>>> TERRIFIC.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, THE
JANUARY, 28th, 2022 REGULARLY
SCHEDULED MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER.
IT IS 9:31 A.M.
I AM TAMMY MORALES, CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> NELSON.
>> STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR AMY GORE.
>> HERE.
>> FOUR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SARA IS HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FIVE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTIONS,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO SAY GOOD
MORNING TO EVERYONE.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF
THE NEW COMMITTEE.
IN ADDITION TO THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS AND ARTS AND
CULTURE, THERE ARE THREE NEW
DEPARTMENTS IN MY PURVIEW.
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
I ALSO HAVE A NEW CLERK, DEVIN
IS WITH US THIS MORNING.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH VERITY -- CITY STAFF AND
CONTINUING TO SERVE OUR
NEIGHBORS.
AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW THE
COMMITTEE CAME TOGETHER,
WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR IMMIGRANTS,
FOR OUR ARTS COMMUNITY,
BUILDING A MORE ROBUST EARLY
INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR OUR SMALLEST
SEATTLEITES, OR BUILDING
COMMUNITY WEALTH, THE GOALS OF
THE COMMITTEE ARE TO ACCESS
OPPORTUNITY AND ENSURE THAT MY
GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
RACIAL EQUITY AND HOW WE MOVE
FORWARD AS A CITY.
I INVITE THE PUBLIC TO LET US
KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE, FROM
THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HERE.
HAPPY TO INCORPORATE IDEAS AND
SUGGESTIONS INTO THE CALENDAR,
AS WE DIVE INTO THE WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENTS.
FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK OUR
CITY STAFF FOR THOUGH WORK THAT
THEY DO ON BEHALF OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I KNOW THEIR WORK CAN BE
CHALLENGING, EVEN BEFORE COVID-
19.
AND NOW THAT WE ARE ENTERING
OUR THIRD YEAR OF THE CRISIS,
WHICH NONE OF US COULD HAVE
ANTICIPATED, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE WORK YOU ARE DOING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
TODAY'S AGENDA, WE WILL HEAR
FROM THE THREE NEW DEPARTMENTS
THAT ARE NEW TO ME.
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE GOT LINED
UP FOR TODAY.
AND SO I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL OPEN REMOTE, THE
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD,
BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE LONG
SCRIPT, I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK,
I DO NOT SEE THAT WE HAVE
ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THERE IS ONE PUBLIC COMMENT
REGISTRANT.
>> THERE IS?
OKAY.
MY APOLOGIES.
SO I WILL PROCEED.
I AM ASKING EVERYONE TO BE
PATIENT AS WE OPEN THE ONLINE
SYSTEM, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR WAYS TO FINE-TUNE THE
PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
A MEANINGFUL PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL
MEETINGS.
IT IS OUR STRONG INTENT TO HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY ON
MEETING AGENDAS BUT WE DO
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY
PUBLIC COMMENT IF WE FEEL IT IS
BEING ABUSED OR UNSUITABLE FOR
OUR MEETINGS.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
TECHNICALLY BECOME PEER IT IS
OPEN FOR 20 MINUTES, IF WE HAVE
PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK AND I WILL
CALL ON THE SPEAKER AND IF YOU
HAVE NOT REGISTERED BUT WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK YOU CAN SIGN UP
BEFORE THE END OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS
LISTED IN TODAY'S AGENDA ALSO.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME, THE
SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN, WILL BE
UNMUTED, AND AN AUTOMATIC
PROMPT OF "YOU HAVE BEEN
TRAN24" WILL BE FOR YOU TO
UNMUTE YOUR OWN PHONE BY
PRESSING STAR 6 AND BEGIN
SPEAKING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING AN ITEM
SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
YOU WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE TIME PLEASE
BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS,
AND ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING YOU CAN
DO SO AT THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
OTHER LISTENING CHANNELS LISTED
ON THE AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, ALEXANDER
LOMAS.
ALEXANDER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE AND YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ALEX AND
UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I LOOKED IN
THE AGENDA IT DID NOT FIND ME
THE ITEMS.
BUT I WAS COMMENTING ON LIKE
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
AND HOW I H.O.P.E.
THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO A LESS
BUREAUCRATICALLY SLOWING
PROCESS OF BUILDING NEW HOUSING
AND BETTER HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, I WAS SOMEONE WHO HAS
WATCHED A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS, GOING THROUGH SEATTLE.
I THINK THE CRIME, NOW PAST
SYSTEM, HAS BEEN FAR TOO
BUREAUCRATIC IN ITS NATURE, AND
BUILDINGS THAT FULLY, YOU KNOW,
MEET CODE AND STANDARD, ARE
STILL REJECTED ON BASIS OF
CHARACTER OR SOME OTHER, YOU
KNOW, REASONING.
I FIND THAT GIVEN A BUILDING
MEETS CODE AND IS A NET AND IF
IT FOR A COMMUNITY, AND
HOUSING, ESPECIALLY HOUSING TO
A COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT IT
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH
EASIER AND FASTER THAN IT
CURRENTLY IS.
I ALSO BELIEVE WITH A MORE
BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM IN PLACE, I
BELIEVE IT CAN BE, HOUSING CAN
BE SUBJECT TO, I DO NOT WANT TO
SAY MANIPULATION, BUT A
LOBBYING SYSTEM THAT SLOWS DOWN
INTRODUCTION OF HOUSING, WHICH
CAN NEGATIVELY HARM HOUSING
SUPPLY AND CAUSE MORE AND MORE
HOMELESSNESS.
I JUST WANT TO WISH THIS
DEPARTMENT THE BEST AND
INFIGHTING THAT SLOWDOWN OF NEW
CONSTRUCTION, AND, YOU KNOW,
DEVELOPING A BETTER HOUSING FOR
SEATTLE OVERALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALEX,
FOR CALLING IN.
I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.
SO, AT THIS TIME WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER ONE IN THE RECORD?
>> YES.
ITEM ONE.
AGENDA ITEM 1, 2021 REPORT OF
THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY.
SO AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, I AM
EXCITED TO BE HEARING FROM
FOLKS FROM THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS,
I DID ASK THEM TO REPRESENT A
REVIEW OF THEIR WORK OF 2021,
CANDIDLY FOR MY BENEFIT SO I
CAN GEAR MYSELF UP FOR THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION,
AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY WILL
HIGHLIGHT THE BIG ITEMS FOR US
TO BE CONSIDERING.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AT
LEAST HAD ALL INFO AVAILABLE TO
US.
I THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR
PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
KATHERINE CORTES AND JOAQUIN UY
FROM THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
>> HELLO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
I AM KATHERINE CORTES, FINANCE
AND FINANCIAL AID OFFICE
MANAGER AT THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
WE CALL OURSELVES OIRA.
OR SOME PEOPLE CALL IT OIRA.
EITHER IS OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION ON THE
OFFSET THAT WE ARE IN DIRECTOR
TRANSITION.
OUR CURRENT DIRECTOR WHO HAS
LED US THESE PAST SEVEN YEARS
IS LEAVING THE CITY ON FEBRUARY
1st.
AND WE HAVE A NEW INCOMING
DIRECTOR ON FEBRUARY 7th, AND
SO THAT IS WHY YOU GET JOAQUIN
AND ME TODAY TALKING ABOUT WHAT
WE HAVE DONE SO FAR.
AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR
FROM THE NEW DOCTOR WHEN SHE
COMES IN ABOUT OUR ONGOING
WORK.
I AM GOING TO BRIEFLY CATCH YOU
UP ON OUR BACKGROUND, I KNOW
THERE ARE MEMBERS THAT ARE NEW
TO THE OFFICE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT THE MISSION
OF OUR OFFICE IS TO IMPROVE THE
LIVES OF SEATTLE'S IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, BY
ENGAGING THEM IN DECISIONS ON
SEATTLE'S FUTURE, ENSURING THE
CITY'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
EQUITABLY MEET THEIR NEEDS.
WHATEVER THEIR NATIONAL ORIGIN
OR LANGUAGE OF PREFERENCE.
WE ARE OF COURSE A WELCOMING
CITY.
AND THAT IS MANIFESTED IN OUR
OFFICE.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE A
LOT OF SLIS TODAY AND I WILL
NOT TRY TO COVER EVERYTHING ON
IT THAT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
JUMP IN AND ASK US QUESTIONS,
OR HAVE US SLOW DOWN OR SPEED
UP IF IT SUITS YOU.
SO, MOVING ON.
WE ARE A SMALL OFFICE.
WE ARE JUST 11 FTE, 2022 BUDGET,
AND WE COVER A RANGE OF
PROGRAMMATIC WORK, TO DEAL WITH
CITIZENSHIP, EMPLOYMENT, LEGAL
SERVICES, WHAT WE WILL FOCUS ON
TODAY IS PRIMARILY OUR 2021
RESPONSES TO THREE MAJOR CRISES.
IMMIGRATION, PANDEMIC, AND
RACISM.
THESE WERE CONTINUING FROM
2020, BUT WE ADDED A STRONG NEW
TOOL AND FOCUS, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, VACCINES.
ALL OF OUR WORK FOCUSES ON
EQUITY, WE ALWAYS BEGIN WITH
COMMUNITY.
BUT IN 2021 IN PARTICULAR WE
WERE CHALLENGED TO TAKE OUR
SMALL COMMUNITY RESPONSES AND
SCALE THEM UP AS WE WERE ROUTED
IN COMMUNITY.
LUCKILY WITH OUR SMALL SIZE WE
CAN BE RESPONSIVE AND
INNOVATIVE.
AND WE APPLY THAT TO THREE
THINGS THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT
EARLY.
WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
OUR IMMIGRATION CRISIS RESPONSE
AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
THE THREE MAIN FOCUSES WE WILL
HAVE TODAY ARE OUTREACH AND
REFERRAL STRATEGIES TO GET
VACCINES TO DIS-APPORTIONMENT
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES INCLUDING
THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
THE WORK THAT WE DID ON SEATTLE
RELIEF FUND, TO GET RELIEF INTO
FOLKS' HANDS, 25 MILLION IN
COLLABORATION WITH HSD,
ALLOCATED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
AND FOSTERING AWARENESS FOR
LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR ALL CITY,
TAKING IT CITYWIDE.
WITH THAT I WILL SKIP OVER A
LITTLE BIT, JUST A RECORD HERE
OF THE PARTICULAR FUNDING
SOURCES THAT WE USED FOR THESE
TWO BIG EFFORTS.
AND I WILL MOVE ON TO MY
COLLEAGUE, JOAQUIN UY, TO TALK
ABOUT THE VACCINE OUTREACH.
>> GREETINGS.
MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE I LAST
APPEARED BEFORE YOU ALMOST
EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.
WHAT WAS THEN TALKING ABOUT OUR
PLAN FOR EQUITABLE VACCINE
OUTREACH.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT
DESPITE THE LOWS OF THE
PANDEMIC OUR FIGHT FOR EQUITY
DID HAVE A NUMBER OF HIGHS.
NEXT SLI, PLEASE.
NOW, IF YOU HAVE EVER COMPLETED
A RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT, YOU
WILL KNOW THAT ONE OF THE FIRST
STEPS IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
DESPITE THE SHORT TIMELINE WE
HAD THREE DISCUSSIONS WITH
IMMIGRANT LEADERS TO HELP
INFORM THE VACCINE STRATEGY.
NEXT SLI.
IT LED TO OUR PRIMARY GOAL TO
ENSURE THAT SEATTLE'S FALL
DURABLE BIPOC RESIDENTS HAVE
ACCESS TO VACCINES.
TO HELP REACH THE GOAL WE SET
ON THE THREE STRATEGIES LISTED
HERE.
ENSURING COVID-19 MATERIALS
AND INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE
IN LANGUAGE AND AT PLACES WHERE
SPECIFIC AUDIENCES ACCESS
INFORMATION.
ENGAGE TRUSTED MESSENGERS TO
PROMOTE CULTURALLY RELEVANT
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGIES TO REACH VACCINE HAS
THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SUPPORT ACCESS TO COVID-19
VACCINATIONS AS INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES BECOME READY.
NOW FOR STRATEGY ONE, WE HAD
COVID-19 WEBPAGES AND
SHAREABLE AND RELATED IMAGES.
WE ALSO PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS TO SMALL BUSINESSES,
FAITH INSTITUTIONS AND
NONPROFITS.
OIRA ALSO HAD A MULTIMEDIA
CAMPAIGN IN SEVEN LANGUAGES,
WITH MESSAGING TO COUNTER
VACCINE HESITANCY AND AND BILL
OF AND'S.
-- AMBIVALENCE.
AND WE CONTRACTED WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO HELP INFORM LIMITED ENGLISH
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES THROUGH
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SMALL, IN
PERSON EVENTS OR PHONE CALLS TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SIX ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO
HOST THE DEDICATED COVID-19
HELPLINE, IN THE TOPPLING WHICH
IS.
AND HELP LINES FIELDED OVER
2000 CALL SINCE MAY OF 2021.
THE HELPLINE PARTNER CONTRACTS
ARE FUNDED THROUGH FEBRUARY.
WE WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF
REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE
WHICH, IF ANY WILL CONTINUE THE
SERVICE AFTER THE END OF CITY
FUNDING.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE
LIKE THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO
PUBLICIZE THE PHONE LINE THAT
ACTIVITIES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OR
OTHER MEDIUMS, AS WE PROGRESS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
FOR STRATEGY TWO WE KNOW THAT
IN LANGUAGE MESSAGING CAN ONLY
GO SO FAR.
WE HAVE A NECK STRATEGY THAT
RELIED ON TRUSTED COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO TAKE THE VACCINATION
INFORMATION TO PARKING LOTS,
STREETS AND STOOPS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WILL NOT READ THE FULL QUOTE
FROM A VACCINE OUTREACH PARTNER
BUT WE HEARD REPEATEDLY THAT
THE PERSON-TO-PERSON INVOICE TO
VOICED, TEXT MESSAGE TO TEXT
MESSAGE WAS KEY TO COUNTERING
THE FALSE INFORMATION THAT
CONTINUES TODAY UNFORTUNATELY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS A LIST OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORKED
THROUGH MOST OF LAST YEAR
ENSURING THAT THE MOST
VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THEIR
COMMUNITY COULD ACCESS COVID-19
VACCINES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
LASTLY, NOT ONLY DID WE WORK
WITH ORGANIZATIONS ON HELP
LINES AND OUTREACH BUT PERHAPS
MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WORKED TO
ENSURE THAT THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT VACCINATION AND
DISTRIBUTION HAPPENED IN
IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT WAS A HUGE HIGHLIGHT TO
INTEGRATE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS
IN THE PROCESS THAT LED TO
COMMUNITY VACCINATION EVENTS OR
POP-UPS.
PARTNERSHIP WITH MOSQUES,
CHURCHES, READY TO HOST.
WE HAD 14 FROM FEBRUARY TO
JUNE, TWO MOSTLY BIPOC
RESIDENTS.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO PLAN UPCOMING POP-
UPS TO ADDRESS CONTINUED NEED
FOR BOOSTERS AND PEDIATRIC
VACCINATIONS.
THIS INCLUDES SIX CBO PARTNERS
ORGANIZING POP-UPS AND IN THIS
MONTH, JARED -- JANUARY
CURRENTLY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE LEARNED A LOT.
WHEN I LEARNED A LOT I MEAN
THAT.
WHAT WE KNEW TO BE BEST
PRACTICES CONTINUE TO BE PROVEN
AS BEST PRACTICES.
WHEN IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN
NEED IDENTIFICATION AND PROGRAM
DESIGN FROM THE BEGINNING, WE
INTEGRATE THEM FROM THE
BEGINNING.
THAT OF COURSE IS THE
CORNERSTONE OF THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKITS.
PROVIDING COMPENSATION TO
ACHIEVE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES
ACROSS COMMUNITIES, OF COURSE.
ALWAYS PROVIDE TRANSLATED
INFORMATION.
ENSURE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES
THROUGH SUSTAINED FUNDING AND
SUPPORT.
AND BE RESPONSIVE TO ADAPTING
PROCESSES AFTER HEARING
COMMUNITY NEED.
BE NIMBLE.
IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS
THEM BE OPEN TO THE CHANGE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD
WORK OF OUR FRIENDS, DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS, TOGETHER WITH
THE SEATTLE FIRE, REALLY COMING
TOGETHER TO SAVE LIVES.
>> THANKS JOAQUIN.
NOW MOVING ON TO IMMEDIATE
QUESTIONS TO TALKING ABOUT THE
SEATTLE RELIEF FUND.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT A HUGE
ECONOMIC IMPACT THE PANDEMIC
HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THE SEATTLE RELIEF FUND WAS
FUNDED AT $25 MILLION LEVEL BY
COUNCIL TO PROVIDE DIRECT CASH
ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME
SEATTLE HOUSEHOLDS, WHO
EXPERIENCED THE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS.
AND THOSE DISPROPORTIONATELY
IPACTED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
SO THERE WERE TWO PHASES, TO
THE ROLLOUT OF FUNDS.
IN 2020, WE HAD ADMINISTRATED
THE SEATTLE DISASTER RELIEF
FUND FOR IMMIGRANTS.
WHICH BROUGHT $1000-$3000
RELIEF AWARDS TO PEOPLE WHO HAD
BEEN UNABLE TO ACCESS FEDERAL
RELIEF OR STATE FUND
EMPLOYMENT.
AND THIS PHASE ONE OF THE 2021
SEATTLE RELIEF FUND, WAS THEN
RECERTIFYING THOSE FOLKS WHO
HAD RECEIVED AWARDS AND WERE
STILL ELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF THE
BEAR INCOME AND THEIR SEATTLE
NEXIS, LIVING IN SEATTLE, A
HANDFUL OF WORKERS ARE STUDENTS
IN SEATTLE, AND WE MANAGED TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT TO REACH ALL OF
OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS AND
RECERTIFY SO THAT WE SENT OUT
ALMOST $6 MILLION IN $1000 AND
$3000 REWARDS.
AND THEN PHASE TWO WAS A HUGE
SECOND PHASE THAT WE DID IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH NOT ONLY HSD
BUT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE
CITY, AND IDT.
FOR IMMIGRANTS AND LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE, TO BUILD
ON THE SUCCESS OF BEING ABLE TO
REACH OUT TO FOLKS IN OUR STRS.
NOTING THAT THE PHASE ONE
RECIPIENTS WERE NOT ELIGIBLE
AND RESIDENTS COULD APPLY FOR
PHASE TWO ALSO BUT NOT ANYONE
THAT RECEIVED MONEY IN THE
FIRST DRAFT.
SO I WILL MENTION THAT THE FULL
REPORT AND THE EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY ON THIS WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT THE END OF
FEBRUARY.
WITH ALL KINDS OF ANALYSIS AND
SO FORTH.
I WILL JUST HIT THE HIGH POINTS
HERE.
AND WE WILL MAKE THE REPORT
AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
AND THEN BROADLY PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE AS WELL ONCE IT IS
COMPLETE.
SO AS I MENTIONED WE WERE
PARTNERING WITH HS D AND 10
DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE CITY.
WE STARTED WITH, COMMUNITY,
HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT WAS THE NEED?
WHAT WAS THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD
DEFINE OUR PRIORITY CATEGORIES
KNOWING THAT WITH AS MUCH MONEY
AS WE HAD WE DID NOT HAVE
NEARLY ENOUGH TO MEET NEED.
WE WORKED WITH A PARTNER THAT
WE WORKED WITH SUCCESSFULLY TO
ADMINISTER FUNDS, TO ACTUALLY
PROCESS THE RESPONSES TO
APPLICATIONS AND THEN TO MAKE
THE AWARDS.
IT WAS A SCHOLAR FUND.
AND THEN WE ENGAGED 46 PARTNERS
TO CONDUCT OUTREACH IN LANGUAGE
APPLICATION ASSISTANCE, FOR
FOLKS WHO NEEDED EXTRA HELP TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE LOW BARRIER
APPLICATION WAS FILLED OUT
CORRECTLY.
WE DID ALL OF THIS IN NINE
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
IN MEDIA, EIGHT EFFERENT
LANGUAGES IN TERMS OF TRANSLATED
MATERIALS.
AND WE PUT A BUNCH OF
SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT THERE CAN BE UP BAD
ACTORS AND WE LEARN TO PREVENT
THAT.
WE LEARNED WITH A 13 POINT
SYSTEM, THEN EXPENDED EXPANDED
CASH TO SOME WHO WE COULD BE
SURE THAT THOSE THAT TRULY
RECEIVED THE ASSISTANCE WERE
TRULY ELIGIBLE AND IN NEED.
THERE WERE ALMOST 64,000
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE
SECOND ROUND.
DISPERSING MORE THAN $60
MILLION.
AND I WILL JUST SAY A WORD
HERE, ON THE PIE CHART, SO, IN
ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
FUNDING, YOU NEEDED TO HAVE A
SALE NEXIS, THAT WAS PRIMARILY
RESIDENTS IN SEATTLE.
OF THOSE WHO RECEIVED THE CASH
ASSISTANCE AND ALMOST 99% WERE
SEATTLE RESIDENTS, IF PEOPLE
SAID THAT THEY WERE SEATTLE
RESIDENTS, THEN WE DID NOT GO
ON TO ASK THEM THE QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHETHER THEY MIGHT QUALIFY
BECAUSE THEY HAD A SEATTLE
STUDENT IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD OR
BECAUSE THEY HAD A WORKSPACE AS
AN ARTIST OR CULTURAL WORKER
WITHIN SEATTLE.
SO THAT JUST OVER 1% IS FULLY
FOLKS THAT DID NOT LIVE IN
SEATTLE.
THERE MAYBE OF COURSE MANY
OTHER ARTISTS OR SEATTLE
STUDENTS WITHIN THE SEATTLE
RESIDENT CATEGORY.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF PRIORITY
FACTORS, THAT WE USED TO MEASURE
PEOPLE'S VULNERABILITY AND NEED.
MANY PEOPLE HITTING MANY OF
THESE CATEGORIES, UNSTABLE
HOUSING AND LOSS OF INCOME OR
JOB BEING HIGHEST PERCENTAGES.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS WHO
EVENTUALLY RECEIVED THE $1000-
$3000 AWARDS, SUFFERED.
>> WE HAD A REALLY BROAD RACIAL
DEMOGRAPHIC.
THESE ARE NOT OVERLAPPING
CATEGORIES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I WILL MENTION
THAT 31% OF OUR APPLICATIONS
THAT WERE ASSISTED WITH WERE IN
LANGUAGE, A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN
ENGLISH.
AND WE HEARD WONDERFUL RESULTS
FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE JUST
MENTIONING A COUPLE ANECDOTAL
ONES HERE.
I WILL NOT READ THESE QUOTES
BUT REALLY PEOPLE WHO WERE IN
DIRE SITUATIONS, ON THE BRINK
OF EVICTION, HAVING BILLS
PILING UP, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE
AT LEAST SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF
RELIEF.
WE MANAGED TO GET IT OUT BEFORE
THE HOLIDAYS, WHICH, PUTTING
THE MONEY INTO ALMOST ALL THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
AWARDED.
úAND SO WE KNOW THAT IT MADE A
BIG DIFFERENCE FOR FOLKS.
RE-YOU REALLY SAUCE SEATTLE
INACTION HERE, A STRONG
COLLABORATION WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND OUR OUTREACH
PARTNERS.
STRONG RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE
BUILD WITHIN THE CITY TO MAKE
SURE WE COULD GET THIS DONE AS
QUICKLY AND SECURITY AS
POSSIBLE.
AND WE VERY MUCH AVAILED OUR
MISSION AS IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
AFFAIRS TO MAKE SURE LANGUAGE
ACCESS WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF
THIS SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO
ACCESS THIS REGARDLESS OF THEIR
ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.
OKAY, SO READING ON, MOVING
ONTO LANGUAGE ACCESS.
I WILL SAY THAT THE LANGUAGE
ACCESS PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND
A LITTLE WHILE BUT THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT REALLY
MADE IT A STRONG CITYWIDE
PRACTICE CAME IN 2017.
AND WE HAVE BEEN SLOWLY MOVING
TOWARDS CULTURAL SHIFTS, DIRECT
INVESTMENTS.
COVID-19 MADE A HUGE EMPHASIS
ON THAT.
BECAUSE IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO
BE ABLE TO GET OUT TIMELY
INFORMATION, ACCURATE
INFORMATION, IN LANGUAGES THAT
FOLKS COULD UNDERSTAND.
AND SO IN SOME WAYS IT HAS BEEN
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY
EMBED THESE PRACTICES AND SKILLS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TOOK
ROLES AND COVID RESPONSE.
AND SO, SOME THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED, JUST IN THE PAST
YEAR, A CENTRALIZED TRANSLATION
SYSTEM.
SO INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALIZED
DEPARTMENTS EITHER CONTRACTING
WITH A VENDOR, THAT DOES ALL
KINDS OF LANGUAGES, BUT MAYBE
NOT LOCALLY BASED, OR HAVING TO
FIND THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL
TRANSLATORS THAT SPEAK, LOCAL
AND SPEAK LOCAL VERSIONS OF
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, THEY ARE
ABLE TO DO THAT CENTRALLY.
AND THEN THE TRANSLATORS ARE
ABLE TO GET THEIR PAYMENTS NOT
FROM INDIVIDUAL CITY
DEPARTMENTS BUT ONE LUMP SUM
FOR EACH SET OF MONTH WORK THEY
DO.
IN ORDER TO BACK THAT UP OF
COURSE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE
COMMUNITY TRANSLATOR TEAM, 50+
LOCAL TRANSLATOR SO THAT WE
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO QUICKLY
RESPOND TO ALL OF THE NEEDS.
ALSO, FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE
2023-24 CYCLE, OF BUDGET, WE
WORKED WITH DEPARTMENTS THAT
HAVE HAD DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
ACCESS PLANS THAT REALLY TALK
ABOUT THEIR NEED AND THEY'RE
STUDYING SO FAR AND HELD THE
NEED WILL BE MET, WHAT WILL BE
NEEDED TO MEET TO TRANSLATE AND
COMMUNICATE AND ALL OF THOSE
LANGUAGES, TO THEIR AUDIENCE IN
23-24.
AND A KEY BACKBONE OF THIS IS
THE CITY LANGUAGE ACCESS
LIAISON NETWORK.
ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
MEETING, UNDERSTANDING BEST
PRACTICES AND NEEDS.
NOT JUST FOR TRANSLATION AND
INTERPRETATION BUT COMMUNICATING
IN ALL THE LANGUAGES THAT OUR
SEATTLE COMMUNITY SPEAKS.
I HAVE PUT TOOLS HERE THAT I
DON'T NEED TO COVER.
WITH THAT I WILL GO BACK TO
JOAQUIN.
>> THANKS KATHERINE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THE
PRESENTATION BY BRIEFLY
DISCUSSING THE PRESENTATION
LAST YEAR, UNDOING THE DAMAGE
THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
BROUGHT UPON IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE RESIDENTS.
TRUMP WAS NO LONGER THE
PRESIDENT LAST YEAR, HIS
POLICIES AND RHETORIC CONTINUED
TO HAVE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ON
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN
SEATTLE.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OIRA,
INSTEAD OF PUBLISHING RECORDS,
WE STARTED WRITING COMMENTS IN
SUPPORT OF PRO-IMMIGRANT AND
REVERSING THE CHARGE ORDER,
INCREASING REFUGEE ADMISSION
CAPS TO LEVELS BEFORE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
LAST YEAR WE CONTINUED THE
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON A NUMBER
OF PRO-LEADERSHIP ACTIONS,
INCLUDING OPPOSING THE DOJ'S
COURT DOCKET, THIS WOULD ERODE
DUE PROCESS FOR FAMILIES SEEKING
ASYLUM AT THE U.S.-MEXICO
BORDER.
WE ALSO CONTINUED IN CITIES FOR
ACTION AND CITIES FOR
CITIZENSHIP, PROPELLING SEATTLE
TO BECOME VANGUARD OF CITIES
ACROSS THE NATION THAT DEFENDANT
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RESIDENTS
AND STOOD AGAINST THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
LASTLY WE WERE PROUD TO SUBMIT
OUR FOUR RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKITS, WHICH INCLUDED OUR
SEATTLE RELIEF FUND AND COVID
VACCINE OUTREACH.
WORK.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS.
TO I.
>> THANKS SO MUCH BOTH OF YOU.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTION THEN
I AM HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP TO MY
COLLEAGUES IF THEY WANT TO
CHIME IN ABOUT ANYTHING.
YOU DON'T HAVE NUMBERS ON YOUR
SLIS.
SO I AM GOING TO SAY THE COVID
VACCINATION COMMUNITY HELP
LINES, I HAVE IT AS SLI 8. SO,
YOU MENTIONED, I THINK THIS WAS
THE RIGHT, THAT THE PROGRAM IS
FUNDED THROUGH FEBRUARY.
WHICH IS JUST NEXT MONTH.
AND IS PROVIDING REALLY
IMPORTANT SERVICE, ESPECIALLY
SINCE WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
AND REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO
BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND FEEL
COMFORTABLE ACCESSING
VACCINATION.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF
FEBRUARY, IF WE CANNOT FIGURE
OUT THE FUNDING SITUATION?
WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES YOU ARE
NEEDING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND I HAD A THIRD PART OF THE
QUESTION BUT FORGOT.
LET'S START THERE.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO
THAT.
SO OUR PROCESSES, JOAQUIN
DESCRIBED AS WE FUND THESE
SMALL ORGANIZATIONS, THE SIX
YOU SEE LISTED HERE.
IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HELP
LINES.
AND WE ALSO FUND SOME OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO, IF NOT
MAINTAIN A CONSISTENT HELPLINE
TO DO OUTREACH EVENTS AND MAKE
AVAILABLE INFORMATION IN THEIR
LANGUAGES, TO THE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES.
AND TO DO THAT WE GIVE THEM
FAIRLY MODEST MONTHLY STIPEND
OF ABOUT $4000 PER ORGANIZATION
PER MONTH.
THAT FUNDING WILL END AND SO
WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS
REACHING OUT TO THEM TO
DETERMINE, ARE YOU ABLE TO
CONTINUE PROVIDING THE SERVICE
IF WE ARE CHANNELING AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS WE CAN FROM
PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER PLACES,
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF
WHAT THE CITY'S RESOURCES ARE.
ARE THEY ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
FUND WHETHER A STAFF PERSON TO
ANSWER THE PHONE, OR TO BE
SENDING OUT A TRANSLATION
MATERIAL IN-HOUSE, ET CETERA.
AND IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DO
THAT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW
THEY MIGHT WANT US TO PARTNER
WITH THEM TO CONTINUE TO
PUBLICIZE THE AVAILABILITY OF
THIS INFORMATION IN SOCIAL
MEDIA.
AND YOU KNOW, BUT, OUR ABILITY
TO BUY ADS, AND IN ETHNIC MEDIA
AND OTHERWISE PUBLICIZE OR FUND
THEM TO DO THIS, THAT ENDS.
TO DO THAT WE SPENT ABOUT
$64,000 A MONTH ON DIRECTLY,
DIRECTLY ON THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO STAFF THAT AND
ACCOMPANY IT WITH A MEDIA
STRATEGY.
EVEN A MODEST ONE.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE ABOUT
$300,000 FOR THREE MONTHS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE GOOD
PARTNERS, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT
A LONGER-TERM OF SIX MONTHS OR
SO, SO THEY CAN BUILD IN THE
CAPACITY, MAINTAIN IT, AND KNOW
THAT THE CITY IS THERE WITH
THEM, TRYING TO REACH THE MOST
VULNERABLE FOLKS.
DOES THAT COVER?
>> YES, THAT IS HELPFUL
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, DID YOU
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SLIDE
OR A DIFFERENT TOPIC?
>> I DO.
WELL, IT IS, ONE PART IS A
DIFFERENT TOPIC.
THANK YOU.
IN THE, DO PEOPLE STILL NEED AN
APPOINTMENT TO GET A
VACCINATION AT THE CITY RUN
VACCINATION SITES?
BECAUSE, IF SO, ONE THING I
NOTICED WHEN I VISITED THE
REINDEER BEACH VACCINATION
SITE, LAST MARCH, IS THAT THE
COMMUNICATION THAT PEOPLE GET,
IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE MULTI
LINGUAL INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS, BUT THE APPOINTMENT, TO
GET THE APPOINTMENT, THE
WEBSITE IS ALL IN ENGLISH.
AND THE EMAILS AND THE TEXT
MESSAGES THAT PEOPLE GET BACK
ARE IN ENGLISH.
I AM WONDERING, I THINK THAT
THAT COULD BE, THERE NEEDS TO
BE MULTILINGUAL MATERIALS THERE,
TO HELP PEOPLE GET INTO THE
VACCINATION SITE, IF IT IS
NEEDED.
THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
>> S, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
AS I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES ARE
TAKING WALK-INS FOR FOLKS WITH
NO APPOINTMENT.
THAT THE PREFERENCE IS FOR
FOLKS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
I DO KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO, IT IS A LONGER WAIT
BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ROLL UP TO EITHER THE RAINIER
BEACH OR WEST SEATTLE
VACCINATION CLINICS, CURRENTLY
IN OPERATION TO GET AN
APPOINTMENT.
IT MAY BE A WEIGHT OF 1 TO 2
HOURS.
REGARDING THE PLATFORM THAT WE
USE FOR THE, OR SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT USES FOR
APPOINTMENTS, THERE WAS
LANGUAGE ACCESS INTEGRATED INTO
THAT AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
ISSUES.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
NOTIFIED THEM ABOUT.
WE ARE ABLE TO AT LEAST LET
PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF THEY ARE
HAVING TROUBLE, PEOPLE CAN CALL
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE BUREAU
FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, I
BELIEVE 8:30, UNTIL 5:00 OR
6:00, AND TALK TO A CUSTOMER
SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT CAN
QUICKLY BRING AN INTERPRETER,
TELEPHONIC INTERPRETER, AND
TALK PEOPLE THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
MAYBE EVEN ENCOURAGE THEM TO
WALK UP, IF NEEDED.
OR EVEN WALK THEM THROUGH THE
PROCESS TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT
FOR THEM ON THAT END.
SO SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT ABLE TO
DO IT THROUGH ONLINE, WE ARE
ABLE TO COMPLEMENT WITH THE
PHONE.
TO BE HONEST, A LOT OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE IMITATED
ENGLISH FOLKS PREFER THE PHONE
AND GET OVERWHELMED BY THE
INTERNET.
ENGLISH IS MY FIRST LANGUAGE
AND I AM OVERWHELMED BY THE
INTERNET SOMETIMES.
SOMETIMES HAVING A VOICE AT THE
OTHER END OF THE PHONE IS
HELPFUL.
>> WITH RESPECT TO THAT I WILL
ALSO MENTION THAT ALL OF OUR
FUNDED PARTNERS ARE TRAINED AND
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST PEOPLE
IN MAKING APPOINTMENTS WHEN
THEY ARE READY TO DO SO.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE
FUNDING THEM FOR.
TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND TRAININGS
AND LEARN HOW TO USE THE
RESOURCES SO THEY CAN BE
TRUSTED NAVIGATORS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, DO YOU
HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION?
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
OKAY.
YOUR HAND IS STILL UP.
>> I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE THAT UP.
>> OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.
THANKS.
I WANT TO STAY ON THIS, THE
LANGUAGE ACCESS ISSUE.
SO FIRST OF ALL I DID NOT KNOW
ABOUT THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL
WORK HAPPENING TO BRING ALL OF
THE TRANSLATION SERVICES IN-
HOUSE.
I AM REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT
THAT.
AND I THINK THE ISSUE THAT IT
RAISES OR QUESTION IT RAISES
FOR ME IS, AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS
BEEN INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF
COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW,
MY PREVIOUS WORK WAS DOING A
LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK
AND THE LANGUAGE ACCESS IS
ALWAYS AN ISSUE.
DOES THIS MEAN OR CAN YOU TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT
MEANS TO HAVE EVERY CITY
DEPARTMENT NOW CONTEMPLATING
THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
LANGUAGE ACCESS NEEDS?
AND WILL THAT, DOES THAT MEAN
THERE WILL BE A LINE ITEM IN
EACH DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, FOR
WHEN THEY ARE DOING COMMUNITY
OUTREACH STRATEGIES FOR THEIR
WORK?
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT IT MEANS ACROSS THE CITY
IN OUR DEPARTMENTS, IN TERMS OF
THIS COMPONENT OF REALLY
AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AS YOU KNOW EVERY DEPARTMENT IN
THE CITY IS VASTLY DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY FOR OUR
DEPARTMENTS AND A CULTURE THEY
CAN DEPARTMENT DETERMINE EACH
OF THEIR PROGRAM BUDGETS, THAT
THEY CAN USE LANGUAGE ACCESS TO
CENTRALIZED WITHIN THEIR
DIVISION, AND SO FORTH.
CITYWIDE B FUNDING IS NOT
ENTIRELY CENTRALIZED.
THE PROGRAM IS SMALL, IT IS
JUST TWO FTE AND THOSE FOLKS
ARE ABLE TO GO OUT, OR WILL BE
WHEN WE FILL THE SECOND
POSITION, TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FROM EARLY STAGES
FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.
BEING ABLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW
THEY ARE GATHERING THE DATA,
WHAT THE NEED IS, HOW THEY ARE
CREATING THE MATERIALS IN A WAY
THAT IS TRANSLATION READY AND
SO FORTH.
SO THAT SMALL PIECE OF BUDGET
IS CENTRALIZED.
OTHERWISE THE DEPARTMENTS WILL
HAVE SOME DISCRETION TO DECIDE
HOW THEY ARE DOING IT WITH THAT
SUPPORT.
ONCE THEY GET TO THE STAGE
WHERE THEY NEED TO CONTACT
INTERPRETERS OR TRANSLATORS,
THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH THE
CENTRAL ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM.
I WANTED TO MENTION THAT YOU
MENSCH MENTIONED BRINGING IT IN-
HOUSE.
THAT IS NOT QUITE TRUE UNLESS
WE THINK OF THE WHOLE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY IN-HOUSE, WE ARE
WORKING WITH IN THE COMMUNITY.
STILL COMING ON BOARD FOR A
COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR CITY
EMPLOYEES MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE COMPENSATING EMPLOYEES WHO
ARE BILINGUAL AND ABLE TO USE
LANGUAGE SKILLS ON THE JOB AND
WE ARE USING THOSE TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY
AND OFFERINGS ARE MORE
ACCESSIBLE. IN TERMS OF OUR
PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION AND
ABILITY TO REALLY COMMUNICATE
OUTWARDS IN LANGUAGE, WE REALLY
DO RELY ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS
FOR THAT AND COMPENSATE THEM.
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
HELPFUL.
WE WILL DIVE DEEPER INTO THIS
PART FOR SURE.
OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, DOES ANYBODY ELSE
HAVE QUESTIONS FOR KATHRYN OR
JOAQUIN?
I DO NOT SEE ANY.
>> I AM SORRY.
>> NO, PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> SO THE UTILITY SHUT OFF
MORATORIUM WILL BE ENDING.
I JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW
THAT CITY LIGHT DOES HAVE A
DISCOUNT PROGRAM, SO I SHARE
THAT COMMITTEE.
PLEASE, IF YOU WANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THOSE, JUST GET THE WORD
OUT THAT IF FOLKS NEED HELP ON
UTILITY BILLS THERE IS A
DISCOUNT PROGRAM THAT EXISTS.
>> ALSO I WANT TO ADD THAT WE
ARE FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT ON AN ETHNIC
CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE THAT IN
LANGUAGE ADVERTISEMENTS AS WELL
AS PRESS RELEASES AROUND THE
CITY INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT THE
PROGRAM, AND THE DIFFERENT
PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT THEY
HAVE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AS WELL
AS NUMBERS THEY CAN CALL TO
TALK WITH SOMEONE WITH AN
INTERPRETER.
>> GOT IT.
YOU ARE ON IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN
KATHERINE AND WALKING.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I
AM WISHING YOU WELL.
I KNOW AS A REFUGEE FROM
VIETNAM, SHE REALLY BROUGHT A
CRITICAL AND LIVED EXPERIENCE
TO YOUR OFFICE AND LEAVES AN
IMPORTANT BODY OF WORK BEHIND.
AND IMPROVING ACCESS FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS.
WISHING HER WELL AND I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER.
>>> OKAY, NOW LET'S MOVE TO THE
NEXT ITEM.
PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA NUMBER TWO, 2022
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
WORK REVIEW, FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE GOT DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, DIRECTOR ANDRES
MANTILLA IS HERE, MELIA
BROOKS.
AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT?
AND JACKIE MENA FROM
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
TO SHARE YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR HAVING US TO DESCRIBE A
LITTLE ABOUT WHAT THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IS
DOING.
MY NAME IS ANDRES MANTILLA, I
AM DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT.
LUCKY TO BE A PART OF A GREAT
TEAM, SOME OF WHICH HAVE JOINED
TODAY WITH US, TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE OVERVIEW OF 2022,
TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DID
IN 2021, AND REALLY INTRODUCE
EXCITING AND NEW INITIATIVES,
INCLUDING A NEW DIVISION WE ARE
LAUNCHING.
FOCUSING ON REIMAGINING,
RECOVERY, AND SPECIFICALLY A NEW
GENERATION OF WEALTH PROGRAM.
COUNCILMEMBER, I KNOW THAT YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WHO PREVIOUSLY CHAIRED
OUR COMMITTEE, AND LOVED THE
WORK WE DID WITH HIM AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK
THAT WE CAN DO WITH YOU
COUNCILMEMBER.
I WILL LET MY OTHER COLLEAGUES
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
>> I AM MELIA BROOKS, I AM THE
NEW DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR THE
RE-IMAGINATION RECOVERY
DIVISION.
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
THANKS.
>> I AM JACKIE MENA, THE RE-
IMAGINATION AND RECOVERY LEAD
FOR D.O.N..
>> GREAT, ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE
MY SCREEN HERE?
GOOD.
>> LET ME SEE IF I CAN ADVANCE
THE SLIDE, HERE WE GO.
A LITTLE ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A
DEPARTMENT, OUR DEPARTMENT IS
OVER 70 FTE, REALLY EMBEDDED IN
THE COMMUNITY.
WE PROVIDE RESOURCES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS TO
BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES AND
IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE ENGAGE WITH EVERY RESIDENT,
MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
AND WE HELP THEM BUILD CLOSER
TIES, DEVELOP A STRONGER SENSE
OF PLACE AND ENGAGE WITH THEIR
COMMUNITY AND EACH OTHER, AND
CITY GOVERNMENT.
WE DO THIS BY CENTERING TWO
NORTH STAR GOALS.
THE GOAL 1, TO PUT RAISIN
EQUITY AT THE CENTER OF ALL
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS AND TO
INVEST IN THE POWER OF
COMMUNITY TO FORGE THEIR OWN
SOLUTIONS.
WE DO THAT ANY NUMBER OF WAYS,
INCLUDING GRANTS THAT WE WILL
TALK ABOUT LATER.
WE ORGANIZE OUR WORK AROUND
FOUR CORE STRATEGIES.
THE TRUSTED ADVOCATE MODEL IS
ONE THAT CAME FROM COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH SOME WORK THAT
CAME OUT OF SOUTH SEATTLE, SOUTH
KING COUNTY, RAINIER BEACH,
BUT THE TRUSTED ADVOCATE MODEL
IS FOCUSED ON WHERE WE
INTENTIONALLY CENTER OUR
COMMUNITY IN OUR WORK, THROUGH
OUR COMMUNITY LIAISON PROGRAM.
WHICH IS MEANT TO BUILD
AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS THAT
ARE ROOTED IN MUTUAL TRUST AND
RESPECT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
CONTRACTING PROCESS WITH OUR
2022 COMMUNITY LIAISONS.
BUT IN 2021 WE HAD 45 DIFFERENT
COMMUNITY LIKE LIAISONS,
REPRESENTING 27 ANGUISH IN
COMMUNITIES.
YOU HEARD FROM OUR PARTNER,
OIRA.
OUR LIAISONS WERE CLOSELY WITH
OIRA AND THE DISSEMINATION OF
VACCINE INFORMATION.
AS WELL AS OTHER INITIATIVES.
OUR PEOPLE CENTERED
STORYTELLING IS WHERE WE INVEST
IN COMMUNITY STORIES, AND
PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR
COMMUNITY VOICES TO HELP SHAVE
SHAPE THE CIVIC CONVERSATION.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME STORIES WE ARE
CONSISTENT CONSISTENTLY
PUBLISHING.
ONE WENT OUT THIS WEEK WHERE
HIGHLIGHTING EXPERIENCES FOLKS
HAD DURING THE PANDEMIC AND
ELEVATING SOME OF THE IMPORTANT
STORYLINES FOR THE COMMUNITIES.
WE INVEST IN PROGRAMS AROUND
CIVIC EDUCATION, INCLUDING OUR
PACE PROGRAM, SOME OF YOU HAVE
PARTICIPATED WITH.
IN 2020 AND 2019, WE LED THE
CITY'S CENSUS WORK, IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OIRA AS WELL.
AND WE SHARED RESOURCE
KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS TO INCREASE
CIVIC PARTICIPATION, CULTIVATE
ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS, AND PART
OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION AND
PRIORITY WILL BE THE COUNCIL
REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT WE
WILL TALK ABOUT ATER.
FINALLY, OUR FOURTH CORE
STRATEGY IS INVESTING AROUND
EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT AND
INVESTMENTS.
IT IS A CORE PIECE OF WHAT WE
DO.
OUR FOCUS IS TO ENGAGE WITH
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
CITY POLICIES AND PROJECTS.
CENTER THEIR IDEAS IN THE
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF CITY INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS BACK TO INVESTING INTO
THE POWER OF COMMUNITIES.
OUR GRANTS IS WHAT IS CENTERED
IN THIS WORK.
WE HAVE OUR FOOD EQUITY FUND,
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND,
THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE
LATE 80s.
IN FACT TODAY IS THE RELEASE
DATE FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF
AROUND $860,000, IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND
GRANTS.
THAT WILL OPEN TODAY AND CLOSE
ON MARCH 28th.
INTERESTED PARTY SHOULD GO TO
THE WEBSITE AND FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION.
AS PART AS THE EQUITABLE
ENGAGEMENT WE ARE LAUNCHING
THIS WEEK, THANK YOU TO THE
LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
THE INDIGENOUS COUNCIL WILL
OPEN AND CLOSE AT 5:00 P.M..
FOR THOSE INTERESTED.
SO IN 2022, WE WILL HIGHLIGHT
HERE A FEW PRIORITIES.
THIS IS NOT EVERYTHING WE ARE
DOING.
BUT JUST SOME OF THE WORK THAT
WE ARE DOING THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO HIGHLIGHT.
WITH A CAVEAT THAT WE ARE STILL
IN THE TRANSITION WITH A NEW
MAYOR, IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL
PRIORITIES.
SO IN 2022 OUR WORK IS TO CO-
LEAD THE RACIAL EQUITY AND
ENGAGEMENT WORK AS PART OF THE
WEST SEATTLE BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION OR THE WSBLE.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY, PROVIDING THE
CAPACITY AND PARTNERSHIP
NECESSARY FOR COMMUNITY TO BE
POWERFUL SELF ADVOCATES.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE ACTIVE FROM
WEST SEATTLE TO BALLARD, WE
HAVE A SPECIFIC AREA IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, GIVEN THE HISTORY OF
THE PROJECT HAPPENING IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AS WELL AS DELBERT, WHERE WE
ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT, AT SPECIFIC
INTERVENTIONS AND SPECIFIC
POLICY SHIFTS THAT SHOULD BE
PART OF THE SOUND TRANSIT WORK
THERE.
WE WILL HEAR A LITTLE ABOUT OUR
GENERATIONAL WEALTH PROGRAM,
THIS IS AN EXCITING PIECE OF
WORK FOR 2022 THAT WAS FUNDED
THROUGH THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE LAST
YEAR.
WE WANT TO LEAD AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO BUILD
A BASELINE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
OR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
COLLABORATE AND INVEST IN
COMMUNITY CENTERED APPROACHES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, WE ARE
AWARE OF YOUR LEGISLATIVE
INTENT AROUND COMMUNITY WEALTH
AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THIS
IDT , AS WELL AS THE GUARANTEED
PILOT THAT WAS PASSED LAST
YEAR.
AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE
COMMUNITY GRANTS IN 2022 AND WE
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE
RECENTLY LAUNCHED FOOD EQUITY
PROGRAM THAT INVESTS IN
COMMUNITY WORK WHERE THE
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN MOST
IMPACTED BY FOOD AND HEALTH
INEQUITIES.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT
AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT
PANDEMIC.
WHICH HAS EXASPERATED FOOD IN
EQUITIES AND FOOD DESERTS, AND
WE ARE LOOKING AT FUNDING FOOD
JUSTICE PROGRAMS AS PART OF
THIS.
WE HAVE HEARD A LITTLE, WELL
YOU HAVE HEARD IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT, IT IS A PRIORITY FOR
US, THE WORK AROUND THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE HAVE TWO WAYS WE ARE WORKING
WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
ONE IS THROUGH THE LIAISON
PROGRAM, THEY WILL PARTNER WITH
SEVERAL COMMUNITY LIAISONS, TO
EXPAND AND EXTEND THE COMMUNITY
EFFORTS.
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH OUR
WORK WITH THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION PROGRAM, THAT IS
GOING TO USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
UPDATE THE HISTORIC RESOURCE
SURVEY THAT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY
UPDATED SINCE 2008, 2009.
AND FINALLY THE REDISTRICTING.
WHICH WILL BUILD OFF OF OUR
CENSUS WORK AND CONTINUE TO
FACILITATE THE OUTREACH,
ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL
TENETS OF THE REDISTRICTING
WORKPLAN, DO NOVEMBER OF THIS
YEAR.
SO, THAT GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF
SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE
WORKING ON.
IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS,
NOW I AM HAPPY TO TAKE THIS.
IF NOT WE CAN GO TO THE NEW
DIVISION.
>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND FINISH
THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE
WILL DO QUESTIONS AFTER.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
AS I MENTIONED WE LAUNCHED IN
2022 A NEW DEPARTMENT CALLED
THE RE-IMAGINATION AND RECOVERY
DIVISION.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUES MELIA BROOKS AND
JACKIE MENA TO TAKE US THROUGH
IT.
>> HELLO.
AGAIN MY NAME IS MELIA BROOKS.
VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY, TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
BEFORE YOU.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
BEING PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE NEW DIVISION, RE-
IMAGINATION AND RECOVERY.
IT GREW OUT OF THE COMMUNITY
AND STAFF DEMAND FOR MORE
INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY AND
MORE EQUITABLE GOVERNMENT.
THIS DIVISION SEEKS TO CROSS
POLLINATE TRANSFORMATIVE
INITIATIVES, INNOVATIONS,
INVESTMENTS, INTO CITYWIDE
EFFORTS, POLICIES, AND
PRACTICES.
WITH AN EMPHASIS ON
PRIORITIZING COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY AND
INTENTIONALLY UNDER RESOURCED.
OUR COMMUNITIES WILL CO-CREATE
PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE DIVISION
AND DRIVE THE CHANGES THAT WE
WANT TO SEE IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
SORRY, I THINK I FORGOT TO SAY
NEXT SLIDE.
AS PART OF OUR DIVISION, WE
HAVE OUR LIVING SYSTEM, OUR
LIVING SYSTEM AS NOTED IN OUR
COMMITMENT TO CODESIGN PROGRAMS
WITH COMMUNITY, WE CENTER THE
VALUE IN OUR INTERNAL
RELATIONSHIPS WITH D.O.N.
STAFF.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS D.O.N.
HAS BEEN WORKING TO ENSURE
RACIAL EQUITY IS AT THE CORE
HOW WE ANCHOR OUR WORK AS A
DEPARTMENT.
IN 2018 RELAUNCHED A LIVING
SYSTEMS, AS WE REIMAGINED OUR
TEAM.
THE VISION OF OUR SYSTEM IS TO
FOSTER A HEALTHY AND WHOLE
THRIVING SYSTEM THAT RESULTS IN
A DIVERSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
RESILIENT, FULL OF ENERGY,
PEACE, COMPASSION, BALANCE,
INTERDEPENDENT, CONNECTD, IN
COMMUNITY, A PLACE WHERE THERE
IS MOVEMENT AND GROWTH.
PEOPLE FEEL LOVED, TRUSTED,
PROTECTED, AND SAFE.
NEXT SLIDE.
OUR LIVING SYSTEM WORKGROUPS
SUPPORT STAFF TO BUILD SKILLS,
REFLECT ON PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES, AND LEAD POSITIVE
CHANGE AT THE DEPARTMENT.
ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO ENSURE IT
IS NOT AN ADD-ON BUT TRULY ADDED
INTO D.O.N.'S WORK AND REALLY
WILL BE.
OUR LIVING SYSTEM WORKGROUPS
ARE LEARNING COMMUNITY, HIRING,
RECRUITING, AND RETENTION
WORKER.
POLICY WORKGROUP.
DISMANTLING ANTI-BLACKNESS,
KNOWN AS DAB, WHITE CAUCUS, AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR CAUCUS.
THIS IS ORGANIZED BY OUR LIVING
SYSTEM CO-LEADS, THERE ARE 12
STAFF MEMBERS THAT SERVE AND
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO DOING OUR
SHARE, AS LONG -- AS WELL AS
EXISTING WORK.
IN 2022 WE ARE ADDRESSING
RACIAL EQUITY, THE EXPANSION OF
OUR RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS AND
TRANSPARENCY IN D.O.N.'S BUDGET
PROCESSING.
STRENGTHENING OWNERSHIP BETWEEN
STAFF AND LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE
D.O.N.'S RACIAL EQUITY
STRUCTURES ARE SEAMLESSLY
WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE INVESTING IN INTERNAL
COMMUNICATION TOOLS THAT
PROMOTE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING
OF HOW D.O.N.
IS BUILDING TOWARD RACIAL
EQUITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
D.O.N.'S -- JACKIE MENA WILL
NOW PRESENT.
>> OUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH THIS
YEAR, A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR
THE CITY TO MAKE LONG-TERM
STRIVES INCLUDING RACE-BASED
WEALTH GAPS.
THIS MEANS SPENDING THIS YEAR
LEARNING AND ALIGNING, FOUR
MAJOR GOALS THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED FOR THE GENERATIONAL
WEALTH WORK IN 2022 ARE
BUILDING STRONG ALIGNMENT AMONG
THE DEPARTMENTS, SO ALL
DEPARTMENTS FEEL A SENSE OF
SHARED OWNERSHIP OVER THE WORK
AND WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH ONE
CITY IN THE STRATEGIES.
WE STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO IN
IDT AND DEPARTMENTS ARE
WORKING ON A SHARED WORKPLAN
AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE
HOPE TO HAVE A SHARED
COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR HOW THE
WORK IS GOING, HOW WE MEASURE
IMPACT, AND WHAT
RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE FOR HOW
THIS WORK AND CONTINUE AT THE
CITY.
OUR SECOND MAJOR GOAL WILL BE
LAUNCHING A COMMUNITY
ROUNDTABLE AND LEARNING HUB,
WHEREBY STAFF AND COMMUNITY CAN
PARTNER WITH A SHARED APPROACH
TO RACE-BASED WEALTH GAPS.
AS PART OF THIS WORK WE WILL
LOOK INTO SPECIFIC STRATEGIES
SUCH AS STATE SECESSION
PLANNING, BANKING, AND
INVESTMENTS, ECONOMIC MARKETS,
REAL ESTATE, AND THE IMPACTS OF
THE GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME AS
DIRECTED BY COUNCIL LAST
AIRMAC.
OUR THIRD GOAL WILL BE WORKING
WITH NATIONAL POLICY PARTNERS,
TO GROW OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
THE OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS
THAT MAY IMPACT OUR LONG-TERM
VISION FOR THE WORK.
AND LASTLY WE WILL BE LAUNCHING
COMMUNITY-BASED PILOTS TO BEGIN
THE WORK OF DIRECTLY INVESTING
FOR BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
THIS WILL BE TANGIBLE ACTIONS
THAT WE CAN LEARN AND GROW
FROM.
FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMING AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE GOALS ARE ALSO INTENTIONALLY
INTERACTING AND THEY BUILD OFF
OF EACH OTHER.
THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO
REALLY HAVE A MULTILAYERED
STRATEGY FOR HOW WE ADDRESS
ECONOMIC INEQUITIES THAT ARE
IMPACTING BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
SPECIFICALLY WE HOPE TO BUILD
THIS WORK SO IT ADDRESSES
SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND WITH TIME
CAN BEGIN TO CLOSE THE WEALTH
BASED WEALTH GAPS THAT ARE IN
PACKING OUR BIPOC IMPACTING
OUR BIPOC COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU.
WEST SEATTLE BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION, ALSO KNOWN AS WSBLE
WILL BRING 14 NEW STATIONS TO ,
TWO WATER CROSSINGS AND A NEW
TUNNEL TO DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
THIS IS A HIGHLY IMPACTFUL
PROJECT AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT
HISTORICALLY TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS HAVE HAD IMPACTS ON
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND THAT
THE BURDEN OF THE IMPACTS HAS
MERELY BEEN CARRIED BY BIPOC
COMMUNITIES.
BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
THE CITY HAS COMMITTED
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES AND
STAFFING AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS TO DISRUPT THE
HISTORICAL BURDEN OF HARM ON
BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE LEADING THE RACIAL
EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT WORKGROUP
RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING
RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND
PROVIDING THE CAPACITY TO BE
POWERFUL SELF ADVOCATES.
WE CENTER OUR WORK WITH
PARTNERING TO COMMUNITY,
SUPPORTING CAPACITY, BUILDING
AND TRANSPARENCY REPORTING OF
OUR EFFORTS TO COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL PUSH SOUND
TRANSIT AND OUR CENTER OF BIPOC
VOICES IN THE CENTER OF THE
WSBLE PROJECT.
ONE IS THROUGH OUR RACIAL
TOOLKIT, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
AND INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.
D.O.N.
WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE
WORK THROUGH THE RE-IMAGINATION
FRAMEWORK AND WORK EACH DAY TO
DISRUPT HISTORICAL TRENDS.
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, REFERRED TO AS CID,
HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND
CULTURALLY RICH COMMUNITY.
IN 2019 THE MOST RECENT WORK IN
THE COMMUNITY SELF-
DETERMINATION STARTED WITH THE
FOUNDING OF A COMMUNITY
COALITION, THE CID VISION GROUP.
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNER SUSAN
YANG OF THE EDUCATION CENTER,
AND ELAINE ISHIHARA, FOR THE
TIRELESS EFFORT WITH THE BROAD
BASE COALITION OF COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS.
D.O.N.
IS GRATEFULLY NEW POSITION WAS
CREATED WITH ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITIES WORK AND ADVANCED
BY YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MORALE
IS, AND THE FULL COUNCIL.
WE WILL FOCUS AND REIMAGINE HOW
WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITHIN THE
CITY.
THE POSITION WILL SUPPORT
ORGANIZING COLLECTIVE EFFORTS,
CONVENING DEPARTMENTS WILL WORK
MORE COLLABORATIVE IN THE CIT
CID COMMUNITY.
PROVIDING A ROADMAP FOR FUTURE
COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS ENDS OUR PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ACTUALLY THERE SHOULD BE A
SLIDE, ACTUALLY ABOVE THAT.
>> NO, I THINK THAT IS THE END.
>> YES.
I THINK WE MADE ONE EDIT.
BASED ON A CONVERSATION THAT I
NEEDED TO HAVE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS GREAT.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND I
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS A
QUESTION.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO
CONGRATULATE YOU ON FINDING AN
ACRONYM FOR THE WEST SEATTLE
BALLARD LINK, I HAD NOT HEARD
WSBLE BEFORE AND WAS STRUGGLING
TO FIND AN ACRONYM FOR THE NAME
OF MY COMMITTEE.
I AM COMING UP SHORT.
ANYWAY, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THE WORK HAPPENING IN THE CID.
I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
LOT OF WORK TO DO, PARTICULARLY
AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
TRANSLATING INFORMATION ABOUT
THE SOUND TRANSIT PROJECT.
CN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
, HOW SHALL I SAY THIS?
HOW SOUND TRANSIT IS
CONTRIBUTING TO WORK THAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN WITH ENGAGING
COMMUNITY AND THE CITY PARTNERS
WITH THEM IN TRANSLATION
SERVICES AND GETTING MATERIALS
OUT SO PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE
PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
JESSICA GRANT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, WHO
OVERSEES THE WORK AND IS OUR
SOUND TRANSIT LEAD IS ON AS
WELL.
I WILL SAY COUNCILMEMBER, THAT
IS A GOOD QUESTION.
WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY, NOT
JUST WITH THE INTERNAL CITY
PARTNERS, BUT WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AS PART OF THE RACIAL
EQUITY WORK, AS PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLANNING.
AND JESSICA, IF YOU WANT TO ADD
TO THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE, AS WE
CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT NOW THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLANS.
>> YES, WE ARE EXCITED IN 2022
TO BUILD ON A PARTNERSHIP THAT
WE STARTED IN 2021 WITH OUR
LIAISON PROGRAM AND SOUND
TRANSIT.
SO WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH 11
COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO BE
FOCUSED IN ON THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, AS WELL
AS BELRIDGE.
WE STARTED LAST YEAR WITH
INTENSIVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO OUT
INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH SOUND
TRANSIT DOING DOOR-TO-DOOR
OUTREACH FOR BUSINESSES,
ATTENDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS,
BEING AT FAIRS AND FESTIVALS.
THIS YEAR, JUST LAST NIGHT,
THEY WERE TRAINED UP ON THE
IMPORTANT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT THAT WAS JUST
RELEASED.
SO THEY WILL BE VERY MUCH
HELPING TO SPREAD THE WORD.
SOUND TRANSIT HAS CONTINUED TO
DO SOME TRANSLATION WORK.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO, THROUGH
THE LIAISONS, TRANSITION FROM
TRANSLATION TO TRANS CREATION.
ALLOWING FOLKS NOW WHO
UNDERSTAND THE CONTENT TO ALSO
EXPLAIN IT IN LANGUAGE.
SO OUR PARTNERSHIP IS ONE THAT
CONTINUES TO EXPAND WHAT BOTH
AGENCIES ARE CAPABLE OF AND
WHAT BOTH AGENCIES ARE CAPABLE
OF TOGETHER.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE MOVE
FORWARD.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS
NEW PARTNERSHIP.
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
I KNOW THAT THAT IS A BIG
CHALLENGE.
THAT MATERIAL IS DENSE, AND I
CAN BARELY UNDERSTAND IT IN
ENGLISH.
SO KUDOS TO EVERYONE WORKING ON
THAT.
I WANT TO GO TO THE
GENERATIONAL WEALTH, WE DON'T
HAVE TO GO TO THE SLIDE BUT I
HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SO I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT
THIS WORK.
I AM EAGER TO SEE HOW WE CAN
START TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION
OF REALLY CLOSING THE RACIAL
WEALTH GAP AND WHAT THE CITY
CAN DO.
I KNOW IT WILL BE ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS, BUT I WONDER IF
YOU CAN MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE OUTCOMES THAT
YOU SEE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW WE
ARE CLOSING THOSE GAPS.
OR IF WE ARE JUST NOT THERE
YET.
BUT, I AM ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT
LIKE ONE OF THE OUTCOMES WE ARE
SHOOTING FOR AND HOW WE GET
THERE.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS NEW AND
STUFF THAT WE ARE JUST STARTING
TO PULL TOGETHER BUT I WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT, IF
YOU HAVE IT, ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE LOOKING
FOR, THE STRATEGIES FOR GETTING
THEM.
>> WE ARE EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
SOME OF THIS WILL CHANGE.
BUT JACKIE DO YOU WANT TO TAKE
THAT ONE?
>> SURE, I CAN HIGHLIGHT WHAT
OUTCOME THIS YEAR.
AS I MENTIONED WE WILL BE
LAUNCHING PILOTS THIS YEAR AND
ONE OF THOSE IS, AGAIN,
DIRECTED BY --, FINANCIAL
LITERACY AND INVESTING IN
PROGRAMS THAT ARE SHARING
KNOWLEDGE AROUND HOW TO SECURE
WEALTH IN COMMUNITIES.
SO WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH
LOCAL NONPROFITS AND PERHAPS
EVEN A LEGAL FIRM, TO PROVIDE
ESTATE AND SUCCESSION PLANNING,
FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSES, AND
PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES.
WE ARE HOPING THAT AT LEAST
THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT
WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDING, REALLY
PRIORITIZING HOW WE ARE NOT JUST
GROWING ASSETS BUT SECURING
ASSETS THAT COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR HAVE ALREADY BUILT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
WHO PARTICIPATES IN ESTATE
PLANNING AND SUCCESSION
PLANNING.
THE NUMBERS THERE DO NOT POINT
TOWARDS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
BEING ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN
THOSE LEGAL SYSTEMS.
SO HOW CAN WE EXPAND AND SECURE
ASSETS THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE
ALREADY DONE THIS YEAR.
BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF THAT PILOT THIS YEAR.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE DIRECT IT
WAS TO LAUNCH A PORTAL LOVE
CITY RESOURCES.
WE ARE HOPING THROUGH THE
DEVELOPMENT AND WORKING WITH
OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON CREATING
AN INTERNAL INVENTORY OF OUR
PROGRAMS AND EVALUATION OF OUR
PROGRAM, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN MOST
EFFECTIVE IN REACHING OUR GOALS
OF CLOSING RACE-BASED WEALTH
GAPS.
I THINK THAT WILL BE A
DELIVERABLE THIS YEAR.
THAT WILL SET US AS A CITY ON
COURSE TO MAKE IMPACTFUL
INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
THAT INVENTORY PLUS THE
EXTERNAL PORTAL, THAT WILL SORT
OF BE A HUB OF RESOURCES THAT
COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS.
AND REALLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY
CAN BUILD WEALTH AT DIFFERENT
STAGES OF THEIR LIFE OR AS
BUSINESS OWNERS VERSES, YOU
KNOW, EMPLOYEES OR HOWEVER IT
MIGHT BE.
BUT HAVING THAT RESOURCE
AVAILABLE IN A UNIFIED PLACE I
THINK WILL BE ANOTHER STRONG
DELIVERABLE THAT WE WILL HAVE
HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
JACKIE.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU HAD
A QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MORALES.
NOT SO MUCH OF A QUESTION BUT I
WANT TO THANK THE DIRECTOR. I
AM SAD TO SAY THAT YOU ARE NO
LONGER IN MY COMMITTEE.
IT DOES MAKE THE ACRONYM
EASIER,GOING FROM ONE TO LAND-
USE.
THERE IS STILL MORE WORK THAT I
WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON
IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS DOES SO MUCH.
FROM KEY PATCHES, LANGUAGE
INTERACTION, STORYTELLING,
MANAGING THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS
IN OUR CITY, D.O.N.
DOES SO MUCH, THANK YOU TO YOU
AND YOUR TEAM.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE DOING THE
WORK ARE THE ONES MAKING ALL OF
THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN.
SO, THANK YOU DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
LIKEWISE.
>> AND HOPEFULLY JUST BECAUSE
YOU ARE NOT IN MY COMMITTEE WE
WILL STILL BE ABLE TO WORK
TOGETHER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THE PRESENTATION.
I ASKED FOR THE ORG CHART IN
THE EXTERNAL RELATIONS SECTION
OF YOUR ORGANIZATION.
I WAS WONDERING, AND DID
GENERATIONAL WEALTH
>> -- AS WELL AS OTHERS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO EXPAND
THOSE CONNECTIONS IN A
RELATIONSHIP AND THE TEAM WORKS
HARD IN DOING THAT.
>> I WILL SAY, IN TERMS OF
GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUILDING
WORK, A STRONG PARTNER OF OURS,
AND REALLY GUIDING THIS WORK,
SEEING HOW WE ARE LEVERAGING
INVESTMENTS AND RELATIONSHIPS
WE ALREADY HAVE IN DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THAT INTEGRATION IS
DEFINITELY A PART OF HOW WE ARE
BUILDING THIS PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM COLLEAGUES?
I DO NOT SEE ANY.
SO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
ONCE AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND
SHARING THE PRESENTATION.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
LEARNING MORE IN THE,
PARTICULARLY IN THE
GENERATIONAL WEALTH CATEGORY.
I AM EXCITED FOR THE NEW
DIVISION.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
DEVON, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM 3 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, 2022
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING WORK PREVIEW.
FOR A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE GOT, I BELIEVE
WE HAVE GOT DIRECTOR DWANE
CHAPPELLE, MARISSA ROUSSELLE,
AND ERIN OKUNO.
IS THAT RIGHT?
GREAT.
>> YES.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO
YOU.
>> OKAY.
GOOD MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THANK
YOU FOR INVITING US TO
COMMITTEE TODAY.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY GOOD
THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE. I ES
AM THE PROUD AND PRIVILEGED
DIRECTOR OF THE BEST APARTMENT
IN THE CITY, I AM DR. CHAPELLE,
AND ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITY, TO KICK OFF THIS
YEAR WITH AN OVERVIEW, JUST WITH
THE WORK PLAN, OR WORK, BUT
ALSO RETURNING OF COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE.
AS YOU MENTIONED WE ARE JOINED
BY MARISSA ROUSSELLE, THE
INTERIM POLICY DIRECTOR AND
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY ERIN
OKUNO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE COALITION.
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
READY TO GET INTO.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
YES, SO, AT DEEL WE HAVE AN
AMAZING DIVERSE GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTED
TO TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF
OUR SEATTLE CHILDREN, YOUTH,
AND FAMILIES.
AS YOU SEE HERE WE ARE RAPIDLY
GROWING DEPARTMENT.
WE STARTED OFF WITH LIKE 38
STAFF, NOW AS YOU CAN SEE WE
ARE AT 120 FANTASTIC FOLKS.
AND AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON
HERE, OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT, IT
SEES OVER 100 MILLION PER YEAR.
SO, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, FROM MY
VOICE, MY EXCITEMENT.
I AM ALSO REALLY PROUD TO SHARE
WITH YOU DEEL'S TO BEING AN
ANTIRACIST ORGANIZATION.
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR
CHILDREN, STUDENTS, AND
FAMILIES, COMMUNITY'S, AGAINST
ACTS OF RACISM.
NOT ONLY DO WE STAND WITH THEM,
WE ALSO MODELED THIS
EXPECTATION AND BEHAVIOR
THROUGH OUR INVESTMENTS.
WHICH ARE TOO CLOSE RACE-BASED
OPPORTUNITY GAPS.
AND JUST AGAIN, EXCITED TO
SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THESE ARE IN
DEEL, WE HAVE FOUR RESULTS.
THE FIRST IS ALL SEATTLE
FAMILIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE QUALITY CHILDCARE.
THE SECOND IS, WE WILL MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN
ARE KINDERGARTEN READY.
OUR THIRD RESULT IS THAT ALL OF
OUR SEATTLE STUDENTS GRADUATE
FROM SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND CAREER
READY.
AND I AM SURE AS YOU ALL HAVE
BEEN FOLLOWING AND NO, OUR LAST
RESULT IS THAT WE REALLY WANT
TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR SEATTLE
STUDENTS ATTAIN A POSTSECONDARY
DEGREE, CREDENTIAL, OR SOME
TYPE OF CERTIFICATE.
AGAIN, I AM SUPER CONFIDENT
THAT EVERYONE WILL SUPPORT
THESE GOALS AND WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THIS.
SO NOW WHAT YOU SEE ARE OUR
THREE CORE STRATEGIES.
THIS IS JUST HOW DEEL, THIS IS
OUR GUIDE FOR HOW WE INVEST IN
SUPPORT OUR SEATTLE CHILDREN,
YOUTH, AND FAMILIES.
SO WE HAVE EQUITABLE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS OUR
TUITION SUBSIDIES FROM BOTH OUR
PRESCHOOL AND SEATTLE PROMISE.
WE HAVE OUR STUDENT AND FAMILY
SUPPORTS, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT
ONE IS JUST WE ARE INVESTED IN
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.
AND THEN OUR THIRD STRATEGY IS,
I SHOULD SAY FOR THE HIGH
QUALITY ENVIRONMENTS, THIS IS
WHERE WE REALLY INVEST IN
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC AND
RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING SUCH AS
THE KINGMAKERS OF SEATTLE.
A PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO AGAIN, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
AND NOW, SO, WITH THIS, OUR
BUDGET, SO WE HAVE TWO SERVICE
DIVISIONS IN DEEL.
EARLY LEARNING SERVICE
DIVISION, AND WE HAVE K-12,
POSTSECONDARY SERVICE DIVISION.
AND IN 2022 OUR ADOPTED BUDGET
IS $121 MILLION, WITH MAJORITY
OF THE SPENDING COMING IN EARLY
LEARNING.
AS YOU CAN SEE.
AND CONTRIBUTING TO OUR RESULTS
OF OUR CHILDCARE AND ACCESS TO
KINDERGARTEN READINESS.
BUT WE ALSO INVEST IN K-12, AND
POSTSECONDARY, COMPRISING OF
40% OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
SPENDING.
OKAY, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,
BETH FAMILY AND EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL LEVY, IT IS THE
LARGEST SOURCE OF THE DEEL
REVENUE, AROUND 78%.
AND SO, THANK YOU FOR GOING TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO NOW, FOR OUR INVESTMENTS, WE
CONVENE A LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE, WHAT THEY DO IS
OVERVIEW, ADVISE, MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVOCATE IN
SUPPORT OF OUR LEVY,
INVESTMENTS AND PRIORITIES.
WE HAVE 17 MEMBERS OF THIS LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
REPRESENTS US FROM THE COUNCIL
AND YOU WERE THERE LAST NIGHT.
AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO WE
HAVE ONE OF OUR APPOINTED
MEMBERS WITH US TODAY.
WHAT I WILL DO IS JUST PAUSE, I
WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ERIN OKUNO
TO SHARE SOME WORDS ON YOUR
EXPERIMENT -- EXPERIENCE ON ME
PROMISE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
>> I AM ERIN OKUNO, I AM THE
--.
WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED
ON THE SOUTHEAST SEATTLE REGION.
WE WORK REALLY DEEPLY WITH
COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES OF
COLOR TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN, WHAT THEY WANT
TO SEE FIRST, THEIR CHILDREN OF
COLOR, AROUND EDUCATION.
WE WORK INTENSELY WITH A LOT OF
THE SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND A LOT OF THE
CBOS ARE CONNECTED TO THE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
IT IS A LOT OF FUN, WE HAVE
GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
I AM PROUD OF THE RELATIONSHIPS
WE HAVE BUILT ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY AND WITH DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS, INSTITUTIONS,
CITY GOVERNMENT, TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN.
I AM ALSO REALLY PROUD TO SAY
THAT I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO
WORK ON THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM.
I WAS A CO-CHAIR WHEN IT FIRST
STARTED NOW MANY, MANY YEARS
AGO.
AND MY YOUNGEST CHILD WAS IN
THE CLASS AND IS NOW A THRIVING
FOURTH-GRADER, WHO IS VERY
SECURE IN HERSELF AND LIKES TO
TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT SHE
THINKS.
I CREDIT SPP FORGIVING HER THAT
STRONG GROUND OF THINKING.
MY OLDER CHILD IS ALSO A BENEFIT
OF THE LEVY INVESTMENTS ACROSS
MANY OF THE SCHOOLS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING THE
SCHOOLS THAT MY CHILDREN
ATTEND.
SO, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU ERIN,
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH
US.
GLAD TO HEAR THOSE STORIES.
WHAT I WILL DO NOW IS I AM
GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO
MARISSA ROUSSELLE.
MARISSA IS GOING TO SHOW THE
DEEL PRIORITIES WITH COUNCIL
THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU DWANE.
HELLO EVERYONE.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE SLIDE
HERE IS SOME RECENT PAST
ENGAGEMENT THAT DEEL HAS HAD
WITH COUNCIL.
WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME CHANGING
MEMBERSHIPS ON THE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
FOR YOU THE DEEP AND EXTENSIVE
WORK WE DID WITH COUNCIL IN
2018 AND 2019, TWO DEVELOP THE
LEVY THAT COUNCIL PAST , AND
ORDERED IT IN 2018, SPECIFYING
THE COUNCIL INTENT TO THE LEVY
AND IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION PLAN ALL 140
SOMETHING PAGES OF IT, ADOPTED
BY ORDINANCES AS WELL IN 2019.
IN 2020 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
COUNCIL STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT DEEL
DID WORK ON AND SUBMIT BACK.
WE DO SHARE WITH YOU
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DATA
DESEGREGATION PRACTICES, WE
SUBMITTED EXTENSIVE REPORTS,
COMPLETED BY EXTERNAL
CONSULTANTS, RELATED TO
INCREASING ACCESS AND
SUPPORTING THE INFANT HIGHFLOWN
TODDLER SECTOR.
ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING
THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN
WASHINGTON STATE PROGRAM, THAT
WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE WAS
STARTED THIS CURRENT YEAR WITH
SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS
RESPONSE FUNDING.
WE ALSO HAD THREE TEMPORARY
AMENDMENTS TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN RESPONSE
TO COVID.
AND IN 2021, AS I MENTIONED,
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
INVESTMENTS NOT ONLY, DID THOSE
SUPPORT THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM BUT ALSO INCLUDED
RESOURCES FOR THE CHILDCARE
SECTOR DOOR.
SO WE ARE ALIGNED ON THOSE
PROPERTIES WITH COUNCIL AND
EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE WORK IN
SUPPORT OF CHILDCARE, FOR SURE.
THIS YEAR DEEL'S PRIORITIES
ARE TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN A
RESPONSE TO COVID.
AND TO SUPPORT CHILDREN, YOUTH,
AND FAMILIES AS BEST AS WE CAN.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE POLICY
CHANGES ON THE HORIZON RELATED
TO CHILDCARE AT MULTIPLE LEVELS.
SOAKING COUNTY WILL BE STARTING
THEIR CHILDCARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
AGAIN THAT IS THE KIDS LEVY.
AND ALSO CHILDCARE SUBSIDY
PROGRAMS AND BUSINESSES MAY
COME FROM THE STATE, CHILDCARE
INDICATING AS A PRIORITY AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL.
WE ARE ALIGNED AND CAN MAXIMIZE
THE USE OF LOCAL RESOURCES, IT
IS IMPORTANT TO DEEL.
AND AS DWANE SHARED, OUR
DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN REALLY
QUICKLY.
IN 2018, OF COURSE WE TOOK OUR
SPP LEVY AND OUR FAMILIES AND
EDUCATION LEVY, AND THEY BECAME
ONE GIANT LEVY.
AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT
AND THE WORK THIS YEAR IS TO
BUILD A STRONGER CONNECTION
ACROSS ALL AREAS AND
INVESTMENTS SO THAT THERE IS A
TRUE PRESCHOOL TO POSTSECONDARY
PATHWAY FOR SEATTLE'S YOUTH.
IS A SPECIFIC RACIAL EQUITY
GOAL WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON
DIFFERENT SUPPORT FOR BLACK AND
BROWN SCHOLARS WITH AN EMPHASIS
ON MATH INSTRUCTION.
AND AS WE SHARED WITH COUNCIL
LAST YEAR, THROUGH THE SEATTLE
PROMISE TOOLKIT THAT WAS SHARED
WITH COUNCIL, THERE ARE SOME
DISPARITIES AND PROMISED
SCHOLAR OUTCOMES AND WE WILL
FOCUS ON THAT THIS YEAR AS
WELL.
THE INVESTMENTS FROM THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN ARE INTENDED TO
ADDRESS THE SUCCESS OF THAT
PROGRAM.
AND THE PRIORITY, SYSTEMS AND
STRUCTURES FOR THE GRANTMAKING
WHEN DUE, AS WELL AS STAFF
DEVELOPMENT.
AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
INTERNAL TO THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN MY LAST SLIDE FOR YOU
TODAY IS JUST A SIGNAL OF WHAT
IS TO COME.
SO OUR LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WILL MEET MONTHLY.
THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL RETREAT,
AND THEY WILL BE ADVISING THIS
SPRING ON A PROPOSED USE FOR
DEEL UNDESIGNATED -- FROM THE
LEVY.
COUNCIL REQUIRED THE $4 MILLION
FROM THE UNDESIGNATED
UNBALANCED PURPOSE TO SUSTAIN
INVESTMENTS IN THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM.
THE SECOND BULLET POINT SPEAKS
TO LEGISLATION THAT WE HOPE TO
TRANSMIT TO COUNCIL IN LATE
BURI.
WE BEGAN WORK ON THE
LEGISLATION WITH FORMER COUNCIL
GONZALEZ'S -- BUT ABLE NOT ABLE
TO BRING IT TO COMMITTEE SO
THAT WILL BE A PRIORITY.
THERE IS A ONE YEAR LAG ON THE
REPORT BECAUSE WE DO NOT
RECEIVE ACADEMIC DATA FROM THE
STATE.
UNTIL THE FOLLOWING FALL.
SO THIS WILL BE FOR THE SECOND
YEAR OF THE FEPP LEVY.
AND WE KNOW THAT CHILDCARE IS A
PRIORITY OF MANY MEMBERS ON THE
COMMITTEE SO WE ANTICIPATE TO
BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION ON
CHANGES WE WILL MAKE TO BE IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE COUNTY,
STATE, AND FEDERAL INVESTMENTS.
AND, DWANE, BACK TO YOU.
>> YES, THANK YOU MARISSA.
SO I WILL NOT READ EVERYTHING
ON THIS SLIDE, BUT WE JUST
REALLY WANT COUNCIL TO KNOW
THAT WE ARE IN LIKE CONSISTENT
AND REGULAR MUNICATION WITH OUR
PARTNERS.
WE KNOW EVERYONE IS DOING THEIR
BEST TO CONTINUE THE IMPORTANT
WORK OF CARING FOR OUR YOUNG
SCHOLARS AND KIDS AND EDUCATING
OUR YOUTH DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AT DEEL WE HAVE DONE QUITE A
FEW THINGS TO HELP SUPPORT THE
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND MITIGATE
THE SPREAD OF COVID.
I JUST ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE SUPPORT OF THE INVESTMENT
FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND
WORKERS, AS WELL AS THE EQUITY
ENHANCEMENT, SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM.
BECAUSE OF THE ENHANCEMENT IT
ENABLED US TO ESTABLISH A
PATHWAY FOR REENTRY FOR PROMISE
SCHOLARS, WHOSE COLLEGE
EXPERIENCE WAS REALLY DISRUPTED
ECAUSE OF COVID.
AND THOSE FUNDS ACTUALLY ALSO
ENABLED US TO INCREASE OR
EXPAND THE EQUITY SCHOLARSHIP
COMPONENT OF THE SEATTLE
PROMISE FROM 500 A QUARTER, TO
1000 A QUARTER.
AND ALSO INCLUDING JUST AN
ADDITIONAL REACH FOR MORE OF
THE LOWER INCOME SCHOLARS.
IN OUR COMMUNICATION TEAM AT
DEEL IS ALSO PART OF THE WORK
FROM OIRA AND D.O.N., FROM
EARLIER TODAY AS I WAS
LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION.
IT IS ABOUT MESSAGING AND
GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK, REALLY TO
PROMOTE VACCINE ACCESS, AND
ACCEPTANCE AMONG OUR BIPOC
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
SO, LASTLY, WHAT I HAVE HERE,
JUST SOME REMINDERS.
WE WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT IN RECRUITING OUR NEW
MEMBERS FOR OUR OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AND WE KNOW THERE ARE
MANY BRILLIANT YOUNG LEADERS
AND SCHOLARS WHOSE VOICE WOULD
ACTUALLY ADD VALUE TO OUR WORK.
WE LISTENED TO ONE LAST NIGHT,
SO IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS
AND YOU ARE A HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR OR YOU KNOW A HIGH
SCHOOL SENIOR AT A SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOL, PLEASE ENCOURAGE
THEM TO APPLY TO THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM.
SO THEY CAN EXPLORE THE RICH
ARRAY OF COURSEWORK OFFERED BY
THE THE COLLEGES.
THEY CAN CONSIDER THAT THE NEXT
STEP AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK WE ALL WOULD AGREE THAT
OUR SEATTLE COLLEGE PARTNERS
HAVE SOME AMAZING PROGRAMS,
INCLUDING THE FIRE SCIENCE
DEGREE PROGRAM THAT LAUNCHED IN
NORTH SEATTLE, JUSTICE PAULETTE
NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE.
SHOULD I SAY BE FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAS REALLY BEEN AMAZING
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC AND I
JUST HOPE THAT THE YOUTH WILL
CONSIDER A CAREER AS A
FIREFIGHTER AS A WAY TO ACHIEVE
WHATEVER THEIR ASPIRATIONS OR
GOALS ARE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR
PARTNERSHIP AS WE CONTINUE THE
JOURNEY.
TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF OUR
SEATTLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY.
ERIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING.
IT IS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
PARTICULARLY AS A MEMBER, NOT
JUST AS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
BUT A COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM THE
DISTRICT TO I KNOW HAS BEEN
DOING IMPORTANT WORK IN THIS
SPACE FOR A LONG TIME.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I
WILL START OFF WITH.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP
THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORTS.
YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS WERE AT HOME
FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF STRESS
AND TRAUMA OUR STUDENTS ARE
EXPERIENCING BECAUSE OF THE
ISOLATION AND ALIENATION THEY
EXPERIENCE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE
NEARLY ENOUGH MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORTS RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
ABLE TO DO?
AND HOW THE RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKS?
>> YES, I WILL SPEAK A LITTLE
BIT TO THAT AND MARISSA IF I
LEAVE ANYTHING OUT, JUST ADD.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING HEART SHIP
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE
MEET FREQUENTLY.
WITH THEM BEING THE LARGEST
RECIPIENT OF MOST OF OUR
FUNDING DOLLARS THERE ARE
SEVERAL CONSTANT ENTRY POINTS
WHERE WE CONNECT WITH THEM IN
REGARDS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORTS THAT IS BEING PROVIDED.
SO YOU KNOW WE PROVIDE, THERE
IS A SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINIC
IN ALL OF OUR 17 COMPREHENSIVE
HIGH SCHOOLS IN SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
THERE IS A COMPONENT WITHIN THE
SCHOOL BASE, A CLINIC THAT
PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.
SO WITHIN THE MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORTS, THE STUDENTS HAVE
ACCESS TO THE CLINICS AND TO
THE STAFF THAT ARE THERE JUST
TO HELP THEM THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC.
AND I WILL PAUSE RIGHT THERE,
TO SEE IF MARISSA WANTED TO ADD
ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT.
THIS IS ALSO IN CONJUNCTION
WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH KING COUNTY RIGHT
THERE.
THERE IS A NICE TRANSLATION
BETWEEN DEEL, SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, AND OUR GOOD PARTNERS
AT THE KING COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH.
>> THANKS DWANE.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS
THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN
URGENT ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE BEING DISCUSSED AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL.
WHILE OUR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CENTERS PROVIDE MEDICAL
SERVICES IN THE SPACE, WE
ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS INSUFFICIENT
FOR THE CHALLENGES OUR YOUTH
ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE
US TO THINK MORE BROADLY ABOUT
WHAT THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS
COULD LOOK LIKE.
DEEL HAS INVESTMENTS WITH A
LOT OF COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, WHILE THEIR STAFF
ARE NOT LICENSED OR CLINICALLY
TRAINED, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN DEVELOP
WITH OTHER YOUTH WORKERS,
ADULTS, TEACHERS, PEERS, THEY
CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
AND SO WE KNOW THIS IS A
PRIORITY FOR THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
IT IS SOMETHING WE WILL TALK
ABOUT MORE WITH THEM.
AND ALSO FOCUSING ON THE NEED
FOR CLINICAL SERVICES TO
SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH BUT MORE
BROADLY ALSO ABOUT WHAT
COMMUNITY CARE AND OTHER
INTERVENTIONS TO HELP OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE COULD LOOK LIKE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO, 17 HIGH SCHOOLS, DO WE HAVE
THAT KIND OF SUPPORT AT ANY
ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS?
>> THEY DO, THERE IS SUPPORT IN
ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS,
WE ACTUALLY JUST EXPANDED.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 29 SCHOOL-
BASED HEALTH CLINICS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND WE HAVE THEM IN THE HIGH
SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND
ELEMENTARY AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
YOU MENTIONED LEGISLATION ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE
FEPP PLAN.
DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN
WE MIGHT EXPECT THAT?
>> YES, THE GOAL IS TRANSMITTAL
BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.
AND AS YOUR TEAM GOES, SOME OF
OUR STAFF ARE FACING CHILDCARE
DISRUPTIONS TO WORK.
SO THE DEEL STAFF ARE WORKING
DILIGENTLY ON IT AND WE WILL
TRY TO GET IT IN FEBRUARY.
>> THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW.
WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET OUR
OWN CALENDAR SET.
SO JUST TRYING TO ANTICIPATE
WHAT IS GOING ON.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A
LITTLE BEFORE.
BUT WITH RELATION TO THE
CHILDCARE INVESTMENT STRATEGY,
YOU KNOW, I AM REALLY
INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW
WE SUPPORT PARENTS AND HOW WE
SORT OF GROW THE PIE OF
AVAILABILITY OF CHILDCARE.
I AM INTERESTED IN YOU KNOW, THE
SUBSIDIZED CARE THAT IS
AVAILABLE, SUBSIDY RATES, THE
ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING FOR
HOME VERSUS CENTER BASED,
VERSUS INFORMAL CARE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE TALKED A
LITTLE ABOUT THIS, BUT CAN YOU
HELP US DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN
THAT KIND OF CARE AND THE
ACTUAL WORK WITH THE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAMS THAT DEEL IS INVOLVED
WITH?
>> YES, I WILL START OFF AND
THEN MARISSA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO CHIME IN YOU CAN.
I WILL START OUT BY SAYING THAT
I WOULD DEFINITELY BE MORE THAN
WILLING TO BRING OUR EARLY
LEARNING DIRECTOR MONICA, AND
HAVE A DEEPER DIVE AROUND THAT.
SO WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH
FROM THE PROGRAMMING, WHETHER
IT IS CCAP, SPP, OUR FAMILY
CHILDCARE NETWORK, AND
PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF
A BUDGET ANALYSIS.
I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
SCHEDULE FOR SOMETHING TO DO A
DEEPER DIVE ON THAT.
WEATHER AT THIS COMMITTEE OR
INDIVIDUALLY WITH YOU.
AND MARISSA, DID YOU WANT TO
SPEAK TO ANY OTHER PIECES OF
WHAT SHE MENTIONED AS WELL?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT ENTRY POINTS TO
IMPACT THE GOAL OF EXPANDED
CHILDCARE ACCESS. SO THE CORE
WORK THROUGH OUR ACCESS PROGRAM
IS ABOUT PROVIDING SUBSIDIES,
THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE THROUGH
THE PROGRAM.
SOME CHANGES THAT WE HAVE DONE
IN THE CCAP PROGRAM IN RECENT
YEARS ARE, WE HAVE EXPANDED
WHICH PROVIDERS CAN
PARTICIPATE.
WE ARE NOW RECRUITING PROVIDERS
JUST OUTSIDE OF SYDNEY CITY
LIMITS TO SUPPORT SEATTLEITES.
WE HAVE INCREASED ELIGIBILITY
FOR SUBSIDY RATES IN ALIGNMENT
WITH THE STATE INCOME
THRESHOLDS.
AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS TO
PROVIDING IS WE INSTITUTED
RECENTLY DURING COVID, WE ARE
COMPENSATING PROVIDERS BASED ON
CHILD ENROLLMENT.
IN THE SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
NOT BASED ON ATTENDANCE.
SO IF I AS A PARENT CHOOSE TO
KEEP MY CHILD HOME FROM DAYCARE
RELATED TO COVID, THAT WILL NOT
NEGATIVELY IMPACT A CCAP
PROVIDER.
THAT IS SPECIFIC TO CCAP AND
AROUND OVER 200 LICENSED
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS IN SEATTLE
THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM.
AND AS I MENTIONED WITH THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN FUNDS,
THOSE DOLLARS WERE AVAILABLE TO
ALL LICENSED CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
SO WE ARE IN A SPACE WHERE DEEL
IS CONSIDERING WORK TO THOSE
PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM,
AS WELL AS PROVIDERS IN THE
CITY.
AND A LOT MORE SPACE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH HSD, WHO HAVE
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN FUNDS
TO SUPPORT FACILITIES, AS WELL
AS THE COUNTY.
AND TO THE QUESTION RELATED TO
THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM,
IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
A LOT OF THE PROVIDERS IN SPP
ARE ALSO LICENSED CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS.
SO THERE IS AN INTERSECTION IN
NETWORK, AND AS DWANE
MENTIONED, BEST POSITION TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU IS
OUR TEAM.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FOR OUR FOLKS FROM DEEL, OR
FROM THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
REPRESENTATIVES?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
SO, OKAY, THIS IS ALL REALLY
HELPFUL FOR ME.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING AND
SHARING THIS INFORMATION.
WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP TO GET
A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE ON THESE
ISSUES TO MAKE SURE WE COVER
THEM THIS YEAR.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS, WAIT, SORRY.
WE DID NOT GET THE PRESENTATION
IN TIME TO POST IT BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
SO WILL WE BE GETTING A COPY OF
THIS TO PRESENT?
>> YES, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
SEND IT OVER TO POST IT AND WE
WILL MAKE SURE IN THE FUTURE TO
GET THE PRESENTATION OVER IN
TIME SO IT CAN BE POSTED.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YES, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, I JUST
WANTED TO SAY TO DIRECTOR
CHAPPELLE IN YOUR TEAM, THANKS
FOR YOUR WORK.
KEEP IT UP.
I AM SO GLAD I GET TO STAY ON
THE COMMITTEE YOU ARE REPORTING
TO.
I KNOW WITH THE COMMITTEE
CHANGES, JUST CONSISTENTLY
IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK.
I DID NOT HAVE QUESTIONS
BECAUSE YOU ARE EXCEEDING AND
EXCELLING.
KEEP IT UP AND LET ME KNOW HOW
I CAN HELP.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE
TEAM.
AS I STARTED OFF WITH THE
PICTURE AT THE BEGINNING, WE
HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF, SOME
OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I HAVE
EVER COME ACROSS IN MY LIFE,
WHO ARE TRULY COMMITTED TO
KIDS.
AND FAMILIES.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THEM THAT OUR
CHILDCARE AND EARLY LEARNING
PROVIDERS ARE ABLE TO DO
AMAZING WORK.
WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP,
THANK YOU FOR THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM AND
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TOO.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD REST OF
THE DAY.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.