONLY SPEAKER WHO HAS
SIGNED UP IS MARGUERITE RASHARD.
>> GOOD DAY, EVERYONE.
I'M KIND OF VEXED IN MY SPIRIT
BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE MONITORS
ON AND I DON'T KNOW OFTEN THAT
OCCURS, BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN
BY LOGISTICS.
AND I'M NOT A CHILD SO I DON'T
NEED TO BE SPOKEN TO LIKE A
CHILD.
AM I CLEAR WITH THAT?
OKAY.
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY
CLOSE TO ME, BUT I DON'T GO
THERE ANYMORE.
SHE MENTIONED THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL TO THE POLICE.
AND I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW THAT
ALL OF THEM ARE INEFFE
ASSISTANTS IS BEING RENDED AT
SAID TIME.
THE OTHER SITUATION IS THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED
IN MY COMMUNITY OVER OFF OF 3RD
AVENUE WEST AND MERCER.
AND I DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAPPENED
BUT I CAME UP AT THE TIME WHEN
THE NEWS MEDIA WAS THERE.
AND WHEN THEY FLASHED IT ON THE
NEWS, IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT
PEOPLE CONSIDER A NONEUROPEAN
THAT WAS THE DECEASED.
SO I'M STILL VERY MUCH CONCERNED
WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT REFORM
METHODS THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT
THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH
PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME BEING
GUNNED DOWN.
I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGE IN TERMS
OF WHAT I-940 WAS SUPPOSED TO
HAVE DONE IN RELATIONSHIP TO
PEOPLE -- THIS IS NATIONAL
MENTAL HEALTH MONTH.
SO THEY SAID POSSIBLY THAT HE
MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME SUBSTANCE IN
HIM OR HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
LITTLE BIT OFF KILTER.
HUH?
AND A LOT OF CERTAIN STANCES YOU
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THAT
FAR, HUH?
SOMEBODY CAN GO AND HAVE A
TRAGIC ACCIDENT AND END UP WITH
A BRAIN STEM PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU MISS RASHARD.
YOUR TIME IS UP.
>>> OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE
ITEMS OF THE AGENDA.
ROXANNE, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO
READ AGENDA ITEM ONE INTO THE
RECORD.
WHILE YOU DO THAT, IF YOU ARE
HERE TO JOIN US AT THE TABLE IN
CONVERSATION AROUND BEA'S LA,
I'D ASK YOU TO MAKE YOUR WAY UP.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119513 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE PAID
FAMILY CARE LEAVE PROGRAM FOR
BRIEFING DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU ROXANA.
OKAY.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
CONVERSATION AND OUR
CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL.
SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND
REALLY QUICKLY START WITH A
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS SO
EVERYBODY CAN TELL US THEIR NAME
AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO
THROUGH RUN THE SHOW.
>> MY NAME IS DAN EDER.
I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> RACHEL ALDER, BEATRICE'S
MOTHER.
>> ERIN ALDER, BEATRICE'S OTHER
MOTHER.
>> ADRIENNE THOMPSON WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
FROM BOTH OF YOU RACHEL AND ERIN
IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS BEFORE A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN WE
ADVANCED A PROCLAMATION UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO DECLARE -- I THINK
IT WAS MAY 13TH?
-- AS A DAY DEDICATED TO BEA AND
HER MEMORY AND HER GRIT AND HER
LEGACY.
SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF
THAT CONVERSATION AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY
TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT
SOME POLICY SOLUTIONS TO THE
ISSUES THAT YOUR FAMILY HAD TO
DEAL WITH AS A RESULT OF A BIT
OF A GAP IN OUR EXISTING PAID
FAMILY CARE LEAVE POLICIES.
SO I WANTED TO STRUCTURE THE
CONVERSATION IN A WAY WHERE WE
COULD HEAR DIRECTLY FROM RACHEL
AND ERIN FIRST AND GIVE YOU ALL
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH US
WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS.
AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE SING US A FEW
BARS.
AND THEN I'LL KICK IT OVER TO
DAN TO KICK OFF THE CONVERSATION
AROUND SOME OF THE POLICY
SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO IDENTIFY.
SO TO BOTH OF YOU, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR
COURAGE AND WILLINGNESS TO SPEAK
UP ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO
BE ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW
TO MODIFY OUR LAWS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE TRULY MEETING THE
NEEDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.
IT'S REALLY POWERFUL TO THINK
THAT WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AND A
HALF AGO AND THAT NOW WE ARE
SITTING HERE AT THIS TABLE
MAKING CHANGE IN HONOR OF LITTLE
BEA.
SO I WANT TO SAY I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU HEARING US.
>> GREAT.
>> I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU.
YOU'VE HEARD US OUT FOR A LONG
TIME NOW, FOR THE LAST YEAR AND
A HALF, AND I THINK DAN HERE HAS
A LITTLE BIT OF OUR STORY THERE
THAT IS PERFECTLY WORDED.
SO WE'RE JUST GLAD TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US.
>> GREAT.
AWESOME.
ADRIEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE
SOME REMARKS?
>> YES, THANK YOU CHAIR GONZALEZ
AND MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK RACHEL AND
ERIN FOR COMING FORWARD AND
TELLING THEIR STORY.
IT IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN CHANGE
CITY POLICY.
AND THE MAYOR REALLY APPRECIATES
YOU BEING WILLING TO BE
COURAGEOUS AND SHARE YOUR STORY
AND CHANGE A POLICY TO TRULY
SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES NEAR THE
CITY.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE
RIGHT THING.
AND REALLY FOLLOW THE VALUES
THAT WE BELIEVE AS A CITY.
SO THE MAYOR IS VERY PROUD TO
SUBMIT THIS LEGISLATION EVEN
THOUGH DESPITE A VERY TRAGIC
SITUATION FOR YOU AND SOME OF
THE OTHER STORIES WE HAVE NOW
HEARD FROM OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU HEARING
THIS BILL TODAY.
ALSO IN ADDITION, PROTECT 17 HAS
ALSO BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE IN
MAKING SURE WE PASS THIS
LEGISLATION.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET
HIGHLIGHTED AS ONE OF THE
CHAMPIONS OF THIS.
SO THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY
TO FIX A VERY MUCH NEEDED GAP
THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD IN
OUR CITY POLICY WITH REGARDS TO
WHEN A SITUATION LIKE THIS
HAPPENS WITH A TRAGIC DEATH JUST
DAYS AWAY FROM GIVING BIRTH THAT
THE FOLKS DIDN'T HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY AND NOT JUST ERIN
AND RACHEL, BUT OTHER CITY
EMPLOYEES DIDN'T HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE TIME
THAT THEY NEEDED TO CARE FOR
THEMSELVES, CARE FOR THE FAMILY
IN THIS TRAGIC SITUATION.
AND SO THE MAYOR FELT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO FIX THIS GAP.
AND THIS IS THE LEGISLATION THAT
YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AND WE ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT.
AND FULLY SUPPORT IT THROUGH THE
CITY COUNCIL PROCESS AND PASS
THIS LEGISLATION IN HONOR OF
BEA.
>> THANK YOU.
SO DAN, YOU WANT TO WALK US
THROUGH THE LEGISLATION AS IT
CURRENTLY STANDS?
SO I THINK WHAT I HAVE TO DO
FIRST, ACTUALLY, IS MOVE FOR A
SUBSTITUTE ON THIS COUNCIL BILL,
IF I UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURE
CORRECTLY.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> OKAY.
AND THE SUBSTITUTE IS STILL THE
SAME COUNCIL BILL.
NUMBER.
>> SAME BILL NUMBER, YES.
>> I DO NOT HAVE WORDS FOR THIS.
LET'S SEE.
OKAY.
SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE REVISED
VERSION OF COUNCIL BILL 119153,
COLLEAGUES I HAVE TO MAKE A
MOTION TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED
SUBSTITUTE.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 119193 AS PROPOSED
IN THE SUBSTITUTE.
>> SECOND.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
TO --
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY BILL.
THINKING WITH YOU.
>> OKAY.
IT'S SECOND.
>> IT'S STILL EARLY.
>> OKAY.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND
AND THERE'S BEEN A SECOND.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SUBSTITUTE
VERSION VOTE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
NONE OPPOSED, NO ABSTENTION
T-BILL HAS BEEN AMENDED TO ALLOW
US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE SUBSTITUTE BILL.
DAN, CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTE BILL?
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO,
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE
SUBSTITUTE BILL?
>> IS IT THE ONE THAT'S
UPLOADED?
>> IT SHOULD BE.
OKAY, GREAT.
DAN?
>> I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THE SUBSTITUTE LEGISLATION WOULD
CHANGE THE PAID FAMILY CARE
LEAVE BENEFIT TO PROVIDE
EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WITH UP TO FOUR WEEKS OF PAID
LEAVE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A
CHILD.
THE CITY CURRENTLY PROVIDES ITS
EMPLOYEES WITH A VARIETY OF
TYPES OF PAID LEAVE, BUT
CIRCUMSTANCES LEFT RACHEL AND
ERIN ALDER'S FAMILY WITHOUT
DIRECT ACCESS TO PAID LEAVE WHEN
THEY NEEDED IT.
SPECIFICALLY DURING A DIFFICULT
PREGNANCY, MISS ALDER USED UP
NEARLY ALL OF HER ACCRUED SICK
LEAVE AND ACCRUED VACATION
LEAVE.
WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER PASSED AWAY
SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH, MISS ALDER
FOUND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO USE
THE OTHER FORMS OF PAID LEAVE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRIEVING HER
FAMILY'S LOSS.
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS NOT
INTENDED TO ADDRESS EVERY ONE OF
THE MANY TYPES OF CHALLENGING
CIRCUMSTANCES FOR EVERY TYPE OF
FAMILY SITUATION.
RATHER THE BILL WOULD ADDRESS
THE ACTUAL GAP THAT WAS
EXPERIENCED BY THE ALDER FAMILY.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD MEAN
ALL CITY OF SEATTLE EMPLOYEES
WOULD GET UP TO FOUR WEEKS OF
PAID LEAVE IF THEY HAVE TO
GRIEVE THE LOSS OF A CHILD.
SOME OF THE KEY PROPOSED CHANGES
IN THE BILL TO THE EXISTING PAID
FAMILY CARE LEAVE BENEFIT ARE AS
FOLLOWS.
THE BILL WOULD ADD A NEW
QUALIFYING DEATH AS A TRIGGERING
EVENT ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO USE
UP TO FOUR WEEK OF PAID FAMILY
CARE LEAVE.
YOU WOULD ALSO DEFINE THIS TERM
QUALIFYING DEATH TO MEAN EITHER
THE DEATH OF A CHILD OR THE
DEATH OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER OR
SPOUSE FROM CHILDBIRTH OR FROM
COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO
CHILDBIRTH.
NEXT IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT PAID
FAMILY CARE LEAVE BE USED WITHIN
12 MONTHS OF A QUALIFYING DEATH.
AND FINALLY, IT WOULD ALLOW
EMPLOYEES WITH A QUALIFYING
DEATH TO USE PAID FAMILY CARE
LEAVE WITHOUT DRAWING DOWN SICK
LEAVE OR VACATION LEAVE
BALANCES.
BUT FOR OTHER CURRENTLY ALLOWED
USES OF PAID FAMILY CARE LEAVE,
EMPLOYEES MICROBURST STILL DREW
DOWN SICK LEAVE TO A MAXIMUM OF
TWO WEEKS AND A VACATION LEAVE
TO ONE WEEK BEFORE THEY CAN USE
THE BENEFIT.
THE EXECUTIVE INDICATE THAT IS
THE LAW WILL HAVE MINIMAL FISCAL
IMPACTS THE CAN BE ADDRESSED
WITHIN EXISTING RESOURCES AND
THE CITY'S RESERVE FOR THE PAID
PARENTAL LEAVE AND THE PAID
FAMILY CARE LEAVE BACK FILL.
WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM TO
IDENTIFY EXACTLY HOW MANY
EMPLOYEES THIS MIGHT IMPACT IN
THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S THOUGHT TO
BE A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER.
>> GREAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICY
OR THE BILL?
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
ON THIS IN THE INTERIM, BUT
WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR QUESTIONS.
NO QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA DO YOU
WANT TO GO FIRST ON COMMENTS?
>> SURE.
I HAVE TO NOTE AS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE CHANGES TO BEA'S LAW,
THE SUN IS SHINING DIRECTLY ON
THE PIECE OF PAPER AS IF THERE
IS SOME ILLUMINATION.
SHE IS PRESENT WITH US TODAY.
>> NOTABLY THE SUN HAS NOT COME
OUT THIS WEEK.
>> AND IT IS RIGHT HERE ON THIS
TABLE.
SO I JUST I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A
HUGE FIRST STEP THAT YOU GUYS
HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF AS YOU
TALKED ABOUT.
WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING WITH YOU
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
AMEND THE LAWS AND MAKE SURE
THAT EVERY FAMILY IS ABLE TO NOT
ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE TIME OFF
THAT THEY NEED TO GRIEVE IN THE
EVENT OF THE DEATH OF A CHILD,
BUT WHEN THAT OCCURS TO A FAMILY
OVERALL, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO EXTEND THIS LEAVE BENEFIT TO
THEM.
SO I DO THINK TODAY IS A REALLY
GREAT DAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT
THAT BEA'S LIFE LIVES ON IN THIS
DOCUMENT.
WITHOUT YOUR HARD WORK -- WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME YOU
WERE IN CHAMBERS -- BUT WITHOUT
YOUR DEDICATION, TENACITY TO SAY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT NO FOR
AN ANSWER, I SEE PTE, PROTECT
17, SORRY, SEAN'S HERE WITHOUT
THE FULL FORCE OF YOUR STORY,
BEA'S STORY, THE UNION
CONTINUING TO SAY, NO, THIS IS A
GAP THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED,
AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED
NOW.
I DON'T THINK WE'D BE HERE.
SKO A HUGE AMOUNT OF
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR COURAGE,
YOUR DEDICATION TO KEEP TELLING
THE STORY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S EASY TO
TELL IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND FOR ALL THE FAMILIES THAT
NOW DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
TRAUMA AND THE UNCONSCIONABLE
PAIN THAT YOU ALL HAD TO GO
THROUGH, NOT JUST WITH THE LOSS
OF A CHILD, BUT THEN TO REALIZE
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT
PROTECTION FROM YOUR OWN
EMPLOYER TO TAKE TIME OFF.
WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT
STRIDES TODAY.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A
REALLY IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT
YOU HEARD FROM DAN THAT I WANT
TO JUST LIFT UP A LITTLE BIT
THAT I THINK ARE REALLY KEY TO
MAKING THIS POLICY WORK.
THE FIRST THING IS WE WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THAT FOR ALL OF OUR
EMPLOYEES NOW IN THIS CITY IN
THE EVENT OF A QUALIFYING DEATH,
INCLUDING OF A CHILD AND A
SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER, THAT
HAS HAD COMPLICATIONS THAT
RESULTED IN DEATH DUE TO THE
BIRTH OF A CHILD, THERE IS NOW
LEAVE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND THE SECOND AND THIRD THINGS
ARE THAT THAT LEAVE DOES NOT
HAVE TO BE TAKEN ONCE YOU'VE
DRAWN DOWN YOUR SICK LEAVE.
YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO EXPEND THE
REST OF YOUR LEAVE IN ORDER TO
BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TAKEN
CONCURRENTLY, RIGHT?
SO THAT REALLY MAKES IT ITS OWN
IMPORTANT BUCKET THAT FAMILIES
CAN DRAW FROM IN THE INCIDENTS
OF A QUALIFYING DEATH.
I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL
BECAUSE IMAGINE, YOU KNOW,
HAVING TO DO THAT DRAW DOWN
SITUATION IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD
TO DO DURING PREGNANCY AND THEN
TO DO THAT AFTERWARDS.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE LEAVE
WAS THERE.
I THINK YOU SAID IN THE UNLIKELY
EVENT OR THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT
IT IS THERE, AND HOPEFULLY SMOKE
EVER HAS TO USE IT, BUT THEN
IT'S THERE.
THOSE ARE THE SECOND AND THIRD
THINGS I THIS ARE IMPORTANT.
AND THEN FINALLY I THINK THAT
THIS -- IT'S WORTH MENTIONING
THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PULLING
STORIES TO THE TABLE QUITE
LITERALLY HAVING FOLKS WHO HAVE
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE AT THE
TABLE YOUR VOICES HAVE REALLY
REDSNATED.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE
SEEN WITH PAID LEAVE IN THE
PAST, AND THIS IS TRUE AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL, IS WE HAVE NOT
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE VARIOUS
SCENARIOS IN WHICH PEOPLE MAY
NEED LEAVE.
HAVING WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR,
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, HAVING
FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE
DISCREPANCIES IN OUR PUBLIC
POLICIES AND IN OUR HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
WOMEN OF COLOR SPECIFICALLY WHO
HAVE HIGHER RATES OF DEATH AFTER
CHILDBIRTH, WE ARE NOW BRINGING
YOUR STORIES TO THE TABLE AND
CHANGING POLICIES.
SO VERY DIETED ABOUT THIS FIRST
STEP.
I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
YOUR NEXT ADVOCACY EFFORTS, SO I
IMAGINE WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE
HERE WITH YOU AS YOU TAKE O
NEXT ADVOCACY EFFORT.
YOU CHANGED MAJOR PUBLIC POLICY
FOR THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE
CITY.
AND WE WILL KEEP WORKING YOU.
SO THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO LOOK RIGHT
PAST THE GAP THERE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHIEF OF STAFF
WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH
YOU ALL FOR YEAR AND A HALF AND
PROTECT 17.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAD DAM
CHAIR?
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY
REMARKS COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO.
>> I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
STRENGTH AND COURAGE IT'S TAKEN
BOTH OF YOU TO TELL YOUR STORY.
REALLY TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE STRENGTH
AND PAIN ASK COURAGE IT TAKES TO
COME FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU.
>> WELL, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
COMMENTS.
I THINK SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
WE FEEL REALLY STRONGLY THAT
THIS SUBSTITUTE VERSION OF THE
BILL IS REALLY WELL CRAFTED AND
CRAFTED IN A WAY THAT IS REALLY
GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
PARENTS WHO HOPEFULLY WILL, YOU
KNOW, IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN
THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WILL
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HAVE A MUCH
BETTER EXPERIENCE
WITH-AND-A-HALF GAITING THE
BENEFITS THAT ARE OFFERED AT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP
GRATITUDE TO BOTH OF YOU.
AND REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT
THAT YOU MADE A DECISION AT SOME
POINT TO SAY SOMETHING AND TO
TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE GAP.
AND WITHOUT THAT BEING THE
SPARK, WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING
HERE TODAY.
AND THAT'S REALLY REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND TO
APPRECIATE YOU ALL PUBLICLY FOR
HAVING THE COURAGE TO IN THE
MOMENT OF CRISIS TO HAVE SORT OF
THE WHERE WITH ALL TO SAY, YOU
KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS WRONG AND WE NEED TO
STAND UP AND THIS CAN'T HAPPEN
TO OTHER PEOPLE.
SO REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU BOTH.
REALLY PROUD OF WHERE WE'RE AT
NOW AND EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE
TO VOTE THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
KEY POLICY AND FIX TO THE PAID
FAMILY CARE LEAVE POLICIES THAT
THE CITY HAS.
AND SO THAT WE CAN REALLY TRULY
MEET THE NEED OF FAMILIES MOVING
FORWARD.
I WAS REALLY PROUD TO BE THE
PRIMARY SPONSOR OF THE CITY'S
ORIGINAL EXPANSION OF PAID
FAMILY CARE LEAVE.
WE'D PREVIOUSLY HAD ONLY
PARENTAL LEAVE.
AND I MENTIONED TO YOU BOTH WHEN
WE MET IN MY OFFICE LAST WEEK
THAT NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
HAD I IMAGINED THAT THIS BENEFIT
WOULD BE NEEDED IN WHAT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A MOMENT OF
IMMENSE JOY.
AND I'M SURE -- AND I KNOW IT
STILL WAS A MOMENT OF IMMENSE
JOY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY 36
HOURS, BUT IT WAS A SHORT PERIOD
OF IMMENSE JOY AND NEVER IN A
MILLION YEARS HAD I IMAGINED
THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE A PERIOD
OF 36 YEARS.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAD
THOUGHT THAT THAT COULD BE
POSSIBLE.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FIX A GAP AND AN
OVERSIGHT IN OUR POLICY THAT WAS
NOT INTENDED TO BE THERE EVER IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
SO THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR
ALL OF YOUR ADVOCACY AND WORK.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT ELSE
YOU'RE GOING TO BRING TO US THAT
WILL HELP US DO RIGHT BY OUR
CITY EMPLOYEES.
I THINK WE REALLY PRIDE
OURSELVE IN SETTING THE
STANDARD OF WHAT GOOD EMPLOYERS
LOOK LIKE, ESPECIALLY AS ONE OF
THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE
REGION.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THE
STANDARD HIGH AND TREATING OUR
WORKERS AS WELL AS WE CAN.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE'S
NO OTHER -- JUST ONE MORE.
ALWAYS.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW
BOTH OF OUR OFFICES WERE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH DAN EDER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
CHANGES, YOUR TREMENDOUS
CHANGES, TO THE BASE LEGISLATION
IN A VERY QUICK PERIOD OF TIME.
SIGNIFICANT, IMPORTANT POLICY
CHANGES WERE MADE AND WE
APPRECIATE YOUR QUICK THINKING
ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU.
AND THANKS FOR ALL THE CALLS YOU
ANSWERED AND TIME YOU GUYS TOOK
TO MAKE THIS WORK.
>> WELL SAID.
THANKS, DAN.
OKAY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID WE WILL
GO AHEAD AND I WILL MOVE THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMEND WE
PASS THE BILL AS AMENDED.
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
NONE OPPOSED.
NO ABSTENTIONS.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSES THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
>> YAY.
>> WE LIKE TO APPLAUD OURSELVES
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
IT FEELS GOOD.
WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU
SHORTLY AFTER TODAY'S COMMIT TIE
HEARING.
WE OBVIOUSLY ARE VERY PROUD OF
BEING AN EMPLOYER WHO HAS MANY
MANY EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING
YOURSELF, WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY
OUR FABULOUS LABOR UNIONS AND WE
ARE WORKING WITH THE LAW
DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE STAYING TRUE TO OUR STANDARD
AND OBLIGATIONS AROUND
NOTIFICATIONS OF ITEMS THAT
MIGHT NEED TO BE SUBJECT TO
BARGAINING.
DEPENDING ON WHAT ADVICE AND
COUNSEL WE GET AND HOW
SUFFICIENT THE NOTICE HAS BEEN
THUS FAR, THAT WILL DETERMINE
WHEN WE CAN CONSIDER THE BILL IN
FRONT OF FULL COUNCIL.
WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU
BECAUSE WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE
THERE.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT YOUR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO I KNOW
HAVE BEEN A ROCK FOR BOTH OF YOU
TO ALSO BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM
IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
SO WE WILL BE IN CLOSE CONTACT
WITH YOU ABOUT THE DATE.
ORDINARILY IT WOULD BE ON
TUESDAY, THE 28TH.
BUT WE'LL, AGAIN, BE IN TOUCH
WITH YOU TO CONFIRM THOSE
DETAILS.
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I FEEL LIKE ARA MRAUDING
AGAIN.
>> IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A HAPPY
DAY.
NOW THE SUN'S ON YOU.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID,
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE TEN MINUTES
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM WHICH IS
JUST A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
AND IF YOU ARE HERE TO PRESENT
ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION PROJECT, I'D ASK
YOU TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE
TABLE AS MISS GOMEZ READS THIS
INTO THE RECORD.
>> ASDWREN DA ITEM TWO, DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROJECT
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, ROXANA.
GOOD MORNING.
ALL RIGHT.
WHY DON'T WE BEGIN WITH A ROUND
OF INTRODUCTIONS.
THEN I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU
ALL TO WALK US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
SO JUDGE, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST?
>> AND JUST TECHNICAL.
WHO PRESSES THE ADVANCE BUTTON
ON THE POWERPOINT?
>> USUALLY WHOEVER DREW THE
CHAIR CLOSEST TO THE LAPTOP.
>> SWEET.
MY NAME'S ADAM EISENBERG, I'M A
JUDGE IN SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
>> LAN PHAM WITH THE SEATTLE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> I'M JULIE HUFFMAN AND I
SUPERVISE THE VICTIM ADVOCATES.
>> KENNY JAMES, I WORK IN THE DV
UNIT.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SITTING
ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PREVENTION COUNCIL AS A COUNCIL
MEMBER AND A CHAIR OF THIS
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
SO I AM FAMILIAR WITH THIS
PROJECT AND THINK IT'S REAL HUGE
IMPORTANCE AND INTEREST TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THIS PROJECT IS INTERRUPTING THE
CYCLES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY INNOVATIVE
PROJECT, AND EXCITED TO GET AN
UPDATE IN CHAMBERS ABOUT THE
WORK YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING
TOGETHER.
SO PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING US HERE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND, THE REASON THAT
WE'RE INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING A
NEW TREATMENT MODEL FOR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IS BECAUSE BACK IN 2012
AND 2013 THE WASHINGTON STATE
INSTITUTE ON PUBLIC POLICY DID A
STUDY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
BATTERER'S TREATMENT.
TREATMENT WAS SORT OF THE
TRADITIONAL MODEL, A 12-MONTH
MINIMUM, ONE SIZE FITS ALL,
EVERYBODY HAS TO DO THE SAME
PROGRAM MODEL THAT'S EXISTED FOR
REALLY LIKE 20 YEARS.
AND THE STUDY WHICH DIDN'T LOOK
AT WASHINGTON STATE PROGRAMS,
LOOKED AT OTHER PROGRAMS AND
DETERMINED THAT IT WAS REALLY
INCONCLUSIVE WHETHER DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE TREATMENT AS DESIGNED
WAS WORKING.
AND FROM THAT POINT FORWARD
COURTS ACROSS THE STATE
INCLUDING SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT REALLY WERE STRUGGLING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.
AND THERE'S BE OPINION THIS
NOTICEABLE VAC YUP.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S
REVISING THE WASHINGTON CODE TO
MAKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS
MORE FLEXIBLE.
AND INTO THAT VACUUM HUMAN
SERVICES TOOK THE LEAD ON TRYING
TO DEVELOP A NEW PROGRAM.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LAN PHAM TO
FIN TISH HISTORY PORTION OF OUR
PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESENT.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PROJECT AS A CONVENING PARTNER.
AS MENTIONED, IT FILLS AN
IMMENSE GAP FOR THE REGION.
AS A CONVENER WE ARE EXCITED TO
BE PART OF THIS.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR A NUMBER OF
OTHER REASONS.
AS THE FUNDER UX IT ALLOWS FOR
US TO REALLY PROVIDE A HOLISTIC
APPROACH.
I THINK ONE PIECE IS REALLY
ADDRESSING THE DIVERSITY OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND IT'S GROWING POPULATION AND
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
BECAUSE THE MODEL ITSELF REALLY
IS LOOKING AT A CLIENT CENTER
APPROACH OR AN INDIVIDUALIZED
APPROACH VERSUS A ONE SIZE FITS
ALL PROGRAM.
WE LIKE IT FOR THE FACT THAT IT
IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
SO THIS PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES NOT
ONLY SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT, BUT ALSO A NUMBER OF
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
THE SALVATION ARMY, ACTT, AND
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS TO FULFILL
A GAP THAT WAS CREATED BY THE
REPORT.
IT WAS REALLY A STUDY OF THE 11
PROGRAMS THAT USE THE DILUTH
MODEL.
NONE WAS IN SEATTLE AND ALL WERE
VERY STANDARDIZED.
THE SECOND PIECE IS IN
ACKNOWLEDGING THERE'S A HUGE
GAP, FOLKS HAVE COME TOGETHER
AND FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE A
RESPONSE.
THE COLORADO MODEL COMPONENT OF
CLIENT CENTER WAS REALLY
ATTRACTIVE TO US.
IT'S ALSO A BEST PROMISING
PRACTICE MODEL NATIONALLY.
AND SO WE WANTED TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT IT AND ADOPT IT AND BRING
IT TO SEATTLE.
SO THE EXCITING PIECE IS THAT AS
OF JUNE WE HAD A SOFT START FOR
THIS PROJECT.
AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A FULL SCALE
PROJECT STARTING IN JANUARY OF
2020.
SO WITH THAT, I'D REALLY LIKE TO
HAVE MY COLLEAGUES SHARE MORE
AND DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
CAME OUT OF THE STUD CITY THAT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THE SINGLE
GREATEST PREDICTOR OF FUTURE
CRIMINAL ACTS AND THE SINGLE
GREATEST PREDICTOR OF VIOLENT
CRIME.
SOMEONE WHO'S CONVICTED IS
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY TO
COMMIT FUTURE VIOLENT ACTS THAN
SOMEONE CONVICTED OF OTHER TYPES
OF VIOLENCE.
SO THERE'S A REAL NEED.
AND TO LOOKING AT THE SEATTLE'S
LANDSCAPE, IN THE LAST FIVE
YEARS THERE'S BEEN AN AVERAGE OF
1,800 OR MORE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CASES THAT ARE ACTUALLY FILED IN
THE COURT.
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT IS THE
LARGEST MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE
STATE.
WE DEAL WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ON A LEVEL MORE THAN ANYBODY
ELSE.
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE
CASES THAT ARE FILED.
2017 WAS ALMOST UP TO 2,000.
BUT STILL CONSISTENTLY IN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS AT LEAST 1,800
CASES.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S FILED.
BUT JULIE HUFFMAN CAN GIVE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENS FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S
SIDE.
>> SO WE ACTUALLY FILE A
MINORITY OF THE POLICE REPORTS
THAT WE RECEIVE.
SEATTLE'S A BIT UNIQUE IN THAT
WE HAVE A GROUP OF VICTIM
ADVOCATES THAT REACH OUT TO THE
VICTIM IN THE CASE AND TALK TO
THEM ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANT A
COURT INTERVENTION BEFORE WE
FILE CHARGES.
NOW, THAT IS THEIR INPUT.
WE GIVE THAT INPUT TO THE
PROSECUTOR, AND THE PROSECUTOR
MAKES THE FINAL DECISION.
BUT I WILL SAY DURING THE YEARS
WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM TO
ORDER PEOPLE TO, IT WAS
DIFFICULT FOR VICTIMS TO SAY
THEY WANTED TO BE PART OF A
COURT PROCESS, BECAUSE WHAT
WOULD BE THE POINT OF THAT?
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH
-- AND WE GET OVER 3,000,
SOMETIMES CLOSER TO 3 SHLGS 800,
REPORTS EVERY YEAR.
AND WHAT WE HEAR OVER AND OVER
FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED
BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THAT
THEY REALLY JUST WANT THE
VIOLENCE TO STOP.
THEY WANT THE BEHAVIOR TO
CHANGE.
THEY MAY HAVE KIDS TOGETHER WITH
THAT PERSON.
THEY MAY HAVE A STRONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT PERSON.
SOMETIMES IN OTHER WAYS BUT THEY
REALLY WANT THE BEHAVIOR TO
STOP.
AND AS A MISDEMEANOR COURT I
THINK I AM USUALLY VERY PROUD
THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THAT AS
AN INTERVENTION.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
JAIL TIME.
DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO COME WITH
A CONVICTION, BUT MORE OFTEN IT
INVOLVES ORDERING SOMEBODY TO DO
TREATMENT THAT MAYBE THEY HAD
THOUGHT ABOUT DOING BEFORE.
BUT WITH THAT LITTLE EXTRA NUDGE
FROM THE COURT THEY MIGHT
ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO FOLLOW
THROUGH AND COMPLETE.
>> JULIE, ON THE VICTIM
ADVOCATES THAT YOU'RE
REFERENCING, ARE THOSE
CO-LOCATED WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE?
OR SOMEWHERE ELSE?
>> WE ARE IN THE CITY'S
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THERE ARE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES
AND LEGAL SYSTEM ADVOCATES.
WE ARE LEGAL SYSTEM ADVOCATES.
THE DIFFERENCE BEING THAT WE DO
NOT BY LAW HAVE CONFIDENTIALITY
BUT OUR ROLE IS TO HELP VICTIMS
AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS,
MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR
VICTIM RIGHTS ARE.
AND THEN WE ALSO WORK REALLY
CLOSELY WITH THE PROSECUTORS TO
TRY TO TAILOR AN OUTCOME TO THE
CRIMINAL CASE THAT'S REALLY
GOING TO AFFECT THAT FAMILY.
>> AND HOW MANY VICTIM ADVOCATES
CURRENTLY WORK AT THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
>> WE HAVE NINE.
IT'S EIGHT AND A HALF FTE.
>> OKAY.
AND WHAT'S THE CASE LOAD FOR
EACH VICTIM ADVOCATE?
>> THEY GET ABOUT 30 TO 40 NEW
REPORTS EVERY MONTH.
AND SO AT ANY TIME THEY CAN HAVE
ABOUT, GOSH, YOU'D THINK I'D
HAVE THESE NUMBERS ALL
MEMORIZED.
BUT AT ANY TIME I THINK BETWEEN
40 AND 60 OPEN CASES.
AND SOME -- AND WE TRY TO KEEP
THE SAME PERSON WITH THE SAME
ADVOCATE.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE CASES
REPEAT.
WE KEEP HAVING THE SAME PEOPLE
COME BACK OVER AND OVER.
AND SO OUR ADVOCATES, I MEAN AT
TIMES, WE HOPE THIS DOESN'T
HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT DOES, WE WILL
SOMETIMES HAVE AN ADVOCATE WORK
WITH THE SAME WOMAN OR THE SAME
FAMILY FOR FOUR, FIVE YEARS.
SO YEAH.
>> AND DO YOU ALL -- BECAUSE I
KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO
ARE DOING VICTIM ADVOCACY WORK
ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE CITY,
INCLUDING OUR FRIEND AT THE KING
COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE
CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE.
IS THERE COORDINATION BETWEEN
VICTIM ADVOCATES AT THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
ORGANIZATIONS AKIN TO KCSA, FOR
EXAMPLE?
>> YES, YES.
THERE IS A LOT OF COORDINATION.
I THINK WE RECOGNIZE THE
COMPLEMENTARY ROLES THAT WE EACH
PLAY WHERE WE CAN HAVE --
BECAUSE NEAR THE CRIMINAL
PROCESS -- WE CAN HAVE MORE
INFLUENCE ON THE CRIMINAL
PROSECUTOR.
AND SO WE PLAY THAT ROLE.
BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS PLAY A MUCH
DIFFERENT ROLE THAT INVOLVES
CONFIDENTIALITY.
THEY CAN HELP WITH FAMILY LAW
ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A MUCH
BROADER RANGE IN TERMS OF THEIR
ROLE.
AND SO WE FEEL VERY LUCKY IN
SEATTLE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT
GROUP OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SERVICES TO REFER TO.
API CHI IS DOING GREAT WORK.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIALIZED
SPECIFIC SERVICES.
NORTHWEST NETWORK IS ANOTHER.
WE REALLY DO WORK HARD TO HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THOSE
AGENCIES AND DO TRY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE REFERRING PEOPLE AND
CONNECTING THEM TO THOSE
COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
WE UNDERSTAND THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, I THINK EVERYONE
DOES NOW, IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE
THESE PROBLEMS ALONE.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU, JULIE.
>> THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER
VALUABLE POINTS THAT CAME OUT OF
THE STUDY.
ONE WAS IF YOU HAVE A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE PROGRAM THAT HAS MENTAL
HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
TREATMENT THERE'S A 33%
REDUCTION IN RECIDIVISM IN THE
REVIEWED PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAD.
THE TRADITIONAL BATTERER'S
TREATMENT MODEL DID NOT
INCORPORATE THAT.
IF YOU HAVE AN EVIDENCE-BASED
APPROACH TO TREATMENT WITH
INTENSIVE SUPERVISION THROUGH
CASE MANAGERS SUCH AS PROBATION
COUNSELORS, AND A MODEL THAT
TAKES INTO ACCOUNT AN
INDIVIDUAL'S NEED, THAT CAN LEAD
TO A 16% RECIDIVISM.
THESE ARE SEPARATE CONCEPTS, BUT
THEY'VE INFORMED HOW WE'VE
APPROACHED THE PROJECT.
THIS IS BASED OEN A MODEL
DEVELOPED IN IN COLORADO IN 2010
THAT FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUALIZED
TREATMENT.
THE APPROACH WE'RE TAKING IS ONE
TO PROVIDE AN INDIVIDUALIZED
TREATMENT MODEL THAT WILL
HOPEFULLY GIVE THE INDIVIDUALS
THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED IF
THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY ISSUES,
THAT'S INCORPORATED.
SECONDLY, WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE
INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS IN A WAY THAT
NO ONE REALLY HAS DONE BEFORE.
WE'RE BRINGING IN A VICTIM'S
VOICE INTO THE CONVERSATION.
WE'RE DOING IT BY WAY OF
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND
SOMETIMES THE SPECIFIC ADVOCATES
FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SO THAT THAT'S PART OF THE
INTERVENTION CONVERSATION.
AND FINALLY WE ARE VERY
CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO MAKE
THIS RESEARCH-BASED.
SO IN THE SOFT PILOT PHASE THAT
WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, WE'RE
DEVELOPING ALL THE DIFFERENT
DATA POINTS WE WANT TO ESTABLISH
SO WE CAN BE CLEAR WHAT'S
WORKING, WHAT ISN'T WORKING.
YOU'LL HEAR MORE OF THAT IN OUR
PRESENTATION.
BUT WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO
CORRECT THE PROBLEMS OF THE PAST
BY ONE, DEVELOPING AND TAKING
THE DATA AS BEING COLLECTED.
OR COLLECTING THE DATA AS IT'S
OCCURRING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO
WE CAN DO A REALTIME ANALYSIS
AND BE SET UP FOR MORE DETAILED
RESEARCH A TO FOLLOW.
>> AS YOU'VE HEARD.
THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO,
AND THE TREATMENT, IS TO
INDIVIDUALIZE THE TREATMENT AND
WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL.
THE TREATMENT IS WHAT WE CALL
OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RISK AND
NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND THAT ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETED
AT THE TREATMENT AGENCIES.
WE WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT
TREATMENT AGENCIES.
SO THE RISK NEEDS ASSESSMENT, IT
TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION SEVERAL
RISK FACTORS TO INDIVIDUALIZE
THE TREATMENT.
RISK FACTORS INCLUDE SAFETY
CONCERNS FOR VICTIM SAFETY.
VIOLENCE TOWARDS CHILDREN.
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.
ANY PRIOR TREATMENT THAT HAS
BEEN COMPLETED OR NOT COMPLETED.
IT ALSO LOOKS INTO UNEMPLOYMENT,
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, DEPENDENCY
ISSUES.
THE GOAL OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT
IS TO ASSIGN CLIENTS TO
TREATMENT LEVEL.
THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS,
SO THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE RISK
ASSESSMENT TO ASSIGN INDIVIDUALS
TO A LEVEL OF CARE.
THERE'S ONE ASPECT WHAT WE
IDENTIFY AS SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL
RISK FACTORS.
THOSE ARE RISK FACTORS THAT MAY
INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, ANY USE OR
THREATENING OF USE OF WEAPONS IN
THE PRESENT INCIDENT OR PAST
INCIDENTS.
ANY SUICIDAL, HOMICIDAL
EYEDUATIONS, THREATS.
NON-DV CRIMINAL HISTORY.
ANY ONE OF THOSE FACTORS WILL
PLACE SOMEONE IN THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF CARE.
>> SO IF I CAN ADD.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, OF
COURSE, IS ARE PEOPLE HONEST
ABOUT WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE --
>> THIS IS ALL SELF-REPORTED?
>> IT'S SELF-REPORTED, BUT IN
ADDITION THE ASSESSOR HAS
CRIMINAL HISTORY.
THAT STUFF WILL BE PROVIDED.
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT REQUIRE
AS DEGREE OF HONESTY UP FRONT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES OUR
PROGRAM UNIQUE IS THE CITY
ATTORNEY HAS AGREED TO AN
IMMUNITY AGREEMENT.
ANYTHING A PERSON SAYS DURING
THE RISK NEEDS ASSESSMENT OR
EVEN IN PROBATION, CANNOT BE
USED AGAINST THEM IN THE CURRENT
CASE, AND THE CITY IS NOT GOING
TO FILE CHARGES BASED ON
ANYTHING THEY SAY.
WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL ASSIST
THEM IN BEING HONEST ABOUT THE
ISSUES THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
>> SO AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE, FOR
EXAMPLE, WITH THE FIRST
SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL RISK FACTOR
HAVING A WEAPON OR ACCESS TO
FIREARMS SO THE IMMUNITY, AN
EAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO HAVE A FIREARM OR
ACCESS TO FIREARMS BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A PREEXISTING CONDITIONS OF
RELEASE OR WHATEVER THE CASE
MIGHT BE OR YOU'RE JUST LEGALLY
NOT ALIEUED TO POSSESS OR BE
NEAR FIREARMS, THEN THAT
IMMUNITY AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW
THE PERSON TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THEY HAVE ACCESS OR CURRENT
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITHOUT
BEING CHARGED FOR THAT
VIOLATION?
OR WOULD SORT OF A DIFFERENT SET
OF LAWS WRAP IN IN THAT CONTEXT?
I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED.
>> AND YOU PICKED PROBABLY THE
MOST COMPLICATED ONE OF ALL.
I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE
CITY ATTORNEY DOESN'T CONTROL
FELONY PROSECUTIONS, RIGHT?
MR. ANDERSON CAN PROBABLY
ADDRESS THIS MORE CLEARLY.
THE REALITY IS, A STATEMENT MADE
TO AN EVALUATOR IN THIS
CIRCUMSTANCE, I DON'T SEE HOW IT
WOULD GO BEYOND THE CONTEXT OF
THAT ROOM.
BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ONLY
OFFER IMMUNITY TO CASES THEY CAN
FILE.
AND TO THE CURRENT CASE.
>> BUT COUNCIL MEMBER, I MANAGE
THE --
>> WHY DON'T YOU COME UP SO THE
AUDIENCE CAN HEAR YOU TOO.
THAT'S OKAY.
WE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD YOU
ON THE AGENDA ANYHOW.
>> WE DIDN'T WANT TO OVERWHELM
YOU.
>> NO, THAT'S OKAY.
TELL US YOUR NAME.
>> I'M CHRIS ANDERSON
DIRECTOR.
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS THAT
OUR FOCUS IN THE FIREARMS UNIT
IS TO NOT NECESSARILY FILE
CHARGES TO REMOVE THE FIREARMS.
THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE USED
TO GET CONTACT WITH THAT
DEFENDANT AND REMOVE THE
FIREARM, NOT FOCUSED NECESSARILY
ON CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
AND THEN BEING PART OF THIS
PROGRAM, WE CONSIDER THAT WHEN
WE'RE APPROACHING THIS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT STOPPING
RECIDIVISM, REDUCING HARM TO
VICTIMS, AND ARE LESS FOCUSED ON
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION WHICH IS
WHAT WE SEE AS OUR PART.
>> MORE OF A HARM REDUCTION
APPROACH.
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS
PREVENT THAT FIREARM FROM BEING
UTILIZED IN A WAY THAT'S GOING
TO CREATE DEATH OR BODILY
INJURY.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> GREAT.
HELPFUL.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT MAJORITY OF THE
INFORMATION THAT'S TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION IN THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK
AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT, COMES FROM
THE POLICE REPORT.
IT MAY COME FROM VICTIM
ADVOCATE'S NOTE.
IT MAY COME FROM THE VICTIM
STATEMENT.
SO IF THERE'S MENTIONING OF A --
THE WEAPON OR A GUN USED IN THE
INCIDENT.
OR IF THE VICTIM IN HER
STATEMENT INDICATES THAT THERE
WAS A WEAPON USED OR A GUN OR HE
HAS ACCESS TO FIREARMS THAT'S
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION DURING
THE RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT AS
WELL.
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
>> SO AFTER THE ASSESSMENT'S
COMPLETE, THE ASSESSMENT THEN
GOES TO WHAT WE CALL THE MOTI
DISCIPLINARY TEAM.
THE MOTI DISCIPLINARY TEAM ALSO
KNOWN AS THE MDT TEAM INCLUDES
THE TREATMENT PROVIDERS,
PROBATION, IT INCLUDES SYSTEM
VICTIM ADVOCATES.
AND IT CAN INCLUDE COMMUNITY
VICTIM ADVOCATES.
IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE SOCIAL
WORKER, A MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELOR IF AN INDIVIDUAL IN
THE PROGRAM IS ALREADY ENGAGED
IN SERVICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH
AND/OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
COUNSELOR IF THE VICTIM WAS
ENGAGED IN THOSE SERVICINGS.
THE GOAL OF THE TEAM IS TO, ONE,
EVERYONE HAS TO COME TO A
CONSENSUS ON INTERVENTION LEVEL
AND A TREATMENT PLAN.
WE ALSO ARE -- IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ENSURE
THE PROGRESSION AND CONTINUITY
OF CARE BASED ON THE
INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS.
SO WE LOOK AT THE RISK
ASSESSMENT, WE COME TO AN
AGREEMENT TO FINALIZE THE
TREATMENT PLAN, INTERVENTION
LEVEL.
WE MEET MONTHLY TO DISCUSSION
PROGRESS OF DIFFERENT
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.
ANOTHER GOAL OF THE MBT TEAM IS
TO ADDRESS SOME NONCOMPLIANCE
ISSUES.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CLIENT THAT IS
STRUGGLING TO PAY FOR TREATMENT,
WE REALLY TRY TO WRAP AROUND AS
MUCH SUPPORT AROUND THAT AS
POSSIBLE TO PUT THEM THIS A
POSITION TO SUCCEED.
PARTICIPATION, THAT COMES FROM
VARIOUS SENTENCING TYPES.
WE HAVE -- IT COULD BE A
PRECONVICTION AGREEMENT,
STIPULATED ORDER OF CONTINUANCE.
IT COULD BE A DEFERRED SENTENCE
OR OTHER PLEA DEALS WITH THE
PROSECUTOR.
OR IT COULD BE IMPOSED AS A
CONDITION OF SENTENCE WHICH IS
MORE LIKE A SUSPENDED SENTENCE.
FAILURE TO PAY FOR TREATMENT
WILL NOT RESULT IN AUTOMATIC
TERMINATION FROM TREATMENT.
WE REALLY UTILIZE THE COURT, THE
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER IN
WHICH MY COLLEAGUES WILL
DISCUSS, WILL TALK ABOUT MORE
DETAIL LATER ON.
BUT WE REALLY UTILIZED COMING TO
THE RESOURCE CENTER TO WRAP AS
MUCH SUPPORT AROUND INDIVIDUALS.
IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO PAY WE
HAVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE
CAN REFER DEFENDANTS TO.
A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS COME
WITH STIPENDS ONCE THEY FINISH
THE PROGRAM.
SO ALTHOUGH THE POINT OF IT IS
TO PUT THEM IN A POSITION TO BE
ABLE TO PAY FOR TREATMENT.
BECAUSE WE REALLY VALUE
TREATMENT.
AND WE UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS.
THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR
TREATMENT, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO THE TREATMENT HAS TO -- IS
PAID OUT OF POCKET.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO WRAP AS MUCH
SUPPORT AROUND THEM TO HELP THEM
PAY FOR TREATMENT IF THAT IS THE
REASON FOR THEIR NONCOMPLIANCE.
>> WHAT'S THE COST OF THE
TREATMENT?
>> THE COST OF THE TREATMENT IS
DEPENDING ON -- IT'S DEPENDENT
UPON LEVEL OF INCOME.
>> MM-HMM.
>> THE LOWEST END IS $25 A WEEK
AT THE LOWEST END.
THAT'S A SLIDING FEE SCALE, AND
THAT'S THE CHEAPEST.
WE HAVE VOUCHERS THAT WE GIVE TO
CLIENT THAT IS HAVE LITTLE TO NO
INCOME OR MAY BE ON A FIXED
INCOME.
WE HAVE A VOUCHER, THAT COVERS
THE ASSESSMENT COST.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, TREATMENT
IS ANYWHERE FROM $25 A WEEK TO
ABOUT $50 A WEEK DEPENDING ON
YOUR INCOME.
>> TO ABOUT WHAT?
>> $50.
$50 A WEEK.
>> $50 A WEEK.
SO THE SLIDING SCALE IS $25 TO
$50 A WEEK.
AND HOW LONG IS THE PROGRAM?
>> SO WE'LL GET INTO THAT.
SO THE PROGRAM, IT'S BROKEN DOWN
INTO THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
OH, NEXT SLIDE.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> OH, I'M SORRY, WHAT?
>> NEXT SLIDE.
>> JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
THE TREATMENT IS BROKEN DOWN ON
THREE LEVELS.
LEVEL ONE IS LOW INTENSITY, TWO
IS MEDIUM INTENSITY, AND LEVEL
THREE IS HIGH INTENSITY.
LEVEL ONE IS A MINIMUM OF SIX
MONTHS.
THESE ARE ALL WEEKLY SESSIONS.
A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS.
LEVEL TWO IS A MINIMUM OF NINE
MONTHS AND LEVEL THREE IS A
MINIMUM OF 12 MONTHS.
AND THESE ARE ALL, LIKE I SAID,
THESE ARE ALL WEEKLY SESSIONS.
SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU ADD UP $25
TO $50 A WEEK FOR SIX MONTHS,
NINE MONTHS, OR 12 MONTHS, IT
CAN BE RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE.
>> YEAH.
>> SO WE TRY TO INCORPORATE AND
ADD AS MUCH SUPPORT AROUND THAT
NEED, IF IT IS A NEED, AND A
BARRIER TO SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO
COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
>> IS THERE -- SO IN THE KING
COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, I'M SORT
OF HARKENING BACK TO MY DAYS OF
PRACTICE WHICH WEREN'T THAT --
WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT I WAS
IN ACTIVE PRACTICE, BUT I KNOW
THAT THERE WAS A HUGE EFFORT,
PARTICULARLY FROM THE ACCESS TO
JUSTICE COMMUNITY AROUND BEING
ABLE TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO
ALLOW FOLKS BASED ON INCOME TO
ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET COMPLETE
WAIVERS ON THE FRONT END OF
COURT-RELATED FEES.
CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE THINKING AROUND
WHY WE ARE IMPOSING A FEE IN
THIS CASE FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD
BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM BUT
WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO
PAY TO PARTICIPATE.
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S NOT A,
YOU KNOW, TERMINATION OF
TREATMENT FOR FAILURE TO PAY FOR
IT.
BUT I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS
ABOUT WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES
IF YOU FAIL TO PAY.
YOU KNOW, ARE WE INADVERTENTLY
CREATING DEBT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THIS.
I KNOW WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK
AROUND LEGAL FINANCIAL
OBLIGATIONS AS WELL.
AND JUST WANT TO GET A BETTER
SENSE OF WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL
CONSEQUENCES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
THAT GETS BEHIND ON THEIR
REQUIREMENT TO PAY.
AND THEN SORT OF HAVE A SENSE
FROM YOU ALL ABOUT YOUR THINKING
AROUND A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR WAIVERS IN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE
REALLY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
>> SO I CAN ADDRESS THAT.
BUT I'M GOING TO ASK --
>> EVERYBODY COME ON UP.
>> PLEASE COME UP.
BUT THE INITIAL COMMENT IS,
FIRST OF ALL, AT LEAST IN
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT UNDER
THE RCW AND THE 352025 WHICH
ADDRESSES OUR COURT, WE A
ROUTINELY WILL SUSPEND FINES AND
FEES THAT WERE AUTHORIZED TO
SUSPEND PURSUANT TO OUR OWN
LEGISLATION, OR THE LEGISLATION
THAT AFFECTS MUNICIPAL COURTS.
SO IN TERMS OF FINES OR FEES IT
MIGHT BE PROPOSED BY THE COURT.
THOSE ARE ALMOST ALWAYS
SUSPEND WAIVED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S UNIQUE
ABOUT OUR PROGRAM IS THEY'VE
AGREED TO NOT CANCEL SOMEONE
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
PAYING.
BUT TREATMENT PROVIDERS ARE IN
THE BUSINESS OF, YOU KNOW,
PAYING THEIR STAFF AND,
OBVIOUSLY, FINANCIALLY
SUPPORTING THEMSELVES.
SO THEY ARE NOT ABLE AT THIS
POINT IN TIME UNLESS WE COME
FORWARD WITH THE PLAN --
>> SUBSIDIZE.
>> AND PROVIDE SUBSIDIES, I
DON'T THINK THEY'RE COMPLETELY
ABLE TO REMOVE THE OBLIGATION.
I BROUGHT TANYA TODAYSON UP HERE
BECAUSE I THINK SHE CAN ANSWER
MORE SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY'RE
NOT PAYING, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH
THAT?
>> TANYA DODSON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS
WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TREATMENT
IS UNLIKE MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT AND CHEMICAL
DEPENDENCY TREATMENT, YOU CAN GO
THROUGH YOUR INSURANCE TO GET
THAT COVERAGE.
THERE IS NO COVERAGE LIKE THAT
FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TREATMENT.
BECAUSE THERE ISN'T -- THERE'S
NOT A DIAGNOSIS WITH IT.
IT'S REALLY SAD.
WE THINK FOLKS SHOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO TREATMENT.
>> THERE'S A GAP IN EXISTING
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR
ACCESSING THIS TREATMENT THAT'S
SPECIFIC TO PREVENTING DV.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY FROM -- I
BELIEVE FROM THE HISTORY OF THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MOVEMENT THERE
WAS ALWAYS A PUSH AGAINST MAKING
THIS A MENTAL ILLNESS AND TRYING
TO LOOK AT IT MORE AS A CHOSEN
BEHAVIOR.
SO THERE'S, I THINK IT'S -- AND
MAYBE THAT WILL CHANGE OVER
TIME.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS PART OF
IT.
THAT THEY HAVE REALLY NOT WANTED
IT TO BE SEEN AS A SICKNESS BUT
MORE AS A BEHAVIOR THAT IS
CHOSEN AND REINFORCED BY THE
COMMUNITY.
>> YEAH.
IF I MAY ADD, TOO.
ON THE FUNDING SIDE, OUR OFFICE
FUNDS TWO PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW.
ACT&T AND SERVICES.
FOLKS REFERRED TO THESE TWO
PROGRAMS HAVE EITHER A ZERO FEE
OR A SLIDING SCALE FEE BASED ON
INCOME.
SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
INCREASE PARTICIPATION FOR
EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF THEIR
FINANCIAL SITUATION.
BOTH PROGRAMS ARE PARTICIPANTS
OF THIS PROJECT.
>> SO IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE
THAT WE CAN'T OFFER IT TO
EVERYONE FOR NO FEE.
BUT OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE
TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE DOORS
OPEN.
MANY PROGRAMS HAVE FOLDED.
THERE'S ACTUALLY CURRENTLY ONLY
TWO PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE RIGHT NOW THAT PROVIDE
THAT SERVICE.
SO THERE'S LIMITED -- THERE'S
LIMITED MONEY OUT THERE, AND
THERE IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, LIMITED
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE
AGENCIES.
WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES
PREVIOUSLY OFFERED IT.
AND THEY'VE NOW DECIDED IT'S NOT
PART OF THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
SO IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST CLOSING
DOWN.
SO IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT
THERE USED TO BE FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR THIS AND WHETHER THAT'S
DWINDLED OVER THE YEARS?
HAS THERE BEEN STATE OR CITY
FUNDING THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH,
OR HAS THIS ALWAYS BEEN A GAP
AND IT'S JUST NOW GETTING KIND
OF DAY LIGHTED?
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HAS
HAPPENED AT THE NATIONAL TO THE
LOCAL LEVEL?
OR DO WE NEED TO STEP UP BECAUSE
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A GAP?
>> THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A GAP.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
THERE PREVIOUSLY WAS SOUND
MENTAL HEALTH USED TO OFFER
PROGRAM AS PART OF THEIR WRAP
AROUND SERVICES.
BUT IT JUST -- IT JUST WASN'T
COST EFFECTIVE FOR THEM.
SO THERE'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN A
GAP.
AND IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE
BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT
TREATMENT.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
YOU MIGHT ASK IS WHY HAVEN'T WE
ASKED FOR MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS?
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHICKEN
AND EGG.
WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS
MODEL.
WE CAN'T REALLY SHOW YOU
PROGRESS MUCH BECAUSE -- AND SO
WE ARE HOPING DOWN THE ROAD TO
BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE
PROPOSALS.
BUT WE WANT TO DO IT IN A WELL
INFORMED WAY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T
PRESENTED ANYTHING YET.
WE'RE STILL ABOUT NINE MONTHS,
ALMOST A YEAR INTO THE SOFT
PILOT, AND NEXT JANUARY WE'RE
HOPING TO MAKE IT A FULL PILOT.
WE'RE PUTTING THE RESEARCH
PIECES IN PLACE AND SO FORTH.
AND I MEAN, PERHAPS, WE SHOULD
CONSIDER PRESENTING SOMETHING
THAT'S MORE INTERIM TO THE
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
AND WE'D APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE
ON THAT IF YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT
WE SHOULD DO.
>> I MEAN I SH GO AHEAD COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO.
>> YOU SAID THERE ARE TWO
SERVICE PROVIDERS, CORRECT?
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED AND WHERE
DO YOU SEE THE MAJORITY OF YOUR
CASES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
BEING SERVICED BY THE PROGRAM
LOCATED?
>> SO THE ACTSY IS IN NORTH
SEATTLE.
THE OTHER IS OFF RAINIER AND
MLK.
AND IT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ACT&T IS IN TUKWILA.
>> DO YOU KNOW GEOGRAPHICALLY
WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
BEING SERVICED ARE -- ARE THERE
LIKE ZIP CODES OR THEIR
RESIDENCES?
>> NOT RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M JUST SPECULATING.
MAJORITY ARE FROM THE SEATTLE
AREA.
WHAT SPECIFIC OR PARTICULAR AREA
OR PART OF SEATTLE, IT'S KIND OF
HARD TO TELL AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED AT THAT
DATA.
>> I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
POINT, AND WE WILL LOOK AT THAT
DATA.
>> I THINK PACHECO IS ASKING
DISTRICT-BASED QUESTIONS, JUST
TO BE SUPER TRANSPARENT ABOUT
IT.
SO THERE IS A REAL INTEREST BY
THE CITY COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY WE
NOW HAVE SEVEN COUNCIL-
DISTRICTS THAT IS GEOGRAPHIC IN
NATURE.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NETWORK
OF SERVICE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE
CITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
SPACES, NOT JUST THIS ONE, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
INADVERTENTLY CREATING
ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS TO ACCESS
THE TREATMENT PROGRAM BY
LOCATING THE TREATMENT THAT IS
OFFERED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IN
RARE YAS OF THE CITY THAT MIGHT
NOT CORRELATE TO WHERE PEOPLE
ARE ACTUALLY LIVING AND WOULD
MORE NATURALLY ORGANICALLY
CONNECT WITH THOSE SERVICES.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A POP
OUT EFFECT BY, YOU KNOW, FORCING
SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN, YOU KNOW,
CLOSE TO 1425TH IN DISTRICT FIVE
TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
RAINIER VALLEY.
THAT'S -- THAT CAN BE A
SIGNIFICANT BURDEN BECAUSE WE
ARE ALL ACUTELY AWARE OF
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND
PRESSURES OF TRANSPORTATION IN
TERMS OF MOVING AROUND THE CITY.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY FOR YOU ALL
TO GO BACK AND EVALUATE THE DATA
AND PROVIDE US SOME FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION ON WHERE THE PEOPLE
PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM ARE
LOCATED RELATIVE TO TREATMENT
OPPORTUNITIES THAT I THINK COULD
BE REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION
FOR US.
>> ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT
THE WACs REVISED LAST JUNE.
AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE REACHING
OUT TO NORTHWEST FAMILY LIFE AND
OTHER GROUPS.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT
FOR CULTURAL AS WELL AS
GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES.
BUT PART OF IT IS ALSO SOME OF
THE GROUPS HAVE TO GET
REASSESSED BY THE STATE SO.
I
THINK WHAT WE WILL ACTUALLY GO
BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN GATHER
THE ZIP CODE DATA IN PARTICULAR
AND SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY
VALUABLE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE
TRYING TO DO IN THE SOFT PILOT
YEAR -- WHAT DATA SHOULD WE LOOK
AT?
>> APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO'S LINE OF QUESTIONING IN
THIS SPACE.
IN NORTH SEATTLE IN PARTICULAR,
THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ REFERS TO
AS SERVICE DESERTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO
THAT CONCEPT THROUGH THIS
PROJECT.
AND SINCE YOU ARE ALL IN THE
SOFT PILOT PHASE IT'S A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE
INTENTIONAL AROUND THOSE
PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC CONCERNS.
AND ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I
THINK YOU BRING UP A REALLY
GREAT POINT AROUND HOW THERE
AREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
ACTUALLY TREATMENT PROVIDERS WHO
ARE ACTUALLY DOING THIS TYPE OF
TREATMENT.
SO GETTING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE INVENTORY
OF THE ECOSYSTEM WOULD BE, I
THINK, AN IMPORTANT DI ASIAN
LAYER TO THE
DATA.
IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THE FULL
TEXTURE AND CONTEXT OF WHY
TREATMENT PROVIDERS ARE IN A
PARTICULAR LOCATION VERSUS
ANOTHER.
>> GREAT.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA'S QUESTION
AROUND FUNDING.
I THINK MOST FUNDERS UP UNTIL
RECENTLY HAVE ONLY FUNDED AND
PRIORITIZED VICTIM SERVICES.
AND THIS IS NOT LOOKED UPON AS
VICTIM SERVICES.
BUT I WOULD ASK US TO LOOK AT
REFRAMING THIS.
I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD
EXCITED MANY TIME DURING MY
CONVERSATION HERE BECAUSE THIS
IS AN EXCITING PROJECT.
IN THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND OUR OFFICE IS INTERESTED IN
THIS BECAUSE WE SEE THIS AS
PREVENTION BECAUSE THESE FOLKS
ARE GOING TO RETURN TO THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND, YOU KNOW, THE
INTERVENTION IS ONE PIECE OF IT.
BUT WHERE IT REALLY CONNECTS TO
HUMAN SERVICES IS THAT WE ALSO
FUND OUTREACH EDUCATION AND
COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION SERVICES
IN WHICH WE ARE LOOKING AT PHASE
TWO TO REALLY CONNECT IT TO THE
SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED
THROUGH THIS COURT MANDATED
PROGRAM.
>> GREAT.
SO WE ARE A LITTLE OVER TIME.
>> I THINK WITH WE CAN PROBABLY
MOVE --
>> I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE US TO
MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF THESE
SLIDES A LITTLE QUICKER.
>> SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION I THINK
IS WHAT WE'RE UP TO NOW.
>> SO AS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY
ABOUT THE RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE
MDT TEAM WE NOW GET TO
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
TREATMENT.
AND THAT REQUIRES OFFENDERS TO
MEET THE COURT COMPETENCIES AS
OUTLINED IN A NEWLY REVISED WAC.
AND THE WAC CODES THAT'S UP
THERE EXPLAINS WHAT THOSE CORE
COMPETENCIES ARE.
AND TALKS ABOUT THE REVISED, OR
NOT THE REVISED, BUT THE
REQUIRED COGNITIVE AND
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES THAT CLIENTS
MUST DOCUMENT THROUGH VARIOUS
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS TO COMPLETE
THE TREATMENT.
I'D ECHO THAT TREATMENT,
COMPLETION OF TREATMENT IS NOT
BASED UPON HOW MANY GROUPS YOU
ATTENDED OR HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN
IN THE PROGRAM.
IT'S ABOUT MEETING CORE
COMPETENCIES AND YOU
DOCUMENTING, YOU KNOW, THE
REQUIRED COGNITIVE AND
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES THROUGH
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS.
THERE'S VARIOUS HOMEWORK
ASSIGNMENTS THAT PARTICIPANTS
ARE GIVEN TO COMPLETE THROUGHOUT
THE TREATMENT PROGRAM.
AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS
EARLIER.
LEVEL FOUR IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF TREATMENT.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND YOU
GUYS CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M
WRONG, THERE'S ONLY ONE
COUNSELOR I BELIEVE?
>> THERE'S ONLY ONE PROVIDER.
>> THERE'S ONLY ONE PROVIDE NER
THE STATE THAT'S AUTHORIZED TO
RUN A LEVEL FOUR GROUP.
AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT
NEEDS -- THEIR NEEDS MAKE EXCEED
WHAT A TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM
CAN PROVIDE.
SO THEY SCORE REALLY HIGH ON THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RISK AND NEEDS
ASSESSMENT.
AND THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE
USUALLY DISPLACED ON PROBATION
TO MONITOR REPEAT OFFENSES OR
OTHER CONDITIONS LIKE MENTAL
HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW THE PROVIDER DESERT
THAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED WITH
ONLY ONE PROVIDER AT LEVEL FOUR
COMPARES TO OTHER STATES.
HOW DO WE RANK IN TERMS OF
ACCESS TO HIGH NEEDS TREATMENT?
>> SO ACTUALLY CAN I JUMP IN?
THE LEVEL FOUR FOLKS ARE, LIKE,
THE SERIOUS SOCIOPATHIC FOLKS.
IF YOU PUT THEM IN A GROUP THEY
WILL ACTUALLY DISTORT THE
CONVERSATION OF THE GROUP AND IN
FACT GET MORE TOOLS OUT OF IT.
SO IT'S NOT A VERY LARGE
PERCENTAGE.
TANYA CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS.
>> WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY YET.
WE'VE ASSESSED -- WE HAVE 82
FOLKS IN OUR PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE NOT COME UP WITH ANY
YET.
>> ANY LEVEL FOUR.
>> NO LEVEL FOURS.
>> SO AND THE WACs DID JUST
CHANGE THAT REQUIRED A HIGHER
LEVEL OF TRAINING FOR LEVEL
FOUR.
BEFORE THERE WEREN'T DIFFERENT
LEVELS.
AND SO I WOULD IMAGINE JUST OVER
TIME THAT PEOPLE WILL START, YOU
KNOW, THAT PEOPLE WILL BECOME
CERTIFIED.
I JUST THINK IT HASN'T QUITE
FILLED IN YET WITH THE CHANGE.
>> AND THERE IS -- SO THERE'S A
SEPARATE SCREENING TOOL THAT'S
USED TO IDENTIFY THAT
POPULATION.
IT'S THE PSYCHOPATHY SCREENING
TOOL.
AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE UNCAPABLE, INCAPABLE OF
HAVING ANY TYPE OF REMORSE FOR
THEIR BEHAVIOR.
OR THEY MAY HAVE EXTENSIVE
CRIMINAL HISTORIES OR MULTIPLE
VICTIMS AND MULTIPLE PARTNERS OR
PROBLEMS THAT PREDATES OR IS NOT
RELATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS, AGAIN,
LIKE I INDICATED EARLIER, THAT
THEIR NEEDS SUPERSEDE WHAT A
TRADITIONAL PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE
THEM.
>> SO JUST A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
COULD YOU TALK MORE BROADLY THEN
ABOUT LEVEL OF ACCESS.
HOW OUR REGION COMPARES TO OTHER
REGIONS IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO
LEVEL ONE THROUGH THREE CARE?
>> SO I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER
STATES ARE -- HAVE THESE
DIFFERENT INTERVENTION LEVELS TO
INCLUDE A LEVEL FOUR.
IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON -- IN
TERMS OF OUR PILOT PROJECT, LIKE
MY COLLEAGUES INDICATED EARLIER,
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A LEVEL
FOUR.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL YOU
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> I THINK IT'S IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE WE'RE INNOVATING HERE.
SO WE'VE TAKEN PIECES OF MODELS
FROM OTHER SIMILAR TYPES OF
PROJECTS IN OTHER PLACES.
I THINK JUDGE EISENBERG
MENTIONED COLORADO IN
PARTICULAR.
SO IT'S HARD TO HAVE ANOTHER
APPLE TO COMPARE THIS TO RIGHT
NOW.
>> AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE WACs
JUST BEING REVISED I THINK WE'RE
TRUTHFULLY ON THE CUTTING EDGE
STATEWIDE IN TERMS OF CREATING
THESE NEW FOUR LEVELS.
I DON'T THINK OTHER STATES, MANY
OF THEM ARE EVEN AT THAT PACE
YET SO.
>> GREAT.
>> JUST, I CAN BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE
THE NEXT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES
THIS UNUSUAL, YOU'VE PROBABLY
HEARD ABOUT THERAPEUTIC COURTS.
WE'RE SORT OF A MIDDLE GROUND
WHERE WE SET SPECIFIC REVIEW,
6046 DAY REVIEW TO SEE IF THE
ASSESSMENT'S DONE, A HALF YEAR
REVIEW TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT
IN THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN A FULL YEAR REVIEW AND
SUBSEQUENT REVIEWS IN PART TO
SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING AND IN
PART TO GATT TER DATA TO SET UP
RESEARCH DOWN THE ROAD.
WE DON'T HAVE -- THE MDT IS ABLE
TO ADDRESS A LOT OF MINOR
INFRACTIONS, IF YOU WILL.
SO WHILE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
SET EXPEDITE THE HEARINGS FOR,
SAY, A NEW CRIMINAL LAW
VIOLATION, OR THEY'VE WALKED
AWAY FROM TREATMENT OR THEY
SIGNIFICANTLY FAILED TO COMPLY
WITH PROBATION.
OUR GOAL IS THAT HOPING THAT THE
MDT CAN REALLY ADDRESS
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE WITHOUT HAVING THEM
COME BACK INTO COURT.
IF WE CUT TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I
WOULD JUST SAY THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY IS PART OF THE
EXPECTATION HERE, JUST LIKE WITH
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY OR MENTAL
HEALTH.
BUT WE'RE REALLY -- WE'RE REALLY
FOCUSED ON PROGRESS RATHER THAN
PERFECTION.
AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO
TAILOR OUR RESPONSES TO
INDIVIDUALS SO THAT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S DEFINITELY INCORPORATING A
HARM REDUCTION MODEL OF, OKAY,
THERE IS THIS MISSTEP, WHAT CAN
WE DO TO GET YOU BACK ON THE
PATH.
HOW CAN WE FACILITATE THIS
WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE MORE
SERIOUS ACTION, SO.
IN ADDITION TO THE RESEARCH
WE'RE ALSO ASKING PEOPLE FOR
SPECIFIC FEEDBACK.
LIKE WE'RE CALLING THEM STORY
LOGS.
AND IN COURT NOW I'LL ASK, OR
JUDGE GREGORY, THE OTHER
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE JUDGE, WILL
ASK HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR HOW
IS TREATMENT GOING?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
PEOPLE ARE TELLING US VERY
POSITIVE THINGS.
THERE'S A COUPLE QUOTES WE
INCLUDED THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
SEE.
THEY WERE LIKE I THOUGHT
ALCOHOLISM WAS MY PROBLEM, BUT
THIS IS REALLY GIVING ME
VALUABLE TOOLS.
OR THIS IS HELPING ME WITH MY
FAMILY DYNAMIC.
WE'RE GETTING POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
AND WE'RE TRACKING ALL OF THAT
TOO SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT KIND
OF DATA.
I THINK JUST LAN, IF YOU WANT TO
FINISH UP ON THE NEXT STEPS
SLIDE.
>> SO THE NEXT STEPS IS THAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT AN INDEPENDENT
EVALUATOR TO BE LOCATED AT SMC.
AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR US TO DO
EVALUATIONS AND PRESENTENCE
REPORTS.
THERE'S BEEN A JOB POSTING
ALREADY.
ANY DAY NOW THAT POSITION WILL
BE FILLED.
NEXT STEPS INCLUDE THAT WE WANT
TO BE MUCH MORE CONNECTED TO THE
COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS PHASE ONE.
BUT PHASE TWO REALLY INCLUDES
SOME OF THE PROVIDERS THAT OUR
OFFICE WORKS WITH AND FUNDS IN
TERMS OF COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION
AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR AGENCIES
THAT WORK WITH SPECIALIZED
POPULATIONS THAT COME ON BOARD.
CASA LATINA, SOMALI TASK FORCE
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS
WHICH HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN
BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS
MOVING FORWARD.
THE FULL SCALE EVALUATION
PROGRAM WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY
2020.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
PROCESS.
AND SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE
SLIDE BUT IN WHICH AS OUR ROLE
OF CONVENER THAT WE'RE
SUPPORTING IS LOCATING FEDERAL
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT
AND MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
SO WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR
FEDERAL FUNDING AT THIS POINT.
>> GREAT.
ALL RIGHT.
ANY CLOSING REMARKS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE'RE
ALSO VERY MUCH AWARE THAT
THERE'S GAPS IN TERMS OF
CULTURAL COMPETENCY ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A
COUNSELING SESSION WITH 12
INDIVIDUALS AND ONE PERSON NEEDS
A SPANISH INTERPRETER AND ONE
PERSON NEEDS A CHINESE
INTERPRETER, IT'S VERY
COMPLICATED.
AND HOW YOU PROVIDE THA
THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT.
ONE PROVIDER HAS HAD SESSIONS IN
THE PAST BUT DOESN'T ACTIVELY DO
IT.
WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS GAPS SO
WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICES TO
EVERYONE.
>> I APPRECIATE THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THAT'S A
GAP AND I THINK THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TO FIGURING
OUT HOW TO MODIFY THE PROGRAM AS
WE CONSIDER BRINGING IT TO SCALE
IN A WAY THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING
TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE
REALITIES OF WHO IS IN A
RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER AND
ALSO SORT OF MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
TREATMENT TO FOLKS WHOSE
LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH AS A
FIRST LANGUAGE.
AND OTHER SORT OF CULTURAL
COMPETENCY ISSUES ALSO COME
THROUGH AS IT RELATES TO
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HOW,
IN SOME CULTURES, IT IS
UNFORTUNATELY VERY NORMATIVE TO
ENGAGE IN THOSE BEHAVIORS,
ANDAGE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT A
TREATMENT HAS TO BE PEOPLE
FOCUSED AND CENTERED TO REALLY
WORK FOR OTHER CULTURES WHO
DON'T COME FROM HERE.
SO REALLY APPRECITE THE
INTENTIONALITY AROUND WANTING TO
ADDRESS THAT COMPLEX ISSUE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> JUST TWO KIND OF FOLLOW-UP
REQUESTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTION TO
BRING BACK TO US SOME INTERIM
EITHER FUNDING OR POLICY
STRATEGIES.
I'M SORT OF LEFT WITH THIS
FEELING OF WANTING US TO DO
SOMETHING IN THE IMMEDIATE AND
NOT REALLY KNOWING HOW WE CAN
HELP, ESPECIALLY GIVEN FUNDING
GAP, GIVEN THE PROVIDER GAP.
VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN HEARING
WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT
BE.
I'M STILL STRUCK BY THIS
DISTINCTION CONVERSATION, I
GUESS, THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND
WHERE THIS BEHAVIOR FALLS ON THE
MENTAL HEALTH SPECTRUM,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT IF IT'S NOT TREATED EARLY
THEN IT DOES ESCALATE MUCH LIKE
OTHER TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING.
YOU WANT TO GET FOLKS IN EARLY
AND EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING AT LEVEL
FOUR WE WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
SOMEONE WHO FALLS INTO A LEVEL
FOUR TREATMENT NEED IS CLEARLY
IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING AND IS NOT -- I MEAN
DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT THAT
THEY NEED.
WOULD YOU JUST FOLLOW UP WITH US
AS THAT CONVERSATION EVOLVES?
I THINK THAT SEEING THIS AS A
HEALTHCARE ISSUE OR A LACK OF
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE COULD REALLY
HELP US AS A SOCIETY BETTER
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES EARLY ON.
AND THUS PERHAPS FILL IN THE GAP
IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WHERE
WE'VE SEEN FAILURES IN THE PAST.
SO THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
I HAD NOT REALIZED THAT WAS A
CONVERSATION HAPPENING IN THE
ADVOCACY OR PROVIDER WORLD AND
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW THAT
CONVERSATION EVOLVES AND HOW WE
CAN POTENTIALLY HELP ADVANCE
MAYBE MORE INNOVATIVE THINKING
AROUND THAT AS YOU TALKED ABOUT.
>> YEAH.
I DID NOTE ON MY POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION PRESENTATION,
BUDGET.
IF WE HAVE ANY -- IF WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA YOU ALL
ARE COLLECTING IS ACTUALLY GOING
TO SHOW A PICTURE OF MEANINGFUL
INTERVENTION IN AN UPSTREAM
FASHION TO PREVENT THIS BEHAVIOR
FROM OCCURRING, WE REALLY NEED
TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT EQUIPPING
PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN
THOSE TREATMENT PROGRAM, EVEN IN
A PILOT PHASE, WITH EVERY TOOL
AVAILABLE TO THEM TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS CAN BE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO THE
RICHNESS OF THE DATA I BELIEVE
THE PROGRAM COULD COLLECT.
SO WE SHOULD CERTAINLY HAVE
FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS AROUND
WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITHIN
GIVEN EXISTINGRY SOURCES THAT
COULD BE HELPFUL.
AND THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE
SOME OF OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS WHO
MIGHT HAVE INTEREST IN THIS
SPACE WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO
PERHAPS ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION
WITH US AROUND GRANTS AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO, ANY
CLOSING REMARKS?
>> JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT MY
COLLEAGUE SAID.
AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S EARLY
PROMISE IN THE PROGRAM.
AND I'M REALLY JUST LOOKING
FORWARD TO FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION
TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US.
OKAY.
WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE OUR AUDIENCE
IS NOW FULL OF ALL OF THESE
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
WELCOME TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU WILL BE
JOINING US AT THE TABLE FOR OUR
LAST AGENDA ITEM.
BUT FOR NOW WE HAVE ONE MORE
AGENDA ITEM.
SO I'M GOING TO INVITE FOLKS WHO
ARE HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE
THIRD ITEM, THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER, TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE
TABLE AS RONGS SAN THAT ROXANA
READS THIS INTO
THE RECORD.
WONDERFUL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LONG
PRESENTATION WITH LOTS OF
SLIDES.
WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND
TODAY SO I'M PROBABLY GOING TO
ASK YOU ALL TO SORT OF JAM RIGHT
THROUGH IT.
THIS IS JUST FOR FRAMING.
I MENTIONED THIS AT COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
BACK IN 2016 I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER.
WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE
WORK THEY WERE DOING ON A
SHOESTRING BUDGET IN A
SCRAPPY-LIKE NATURE.
AND WANTED TO GET A BETTER SENSE
OF HOW WE COULD GENERATE A SET
OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP THE
COURT RESOURCE CENTER TO BECOME
A BETTER RESOURCE AND BETTER
STRUCTURED AND ORGANIZED SO THAT
IT IS ABLE TO FULFILL ITS
MISSION.
AND REALLY WANTED TO GET A
BETTER SENSE OF WHAT IS THE
THEORY OF CHANGE AND THAT
PURPOSE OF THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER WAS ALSO PART OF WHAT WAS
FUELLING MY INTEREST IN
REQUESTING THE CITY AUDITOR'S
OFFICE CONDUCT AN AUDIT IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER TO BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING WHERE
SOME OF THE SYSTEM ISSUES THAT
COULD BE TACKLED TO REALLY
CREATE A MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM AND I'M REALLY HAPPY
THAT WE ARE HERE NOW THREE YEARS
LATER.
AND I'M EXCITED TO GET THE
UPDATE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND SORT OF HEAR MORE FROM YOU
ALL ABOUT HOW THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER HAS FLOURISHED IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THAT AUDIT.
SO THOSE ARE MY INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS.
WITH THAT BEING DONE, I WILL ASK
EACH OF YOU TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES FOR THE RECORD AND
THEN I WILL HAND IT ALL OVER TO
YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WELCOME.
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
MY NAME IS ANITA CRAWFORD
WILLIS, AND I AM ONE OF THE
JUDGES AT SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
>> I'M CAROL BELL-DANIEL AND I
MANAGE THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER.
>> MY NAME'S BETTY McNEELY, I'M
THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
DIRECTOR AT SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
>> HI, I'M JUDGE FAYE CHESS WITH
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT.
>> GREAT.
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING.
LET'S DIG IN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, YOU
KIND OF DID MY WHOLE PREAMBLE.
>> GREAT.
>> WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THAT
HISTORICAL PIECE AND WHY WE'RE
HERE TODAY.
CAROL AND I ARE GOING TO KIND OF
WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF OUR
ENHANCEMENTS.
A SHORT VERSION OF OUR JOURNEY
THAT WE'VE BEEN ON.
BUT I'D LIKE TO START BY REALLY
HAVING ONE OF OUR JUDGES SPEAK
BECAUSE SHE'S DUE BACK IN TRIAL
AT SOME POINT HERE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUDGE
CRAWFORD WILLIS TALK ABOUT HOW
SHE'S ABLE TO USE THE CRC AND
HOW IT WEAVES INTO THE WORK OF
HER COURT.
AND THEN JUDGE FAYE CHESS WILL
SPEAK LATER AS WELL.
>> JUDGE CRAWFORD WILLIS, I HOPE
YOU WILL HOLD YOUR COLLEAGUE TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE TARDINESS.
>> I I WILL DEFINITELY.
PAY LATER.
I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND TALK
WITH YOU AND SHARE MY THOUGHTS.
AND AS I THINK COUNCILWOMAN
GONZALEZ SAID ABOUT HOW THE LAST
PRESENTATION TRYING TO PROVIDE A
WRAPAROUND TO HELP PEOPLE BE
SUCCESSFUL, WELL, THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER IS.
AND THAT'S WHY FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING MY TENURE ON THE COURT
IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN
INVOLVED WITH, COMMITTED TO,
PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND AS I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY,
WHEN I SEE OTHER GROUPS THAT I
THINK COULD ADD TO OUR COURT
RESOURCE CENTER THEN I, YOU
KNOW, TALK WITH THEM AND PASS
THEM ON TO GET THEM INVOLVED.
FOR ME, THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT
GOES BY THAT I DO NOT REFERENCE
THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER AND
REFER PEOPLE TO GO TO THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER.
WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING PROGRAMS
AND PARTNERS THERE.
AND THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE
LATER.
BUT EVERY DAY I REFER PEOPLE TO
GO TO THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER.
SOMETIMES I EVEN MAKE IT A PART
OF THEIR SENTENCE BECAUSE WE
HAVE SOME CLASSES LIKE I WILL
HEAR SOMEONE SAY THIS IS WHAT I
WANT TO DO.
I WANT TO GET MY LIFE TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A CLASS THAT DEALS
SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT --
HELPING PEOPLE COME UP WITH
GOALS AND HOW TO SET YOUR GOALS
AND THEN MEET YOUR GOALS.
I HAD SOMEONE YESTERDAY WHO WAS
THEFT AND IT WAS BECAUSE SHE
SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE CLOTHING
AND I REFERRED HER TO OUR COURT
RESOURCE CENTER.
WE HAVE CLOTHES AT OUR COURT
RESOURCE CENTER.
WE HAVE FOOD.
PEOPLE CAN GET A BUS PASS.
JUST BASIC NEEDS PEOPLE CAN GET
MET AT THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER.
IT'S A VALUABLE TOOL FOR ME,
JUST FOR THE BASICS, FOR ANYONE
USING FROM THE BENCH, BUT EVEN
FOR HELP GETTING EMPLOYMENT,
HELP GETTING THEIR LICENSE BACK.
A VARIETY OF THINGS THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER SERVES.
AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE
GETTING THE WORD OUT.
AND EVEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR
OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT WE HAD
HELD LAST WEEK.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S CONNECTED WITH
OUR COURT RESOURCE CENTER.
MANY PEOPLE WILL BE REFERRED
BACK THERE TO CONTINUE THE
THINGS THAT THEY STARTED AT THE
OUTREACH.
SO IT'S INVALUABLE TO ME.
I TOTALLY BELIEVE IN THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
COURT -- IT'S PART OF OUR
MISSION TO PROVIDE THAT FOR
PEOPLE THAT COME BEFORE US.
BUT NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT COME
BEFORE US, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
I APPRECIATE WHEN WE CAME.
YOU FUNDED US SO THAT WE COULD
EXPAND.
AND WE ARE USING THAT MONEY
WISELY.
THE THING THAT IS YOU ASKED
CAROL AND BETTY TO DO, THEY HAVE
BEEN DOING THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE
TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU LATER.
EVERY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
ME, FOLLOW UP, FEEL FREE TO
REACH OUT.
I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN OVER TO VISIT
OUR COURT RESOURCE CENTER.
IF YOU HAVEN'T, I WOULD INVITE
YOU TO COME OVER AND VISIT OUR
RESOURCE CENTER.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY
JURY TRIAL.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR JOINING
US.
I'M SORRY WE'RE RUNNING SO LATE.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY
AT THE TABLE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
AND ONE MORE THANK YOU I'D LIKE
TO MAKE WHILE WE'RE HERE.
WE REALLY VALUE THE EXPERIENCE
WE HAD WITH THE AUDITOR'S
OFFICE.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S HOW
PEOPLE PHRASE THIS ALL THE TIME.
BUT IT REALLY -- IT GAVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT WE
COULD DO TO FURTHER ADVANCE OUR
MISSION.
SO WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE FROM
THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TODAY IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, VIRGINIA
GARCIA, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF
MENTION THAT.
AND THEN CAROL'S GOING TO KIND
OF DO A WICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE
HAVE GOING ON.
SO GO AHEAD, CAROL.
>> GREAT.
>> WELL, OUT OF THE SIX
RECOMMENDATION THAT IS CAME TO
THE AUDIT WE REALLY SAW FIVE AS
BEING OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
THE FIRST THREE HERE TO INCREASE
THE ACCURACY OF THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER'S CLIENT DATA,
TO ENSURE ADEQUATE COVERAGE OF
THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER, AND
REALLY PART OF THAT IN NUMBER
TWO WAS TO WORK BETTER AND MORE
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE THIRD WAS TO IMPROVE THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER'S CLIENT
DEMOGRAPHIC AS WELL.
AND THEN ROLLING INTO NUMBER
FOUR, REALLY RELYING ON THAT
DATA AND MAKING SURE THAT IT
WASN'T SELF-REPORTED AND RELYING
ON WHAT THE CLIENTS WERE SAYING
WHEN THEY WERE COMING THROUGH
THE DOORS.
AND THE FIFTH ONE WAS TO MONITOR
AND USE THE DATA TO INFORM OUR
DECISION MAKING.
SO WHEN ALL OF THAT WE TOOK
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE
KIND OF REENGINEERED HOW SOME OF
THE THINGS WERE HAPPEN INCOME
THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER.
AND THE FIRST BEING LAUNCHING A
NEW DATABASE JULY OF LAST YEAR.
AND REGULARLY TRAINING ALL THE
USERS OF THAT DATA BASTE SO THAT
THEY CAN ACCURATELY ENTER ALL OF
THE INFORMATION.
WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE $88,000
OF GRANT FUNDING JUST FOR THE
TERM OF 2018 OR ACTUALLY REALLY
THE SECOND HALF OF 2018.
AND WE USED THOSE FUNDS TO HELP
ENHANCE THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER.
IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE
CLIENT DEMOGRAPHICS, WE LOOKED
AT DATA ELEMENTS THAT INCLUDE
THE INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, THEIR
LANGUAGE, THEIR EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT LEVELS.
AND WE ALSO CHANGED SOME OF THE
DOCKMENTATION THAT WE'RE USING
FOR CLIENTS WHEN THEY'RE COMING
IN AND MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS
USER FRIENDLY AND THAT WE HAVE A
MORE GUIDED PROCESS WHEN WE'RE
COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM
THEM.
WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE A PERSON
TEMPORARILY TO COVER THE FRONT
DESK TO DO ALL OF OUR -- HELP
GUIDE THE CLIENT INTAKE PROCESS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS
STILL KIND OF A WORK IN PROGRESS
FOR US BECAUSE IT WAS JUST
TEMPORARY FUNDING WE GOD FROM
HSD FOR THAT.
BUT JUST LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE
SINCE THE AUDIT, WE'VE GOT SEVEN
NEW PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE THE HEPATITIS C PROJECT,
NOVOS, PIONEER, GOO WILL, THE
CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES,
COWLITZ INDIAN TRIBE, GOODWILL,
AND WE REVAMPED OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE YWCA.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> SOME OF OUR PROGRAM
ENHANCEMENTS BEFORE WE WERE
DOING AN EMPLOYMENT CLASS.
NOW WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN IT TO
ANOTHER LEVEL.
WE'RE WORKING WITH TWO AGENCIES.
THAT'S PIONEER AND URBAN LEAGUE.
BOTH OF THEM HAVE EMPLOYMENT
READINESS PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO DIRECTLY REFER CLIENTS
INTO.
SO THEY COME AND THEY'LL DO AN
ORIENTATION FOR ANYONE THAT
SIGNS UP.
SO THAT'D BE THE PUBLIC OR ANY
COURT USERS THAT ARE INTERESTED
IN EITHER ATTAINING BETTER
EMPLOYMENT OR JUST BASIC
EMPLOYMENT OR JOB TRAINING
SKILLS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR LIFE SKILLS
CLASS WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY JUST
BEING HELD AT THE COURT.
NOW WE'VE TAKEN OUTSIDE THE
COURT WALLS AND WE'RE HAVING IT
TWICE A MONTH, ACTUALLY ONE'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AT SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WE HAVE THE SELF-AWARENESS
WORKSHOP THAT CONTINUES TO SERVE
COURT INVOLVED CLIENTS AS WELL.
WE HAVE OUR MARKETING MATERIALS
WHICH WE BELIEVE IS A LITTLE BIT
MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN THE
INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED TO
CLIENTS BEFORE.
REALLY OUTLINES ALL THAT IS
AVAILABLE TO THEM WHETHER IT'S
THE EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOPS OR
HOUSING, FOOD STAMP BENEFITS,
FOOD, CLOTHING, HYGIENE, THINGS
LIKE THAT.
>> AND IS THIS ONLINE OR IS THIS
A PAPER COPY?
>> WE HAVE BOTH.
>> BOTH.
GREAT.
>> WE DID -- WE ARE IN THE MIDST
OF REVAMPING OUR WEB PRESENCE AS
WELL.
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND THIS IS WHAT OUR DATABASE
REALLY LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE'RE
EUSING IT ON OUR SIDE AND
TRACKING ALL OF THE CLIENT
INFORMATION.
IT'S KIND OF SMALL FOR YOU TO
REALLY KIND OF SEE, BUT LIKE WE
WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING FROM ALL
OF THE INFORMATION THAT -- WHAT
IT IS THAT THEY'RE SEEKING AND
WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO
OBTAIN WHEN THEY WERE THERE.
>> YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
WHEN YOU CAME BACK A FEW YEARS
AGO AND KIND OF SAW THAT WE WERE
DOING ON OUR KIND OF SHOESTRING,
I LIKE THE WORD SCRAPPY.
THAT WAS EXCELLENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY
RELIED UPON WERE OUR VOLUNTEERS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF
MANAGED WITHOUT ASSIGNED STAFF
TO THE AREA.
AND SO WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT WE'VE CONTINUED WITH THE
SUPPORT OF ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS
AND INTERN THAT IS COME TO US.
WE HAVE ALMOST 15 DIFFERENT
UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS THAT
PEOPLE ARE COMING AND DOING
THEIR INTERNSHIP AT THE COURT.
AND SO ONE OF THE -- REALLY ONE
OF THE STAYS THAT HAPPENS FOR
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS IS AT THE
CRC.
SO.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
REALIZE IS EVERYBODY DOESN'T
WANT TO COME TO US.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON OUR
PARTNERSHIPS EXTERNAL TO US.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME
RELATIONSHIPS THAT REALLY
REFERRAL BASED, WHETHER THEY'RE
REFERRING CLIENTS INTO US OR
WE'RE REFERRING INDIVIDUALS OUT
TO THEM.
LIKE AN AGENCY LIKE AURORA
COMMONS.
MAYBE THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE ONE
BUS TICKET TO A PERSON.
BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEM ONE.
SO THEY'LL REFER THEM TO US TO
GET THEM A BUS.
WHEREVER THERE ARE GAPS IN
SERVICES WE KIND OF WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP THAT WAY.
AND AS YOU'RE PROBABLY REALLY
FAMILIAR WITH IS THAT WE'RE
DOING OUR WARRANT OUTREACH
EVENTS.
WE'RE CHANGING THE NAME OF THAT
BECAUSE IT'S GONE BEYOND
WARRANTS.
WE STARTED OUT THE FIRST I'LL
SAY TWO -- WE COULD HELP
INDIVIDUALS WITH THAT.
BUT AS EVERYONE COMES OUT AND
THEY'RE SHARING WHAT THEIR NEEDS
ARE, WE'RE EXPANDING AND
BUILDING ON THE SERVICES.
LAST WEEKS EVENT, ALMOST TWO
WEEKS AGO, WE SERVED OVER 250
CLIENTS AND ACTUALLY GAVE THEM
THE THINGS THEY NEEDED.
AND WHEN THEY WALKED OUT OF
THERE THEY SAID THEY
ACCOMPLISHED MORE IN THE HOUR OR
TWO THERE THAN THEY COULD IN A
MONTH'S WORTH OF TIME BECAUSE
EVERYTHING WAS THERE AND
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND WE HAD EVERYONE THERE FROM
THE DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT,
THE KING COUNTY UP PROGRAM,
GOODWILL WAS THERE PROVIDING
EMPLOYMENT-RELATED SERVICES,
KING COUNTY METRO, THE ORCA
PROGRAM.
WE HAD SOMEONE THERE WORKING
WITH PEOPLE WHAT GET TICKETS OR
CITATIONS FOR RIDING ON THE
LIGHT RAIL OR ON THE BUS AND
AREN'T ABLE TO RESOLVE THEM.
AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON
HOW WE CAN BETTER MEET THE NEEDS
OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING
IN NEEDING SUPPORT WITH RELY
SENSING OR CITATIONS AS WELL.
>> -- NOT JUST MUNY COURT
TICKETS AND RESOLVING THOSE, BUT
YOU'RE ALSO ADDRESSING THE NEED
OF PEOPLE GETTING TICKETS FROM
FARE ENFORCEMENT ON TRANSIT
SYSTEM.
>> CORRECT.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A
REPRESENTATIVE COME OUT AND
SUPPORT WITH THAT TOO.
>> OR IF PEOPLE HAVE MULTIPLE
TICKETS WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL IN
INFRACTIONS.
LET'S SAY IN BURIEN AND FEDERAL
WAY AND SEATTLE, DIFFERENT PARTS
OF KING COUNTY, THERE'S A
CONSOLIDATED PROGRAM THAT WE
KEPT REALLY REALLY BUSY.
AND OUR EVENT RECENTLY THAT TOOK
PLACE AT GARFIELD COMMUNITY
CENTER.
SO WE'VE DONE OUR FIFTH EVENT SO
FAR.
LAST EVENT PRIOR TO THIS WAS IN
DELRIDGE WHICH WAS VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
THE GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER
AND WE'RE STARTING TO DO SOME
OUTREACH RIGHT KNEW FOR THE NEXT
EVENT.
WE ALWAYS BASE LIMIT PARKS
DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR
MANY REASONS.
ONE, IT'S SO IS -- IT'S REALLY
WORKED OUT TO LEVERAGE OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY
THERE.
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND SO NEXT EVENT YOU'LL BE
HEARING ABOUT SOON WILL BE
COMING UP.
AND WE'VE MOVED THEM ALL OVER
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> YEAH, I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH
THE COMMUNITY CENTERS IS HAVING
A PLACE WHERE IT'S KIND OF
FAMILY-FRIENDLY, USER FRIENDLY.
PEOPLE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY
CENTERS ALREADY.
SO THERE'S A COMFORT LEVEL.
I KNOW WE STILL ARE WORKING ON
THE CONCERN THAT THIS MIGHT NOT
BE A LEGITIMATE THING WHERE
WE'RE REALLY THERE TO RESOLVE
WARRANTS BECAUSE OF STINGS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED ACROSS THE NATION
IN OTHER FORMS.
BUT WE REALLY WANT THE COMMUNITY
TO KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE TO
SUPPORT THEM AND HOPEFULLY MOVE
THEM ALONG AND OUT OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> YOU ALL HAVE COME A LONG WAY
ON THESE WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS.
I MEAN, I THINK THE FIRST ONE
YOU HAD MAYBE 50 PEOPLE?
>> MAYBE.
>> MAYBE 50 PEOPLE.
AND TO GO FROM THAT TO 250
PEOPLE LAST WEEK I THINK TO ME
SHOWS THAT THE LEGITIMACY OF THE
PROGRAM AND SORT OF THE TRUST
THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
DEVELOP IN THE FACT THAT THEY
CAN GO THERE AND GET SERVICES AS
OPPOSED TO IT BEING A RUSE WHERE
THEY'RE GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW,
BUSTED ON A WARRANT IS -- IT'S
WORKING.
SO I THINK CONTINUING TO USE OUR
TRUSTED MISS GERS WITHIN THOSE
COMMUNITIES IS A SUPER IMPORTANT
PART OF CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT
LEGITIMACY TO MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS AREN'T TOO SCARED TO SHOW
UP AND RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES.
SO WELL DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO?
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT OUTREACH DO YOU DO IN THE
JAILS THEMSELVES?
>> WELL, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> OH.
>> SO WHEN I'M IN THE JAIL, A
LOT OF TIMES FOLKS ARE JUST LIKE
I WANT TO GET OUT.
>> YEAH.
>> AND SO PARTICULARLY AT THE
TIME OF SENTENCING, I WILL ASK
THEM WHAT'S THEIR GOALS.
WHAT'S THEIR PLANS ONCE THEY GET
OUT?
AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL
TALK ABOUT THE STRESSES OF NOT
HAVING HOUSING OR MAYBE THEY HAD
TO GET TO A JOB AND NOW THEY'VE
LOST THAT JOB.
SO I GET TO HEAR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT'S GOING ON
ONCE THEY ARE RELEASED.
AND SO I WILL REFER THEM TO CRC.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'LL SAY,
WELL, I'M UNEMPLOYED.
AND THEN THEY'LL SAY, WELL, YOU
KNOW, WITH MY HISTORY I PROBABLY
WON'T BE ABLE TO GET A JOB.
I'LL SAY, WAIT, HOLD ON.
AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE
COMPUTER.
EVERY DAY CRC SEND US
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO THE
PROVIDERS ARE THAT ARE SHOWING
UP THAT DAY, ALSO ABOUT CAREER
FAIRS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE URBAN LEAGUE
MAY BE DOING AN EMPLOYMENT FAIR.
AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE,
THIS IS THE DATE.
THIS IS THE TIME.
AND THEY'RE GIVING PEOPLE SECOND
CHANCES.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE YOUR HISTORY.
AND THE ATTORNEYS ARE SO USED TO
ME PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION
THEY LITERALLY START GIVING THE
INFORMATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL AS
I'M SPEAKING TO THEM.
OR EVEN BEFORE I START SPEAKING.
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO MAKE A
DIRECT CONNECTION.
ANOTHER THING IS ABOUT OUR
BRANDING.
ONE OF THE THINGS I EMPHASIZE IS
THAT IT'S NOT A PROGRAM FOR
THOSE IN CUSTODY, BUT IT'S A
PROGRAM THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
SO ANYBODY CAN COME IN AND
UTILIZE IT.
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME
FEAR BASE THAT THE FACT THAT THE
PROGRAM IS HOUSED WITHIN OUR
COURTHOUSE.
SO I LET THEM KNOW IS THIS IS A
PROGRAM THAT'S ACTUALLY
AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU SEE IT
WORK IN THE JAIL.
PARTICULARLY WITH WHEN I'M
RUNNING THE JAIL THAT DAY.
>> GREAT.
ANY FOLLOW-UPS COUNCIL MEMBER?
>> BECAUSE I REMEMBER FROM JUST
FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING A
VICTIM OF WRONGFUL ARREST
THERE'S FLIER INFORMATION INSIDE
THE COOLDOWN JAIL ABOUT BAIL
BONDS.
BUT A NUMBER OF MONEY THAT I MET
THAT NIGHT, WE BOTH KNEW THEY
WERE GOING TO LIKELY LOSE THEIR
JOB.
AND IT ALMOST DIDN'T MATTER HOW
ANY OF US HAD GOTTEN THERE.
IT WAS HOW CAN WE FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO SUPPORT THEM?
GET THEM STABLE EMPLOYMENT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS
OUT THERE THAT ARE HELPFUL AND
SUPPORTIVE.
THAT'S WHAT I FOUND CURIOUS, WHY
BAIL BOND INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE NEXT TO THE PHONE BUT
NOT INFORMATION FOR PLACES OF
EMPLOYMENT OR A FLIER.
BY THE TIME YOU GO FROM YOUR
RELEASE TO YOUR COURT DATE, IT
COULD BE SEVERAL DAYS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT TO
MYSELF --
>> IT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SITS
ON THE TABLE WITH ALL THE OTHER
PAPERWORK.
SO WHEN THEY'RE GETTING THEIR
PAPERWORK FOR THEIR NEXT COURT
DATE, ALSO WHAT THE COURT
CONDITIONS ARE, I'M MAKING SURE
THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A
BROCHURE.
OR THE DOCUMENT IN HAND.
AND
THEN I EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT IT
IS.
>> THIS IS FOUR YEARS AGO.
>> YEAH, SO, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO
MAKE THIS NOT AS, OH, BY THE
WAY, THE CRC.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT PART OF
THE PORTFOLIO OF INFORMATION
THEY RECEIVE BEFORE THEY WALK
OUT THE DOOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MM-HMM.
>> GOOD QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY, LET'S GO.
>> AGAIN, WE HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE
REALLY THAT FOCUSES ON THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT SUPPORT LAST
YEAR BECAUSE REALLY IT WAS KEY
TO US HAVING AN ADMINISTRATIVE
SPECIALIST THAT COULD STAFF THAT
FRONT DESK AS WELL AS SECURING
SOME DIFFERENT OPERATING
EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEEDED AND
SOME FURNISHINGS LIKE SIGNAGE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE RETRACTABLE
SIGN THAT IS WE USE THERE
INTERNAL AT THE COURTHOUSE SO
PEOPLE CAN KNOW WHERE THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER IS.
THAT WAS A BIG THING LIKE WHEN
YOU ALL CAME OVER AND TOURED
EVERYONE SAID WE NEED A SIGN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT ALSO
INTO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE
DOING DIFFERENT EVENTS.
>> WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW
YOU SOME OF OUR NUMBERS REAL
QUICK.
AND SO IF WE FORWARD TO CRC
UTIZATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS,
YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S ONLY OVER AN
EIGHT-MONTH PERIOD.
THAT'S HOW LONG WE'VE HAD OUR
NEW DATABASE IN PLACE, WHICH HAS
INCREASED US BEING ABLE TO
VALIDATE THE DATA THAT'S BEING
COLLECTED.
SO DURING THAT TIME PERIOD OVER
3,000 FOLKS CAME THROUGH THE
CRC.
WE PROJECT THAT WE'RE AVERAGING
ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE A YEAR THAT
ARE COMING THROUGH AND UTILIZING
SERVICES.
>> AND THOSE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL
VISITORS?
NOT VISITS, BUT VISITORS?
>> WE BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE
BIT.
I'M GOING TO LET CAROL SPEAK TO
IT, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE UNIQUE
VISITS.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO COME
BACK A COUPLE TIMES, WHICH WE
ENCOURAGE, SO.
>> TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT, I GUESS, THE UTILIZATION
THERE.
ONE THING WE NOTICED THAT
CONTINUES TO BE MORE THE
MAJORITY OF OR CLIENTS COMING
THROUGH ARE MALE, 70%.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM STILL
ARE REPORTING THAT THEY'RE
EITHER UNSTABLE OR HOMELESS.
ALSO WE NOTE THERE THAT OUR
COURT CLIENTS NEARLY 80% ARE
FOLKS THAT HAVE CURRENT
INVOLVEMENT SOMEHOW IN THE COURT
WHICH LEAVES ABOUT 20% THAT ARE
NONCOURT CLIENTS.
IN TERMS OF RACIAL BREAKDOWN,
ABOUT 40% OF THEM ARE WHITE.
30% BEING AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
HISPANIC AT 9%.
AND WE HAVE ABOUT 12% THAT ARE
UNREPORTED.
AND AGAIN, WITH SOME OF THESE
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT AS
WE'RE SCREENING THE CLIENTS THIS
DOING THE INTAKE FORTHEM WE
DON'T REQUIRE.
WE TELL THEM THAT WE WOULD LIKE
THIS INFORMATION.
WHY WE WANT THE INFORMATION.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO INCREASE
OUR ACCESS TO SERVICE AND HAVE
ACCURATE DATA.
BUT WE DON'T REQUIRE THEM TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THEIR
RACE OR THEIR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION.
ALL OF THAT IS OPTIONAL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAY CHA KOE?
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON OR JUST
-- NOT NECESSARILY REASON, BUT
ANY SENSE OF WHY
DISPROPORTIONATELY WE'RE SERVING
MORE WHITE, CAUCASIAN WHITE
INDIVIDUALS AS OPPOSED TO BLACK
AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR HISPANIC
AND LATINO, WHEN THEY MAKE UP
THE MAJORITY OF JAILS?
>> YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY THAT
EVERYONE THAT COMES THROUGH THE
DOORS OF THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER, OF THE COURT V THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL
AVAIL THEMSELVES TO SERVICES A
LITTLE BIT MORE EASILY THAN
OTHERS.
AND SOME PEOPLE DO WANT TO STAY
AROUND AND PARTICIPATE IN OTHER
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS COMING TO THE
COURT RESOURCE CENTER AND BEING
ABLE TO ACCESS SOME OF THOSE
SERVICES AND SOME OF THEM DON'T.
I REALLY CAN'T EXPLAIN BUT I
GUESS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IN OUR
RESEARCH IN TERMS OF THE CLIENT
DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE COULD
PROBABLY REPORT TO YOU OUT
LATER.
>> IF THERE'S A POLICY IN TERMS
OF OUTREACH, SOMETHING THAT
COULD BE HELPFUL, I WOULD SAY AS
A RECOMMENDATION FOR US WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
>> IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO
JUST SORT OF -- THIS SLIDE IS A
LITTLE HARD FOR ME TO DRAW
CONCLUSIONS FROM RELATED TO
DISPROPORTION NALTY WITHOUT
KNOWING A LITTLE MORE DETAIL
ABOUT THE JAIL POPULATION, FOR
EXAMPLE, OR THE COURT INVOLVED
POPULATION THAT IS COMING TO
SMC.
I ISN'T THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO'S STATEMENT THAT IT
APPEARS TO BE DISPROPORTIONATE
IN TERMS OF ACCESS IS ACCURATE.
BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DRAW A
CLEAR CONCLUSION BASED ON THIS
SLIDE.
IF YOU ALL HAVE INFORMATION
RELATED TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
THE COURT-INVOLVED CLIENTS THAT
ARE SORT OF OVERLAPPING OR THAT
WE CAN OVERLAY THIS WITH, THAT
COULD BE HELPFUL IN EVALUATING
WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE SOME
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS AS
IDENTIFIED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO THAT COULD MOVE THE
NEEDLE ON THOSE ACCESS ISSUES.
>> RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE IS THE PIECE OF
WHERE WE'RE LOCATED AND WHAT
THIS HOMELESS POPULATION LOOKS
LIKE VERSUS IN NORTH OR SOUTH
SEATTLE.
A THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
SO THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES.
WE DO HAVE OTHER -- SOME
INFORMATION THAT IS NOT REPORTED
IN HERE TODAY.
>> MM-HMM.
>> THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE
WITH YOU ALL.
>> GREAT.
>> THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE
REALLY HAVE INTERTWINED THE WORK
OF THE RESOURCE CENTER INTO OUR
MORE TRADITIONAL PROBATION WORK.
SO ANYONE THAT COMES TO US ON
FORMALIZED PROBATION, THE FIRST
THING -- ONE OF THE FIRST THING
THAT HAPPENS DAY ONE IS THEY'RE
CONNECTED TO THE RESOURCE
CENTER.
SO THAT ALSO IS GOING TO BE
INTERESTING TO LOOK AT IN
REGARDS TO NUMBERS.
SO WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.
>> GREAT.
SUPER HELPFUL.
OKAY.
>> SO JUST IN TERMS OF
UTILIZATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS,
YOU'LL SEE THAT ABOUT 75% OF
THOSE THAT REPORTED IN HAD AN
INCOME OF $20,000 OR LESS.
SO THEY'RE EITHER FROM $20,000
TO NO INCOME.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TOP 12
SERVICES.
THE FIRST THING PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING FOR REALLY WHEN THEY
COME IN IS CLOTHING.
THEN THE NEXT THING THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR IS FOOD.
SO WE'RE EITHER ABLE TO SUPPORT
THEM WITH FOOD STAMPS THROUGH
DSHS OR FOOD BAGS THAT EITHER WE
MANAGE THROUGH DIFFERENT
DONATIONS OR AGENCIES LIKE
EMERGENCY FEEDING PROGRAM
PROVIDE FOOD BAGS, WHETHER
THAT'S A SNACK PACK OR A FULL
GROCERY BAG, DEPENDING ON THE
CLIENT AND WHERE THEY LIVE AND
WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TRANSPORT
WITH THEM IS HOW WE DECIDE WHAT
WE'LL PROVIDE THEM.
BUT NOBODY GOES AWAY HUNGRY AS
LONG AS WE HAVE FOOD.
>> NOW LOOKING AT THIS PIECE OF
HOUSING, WE HAVE 538 PEOPLE THAT
CAME IN LOOKING FOR HOUSING.
IT'S AN INTERESTING THING
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING.
BUT WE HAVE REFERRALS LIKE MOST
OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO WORK
MORE CLOSELY WITH AGENCIES THAT
MAYBE HAVE A BED SPACE OR SOME
KIND OF FAST TRACK INTO
DIFFERENT FORMS OF HOUSING.
MAYBE INVEST IN AN
EMPLOYMENT-RELATED PROGRAM LIKE
THE URBAN LEAGUE WHERE THEY MAY
HAVE HOUSING ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
AND JUST IN TERMS OF OUR VISITOR
EXPERIENCE, WE'RE REALLY WORKING
ON THIS PIECE OF DOING EXIT
SURVEYS.
AND THAT'S FOLLOW-UP WITH
CLIENTS WHETHER THAT'S THE
PHONE, EMAIL, OR WHILE THEY'RE
RIGHT THERE IN THE OFFICE TO SEE
HOW THEY FELT THEY WERE
SUPPORTED THROUGH WHAT WE WERE
ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THEM.
SO 83% SAID IT WAS EITHER
SOMEWHAT OR VERY HELPFUL.
JUST LOOKING WHERE WE ARE FOR
2019 AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES
ARE, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN
THE CENTER IS WE REALLY WANT TO
INCREASE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND
STABILITY OF ALL THE CLIENTS
THAT COME IN.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
AND USE DATA TO INFORM OUR
DECISION MAKING.
WE WANT TO EXPAND THE NUMBER AND
AVAILABILITY OF ON SITE
SERVICES.
WE WANT TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS
AND SERVICE DELIVERY.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO INCREASE
ACCESSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
THEN WE'VE GIVEN YOU SOME REALLY
-- SOME NUMBERS TO LOOK AT ON
WHAT OUR INTERNAL GOALS ARE ON
IMPROVEMENT.
SO LIKE HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE AN
AMBITION GOAL WHEN THERE'S NO
HOUSING DEDICATED TO US.
BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
CONNECT PEOPLE WITH AS MUCH
SERVICES AS WE CAN.
SO THESE ARE OUR INTERNAL KIND
OF GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE WILL BE MEASURING THOSE
AS WELL.
I REALLY WANTED TO LEAVE TIME
FOR JUDGE CHESS TO KIND OF GIVE
YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A
JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT HAS
BEEN SO CRUCIAL TO KIND OF
HAVING THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
LIKE IS THAT I GET A WAY TO
OFFER MORE THAN JUST WORDS.
A LOT OF TIMES THE FOLKS THAT
COME IN FRONT OF ME DON'T SEE
MUCH HOPE.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH IN THE
WAY OF EVEN PERSONAL ITEMS.
AND SO BEFORE THIS, JUDGES WERE
LEFT WITH JUST A SENTENCE AND I
HOPE YOU DON'T COME BACK HERE.
I ACTUALLY NOW AM ABLE TO SAY
THIS CASE IS OVER AT THIS POINT.
HOWEVER, WE ARE HERE TO CONTINUE
ASSISTING YOU.
THROUGH HOUSING, YOU KNOW.
THE REFERRALS, THE JOB PROGRAMS,
FOOD, CLOTHING, AND NOT JUST NOW
BUT IN THE FUTURE.
AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN A
PERSON IS IN THE SYSTEM IT TAKES
YEAR, MONTHS TO CHANGE ABOUT THE
THINGS THAT GOT THEM THERE IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
AND THEY NEED A HAND UP.
AND THAT THE COURT CAN BE SEEN
AS A TOOL AND INSTRUMENT TO HELP
THEM MOVE FORWARD AND NOT COME
BACK.
I REMEMBER TALKING TO A
GENTLEMAN WHO WAS IN FRONT OF ME
WHO HAD NOT HAD EMPLOYMENT FOR
YEARS.
AND HE WAS SORT OF LIKE, YOU
KNOW, WITH MY HISTORY I'M JUST
NEVER GOING TO GET A JOB.
AND I WAS ABLE TO SAY, THAT IS
NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.
THERE ARE AGENCIES WHO OFFER THE
SECOND CHANCES.
AND BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION
COMING OUT THROUGH THE CRC, AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER, I COULD TALK
ABOUT THE AGENCIES SUCH AS THE
URBAN LEAGUE.
AND TO GIVE ACTUAL DATES AND
TIMES.
HIS FACE LITERALLY LIT UP
BECAUSE I DIDN'T JUST SAY
THERE'S THIS AGENCY OUT THERE.
I'M LIKE, NO, THEY'RE HAVING AN
EMPLOYMENT FAIR.
THEY ARE -- IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
HERE.
I ACTUALLY CAN ALSO TELL THEM
WHO'S EMPLOYING.
LIKE QFC.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE --
ANOTHER PERSON I SAID COURTESY
CLERK.
QFC IS LOOKING FOR COURTESY
CLERKS.
THEY ARE GOING TO ACCEPT
APPLICATIONS THROUGH THIS
METHOD.
AND I THINK THE LEVEL OF TRUST
IS DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE I CAN BE THAT SPECIFIC
ABOUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND I ALSO THINK I'M HIGHLY
ENCOURAGED ON THE FACT THAT THE
ATTORNEYS IN THE ROOM WITH ME
HELP ASSIST ME IN GIVING THAT
INFORMATION TO THEM.
THAT THEY ARE FEELING THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT SERVICE FOR THE
COMMUNITY TO HAVE.
AND THAT JUST KIND OF SOLIDIFIES
THE TRUST.
AND SO I GUESS I WOULD BE VERY
SAD IF I DID NOT HAVE THE CRC IN
MY TOOLBOX, ESPECIALLY ON THE
JAIL CALENDAR.
I REALLY WOULD.
>> THANK YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING
THAT PERSPECTIVE.
I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF THE CRC FOR
QUITE SOME TIME, AND REALLY
APPRECIATED YOUR ALL'S
WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER WITH ME
ON HAVING THE CITY AUDITOR DO
THE EVALUATION.
I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE
TREMENDOUS WORK AND REALLY RISEN
TO THE OCCASION IN TERMS OF
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND
REALLY GOING BEYOND THAT,
FRANKLY.
SO I FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY
RESOURCE CENTER, I'M GOING TO
START USING THAT NOW, THE
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER HAS
REALLY BEEN A COMPLEMENTARY AND
GOOD ADDITION TO THE SUITE OF
SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE COURT
AND NOW WITHIN COMMUNITY.
AND REALLY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO
SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL
TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT REALLY HELP TO BUILD THE
TRUST AND LEGITIMACY OF A
PROGRAM THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN A
COURTHOUSE.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S
WORK AND EFFORT AND, YOU KNOW,
CAROL AND BETTY, YOU ALL HAVE
DONE REALLY TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
WORK ON THIS PROGRAM.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL WILL
CONTINUE TO INNOVATE AND REALLY
THINK ABOUT HOW TO CONTINUE TO
DO IMPROVEMENT TO THE PROGRAS
WHICH YOU ALL HAVE REFER
REFERRED TO AS PROGRAM
ENHANCEMENTS.
I THINK THERE'S CONTINUED
OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE COMING INTO
CONTACT WITH THE COURT.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED
ABOUT WAS THE DESIRE OF HAVING
WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE VACATION
EVENT.
THAT COULD LURE PEOPLE IN.
THEY THINK IT'S A VACATION
EVENT.
BUT JUST FOCUSSING ON VACATION
OF PAST CHARGES WOULD BE
EXCITING.
I KNOW YOU OFFER A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF SERVICES.
I THINK THE CHAIR AND I WERE
CHATTING IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING
TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD
ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES AFTER
THEY LEFT YOUR EVENT.
LIKE MEDICAID, UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM, FOOD TAMPS, ET CETERA.
BUT SPECIFIC JUST TO THE
VACATIONS THAT MAY BE CAUSING
FEAR AND ELIMINATING PEOPLE'S
ABILITY TO GET THOSE EMPLOYMENT
POSITIONS, I WOULD LOVE TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT A
VACATION ONLY EVENT.
WE CAN PUT REALLY COOL GRAPHICS
ON THAT AND PEOPLE WOULD COME IN
FOR THEIR VACATION EVENT.
>> JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, AT OUR
LAST EVENT AT GARFIELD COMMUNITY
CENTER, WE ACTUALLY HAD DPD,
PUBLIC DEFENDERS THERE, THEY'RE
CIVIC SIDE.
THEY WERE MEETING WITH
INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING
TO EXPUNGE THEIR RECORD, OTHER
MATTERS THAT MAY BE THAT THEY
HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
MAY BE HOLDING THEM BACK FROM
FUTURE GOALS.
AND SO THAT'S A NEW ADDITION
THIS LAST GO AROUND.
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON
THAT.
BUT THEY WERE A GREAT PARTNER
WITH US IN THIS EVENT.
>> THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVEN'T
HAD A CHANCE TO GO VISIT THE
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER,
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO
THAT.
IT'S LITERALLY ACROSS THE
STREET.
VERY EASY TO GET THERE AND BETTY
AND CAROL ARE SOME OF THE NICEST
PEOPLE YOU'LL GET TO SPEND AN
HOUR OR 30 MINUTES WITH.
SO REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU
TO TAKE THEM UP ON THEIR TOUR
OFFER IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO DO
SO.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY
IN TIME.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR
LAST AGENDA ITEM.
THE LAST AGENDA ITEM IS A
PRESENTATION ON READY TO WORK.
THERE'S ONLY ABOUT EIGHT SLIDES,
COLLEAGUES, SO I ANTICIPATE THAT
WE WILL END CLOSE TO ABOUT
11:45.
IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL?
SURE.
OKAY.
GREAT, PERFECT.
SO IF YOU ARE HERE TO PRESENT ON
OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, I'M GOING
TO ASK YOU TO JOIN US AT THE
TABLE WHILE ROXANA READS THIS
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
COME ON UP, GLEN.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR, READY TO
WORK FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, ROXANNE NA.
AND
GLEN, I APOLOGIZE THAT WE ARE
RUNNING OVER TIME.
I KNOW YOU BROUGHT A BIG
AUDIENCE WITH YOU WHICH WE
ALWAYS APPRECIATE.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING
BEHIND A LITTLE BIT, I'M GOING
TO ASK THAT WE TRY TO END TODAY
AT 11:45.
THAT IS IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO START
LOSING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
>> OKAY, SO, I THINK, THANK YOU,
BY THE WAY.
AND WELCOME TO --
>> ALL THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
SHOULD COME TO THE TABLE, YEAH.
WE HAVE MORE FOLKS COMING UP.
NO, THAT'S OKAY.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT WE'LL DO IS I'M GOING TO
FOREGO MY SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
AND GO RIGHT TO THE STUDENTS.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THE TEACHERS.
AND A GRADUATE OF THE READY TO
WORK PROGRAM.
SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP
COMMUNICATIONS ON THE SLIDE, BUT
THERE'S JUST ONE SLIDE MAYBE
REAL SUPER QUICK THAT WE SHOULD.
THIS IS A LITTLE SLIDE YOU CAN
REFER TO LATER TO KIND OF SEE
THE EVOLUTION OF THE READY TO
WORK PROGRAM WHICH BEGAN IN 2015
AS A RESULT OF ADVOCACY FROM THE
COMMUNITY FOR BEGINNING ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
AND SINCE THEN THE PROGRAM HAS
GROWN WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
COUNCIL.
AND THE ONLY OTHER BACKGROUND I
WOULD GIVE IS WHO OUR PARTNERS
ARE IN THE PROGRAM.
AND THAT WE'RE RUNNING A
COMBINATION OF ESL AND
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, COMMUNITY
NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED.
SO LET'S JUST TURN IT RIGHT
OVER.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE ALEX
OWENS FROM ACRS.
>> AND WHY DON'T WE DO A QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS SO WE
KNOW EACH OTHER'S NAMES.
IF WE CAN GO AROUND AND EVERYONE
SAY YOUR NAME AND THEN WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO THE
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
>> MY NAME IS YASIN.
>> I'M ALEX.
>> HI, I'M TAIKO FROM LITERACY
SOURCE.
>> LET'S MAKE SURE THAT
MICROPHONE IS ON.
IS IT BRIGHT GREEN ON THE STEM?
ROXANA CAN HELP YOU.
>> MY NAME IS AMAL MOHAMED.
I'M FROM LITERACY SOURCE AND I
TEACH THE LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO
CLASS AT ACRS.
>> MY NAME IS AHMED.
I'M FROM SOUTHWEST READY TO WORK
STUDENT.
>> MY NAME IS ELAINE WRIGHT.
I AM A TEACHER AT IN WEST
SEATTLE WITH LITERACY SOURCE.
>> HELLO, I'M A STUDENT FROM
NORTH SEATTLE LITERACY RESOURCE.
>> I AM STUDENT.
>> MY NAME IS MEGAN DALTON.
I'M THE TEACHER FOR LEVEL THREE
READY TO WORK WITH LITERACY
SOURCE.
>> GREAT.
WELL, WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE
TIME TO JOIN US HERE.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A BUSY DAY
GOING AROUND CITY HALL AND
WHATNOT.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE
IN THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM,
WHICH I AM A MASSIVELY HUGE FAN
OF.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT,
ACTUALLY, TO THE WHOLE CITY
COUNCIL.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YASIN
BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO GET TO HIS
JOB.
HE'S A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW
WE CAN IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES
WHEN WE HAVE THE TIME TO WORK
WITH THEM FOR THE LONG TERM.
SO YASIN, WELCOME?
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH, MY NAME IS YASIN.
I'M FROM EAST AFRICA.
IN 2015 I DIDN'T HAVE ANY WORK,
SO I GOT LOT OF SUPPORT FROM
ACRS, JOB TRAINING, CLASSES.
WHEN I GOT TO WORK
AUTHORIZATION, THEY GOT ME THE
FIRST INTERN ZIP TO GET BACK TO
MY ACCOUNTING FIELD.
THAT WAS A HUGE THING FOR ME.
AFTER THAT THEY HELP ME TO APPLY
FOR MY FIRST ACCOUNTING JOB.
SO I GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT.
I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE NEW IN
A NEW COUNTRY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
LANDMARK.
SO THEY WERE MY LANDMARK.
>> OH.
>> SO THAT LED ME TO GET, YOU
KNOW, MY PERMANENT JOB, YOU
KNOW, AS AN ACCOUNTANT TODAY.
>> AND THAT'S THE JOB YOU'RE
GOING TO GO BACK TO RIGHT NOW?
>> UH-HUH.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SAY WHERE
YOU'RE WORKING NOW?
>> I'M WORKING AT TREEHOUSE.
>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.
>> AS AN ACCOUNTANT.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU WANT TO SAY HOW WE HELPED
YOU GET BACK TO THE FIELD A
LITTLE BIT?
>> YEAH.
SO THEY HELPED ME TO FOR THE
TRANSFER OF MY CREDENTIAL
BECAUSE I HAVE A FRIEND DIPLOMA.
SO THEY HELP ME WITH MY
CREDENTIALS, TRANSLATION.
>> SO THAT YOU CAN USE
CREDENTIAL HERE IN AMERICA IN
THE FIELD YOU WERE TRAINED FOR.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK MY CASE
MANAGER.
IT HELPED ME A LOT.
YEAH, MM-HMM.
>> HERE HE IS.
HI.
>> THANK YOU, YASIN.
>> SO HE'S BACK TO WORKING IN
HIS PROFESSION.
HIS ENGLISH IS EXCELLENT.
HE ALSO SPEAKS SOMALI AND
FRENCH.
WE BELIEVE HE'S A HUGE ASSET TO
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THIS
COUNTRY.
AND WE ARE SO GLAD WE ARE ABLE
TO WORK WITH HIM.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US AND
SHARING YOUR STORY.
REALLY HAPPY TO -- WE'RE ALWAYS
REALLY HAPPY AND EXCITED TO SEE
THE SUCCESSES OF THE INVESTMENTS
THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE MAKES
IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LITERACY
SOURCE AND OTHERS WHO HELP ACRS
ET CETERA WHO HELP US MAKE SURE
WE ARE FOCUSSING ON WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT WITH A STRONG LENS
ON WHAT IT MEANS TO SUPPORT AND
EMPOWER OUR IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE
THEIR FULL RECEIVES.
AND TO REALLY BE ABLE TO
CONTRIBUTE FULLY IN THE THINGS
THAT THEY LOVE TO DO.
YOU WENT TO TRAINING FOR
ACCOUNTING, SOMETHING I WOULD
NEVER BE ABLE TO DO MYSELF, AND
REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT
YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM
AND ARE HERE TO SHARE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, AND
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
>> YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO MAKE ME
CRY.
AND IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, NO
WORRIES.
YOU CAN LEAVE WHENEVER YOU WANT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BYE.
>> MY NAME IS TAIKO, AND I TEACH
FOR THE NORTH SECTION OF READY
TO WORK.
I ALSO USED TO WORK WITH ALEX AT
ACRS TEACHING THAT CLASS FOR THE
FIRST TWO YEARS.
I LOVE THIS CLASS AND I LOVE
BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH SO MANY
INTERESTING AND INTELLIGENT
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND I FEEL FORTUNATE TO BE A
TEACHER AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPER
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
YEAH.
AND YESTERDAY WE TALKED A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT CITY HALL AND THE CITY
COUNCIL AND WHAT IT WAS IN
PREPARATION FOR COMING HERE.
AND WE DISCUSSED REPRESENTATION
AND REPRESENTATIVES.
AND TODAY OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR
OUR CLASS WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK
ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE IS ZHENG.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
MY NAME'S ZHENG.
TODAY I'M SHARING MY EXPERIENCE
HERE AND I FEEL A LITTLE BIT
NERVOUS.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
>> MY BROKEN ENGLISH, SORRY.
>> YOUR ENGLISH SOUNDS PERFECT
TO ME.
>> SO LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF.
MY NAME IS ZHENG.
I CAME FROM CHINA 2015.
I DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH A LOT.
BECAUSE I'M HERE WITH MY FAMILY.
BUT RIGHT NOW I LIVE WITH MY
DAD, FONG.
BEFORE I CAME TO THE UNITED
STATES, I DID A UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION.
BUT I WORKED AS A MUSIC TEACHER
FOR 15 YEARS IN PRIMARY
EDUCATION.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE
WITH MY ENGLISH SO KEEP ON STUDY
FOR ENGLISH ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
SO FAR.
ONE OF THE REASON I COULD GET
WORK LIKE -- ANOTHER REASON I
COULD GET IS SUPPORT TO MY
CHILDREN TEACHING HIM SPEECH
THERAPIES.
SO HOWEVER I DON'T KNOW WHERE OR
WHO CAN HELP FOR THIS UNTIL I
WENT TO THE LAKE CITY LIBRARY.
I FOUND AN INFORMATION FROM
THERE BY CHANCE.
THEY ARE ABOUT LITERARY RESOURCE
SCHOOL.
IT WAS LUCKY THEY ACCEPTED ME.
I HELPING STUDY THERE OVER ONE
YEARS.
RIGHT NOW I'M IN READY FOR WORK
CLASS.
BEFORE I'M ABLE TO HAVE A JOB.
AND LET ME SEE.
AND WHEN I'M PREPARED FOR JOB, I
COULD LAND A LOT NEW AROUND THE
JOB TRAINING SUCH AS JOB
APPLICATION WRITING, RESUME,
USING COMPUTER SEARCHING.
A GOOD JOB TITLE, GIANT JOB
FAIR, WORK ON SAFETY.
THIS TERM WE LEARNED GET FOOD
WORKER CARDS.
SO I WILL KEEP GOING ON.
BETWEEN MY CLASS STUDY WE ALSO
LEARNED MANY WAYS SUCH AS
READING A STORY ABOUT A TAXI
DRIVER.
COMPUTER SKILL PRACTICE,
CONVERSATION WITH MY CLASSMATE.
WRITING PRACTIE, AND SO ON.
IT'S -- THIS CLASS IS RANGE AND
FLEXIBLE VERY LIKE THIS LIKE.
SO I THINK IT'S NECESSARY AND
IMPORTANT.
I ALSO LEARNED SHARING, CARING,
RESPECT, AND HELPING EACH OTHER
LEAD TO RESULTS.
SO THANKS ALL MY TEACHER AND MY
TUTOR.
I WILL KEEP IT IF I CAN AND GET
A MORE OPPORTUNITY AND A
CHANCES.
SO THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ZHENG SO MUCH FOR
SHARING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS TO LEACH US A
LITTLE EARLIER.
SHE HAS A CONFLICT.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT.
>> SO MY NAME IS MEGAN DALTON.
AND I TEACH THE READY TO WORK
SOUTH LEVEL THREE AT RAINIER
BEACH LIBRARY.
SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY
SPECIAL ABOUT THE READY TO WORK
PROGRAM IS THAT WE TEACH ENGLISH
LANGUAGE SKILLS COMBINED WITH
WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS.
AND COLLEGE PATHWAY PLANNING.
WE REALLY WANT OUR STUDENTS TO
GET GOOD JOBS, SUSTAINABLE JOBS
FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND TO BE ABLE TO PLAN THEIR
FUTURES, THE FUTURES THAT THEY
WANT TO HAVE.
AND SO THAT'S VERY SPECIAL.
NOT EVERY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PROGRAM HAS THAT COMBINATION OF
DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANNING AND
JOB HELP AND ENGLISH ALL
TOGETHER.
SO I FEEL VERY HONORED TO WORK
IN THIS PROGRAM.
I ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF
INTRODUCING MY STUDENT.
SHE IS REPRESENTING OUR CLASS
FROM LEVEL THREE, RAINIER BEACH.
READY?
>> YES.
I AM --
>> SORRY.
WE NEED TO GET THE MICROPHONE A
LITTLE CLOSER.
THERE YOU GO.
>> I AM TARIKA.
I AM FROM -- I HAVE LIVE IN
SEATTLE FOR ONE YEARS.
I LIKE TO COOK INDOOR.
I READY TO WORK.
WE HAVE STUDIED WRITING,
READING, LISTENING SENT
SPEAKING, FOOD SAFETY.
I WANT TO GET A JOB AND HAVE A
FAMILY.
HELPING ME WITH READING, HELPING
ME WRITING, UNDERSTANDING,
HELPING ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE CAN APPLAUD, YEAH.
>> HI, EXCUSE ME, I'M ELAINE
WRIGHT, I TEACH THE READY TO
WORK WEST PROGRAM WHICH IS A
LEVEL THREE/FOUR CLASS.
TWOOER NEWEST READY TO WORK
PROGRAM.
WE STARTED IN APRIL OF 2018.
AND IT'S HELD AT NEIGHBORHOOD
HOUSE IN HIGH POINT.
OUR CLASS IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE
ARE ABLE TO OFFER NOT ONLY THE
CASE MANAGEMENT THAT ALL READY
TO WORK CLASSES OFFER, BUT WE
ALSO HAVE CHILDCARE ON SITE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT A LOT OF
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THE
CLASS AND COME REGULARLY, WHICH
I THINK IS REALLY SPECIAL.
ANOTHER SPECIAL THING ABOUT
READY TO WORK IS THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND REACT TO
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
COMMUNITY.
WE CAN ADJUST OUR SUMMER
SCHEDULE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE IT TO AS MANY CLASSES AS
POSSIBLE.
I THINK THAT'S A REAL ASSET TO
THE COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AHMED.
HE'S BEEN A STUDENT IN MY CLASS
SINCE SEPTEMBER.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDCARE,
HIS WIFE IS ALSO A STUDENT IN
OUR CLASS.
SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO AHMED TO
EXPLAIN WHAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING
THIS QUARTER.
READY?
>> YES.
HI, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS AHMED.
I'M FROM ETHIOPIA.
I AM LIVING IN SEATTLE,
SOUTHWEST SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.
I LIVE -- I'M LIVING WITH MY
FAMILY.
WE ARE LEARNING -- WE LEARNING
FOR WRITING, SPELLING, READING,
WORD, MORE SENTENCE.
I TALK -- I TOOK PAST ON THE
COMPUTER SEARCHING.
I GET A FOOD WORKER CARD.
MY FUTURE GOAL IS I WANT TO BE A
STORE TEAM LEADER AT THE WHOLE
FOOD MARKET STORE.
I STUDY ENGLISH AND SPELLING
WORD, WRITING, CONVERSATION, AND
MORE SENTENCE.
FINALLY I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
TO ALL SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
LEADERSHIP BECAUSE YOU SUPPORT
US FOR COMFORTABLE AND VERY WELL
AS CHILDCARE AND GAS CARD.
WE ORGANIZE TEACHER ALSO WE LOVE
OUR TEACHER.
THANK YOU, ELAINE AND KELLY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AHMED.
>> MY NAME IS AMAL MOHAMED.
SO I TEACH THE LEVEL ONE/TWO
CLASS OVER AT ACRS.
IT'S A BEGINNER LEVEL CLASS.
ALSO, WE LEARN BASIC COMPUTER
SKILLS SUCH AS TYPING, SENDING
EMAILS, ACCESSING GOOGLE DOC.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE
DONE IN OUR CLASS IS A TIMELINE
OF BASICALLY THEIR SHORT-TERM
AND LONG-TERM CAREER GOALS OF
WHAT THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO
ADD?
>> 11:45.
>> JUST ONE THING REALLY QUICK.
OUR STUDENTS, I KNOW WE DON'T
HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW, AS WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT REPRESENTATION AND
BEING AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY
MEMBER, WE HAD CAME UP WITH SOME
QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
IF THERE HAD BEEN TIME.
SO MAYBE WE CAN EMAIL YOU THE
QUESTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
TIME FOR EACH PERSON TO ASK THE
QUESTION, BUT THEY DID HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR
COMMUNITIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE
TO --
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO
WELCOME YOU BACK AS WELL.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE A FACE TO FACE, TOO.
SO I WILL TAKE MY CUES FROM GLEN
AS TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT.
>> AND THE NEXT TIME WE DO IT,
WE COULD ALSO PREPARE A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM, THE
OUTCOMES, AND WHAT WE'VE
LEARNED.
>> YEAH.
WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THEM FOR
THE CLASS.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF CIVICS, AND
JUST EDUCATION AROUND MAKING
SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS
HOW WE CAN ACCESS PEOPLE WHO
REPRESENT YOU.
YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE WHO ARE HERE.
I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE THE
DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF.
MY PARENTS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY
IN THE '60s FROM MEXICO.
AND THEY CAME HERE WITH NO
MONEY, NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
MY MOM AND DAD BOTH TAUGHT
THEMSELVES HOW TO READ, WRITE,
AND DO MATH IN SPANISH BECAUSE
THEY ONLY HAD TWO WEEKS OF
EDUCATION BACK HOME.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING
OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
FAMILIES THROUGH WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES, AND A MASTERING
F THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
I WAS MY MOM AND MY DAD'S
TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER FOR
EVERYTHING.
AND I STILL AM.
MY MOM STILL SPEAKS -- SHE
SPEAKS SOME ENGLISH, ENOUGH TO
GET BY.
BUT I STILL HAVE TO HELP HER
WITH HER PAPERWORK AND WITH
REALLY COMPLEX, HARD DOCTOR
VISITS, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO I REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO
INVEST IN YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES
AND THE SUCCESS OF YOUR
CHILDREN.
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO BRING MY OWN IMMIGRANT
FAMILY EXPERIENCE TO CITY HALL
TO BE HOPEFULLY A GOOD
REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL OF YOU
AND YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR
FAMILIES.
SO REALLY EXCITED AND MOVED
ABOUT THE STORIES THAT I'VE
HEARD HERE OF SUCCESS.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY
MORE IN THE AUDIENCE WE DIDN'T
GET A CHANCE TO HEAR.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING
TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND FOR
THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO, IF YOU HAVEN'T
HAD A CHANCE TOO VISIT ONE OF
THESE CLASSROOMS, HIGHLY
RECOMMEND IT.
IT'S INSPIRING THE AMOUNT OF
WORK YOU ALL DO.
AND THE HOPE THAT COMES WITH
THESE CLASSES IS NOT MEASURABLE
BY ANY REPORT THAT WE COULD EVER
PRODUCE AT THE CITY.
SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH
THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS'
COMMITMENT TO THIS RESILIENCE
PROGRAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO, ANYTHING
YOU'D LIKE TO SAY?
>> NO, JUST EXPECT A VISIT.
A FOLLOW UP.
IT'S NOT LOST ON ME JUST IN
TERMS OF THIS MOMENT WHEN WE
HAVE ALL THREE OF US HERE BEING
CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS.
AND SO JUST I'M MINDFUL OF THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT I SPEAK ON
BEHALF OF THIS COMMITTEE JUST
SAYING YOU HAVE AS MUCH OF A
FRIEND AND ALLY IN BOTH YOUR
OFFICE AND THE WORK.
AND SO LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M
ALSO A TRANSLATOR FOR MY
PARENTS, FOR MY MOM
SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO WHEN THOSE DOCTOR VISITS
DO COME AROUND OR WHEREVER I CAN
GET SERVICE TO HER, EVERYONE --
I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE IN THIS
COUNCIL PROBABLY KNOWS ABOUT THE
LOVE THAT I HAVE FOR MY MOTHER.
BUT I SAY THAT JUST IN TERMS OF
ALL OF YOU.
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF SUB
SESZ IN THE PROGRAM.
AND I'LL BE COMING BY SOON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, GLEN?
>> OH NO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.
AND THANK YOU BECAUSE PART OF
THIS WAS PART OF THE CURRICULUM
AS WELL.
>> OH GOOD.
>> IT WAS TO BRING ATTENTION TO
THE PROGRAM TO THE COUNCIL.
GIVE YOU A BIT OF AN UPDATE.
BUT ALSO IT'S PART OF THE
LEARNING AND ENGAGING IN CIVIC
LIFE IN ADDITION TO LEARNING AND
WORKING.
>> AWESOME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY, COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO, IF YOU HAVE TIME AFTER
THE CAMERAS TURN OFF, TO GATHER
TOGETHER AND TAKE A GROUP
PICTURE.
DOES THAT SOUND OKAY?
GROUP PICTURE TIME.
ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.