Education on September 17, 2026
2026-09-17

[0:49] FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS BRIAN
[0:51] WORRELL DISTRICT FOR CITY
[0:52] COUNCILOR AND I'M THE VICE
[0:54] CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY
[0:55] COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
[0:57] AND I WILL BE CONDUCTING
[0:58] TODAY'S HEARING AND THE CHAIR'S
[0:59] ABSENCE TODAY IS SEPTEMBER
[1:01] 17TH, 2026.
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[2:04] TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET
[2:06] NUMBER 0507.
[2:08] ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS
[2:10] STRATEGIES TO PREVENT HOMELESS
[2:11] HOMELESSNESS AMONG STUDENTS IN
[2:13] THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[2:15] THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY
[2:16] COUNCILOR BEN WEBER, LIZ
[2:18] BREADON AND COUNCILOR JULIE
[2:20] MEJIA REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE
[2:22] ON MARCH 11TH, 2026.
[2:24] TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY
[2:26] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN ORDER
[2:27] OF ARRIVAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[2:28] BREADON, COUNCILOR WEBER,
[2:30] COUNCILOR FLYNN AND
[2:31] COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA.
[2:33] WE ALSO HAVE A LETTER
[2:34] OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR UH
[2:37] MEJIA, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND
[2:40] COUNCILOR PEPEN.
[2:40] I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE
[2:44] ORIGINAL UM CO-SPONSOR ORIGINAL
[2:46] SPONSOR COUNCIL WEBER AND THEN
[2:48] THEN TO THE REST OF MY
[2:49] COLLEAGUES FOR OPENING
[2:50] STATEMENTS.
[2:51] COUNCIL WEBER.
[2:51] THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
[2:53] OKAY.
[2:54] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:55] UH, CHAIR WORRELL UH, MY
[2:57] THOUGHTS ARE WITH, UH, CHAIR
[2:59] MEJIA TODAY.
[3:00] UM, UH, I JUST I'D ALSO LIKE TO
[3:03] THANK COUNCILORS BREADON AND
[3:04] MEJIA FOR FOR CO-SPONSORING
[3:06] THIS HEARING.
[3:06] UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
[3:08] HOMELESSNESS TODAY.
[3:09] I JUST WANT TO LEVEL SET.
[3:12] UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REALLY
[3:14] ,UH, INFORMATIVE ARTICLE BY
[3:16] THE BOSTON COLLEGE OF SCHOOL.
[3:17] SOCIAL WORK.
[3:18] UH, REPORT UH, THAT CAME OUT I
[3:20] THINK IN THE SPRING OF 2026
[3:22] CALLED SCHOOL HOUSING
[3:24] PARTNERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT AND
[3:26] CHALLENGES IN BOSTON,
[3:27] MASSACHUSETTS.
[3:28] AND THEY LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE
[3:30] DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING
[3:31] RIGHT AND WHAT WE NEED TO WORK
[3:32] ON.
[3:33] UM, BUT IN THAT REPORT THEY
[3:35] DEFINE HOMELESSNESS.
[3:36] SO I JUST I THINK IT'S
[3:37] IMPORTANT JUST TO LOOK AT THAT.
[3:39] THEY SAY HOMELESSNESS IS LACKED
[3:40] LACKING FIXED REGULAR AND
[3:42] ADEQUATE NIGHTTIME RESIDENTS
[3:43] AND LIVING UH AND LIVING IN A
[3:47] SHELTER IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
[3:48] PLACES NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN
[3:49] SLEEPING AT MOTELS, HOTELS,
[3:51] TRAILER PARKS OR CAMPGROUNDS
[3:53] BECAUSE NO ALTERNATIVE ADEQUATE
[3:55] ALTERNATIVE OPTION EXISTS AND
[3:58] UH, ONE VERSION IS DOUBLING UP
[4:01] UNDER FINANCIAL DURESS.
[4:03] SO IT'S WE KNOW WHERE PEOPLE
[4:04] ARE LIVING WITH ANOTHER FAMILY
[4:05] BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO
[4:07] LIVE IN THEIR IN THEIR HOUSING.
[4:09] AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON
[4:11] WHY IT'S SO HARD TO TRACK HOW
[4:12] MANY STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING
[4:14] HOMELESSNESS IS BECAUSE WE WE
[4:15] DON'T REALLY KNOW WHEN FAMILIES
[4:16] ARE DOUBLING UP.
[4:18] BUT THAT PRACTICE YOU KNOW WE
[4:19] CAN TALK ABOUT THAT BUT THAT IS
[4:21] UM YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE'RE
[4:22] TALKING ABOUT.
[4:23] SO THE.
[4:24] THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK.
[4:25] LAYS OUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT
[4:27] OF SOBERING STATISTICS.
[4:29] FAMILY HOME FAMILY HOMELESSNESS
[4:31] IS ON THE RISE BUT.
[4:33] IT'S.
[4:33] ESPECIALLY CRITICAL TO.
[4:35] ASSIST ESPECIALLY.
[4:35] CRITICAL PROBLEM HERE IN
[4:37] MASSACHUSETTS WHERE ACCORDING
[4:39] TO THE.
[4:39] REPORT ROUGHLY ONE IN EVERY TEN
[4:42] FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
[4:43] HOMELESSNESS NATIONWIDE OR IN
[4:46] MASSACHUSETTS UM, DURING THE
[4:49] 2024 TO 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, THE
[4:51] REPORT SAYS 5405 STUDENTS WERE
[4:54] IDENTIFIED AS HOMELESS A NUMBER
[4:56] THAT'S INCREASING EVERY YEAR
[4:57] AND INCREASING AS A PERCENTAGE
[4:59] OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR NPS
[5:01] EVERY YEAR.
[5:02] NOW IT'S MORE THAN 10% OF OUR
[5:04] STUDENT BODY.
[5:06] UH, I'M REPEATEDLY TOLD THAT
[5:07] THAT NUMBER IS LOWER THAN THE
[5:09] ACTUAL NUMBER BECAUSE AGAIN,
[5:10] IT'S HARD TO IDENTIFY EVERYONE
[5:13] OUT THERE WHO'S EXPERIENCING
[5:14] HOMELESSNESS UH, ESPECIALLY
[5:16] THOSE WHO ARE WHO ARE WHO ARE
[5:17] DOUBLING UP DUE TO FINANCIAL
[5:19] DISTRESS.
[5:19] WE GET SO.
[5:21] UM AND SO AND THE DATA OR THE
[5:23] STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT
[5:24] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAS A
[5:26] TANGIBLE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR
[5:27] STUDENTS.
[5:28] A STUDY OF 15 YEAR OLDS FOUND
[5:30] THAT THEY HAVE LOWER GRADES,
[5:32] WORSE TEST SCORES, HIGHER
[5:33] ABSENTEEISM AND MORE BEHAVIORAL
[5:35] PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL IF THEY'VE
[5:36] HAD EVEN ONE EPISODE OF HOUSING
[5:39] STABILITY HOUSING INSTABILITY
[5:40] BY THE AGE OF NINE.
[5:41] AND THERE'S EVEN THE STUDIES
[5:42] SHOW THAT THOSE KIDS WHO HAVE
[5:44] HAD ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS.
[5:46] SCORE WORSE THAN THEIR PEERS
[5:48] WHO ARE MERELY IN LOW INCOME
[5:50] HOUSEHOLDS.
[5:51] SO IT'S JUST THAT ONE EPISODE
[5:53] OF HOMELESSNESS WE SEE THE
[5:55] EFFECTS, YOU KNOW, UH,
[5:57] DOWNSTREAM ANOTHER BIT OF DATA
[5:58] FROM THE BCA REPORT, YOU KNOW,
[6:00] THOUGHT IS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING
[6:01] IS WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
[6:03] SO YOU KNOW, I HAD I HAD UH UH
[6:06] AN ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT IN WEST
[6:08] ROXBURY OPENING UP, UH, YOU
[6:10] KNOW, AN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
[6:11] SHELTER.
[6:12] THE STATE WAS UH, THERE AND
[6:14] THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSHBACK AND
[6:16] YOU GO INTO THESE MEETINGS AND
[6:18] PEOPLE TALK.
[6:19] ABOUT WELL.
[6:20] THEY'RE GOING TO BRING MASS AND
[6:21] CASS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[6:23] THESE PEOPLE THEY'RE GOING TO
[6:24] YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE
[6:25] DRUG ADDICTS.
[6:26] THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE CRIMINAL
[6:27] RECORDS.
[6:28] AND YOU KNOW, FROM MY
[6:29] EXPERIENCE AND I RECOMMEND
[6:31] ANYONE GO TO HORIZONS FOR THE
[6:32] HOMELESS, UH, TO.
[6:35] WHICH PROVIDES DAYCARE AND
[6:36] PRE-K FOR PEOPLE WITH KIDS IN
[6:38] THE SHELTER SYSTEM.
[6:39] THESE ARE.
[6:40] SINGLE MOMS WITH YOUNG KIDS.
[6:42] THEY'RE OFTEN, YOU KNOW.
[6:44] STILL WORKING SOME OF YOU KNOW,
[6:46] SOME HAVE JUST LOST.
[6:47] THEIR.
[6:47] JOB OR THEY'VE HAD SOME ISSUE
[6:49] AND THEY JUST HAVE NO SAFETY
[6:50] NET.
[6:51] AND SO THEY'RE PLACED INTO THIS
[6:52] SYSTEM.
[6:53] AND THE DATA FROM.
[6:54] THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKS
[6:55] REPORT.
[6:55] SHOWS THAT THESE WERE PRIMARILY
[6:57] YOUNG MOMS WITH 2 TO 3 KIDS.
[6:59] OVER 80% OF THEM HAVE GRADUATED
[7:01] FROM HIGH SCHOOL, 20% CLOSE TO
[7:03] HER GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.
[7:05] UH, AND THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY
[7:07] JUST THEY NEED SOME HELP AND
[7:08] THEY THEY AND YOU KNOW, WE I
[7:11] THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO DO
[7:12] MORE TO TO HELP THEM SO.
[7:14] AND JUST THIS MORNING OKAY I
[7:15] THINK I TALKED TO CORY I SPOKE
[7:17] TO A WOMAN WHO MET THAT
[7:19] DESCRIPTION.
[7:20] SHE'S IN A NEAR SHELTER HERE IN
[7:21] BOSTON.
[7:22] UH SHE'S A GRADUATE OF BLS.
[7:24] SHE'S GOT TWO KINDERGARTNERS,
[7:26] ONE WITH AUTISM.
[7:28] UH, AND SHE'S A REGISTERED
[7:29] NURSE AND JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S
[7:31] SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST NO HELP
[7:33] AND, UH, NOW SHE'S IN THE
[7:35] SHELTER AND, YOU KNOW, UH, SHE
[7:38] WAS ASKING FOR FOR HELP, UH,
[7:40] AND I YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU
[7:41] KNOW, HAVING SAID THIS HEARING,
[7:43] I THINK I HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR
[7:44] WHERE SHE.
[7:45] CAN GO AND HELP.
[7:45] FOR HELP NOW AND WHAT WE CAN DO
[7:47] TO.
[7:47] HELP THAT.
[7:49] SO HAS A PROGRAM WE STARTED IN
[7:50] 2019 PURSUANT TO I THINK IT'S
[7:52] THE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG
[7:53] DANIEL IT'S THE MCKINNEY-VENTO
[7:55] VENTO ACT.
[7:57] UH WHICH UH.
[7:58] REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
[7:59] HAVE UH HELP KIDS WITH
[8:01] HOMELESSNESS.
[8:01] SO HERE IN BOSTON WE.
[8:02] HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE.
[8:03] EARLY HOMELESSNESS INTERVENTION
[8:04] PROGRAM I.
[8:05] APOLOGIZE CHAIR I'M GOING.
[8:06] ON A LITTLE LONGER THAN.
[8:07] NORMAL BUT JUST TRYING TO.
[8:08] LIKE MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S ON
[8:09] THE SAME PAGE HERE.
[8:10] THE IS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY
[8:12] FAMILIES AND EXPERIENCING
[8:14] HOMELESSNESS USING, UH, FAMILY
[8:16] LIAISONS IN THE SCHOOLS AND
[8:17] HOMELESS LIAISONS AND IT.
[8:19] CORRECT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG
[8:21] THERE AND THEN THE HOMELESS
[8:22] LIAISONS REFER THEM TO FAMILY
[8:24] AID.
[8:25] UH WHICH UH THEN CONNECTS.
[8:27] WHICH HAS SOCIAL WORKERS THAT.
[8:28] WORK WITH THE FAMILIES CONNECT
[8:29] THEM WITH VOUCHER PROGRAMS.
[8:31] ALL OF US HERE HAVE STRONGLY
[8:33] SUPPORTED THE CITY HOUSING
[8:34] VOUCHER PROGRAM.
[8:34] IT'S ONE OF THE USES FOR IT UM
[8:36] AND BENEFITS UH APPLICATIONS
[8:39] AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
[8:41] UM THE THE PROBLEM THAT THE BCC
[8:43] STUDY FOUND.
[8:45] UH WAS REALLY TWOFOLD.
[8:47] ONE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
[8:48] RESOURCES FOR THE DEMAND AND
[8:51] TWO WE HAVE A PROBLEM
[8:53] IDENTIFYING.
[8:54] THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP
[8:56] OKAY.
[8:56] AND IT JUST WE SEEN THIS
[8:58] THROUGH THE ACCESS TO
[8:59] COUNCILOR PROGRAM THAT IT'S
[9:00] JUST IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO TO
[9:02] KNOW WHO IN YOUR SCHOOL IS IS.
[9:05] AT.
[9:06] RISK OF HOMELESSNESS WHO'S EVEN
[9:07] BEEN SENT TO.
[9:08] A SHELTER.
[9:09] SO YOU KNOW THE THE BCA REPORT
[9:11] POINTS OUT THAT WE NEED TO DO A
[9:12] BETTER JOB IDENTIFYING THE
[9:13] PEOPLE AND THEN HAVING THE
[9:15] RESOURCES THERE WHEN WE DO.
[9:16] IN FACT.
[9:17] THE WOMAN I SPOKE TO THIS
[9:19] MORNING, UH, WAS IN THIS
[9:21] SHELTER.
[9:21] SHE HAS A KID, UH, A
[9:24] KINDERGARTNER AT.
[9:25] SCHOOL.
[9:25] UH, AT THE KILMER.
[9:26] SHE AND.
[9:27] SHE'S BEEN IN A SHELTER NOW
[9:28] SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
[9:29] SUMMER AND HAS NOT HEARD FROM
[9:31] BPA.
[9:31] SO ALL RIGHT.
[9:32] COREY, I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW,
[9:33] GET YOU HER NUMBER AND.
[9:35] UH, YOU.
[9:36] CAN YOU CAN TALK.
[9:37] AND, UM, WE'LL SEE.
[9:39] YOU KNOW HOW.
[9:40] WE CAN HELP.
[9:41] UH, SO I YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED
[9:42] TO THE BCC UH.
[9:43] UH, SCHOOL.
[9:44] COMMITTEE CHAIR JAY ROBINSON
[9:45] I'M SURE WE.
[9:46] ALL HAVE.
[9:47] UH AND SHE TALKED.
[9:48] ABOUT HOW.
[9:49] IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THE THE
[9:51] WHILE THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
[9:53] THE SUPERINTENDENT FOCUS ON
[9:55] CURRICULUM AND HELPING THE KIDS
[9:56] DURING THE TIME THEY'RE IN THE
[9:57] CLASSROOM, THE CITY
[9:58] COUNCIL REALLY SHOULD BE DOING
[9:59] EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP
[10:00] THESE.
[10:01] KIDS IN ALL THE HOURS THAT
[10:02] THEY'RE OUT OF OUT.
[10:04] OF SCHOOL.
[10:05] AND YOU KNOW, ONE TOOL IN
[10:06] THEIR.
[10:06] TOOLBOXES IS THE REHAB PROGRAM
[10:08] THE EMERGENCY HOMELESSNESS
[10:10] INTERVENTION PROGRAM.
[10:10] ANOTHER TOOL IS THE ACCESS.
[10:13] TO COUNCILOR PROGRAM, WHICH
[10:14] WE UH.
[10:15] STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
[10:16] IN WHICH DANIELLE CAN TALK.
[10:17] ABOUT BUT.
[10:18] THERE THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS
[10:20] OUT THERE.
[10:20] UH, AND WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO
[10:22] PUT MORE RESOURCES.
[10:24] UM, INTO ALL OF.
[10:26] THESE THINGS AND I THINK IT.
[10:29] JUST YOU KNOW.
[10:30] I GUESS LAST PART FOR MY
[10:31] COLLEAGUES.
[10:32] UM.
[10:33] YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL
[10:34] HAVE ISSUES.
[10:34] THAT ARE.
[10:35] VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR
[10:36] DISTRICTS.
[10:37] ACROSS THE WHOLE.
[10:38] CITY AND WE ALL DO GREAT
[10:39] WORK AND WE ALL HAVE.
[10:40] OH.
[10:41] YOU KNOW HONESTLY LIKE GREAT
[10:43] STAFFS AND.
[10:43] WE'RE WE'RE ALL DEDICATED TO
[10:45] HELPING PEOPLE HERE IN THE
[10:46] CITY.
[10:47] I DO THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE
[10:48] WHERE UH YOU KNOW, I THINK WE
[10:50] ALL NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND NOT
[10:53] JUST I KNOW ALL OF US.
[10:54] YOU CAN SAY IN TERMS OF WORKING
[10:57] FOR.
[10:57] AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR YOU KNOW,
[11:00] MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND
[11:01] THEY'RE GREAT PROGRAMS AND
[11:02] THEY'LL HAVE.
[11:03] SORT OF A KNOCK ON EFFECT TO
[11:05] HELP KIDS IN THE LONG RUN.
[11:07] YOU KNOW THIS NUMBER 5400 KIDS
[11:11] EACH.
[11:12] YEAR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
[11:13] LIKE I.
[11:13] JUST I THINK WE COULD DO A
[11:15] LOT IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
[11:17] TO TRY TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER.
[11:19] IT COULD.
[11:20] BE BY A THOUSAND, IT COULD BE
[11:21] BY 100, IT COULD BE BY.
[11:22] A DOZEN COULD BE BY ONE.
[11:24] BUT UH YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE.
[11:26] ARE.
[11:26] TOOLS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE
[11:28] A CONCRETE DIFFERENCE LIKE
[11:28] RIGHT NOW.
[11:29] FOR THESE.
[11:30] KIDS AND, UH.
[11:32] YOU KNOW, I JUST I DON'T
[11:33] WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER GO UP.
[11:35] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
[11:36] I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME
[11:38] .
[11:38] THANK YOU.
[11:39] COUNCILOR, I JUST WANT TO
[11:40] ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
[11:41] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HAS JOINED
[11:42] US.
[11:43] COUNCILOR BREADON, THE FLOOR IS
[11:43] YOURS.
[11:45] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[11:47] UM, AND THANK YOU TO
[11:49] COUNCIL WEBER FOR, UM, LEADING
[11:51] THIS UM CO-SPONSORING THIS
[11:53] MEETING, THE SPONSORING THIS
[11:55] HEARING.
[11:56] UM, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
[11:59] WE GRAPPLED WITH FOR MANY, MANY
[12:00] YEARS.
[12:01] I KNOW THAT ALLSTON BRIGHTON
[12:03] CDC WE PRODUCED REPORT LIKE 20
[12:05] YEARS AGO MORE THAN 20 YEARS
[12:06] AGO BUT RISING RENTS CLOSING
[12:08] DOORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[12:10] AND THE REALITY IS THAT FOR
[12:12] MANY FAMILIES, UM, THEY'RE
[12:14] COMPETING WITH GROUPS OF YOUNG
[12:16] ADULTS WHO CAN AFFORD TO GROUP
[12:17] TOGETHER AND PAY MUCH MORE IN
[12:19] RENT THAN A WORKING FAMILY CAN.
[12:22] SO WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME THAT
[12:25] UM, FAMILIES ARE BEING SORT
[12:27] OF PUSHED OUT OF OUR
[12:28] NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEY
[12:29] CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY ANYMORE.
[12:30] SO I THINK WE REALLY THE IN
[12:33] TERMS OF ADDRESSING THIS IN A
[12:34] BIGGER BIGGER PICTURE MORE
[12:36] LONGER TERM WE REALLY HAVE TO
[12:38] DO MORE AND ADDING TO TRY AND
[12:40] ADD MORE UH, MIXED INCOME
[12:42] AFFORDABLE FAMILY HOUSING
[12:44] ACROSS THE BOARD.
[12:47] UM AND AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING
[12:49] WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN OUR
[12:50] DISTRICT WITH SOME SUCCESS.
[12:53] BUT UM, I THINK IT'S IT IS
[12:55] REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
[12:57] THAT WE SHOULD TRY AND LEVEL
[12:58] THE PLAYING FIELDS FOR FOR
[13:00] FAMILIES IN THE CITY SO THAT
[13:02] THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO
[13:04] STAY UM, DISPLACEMENT
[13:06] OF FAMILIES AND UH IS A REALLY
[13:09] CRITICAL ISSUE FOR OUR SCHOOLS
[13:11] AND FOR OUR UM, COMMUNITIES.
[13:14] UH, IF WE WANT TO MAKE THIS
[13:15] MAKE THE CITY UH, A LONG TERM
[13:18] PROPOSITION FOR FAMILIES WHO
[13:20] REALLY, REALLY WANT TO STAY,
[13:21] THEN WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE
[13:22] ISSUE ABOUT HOUSING.
[13:23] BUT AGAIN, I'M I'M REALLY
[13:25] DELIGHTED TO HAVE FOLKS FROM
[13:27] DPS AND FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
[13:29] OF HOUSING STABILITY TO UM, UH,
[13:33] REALLY SORT OF TACKLE THE THE
[13:36] PROBLEM, HAVE A CONVERSATION
[13:37] ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND SEE WHAT
[13:38] OTHER SOLUTIONS WE CAN BRING
[13:39] FORWARD IN THE SHORTER TERM.
[13:41] IS THIS A SHORT TERM ISSUE WHAT
[13:44] WE CAN DO IN THE SHORT TERM AND
[13:45] THEN WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE
[13:47] LONGER TERM TO TRY AND
[13:48] ALLEVIATE THIS THIS CHALLENGE
[13:50] THAT WE HAVE WHICH IS ONGOING
[13:51] AND HAS NOT UH WE HAVE IMPROVED
[13:54] I THINK BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT
[13:55] OF WORK TO DO AND I LOOK
[13:57] FORWARD TO HEARING HOW I WOULD
[13:58] HAVE IT PROGRESSING AND HOW
[14:00] THESE RECENT INITIATIVES HAVE
[14:02] IMPACTED, UM, OUR RESPONSE TO
[14:04] FAMILY HOMELESSNESS IN THE
[14:05] CITY.
[14:07] THANK YOU.
[14:09] UM, ALSO JUST WANT TO
[14:11] ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE WORK THAT
[14:12] COUNCILOR UH NECESSARY GEORGE
[14:14] HAS DONE ON THIS WORK AND AND
[14:16] SHE'S HERE IN THE CHAMBERS WITH
[14:18] US AS WELL.
[14:18] UH, COUNCILOR FLAN, THE FLOOR
[14:20] IS YOURS.
[14:21] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[14:22] AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS.
[14:25] UM, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED
[14:27] COUNCILOR SABI.
[14:28] GEORGE AND THE WORK SHE DID ON
[14:32] THIS ISSUE.
[14:33] I I REMEMBER COUNCILOR SABI
[14:36] GEORGE WOULD BE IN THE ROOM.
[14:38] THERE WAS ACTUALLY A A
[14:40] COMMISSION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED
[14:43] I BELIEVE BY MAYOR WALSH AND
[14:46] WHO WAS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY
[14:49] COUNCIL AND UH COUNCILOR SABI
[14:50] GEORGE BUT THEY.
[14:52] THE ACTIVISTS.
[14:53] AND THE.
[14:54] THE PROVIDERS THE HOUSING
[14:56] PROVIDERS WOULD FREQUENTLY MEET
[14:58] IN THE ROOM AND DISCUSS
[15:00] LITERALLY DISCUSS INDIVIDUAL
[15:02] CASES BY CASES I BELIEVE UM
[15:06] ABOUT FAMILIES AND HOW YOU
[15:09] SUPPORT THEM AND AND AND TRYING
[15:12] TO GET THEM INTO HOUSING BUT I
[15:15] DO KNOW THAT THE CITY CITY
[15:18] COUNCIL ONE TIME WAS REALLY THE
[15:20] LEAD ON HOMELESSNESS IN THE
[15:23] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND
[15:26] THAT WAS UNDER COUNCILOR SABI
[15:28] GEORGE.
[15:29] I WOULD GO IN THERE AND LISTEN
[15:30] TO THE CONVERSATIONS BUT THEY
[15:32] WERE HELPING SO MANY FAMILIES
[15:35] THAT NEEDED SUPPORT AND I I'M
[15:40] WONDERING, MR CHAIR, AND MAYBE
[15:43] MAYBE SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE SOME
[15:45] INFORMATION BUT IS THAT
[15:46] COMMISSION STILL IN EFFECT?
[15:50] UM I DON'T THINK A COMMISSION
[15:51] ACTUALLY GOES AWAY BUT IF IT'S
[15:54] IN EFFECT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEET
[15:58] UM I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
[15:59] IT BUT MAYBE SOMEONE HERE DOES
[16:01] .
[16:01] BUT I DO KNOW THAT THAT
[16:03] COMMISSION WORKING GROUP, UH,
[16:07] PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE
[16:09] CITY BECAUSE I WOULD GO TO
[16:10] THOSE MEETINGS FREQUENTLY.
[16:11] THEY WERE OPEN TO THE.
[16:12] PUBLIC AND YOU COULD GO IN
[16:14] THERE AND LISTEN AND THEY WENT
[16:15] BACK BUT THEY WERE SENT TO THE
[16:18] HOUSING PROVIDERS.
[16:19] THEY TALKED TO US AND IT WAS A
[16:22] FASCINATING CONVERSATION.
[16:23] BUT REGARDLESS I DO I DO
[16:26] BELIEVE THIS IS A CRITICAL
[16:27] ISSUE FACING SO MANY FAMILIES.
[16:31] WE SHOULD NOT BE A CITY WHERE
[16:33] CHILDREN IN OUR SYSTEM ARE
[16:36] LIVING IN THEIR CAR OR LIVING
[16:37] IN A VAN OR LIVING IN A
[16:39] HOMELESS SHELTER.
[16:40] IT'S UM LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO
[16:42] .
[16:43] PROVIDE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR
[16:45] THE.
[16:45] MOST UM IN NEED FAMILIES ACROSS
[16:49] THE CITY.
[16:50] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[16:51] THANK YOU.
[16:52] UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
[16:53] COUNCILORS COLLETTA ZAPATA.
[16:55] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[16:56] UH, CHAIR.
[16:57] AND I WANT TO THANK
[16:58] COUNCIL WEBER FOR CREATING
[16:59] SPACE TO CENTER OUR MOST
[17:00] VULNERABLE AND, UM,
[17:01] COUNCIL FLYNN IS RIGHT.
[17:02] I WAS ALSO HERE TO WITNESS THE
[17:03] GREATNESS, UM, FROM OUR
[17:06] COUNCILOR UNNECESSARY, GEORGE.
[17:07] UM, AND BRINGING ALL
[17:08] STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER AND
[17:10] PUTTING FORTH SOME REAL
[17:11] TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR
[17:12] KIDS.
[17:12] SO AND THAT WAS INFORMED BY HER
[17:14] EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR.
[17:15] SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA.
[17:17] UM, YOUR STORY ABOUT THIS
[17:19] BLESSED MOM IS JUST IT IS IT
[17:22] REALLY IT REALLY GOT TO ME JUST
[17:23] NOW.
[17:24] I MEAN, SHE MEANT TO BE
[17:25] BLESSED, RIGHT?
[17:25] LIKE THAT'S THE BEST THE BEST
[17:26] IN THE CITY.
[17:27] SHE'S A SINGLE MOM.
[17:28] SHE HAS TWO KIDS, ONE WITH
[17:29] AUTISM.
[17:30] UM, AND THE GREATEST NEED IN
[17:32] THE WORLD LIKE THAT SHOULD NOT
[17:33] BE HAPPENING.
[17:33] UM, AND I THINK IT'S IT'S
[17:35] INDICATIVE OF THE CONFLUENCE
[17:36] OF THE MANY TERRIBLE
[17:37] CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAN HAPPEN
[17:39] IN THIS CITY WHERE IT COULD BE
[17:41] A JOB LOSS EVEN THOUGH SHE'S A
[17:42] NURSE OR THE RISING HOUSING
[17:43] COSTS OR SINGLE INCOME
[17:45] HOUSEHOLD OR IT'S JUST ONE
[17:47] EMERGENCY TO MANY WHERE PEOPLE
[17:48] ARE LITERALLY THAT CLOSE TO
[17:49] BEING HOMELESS IN THE CITY.
[17:52] UM AND SO FOR ME THIS
[17:53] CONVERSATION IS REALLY
[17:54] IMPORTANT LIKE NO MATTER WHAT
[17:55] IS HAPPENING AND YOU ALL HAVE
[17:56] DONE INCREDIBLE WORK I WORK
[17:57] WITH YOU ALL THE TIME DANIELLE
[17:58] AND IN EAST BOSTON YOU KNOW,
[18:00] WE'RE ACUTELY FEELING UM
[18:02] DISPLACEMENT RIGHT NOW AND
[18:04] SOMETIMES HOMELESSNESS.
[18:06] UM BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE
[18:07] DOING WE COULD ALWAYS
[18:08] STRENGTHEN OUR SAFETY NET FOR
[18:10] OUR KIDS.
[18:11] AND SO THAT'S THE PERSPECTIVE
[18:12] THAT I HAVE COMING INTO THIS
[18:13] CONVERSATION AND JUST MAKING
[18:14] SURE NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE DOING
[18:15] WE'RE LEADING WITH UM DIGNITY
[18:16] AND COMPASSION FOR THESE FOLKS.
[18:18] SO THANK YOU TO UH,
[18:20] COUNCILOR WEBER AND EVERYONE
[18:21] ELSE WHO WAS ALWAYS UM, REALLY
[18:23] UH, PUTTING FORTH UH, PEOPLE
[18:26] CLOSE TO THE PAIN.
[18:28] UM, AS OUR CONGRESSMAN SAYS
[18:29] WITHIN THESE POLICY
[18:30] DISCUSSIONS.
[18:31] SO THANK YOU.
[18:32] THANK YOU, UH,
[18:33] COUNCIL FITZGERALD FOR YOURS.
[18:35] THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[18:36] UH, THANK YOU PANEL FOR BEING
[18:37] HERE.
[18:37] I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK
[18:39] COUNCILOR WEBER FOR FOR
[18:39] BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS, UH,
[18:42] BEING THE CHAIR OF THE UH,
[18:43] PUBLIC SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS AND
[18:44] RECOVERY.
[18:45] UH, WE'VE HAD TO DO A LOT WITH
[18:46] THIS.
[18:47] BUT THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT IT
[18:48] IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
[18:49] EXPERIENCING IT WHILE THEY'RE
[18:50] YOUNG DON'T HAVE TO, UH, AND
[18:52] THINK THAT THAT'S THE NORM FOR
[18:53] THEM AND GIVE THEM THE BEST
[18:55] CHANCE, UH, AS THEY GO ALONG.
[18:57] AND OF COURSE NOTHING'S EVER
[18:58] CERTAIN BUT, UH, LET'S MAKE
[19:00] SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE MOST
[19:01] POTENTIAL AND PATHWAYS THAT
[19:02] THEY CAN UM, TO KNOW WHAT
[19:04] HAVING A HOME IS A LOVING HOME.
[19:06] AND SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO
[19:08] THE PANEL.
[19:08] I JUST WANT AGAIN THANK YOU,
[19:09] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[19:10] UM, AND THANK YOU, CHAIR.
[19:11] THANK YOU.
[19:12] UH, THANK YOU,
[19:13] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[19:14] UM, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
[19:15] UH, I WANT TO ALSO JUST THANK
[19:17] MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE
[19:18] OPENING REMARKS AND ALSO THE
[19:19] PANELISTS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT
[19:21] THEY DO.
[19:21] UH, BUT WE'RE HERE TO IMPROVE,
[19:23] UH, THE SYSTEMS BECAUSE, UH, IT
[19:25] IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, NO
[19:26] KID, UH, NO CHILD IN THIS CITY
[19:28] OF BOSTON SHOULD HAVE TO
[19:29] EXPERIENCE.
[19:30] SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN
[19:31] IT OVER TO OUR PANELISTS TO
[19:33] INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND TO
[19:35] DIVE INTO THEIR PRESENTATION.
[19:40] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[19:41] MY NAME IS COREY MCCARTHY.
[19:43] I AM THE CHIEF OF STUDENT
[19:44] SUPPORT IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC
[19:46] SCHOOLS.
[19:47] UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, THANK YOU
[19:48] FOR, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THE
[19:51] CONVERSATION WITH THE FAMILY
[19:52] THIS MORNING.
[19:53] UH, MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS A
[19:55] REFERRAL COMPLETED AND ALSO IT
[19:58] SORT OF SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE
[20:00] SYMPTOMS, YOU KNOW, AROUND
[20:02] SELF-IDENTIFICATION.
[20:02] UM, SO I WAS HAPPY THAT THAT
[20:04] FAMILY WAS ABLE TO FEEL
[20:06] COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO TO TO
[20:08] SHARE THAT BARRIER WITH YOU.
[20:10] UM, PLEASE GET GET OUR TEAM IN
[20:13] CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY.
[20:14] UH, IF YOU KNOW OUR WORK UM,
[20:16] AND IN STUDENT SUPPORT AND, UM,
[20:19] YOU KNOW, WE'RE BOOSTED AROUND,
[20:22] UH, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT,
[20:24] UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS SET UH, UM
[20:27] ,THE MACROSCOPIC VIEW AND
[20:30] MYSELF AND OUR PARTNERS AND OUR
[20:32] COLLABORATORS AND OUR
[20:32] COLLEAGUES ARE HERE TO SHARE
[20:34] SOME OF THE MICROSCOPIC TO THE
[20:36] GROUND STRATEGIC VIEWS.
[20:38] UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO START
[20:41] SAYING SOMETHING THAT REALLY
[20:41] GROUNDS OUR APPROACH.
[20:42] AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK
[20:43] ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, UM, HOUSING
[20:46] INSTABILITY, EVICTION, FAMILIES
[20:48] DOUBLING UP UM, THOSE CAN VERY
[20:52] EASILY BECOME SYSTEMIC AND UM
[20:55] BUZZWORDS UM, THEY COULD BECOME
[20:56] NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET.
[20:58] BUT FOR US THESE ARE THESE ARE
[20:59] CHILDREN UM THESE ARE CHILDREN
[21:01] GETTING ON OUR BUSSES EVERY
[21:03] MORNING.
[21:03] UH, THEY'RE SITTING IN OUR
[21:04] CLASSROOMS.
[21:05] THEY'RE PLAYING IN OUR ON OUR
[21:07] TEAMS UH THEY'RE APPLYING TO
[21:08] COLLEGE.
[21:09] THEY'RE TRYING TO PASS THE MCAT
[21:11] AND OR PORTFOLIO.
[21:12] THEY'RE TRYING TO BE TEENAGERS
[21:14] WHILE SOMETIMES CARRYING ADULT
[21:16] SIZE PROBLEMS.
[21:18] UH, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE
[21:19] COMMUNITY THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW,
[21:21] UM, WHAT THAT YOUNG PERSON HAS
[21:24] GONE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE.
[21:26] UH, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO THE
[21:28] THE DATA IS ALARMING.
[21:29] AROUND 45,405 STUDENTS
[21:31] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UH,
[21:32] PART OF THE BCC REPORT.
[21:34] THAT NUMBER SHOULD MAKE ALL
[21:36] OF US UNCOMFORTABLE.
[21:37] I ALSO WANT THE COUNCIL AND THE
[21:38] PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT
[21:40] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS NOT
[21:41] SITTING BACK WAITING FOR
[21:43] FAMILIES TO BECOME HOMELESS
[21:44] BEFORE WE ACT UH, OUR APPROACH
[21:46] HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY
[21:47] CENTERED AROUND THREE THINGS UH
[21:49] ,COORDINATION, PREVENTION AND
[21:52] A SUSTAINED RESPONSE.
[21:53] AND UNDERNEATH ALL THREE IS ONE
[21:55] FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF YOU KNOW
[21:57] THAT OUR FAMILIES SHOULD NOT
[21:58] HAVE TO WAIT FOR POLICY, OUR
[22:00] GOVERNMENT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
[22:02] HELP HELP THEM.
[22:03] WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE AND
[22:04] READY.
[22:06] UM, OBVIOUSLY PRIOR TO REPORT
[22:08] AS FAR AS COORDINATION, YOU
[22:10] KNOW, WHEN A FAMILY IS
[22:11] EXPERIENCING HOUSING STABILITY
[22:12] THE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS
[22:14] HAND THEM A LIST OF AGENCIES
[22:15] AND TELL THEM TO START MAKING
[22:17] CALLS.
[22:18] IT JUST NEVER WORKS THAT WAY.
[22:19] THAT IS NOT SUPPORT.
[22:21] UH, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO
[22:22] HELP CONNECT THOSE DOTS WITH
[22:25] NPS.
[22:25] WE HAVE THE HOMELESS EDUCATION
[22:27] RESOURCE NETWORK AND THE
[22:28] ACRONYM IS HAHN.
[22:29] UH, MANY OF OUR PARTNERS ARE IN
[22:31] THAT NETWORK.
[22:32] IT HELPS US CREATE THE
[22:33] INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE
[22:34] DISTRICT UH, HOME IT PROVIDES
[22:36] PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, CASE
[22:38] MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, SCHOOL
[22:39] BASED HOMELESS LIAISONS,
[22:42] TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION,
[22:44] BASIC NEEDS SUPPORT AND
[22:45] CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY
[22:46] PARTNERS AND ONE OF THE MOST
[22:48] IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE SYSTEM
[22:50] IN OUR SCHOOL BASED
[22:51] HOMELESSNESS IS OUR HOMESCHOOL
[22:52] BASED HOMELESS LIAISONS.
[22:54] THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW
[22:55] THE CHILDREN AND I THINK ONE
[22:57] THING IS THAT THERE IS TENDS TO
[22:59] BE ABSENT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
[23:00] YOUNG PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO
[23:02] DRIVE THE RELATIONSHIP UH, YOU
[23:03] KNOW, THEY KNOW FAMILIES AND
[23:04] THEY KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE
[23:06] EXPERIENCING SUDDEN CHANGES AND
[23:08] WITH SUDDEN SUDDEN CHANGES.
[23:09] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO
[23:11] NEED TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT
[23:12] AS WE STRATEGIZE IS EARLY
[23:13] WARNING INDICATORS AND THAT'S
[23:16] ON THE PREVENTION SIDE LIKE HOW
[23:18] DO WE KNOW?
[23:18] AND SOMETIMES WE KNOW BY
[23:20] CREATING INCREASED TOUCHPOINTS
[23:22] .
[23:23] THAT'S WHY THE PROGRAM THE
[23:24] PROGRAMMATIC SIDE OF THE WORK
[23:25] WE DO THE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
[23:27] TIME, THE BEFORE SCHOOL TIME,
[23:28] THE WEEKEND TIME YOU ARE ABLE
[23:30] TO SEE CERTAIN TRAITS THAT ARE
[23:33] OFTEN AFFILIATED WITH UM
[23:35] FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
[23:36] HOMELESSNESS ABILITY AND OUR
[23:37] EXPECTATION IS NOT THAT A
[23:38] PARENT COMES TO SCHOOL CARRYING
[23:40] PAPERWORK, UH, PROVING THAT
[23:41] THEY'RE IN CRISIS.
[23:42] UH, WE WANT TO BE AS LOW
[23:44] BARRIER IN THIS WORK AS
[23:45] POSSIBLE IF A SCHOOL LEADER OR
[23:48] A SOCIAL WORKER, A FAMILY
[23:49] LIAISON OR ANOTHER TRUSTED
[23:51] STAFF MEMBER LEARNS THAT A
[23:52] FAMILY IS STRUGGLING, THERE'S A
[23:55] PATHWAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION
[23:56] TO THE HER NETWORK.
[23:57] UH, SO SO WE COULD BEGIN
[23:59] CONNECTING TO FAMILY SUPPORT
[24:00] THE REFERRAL SYSTEM.
[24:02] IT ALLOWS FOR IDENTIFICATION TO
[24:04] HAPPEN AFTER THE ENROLLMENT
[24:06] BECAUSE WE KNOW HOMELESSNESS
[24:07] DOES NOT ONLY HAPPEN ON THE
[24:10] FIRST DAY A CHILD REGISTERS TO
[24:11] SCHOOL AND I THINK THAT PIECE
[24:13] MATTERS AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
[24:14] THAT A PARENT COULD HAVE STABLE
[24:17] HOUSING IN SEPTEMBER AND BE
[24:18] FACING EVICTION IN FEBRUARY.
[24:20] IT'S LITERALLY THAT CRITICAL UH
[24:22] FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES COULD
[24:23] CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
[24:25] I THINK ONE OF THE POINTS I
[24:26] WANT TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE
[24:28] IS WE HAVE MULTIPLE LINES
[24:29] OF COMMUNICATION BECAUSE
[24:31] FAMILIES DESERVE IT, RIGHT?
[24:33] WE HAVE OUR OUR OUR
[24:35] AFOREMENTIONED SCHOOL, OUR
[24:36] HOMELESS LIAISON, OUR SOCIAL
[24:38] WORKERS, THE NETWORK, OUR
[24:40] STUDENT SUPPORT HOTLINE,
[24:41] WELCOME SERVICES,
[24:43] TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT,
[24:44] FAMILIES, UH, OUR COMMUNITY
[24:46] PROGRAMS, OUR FOOD ACCESS
[24:48] EVENTS AND I ACTUALLY BELIEVE
[24:49] THAT IS A STRENGTH BECAUSE
[24:51] FAMILIES SHOULD HAVE MULTIPLE
[24:52] DOORS IN THE SAME SYSTEM
[24:54] OF SUPPORT, MULTIPLE AVENUES
[24:55] FOR SUCCESS.
[24:56] OUR FAMILIES DESERVE TREMENDOUS
[24:58] CREDIT.
[24:59] UH, AND I WANT TO BE
[25:00] INTENTIONAL ABOUT SAYING THAT
[25:02] PUBLICLY.
[25:02] UM, THERE'S A LOT OF STRUGGLE
[25:04] OUT THERE AND THEY'RE
[25:05] PERSEVERING IN THAT WAY AND
[25:06] THEY DESERVE TO BE HONORED WITH
[25:08] THE RESPECT OF OF HAVING THIS
[25:10] THIS SORT OF STRATEGIC WORK
[25:12] TODAY FAMILY IT HAS BEEN A
[25:15] TREMENDOUS PARTNER TO THE
[25:16] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH
[25:16] OUR PARTNERSHIP, STAFF IDENTIFY
[25:19] FAMILIES WHO ARE AT RISK
[25:21] OF HOMELESSNESS OR ALREADY
[25:23] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
[25:25] CONNECTING THEM WITH FAMILY AID
[25:26] FAMILY AID HELPS FAMILIES
[25:28] NAVIGATE HOUSING STABILITY,
[25:29] STABILIZATION, CASE MANAGEMENT
[25:31] AND IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
[25:33] SINCE THE EARLY HOMELESSNESS
[25:34] THE CHIP PREVENTION PROGRAM
[25:37] START AT FAMILY AID AND THIS
[25:38] PARTNERSHIP HAS SERVED 3000
[25:40] FAMILIES MORE THAN 10,000
[25:42] CHILDREN AND PARENTS FOR MORE
[25:44] THAN 100 SCHOOLS.
[25:46] MORE THAN 1300 FAMILIES HAVE
[25:48] SECURED NEW PERMANENT HOUSING
[25:50] WITH ASSISTANCE FROM FAMILY AID
[25:51] AND HOUSING PARTNERS.
[25:53] I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THEIR
[25:53] THUNDER.
[25:54] THEY'LL BE UP HERE SOON.
[25:55] THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT NUMBERS
[25:57] THAT THAT IS MORE THAN 1300
[25:59] FAMILIES WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT
[26:00] STORY TO TELL TODAY.
[26:04] SOME OF THESE SUPPORTS MAY
[26:05] INCLUDE SOME FINANCIAL
[26:07] ASSISTANCE.
[26:09] UM THE HOUSING SYSTEM IS
[26:11] COMPLEX.
[26:11] IF YOU TALK TO FAMILIES IT MAY
[26:13] SIMPLY MEAN HAVING SOMEONE TO
[26:16] ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN A FAMILY
[26:17] IS REALLY SCARED.
[26:18] THE SAME IS TRUE FOR GREATER
[26:19] BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES THE
[26:21] MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING, THE
[26:23] BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY PART
[26:25] UH BOSTON COLLEGE, THE UNITED
[26:26] WAY, OUR STATE PARTNERS, OUR
[26:28] SHELTER PROVIDERS AND OUR
[26:29] TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MOST
[26:31] IMPORTANTLY THE PEOPLE WORKING
[26:32] DIRECTLY INSIDE OUR SCHOOLS.
[26:34] IN THIS NETWORK WE FOCUS ON
[26:37] PREVENTION AS OUR SECOND AS OUR
[26:39] SECOND STRATEGY.
[26:40] THE BEST TIME TO RESPOND TO
[26:42] HOMELESSNESS IS BEFORE THE
[26:43] FAMILIES BECOME HOMELESS.
[26:45] AND THIS IS AN AREA I THINK
[26:48] THAT WE'VE EVOLVED
[26:49] SIGNIFICANTLY.
[26:50] UM I DO NOT WANT US TO SORT
[26:53] OF THINK ABOUT RESPONDING TO
[26:54] THE CHILD, UM WHEN THEY BECOME
[26:56] HOMELESS.
[26:57] I THINK THE PREVENTION WORK IS
[26:59] CRITICAL.
[26:59] I WANT US INCREASINGLY MEASURED
[27:01] BY WHETHER WE CAN INTERVENE
[27:02] BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
[27:03] THIS IS WHY IT HAS BEEN SO
[27:06] IMPORTANT TO US.
[27:07] OBVIOUSLY THE UH THAT WAS
[27:09] MENTIONED EARLY THE BOSTON
[27:10] COLLEGE RESEARCH FOUND IMPROVE
[27:11] HOUSING STABILITY AND PARENT
[27:12] WELL-BEING AMONG PARTICIPATING
[27:15] FAMILIES ALONG WITH REDUCED
[27:16] CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND
[27:18] IMPROVED OVERALL ATTENDANCE.
[27:19] FOR ME THAT'S CONNECTING THE
[27:21] DOTS STABILIZING THE FAMILY
[27:23] OF STUDENTS BECOME MORE STABLE
[27:24] .
[27:24] ATTENDANCE IMPROVES.
[27:25] UH, WE WE HAVE TO FIND FAMILIES
[27:28] EARLIER.
[27:29] UM, THIS IS WHERE I THINK THE
[27:31] SCHOOLS HAVE A UNIQUE ROLE.
[27:32] A FAMILY MAY NOT JUST WALK INTO
[27:34] THE CITY HALL AND SAY, HEY, I'M
[27:36] THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM LOSING MY
[27:37] APARTMENT.
[27:37] IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT
[27:38] WAY.
[27:39] UH, THEY MAY MENTION THAT THEIR
[27:40] RENT HAS INCREASED.
[27:41] THEY MIGHT SAY THAT THEY'RE
[27:42] STAYING WITH A RELATIVE FOR A
[27:43] LITTLE WHILE GOING BACK TO THE
[27:44] EARLY WARNING INDICATORS, UH, A
[27:47] CHILD MAY TELL A SOCIAL WORKER
[27:48] HEY, WE HAD TO MOVE.
[27:49] YOU KNOW, THOSE BELLS
[27:51] IMMEDIATELY START RINGING.
[27:53] UH, YOU KNOW, ONE EXAMPLE THAT
[27:55] WE HAD WE HAVE IN OUR, UM,
[27:57] DISTRICT IS OUR COMMUNITY EATS
[27:58] FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMING WHICH IS
[28:00] ATTACHED TO MANY OF OUR
[28:01] PROGRAMS.
[28:02] UM, SUCCEED BOSTON IS GOING TO
[28:03] HAVE A FOOD ACCESS NETWORK AS
[28:06] WELL AS OUR, UH SOME OF OUR
[28:07] PROGRAMS ON SATURDAY AND
[28:08] SUNDAYS.
[28:09] A FAMILY MIGHT INITIALLY COME
[28:10] IN BECAUSE THEY NEED GROCERIES
[28:11] AND THEY END UP IN A WELCOMING
[28:14] SPACE WHERE THEY MEET PEOPLE,
[28:16] THEY BUILD TRUST AND THEN THEY
[28:17] SHARE AND THEY SELF-IDENTIFY
[28:19] AND THEN WE GET THEM IN THE
[28:21] PROCESS.
[28:21] YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY WE ALSO
[28:24] HAVE ACCESS TO COUNCILOR.
[28:25] OUR ACCESS TO
[28:26] COUNCILOR PARTNERSHIP IS
[28:27] ANOTHER EXAMPLE UH TRY TO MOVE
[28:29] UPSTREAM THIS PARTNERSHIP AND
[28:31] CLOSE FAMILY AID GREATER BOSTON
[28:32] LEGAL SERVICES AND THE MAYOR'S
[28:33] OFFICE OF HOUSING AS OF EARLY
[28:37] SEPTEMBER 2026, THIS INITIATIVE
[28:38] SCREENED 248 HOUSEHOLDS,
[28:40] GENERATED 225 HIP REFERRALS.
[28:42] THEY'RE HERE IN THE BUILDING.
[28:44] THEY COULD SHARE THAT DATA
[28:45] THEMSELVES ON THE STREET UNDER
[28:46] IDA.
[28:47] UH, THAT TELLS ME OUR SCHOOLS
[28:48] ARE INCREASINGLY UNDERSTANDING
[28:49] ,UM, THAT THERE'S A PATH TO
[28:51] FOR UM FOR OUR FAMILIES TO TO
[28:52] GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.
[28:54] BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
[28:56] FUNDING, I ALSO WANT TO BE
[28:57] TRANSPARENT, UH, SOME OF THESE
[28:59] RESOURCES THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE
[29:01] SUPPORTED UM, IN THIS WORK CAME
[29:02] THROUGH ESSER AND OTHER GRANT
[29:04] FUNDING.
[29:05] THESE RESOURCES HAVE SUNSET UM
[29:07] BUT THE NEED DENY THE NEEDS
[29:09] STILL EXIST ON THIS YEAR WE USE
[29:11] THE EARMARK FUNDING TO CONTINUE
[29:13] SUPPORTING PORTIONS OF THE
[29:14] WORK.
[29:14] BUT ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE
[29:15] NEED TO CONTINUE HAVING IS THE
[29:17] SUSTAINABILITY.
[29:18] HOMELESSNESS IS NOT TEMPORARY.
[29:20] HOUSING INSTABILITY IS NOT
[29:22] TEMPORARY AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A
[29:24] CLEAR MESSAGE THAT OUR
[29:26] COMMITMENT HAS TO MATCH THAT
[29:27] THAT ENERGY AND THEN FINALLY
[29:29] RESPONSE WHEN A FAMILY IS
[29:31] ALREADY IN CRISIS THE SPEED
[29:32] MATTERS WHEN YOU SEND A
[29:34] REFERRAL YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IN
[29:35] A POLITICAL SCHEME YOU HAVE TO
[29:37] WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO PROCESS
[29:38] SOMETHING.
[29:40] UM I I THINK THE VALUE OF OF US
[29:42] HAVING OUR PARTNERSHIPS IS THAT
[29:43] FOLKS ARE RESPONDING QUICKER.
[29:45] FOLKS ARE UM YOU KNOW, OUR
[29:46] PHONE CALL AWAY AND FAMILIES
[29:48] ARE FEELING THAT SUPPORT RIGHT
[29:49] AWAY AND I THINK THERE'S
[29:50] NOTHING GREATER THAT WARMS THE
[29:51] HEART.
[29:51] AND WHEN A FAMILY IS GRATEFUL
[29:53] FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN.
[29:56] I THINK OUR TRANSPORTATION
[29:57] DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE
[29:59] SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, WITH THE
[30:01] HOMELESSNESS INFRASTRUCTURE TO
[30:02] COORDINATE TRANSPORTATION FOR
[30:03] STUDENTS WHO ARE UM FARTHEST
[30:04] AWAY FROM OPPORTUNITY AND OR
[30:06] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO
[30:07] DO NOT LIVE IN BOSTON.
[30:09] THE HER NETWORK IN THE IN OUR
[30:11] CURRENT OVERVIEW, UH WE HAVE TO
[30:13] RECOGNIZE THAT OUR RESPONSE HAS
[30:16] TO BE BIGGER THAN HOUSING.
[30:17] UH, ONE THING I WANT THE
[30:19] COUNCILORS TO UNDERSTAND IS
[30:20] THAT THE NEEDS DO NOT STOP ONCE
[30:22] WE IDENTIFY WHERE STUDENT IS
[30:23] SLEEPING AND WE HAVE TO BE MORE
[30:26] INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE
[30:27] SUPPORT THEM.
[30:29] SO WHERE DO I WANT US TO GO
[30:30] NEXT?
[30:31] UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE AND WE TRY
[30:34] TO BE INNOVATIVE AS I MENTIONED
[30:35] THE COUNCIL WE'VE EARLIER UM WE
[30:38] ARE WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING A
[30:40] COLLEGE RESIDENTIAL CONCEPT.
[30:42] I WANT US TO I WANT TO
[30:44] CHALLENGE EVERYBODY TO THINK
[30:45] DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS
[30:46] APPROACH.
[30:46] UH, BECAUSE REALITY IS SOME
[30:49] YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY OLDER
[30:51] ADOLESCENTS DO NOT FIT NEATLY
[30:53] INTO THE SYSTEMS THAT CURRENTLY
[30:54] EXIST.
[30:55] WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPLORING THE
[30:56] IDEA OF INVOLVING A LOCAL
[30:58] COLLEGE THAT HAS VACANT
[30:59] RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY.
[31:00] THAT CONCEPT WILL BE DESIGNED
[31:02] AROUND ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
[31:04] APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 16 TO 19
[31:06] YEARS OLD, POTENTIALLY
[31:07] INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED
[31:09] WITH FOSTER CARE OR
[31:10] EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT
[31:11] HOUSING INSTABILITY.
[31:13] IMAGINE A YOUNG PERSON BEING
[31:14] ABLE TO LIVE SAFELY ON CAMPUS,
[31:16] RECEIVE THREE MEALS A DAY,
[31:18] PARTICIPATE IN AN EARLY COLLEGE
[31:20] EXPERIENCE, REMAIN ROLE AND
[31:22] SUPPORTED ACADEMICALLY AND HAVE
[31:24] A HAVING CONSISTENT ADULTS
[31:25] AROUND THEM AND BEGIN SEEING
[31:27] THEMSELVES AS A YOUNG PERSON
[31:29] EXPERIENCING UH NOT AS A YOUNG
[31:30] PERSON EXPERIENCING
[31:31] HOMELESSNESS BUT THAT THEY ARE
[31:33] NOW A COLLEGE STUDENT.
[31:35] WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD NEED TO STAY
[31:36] IN THE CITY AT THE TABLE.
[31:37] WE WOULD NEED SOME FUNDING.
[31:39] WE WOULD WE WOULD NEED FLAHERTY
[31:40] AROUND ELIGIBILITY SUPERVISION,
[31:43] CHILD WELFARE, SAFETY
[31:44] PROGRAMING A LONG TERM
[31:45] SUSTAINABILITY.
[31:46] BUT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT IT.
[31:47] WE ARE INNOVATING AROUND IT, WE
[31:48] IDEATING AROUND IT.
[31:50] I'M NOT PRESENTING THIS AS A
[31:52] FINISHED PROGRAM.
[31:53] I'M PRESENTING THIS BECAUSE
[31:54] THIS PROBLEM IS TOO SERIOUS FOR
[31:56] US TO RECYCLE THE SAME
[31:57] SOLUTIONS.
[31:59] AND I AM GOING TO UM I, I HAVE
[32:03] A LARGE CLOSING STATEMENT BUT I
[32:04] WILL DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUE
[32:06] DALE.
[32:13] THAT YOU DON'T.
[32:16] YEAH.
[32:17] UH YES.
[32:18] WHOEVER'S BACK THERE WILL
[32:19] CONTROL.
[32:19] THE MIC.
[32:19] RIGHT?
[32:20] RIGHT.
[32:20] UM.
[32:21] WELL THANK YOU.
[32:22] UM, TO MY CO-PANELISTS AND
[32:24] THANK YOU, UH, TO THE MEMBERS
[32:26] OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THE
[32:27] COUNSELORS THAT ARE THAT ARE
[32:28] HERE TODAY, UH, TO GIVE ME THE
[32:30] OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY ON
[32:32] STRATEGIES TO PREVENT
[32:33] HOMELESSNESS AMONGST BOSTON
[32:34] PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
[32:36] MY NAME IS DANIEL JOHNSON.
[32:37] I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE
[32:38] MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
[32:39] STABILITY.
[32:40] UH, MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR,
[32:42] BUT FOR THE PUBLIC OHSU IS A
[32:44] SMALL UH, BUT MISSION DRIVEN
[32:46] OFFICE.
[32:46] OUR JOB IS TO KEEP BOSTON
[32:48] HOUSEHOLDS STABLY HOUSED
[32:49] CONNECTING FAMILIES TO
[32:51] EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
[32:53] ,LEGAL SUPPORT AND HOUSING
[32:54] SEARCH HELP BEFORE A HOUSING
[32:56] CRISIS BECOMES A HOUSING LOSS
[32:58] AND HELP THEM MAINTAIN OR FIND
[33:00] A PATH BACK TO STABLE HOUSING
[33:01] WHEN IT DOES, UH WE ALREADY SEE
[33:03] EVERY DAY SOME OF THE POINTS
[33:05] THAT MY CO-PANELISTS MADE AND
[33:06] HOW CLOSELY HOUSING AND
[33:08] STABILITY AND SCHOOL STABILITY
[33:09] TRACK TOGETHER OVER THE PAST
[33:11] TWO FISCAL YEARS HAS SUPPORTED
[33:15] 2292 HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN
[33:16] UNDER 21 AND WHERE WE'RE ABLE
[33:18] TO CAPTURE AT 1321 OF THOSE
[33:21] HOUSEHOLDS WERE FLAGGED AS
[33:22] HAVING UH SOME SORT
[33:24] OF CONNECTION.
[33:25] UH AND THAT CONNECTION UH ISN'T
[33:27] JUST SOMETHING WE OBSERVE
[33:29] ANECDOTALLY RESEARCH AS YOU
[33:30] MENTIONED COUNCILOR WEBER, UH,
[33:31] FROM BOSTON COLLEGE'S SCHOOL
[33:33] OF SOCIAL WORK AND UNITED WAY,
[33:34] UH, STUDYING THE FAMILY AID UH
[33:37] SCHOOL HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
[33:38] FOUND THAT AS PARTICIPATING
[33:40] FAMILIES HOUSING STABILIZED UH
[33:43] PARENTS STRESS AND ANXIETY WENT
[33:45] DOWN AND CHILDREN'S SCHOOL
[33:46] ATTENDANCE IMPROVED AND THAT
[33:47] RESEARCH DIRECTLY HELPED INFORM
[33:49] THE GROWTH OF PROGRAMS LIKE OUR
[33:50] OWN ACCESS TO
[33:51] COUNCILOR PROGRAM.
[33:52] SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
[33:53] IMPORTANT TOPIC TO THE
[33:54] COMMUNITY.
[33:54] HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO TALK AND
[33:56] ANSWER QUESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN
[33:58] THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT
[33:59] STRATEGIES THAT ARE DIFFERENT
[34:00] THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN
[34:01] THE PAST.
[34:02] THANK YOU.
[34:03] UM, AND AGAIN THANK YOU BOTH
[34:05] FOR YOUR WORK.
[34:06] UM, FIRST I WANT TO JUST START
[34:08] OFF WITH COUNCIL ME UH LETTER
[34:11] UM AND MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS
[34:13] ARE WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERE IN
[34:14] THE MEDIA FAMILY UH, DURING
[34:16] THIS TIME UH DEAR VICE CHAIR
[34:18] WORRELL AND WRITING INFORM YOU
[34:19] OF MY ABSENT DURING TODAY'S 2
[34:21] P.M. HEARING ON THE STRATEGIES
[34:22] TO PREVENT STUDENT HOMELESSNESS
[34:23] IN PUBLIC BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
[34:25] DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
[34:28] MY STAFF WILL BE LISTENING IN
[34:29] OUR REVIEW UPON MY RETURN, I'D
[34:31] LIKE TO PLEASE SUBMIT THE
[34:32] FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR TODAY'S
[34:33] HEARINGS.
[34:34] AND AFTER THEY BEAT PLEASE BE
[34:35] READ INTO THE RECORD IF ANY
[34:37] QUESTION IS NOT ANSWERED AT THE
[34:38] HEARING I REQUEST THAT THE
[34:39] ADMINISTRATION PLEASE RESPOND
[34:41] IN WRITING FOLLOWING THE
[34:41] HEARING BELOW THE QUESTIONS FOR
[34:43] THE.
[34:43] RECORD UM IT GOES FOR QUESTIONS
[34:48] IS THE SCHOOL BASED HOMELESS
[34:50] LIAISON LIST ON THE WEBSITE UP
[34:53] TO DATE AND WHAT IS THE
[34:54] DISTRICT DOING TO ENSURE
[34:55] FAMILIES ARE AWARE OF THIS
[34:57] RESOURCE?
[34:58] QUESTION TWO IS HOW IS THE
[34:59] DISTRICT WORKING WITH HOUSING
[35:00] STABILITY AND COMMUNITY
[35:02] ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT
[35:03] STUDENTS REMAIN HOUSED IN OUR
[35:05] CITY?
[35:05] QUESTION THREE CAN YOU EXPLAIN
[35:07] WHAT IN DISTRICT ACADEMIC
[35:08] SUPPORT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ON
[35:11] HOW STUDENTS?
[35:12] AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS
[35:13] IS THE DISTRICT PART OF THE
[35:14] TEAM WORKING ON THE ANTI
[35:15] DISPLACEMENT PLAN?
[35:17] IF SO HOW HAS THE PLAN DIRECTLY
[35:19] IMPACTED STUDENTS AND FAMILY?
[35:21] THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO
[35:22] THIS MATTER.
[35:23] SINCERELY, JULIE MEJIA BOSTON
[35:25] CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE I'LL
[35:27] GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY TO UH,
[35:29] ANSWER ANY OF THOSE FOUR
[35:31] QUESTIONS OR SUBMIT THAT.
[35:32] YOU GO ONE BY ONE.
[35:34] THAT'S FOUR QUESTIONS IN A ROW.
[35:36] YEAH.
[35:37] SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS THE
[35:38] SCHOOL BASED HOMELESS LIAISON
[35:39] LIST ON THE WEBSITE UP TO DATE
[35:41] AND WHAT IS THE DISTRICT DOING
[35:43] TO ENSURE FAMILIES ARE AWARE
[35:44] OF THIS RESOURCE?
[35:45] TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT IS UP TO
[35:47] DATE.
[35:47] UH YOU KNOW WE USE PARENTS
[35:49] SQUARE AS A CRITICAL.
[35:51] UM.
[35:52] ,VEHICLE FOR US TO COMMUNICATE
[35:53] WITH OUR FAMILIES.
[35:55] UH, WE USE OUR FAMILY LIAISON
[35:57] UH, WE USE OUR HOMELESS LIAISON
[35:59] AS MANY OF THEM DOUBLE AS
[36:00] FAMILY LIAISONS.
[36:02] SO THE MESSAGING IS CLEAR AND
[36:03] OBVIOUSLY COULD IT BE BETTER?
[36:04] UM, ABSOLUTELY.
[36:05] EVERYONE HERE IS WORKING TO
[36:07] WE'RE HERE FOR CONTINUOUS
[36:08] IMPROVEMENT BUT WE ARE THERE
[36:11] ARE HOMELESS LIAISONS ARE
[36:12] CRITICAL TO THE WORK BECAUSE
[36:13] THEY HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS
[36:15] THEY ARE TO WHERE THEY ARE
[36:17] CREDIBLE MESSENGERS IN THIS
[36:18] PIECE UM.
[36:20] WE IT'S.
[36:21] YOU KNOW, YOU VERY VERY RARELY
[36:22] YOU RUN INTO SOMEONE THAT
[36:24] COUNCIL THAT WE WERE UM RAN
[36:25] INTO THAT THEY WILL JUST TRUST
[36:27] IN THAT WAY YOU HAVE TO BUILD
[36:28] STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR
[36:30] HOMELESS LIAISONS ARE DOING
[36:31] THAT.
[36:31] ALL RIGHT.
[36:32] AND THEN I WOULD JUST ASK
[36:33] THIS LAST QUESTION THEN YOU CAN
[36:34] SUBMIT THE REST IN WRITING.
[36:35] HOW IS THE DISTRICT WORKING
[36:37] WITH HOUSING STABILITY AND
[36:38] COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
[36:39] ENSURE THAT STUDENTS FROM MAIN
[36:41] HOUSED IN OUR CITY?
[36:43] WELL, I THINK THAT'S
[36:44] REPRESENTED HERE TODAY AND
[36:45] OTHER PANELISTS THAT WILL THAT
[36:46] WILL UM JOIN AFTER WE UH AFTER
[36:50] OUR TIME IS UP UH WE ARE UH WE
[36:52] HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
[36:54] OF MEETINGS UM THE THE NETWORK
[36:56] HAS BEEN STRONG UH, I THINK IN
[36:58] ALL OF MY OTHER AREAS IN OTHER
[37:00] DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT WE WORK
[37:01] WITH UH THIS IS THE STRONGEST
[37:04] COORDINATED EFFORT TO GET
[37:05] SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND THAT
[37:07] SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR PARTNERS.
[37:08] IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT ACCESS TO
[37:10] COUNCILOR.
[37:10] IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE LEGAL
[37:12] SERVICES.
[37:12] IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT FAMILY,
[37:13] SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE UNITED
[37:15] WAY, SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE CITY
[37:16] OF BOSTON.
[37:17] UH, BUT ONCE AGAIN, UH WE'RE
[37:19] HERE FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
[37:20] OF STRATEGY AND WE'RE GOING TO
[37:22] WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO
[37:23] THAT.
[37:23] BUT I.
[37:23] THINK THERE'S STRONG MOMENTUM
[37:24] AND ADVOCACY UM, IN IN IN OUR.
[37:29] UM IN OUR IN OUR ECOSYSTEM
[37:30] RIGHT NOW.
[37:31] THANK YOU.
[37:32] AND I WILL GO TO MY
[37:33] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES UH, STARTING
[37:34] WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR UH,
[37:36] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[37:37] THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
[37:38] SURE.
[37:39] UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[37:40] UH, TO THE PANELISTS AND REALLY
[37:43] THANK YOU FOR.
[37:44] ALL YOUR WORK.
[37:45] UH, I JUST YOU KNOW, IF WE
[37:46] LOOK.
[37:47] AT THE THE.
[37:48] THE BC COLLEGE OF.
[37:49] SOCIAL WORK, UH, WHETHER.
[37:50] UH, THERE THERE.
[37:52] A REPORT.
[37:53] IT'S GOT LIKE NINE KEY
[37:54] FINDINGS, YOU KNOW, AND THE.
[37:56] THE FIRST UH THE.
[37:57] FIRST FIVE ARE BASICALLY.
[37:58] LIKE FAMILIES WHO PARTICIPATE
[38:00] IN THE REHAB PROGRAM.
[38:01] I THINK AS DANIELLE SAID, YOU
[38:03] KNOW, THEY HAVE THEY, UH.
[38:04] HAVE IMPROVED HOUSING STABILITY
[38:06] AND ACCESS TO HIGHER QUALITY
[38:07] HOUSING.
[38:08] UH, THEY HAVE UH HIGHER LEVELS
[38:11] OF PARENT WELL-BEING.
[38:12] THEY'VE GOT.
[38:12] UM, BETTER.
[38:14] CHILD WELL-BEING, REDUCED
[38:15] CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.
[38:16] I MEAN, THERE'S A GREAT THINGS
[38:18] UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, UH,
[38:20] FAMILIES STILL HAVE CHALLENGES
[38:22] .
[38:22] UH, THAT'S.
[38:23] THAT'S FINE.
[38:23] AND THEN UH, PARENTS REFERRED
[38:26] TO THE HIT PROGRAM FOR.
[38:27] HOUSING VOUCHERS, SHARED THAT
[38:28] THEY APPRECIATE.
[38:29] HOW THE PROGRAM STAFF.
[38:31] UH, CONNECTED WITH THEM.
[38:33] UH, THOUGH SOME DESIRE IMPROVED
[38:35] COMMUNICATION.
[38:36] UH, THEY FOUND THE PARENTS SAID
[38:38] THAT THE HOUSING STABILIZATION
[38:40] POSITIVELY IMPACTED THEIR
[38:42] FAMILY.
[38:42] THERE ARE SOME, UH, NAVIGATED
[38:44] CHALLENGES USING.
[38:44] HOUSING VOUCHERS THAT ARE
[38:46] OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OF THE THE
[38:47] PROGRAM.
[38:48] AND THEN, UM, EIGHT AND NINE
[38:51] UH, STAFF WERE ASKED QUESTIONS
[38:55] UH, AND THEY ASKED HOMELESS
[38:57] LIAISONS.
[38:57] UH, WHAT THEY SAW.
[38:58] AND THEY SAID NUMBER ONE, THEY
[39:00] EXPERIENCED CHALLENGES IN
[39:02] IDENTIFYING STUDENTS
[39:03] EXPERIENCING.
[39:03] HOUSING HARDSHIP.
[39:05] AND NUMBER TWO, THE SYSTEM THAT
[39:06] THEY THEY RECOMMENDED THAT, UH,
[39:08] SYSTEMIC SCREENING MIGHT HELP
[39:10] WITH THAT.
[39:12] SO I WANTED TO FIRST THANK YOU
[39:13] FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING
[39:14] INTO THE POSITIVE IMPACTS.
[39:16] I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS
[39:17] UNFORTUNATELY ON THE THE LAST
[39:18] TWO PARTS OF WE'RE HAVING.
[39:19] TROUBLE IDENTIFYING PEOPLE AND.
[39:21] AND.
[39:21] WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE I GUESS
[39:23] THE HOMELESS LIAISON SUGGESTED
[39:24] SYSTEMATIC.
[39:25] SCREENING I DON'T EVEN KNOW
[39:26] WHAT THAT.
[39:27] IS NECESSARILY BUT WHAT ARE WE
[39:28] DOING TO IDENTIFY UH, PEOPLE.
[39:31] WHEN I HEAR SYSTEM UM, THE
[39:33] SYSTEMATIC SCREENING I THINK
[39:35] THAT I THINK THAT'S POINTING
[39:37] TOWARDS MY POINT AROUND EARLY
[39:38] WARNING INDICATORS.
[39:40] UH.
[39:41] YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A
[39:42] CONVERSATION IF YOU ARE IN
[39:43] SPACES AND WE CREATE MULTIPLE
[39:45] TOUCHPOINTS TO HAVE
[39:45] CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES IN
[39:46] THE ACADEMIC SPACE AND THE
[39:48] ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE IN THE
[39:49] PROGRAMMATIC SPACE, UH, AND
[39:51] SOMEONE SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE
[39:53] COMES TO GRAB A BAG OF FOOD AND
[39:54] YOU KNOW AND YOU RECOGNIZE THAT
[39:58] THEY THEY NEED MORE THAN THAT,
[39:59] RIGHT?
[40:00] THAT IMMEDIATELY IS A
[40:02] CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
[40:03] HAD.
[40:03] THAT IMMEDIATELY IS THE
[40:05] QUESTION THEN BECOMES LIKE HOW
[40:06] MANY STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE IN
[40:08] THE SYSTEM?
[40:08] WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
[40:10] UM WHAT WHAT HELP DO YOU NEED?
[40:12] HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT?
[40:13] HERE IS OUR NUMBER CALL US
[40:15] IMMEDIATELY.
[40:16] UM, OUR STUDENT SUPPORT
[40:17] HOTLINE.
[40:18] YOU COULD CALL THAT.
[40:19] YOU COULD AND THEN IF IT.
[40:21] TRACKS THROUGH THAT EARLY
[40:23] WARNING INDICATOR UM, YOU CALL
[40:26] THE SCHOOL AND WHETHER IT'S A
[40:28] SUNDAY OR SATURDAY THE NEXT THE
[40:29] MONDAY THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO THE
[40:31] SCHOOL IS KNOW AND THEN THE
[40:32] REFERRAL HAS TO BE IN PLACE AND
[40:33] THEN WE ACTIVATE AND HOPEFULLY
[40:37] YOU KNOW FOR THE MOST PART
[40:38] THINGS UM HAVE BEEN VERY STRONG
[40:40] THROUGH FAMILY AID AND AND SOME
[40:42] OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS BUT I
[40:43] THINK THE AWARENESS RIGHT
[40:46] THROUGH ADVOCACY AND SORT
[40:48] OF EARLY WARNING INDICATOR
[40:49] THOSE SIGNS AND WHAT TRENDS ARE
[40:52] AROUND ON FAMILIES WHO ARE
[40:53] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS
[40:54] CRITICAL.
[40:55] UM.
[40:56] KIDS SOMETIMES DON'T WANT TO
[40:56] GO HOME, RIGHT?
[40:58] NEED SOMETHING TO DO?
[40:59] UH YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY YOU
[41:01] KNOW, IN THE IN THE SUMMER OR
[41:03] SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT
[41:04] FOLKS ARE COMMITTED TO THERE
[41:06] THEY STAY AND WE TRY TO EXTEND
[41:08] THE HOURS AS MUCH AS WE CAN
[41:09] BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING
[41:11] TO A SHELTER OR THEY OR THEY
[41:13] NEED SOMETHING EXTRA.
[41:15] SO I THINK UM, THIS A FAIR
[41:17] POINT TO TO REALLY HAVE THE
[41:19] SCREENING UH, BUT THE EARLY
[41:20] WARNING ANY ONE OF THESE IS
[41:22] CRITICAL AS.
[41:22] ONE.
[41:23] WHO'S ASKING THOSE.
[41:24] QUESTIONS ABOUT.
[41:25] YOU KNOW, THE SCREENING
[41:26] QUESTIONS.
[41:28] IN WHO IS ASKING WHO.
[41:29] WHO'S DOING THE SCREENING
[41:30] AND THIS IS IS.
[41:31] THE HOMELESS.
[41:32] LIAISONS AND THE HOMELESS
[41:34] LIAISONS ARE IT HAPPENS
[41:37] INHERENTLY OR NOT ORGANICALLY.
[41:39] HOWEVER I THINK THE IMPROVEMENT
[41:42] AREAS WILL BE AROUND A.
[41:43] SELF-IDENTIFICATION TOOLS AND I
[41:44] THINK I MET WITH SOME OF OUR
[41:46] PARTNERS UM, THE OTHER DAY
[41:47] TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER STEPS
[41:49] IN TERMS OF.
[41:50] LIKE.
[41:50] IDENTIFYING UM OR CREATING A
[41:52] TOOL THAT HELPS FAMILIES
[41:54] SELF-IDENTIFY WITHOUT FEELING
[41:57] THE HUMILIATION UM OF NAMING
[42:01] THAT THE HOMELESSNESS I THINK
[42:03] DEFINING THAT UM AND THAT
[42:06] ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE TRUE
[42:08] CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES AND
[42:09] HONESTLY AS SOMEONE WHO HAS
[42:11] CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES
[42:12] ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND
[42:13] HOMELESSNESS AND INSTABILITY.
[42:15] A LOT OF FAMILIES DON'T EVEN
[42:16] KNOW THAT THEY ARE.
[42:17] UH.
[42:18] ARE EXPERIENCING
[42:19] HOMELESSNESS INSTABILITY.
[42:21] SO THE THE RED FLAGS ARE THERE.
[42:23] UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT THAT.
[42:25] THE THEY THINK OKAY, LIKE I'VE
[42:27] GOT.
[42:27] THIS.
[42:27] COVERED, YOU.
[42:28] KNOW, I'M GOING TO MOVE.
[42:29] IN WITH MY.
[42:30] YOU KNOW, COUSINS.
[42:30] YES SOMETHING FOR A COUPLE
[42:32] WEEKS AND.
[42:32] THEN I'LL GOT A HOTEL ROOM.
[42:33] YES.
[42:34] SO THEY YOU KNOW THEY HAVEN'T
[42:36] QUITE ADMITTED.
[42:36] THAT IS NOT STABILITY RIGHT.
[42:38] YEAH I GUESS.
[42:39] SO.
[42:40] TO DOVETAIL WITH.
[42:41] THE WITH ACCESS TO
[42:43] COUNCILOR LIKE SO I, I DO.
[42:45] A LITTLE YOU KNOW EVERY TIME
[42:46] I'M IN A SCHOOL AND I MEET THE
[42:48] FAMILY LIAISON I SAY.
[42:50] OH HOW'S HAS ACCESS TO
[42:51] COUNCILOR AND I THINK MORE
[42:52] OFTEN THAN NOT THE ANSWER IS
[42:54] WHAT'S THAT?
[42:55] UH AND SO YOU KNOW.
[42:56] I THINK.
[42:57] A THE FAMILY LIAISONS MAY NOT
[43:00] BE THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND
[43:01] I'M USING THE WRONG WORDS.
[43:03] BUT I DON'T THINK PARENTS KNOW
[43:05] LIKE I JUST THOUGHT LIKE, YOU
[43:06] KNOW, WE GET FLIERS, YOU KNOW,
[43:08] MY KIDS IN THEIR.
[43:09] BACKPACKS ALL THE TIME LIKE
[43:10] EVEN JUST TO TELL EVERY PARENT
[43:12] IN THE CITY IF YOU GET AN
[43:13] EVICTION.
[43:13] NOTICE.
[43:14] CALL DANIELLE JOHNSON.
[43:16] YEAH.
[43:16] UH, BUT UH BUT UH, THAT UM
[43:18] CALL, YOU KNOW, CALL US AND WE
[43:20] WILL HELP I, I HAVEN'T QUITE
[43:22] SEEN I YOU KNOW THE SORT
[43:25] OF OUTREACH THAT AND YOU KNOW
[43:26] OBVIOUSLY IT'S HELPED YOU KNOW
[43:29] HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES.
[43:30] CONNECT TO SERVICES AND YOU
[43:31] KNOW.
[43:32] IT'S 40 TO 50.
[43:33] ACTUALLY LIKE AVOID EVICTION
[43:35] I'M SURE WE HEAR FROM GIRLS
[43:36] ABOUT THAT BUT.
[43:38] UM YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE WE
[43:39] COULD.
[43:39] HAVE SORRY.
[43:40] JUST UH.
[43:41] I GUESS YOU KNOW, I THINK.
[43:43] I THINK YOU'RE SPEAKING
[43:43] OF QUALITY CONTROL, RIGHT?
[43:44] LIKE HOW HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE
[43:46] QUALITY OF HOW THOSE THOSE
[43:48] PIECES ARE, UM, COMMUNICATED I
[43:50] THINK TO THE EVERYONE HERE
[43:53] BELIEVES THAT IT SHOULD BE IN
[43:56] IT SHOULD BE.
[43:56] THE ACCESS OF UM.
[43:59] OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING
[44:00] IDENTIFYING THAT.
[44:01] LEVEL OF ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE
[44:03] TO THE CONDITIONS FOR THEM TO
[44:04] BE SUCCESSFUL COME TO SCHOOL.
[44:06] UM, YOU KNOW, UM DO
[44:08] ACADEMICALLY WELL TO FEEL.
[44:09] STABLE UM, THE WHOLE NINE UH I
[44:11] THINK THAT UM TO YOUR POINT,
[44:15] HAVING AN INCREASED LEVEL
[44:18] OF COMMUNICATION UM, THAT IS
[44:19] NOT JUST.
[44:20] TRUSTED TO THE SCHOOLS.
[44:22] UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT,
[44:23] YOU KNOW, FURTHER UTILIZING A
[44:25] LOT OF OUR CBOS, OUR COMMUNITY
[44:26] PARTNERS, UM, AND TO.
[44:28] GETTING SPACES WHETHER IT'S OUR
[44:30] FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY GET IN
[44:31] SPACES WHERE RESOURCES ARE
[44:33] ACCESSIBLE OR EVEN MORE
[44:34] ACCESSIBLE.
[44:35] UM, YOU KNOW.
[44:36] THIS.
[44:36] CONVERSATION IS ABOUT
[44:37] CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
[44:38] I THINK THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING
[44:39] THAT WE HAVE STARTED SOME.
[44:40] CONVERSATIONS ON.
[44:42] HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE
[44:44] HERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT.
[44:45] THERE AND.
[44:46] UM.
[44:46] HOPEFULLY THIS WILL LEAD US
[44:47] TOWARDS DOING THAT.
[44:48] AND I WOULD.
[44:49] I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT UM,
[44:51] RELATED TO SORT OF HOW DO WE
[44:52] CONNECT HOUSEHOLDS TO THIS TYPE
[44:54] OF RESOURCE WHEN WE WERE FIRST
[44:57] UH, WORKING ON IMPLEMENTATION
[44:58] OF ACCESS TO
[44:59] COUNCILOR SPECIFICALLY UH AND
[45:00] MEETING WITH THE HOMELESS
[45:02] LIAISONS, IT WAS CLEAR THAT
[45:03] THERE NEEDED TO BE UM, ONGOING
[45:06] TRAINING IN TERMS OF WHAT TO
[45:07] NOTICE TO QUIT.
[45:08] I THINK THE LEGAL PROCESS IN
[45:09] GENERAL CAN BE VERY CONVOLUTED
[45:11] ,ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A
[45:12] LAWYER SUCH AS YOURSELF
[45:14] COUNCILOR WEBER MYSELF BUT I DO
[45:16] THINK THERE IS THAT ADDED NEED
[45:18] OF OKAY IT'S A NOTICE TO QUIT.
[45:20] WE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS BUT
[45:21] VISUALLY THEY LOOK DIFFERENT.
[45:22] UH AND THEN ESPECIALLY AS THE
[45:25] EVICTION PROCESS PROCEEDS AND
[45:27] MOVES ON THERE CAN BE A SHAMING
[45:29] OF I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
[45:30] THAT I'M INVOLVED IN HOUSING
[45:31] COURT AND I'LL FIGURE IT OUT
[45:33] WHEN I GET THERE BECAUSE THERE
[45:34] WILL BE RESOURCES THAT ARE
[45:35] AVAILABLE TO ME.
[45:36] SO I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
[45:37] WE'RE DEFINITELY TAKING BACK
[45:39] WITH US AND WORKING ON
[45:40] PROACTIVELY IS HOW DO WE CREATE
[45:42] VISUALS SO THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY
[45:43] UNDERSTAND THE UM, EVICTION
[45:45] PROCESS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY
[45:47] GOING THROUGH WITHOUT IT BEING
[45:48] OVERLY UH, LEGALLY.
[45:50] SO UM, IT'S FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE
[45:51] HEARD AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
[45:53] THAT WE'RE.
[45:53] WORKING.
[45:54] ON AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
[45:55] REALLY QUICK.
[45:55] TO MAKE.
[45:56] A COMMENT.
[45:56] BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY
[45:57] QUICK THAT IN MANY SCHOOLS
[45:59] THERE'S NOT ONE.
[46:01] THERE'S NOT JUST ONE HOME.
[46:02] LIAISON THERE'S SOME SCHOOLS WE
[46:04] HAVE FOUR AND THOSE FOLKS DON'T
[46:06] JUST.
[46:07] DOUBLE AS FAMILY LIAISON IT'S
[46:08] A.
[46:09] SCHOOL COUNSELORS UH.
[46:11] YOU KNOW YOUR IT COULD BE YOUR
[46:14] SOCIAL WORKER.
[46:15] IT COULD BE YOUR FAMILY LIAISON
[46:16] .
[46:17] UM IT COULD BE YOUR DEAN IT.
[46:19] COULD BE YOUR CFC.
[46:21] SO THIS IS NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL.
[46:23] IN A SCHOOL.
[46:24] AND ALL THAT AND WHAT THEY ARE
[46:26] DOING IS.
[46:26] THEY'RE CONNECTING.
[46:27] THE THEY'RE MANAGING AND
[46:29] FACILITATING THE CONNECTIVE.
[46:30] TISSUE FOR SUPPORT FOR THOSE
[46:31] FOR THAT FOR THE FAMILY.
[46:33] AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
[46:35] THAT.
[46:35] THERE'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON
[46:36] SITTING.
[46:37] THERE MANAGING ALL.
[46:38] OF THIS IS JUST NOT.
[46:39] IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO
[46:41] HELP ANY FAMILY.
[46:42] UM I THINK IT TRIGGERS THE RED
[46:45] FLAG FOR US TO GET.
[46:46] AN.
[46:46] ALL IN APPROACH TO SUPPORT OUR
[46:48] TO SUPPORT.
[46:48] OUR FAMILIES.
[46:50] OKAY.
[46:50] YEAH.
[46:51] THANK YOU.
[46:51] I JUST JUST ONE COMMENT IS
[46:53] ACCESS TO COUNCILOR AND
[46:55] EVICTION.
[46:56] YOU KNOW.
[46:56] PREVENTION EVEN IF WE
[46:58] UPSTREAM STOPPED.
[46:59] 100% OF.
[47:00] THOSE THAT.
[47:01] I.
[47:01] THINK I.
[47:02] I JUST FOR FOR DANIELLE IS
[47:04] WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE THAT ARE.
[47:06] OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS NOT
[47:07] AS A RESULT.
[47:08] OF AN EVICTION IT'S BUT EVEN
[47:09] IT'S MORE THAN HALF I I SAW IT
[47:12] BUT UH.
[47:13] UH I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
[47:14] PEOPLE WHO END UP IN OUR.
[47:16] SHELTER SYSTEM.
[47:17] OR THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY
[47:18] HAVEN'T NECESSARILY BEEN
[47:19] EVICTED THROUGH.
[47:20] A FORMAL PROCESS.
[47:22] THEY'VE JUST.
[47:23] RIGHT LEFT THEIR HOUSING RIGHT,
[47:24] RIGHT.
[47:25] UM, SO.
[47:26] AGAIN, THE NEED TO LIKE.
[47:28] YOU KNOW, HAVE.
[47:29] A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOOLS
[47:30] UPSTREAM.
[47:31] IT'S NOT.
[47:31] JUST ACCESS TO
[47:32] COUNCILOR BECAUSE IT WOULD
[47:33] BREAK A LOT OF.
[47:33] PEOPLE RIGHT?
[47:34] YEAH.
[47:35] AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT
[47:36] SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE
[47:37] ACTIVELY WORKING ON OUTSIDE
[47:38] OF ACCESS TO COUNCILOR.
[47:40] UM UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN ISN'T
[47:42] HERE TODAY, BUT WE BRIEFED HIM
[47:43] ON THE EVICTION PREVENTION
[47:44] ACTION PLAN WHICH WE CAN GET
[47:46] INTO IT.
[47:46] THAT INCLUDES SOME SORT
[47:48] OF UPSTREAM EVICTION PREVENTION
[47:49] MEASURES, WHETHER IT'S
[47:51] ENGAGEMENT WITH LANDLORDS OR,
[47:53] UH, BETTER TOOLS FOR TENANTS OR
[47:55] A PLACE BASED STRATEGY.
[47:56] SO HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT
[47:58] WHAT THE ACTION PLAN IS AND
[48:00] WHAT ARE SOME INTERVENTIONS
[48:01] THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.
[48:02] THANK YOU.
[48:03] COUNCILOR UH,
[48:05] COUNCIL BREADON THANK YOU.
[48:07] UM.
[48:10] I THINK I MAYBE PICK UP WHERE
[48:12] YOU LEFT OFF THEN, UH, DANIELLE
[48:13] AND JUST CONTINUED TO THINK
[48:14] ABOUT EVICTION PREVENTION
[48:16] BECAUSE UM, RIGHT.
[48:19] ACCESS TO COUNCILOR IS A REALLY
[48:21] IMPORTANT TOOL THAT WE HAVE AND
[48:22] HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO
[48:23] CONTINUE TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT
[48:25] IT AND KEEP IT GOING BECAUSE
[48:27] IT'S IMPACTFUL.
[48:28] BUT EVICTION PREVENTION LIKE
[48:30] PEOPLE END UP UH, IN UNSTABLE
[48:34] HOUSING FOR ALL SORTS
[48:36] OF REASONS AND OTHER PARTICULAR
[48:37] TRIGGERS AND UH, WHAT'S THE
[48:39] BEST WAY UM, WHAT'S THE MOST
[48:40] EFFECTIVE WAY THAT WE CAN TRY
[48:42] AND PREVENT UM IF IT'LL PREVENT
[48:44] EVICTIONS?
[48:44] YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
[48:46] UH, YES.
[48:46] DIFFERENT TRIGGERS.
[48:47] UH, THE ACTION PLAN THAT I WAS
[48:49] MENTIONED IT'S BUILT OFF
[48:50] OF OVER TEN YEARS OF EVICTION
[48:52] DATA.
[48:52] UH, SO WE LOOKED AT WHERE
[48:54] EVICTIONS ARE HAPPENING IN THE
[48:55] CITY.
[48:56] WE LOOKED AT THE REASONS WHY
[48:57] PEOPLE ARE BEING EVICTED.
[48:58] WE LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT
[48:59] OF MONEY THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING
[49:00] EVICTED FOR, UH, AND FOUND THAT
[49:02] NONPAYMENT IS THE NUMBER ONE
[49:03] REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING
[49:04] EVICTED.
[49:05] UH, WE FOUND THAT EVICTIONS ARE
[49:07] CONCENTRATED SO THERE ARE THREE
[49:08] ZIP CODES UH, TWO IN DORCHESTER
[49:10] AND ONE IN ROXBURY 02119 THAT
[49:12] ARE MOST IMPACTED.
[49:13] THEY ACCOUNT FOR OVER A THIRD
[49:15] OF THE EVICTION ACTIVITY IN THE
[49:17] CITY.
[49:17] UH, AND WE ALSO FOUND THAT UH
[49:19] MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING EVICTED
[49:21] FOR MODEST AMOUNTS.
[49:22] SOMETIMES LESS THAN $5,000,
[49:24] SOMETIMES EVEN LESS THAN THAT.
[49:25] UM, SO ALL OF THOSE PIECES
[49:27] HELPED INFORM THE ACTION PLAN
[49:30] OF OKAY, WE KNOW WHERE
[49:31] EVICTIONS ARE HAPPENING.
[49:32] WE KNOW FOR WHAT REASONS PEOPLE
[49:34] ARE BEING EVICTED.
[49:35] SO WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENT
[49:36] STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN THINK
[49:38] ABOUT OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL
[49:39] STRATEGIES THAT WE KNOW
[49:41] OF REFER THEM TO RAFT OR REFER
[49:42] THEM TO THE TENANCY
[49:44] PRESERVATION UH PROGRAM THAT'S
[49:46] THAT'S BASED IN IN THE HOUSING
[49:48] COURT.
[49:48] UH AND WE ESTABLISHED THESE
[49:50] THREE STRATEGIES THAT I
[49:51] HIGHLIGHTED OF UH WHAT DOES IT
[49:53] LOOK LIKE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A
[49:55] TENANT RESOURCE THAT TENANTS
[49:56] ACTUALLY CAN USE AND
[49:57] UNDERSTAND?
[49:57] SO IF THEIR SITUATION IS YOU
[49:59] KNOW, I'M ONE PAYMENT AWAY AS
[50:02] COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA
[50:03] MENTIONED UM ONE PAYMENT AWAY
[50:04] FROM THAT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD
[50:05] RENT.
[50:05] WHAT DOES A RESOURCE FOR THAT
[50:07] PARTICULAR TENANT LOOK LIKE
[50:09] COMPARED TO A TENANT WHO IS
[50:11] BEHIND IN ARREARS IN THE
[50:14] THOUSANDS THERE THEIR
[50:15] INTERVENTION MAY LOOK DIFFERENT
[50:16] THAN THAT PERSON THAT I
[50:18] ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED.
[50:19] UH, SIMILARLY FOR THE LANDLORDS
[50:21] YOU CAN'T HAVE EVICTION
[50:22] PREVENTION WITHOUT HAVING A
[50:24] CONVERSATION WITH PROPERTY
[50:25] MANAGEMENT WITH OWNERS BOTH BIG
[50:27] AND SMALL.
[50:28] SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO UH
[50:30] ,ENGAGE WITH OWNERS OF A
[50:32] LARGER PORTFOLIO?
[50:32] THAT STRATEGY LOOKS DIFFERENT
[50:34] COMPARED TO OUR SMALLER MOM AND
[50:36] POP LANDLORDS AROUND.
[50:37] DO YOU KNOW THE TOOL?
[50:38] DO YOU KNOW ABOUT A PAYMENT
[50:39] PLAN?
[50:40] DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN CALL
[50:41] THE OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY
[50:42] FOR LANDLORD TENANT MEDIATION?
[50:44] UM AND THEN THIS PLACE BASED
[50:46] PIECE THAT I MENTIONED IF WE
[50:47] KNOW WHERE EVICTIONS ARE
[50:48] HAPPENING DOWN TO THE ZIP
[50:50] CODE AND OFTENTIMES DOWN TO THE
[50:51] BUILDING, HOW DO WE HAVE THOSE
[50:53] CONVERSATIONS WITH OWNERS
[50:55] AROUND WE KNOW THE ACTIVITY IS
[50:56] HIGH HERE.
[50:57] CAN WE UH, SATURATE THIS THIS
[51:00] BUILDING WITH SOME RESOURCES
[51:01] THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE
[51:02] OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE
[51:03] TO THE REST OF THE CITY?
[51:05] UM, AND THINK ABOUT SOME
[51:06] UPSTREAM EVICTION PREVENTION,
[51:07] UH, OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE A LOT
[51:09] OF, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO
[51:11] COUNCILOR IS A GREAT PROGRAM
[51:12] BUT IT'S MEANT TO BE DOWNSTREAM
[51:13] ,RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY
[51:14] IN HOUSING COURT.
[51:15] SO THE ACTION PLAN THINKS ABOUT
[51:16] WAYS TO TO ON THE OTHER
[51:19] SPECTRUM OF UPSTREAM.
[51:20] AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF WORKING
[51:22] WITH LANDLORDS BECAUSE VERY
[51:23] OFTEN THEY THEY WANT TO BE
[51:26] HELPFUL.
[51:27] YEP.
[51:27] BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE
[51:29] THE ACCESS TO THROUGH OUR
[51:30] UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMS THAT
[51:32] ARE AVAILABLE EITHER.
[51:33] YOU KNOW, THEY ALMOST YOU KNOW
[51:36] THEY'RE NOT ALL THEY'RE NOT ALL
[51:37] BAD.
[51:38] OF COURSE.
[51:38] YEAH.
[51:39] SO IT'S IT'S.
[51:39] IT'S IMPORTANT TO SORT OF LOOK
[51:41] AT THAT.
[51:41] AND I WILL JUST ADD BRIEFLY ON
[51:43] THAT UH IN IN IMPLEMENT OR
[51:45] SETTING UP THE ACTION PLAN WE
[51:47] SURVEYED LANDLORDS AND HEARD
[51:49] FROM THEM.
[51:50] SO THAT'S PART OF UH WHAT'S IN
[51:51] THE ACTION PLAN CURRENTLY WHICH
[51:53] IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
[51:54] SO THAT'S A PLUG.
[51:55] UM, BUT A LOT OF LANDLORDS
[51:56] MENTIONED JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU
[51:58] DESCRIBED WHERE HOUSING
[51:59] PROVIDERS AT THE END OF THE DAY
[52:01] A LOT OF US ARE AFFORDABLE
[52:02] HOUSING PROVIDERS.
[52:03] WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS
[52:04] OF EVICTING.
[52:05] SO HOW CAN WE COME TO THE TABLE
[52:06] TO HAVE A A BETTER CONVERSATION
[52:08] SO THAT IT'S COHESIVE.
[52:10] AND IN TERMS OF NAVIGATING LIKE
[52:12] THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT LIKE RAFT
[52:14] PROGRAM?
[52:14] UH, I, I DON'T ALWAYS HEAR GOOD
[52:16] THINGS ABOUT HOW EASY IT IS TO
[52:18] NAVIGATE THIS OR HAVE YOU ANY
[52:20] THOUGHTS ON HOW IT MIGHT BE
[52:21] IMPROVED OR WHAT'S WHAT'S
[52:23] WHAT'S NOT FOOD WE HAVE.
[52:24] YEAH.
[52:25] WHAT SORT OF OBSTACLES ARE IN
[52:26] THE WAY IN THE IN THAT PROCESS.
[52:28] YEAH DEFINITELY UH PART OF THE
[52:30] ACTION PLAN INCLUDES BETTER UH
[52:32] COORDINATION WITH FINANCIAL
[52:33] ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS GIVEN THE
[52:35] FACT THAT NONPAYMENT OF RENT IS
[52:36] THE NUMBER ONE REASON OUR
[52:38] RESIDENTS OF BOSTON ARE GETTING
[52:39] EVICTED.
[52:40] UH, AND IN THAT WE NEED TO TALK
[52:42] TO ALL OF THE PROVIDERS
[52:44] OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH
[52:45] INCLUDES METRO HOUSING, WHICH
[52:47] ADMINISTERS THE RAFT PROGRAM.
[52:48] WE HAD A PRELIMINARY
[52:50] CONVERSATION WITH THEM IN TERMS
[52:51] OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING WHEN
[52:52] PEOPLE CALL THE OFFICE
[52:54] OF HOUSING STABILITY FOR
[52:55] SUPPORT, UH, AND THEY'RE ON
[52:56] BOARD AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
[52:58] OKAY, HOW DO WE MAKE THE SYSTEM
[52:59] A LITTLE BIT BETTER?
[53:00] UH, BUT ALSO OUR OUR NONPROFIT
[53:02] PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE FINANCIAL
[53:03] ASSISTANCE AND THAT GOES TO UM
[53:05] THE TENANT RESOURCE TOOL I WAS
[53:07] DESCRIBING OF TENANTS MAY CALL
[53:09] ROSIE'S PLACE.
[53:09] THEY MAY CALL ANOTHER AGENCY
[53:12] AND FIND OUT THEY DON'T HAVE
[53:13] SUPPORT.
[53:14] SO THEY'RE LIKE I GUESS THAT'S
[53:15] THE END OF THE ROAD.
[53:16] UM SO BRINGING ALL THOSE
[53:18] PARTNERS TOGETHER TO BETTER
[53:19] UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCES ARE
[53:20] ACTUALLY AVAILABLE FOR WHOM
[53:22] WHEN THEY SHOULD REACH OUT,
[53:23] ETC. UNDERSTANDING UH, THE
[53:25] ELIGIBILITY COMPONENT.
[53:26] I THINK THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE
[53:28] HAVE ENCOUNTERED IS THAT WHEN
[53:29] FAMILIES ARE YOU KNOW,
[53:30] DEPENDING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[53:31] BUT ESPECIALLY IN ALLSTON,
[53:33] BRIGHTON LIKE AS I SAID EARLIER
[53:35] ,MY COMMENTS ARE COMPETING
[53:36] WITH STUDENTS AND YOUNG
[53:37] PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN AFFORD
[53:39] TOGETHER AND THEY CAN AFFORD
[53:41] $5,000 FOR IT FOR AN APARTMENT
[53:43] AS A FAMILY KEPT.
[53:44] RIGHT.
[53:45] UM AND JUST THE SHEER
[53:48] OF AVAILABILITY OF FAMILY
[53:49] APPROPRIATE HOUSING IN CERTAIN
[53:52] PARTS OF THE CITY.
[53:53] UM, HAVE YOU ANY THOUGHTS ON
[53:54] HOW WE MIGHT TACKLE THAT?
[53:56] I KNOW WE SORT OF CHIP AWAY AT
[53:57] IT IN TERMS OF GETTING MORE IDP
[54:00] UNITS THAT ARE FAMILY SIZE
[54:01] UNITS, BUT I THINK IT'S A NO
[54:03] THAT'S A THAT'S LIKE EMPTYING
[54:05] THE OCEAN WITH A.
[54:06] A CUP.
[54:07] AT THE MOMENT.
[54:08] SO YEAH.
[54:09] UM AND YOU KNOW OUR OUR OTHER
[54:11] DIVISIONS WITHIN THE MAYOR'S
[54:12] OFFICE OF HOUSING ARE THINKING
[54:13] OF SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
[54:16] AROUND HOW DO WE MAKE HOUSING
[54:17] MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY BASED OFF
[54:19] OF THE CURRENT STOCK THAT WE
[54:20] HAVE?
[54:20] UM, AND HAVE SOME UM INNOVATIVE
[54:23] IDEAS AROUND AROUND THAT PIECE?
[54:24] UH, BUT AS IT RELATES TO SORT
[54:26] OF UM THINKING ABOUT HOW WE
[54:28] SUPPORT FAMILIES AND AND UH
[54:31] MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE
[54:32] HOUSING THAT THEY NEED I DO
[54:34] THINK IT'S UM UNDERSTANDING THE
[54:36] LANDSCAPE OF HOUSING LIKE
[54:37] WHAT'S AVAILABLE OBVIOUSLY.
[54:39] UM, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
[54:40] OF HOUSING WE HAVE THE METRO
[54:41] LISTS, WE HAVE HOUSING SEARCH
[54:42] WORKSHOPS.
[54:43] UM, SO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE
[54:45] KNOW ABOUT THOSE RESOURCES AND
[54:46] CAN TALK TO A LIVE PERSON TO
[54:48] UNDERSTAND THIS IS THESE ARE
[54:49] THE THE DYNAMICS OF MY HOUSING
[54:51] AND THESE ARE THE TYPES
[54:53] OF ROOMS I NEED OR THIS IS WHAT
[54:54] I NEED AND BEING COMFORTABLE
[54:55] WITH SHARING THAT YOU KNOW YOU
[54:57] NEED A THREE BEDROOM AS OPPOSED
[54:59] TO A TWO BEDROOM.
[55:00] UM AND THEN YOU KNOW MANY
[55:02] HOUSEHOLDS HAVE VOUCHERS SO
[55:03] UNDERSTANDING THE THE
[55:05] PARAMETERS OF THEIR VOUCHER AND
[55:07] DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT HOUSING
[55:08] THAT THEY NEED.
[55:09] SO IT'S ALSO A PARTNERSHIP WITH
[55:11] UM OUR SUBSIDY ADMIN ESTATE
[55:13] ADMINISTRATORS VHA METRO
[55:14] HOUSING THE STATE.
[55:15] THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
[55:17] MR CHAIR.
[55:18] THANK YOU UH COUNCIL FLYNN FOR
[55:20] YOURS.
[55:21] AND THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
[55:23] THANK YOU.
[55:23] THANK YOU TO COREY.
[55:25] AND DANIEL FOR BEING HERE FOR
[55:28] THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU WERE
[55:29] DOING.
[55:30] IN MY OPENING COMMENT I DID
[55:32] MENTION THAT COMMISSION THAT
[55:34] WAS ESTABLISHED SPECIFICALLY ON
[55:35] THIS ISSUE.
[55:36] DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT?
[55:38] IS THAT COMMISSION STILL IN
[55:41] EXISTENCE?
[55:43] WHICH ONE COUNCIL IF.
[55:45] IT WAS A COMMISSION ESTABLISHED
[55:47] BY MAYOR WALSH?
[55:48] I KNOW COUNCILOR SABI GEORGE
[55:50] DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT BUT
[55:52] BASICALLY IT GOT FAMILIES AND
[55:57] HOUSING PROVIDERS TOGETHER TO
[55:59] DISCUSS THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE.
[56:02] UM IT WAS I BELIEVE IT WAS A
[56:04] FORMAL COMMISSION THAT WAS
[56:06] ESTABLISHED AND THEY DID I
[56:08] THOUGHT THEY DID GREAT WORK.
[56:10] UM I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IT IF
[56:12] IT'S STILL MEETING OR.
[56:14] I THINK SIR.
[56:16] I THINK THAT'S A PART OF THE
[56:17] HER NETWORK.
[56:17] YES.
[56:18] UM, THE HOMELESS EDUCATION
[56:19] RESOURCE NETWORK.
[56:20] I THINK.
[56:22] UM IT.
[56:23] AND UH I HAVE YOU SO I'VE NEVER
[56:26] ATTENDED ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
[56:27] OKAY.
[56:28] UM, OUR OUR PREVIOUS.
[56:29] OPERATING UP TO.
[56:31] THE YOUTH DIRECTOR UM, LET THAT
[56:33] UH WE ARE NOW WE HAVE SHIFTED
[56:34] IN OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, WHERE WE
[56:38] HAVE MOVED UM, THE EDUCATION
[56:40] RESOURCE NETWORK INTO 60 BOSTON
[56:43] UM, INTO A MORE HOLISTIC
[56:46] APPROACH, UH, WITH THE
[56:47] INTERVENTION.
[56:47] CENTER.
[56:48] UH, WITH THE COUNSELING UH
[56:49] WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, WITH THE
[56:51] SUPERVISORS OF ATTENDANCE, WITH
[56:52] THE HOMELESSNESS INSTABILITY
[56:53] AND UM, FOOD INSECURITY, UM,
[56:56] ALL UNDER ONE ROOF.
[56:57] UM.
[56:58] UH JAMILA BY GRANDSON IS OUR
[57:00] NEW SENIOR DIRECTOR HAPPY TO
[57:01] HAVE HER ON BOARD.
[57:02] SHE JUST STARTED LAST WEEK AND
[57:03] SHE'S OFF AND RUNNING UM AND
[57:04] SHE WILL LEAD THAT WORK IN JUST
[57:06] SORT OF LIKE MAKING SURE THAT
[57:07] FOLKS STAY CONNECTED AND
[57:09] PARTNERS.
[57:10] UM.
[57:10] YOU KNOW, FROM DC ALL THE
[57:12] WAY DOWN TO, UH, FAMILY AID ARE
[57:15] SUPPORTED AND UM AND
[57:17] MAINTAINING MAINTAINING UM
[57:19] COMMUNICATION.
[57:20] OKAY.
[57:21] UM BUT I'M STILL TRYING TO
[57:24] GET THAT ANSWER AND I KNOW IT
[57:26] MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO GET BUT
[57:29] THERE WAS A THERE WAS A
[57:31] COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY MAYOR
[57:33] WALSH AND THEY DID MEET
[57:35] FREQUENTLY HERE AT THE CURLEY
[57:37] ROOM.
[57:37] I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS
[57:38] QUARTERLY A MONTHLY AND ALL THE
[57:42] HOUSING PROVIDERS AND AND
[57:45] EDUCATORS AND NONPROFIT LEADERS
[57:47] AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THEY CAME
[57:49] TOGETHER FREQUENTLY TO DISCUSS,
[57:52] UM, HOW HOMELESSNESS IN THE
[57:54] BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
[57:56] BUT IT PROVIDED A WONDERFUL
[57:58] OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE A LOT
[58:00] OF PROBLEMS.
[58:01] UM, I UNDERSTAND IT'S PROBABLY
[58:04] NOT MEETING I GUESS, BUT IT'S
[58:07] STILL IT'S STILL A COMMISSION.
[58:10] UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE
[58:12] HOUSING PROVIDERS THAT ARE
[58:14] HERE, UM, HAVE INFORMATION
[58:17] ABOUT THIS WHEN THEY WHEN THEY
[58:18] HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY
[58:19] .
[58:20] BUT MY POINT I GUESS IS I
[58:24] THOUGHT IT WAS EFFECTIVE AND IT
[58:25] WAS IT WAS HELPING PEOPLE AND
[58:28] IT WAS A CRITICAL WAY FOR THE
[58:31] CITY COUNCIL TO PLAY AN
[58:33] IMPORTANT ROLE IN WORKING TO
[58:35] ENSURE THAT STUDENTS THAT WERE
[58:37] HOMELESS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[58:39] BE HEARD, UM WITH HOUSING
[58:42] ASSISTANCE AND CITY COUNCILORS
[58:45] ESPECIALLY COUNCILOR SABI
[58:46] GEORGE.
[58:47] THEY ADVOCATED FOR THESE
[58:48] STUDENTS UM BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT
[58:52] FOR ANOTHER TIME.
[58:54] UM, SO MY QUESTION MY QUESTION
[58:57] WOULD BE IF WHEN STUDENTS ARE
[59:01] HOMELESS AND THEY'RE GOING
[59:04] THROUGH A CHALLENGING TIME,
[59:05] THEIR FAMILIES GOING THROUGH A
[59:07] CHALLENGING TIME MAYBE THEY
[59:09] WERE EVICTED AND THEY'RE
[59:11] LOOKING FOR A PLACE OF OF
[59:12] STAYING ON SOMEONE'S COUCH FOR
[59:14] A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN THEY
[59:17] THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, THEY WERE
[59:18] ASSIGNED TO A SCHOOL AND THEN
[59:20] MAYBE THEY HAVE MOVED OUTSIDE
[59:23] OF THE DISTRICT TO BROCKTON OR
[59:26] TO QUINCY OR TO WEYMOUTH
[59:27] SOMEWHERE TO MALDEN.
[59:30] UM.
[59:31] HOW DO YOU SUPPORT THAT
[59:33] STUDENT THAT IS A BOSTON
[59:36] RESIDENT BUT IS KIND
[59:38] OF TEMPORARILY RELOCATED TO A A
[59:41] PARTICULAR CITY, A TOWN OUTSIDE
[59:43] OF BOSTON.
[59:44] GOOD QUESTION.
[59:44] UM, THROUGH OUR.
[59:46] THROUGH OUR THROUGH LINES
[59:48] OF COMMUNICATION.
[59:48] UM, BASED ON THE REFERRALS UM.
[59:51] AND TRANSPORTATION THEY WILL
[59:53] RECEIVE THROUGH A SUCCESSFUL
[59:55] REFERRAL, THEY WILL RECEIVE
[59:56] TRANSPORTATION FROM THEIR
[1:00:00] DISPLACEMENT SPACE.
[1:00:01] UM, TO SCHOOL TO AND FROM
[1:00:03] SCHOOL.
[1:00:04] UH FROM THERE THEY WILL ALSO
[1:00:05] HAVE THE.
[1:00:06] ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT COME
[1:00:07] ALONG.
[1:00:08] UM, WITH THAT SAID REFERRAL.
[1:00:10] UM, MAKING.
[1:00:11] SURE THAT THEY GOT SNEAKERS,
[1:00:14] CLOTHES.
[1:00:14] FOOD UM.
[1:00:16] ALSO WORKING WITH FAMILY AID TO
[1:00:18] MAKE SURE THE HOUSING THE
[1:00:19] HOUSING IS STABILIZED BUT THEY
[1:00:21] DO RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION.
[1:00:22] OKAY.
[1:00:24] I DO REMEMBER A CASE SOMEONE
[1:00:26] WAS A BOSTON RESIDENT AND THEY
[1:00:29] ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE SOUTH
[1:00:30] ALMOST TOWARDS LIKE NEW BEDFORD
[1:00:33] A FALL RIVER AREA AND IT WAS A
[1:00:35] MAJOR OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR
[1:00:36] TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGE AND
[1:00:39] ALSO A CHALLENGE TO PROVIDE
[1:00:42] CRITICAL SERVICES FOR THAT
[1:00:43] FAMILY AS WELL AND WITH THE
[1:00:45] GOAL OF HOPEFULLY GETTING THE
[1:00:47] THE FAMILY BACK TO BOSTON WITH
[1:00:49] WHAT THEY WANTED TO BE.
[1:00:51] BUT HOW DO YOU PROVIDE SOCIAL
[1:00:53] SERVICES OR DO YOU PARTNER WITH
[1:00:55] A PARTICULAR CITY AND TOWN?
[1:00:57] IS THAT ALSO ACCEPTABLE TO
[1:00:58] PARTNER WITH A CITY A TOWN THAT
[1:01:00] COULD PROVIDE SOME SERVICES TO
[1:01:03] THAT FAMILY WHILE THERE UM
[1:01:05] LIVING IN A PARTICULAR CITY?
[1:01:08] UM IT ACTUALLY DEPENDS ON THE
[1:01:09] NEED.
[1:01:10] UH AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR.
[1:01:13] UM OUR CLINICIANS AND.
[1:01:15] OTHER AND OTHER FOLKS IN OUR
[1:01:16] SCHOOLS UH, AS WELL AS.
[1:01:18] CENTRAL OFFICE.
[1:01:19] SUPPORT, UH, THAT THEY ARE ABLE
[1:01:21] TO SUPPORT FAMILIES ALONG WITH
[1:01:22] OUR PARTNERS BUT IS ALSO IS IS
[1:01:24] REALLY IS TRULY BASED ON THE
[1:01:25] NEED FOR EXAMPLE IF A FAMILY
[1:01:27] NEEDS UM IF A FAMILY IS
[1:01:30] AWAITING A PLACEMENT UH, WE
[1:01:32] COORDINATE WITH PARTNERS TO
[1:01:33] MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A TEMPORARY
[1:01:34] HOUSING WHETHER IT'S A HOTEL OR
[1:01:35] ANOTHER SPACE.
[1:01:36] LIKE THAT.
[1:01:37] UH, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE
[1:01:39] BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE ARE, UH,
[1:01:41] ACTIVELY WORKING WITH FOLKS TO
[1:01:44] MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE
[1:01:45] SERVICES THAT THEY NEED WHETHER
[1:01:46] IT'S I SELF-IDENTIFIED OR PART
[1:01:48] OF OUR UM, PROTOCOLS WHETHER
[1:01:51] THROUGH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS OR
[1:01:52] OTHER.
[1:01:53] FOLKS UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW UM
[1:01:55] FOR.
[1:01:55] US TO.
[1:01:55] SORT OF ASSESS AND UM DIAGNOSIS
[1:01:57] SUPPORT.
[1:01:58] FAMILIES I WILL I WILL ADD
[1:02:00] COUNSELOR THE THE SITUATION
[1:02:02] THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING ARE
[1:02:03] USUALLY HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE IN
[1:02:05] THE STATE SHELTER SYSTEM
[1:02:06] THROUGH EXECUTIVE OFFICE
[1:02:08] OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE
[1:02:09] COMMUNITIES FORMERLY DQ'D.
[1:02:12] UM AND THOSE ARE HOUSEHOLDS
[1:02:13] THAT ARE PLACED IN A SHELTER
[1:02:14] WHICH TO YOUR DESCRIPTION COULD
[1:02:16] BE NEW BEDFORD OR SOMEWHERE
[1:02:17] ELSE IN THOSE INSTANCES UH, AND
[1:02:20] WE'VE HAD HOUSEHOLDS REACH OUT
[1:02:21] TO OUR OFFICE UM, UH WITH WITH
[1:02:24] CERTAIN NEEDS AND REQUESTS SUCH
[1:02:26] AS CAN I GET CLOSER TO BOSTON?
[1:02:28] SO I WOULD STRESS THAT THOSE
[1:02:29] HOUSEHOLDS IN THOSE PARTICULAR
[1:02:31] SITUATIONS REACH OUT TO THEIR
[1:02:32] UH, HOMELESSNESS PROVIDER WHICH
[1:02:34] IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE THROUGH
[1:02:36] THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING
[1:02:37] LIVABLE COMMUNITIES.
[1:02:38] THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK WITH
[1:02:39] THE FAMILY, MAKE SURE THAT ALL
[1:02:41] OF THEIR NEEDS ARE SET.
[1:02:42] OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL COORDINATE
[1:02:43] WITH UM.
[1:02:44] THE THE.
[1:02:45] PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BUT JUST
[1:02:47] WANTED TO STATE THAT FAMILIES
[1:02:48] THAT ARE IN SHELTER HAVE CASE
[1:02:51] MANAGERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO
[1:02:52] THEM THAT SHOULD BE RESPONDING
[1:02:53] TO ANY NEEDS, ESPECIALLY ONES
[1:02:56] WHERE IT REQUIRES THEM TO BE
[1:02:58] CLOSER TO THEIR COMMUNITY WHICH
[1:03:00] OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE THE CITY
[1:03:01] OF BOSTON.
[1:03:02] THANK YOU THANK YOU DANIELLE.
[1:03:04] THANK YOU COREY THANK THANK YOU
[1:03:06] MR CHAIR.
[1:03:07] THANK YOU COUNCILOR COUNCILOR
[1:03:09] FITZGERALD.
[1:03:15] THANK YOU.
[1:03:16] THANK YOU CHAIR.
[1:03:17] UH MUCH APPRECIATED.
[1:03:19] UM I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK
[1:03:20] THAT THE SAME QUESTION AND THAT
[1:03:21] WAS MY I WAS GOING TO TRY TO
[1:03:22] TAKE A DIFFERENT TACT AND TALK
[1:03:24] ABOUT WHAT ARE THEY WHAT ARE
[1:03:25] YOU CATEGORIZED AS AND IF YOU,
[1:03:27] UH, ARE IN HOMELESS AND THEN
[1:03:29] HAVE TO LEAVE I THINK YOU GUYS
[1:03:30] ANSWERED THAT.
[1:03:31] I ALSO KNOW YOU JUST MENTIONED
[1:03:32] THE CASEWORKER PIECE BECAUSE
[1:03:34] WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE STUFF
[1:03:35] THAT WE'VE DONE AROUND THE
[1:03:38] ADDICTION UH, ESPECIALLY DOWN
[1:03:40] AT MASS AND CASS AND A LOT
[1:03:42] OF THIS IS THIS THE CONTINUUM
[1:03:44] OF CARE AND IT'S IT'S REALLY
[1:03:45] THE SAME CARE WE'RE TALKING
[1:03:46] ABOUT.
[1:03:46] ONE MIGHT BE FOR ADDICTION, ONE
[1:03:47] MIGHT BE FOR HOMELESS BUT IT'S
[1:03:48] THAT CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE
[1:03:50] CHILD WHILE THEY'RE
[1:03:51] EXPERIENCING THIS HOMELESSNESS.
[1:03:52] AND A LOT OF THESE THINGS CAN
[1:03:54] SORT OF GET UH OVERINVOLVED OR
[1:03:57] SUPER COMPLICATED TRYING TO GO
[1:03:58] THROUGH THE PROCESS.
[1:03:59] AND I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT
[1:04:00] UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM AND THE
[1:04:02] WORK THAT WE HAVE THERE.
[1:04:03] I GUESS ONE QUESTION I WILL ASK
[1:04:05] IS DO WE FEEL THAT UH WE HAVE
[1:04:09] CASEWORKERS THAT ARE WITH FROM
[1:04:10] FROM THE MOMENT THAT WE
[1:04:11] UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY
[1:04:13] RIGHT THAT THEY THAT THEY
[1:04:14] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS
[1:04:16] THERE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT STAYS
[1:04:18] WITH THEM OR THEY SORT
[1:04:19] OF PASSED ALONG FROM ONE GROUP
[1:04:21] TO ANOTHER BECAUSE I FEEL
[1:04:22] THAT'S WHEN THINGS FALL THROUGH
[1:04:23] THE CRACKS.
[1:04:24] UM, AND IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT
[1:04:26] STAYS WITH THEM IN THE
[1:04:27] CONTINUUM OF IT EXPLAINING EACH
[1:04:28] STEP OR PIECE OF WHAT THEY
[1:04:30] MIGHT NEED TO DO.
[1:04:31] UM, AND I KNOW PARENTS A LOT
[1:04:33] OF TIMES WITH UH, YOU KNOW,
[1:04:34] LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND OTHER
[1:04:35] THINGS THAT THEY DON'T
[1:04:36] UNDERSTAND AND CAN'T GET TO
[1:04:37] THAT NEXT STEP.
[1:04:38] UM, SO I'D ASK THAT AND THEN I
[1:04:40] GUESS MY SECOND OVERALL GENERAL
[1:04:42] QUESTION IS.
[1:04:43] DO WE BELIEVE IN THE.
[1:04:45] SERVICES THAT WE ARE HAVE
[1:04:47] CURRENTLY TO TO ADDRESS THIS
[1:04:49] SITUATION OR IS IT THE FUNDING
[1:04:52] THAT'S MORE OF THE ISSUE LIKE
[1:04:53] IF YOU COULD JUST SAY HEY IF WE
[1:04:55] HAD THE MONEY TO.
[1:04:55] FUND.
[1:04:56] WHAT WE HAVE WE'LL MAKE A BIG
[1:04:57] DENT OR IS THERE CORE THINGS
[1:04:59] THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE IN THE
[1:05:01] SERVICES OFFERED?
[1:05:03] UM, AND I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD
[1:05:04] TRACK FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND.
[1:05:05] IS IT JUST ABOUT BACKING THIS
[1:05:07] UP WITH MONEY OR IS IT ABOUT
[1:05:09] FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING SOME
[1:05:10] OF THE APPROACHES?
[1:05:11] UM, SO I'LL DO THAT ALONG WITH
[1:05:13] THE UM, YOU KNOW, THE THE
[1:05:15] CASEWORKER ISSUE.
[1:05:16] UM, AND THEY'LL BE REALLY ALL I
[1:05:18] HAVE MY COLLEAGUES ASK GREAT
[1:05:20] QUESTIONS OTHERWISE THANK YOU
[1:05:20] GUYS.
[1:05:21] YEAH.
[1:05:22] ONCE THEY GET TO FAMILY ON
[1:05:23] REFERRAL THEY DO GET A
[1:05:25] CASEWORKER.
[1:05:25] THAT CASEWORKER STAYS WITH
[1:05:26] THEM.
[1:05:26] OKAY.
[1:05:27] UM.
[1:05:27] BUT ON THE.
[1:05:29] BACK END ON THE
[1:05:30] SCHOOL-BASED.
[1:05:30] SIDE TO.
[1:05:31] COORDINATE THE.
[1:05:31] THE CRITICAL PIECE THAT WE HAVE
[1:05:33] YET TO MENTION.
[1:05:35] UM, IN.
[1:05:36] THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
[1:05:37] REALM IS THE COORDINATION.
[1:05:39] COORDINATION IS CRITICAL.
[1:05:42] UM, THE THREE LINES.
[1:05:43] OF COMMUNICATION ARE
[1:05:43] CRITICAL.
[1:05:44] IT'S IT.
[1:05:45] THINGS HAPPEN SO.
[1:05:46] FAST AND WE'RE NOT YOU WANT TO
[1:05:49] SLOW THINGS DOWN SO THINGS.
[1:05:51] BECOME MORE CLEAR TO HOW TO
[1:05:52] FAMILIES GAIN THEIR
[1:05:54] INDEPENDENCE.
[1:05:54] UM TO SORT OF LIKE LAND IN A
[1:05:56] SPACE THAT'S.
[1:05:57] COMFORTABLE FOR THEM.
[1:05:58] SO I THINK HAVING THAT
[1:06:00] COORDINATION AND THIS IS WHY
[1:06:01] WE'RE ALL HERE STRATEGICALLY
[1:06:03] THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN
[1:06:04] IMPROVE THAT.
[1:06:06] UM, AND.
[1:06:06] THEN.
[1:06:07] HAVING TO AND THEN LEADING ON
[1:06:08] LIKE THE THE.
[1:06:09] PREVENTATIVE UM SIDE.
[1:06:12] UM AND THEN THE SECOND PART
[1:06:13] OF YOUR QUESTION.
[1:06:14] WAS UH, THERE WAS THE CONTINUUM
[1:06:16] CARE AND THEN SORT OF REALLY
[1:06:18] THE DO WE BELIEVE IN THE
[1:06:19] SERVICES WE'RE OFFERING AND
[1:06:20] IT'S JUST THE MONEY NEEDED TO
[1:06:22] CONTINUE AND EXPAND THEM LIKE
[1:06:23] ARE WE OFFERING THE RIGHT
[1:06:25] THINGS TO ADDRESS THE RIGHT
[1:06:26] PROBLEM OR ARE WE MISSING A
[1:06:28] PIECE ANYWHERE ALONG THE STATE
[1:06:29] IN YOUR EXPERIENCES AND SAY
[1:06:31] IT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD THIS
[1:06:32] ADDITIONAL THING.
[1:06:33] BUT THIS IS A COREY MCCARTHY
[1:06:37] ANSWER AND THAT ANSWER IS IS
[1:06:42] YOU CAN.
[1:06:43] FUND YOUR WAY.
[1:06:46] AS A COMMUNITY.
[1:06:48] AS AN ECOSYSTEM WE COULD
[1:06:51] ESSENTIALLY FUND.
[1:06:51] OUR WAY.
[1:06:52] OUT OF.
[1:06:53] THIS ISSUE.
[1:06:55] AND WHERE.
[1:06:57] FOLKS DON'T HAVE.
[1:06:59] TO THEY COULD.
[1:07:00] THEY COULD DEMONSTRATE THAT
[1:07:01] THEY HAVE.
[1:07:03] THE POTENTIAL UM.
[1:07:06] ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO
[1:07:08] COVER THEIR RENT LONG TERM.
[1:07:10] BUT ALL.
[1:07:12] THE THINGS THAT.
[1:07:13] COME ALONG WITH HOMELESS.
[1:07:15] INSTABILITY IS.
[1:07:18] IT IS ACTUALLY.
[1:07:20] UM IT'S ACTUALLY VIRAL.
[1:07:21] IT'S LIKE A.
[1:07:22] VIRUS, RIGHT?
[1:07:23] LIKE YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, THE
[1:07:25] IMPACT ON THE STUDENT IN
[1:07:26] SCHOOLS UM, THE.
[1:07:28] SORT OF LIKE ANXIETY AND STRESS
[1:07:30] OF.
[1:07:31] DEBT OWING.
[1:07:32] RIGHT.
[1:07:32] UM, THAT THAT HURTS THE
[1:07:34] MENTAL HEALTH.
[1:07:35] SO IT'S ALL.
[1:07:35] THOSE ALL.
[1:07:36] THOSE PIECES.
[1:07:37] UM.
[1:07:38] WHAT FUNDING WILL DO IS
[1:07:41] ALLOW FOLKS TO BE REPRESENTED
[1:07:42] WELL, RIGHT.
[1:07:44] IT WOULD ALLOW.
[1:07:45] UM MORE TOUCH POINTS FOR
[1:07:47] FAMILIES.
[1:07:48] UM IT.
[1:07:49] WOULD ALLOW LANDLORDS TO BE
[1:07:51] MORE AMENABLE TO SOME OF THE
[1:07:53] CHANGES THAT YOU ALL ARE
[1:07:54] CAPABLE OF OF MAKING.
[1:07:55] AND WHILE MONEY IS NOT THE END.
[1:07:59] UM IT'S NOT THE.
[1:07:59] END ALL OR THE ULTIMATE.
[1:08:01] SOLUTION THE PEOPLE.
[1:08:02] WHO DRIVE AND WITH THE
[1:08:05] WELL-INTENTIONED PEOPLE THAT I
[1:08:06] KNOW IN THE ROOM THAT I'VE I DO
[1:08:09] I BARELY KNOW SOME OF THEM.
[1:08:10] BECAUSE I'M.
[1:08:13] TRANSITIONING FOLKS INTO THE
[1:08:14] OTHER ROLE.
[1:08:14] BUT I COULD GUARANTEE YOU
[1:08:16] ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD ALLOW
[1:08:19] GREAT PEOPLE TO DO GOOD THINGS
[1:08:21] FOR.
[1:08:21] STRUGGLING FAMILIES.
[1:08:23] SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
[1:08:24] ADD.
[1:08:24] ANYTHING THAT.
[1:08:25] YEAH JUST ON YOUR YOUR FIRST
[1:08:26] QUESTION AROUND THE CASE
[1:08:28] MANAGER BECAUSE I WANT TO BE
[1:08:29] CLEAR UM, IN TERMS OF WHICH
[1:08:31] PROGRAMS YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
[1:08:33] SO IF IT'S REFERRING TO ACCESS
[1:08:35] TO COUNCILOR WHAT COREY
[1:08:36] MENTIONED STANDS BUT IF IT'S UH
[1:08:38] RELATED TO A FAMILY THAT HAS
[1:08:40] ENTERED INTO THE STATE SHELTER
[1:08:41] SYSTEM, THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE
[1:08:43] OF MECHANISM USUALLY UH, THE
[1:08:45] CASE MANAGER DOES STAY WITH
[1:08:46] THEM BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER
[1:08:48] THEY ARE UH IN AN ACTUAL
[1:08:49] SHELTER OR CHOOSE HOME BASE,
[1:08:51] WHICH IS A SUBSIDY THAT THE
[1:08:53] STATE PROVIDES FOR FAMILIES
[1:08:54] THAT UM, WANT TO NOT BE IN
[1:08:57] SHELTER.
[1:08:58] UM, SO THE THE DIFFERENT
[1:09:00] PROGRAMS UNDER EO CHELSEA VARY
[1:09:02] IN TERMS OF WHAT CASE
[1:09:03] MANAGEMENT IS PROVIDED BUT FOR
[1:09:05] ACCESS TO COUNCILOR IT'S THE
[1:09:06] SAME SIMILARLY FOR THE SERVICES
[1:09:08] THAT IT PROVIDES THE CASE
[1:09:10] MANAGER REMAINS THE SAME UNLESS
[1:09:11] THEY NO LONGER NEED THAT TYPE
[1:09:13] OF SERVICE.
[1:09:13] THEN WE NEED TO REASSESS TO
[1:09:15] UNDERSTAND OKAY YOU DON'T NEED
[1:09:16] LANDLORD TENANT MEDIATION
[1:09:18] ANYMORE.
[1:09:18] YOU NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
[1:09:20] UM SO THAT'S THAT THAT JUST
[1:09:22] WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ON THAT
[1:09:23] PIECE.
[1:09:24] UH TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION ON
[1:09:25] THE DIFFERENT TRACK SO IS IT
[1:09:26] FUNDING OR IS IT SOMETHING
[1:09:27] DIFFERENT THAT WE NEED TO DO
[1:09:29] RELATED TO OUR PROGRAMING?
[1:09:31] I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION
[1:09:31] OF BOTH.
[1:09:32] I'LL NEVER SAY NO, WE DON'T
[1:09:34] NEED FUNDING.
[1:09:34] UH, BUT UNDERSTAND THE THE
[1:09:36] ECOSYSTEM THAT WE'RE IN WHERE
[1:09:37] IT'S IT'S NOT AS ROBUST AS IT
[1:09:39] ONCE WAS.
[1:09:40] UM SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I
[1:09:42] WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACTION
[1:09:43] PLAN IS BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES
[1:09:44] THAT IF WE AREN'T RECEIVING ANY
[1:09:46] NEW INVESTMENTS, WE DON'T HAVE
[1:09:48] ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE CAN
[1:09:49] ACTUALLY TAP INTO.
[1:09:51] THEN WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
[1:09:52] DIFFERENTLY.
[1:09:52] WE CAN'T CONTINUE.
[1:09:53] THAT'S THE DEFINITION
[1:09:54] OF INSANITY, RIGHT?
[1:09:55] DOING THE SAME THING HOPING FOR
[1:09:56] FOR DIFFERENT RESULTS.
[1:09:58] SO THAT'S WHAT THE ACTION PLAN
[1:09:59] TRIES TO DO IS WE'VE TRIED
[1:10:01] FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DURING THE
[1:10:02] PANDEMIC.
[1:10:03] IT WAS $20,000 IN THE DROP TO
[1:10:06] 17 THEN IT DROPPED TO TEN.
[1:10:07] NOW IT'S SEVEN NOW IT'S FIVE.
[1:10:08] SO OBVIOUSLY FINANCIAL
[1:10:09] ASSISTANCE ISN'T WORKING.
[1:10:11] IT'S WORKING TO SOME DEGREE.
[1:10:12] BUT ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE
[1:10:14] NEED TO TO THINK ABOUT
[1:10:16] DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF WHAT
[1:10:17] DOES ECONOMIC MOBILITY LOOK
[1:10:19] LIKE.
[1:10:20] SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE
[1:10:21] A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS AND I THINK
[1:10:23] UM ONE OF THE COUNCILORS
[1:10:23] MENTIONED THAT WHO ARE WHO ARE
[1:10:25] ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM NOT
[1:10:27] BEING ABLE TO AFFORD RENT.
[1:10:28] SO WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO
[1:10:30] SUSTAIN THAT HOUSEHOLD WHILE
[1:10:31] ALSO GIVING THEM THE TOOLS THAT
[1:10:32] THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT
[1:10:34] ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND UPWARD
[1:10:36] MOBILITY?
[1:10:37] UM, SO I DO THINK IT'S A
[1:10:38] COMBINATION OF BOTH UH, AND YOU
[1:10:40] SORT OF HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME
[1:10:42] TO TO WIN TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY
[1:10:44] WHAT RESOURCES YOU HAVE
[1:10:45] AVAILABLE.
[1:10:45] IF YOU CAN'T HAVE FUNDING THEN
[1:10:47] YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT YOUR
[1:10:48] PROGRAMS AND HOW DO YOU CHANGE
[1:10:49] THOSE.
[1:10:50] YEAH AND THAT'S JUST SOME
[1:10:51] OF THE HARD DECISIONS AND
[1:10:52] SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE IT
[1:10:53] THE RIGHT WORD.
[1:10:54] YEAH IT IS BOTH AND I KNOW IT
[1:10:56] WAS BOTH RIGHT BUT IT'S LIKE
[1:10:58] BUT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WE'RE
[1:10:59] FORCED HEY WE CAN ONLY DO ONE
[1:11:01] OR THE OTHER RIGHT.
[1:11:01] AND THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO
[1:11:03] ASK WHAT FROM WHAT I THINK I
[1:11:04] HEAR THE MORE IMPORTANT IS
[1:11:05] FUNDING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
[1:11:07] WE BELIEVE IN THE PROGRAMS AND
[1:11:08] THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY
[1:11:09] AND IF I WOULD I WOULD PUT FROM
[1:11:11] WHAT I HEAR FROM YOU ALL
[1:11:12] FUNDING ABOVE THAT AND I'LL
[1:11:13] JUST END WITH SAYING UM, YOU
[1:11:14] KNOW, I THINK ABOUT ADDICTION
[1:11:17] AND HOMELESSNESS AND WELL OFTEN
[1:11:18] THEY'RE PAIRED TOGETHER EVEN IN
[1:11:20] A STAND ALONE UH, HOW TO
[1:11:22] ADDRESS THEM AND THE WORK THAT
[1:11:24] WE'RE DOING AROUND ADDICTION
[1:11:25] AND HAVING A CASEWORKER FROM
[1:11:26] THE GET GO AND NO MATTER WHAT,
[1:11:28] UH, YOU KNOW, HOUSE THEY GO TO
[1:11:30] A PROGRAM, THEY ENTER INTO A
[1:11:31] DETOX, THEY GO AND I FEEL LIKE
[1:11:33] HAVING SOMEONE CONSISTENTLY
[1:11:35] THERE THROUGHOUT UM I THINK
[1:11:38] THAT APPLIES ON THE ON THE
[1:11:39] HOMELESSNESS END TO AND THEN SO
[1:11:40] WHETHER IT'S THE STATE BUT
[1:11:41] THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST
[1:11:42] SAID LIKE WELL IF THEY'RE IN
[1:11:44] THIS ONE THEN MAYBE THEY DON'T
[1:11:46] HAVE IT RIGHT AND THEY CAN'T
[1:11:47] AND THEN THEY DON'T AND THEN
[1:11:48] THEY COME TO THE NEW ONE AND
[1:11:49] THESE FOLKS DON'T KNOW.
[1:11:51] OH YOU WERE JUST OVER.
[1:11:52] THERE AND WHAT WENT WRONG AND
[1:11:53] HOW DO WE KNOW NOT TO MAKE SURE
[1:11:54] TO REPEAT THAT MISTAKE?
[1:11:55] RIGHT.
[1:11:56] UM UH WHEN I THINK OF FUNDING
[1:11:59] OR AT LEAST MAYBE NOT THE
[1:12:00] FUNDING PIECE BUT A CHANGE
[1:12:02] WOULD BE HOW DO WE JUST KEEP.
[1:12:03] LIKE.
[1:12:03] YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON THROUGHOUT
[1:12:05] THAT CAN STAY WITH THEM NO
[1:12:06] MATTER WHERE THEY GO, WHAT THEY
[1:12:08] DO?
[1:12:08] UM, TO REALLY SEE IT THROUGH TO
[1:12:10] THE END AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
[1:12:11] YOU CAN REALLY MAKE SURE LIKE
[1:12:12] YOU GO FROM HOMELESS TO STABLE
[1:12:14] HOUSING IS YOU HAVE TO SEE IT
[1:12:16] THROUGH THE ENTIRE WAY.
[1:12:16] SO WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU
[1:12:18] GUYS ON ANY TYPE OF WAY TO HELP
[1:12:19] FUND UH, A CONTINUOUS
[1:12:22] CASEWORKER UH, NO MATTER WHAT
[1:12:23] SYSTEM THAT THEY FIND
[1:12:24] THEMSELVES IN.
[1:12:25] BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[1:12:26] THANKS FOR THE EXTRA TIME JOE I
[1:12:27] APPRECIATE IT.
[1:12:28] ABSOLUTELY.
[1:12:28] THANK YOU.
[1:12:30] CAN I.
[1:12:31] SAY ONE MORE THING.
[1:12:32] ABOUT, UH, COUNCILMAN BRADEN'S
[1:12:33] .
[1:12:34] POINT AROUND EVICTION?
[1:12:36] UM.
[1:12:36] WHICH WAS ELOQUENTLY
[1:12:37] ANSWERED BY DANIELLE.
[1:12:39] UM, I THINK.
[1:12:40] ANOTHER INDICATOR IS LIKE.
[1:12:41] HOME VISITS, RIGHT?
[1:12:44] IF YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE
[1:12:45] LIVING.
[1:12:45] UM.
[1:12:46] OUR SUPERVISOR.
[1:12:47] THE TENANTS WHO MANAGE THE
[1:12:48] CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, THEY GO TO
[1:12:50] HOUSES.
[1:12:50] UM.
[1:12:51] OUR TEAM.
[1:12:52] GOES TO HOUSES.
[1:12:54] AND WE HAVE A.
[1:12:55] SPECIFIC SCRIPT.
[1:12:56] AROUND IS YOU.
[1:12:57] KNOW, TYPICALLY IT'S LIKE WHY
[1:12:58] AREN'T YOU YOU KNOW, IN OTHER
[1:13:00] STATES, RIGHT.
[1:13:01] OTHER PLACES.
[1:13:02] AS WELL AND.
[1:13:03] THEY IMMEDIATELY INTO HOMES
[1:13:04] TELLING PEOPLE WHAT.
[1:13:05] THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
[1:13:06] DOING.
[1:13:06] UH.
[1:13:07] I THINK THE BEAUTY OF OF THE
[1:13:08] WAY OUR.
[1:13:09] APPROACHES TELL.
[1:13:10] US WHAT YOU NEED AND THEN.
[1:13:12] THE LIVING CONDITIONS ARE OFTEN
[1:13:13] THE INDICATOR AS WELL.
[1:13:15] UM, AND THEN THE.
[1:13:17] I CANNOT UNDERSCORE THE
[1:13:18] RELATIONSHIPS.
[1:13:19] ENOUGH THE THE THE.
[1:13:22] THE THE ONE THING MORE POWERFUL
[1:13:23] THAN SOCIAL.
[1:13:25] MEDIA IS YOUNG YOUNG.
[1:13:26] PEOPLE THEY WILL TELL YOU IF
[1:13:28] THEY.
[1:13:28] TRUST YOU.
[1:13:28] AND UM I THINK THAT IS.
[1:13:32] UH IN MY OPINION.
[1:13:33] IS IS A TRUE.
[1:13:35] EVICTION INVASION STRATEGY.
[1:13:37] IS TO GET IT GET BE CREDIBLE
[1:13:39] MESSENGERS GETTING INTO THE
[1:13:41] HOUSES AND WHETHER OR NOT A
[1:13:42] FAMILY.
[1:13:44] IS IN A HOME.
[1:13:46] IS NOT ENOUGH LIVING.
[1:13:47] COMFORTABLY UH.
[1:13:49] WITH THE.
[1:13:50] APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS FOR
[1:13:51] THEIR CHILDREN.
[1:13:51] TO BE.
[1:13:52] SUCCESSFUL IS THAT.
[1:13:53] IS THE END GOAL.
[1:13:54] UM FOR US.
[1:13:58] THANK YOU AND.
[1:14:00] I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH
[1:14:01] YOU.
[1:14:02] UH, CHIEF MCCARTHY, I THINK A
[1:14:04] LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO YOU
[1:14:06] CREATE THAT SPACE NOT ONLY FOR
[1:14:07] THE STUDENT UM, BUT ALSO FOR
[1:14:10] THE FAMILY MEMBER TO OPEN UP
[1:14:11] AND LET YOU WIN TELL PROVIDE
[1:14:15] THE RESOURCES THAT IS NECESSARY
[1:14:17] .
[1:14:18] UM, SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE
[1:14:20] ARE INVESTING IN THOSE AFTER
[1:14:22] SCHOOL BEFORE SCHOOL SUMMER
[1:14:25] PROGRAMING, UH, I THINK WE'RE
[1:14:26] CREATING MORE OF THOSE SPACES
[1:14:27] UH, FOR PEOPLE TO BE CONNECTED
[1:14:30] TO RESOURCES THAT THEY SO
[1:14:31] DESPERATELY NEED.
[1:14:32] UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AROUND
[1:14:34] EVICTION CEILING UM, HOW IS
[1:14:36] THAT COORDINATED IF AT ALL INTO
[1:14:39] UM, ACCESS TO COUNCILOR?
[1:14:41] UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT UM,
[1:14:44] SOMETIMES UM THE UNFORTUNATE IT
[1:14:46] DOES HAPPEN AND THE TENANT DOES
[1:14:48] GET EVICTED HOWEVER THAT COULD
[1:14:49] BE A BARRIER AND TO THEM TO BE
[1:14:51] ABLE TO GET HOUSING IN THE
[1:14:53] FUTURE.
[1:14:53] YEP.
[1:14:54] UM IS ARE WE AUTOMATICALLY
[1:14:57] HELPING THAT TENANT UM, SEAL
[1:15:00] THEIR RECORD?
[1:15:01] YEAH.
[1:15:02] UH, AND LUCKILY, UH, JBL'S
[1:15:03] IS HERE AND THEY CAN EXPLAIN
[1:15:05] MORE ABOUT WHAT THE THE LAWS
[1:15:06] AROUND EVICTION SEALING ARE
[1:15:08] WHICH ARE VERY COMPLICATED BUT
[1:15:09] THROUGH THE ACCESS TO
[1:15:11] COUNCILOR PROGRAM PART OF UH IF
[1:15:13] YOU ARE ACTIVELY HOUSING COURT
[1:15:15] INVOLVED YOU LIKELY AREN'T
[1:15:17] ELIGIBLE FOR EVICTION SEALING
[1:15:18] UNDER THE THE RULES OF THE
[1:15:20] ACTUAL UM LAW BUT SEPARATE FROM
[1:15:23] ACCESS TO COUNCILOR.
[1:15:25] WE DO OFFER THAT AS A RESOURCE.
[1:15:26] SO AS A JBL'S IS ONE OF OUR
[1:15:28] PARTNERS THAT DO OTHER UH
[1:15:30] EVICTION PREVENTION WORK FOR
[1:15:32] THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
[1:15:33] STABILITY.
[1:15:33] SO WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO CALL.
[1:15:35] I NEED MY RECORDS SEALED.
[1:15:37] WE REFER THAT TO US AND THEY
[1:15:39] LOOK AT THE HOUSING COURT
[1:15:40] DOCKET TO ASSESS DOES THIS
[1:15:42] PERSON UH OR IS THIS PERSON
[1:15:44] ELIGIBLE TO HAVE THEIR RECORD
[1:15:45] SEALED?
[1:15:45] UM, SO LIKELY NOT UNDER THE
[1:15:47] ACCESS TO COUNCILOR PROGRAM
[1:15:48] BECAUSE IT'S A PROGRAM BUILT
[1:15:49] FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY
[1:15:51] HOUSING COURT INVOLVED, AT
[1:15:52] WHICH POINT YOU LIKELY AREN'T
[1:15:54] ELIGIBLE TO HAVE YOUR RECORDS
[1:15:55] SEALED VERSUS IF YOU ARE
[1:15:57] SOMEONE WHO HAD AN EVICTION
[1:15:58] CASE A YEAR AGO AND IT WAS
[1:16:00] DISMISSED UM, VOLUNTARILY UH
[1:16:02] HAD CAN SPEAK MORE TO THE TO
[1:16:04] THE NUANCES OF THE RULE.
[1:16:06] UM THEN YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR
[1:16:08] UM EVICTION SEALING BUT IT'S A
[1:16:10] IT'S A RESOURCE THAT WE PROVIDE
[1:16:12] TO RESIDENTS UM AND IT'S ON OUR
[1:16:13] WEBSITE SO PEOPLE.
[1:16:14] KNOW ABOUT IT.
[1:16:15] THANKS.
[1:16:16] AND THEN UH, COUNCILOR WEBER
[1:16:18] AND THE BCC REPORT STATED IT
[1:16:19] WAS LIKE 5405 STUDENTS THAT ARE
[1:16:23] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
[1:16:24] I, I UM WOULD LOVE TO GET LIKE
[1:16:27] DEEPER INTO THE NUMBERS SO THEN
[1:16:29] WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE TYPE
[1:16:31] OF HOUSING POLICY, UM, TO BUILD
[1:16:33] THE INVENTORY TO SUPPORT OUR
[1:16:34] STUDENTS.
[1:16:35] HOW MUCH INFORMATION DO WE HAVE
[1:16:38] ON THOSE FAMILIES WHETHER IT'S
[1:16:39] LIKE HOW MANY BEDROOMS THEY
[1:16:41] NEED, WHAT IS THEIR INCOME
[1:16:43] BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I THINK
[1:16:44] THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT
[1:16:45] COULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO
[1:16:47] ADVOCATE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE
[1:16:49] TYPE OF INVENTORY THAT WE'RE
[1:16:50] BUILDING.
[1:16:50] YEAH.
[1:16:51] THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT UM,
[1:16:52] DATA ON EACH FAMILY.
[1:16:54] UM.
[1:16:55] YOU KNOW, WE HAVE.
[1:16:57] UM WE HAVE INFORMATION ON
[1:16:59] FAMILIES EVEN BEFORE THE.
[1:17:00] REFERRAL COMES IN.
[1:17:01] SO COMPOUND THAT WITH THE NEEDS
[1:17:04] BASED ON THE INSTABILITY.
[1:17:06] UM, THAT GIVES US EVEN MORE
[1:17:08] DATA TO SORT OF.
[1:17:09] TRACK HOW WE.
[1:17:10] NEED TO APPROPRIATELY SUPPORT
[1:17:11] THEM ON WHAT SHOULD WHAT SHOULD
[1:17:12] BE.
[1:17:13] THE HOW WE COULD SORT OF LIKE
[1:17:15] WHO WE SHOULD REFER THEM TO OR.
[1:17:17] WHAT PARTNERS WE.
[1:17:17] SHOULD.
[1:17:17] GET THEM.
[1:17:18] INVOLVED UM INVOLVED WITH
[1:17:19] UM.
[1:17:20] UNPACKING IT SO IT'S SO.
[1:17:23] NUANCED.
[1:17:23] RIGHT.
[1:17:24] UM HOWEVER WHEN YOU'RE DEALING
[1:17:26] WITH WITH.
[1:17:27] HOMELESSNESS IT JUST LOOKS SO.
[1:17:28] MUCH DIFFERENT.
[1:17:30] UM AND YOU.
[1:17:31] JUST HAVE TO BE BE READY YOU
[1:17:33] HAVE TO BE READY.
[1:17:36] YOU HAVE TO HONESTLY BE
[1:17:38] RESTORATIVE LIKE YOU HAVE TO
[1:17:40] OFTENTIMES SOME FOLKS WOULD
[1:17:41] RATHER BE HOMELESS THAN TO.
[1:17:43] TALK TO US.
[1:17:44] SO YOU HAVE TO BE RESTORATIVE
[1:17:45] IN YOUR APPROACH.
[1:17:46] UM.
[1:17:47] AS FAR AS LIKE REPAIRING
[1:17:48] SOME OF THE FRACTURED TRUST
[1:17:49] THAT FOLKS HAVE WITH THE
[1:17:50] COMMUNITY.
[1:17:51] UM, SO ALL.
[1:17:52] THOSE PIECES MATTER WHEN IT
[1:17:53] COMES TO.
[1:17:54] WHEN IT COMES TO IT BECAUSE.
[1:17:55] AFTER A WHILE AS A COMMUNITY,
[1:17:57] ONE THING.
[1:17:57] ABOUT THE BOSTON FOLKS ONCE
[1:17:58] THEY TRUST YOU THEY'LL TELL YOU
[1:17:59] EVERYTHING.
[1:18:00] AND THEY'LL LET YOU IN, RIGHT?
[1:18:01] YEAH.
[1:18:02] AND YEAH.
[1:18:03] AND I WOULD JUST ADD UM, IN MY
[1:18:05] OPENING I MENTIONED UM, OVER
[1:18:06] THE PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS WE'VE
[1:18:09] SUPPORTED OVER UH 1300 OUR
[1:18:12] HOUSEHOLDS WITH STUDENTS.
[1:18:14] UM, WE MAY BE ABLE TO RUN THE
[1:18:16] NUMBERS IN TERMS OF INCOME NOT
[1:18:17] NECESSARILY YOUR YOUR OTHER
[1:18:18] QUESTION OF HOW MANY ROOMS DO
[1:18:20] THEY NEED?
[1:18:21] UH, THAT SORT OF THING.
[1:18:22] SO I'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO SEE
[1:18:23] IF WE CAN RUN SOME NUMBERS ON
[1:18:24] THAT.
[1:18:25] UM, AND THEN UH, DIRECTOR
[1:18:28] JOHNSON, YOU MENTIONED THAT
[1:18:29] NONPAYMENT OF RENT WAS THE MAIN
[1:18:31] REASON, BUT WHAT ARE OTHER SOME
[1:18:33] OTHER, YOU KNOW, REASONS WHY
[1:18:35] PEOPLE ARE BEING EVICTED.
[1:18:37] YEAH.
[1:18:38] SO THERE'S THREE TYPES
[1:18:39] OF EVICTIONS IN IN
[1:18:40] MASSACHUSETTS NONPAYMENT FAULT
[1:18:43] AND NO FAULT.
[1:18:43] SO FAULT YOU BREACHED THE LEASE
[1:18:45] ,YOU HAD A PARTY DAMAGED A LOT
[1:18:48] OF THINGS ETC. UH NO FAULT THE
[1:18:50] OWNER WANTS TO SELL THE HOME
[1:18:52] AND THEY NEED YOU TO TO VACATE
[1:18:54] OR THEY NEED THE UNIT EMPTY FOR
[1:18:55] THEM TO SELL IT.
[1:18:57] UM, SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN, UH,
[1:18:58] THREE MAIN TYPES OF EVICTIONS
[1:18:59] IN THE CITY.
[1:19:01] UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING JUST
[1:19:02] BASED OFF THE DATA IS JUST
[1:19:04] NONPAYMENT IS OVERWHELMINGLY
[1:19:05] THE REASON WHY 70 OVER 70%
[1:19:08] OF FILINGS WITHIN THE CITY ARE
[1:19:09] FOR FOR NONPAYMENT CASES.
[1:19:10] GOT IT.
[1:19:11] AND YOU SAID 75%.
[1:19:13] OVER 70%.
[1:19:14] OH, WOW.
[1:19:15] SO I.
[1:19:16] UM AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION
[1:19:19] IS AROUND HOW DO WE WORK WITH
[1:19:22] OUR TENANTS, UM, WHO ARE IN
[1:19:24] AFFORDABLE HOUSING UM, OR THE
[1:19:27] LANDLORDS ON ANY EVICTION
[1:19:29] CASES?
[1:19:30] ARE WE GETTING LIKE THE HEADS
[1:19:32] UP UM FROM THEM KEEP TALK ABOUT
[1:19:34] ANY COORDINATION AROUND THAT.
[1:19:36] YEAH.
[1:19:37] SO OUR UM OUR OFFICE WORKS
[1:19:40] PRETTY FREQUENTLY WITH VARIOUS
[1:19:43] UM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WHO WHO
[1:19:45] RUN AFFORDABLE UNITS.
[1:19:46] UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR HOUSING
[1:19:48] COMPLIANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
[1:19:48] TEAM, UH, WHICH MANAGES THE
[1:19:51] COMPLIANCE OF OUR IDP UNITS IN
[1:19:52] THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[1:19:54] UH, USUALLY WE RECEIVE A, UM,
[1:19:57] EMAIL FROM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
[1:19:59] WE HAVE THIS TENANT HASN'T BEEN
[1:20:00] RESPONSIVE.
[1:20:01] COULD THE CITY REACH OUT TO
[1:20:02] OFFER SERVICES OR IN SOME
[1:20:04] INSTANCES, UM, UH, PROPERTY
[1:20:06] MANAGEMENT SEND US A LIST
[1:20:07] OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE
[1:20:09] EITHER ABOUT TO RECEIVE A
[1:20:10] NOTICE TO QUIT OR ARE AT THAT
[1:20:12] LATER STAGE IN THE EVICTION
[1:20:13] PROCESS AND ARE GOING TO
[1:20:14] RECEIVE AN EXECUTION.
[1:20:16] UM, AND THEN WE WE COORDINATE
[1:20:18] WITH OUR HOUSING COMPLIANCE AND
[1:20:19] ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM TO SAY
[1:20:21] THIS RESIDENT IS AN IEP UNIT.
[1:20:24] IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY
[1:20:25] RECEIVE PROPER NOTICE BECAUSE
[1:20:26] THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
[1:20:27] UNDER UM CERTAIN UNITS HAVE A
[1:20:30] UH AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING
[1:20:31] AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO
[1:20:32] ABIDE BY.
[1:20:33] UM, SO WE COORDINATE WITH THEM
[1:20:35] UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE
[1:20:36] EVICTION PREVENTION PLANS WHICH
[1:20:38] REQUIRE UH ANY UH PROJECT IN
[1:20:41] THE CITY THAT IS RECEIVING
[1:20:43] FUNDING.
[1:20:43] THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT AN EVICTION
[1:20:45] PREVENTION PLAN TO OUR OFFICE
[1:20:47] AND WE REVIEW THAT TO MAKE SURE
[1:20:48] THAT IT'S UM IT'S CONGRUENT
[1:20:51] WITH SORT OF WHAT OUR MISSION
[1:20:52] WITHIN THE IN THE MAYOR'S
[1:20:53] OFFICE OF HOUSING IS.
[1:20:54] IF IT'S NOT, WE HAVE A
[1:20:55] CONVERSATION TO SAY THIS PLAN
[1:20:57] DOESN'T MEET THE THE MUSTER
[1:20:58] THAT WE NEED IT TO MEET.
[1:21:00] ARE THERE SOME OTHER PIECES AND
[1:21:01] THE PREVENTION PLAN INCLUDES
[1:21:03] THINGS LIKE UM IF SOMEONE NEEDS
[1:21:05] A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION HOW
[1:21:06] ARE YOU MAKING SURE THEY HAVE
[1:21:07] ACCESS TO THAT?
[1:21:08] UH WHAT ARE YOUR RULES AROUND
[1:21:10] RECERTIFICATION?
[1:21:10] DO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
[1:21:11] WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WHEN THAT
[1:21:13] SORT OF THING.
[1:21:14] SO THOSE ARE THE PREVENTION
[1:21:15] PLAN.
[1:21:16] SO THAT'S ANOTHER MEASURE WE
[1:21:17] HAVE OF HOLDING UM PROPERTY
[1:21:20] MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPERS
[1:21:22] ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVICTION
[1:21:23] ACTIVITY.
[1:21:24] OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T CATCH
[1:21:25] EVERYONE.
[1:21:26] UH SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
[1:21:27] WE'RE TRYING TO FINE TUNE AND
[1:21:28] MAKE IT KNOWN UM THROUGH
[1:21:30] COMMUNICATION CHANNELS THAT
[1:21:31] THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF
[1:21:33] YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH AN
[1:21:34] EVICTION REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
[1:21:35] YOU LIVE UM IN MARKET OR
[1:21:38] INCLUSIONARY UNITS TO REACH OUT
[1:21:39] UH, BUT ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE
[1:21:42] IN IDP UNITS JUST GIVEN THE
[1:21:44] DATA OUR OUR FOLKS THAT ARE
[1:21:45] LIVING IN INCOME RESTRICTED
[1:21:47] UNITS ARE BEING EVICTED AT
[1:21:48] HIGHER RATES OR FASTER RATES
[1:21:50] RATHER THAN THOSE IN MARKET.
[1:21:52] SO MAKING SURE THAT WE UM MAKE
[1:21:56] SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY
[1:21:57] CAN REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE AND
[1:21:58] USE THIS AS A RESOURCE.
[1:22:00] OKAY, MY LAST QUESTION AND I'LL
[1:22:02] GO TO MY.
[1:22:03] COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR SECOND
[1:22:04] ROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND
[1:22:07] OF PIGGYBACKING OFF OF A
[1:22:08] RECOMMENDATION THAT
[1:22:09] COUNCILOR WEBER UH, PUT FORWARD
[1:22:12] IS COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE
[1:22:13] RESOURCES LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERY
[1:22:15] STUDENT GETTING YOU KNOW, MAYBE
[1:22:17] AT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND
[1:22:18] HALFWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF SCHOOL
[1:22:20] GETTING LIKE ALL THESE
[1:22:21] RESOURCES ON YOU KNOW WHAT
[1:22:24] WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT FOR THEM
[1:22:26] UM, SO SIMILAR TO LIKE THOSE
[1:22:28] INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UM IN SOME
[1:22:30] OF THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS THEY
[1:22:32] MAY BE, YOU KNOW, A MAILER LIKE
[1:22:34] ONCE A YEAR LIKE DO YOU KNOW
[1:22:36] THAT YOU KNOW HERE GOES OFF AS
[1:22:40] HOUSING STABILITY RIGHT?
[1:22:40] THIS IS YOU KNOW, THE THE UH
[1:22:44] THE RESOURCES THAT ARE
[1:22:44] AVAILABLE TO YOU.
[1:22:46] UM AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS
[1:22:48] THE EVICTION PREVENTION PLAN IS
[1:22:49] THAT FOR THE SITE OR IS AT AN
[1:22:52] INDIVIDUAL PLAN FOR FOR
[1:22:54] INDIVIDUAL THAT'S GOING THROUGH
[1:22:55] EVICTION?
[1:22:56] YEAH.
[1:22:57] SO IT DEPENDS UH, WHAT THE
[1:22:59] DEVELOPER UH PROPOSES.
[1:23:01] SO SOMETIMES IT'S PORTFOLIO
[1:23:02] WIDE.
[1:23:03] SO IT'S ONE EVICTION PREVENTION
[1:23:04] PLAN LET'S SAY WHEN MANAGEMENT
[1:23:06] AND THEY WANT THEIR EVICTION
[1:23:07] PREVENTION PLAN TO BE FOR ALL
[1:23:10] OF THEIR PROPERTIES WITHIN THE
[1:23:11] CITY OF BOSTON WITHIN THE
[1:23:12] NATION.
[1:23:13] OR IT COULD BE I WANT IT
[1:23:15] SPECIFIC TO THIS PARTICULAR UM
[1:23:17] PROJECT.
[1:23:18] SO IT REALLY DEPENDS AND PART
[1:23:19] OF THE REVAMP OF OUR EVICTION
[1:23:20] PREVENTION PLAN PROCESS MAKES
[1:23:22] THAT CLEAR SO THAT WHEN
[1:23:23] RESIDENTS TO REACH OUT EITHER
[1:23:25] TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
[1:23:26] STABILITY OR HOUSING COMPLIANCE
[1:23:27] AND ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE
[1:23:29] KNOW EXACTLY OKAY.
[1:23:31] THEY DON'T HAVE AN EVICTION
[1:23:32] PREVENTION PLAN ON THIS ON THIS
[1:23:33] PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR THIS IS
[1:23:36] PORTFOLIO WIDE AND THEY DIDN'T
[1:23:37] DO WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO
[1:23:38] DO.
[1:23:38] SO WE NEED TO HAVE A
[1:23:40] CONVERSATION OF HOW THEY'RE
[1:23:41] GOING TO RECTIFY UM THE THE
[1:23:43] HARM DONE TO THE TENANT OKAY.
[1:23:45] THANK YOU COUNCIL WEBER.
[1:23:49] THANK YOU.
[1:23:50] JUST A COUPLE FOLLOW UP
[1:23:51] QUESTIONS.
[1:23:52] UM SO.
[1:23:53] UH, ONE IS WE TALKED ABOUT.
[1:23:55] THE REHAB PROGRAM AND SO YOU
[1:23:58] KNOW, LAST YEAR WE WERE
[1:23:59] NOTIFIED I THINK IT WAS LIKE
[1:24:01] $750,000.
[1:24:01] THAT WAS THE FUNDING WE WERE
[1:24:02] LOSING.
[1:24:03] MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE OF ESSER I
[1:24:04] CAN'T.
[1:24:04] REMEMBER UH AND THAT IT'S BEING
[1:24:06] FUNDED OR.
[1:24:07] UNDER EARMARKED.
[1:24:09] SO WHEN WE GOT THAT YOU.
[1:24:11] KNOW WHEN I WHEN I GOT THAT
[1:24:12] INFORMATION I CALLED.
[1:24:13] I HAVE TO UH REP BILL.
[1:24:14] MCGREGOR AND AND SEE ROBSON
[1:24:17] MONTANO.
[1:24:18] AND I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
[1:24:20] ABOUT EARMARKS I KNOW THERE'S I
[1:24:21] THINK THEY BOTH PUT IN FOR
[1:24:22] EARMARKS.
[1:24:22] I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW I THINK
[1:24:24] THEY CAME IN.
[1:24:25] BUT I'M NOT SURE IT WAS THE
[1:24:26] WHOLE AMOUNT OR.
[1:24:29] UM SO WHAT I GUESS WHAT IS THE
[1:24:31] THE.
[1:24:31] NUMBER 450,000.
[1:24:32] YEAH.
[1:24:33] SO THEY SAY THANK YOU TO
[1:24:35] GREGOR AND REP MONTANO.
[1:24:38] UM SO WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE
[1:24:40] PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR?
[1:24:41] UH FOR THE FUNDING FOR.
[1:24:43] EB WELL, UM THE HOPE IS TO
[1:24:45] CONTINUE TO USE FORUMS.
[1:24:48] LIKE THIS FOR THE ADVOCACY.
[1:24:50] UM I I AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.
[1:24:53] WAS IT.
[1:24:53] WAS ESSER FUNDED AND GRANT
[1:24:55] FUNDED.
[1:24:55] UM I THINK WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO
[1:24:57] DO TODAY.
[1:24:58] IS TO.
[1:24:58] REALLY LAND THE PLANE ON.
[1:25:00] IDENTIFYING THAT THIS IS THIS
[1:25:02] IS SOMETHING.
[1:25:03] THAT NEEDS TO BE.
[1:25:06] UM IT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION,
[1:25:07] RIGHT?
[1:25:08] IT NEEDS TO BE OPERATIONALLY
[1:25:09] FUNDED.
[1:25:10] UM.
[1:25:11] YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BE A YOUNG
[1:25:14] MAN THAT CAME UP IN THE.
[1:25:15] CITY OF BOSTON.
[1:25:16] AND HAVE.
[1:25:17] THIS OPPORTUNITY.
[1:25:18] TO BE.
[1:25:18] IN FRONT OF YOU AND NOT
[1:25:19] MENTIONED THE ECONOMICS.
[1:25:20] OF THIS SITUATION OF HOMELESS
[1:25:22] INSTABILITY.
[1:25:22] AND THE COMMUNITY NOT HAVING
[1:25:25] THE.
[1:25:26] AND CONNECTING WITH THE
[1:25:27] ECONOMICS OF THE SITUATION AS
[1:25:28] WELL.
[1:25:29] UM.
[1:25:30] WHERE WE.
[1:25:31] DON'T MENTION LIKE THE IMPACT
[1:25:34] OF NOT HAVING RENT.
[1:25:34] CONTROL OR.
[1:25:35] ANYTHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
[1:25:37] RIGHT.
[1:25:37] LIKE WE HAVE.
[1:25:38] TO SAY THOSE.
[1:25:38] THINGS OUT LOUD.
[1:25:39] AND AND WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU
[1:25:43] EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY.
[1:25:44] THEY THEY START REACHING OUT TO
[1:25:45] YOU ALL AND EMPOWER YOU ALL A
[1:25:46] LOT.
[1:25:47] MORE TO UM TO.
[1:25:49] DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID IN
[1:25:51] ESTABLISHED AND GET THE.
[1:25:52] UM GET THE FUNDING.
[1:25:53] FOR THE FOR THE SUPPORT.
[1:25:55] UH I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT
[1:25:57] LAYER.
[1:25:58] UM BUT WE WILL THERE'S BEEN
[1:26:00] SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS FROM
[1:26:02] DPS.
[1:26:02] ON THE SCHOOL BASED LEVEL TO.
[1:26:04] SCHOOLS THAT ALLOW THEM TO.
[1:26:05] SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE
[1:26:07] EXPERIENCING HOMELESS
[1:26:07] INSTABILITY.
[1:26:08] UM.
[1:26:09] OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH,
[1:26:11] THAT NUMBER WAS $1.9 MILLION
[1:26:14] UH.
[1:26:14] FY.
[1:26:15] 26 $1.8 MILLION.
[1:26:16] AND THIS CURRENT YEAR $1.8
[1:26:17] MILLION IS.
[1:26:18] DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS BASED ON
[1:26:20] UM THE STUDENTS WHO ARE
[1:26:22] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
[1:26:23] UH, WE.
[1:26:24] SPEND UM I THINK WE'RE AT THE
[1:26:25] TOP TEN IN THE NATION.
[1:26:27] IN UM SPENT SPENDING PER
[1:26:28] STUDENT UH, FOR HOMELESSNESS
[1:26:30] $600 PER STUDENT.
[1:26:31] UH, OBVIOUSLY IT COULD BE MORE.
[1:26:33] UH BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO
[1:26:35] OUR PART WITH WHAT?
[1:26:35] WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND.
[1:26:37] UM, HOPEFULLY.
[1:26:38] THIS ADVOCACY COULD LEAD TO.
[1:26:39] US, UM, TO.
[1:26:41] THIS BEING.
[1:26:42] ,UH, AN.
[1:26:43] ENHANCED PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE.
[1:26:44] BECAUSE HOMELESS INSECURITY.
[1:26:46] AND INSTABILITY IT'S A.
[1:26:47] COMMUNITY ISSUE.
[1:26:48] YEAH.
[1:26:49] I WOULD.
[1:26:49] I WOULD JUST ADD UM, IN TERMS
[1:26:52] OF WHAT'S NEXT FOR ACCESS TO
[1:26:54] COUNCIL AND AND UH OR THE E
[1:26:56] PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR UM WHICH
[1:26:58] ACCESS TO COUNCIL IS A PART
[1:27:00] OF BUT WE'VE THROUGH THIS
[1:27:01] PROGRAM BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY A
[1:27:02] FEW SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HAD UH
[1:27:05] PRETTY HIGH RATES OF REFERRALS
[1:27:07] TO UM THEIR PROGRAM.
[1:27:09] SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT UH
[1:27:11] AGAIN GOING BACK TO HOW DO WE
[1:27:12] MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UM GETTING
[1:27:14] PEOPLE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.
[1:27:15] SO IF WE KNOW FOR INSTANCE THAT
[1:27:17] JOSEPH LEA K THROUGH EIGHT IS
[1:27:19] ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
[1:27:20] THE HIGHEST REFERRALS UM FOR
[1:27:22] THE ACCESS TO COUNCILOR PROGRAM
[1:27:24] ,HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT UM
[1:27:26] THE SCHOOL IS GETTING THE
[1:27:27] RESOURCES THEY NEED?
[1:27:28] ARE THERE SOME PIECES OR ARE
[1:27:29] THERE SOME COMPONENTS ARE THERE
[1:27:30] HOUSEHOLDS THERE UM THAT WE
[1:27:32] REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON?
[1:27:33] UM AND SIMILARLY UM HOW DO WE
[1:27:36] EVALUATE THE SUCCESS OF THE
[1:27:38] PROGRAM?
[1:27:38] SO WE'RE UH IN THE PROCESS
[1:27:40] OF SUBMITTING UH OR WE HAVE
[1:27:41] SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO UM
[1:27:43] THE BLOOMBERG CITY EXCHANGE TO
[1:27:45] GET AN IDEA OF WE KNOW THAT
[1:27:48] THOSE STATISTICS IN TERMS
[1:27:50] OF REPRESENTATION OVER 90%
[1:27:52] OF LANDLORDS ARE REPRESENTED
[1:27:52] COMPARED TO LESS THAN 5%
[1:27:55] OF TENANTS IN THE CITY NOT ONLY
[1:27:56] IN THE CITY BUT THE STATE OF UH
[1:27:57] OR THE COMMONWEALTH.
[1:27:58] UM, SO UNDERSTANDING JUST THAT
[1:28:01] STATISTIC ALONE, WHAT DOES THAT
[1:28:02] MEAN FOR THE FAMILIES THAT ARE
[1:28:03] ABLE TO UH, HAVE THE BLESSINGS
[1:28:06] OF THE WORLD COME IN AND
[1:28:07] SUPPORT THEM?
[1:28:08] SO UH, JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN
[1:28:10] THERE AND PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT
[1:28:11] OF WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE PROGRAM.
[1:28:13] OKAY.
[1:28:13] YEAH.
[1:28:14] AND I THINK PRIVATE FUNDING IS.
[1:28:17] SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE
[1:28:18] LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AND
[1:28:20] ADVOCATING UH, YOU KNOW, ALL
[1:28:21] FOR SO IF YOU SEE A UH, YOU
[1:28:24] KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO COULD MAYBE
[1:28:26] HELP AND I'M SURE WOULD ALL BE
[1:28:28] WILLING TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE
[1:28:29] THE PITCH UM, UH, THEN I GUESS
[1:28:31] SO JUST TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
[1:28:33] SO COREY, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE
[1:28:34] DON'T HAVE A HIP LIKE WHAT DOES
[1:28:36] THAT IN TERMS OF ADVOCATING FOR
[1:28:38] FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR?
[1:28:39] LIKE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF
[1:28:41] WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT?
[1:28:43] I DON'T SEE A WORLD WHERE WE
[1:28:45] DON'T.
[1:28:45] WHERE WE DON'T MAKE UH SOME
[1:28:49] SORT OF FINANCIAL.
[1:28:50] CARD OR.
[1:28:51] IT'S NOT I.
[1:28:52] JUST MEAN LIKE GOD FORBID LIKE
[1:28:54] YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T FUND
[1:28:56] IT.
[1:28:56] IT DOESN'T EXIST.
[1:28:57] WHAT IS WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE IN
[1:28:59] BOSTON?
[1:28:59] UH, FOR FOR SO.
[1:29:01] AND THIS IS AN EDUCATED GUESS
[1:29:03] UM, I THINK IF THERE'S THERE IS
[1:29:06] I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO
[1:29:08] REEVALUATE OUR INTERNAL.
[1:29:10] INVESTMENT IN.
[1:29:13] IN UM SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE UM,
[1:29:15] THAT SORT OF LIKE FUNDING THAT
[1:29:17] WE CONTRIBUTED.
[1:29:17] UM THAT 1.8 WE WOULD HAVE TO
[1:29:19] LOOK AT THAT TO SEE HOW WE CAN
[1:29:21] UM.
[1:29:22] AND THAT'S A.
[1:29:23] TOUGH THING.
[1:29:24] TO.
[1:29:24] ASK TO LIKE REMOVE THAT.
[1:29:25] PIECE FROM THE SCHOOLS.
[1:29:26] UM.
[1:29:27] AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M
[1:29:28] SAYING.
[1:29:28] WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THAT
[1:29:29] IS.
[1:29:29] THE FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED
[1:29:31] THIS YEAR GOING DIRECTLY TO.
[1:29:32] SCHOOLS TO.
[1:29:34] COVER SUPPLIES COME WITH STATE
[1:29:35] STIPENDS OVER OVERTIME.
[1:29:36] ON THOSE PIECES.
[1:29:37] I THINK.
[1:29:38] THAT'S THE NEXT STEP.
[1:29:39] BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY LOUD
[1:29:41] ABOUT UM THE NEED UM YOU HAVE
[1:29:44] TO, UM, ENGAGE OUR OUR FAMILIES
[1:29:46] AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
[1:29:47] OUR CBOS.
[1:29:48] ARE NONPROFITS OUR OUR
[1:29:49] CRITICAL PARTNERS, UM.
[1:29:50] TO.
[1:29:51] REALLY, UM.
[1:29:52] WORK WITH YOU ALL.
[1:29:54] TO UH, TO.
[1:29:54] GET TO THE.
[1:29:55] CITY AND.
[1:29:56] STATE.
[1:29:56] LEVEL TO REALLY, UM REALLY PUT
[1:30:00] PUT THEIR BEST OUR BEST FOOT
[1:30:01] FORWARD UM, WHETHER IT'S
[1:30:03] FINANCIALLY OR UH, PROGRAMMATIC
[1:30:04] SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES.
[1:30:05] YEAH.
[1:30:06] UH, JUST JUST ONE THOUGHT UM
[1:30:09] ,UH, YOU KNOW, I DO YOU WRITE
[1:30:11] ABOUT TEENAGERS.
[1:30:12] I DO WONDER LIKE OUR ATHLETES
[1:30:15] HOW MANY ARE EXPERIENCING
[1:30:16] HOMELESSNESS?
[1:30:16] UM, TO THINK ABOUT KIDS, YOU
[1:30:18] KNOW, ACHIEVING UH, YOU KNOW,
[1:30:20] WHETHER IT'S ON THE BASEBALL
[1:30:21] FIELD OR BASKETBALL COURT AND
[1:30:23] GOING THROUGH THIS, UH, YOU
[1:30:25] KNOW, IN THEIR LIVES IS, YOU
[1:30:26] KNOW, ANYWAY IN TERMS
[1:30:28] OF ADVOCATING FOR THE NEED FOR
[1:30:29] IT, UH, I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT
[1:30:30] HELP.
[1:30:31] UH, AND I I DID HAVE AN IDEA
[1:30:33] FOR MY, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF
[1:30:35] WHO'S JUST HAD A BABY AND IT'S
[1:30:36] BEEN A LOT OF, UH,
[1:30:38] PEDIATRICIANS OFFICES.
[1:30:39] YOU KNOW, THEY THEY ASK PEOPLE
[1:30:40] IN THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW,
[1:30:41] WITH THE IPADS NOW LIKE YOU
[1:30:43] KNOW WHAT OR DO YOU ARE YOU
[1:30:46] WORRIED ABOUT YOUR HOW THEY DO
[1:30:47] WHAT THEY DO?
[1:30:47] WELL I THINK TO CHERYL'S POINT
[1:30:49] ABOUT YOU KNOW, DOING THAT YOU
[1:30:51] KNOW IDENTIFYING OUR KIDS HERE
[1:30:53] IN THE DISTRICT YOU KNOW MAYBE
[1:30:54] JUST EMPLOYING SOME OF THOSE
[1:30:57] QUESTIONS AND GETTING THAT
[1:30:59] INFORMATION MAYBE EVEN ON A
[1:31:01] SOME SORT OF BASIS WHERE THEY
[1:31:02] DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, YOU
[1:31:04] KNOW, TOUTING THEMSELVES IN
[1:31:05] FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
[1:31:06] UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE
[1:31:08] IT.
[1:31:08] I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR.
[1:31:09] UM.
[1:31:09] AND THANK YOU FOR FOR
[1:31:11] EVERYTHING.
[1:31:12] THANK YOU.
[1:31:13] UM, LOOKING TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
[1:31:14] SEE IF THAT.
[1:31:15] SECOND ROUND.
[1:31:16] OKAY, COUNSELOR BRENNAN.
[1:31:17] YEAH, JUST A QUICK ONE.
[1:31:19] AND JUST IN TERMS OF YOUR
[1:31:20] THOUGHTS ON HOW WE MIGHT
[1:31:21] IMPROVE COORDINATION BETWEEN
[1:31:23] THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING,
[1:31:25] UH, HOUSING STABILITY, LEGAL
[1:31:27] SERVICES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
[1:31:29] LIKE SOMETIMES SOMETIMES YOU
[1:31:31] JUST DON'T CONNECT THE DOTS AND
[1:31:33] PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
[1:31:34] EXCUSE ALL THESE, UH, ANALOGIES
[1:31:36] ,BUT, UM, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE
[1:31:38] THINGS AND IN TERMS OF THE
[1:31:40] COORDINATION AND AND AND.
[1:31:42] CROSS WELL.
[1:31:43] I THINK WE HAVE TO WE HAVE
[1:31:47] OUR WE ALL HAVE OUR MEETINGS
[1:31:49] RIGHT THAT YOU HAVE AND AND I
[1:31:50] THINK WE SOMETIMES.
[1:31:53] FOLKS YOU COULD BECOME ALL
[1:31:54] MEETING UP BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE
[1:31:55] THINGS TO DO.
[1:31:57] UM I THINK WE JUST HAVE.
[1:31:59] TO WHEN WE DESIGN LIKE WHEN WE
[1:32:01] HAVE OUR CROSS.
[1:32:02] FUNCTIONAL OR.
[1:32:03] CROSS UM PARTNERSHIP
[1:32:04] MEETINGS, I THINK WE HAVE THE
[1:32:07] BEST WAY.
[1:32:07] TO TO IMPROVE THINGS.
[1:32:09] IS TO REALLY LIKE MIND DOWN
[1:32:10] INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO 20.
[1:32:12] THINGS YOU FOCUS ON.
[1:32:15] AS A COLLECTIVE.
[1:32:16] YOU FOCUS.
[1:32:16] ON THREE THINGS CAN WE FOCUS.
[1:32:19] ON IDENTIFICATION?
[1:32:20] CAN WE FOCUS ON RECOGNITION?
[1:32:22] UH NOT RECOGNITION.
[1:32:23] CAN WE FOCUS ON PREVENTION?
[1:32:25] CAN WE FOCUS.
[1:32:27] ON RESPONSE.
[1:32:28] AND THAT.
[1:32:29] GIVES YOU SOME.
[1:32:30] ALIGNMENT RIGHT.
[1:32:30] NOT TO SAY THERE'S THIS
[1:32:32] ALIGNMENT I THINK WE'RE ALL
[1:32:33] HERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALIGNED ON
[1:32:34] THE.
[1:32:34] ON THE.
[1:32:35] PURPOSE AND THE CAUSE.
[1:32:36] BUT THAT IMPROVEMENT ON THE
[1:32:39] EFFICACY AND AND THE OVERALL
[1:32:41] COMMITMENT TO LIKE IMPROVING ON
[1:32:42] THE QUALITY IS THE BEST WAY UM
[1:32:44] ,FOR US TO GET IT DONE.
[1:32:46] OUR EVERYBODY'S HEART'S IN THE
[1:32:46] RIGHT.
[1:32:47] PLACE BUT I THINK.
[1:32:48] YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF LIKE IF
[1:32:49] YOU HAVE.
[1:32:51] UM YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
[1:32:52] EVERYBODY'S.
[1:32:53] IN A KNOT TO SAY THIS HAPPENS
[1:32:54] IN.
[1:32:54] THESE MEETINGS BUT.
[1:32:54] SOMETIMES YOU GO TO A MEETING
[1:32:55] AND YOU'RE JUST.
[1:32:56] NOT TALKING ABOUT.
[1:32:58] UM, THE MAIN THING I THINK LIKE
[1:33:00] HAVING THE QUALITY HAVING THE
[1:33:01] EFFICACY UM AROUND THAT I THINK
[1:33:03] THAT WILL ALLOW.
[1:33:04] US TO.
[1:33:04] REALLY FIND OUT UH AND SCALE IT
[1:33:07] OUT FOR SCALE THE SUPPORT AND
[1:33:09] SOLUTIONS.
[1:33:10] OUT UM.
[1:33:11] TO A BROADER RANGE IF YOU JUST
[1:33:13] SAY HEY LOOK, HERE ARE THE
[1:33:13] THREE THINGS.
[1:33:14] WE'RE COMMITTED TO AND THEN
[1:33:15] TAKE.
[1:33:15] THE STEPS AFTER THAT.
[1:33:18] DO WE HAVE ANY SORT
[1:33:20] OF ACTIONABLE GOALS AND ARE WE
[1:33:22] SAYING LET'S REDUCE THIS BY 10%
[1:33:25] OR IT'S LIKE I KNOW IT'S A
[1:33:27] NEBULOUS BUT DO WE DO WE DO WE
[1:33:31] NEED TO BE MORE GOAL ORIENTED
[1:33:33] IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT
[1:33:36] ELIMINATING OR REDUCING AS MUCH
[1:33:38] AS POSSIBLE UM, HOMELESSNESS
[1:33:41] FOR OUR FAMILIES?
[1:33:42] I THINK.
[1:33:43] GIVEN THE SEVERITY.
[1:33:44] OF.
[1:33:44] THIS, I THINK IF YOU WOULD THE
[1:33:46] THE THERE'S ONLY ONE GOAL AND
[1:33:48] THAT'S TO HAVE NO ONE RIGHT.
[1:33:49] AND UM.
[1:33:51] I THINK WHEN WE START PLACING
[1:33:53] THE WHOLE SORT OF.
[1:33:55] UM KPIS ON.
[1:33:57] ON THINGS IT.
[1:33:58] SORT OF LIKE.
[1:33:59] DILUTES SOME OF THE OTHER.
[1:34:01] SPECIFIC AREAS.
[1:34:02] BECAUSE FOR EVERY SINGLE.
[1:34:05] UM METRIC WE THROW IT FOLKS.
[1:34:07] THERE'S ANOTHER FORM
[1:34:08] OF HOMELESS INSTABILITY THAT
[1:34:09] POPS UP UM, FOR INSTANCE.
[1:34:11] MORE RECENTLY YOUR.
[1:34:13] COUCH SURFERS OR YOUR STUDENTS
[1:34:14] WHO.
[1:34:14] WHO ARE WHO AGED OUT
[1:34:16] OF SUPPORT.
[1:34:17] UM AND.
[1:34:18] THAT ADDS.
[1:34:19] TO THAT YOU BRING IN ANOTHER
[1:34:21] METRIC TO THE TO THE PARTY AND
[1:34:23] THEN IT'S LIKE MORE NUMBERS.
[1:34:24] UH, SO I THINK YOU KNOW, WE
[1:34:27] JUST HAVE.
[1:34:28] TO TRULY LIKE KEEP IN THE KEEP
[1:34:30] FOCUSING ON LIKE MINING DOWN IN
[1:34:33] SPECIFIC AREAS NOT JUST BABY
[1:34:35] STEPS BUT SORT OF.
[1:34:36] LIKE THE LARGER.
[1:34:37] UM THE LARGER SUPPORT FOR THE.
[1:34:40] ECOSYSTEM WHILE LIKE DOING.
[1:34:42] CONTINUING ON A SCHOOL.
[1:34:43] BASED LEVEL.
[1:34:43] WITH THE.
[1:34:44] BABY STEPS OF THE
[1:34:45] IDENTIFICATION, THE.
[1:34:46] PREVENTION AND THE RESPONSE.
[1:34:47] OKAY.
[1:34:48] THANK YOU I KNOW WE'VE GOT
[1:34:49] ANOTHER PANEL SO I'LL LIMIT MY
[1:34:51] QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
[1:34:52] THANK YOU.
[1:34:54] SIR.
[1:34:55] ALL RIGHT WELL.
[1:34:57] THANK YOU UM TO THE PANELISTS
[1:35:00] UH THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK
[1:35:01] .
[1:35:02] UM, AND UH THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[1:35:04] TESTIMONY AND LOOKING FORWARD
[1:35:06] TO CONTINUING THIS WORK IN THIS
[1:35:08] CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
[1:35:09] THANK YOU.
[1:35:12] UM, NOW WE'LL GO TO OUR SECOND
[1:35:15] PANEL.
[1:35:40] OKAY.
[1:35:42] GREAT.
[1:35:42] GOOD.
[1:35:45] YEAH.
[1:35:52] SORRY.
[1:35:52] I MEAN HOW I HOW YOU KNOW.
[1:35:58] YEAH.
[1:35:59] YOU SAW OH, SORRY.
[1:36:09] OKAY.
[1:36:11] YOU.
[1:36:26] OKAY?
[1:36:28] YEAH.
[1:36:28] SO.
[1:36:31] I LIKE I I THINK THIS IS.
[1:36:50] ALL RIGHT.
[1:36:51] WELL THANK YOU UM, TO THIS
[1:36:53] SECOND PANELIST.
[1:36:54] WHAT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO IS
[1:36:56] ,UM, FROM MY LEFT TO RIGHT IF
[1:36:58] YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY
[1:37:00] INTRODUCE YOURSELF, UM, IN YOUR
[1:37:01] ORGANIZATION LOST YOUR TITLE.
[1:37:03] GREAT.
[1:37:03] THANK YOU.
[1:37:04] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[1:37:05] I'M CHRISTY STAPLES FROM UNITED
[1:37:06] WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND
[1:37:08] I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF WHAT
[1:37:10] WE CALL OUR SAFE AND STABLE
[1:37:11] STABLE HOUSING.
[1:37:12] IMPACT AREA.
[1:37:15] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
[1:37:16] MY NAME IS DOCTOR BRANDI
[1:37:17] BROOKS.
[1:37:18] I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[1:37:20] OF BOSTON'S HIGHER GROUND AND
[1:37:22] WE FOCUS ON SUPPORTING HOMELESS
[1:37:24] STUDENTS AND FAMILIES GET
[1:37:25] HOUSED IN STAY HOUSED
[1:37:27] EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND
[1:37:29] HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACCESS AND
[1:37:31] SUPPORTS.
[1:37:33] UH GOOD AFTERNOON.
[1:37:34] MY NAME IS TOM BYRNE.
[1:37:36] I'M AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
[1:37:37] AT THE BOSTON COLLEGE SCHOOL
[1:37:38] OF SOCIAL WORK.
[1:37:42] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[1:37:43] THANK YOU.
[1:37:43] FOR HAVING US HERE.
[1:37:44] UH, MY NAME IS LUCY RAMOS.
[1:37:45] I AM THE PRESIDENT CEO
[1:37:47] OF FAMILY AID.
[1:37:48] UM, AND WE ARE ORGANIZATION
[1:37:50] THAT FOCUSES ON PREVENTING, UH,
[1:37:51] HOMELESSNESS WHENEVER POSSIBLE,
[1:37:53] UH, AND TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE
[1:37:55] NEGATIVE IMPACT, UH, WHEN IT'S
[1:37:56] NOT UH, SO WE PROVIDE HOMELESS,
[1:37:58] UH, SERVICES AS WELL AS.
[1:37:59] PREVENTION SERVICES.
[1:38:02] UH GOOD AFTERNOON.
[1:38:03] UM, HAD EARLIER I'M THE
[1:38:04] MANAGING ATTORNEY OF THE
[1:38:05] HOUSING UNIT AT THE GREATER
[1:38:06] BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES GBS.
[1:38:09] HELLO EVERYBODY.
[1:38:10] MY NAME IS VINNY SCHMIDT.
[1:38:11] I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON
[1:38:13] YOUTH ACTION BOARD.
[1:38:15] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
[1:38:17] THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THIS
[1:38:18] SPACE.
[1:38:19] UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE A
[1:38:21] PRESENTATION OR REMARKS TO
[1:38:22] PROVIDE?
[1:38:24] ALL RIGHT.
[1:38:25] YEAH, I.
[1:38:26] THINK WE ALL DO.
[1:38:26] OKAY WELL GO GO GO.
[1:38:29] GO FROM.
[1:38:30] THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT NOW.
[1:38:31] OH, OKAY.
[1:38:33] UM, ACTUALLY.
[1:38:36] I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO
[1:38:37] FROM THAT.
[1:38:38] OH, OKAY.
[1:38:39] YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE.
[1:38:42] OVER HERE.
[1:38:44] YEAH.
[1:38:44] THERE YOU GO.
[1:38:45] ALL RIGHT.
[1:38:46] WELL, JUST FLIP THE SCRIPT
[1:38:48] HOPEFULLY.
[1:38:48] YEAH.
[1:38:49] WELL.
[1:38:50] FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
[1:38:51] HAVING US AND AND THANK YOU FOR
[1:38:53] RAISING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
[1:38:54] ISSUE.
[1:38:55] APPRECIATE THE TIME AND
[1:38:56] APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO UM
[1:38:58] SHARE SOME INSIGHTS THAT WE
[1:39:00] HAVE.
[1:39:00] UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER MY
[1:39:01] NAME IS CHRISTY STAPLES.
[1:39:03] UM I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT AT
[1:39:05] UNITED WAY AND HERE AT UNITED
[1:39:07] WAY WE SEE SAFE AND STABLE
[1:39:09] HOUSING AS FOUNDATIONAL TO
[1:39:10] THRIVING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
[1:39:12] UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT LENS
[1:39:13] THAT WE COME AT THIS
[1:39:15] CONVERSATION THROUGH IS THAT WE
[1:39:17] BRING PEOPLE AND PARTNERS
[1:39:19] TOGETHER AROUND SOLUTIONS THAT
[1:39:20] ARE BIGGER THAN ANY ONE
[1:39:21] ORGANIZATION CAN TACKLE ALONE.
[1:39:23] SO REALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
[1:39:24] EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT FOR
[1:39:25] THE LAST TWO HOURS, IT IS
[1:39:27] UNITED WAY BRINGING TOGETHER UM
[1:39:29] MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT
[1:39:31] LIVED EXPERTISE IN THAT
[1:39:32] COMMUNITY VOICE THAT'S REALLY
[1:39:34] IMPORTANT TO US AND I JUST WANT
[1:39:35] TO START OFF WITH THAT.
[1:39:37] WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT EVERY
[1:39:38] CHILD IN BOSTON DESERVES A SAFE
[1:39:40] ,STABLE PLACE TO SLEEP, TO
[1:39:42] LEARN, TO GROW AND TO THRIVE.
[1:39:44] YET TOO MANY FAMILIES ARE
[1:39:46] FACING HOUSING INSTABILITY AS
[1:39:47] WE JUST HEARD EARLIER TODAY
[1:39:49] ENTERING SHELTER OR TRYING TO
[1:39:51] NAVIGATE FRAGMENTED SYSTEMS
[1:39:53] DURING THE MOST STRESSFUL
[1:39:54] MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES.
[1:39:55] FAMILY HOMELESSNESS IS NOT
[1:39:57] INEVITABLE AS WE KNOW IT'S A
[1:40:00] SOLVABLE PROBLEM WHEN CITY
[1:40:01] STATE PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY
[1:40:04] PARTNERS, PEOPLE WITH LIVED
[1:40:06] EXPERTISE AND COMMUNITY VOICE
[1:40:08] ALIGN TO KEEP FAMILIES HOUSED
[1:40:10] AND HELP CHILDREN AND PARENTS
[1:40:11] AVOID FURTHER TRAUMA.
[1:40:13] WHAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON TODAY
[1:40:15] AND WHAT YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT
[1:40:17] ABOUT UM, IN THE EARLIER PANEL
[1:40:18] PRESENTATION ARE FOUR AREAS
[1:40:20] WHERE WE BELIEVE THIS
[1:40:21] CROSS-SECTOR APPROACH CAN MAKE
[1:40:23] A DIFFERENCE.
[1:40:24] SO FIRST AND WHAT YOU HEARD
[1:40:25] FROM COREY AND DANIELLE IS
[1:40:27] PREVENTION AND DIVERSION.
[1:40:28] MANY FAMILIES ARE LIVING WITH
[1:40:30] VERY LITTLE FINANCIAL CUSHION.
[1:40:32] ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT BY
[1:40:34] THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
[1:40:35] OF BOSTON, 35% OF HOUSEHOLDS
[1:40:38] SURVEYED IN GREATER BOSTON SAID
[1:40:40] THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CASH ON
[1:40:41] HAND TO PAY FOR A $400
[1:40:44] EMERGENCY EXPENSE.
[1:40:45] THAT EMERGENCY EXPENSE CAN
[1:40:47] QUICKLY LEAD TO A MISSED RENT
[1:40:49] PAYMENT, A NOTICE TO QUIT AND
[1:40:51] THEN HOMELESSNESS.
[1:40:53] FAMILIES NEED ACCESS TO
[1:40:55] FLEXIBLE RESOURCES DEPLOYED
[1:40:57] NIMBLY MEDIATION, LEGAL SUPPORT
[1:40:59] WE'LL HEAR RENTAL ASSISTANCE
[1:41:01] AND PROBLEM SOLVING BEFORE A
[1:41:03] FINANCIAL CRISIS BECOMES
[1:41:05] HOMELESSNESS.
[1:41:05] UNITED WAY IS WORKING WITH
[1:41:07] COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PILOT AND
[1:41:08] STRENGTHEN UPSTREAM APPROACHES
[1:41:10] .
[1:41:10] EHAB AS YOU ALL HEARD EARLIER
[1:41:13] UM TO REDUCE EVICTIONS AND HELP
[1:41:15] FAMILIES REMAIN HOUSED AND KEEP
[1:41:16] KIDS IN SCHOOL, WE'VE LEARNED
[1:41:18] THAT EARLIER IDENTIFICATION
[1:41:20] OF FAMILIES AT RISK
[1:41:21] OF HOMELESSNESS IS NEEDED TO
[1:41:22] MAKE PREVENTION PROGRAMS MORE
[1:41:24] EFFECTIVE AND THAT THERE ARE
[1:41:26] SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS THAT
[1:41:27] WORK.
[1:41:27] WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
[1:41:28] THAT SCHOOL BASED SCREENING
[1:41:30] TOOL, WHICH I THINK DOCTOR
[1:41:32] BYRNE WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT
[1:41:33] MORE ABOUT.
[1:41:34] WE ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO
[1:41:35] CONSIDER HOW BOSTON CAN
[1:41:37] STRATEGICALLY INVEST IN
[1:41:38] UPSTREAM PREVENTION AND
[1:41:39] DIVERSION TO REACH MORE
[1:41:41] FAMILIES.
[1:41:41] SECOND ISSUE I WANT TO TOUCH
[1:41:43] UPON IS THAT WE NEED A MORE
[1:41:45] COORDINATED RESPONSE WHEN
[1:41:46] FAMILIES DO EXPERIENCE
[1:41:47] HOMELESSNESS, THE CRISIS AND
[1:41:48] TRAUMA THAT IS HOMELESSNESS.
[1:41:50] WHEN FAMILIES NEED SHELTER,
[1:41:52] THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
[1:41:53] NAVIGATE A MAZE OF DISCONNECTED
[1:41:55] SYSTEMS ON THEIR OWN.
[1:41:57] RESEARCH ON DPS EARLY
[1:41:58] HOMELESSNESS INTERVENTION E
[1:42:00] PROGRAM OFFICE OFFERS AN
[1:42:01] IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S
[1:42:02] POSSIBLE WHEN SCHOOLS AND
[1:42:04] HOUSING PROVIDERS WORK
[1:42:06] INTENTIONALLY AROUND THE NEEDS
[1:42:07] OF THE WHOLE FAMILY.
[1:42:09] AS YOU'LL HEAR FROM TOM AND
[1:42:11] LUCIANO FROM FAMILY AID WHO
[1:42:12] PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM.
[1:42:15] UM, THE FAMILIES WHO
[1:42:16] PARTICIPATED EXPERIENCED
[1:42:18] IMPROVED IMPROVEMENTS IN
[1:42:19] HOUSING STABILITY, REDUCED
[1:42:21] CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND
[1:42:23] IMPROVED PARENT AND CHILD
[1:42:25] WELL-BEING.
[1:42:25] THE COUNCIL CAN PLAY AN
[1:42:26] IMPORTANT BOSTON CITY
[1:42:28] COUNCIL CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT
[1:42:29] ROLE IN ENSURING CONTINUED
[1:42:31] FUNDING AS WE HEARD EARLIER, SO
[1:42:32] THAT PROMISING MODELS LIKE E
[1:42:34] CAN BUILD ON THOSE STRONG
[1:42:36] RESULTS.
[1:42:37] THIRD AND YOU HEARD THIS FROM
[1:42:39] DANIELLE WE NEED TO EXPAND THE
[1:42:40] PIPELINE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[1:42:43] FOR FAMILIES TO REMAIN STABLY
[1:42:44] HOUSED AND EXIT A STATE
[1:42:46] OF HOMELESSNESS ONCE AND FOR
[1:42:47] ALL.
[1:42:47] BOSTON MUST INCREASE DEEPLY THE
[1:42:49] SUPPLY OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE
[1:42:50] HOUSING.
[1:42:51] UNITED WAY IS WORKING TO
[1:42:52] ADVANCE INNOVATION LIKE
[1:42:54] INNOVATIONS AND FLEXIBLE
[1:42:55] FUNDING STRATEGIES TO
[1:42:56] ACCELERATE THE PIPELINE
[1:42:58] EXPANSION AND CREATE
[1:42:59] OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOVING INTO
[1:43:00] MARKET RATE HOUSING ALL WHILE
[1:43:02] USING A FAMILY CENTERED, TRAUMA
[1:43:04] INFORMED ASSESSMENT.
[1:43:05] WE KNOW THAT MAJOR CITIES
[1:43:06] ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAVE
[1:43:08] UTILIZED THIS MODEL AND IT'S
[1:43:10] KNOWN HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AS
[1:43:12] THE FLEX POOL TO GET THE RIGHT
[1:43:14] STAKEHOLDERS AROUND THE TABLE,
[1:43:16] IDENTIFY PRIORITY POPULATIONS
[1:43:17] AND STRATEGICALLY ADMINISTER
[1:43:20] RESOURCES.
[1:43:21] MORE EFFICIENTLY.
[1:43:22] BOSTON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[1:43:24] IMPLEMENT THESE FUNDING
[1:43:25] STRATEGIES AND CAN IDENTIFY
[1:43:26] WHERE RESOURCES AND BARRIERS
[1:43:28] EXIST AND CREATE MORE PATHWAYS
[1:43:30] TO SUPPORTIVE.
[1:43:31] HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[1:43:32] .
[1:43:32] AND FOURTH AND LAST, UH, I
[1:43:34] WOULD RECOMMEND UNITED WAY OUR
[1:43:36] FAMILIES OUR COMMUNITY BASED
[1:43:38] PARTNERS WOULD RECOMMEND THAT
[1:43:39] THERE'S A TREMENDOUS NEED TO
[1:43:41] STRENGTHEN ACCESS TO ALL SOCIAL
[1:43:42] DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT
[1:43:43] FAMILIES NEED TO THRIVE.
[1:43:45] THEY NEED ACCESS FAMILIES NEED
[1:43:47] ACCESS TO CHILDCARE, EDUCATION,
[1:43:48] HEALTH CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
[1:43:50] SUPPORT SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT
[1:43:52] PATHWAYS AND CULTURALLY
[1:43:54] RESPONSIVE SERVICES THAT HELP
[1:43:55] BUILD STABILITY AND CREATE
[1:43:57] OPPORTUNITY.
[1:43:58] THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALSO BUILDING
[1:44:00] A HOUSING STABILITY AND
[1:44:01] BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COLLABORATIVE
[1:44:03] UNITED WAY AND PARTNERS WITH
[1:44:05] MAJOR HEALTH SYSTEMS COMMUNITY
[1:44:06] HEALTH CENTERS, MASSHEALTH ACOS
[1:44:08] AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT
[1:44:10] WERE BETTER CONNECT SCREENING,
[1:44:11] REFERRALS AND NAVIGATION
[1:44:12] OF THOSE SYSTEMS.
[1:44:14] WE KNOW THAT THE INTERVENTIONS
[1:44:16] WORK.
[1:44:16] WE'VE HEARD IT TODAY.
[1:44:18] WE KNOW THAT THE STRATEGIES
[1:44:18] THAT LEAD TO BETTER OUTCOMES
[1:44:20] FOR INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN AND
[1:44:21] FAMILIES ALSO EXIST.
[1:44:24] WE NEED TO SCALE AND SUSTAIN
[1:44:25] THEM TO REACH MORE PEOPLE.
[1:44:29] UNITED WAY STANDS READY TO
[1:44:30] PARTNER WITH THE CITY
[1:44:31] COUNCIL TO STAND UP THESE
[1:44:32] STRATEGIES, AND WE BELIEVE THAT
[1:44:33] WE CAN DO MORE THAN ANY SINGLE
[1:44:34] AGENCY CAN DO ALONE.
[1:44:36] THAT IS THE POWER OF OUR
[1:44:37] NETWORK AND OUR ABILITY TO
[1:44:38] BRING ALL THE COMPONENTS
[1:44:41] TOGETHER.
[1:44:41] THANK YOU.
[1:44:47] GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
[1:44:50] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[1:44:51] SO AS I SAID WHEN I INTRODUCE
[1:44:53] MYSELF AGAIN MY NAME IS DOCTOR
[1:44:55] BRANDI BROOKS.
[1:44:56] I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[1:44:58] OF BOSTON'S HIGHER GROUND AND I
[1:45:01] AM THANKFUL TO BE HERE TODAY.
[1:45:03] THANK YOU TO THE CITY
[1:45:04] COUNCIL FOR INVITING US.
[1:45:06] THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW
[1:45:07] PANELISTS.
[1:45:08] UM, AND THANK YOU TO THOSE AT
[1:45:10] HOME THAT MAY BE.
[1:45:12] WATCHING TODAY'S TESTIMONY.
[1:45:14] UM.
[1:45:16] I WANT TO BEGIN FIRST NOT AS
[1:45:19] THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
[1:45:21] OF HIGHER GROUND.
[1:45:22] I WANT TO START FIRST AS
[1:45:24] SOMEONE WHO WHEN I WAS A CHILD
[1:45:29] I EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.
[1:45:30] MY FAMILY EXPERIENCED
[1:45:32] HOMELESSNESS.
[1:45:34] SO I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
[1:45:37] WHEN YOU ARE.
[1:45:38] UNSURE OF THE PLACE YOU ARE
[1:45:40] STAYING AT.
[1:45:41] TODAY WILL BE THE SAME PLACE
[1:45:43] TOMORROW.
[1:45:46] I REMEMBER VIVIDLY THE SHAME
[1:45:48] AND STIGMA OF NOT WANTING TO
[1:45:51] SHARE WITH MY PEERS THAT.
[1:45:53] WE WERE UNHOUSED AND EVEN ONCE
[1:45:56] MY FAMILY AND I WE GOT THE KEYS
[1:46:00] TO OUR HOME WE STILL NEEDED
[1:46:02] SUPPORT AFTER THEN TO MAKE SURE
[1:46:05] WE STAYED STABLY HOUSED.
[1:46:08] THAT EXPERIENCE STAYS WITH
[1:46:11] ME EVEN TODAY AS I SPEAK BEFORE
[1:46:14] YOU.
[1:46:16] THAT'S WHY THIS CONVERSATION IT
[1:46:18] CAN'T JUST BE ABOUT HOW DO WE
[1:46:21] HOUSE.
[1:46:21] STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
[1:46:23] IT HAS TO BE ABOUT AS CHRISTY
[1:46:25] SAID, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THEY
[1:46:28] STAY STABLY HOUSED THROUGH
[1:46:32] HIGHER GROUNDS FAMILY LED
[1:46:34] STABILITY INITIATIVE WE HAVE.
[1:46:36] HOUSED MORE THAN 650 HOMELESS
[1:46:40] STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND
[1:46:42] WE'RE PROUD OF THE FACT.
[1:46:44] THAT FROM.
[1:46:45] REFERRAL TO HOUSING OVER THE
[1:46:47] LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE AVERAGED
[1:46:50] 11 MONTHS.
[1:46:51] SO ONCE THE FAMILIES REFERRED
[1:46:53] TO US WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM
[1:46:55] HOUSED IN 11 MONTHS.
[1:46:57] AT THE SAME TIME I'M REMINDED
[1:47:00] THAT 11 MONTHS IS A SCHOOL YEAR
[1:47:04] FOR A CHILD TO NOT KNOW.
[1:47:07] WHETHER THEY WILL HAVE A SAFE
[1:47:08] SPACE TO SLEEP AND AT THE SAME
[1:47:11] TIME I'M REMINDED WHILE WE'VE
[1:47:14] BEEN ABLE TO HOUSE FAMILIES 650
[1:47:16] STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHEN WE
[1:47:19] FOLLOW UP WITH THEM BECAUSE
[1:47:20] STABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
[1:47:21] US, WE FIND THAT 80% OF THOSE
[1:47:24] FAMILIES ARE STILL STABLY
[1:47:26] HOUSED SO THERE IS STILL WORK
[1:47:29] WE NEED TO DO WITH THAT 20%.
[1:47:33] BUT I KNOW AND I STAND BEFORE
[1:47:35] YOU AS KNOWING SYSTEMS DO
[1:47:39] CHANGE THE PROCESS.
[1:47:41] COREY SPOKE ABOUT THAT.
[1:47:43] DANIELLE SPOKE ABOUT THAT
[1:47:44] EARLIER.
[1:47:45] CHRISTY REMARKED ON THAT AND
[1:47:47] YOU'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES
[1:47:49] TODAY ABOUT THE E HELP PROGRAM
[1:47:52] .
[1:47:52] WELL, ADMINISTRATOR BOSTON
[1:47:55] HOUSING AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR
[1:47:56] KENZIE BOK SHE SHARED WITH US
[1:47:59] THAT THE REASON WHY BOSTON
[1:48:01] HOUSING AUTHORITY GOT INVOLVED
[1:48:03] IN THAT PROGRAM WAS THROUGH
[1:48:05] THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH HIGHER
[1:48:07] GROUNDS FAMILY LED STABILITY
[1:48:09] INITIATIVE.
[1:48:10] IT WAS THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE
[1:48:11] THAT BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
[1:48:12] SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO NEED
[1:48:15] TO PRIORITIZE HOMELESS STUDENTS
[1:48:16] AND FAMILIES.
[1:48:17] WE DO NEED TO ALLOCATE
[1:48:19] VOUCHERS.
[1:48:19] AND THAT LED TO HUNDREDS
[1:48:23] OF FAMILIES THROUGHOUT BOSTON
[1:48:24] PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM GETTING
[1:48:26] HOUSED AND BEING ABLE TO STAY
[1:48:28] HOUSED.
[1:48:31] BUT AGAIN, AS I SAY AND I WILL
[1:48:34] REITERATE MANY TIMES BEING
[1:48:36] HOUSED IS BUT ONE STEP.
[1:48:39] WE DO NEED TO FOCUS ON
[1:48:41] STABILITY BECAUSE BEHIND THOSE
[1:48:45] NUMBERS ARE GRANDPARENTS TAKING
[1:48:48] CARE OF GRANDKIDS.
[1:48:49] IT IS SINGLE MOTHERS THAT ARE
[1:48:52] FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
[1:48:54] HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
[1:48:55] IT IS VETERANS THAT COME TO US.
[1:48:58] IT IS UNACCOMPANIED YOUNG
[1:49:00] ADULTS THIS YEAR AS YOUNG AS 15
[1:49:03] THAT ARE BEING REFERRED TO US
[1:49:05] AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN AND
[1:49:09] THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
[1:49:12] AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
[1:49:14] AND ON YOUR SCREEN AND PROVIDE
[1:49:16] IT TO THE COUNSELORS UM THIS IS
[1:49:19] WHY WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO
[1:49:20] FOCUS ON.
[1:49:21] THIS WORK.
[1:49:22] IN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR ENDING
[1:49:25] IN JUNE, BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
[1:49:29] SAW THEIR HOMELESS NUMBER
[1:49:31] AROUND 4300.
[1:49:34] WHAT THAT MEANS IS 10%
[1:49:37] OF STUDENTS IN OUR HOMELESS AND
[1:49:42] ONE THING WE KNOW LOOKING AT
[1:49:44] THE NUMBERS ACROSS THE STATE IS
[1:49:46] THAT BOSTON DISPROPORTIONATELY
[1:49:50] HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER
[1:49:52] OF HOMELESS STUDENTS.
[1:49:54] UM, AS OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR IT
[1:49:56] WAS 16% 16% OF ALL STUDENTS IN
[1:50:02] THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS THAT
[1:50:04] ARE HOMELESS ARE IN BOSTON.
[1:50:07] LET ME PUT THIS ANOTHER WAY.
[1:50:12] 1 IN 6 1 IN 6 STUDENTS THAT ARE
[1:50:15] HOMELESS IN OUR STATE ARE
[1:50:18] ATTENDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
[1:50:19] SYSTEM RIGHT NOW TODAY.
[1:50:22] AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME
[1:50:25] OF THE SOLUTIONS WHICH WERE
[1:50:26] MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RESPONSE
[1:50:30] NEEDS TO RISE TO THE SCALE
[1:50:31] OF THE PROBLEM.
[1:50:33] AND SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?
[1:50:36] FIRST WE NEED MORE VOUCHERS FOR
[1:50:42] FAMILIES.
[1:50:43] THEIR INCOME SUPPLY SIMPLY
[1:50:46] CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE COST
[1:50:49] OF HOUSING IN BOSTON.
[1:50:50] VOUCHERS HELP FILL THAT GAP.
[1:50:54] SECOND WE NEED MORE INVESTMENT
[1:50:58] IN PREVENTION RENTAL ASSISTANCE
[1:51:02] LEGAL REPRESENTATION AS YOU'LL
[1:51:03] HEAR MORE ABOUT LATER AND
[1:51:06] FLEXIBLE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
[1:51:08] FOR OUR FAMILIES.
[1:51:11] THIRD, WE MUST CONTINUE TO
[1:51:13] SUSTAIN THE BRIDGE AND
[1:51:16] COLLABORATION BETWEEN
[1:51:18] ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS LIKE
[1:51:19] FAMILY AID LIKE UNITED WAY THAT
[1:51:22] COLLABORATE AND CONNECT WITH
[1:51:24] THE SCHOOLS, WITH THE LIAISONS
[1:51:26] WITH THE DEANS, WITH THE SCHOOL
[1:51:29] NURSES OR WHOMEVER ELSE MAY BE
[1:51:31] THE REFERRAL SOURCE.
[1:51:33] THIS SYSTEM WORKS.
[1:51:35] WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST
[1:51:37] IN IT.
[1:51:41] AND LAST WE NEED TO INVEST IN
[1:51:45] WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A FAMILY
[1:51:48] GETS KEYS.
[1:51:51] CHILDREN STILL NEED ACADEMIC
[1:51:54] MENTORING, TRANSPORTATION.
[1:51:57] MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS
[1:51:59] SUPPORTS AND MANY OTHER THINGS
[1:52:01] TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMAIN
[1:52:05] STABLE.
[1:52:06] PARENTS MAY NEED EMPLOYMENT
[1:52:09] SUPPORT.
[1:52:09] THEY MAY NEED CHILDCARE
[1:52:12] BENEFITS ASSISTANCE OR
[1:52:14] FINANCIAL COACHING.
[1:52:16] AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO
[1:52:19] STRESS IS WE CANNOT JUST ASK
[1:52:22] OUR SCHOOLS TO SOLVE ALL
[1:52:26] PROBLEMS BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK
[1:52:30] AT HOUSING AND FAMILY
[1:52:32] INSTABILITY THERE ARE SO MANY
[1:52:35] THINGS THAT INVOLVE IT.
[1:52:36] AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
[1:52:38] WE HAVE THAT COORDINATED
[1:52:40] RESPONSE.
[1:52:41] AND SO I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS.
[1:52:44] HIGHER GROUND WAS FOUNDED 16
[1:52:46] YEARS AGO WITH A SIMPLE
[1:52:49] QUESTION WHAT DO YOU NEED AND
[1:52:52] WHAT CAN WE DO?
[1:52:54] AND SO WHAT DO OUR FAMILIES
[1:52:57] NEED?
[1:52:58] HOW CAN WE HELP THEM?
[1:53:02] EVERY CHILD IN THE CITY
[1:53:05] OF BOSTON THAT IS EXPERIENCING
[1:53:06] HOMELESSNESS NEEDS THAT VILLAGE
[1:53:09] THAT SAYS TO THEM WE SEE YOU.
[1:53:14] YOU DON'T HAVE TO NAVIGATE THIS
[1:53:15] ALONE.
[1:53:16] THERE IS FAMILY AID.
[1:53:18] THERE IS UNITED WAY.
[1:53:19] THERE IS HIGHER GROUND.
[1:53:21] THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER
[1:53:23] ORGANIZATIONS.
[1:53:24] AND WE WILL STAY ALONGSIDE YOU
[1:53:28] NOT ONLY AS YOU FIND A HOME BUT
[1:53:31] UNTIL YOU GET TO A SPACE AND A
[1:53:33] PLACE WHERE YOU ARE THRIVING.
[1:53:37] AGAIN, I KNOW THIS EXPERIENCE
[1:53:40] FIRSTHAND.
[1:53:41] AND I AM SO GRATEFUL AND
[1:53:43] THANKFUL FOR BEING SUPPORTED
[1:53:46] AND HAVING FOLKS WRAP AROUND
[1:53:48] ME.
[1:53:49] SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY BASED
[1:53:51] PARTNERS.
[1:53:52] AND SO I THANK YOU FOR INVITING
[1:53:55] US.
[1:53:56] AND I DO WANT TO CLOSE WITH
[1:53:57] THIS IS IF WE TRULY WANT TO
[1:53:59] BREAK THE CYCLE OF BEING
[1:54:02] UNHOUSED, WE REALLY HAVE TO
[1:54:04] LOOK AT ISSUES THAT GO BEYOND
[1:54:09] JUST GETTING A KEY.
[1:54:11] THE KEY IS THE FIRST THAT.
[1:54:13] BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW
[1:54:15] DO WE MAKE SURE FAMILIES AND
[1:54:16] STUDENTS REMAIN STABLE AFTER
[1:54:18] THAT.
[1:54:20] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[1:54:24] I'LL BE OVER A LITTLE BIT HERE.
[1:54:27] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[1:54:28] UH, AS I MENTIONED, MY NAME IS
[1:54:29] TOM BYRNE.
[1:54:30] I'M AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT
[1:54:31] THE BOSTON COLLEGE SCHOOL
[1:54:32] OF SOCIAL WORK.
[1:54:33] UH, DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT AND A
[1:54:35] FORMER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
[1:54:37] STUDENT MYSELF.
[1:54:38] UH, THANK YOU TO THE
[1:54:40] COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE
[1:54:40] OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
[1:54:41] TODAY.
[1:54:43] MY RESEARCH AT BOSTON COLLEGE
[1:54:44] FOCUSES BROADLY ON THE CAUSES,
[1:54:46] CONSEQUENCES AND POLICY
[1:54:48] SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS AND
[1:54:49] HOUSING INSECURITY.
[1:54:50] I'VE BEEN DOING APPLIED
[1:54:51] RESEARCH ON THESE TOPICS FOR
[1:54:53] NEARLY TWO DECADES.
[1:54:55] TODAY I WANT TO SHARE WHAT
[1:54:56] EXISTING RESEARCH TELLS US
[1:54:57] ABOUT TWO THINGS.
[1:54:58] FIRST, HOW HOMELESSNESS
[1:55:00] NEGATIVELY AFFECTS CHILDREN'S
[1:55:02] EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND
[1:55:03] WELL-BEING.
[1:55:04] AND SECOND, WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS
[1:55:06] TO HELP FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
[1:55:07] AT HIGH RISK OF HOMELESSNESS
[1:55:09] AND CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING
[1:55:10] HOMELESSNESS.
[1:55:11] FIRST, THE EVIDENCE IS CRYSTAL
[1:55:14] CLEAR THAT HOMELESSNESS AND
[1:55:15] HOUSING INSECURITY CREATE
[1:55:16] SUBSTANTIAL BARRIERS TO
[1:55:19] CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS
[1:55:20] AND BROADER WELL-BEING.
[1:55:22] WE HEARD SOME OF THIS EVIDENCE
[1:55:24] EARLIER BUT I'LL REITERATED
[1:55:25] HERE.
[1:55:26] STUDIES CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT
[1:55:27] THE COUNTRY CONSISTENTLY LINK
[1:55:30] HOMELESSNESS WITH HIGHER RATES
[1:55:31] OF ABSENTEEISM, INCREASED
[1:55:32] SCHOOL MOBILITY AND LOWER
[1:55:34] PERFORMANCE IN MATH AND READING
[1:55:35] .
[1:55:36] HOMELESS STUDENTS ALSO HAVE
[1:55:37] LOWER RATES OF HIGH SCHOOL
[1:55:39] GRADUATION AND COLLEGE
[1:55:40] ATTENDANCE.
[1:55:41] THESE TRENDS ARE APPARENT IN
[1:55:43] THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS
[1:55:44] WELL WITH DATA FROM THE
[1:55:45] MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
[1:55:47] ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
[1:55:49] EDUCATION SHOWING THAT BOSTON
[1:55:50] PUBLIC SCHOOL 10TH GRADERS
[1:55:52] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WERE
[1:55:53] LESS LIKELY TO MEET
[1:55:55] EXPECTATIONS ON MIXED EXAMS
[1:55:57] THAN THEIR LOW INCOME HOUSING
[1:55:59] COUNTERPARTS.
[1:56:00] HOMELESSNESS IS ALSO ASSOCIATED
[1:56:02] WITH ADVERSE PHYSICAL AND
[1:56:03] MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG
[1:56:05] CHILDREN IN SOME, ALTHOUGH MANY
[1:56:08] STUDENTS EXPERIENCING
[1:56:09] HOMELESSNESS CAN AND DO SUCCEED
[1:56:11] ACADEMICALLY, THEY FACE
[1:56:13] SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER OBSTACLES
[1:56:14] TO DOING SO THAN THEIR HOUSED
[1:56:16] COUNTERPARTS.
[1:56:17] SECOND, RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT
[1:56:19] HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
[1:56:21] PROGRAMS HOLD GREAT POTENTIAL
[1:56:22] FOR HELPING FAMILIES MAINTAIN
[1:56:24] STABLE HOUSING AND IMPROVING
[1:56:25] CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
[1:56:27] AND WELL-BEING.
[1:56:28] ONE INCREASINGLY PROMINENT
[1:56:30] APPROACH NATIONWIDE INVOLVES
[1:56:32] FORMAL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN
[1:56:33] SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOUSING
[1:56:34] AGENCIES TO MEET THE HOUSING
[1:56:36] AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
[1:56:37] OF HOUSING UNSTABLE CHILDREN.
[1:56:38] THE PROGRAM, WHICH FOLKS HAVE
[1:56:40] ALREADY HEARD ABOUT TODAY, IS
[1:56:42] ONE SUCH PROGRAM AND RECOGNIZES
[1:56:45] IT'S RECOGNIZING ITS UNIQUE
[1:56:47] APPROACH.
[1:56:47] A RECENT REPORT BY RESEARCHERS
[1:56:49] AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
[1:56:50] CALIFORNIA HIGHLIGHTED EHAB AS
[1:56:52] AN INNOVATIVE EXAMPLE OF A
[1:56:54] SCHOOL HOUSING PARTNERSHIP.
[1:56:55] TOGETHER WITH MY BOSTON COLLEGE
[1:56:58] COLLEAGUES AND IN PARTNERSHIP
[1:56:59] WITH THE UNITED WAY.
[1:57:01] WE COLLABORATED WITH BOTH DPS
[1:57:02] AND FAMILY AID TO CONDUCT A
[1:57:04] MULTI-YEAR STUDY OF THE PROGRAM
[1:57:06] .
[1:57:07] OUR FINAL REPORT FROM THIS
[1:57:08] STUDY, WHICH COUNCILOR WEBER
[1:57:10] MENTIONED EARLIER, WAS
[1:57:11] PUBLISHED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR
[1:57:13] ,IDENTIFIED SEVERAL IMPORTANT
[1:57:15] FINDINGS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE
[1:57:17] BEEN SHARED ALREADY.
[1:57:18] BUT I'LL TRY AND REITERATE THE
[1:57:19] KEY FINDINGS FROM OUR
[1:57:20] PERSPECTIVE HERE.
[1:57:23] FIRST WE FOUND THAT E HIP
[1:57:25] FAMILIES EXPERIENCED INCREASES
[1:57:27] IN HOUSING STABILITY AND
[1:57:28] HOUSING QUALITY OVER TIME.
[1:57:30] THE SHARE OF HIP FAMILIES
[1:57:32] LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOUSING
[1:57:33] INCREASED FROM 49% TO 84% OVER
[1:57:36] A TWO YEAR PERIOD AND FAMILIES
[1:57:38] REPORTED SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER
[1:57:39] HOUSING QUALITY PROBLEMS.
[1:57:41] SECOND, PARENTAL WELL-BEING
[1:57:44] IMPROVED OVER TIME TWO YEARS
[1:57:46] AFTER REFERRAL TO MORE PARENTS
[1:57:48] ,REPEATED GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH
[1:57:51] AND HIGH PSYCHOLOGICAL
[1:57:52] WELL-BEING WHILE ANXIETY AND
[1:57:54] DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS DECLINED.
[1:57:57] THIRD, FOR EB CHILDREN, WE
[1:57:59] IDENTIFIED SOME PROMISING
[1:58:00] IMPROVEMENTS IN SELECTED
[1:58:01] LEARNING BEHAVIORS AND
[1:58:03] REDUCTIONS IN EMOTIONAL
[1:58:04] DISTRESS.
[1:58:05] FOURTH, WE FOUND SIGNIFICANT
[1:58:08] IMPROVEMENTS IN SCHOOL
[1:58:09] ATTENDANCE.
[1:58:10] THE RATE OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM
[1:58:12] AMONG E HIP CHILDREN DECLINED
[1:58:14] FROM 61% TO 52%.
[1:58:17] WE ALSO FOUND THAT STUDENTS
[1:58:18] REFERRED TO HIP IN ONE SCHOOL
[1:58:20] YEAR HAD A FIVE PERCENTAGE
[1:58:21] POINT INCREASE IN THEIR
[1:58:23] ATTENDANCE RATE IN THE
[1:58:23] FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR RELATIVE
[1:58:25] TO A COMPARISON GROUP
[1:58:26] OF STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS AT
[1:58:28] RISK OF HOMELESSNESS WHO WERE
[1:58:29] NOT REFERRED TO HIP.
[1:58:31] THIS EQUATES TO NINE ADDITIONAL
[1:58:33] DAYS OF ATTENDANCE IN AN
[1:58:34] ACADEMIC YEAR FOR E HIP
[1:58:36] STUDENTS.
[1:58:38] FINALLY, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED
[1:58:41] UM ONE LAST THING THAT WE
[1:58:42] IDENTIFIED WAS UH AS
[1:58:44] COUNCILOR WEBER MENTIONED OUR
[1:58:46] STUDY SURFACE CHALLENGES AND
[1:58:47] IDENTIFYING STUDENTS AT RISK
[1:58:49] OF HOMELESSNESS.
[1:58:50] AND IN FOLLOWING UP ON THAT
[1:58:52] FINDING OUR TEAM HAS BEEN DOING
[1:58:53] SOME ADDITIONAL WORK UM,
[1:58:55] TALKING TO HOMELESS LIAISONS
[1:58:57] AND DEVELOPING AND PILOT
[1:58:59] TESTING, UH, A SERIES
[1:59:01] OF QUESTIONS THAT COULD
[1:59:02] THEORETICALLY BE INCLUDED IN A
[1:59:04] SCREENING TOOL TO IDENTIFY
[1:59:05] STUDENTS AT RISK
[1:59:06] OF HOMELESSNESS, WHICH I'M
[1:59:07] HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT.
[1:59:09] SO IN CLOSING, OUR STUDY
[1:59:11] FINDINGS ARE ENCOURAGING.
[1:59:12] THEY SUGGEST THAT SCHOOL
[1:59:14] HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS LIKE HIP
[1:59:16] MAY HELP IMPROVE HOUSING
[1:59:17] STABILITY AND SUPPORT STUDENTS
[1:59:19] ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
[1:59:22] UM WHILE MORE RESEARCH ON THE
[1:59:24] IMPACT OF THESE TYPES
[1:59:25] OF PROGRAMS IS NEEDED, OUR
[1:59:26] FINDINGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH A
[1:59:28] BROADER BODY OF RESEARCH
[1:59:29] DEMONSTRATING THAT PROVIDING
[1:59:30] FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
[1:59:31] HOMELESSNESS WITH SAFE,
[1:59:33] AFFORDABLE AND STABLE HOUSING
[1:59:34] IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO
[1:59:36] SUPPORT THEIR HOUSING
[1:59:37] STABILITY, EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS
[1:59:39] AND BROADER WELL-BEING.
[1:59:41] E HIP IS ONE PROMISING PATHWAY
[1:59:43] FOR HELPING FAMILIES, BUT WE
[1:59:44] NEED TO INVEST IN OTHER
[1:59:45] SOLUTIONS AS WELL, SUCH AS
[1:59:47] EXPANDING THE AVAILABILITY
[1:59:48] OF LONG TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE
[1:59:50] PROGRAMS, INCREASING THE SUPPLY
[1:59:51] OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
[1:59:53] ENSURING THAT ONCE HOUSED
[1:59:55] FAMILIES HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY
[1:59:56] NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL OVER THE
[1:59:57] LONG TERM.
[1:59:58] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I
[2:00:00] LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS
[2:00:01] YOU MIGHT HAVE.
[2:00:06] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[2:00:07] UH, AGAIN LUCIANO.
[2:00:08] RAMOS UH, WITH FAMILY AID.
[2:00:10] UM, WE ARE UH, 110 YEAR OLD
[2:00:14] ORGANIZATION THAT WAS
[2:00:15] ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AS
[2:00:17] TRAVELER'S AID UM, HELPING TO
[2:00:19] UH, RECENT IMMIGRANTS AND
[2:00:21] MIGRANTS WHO ARE COMING TO THE
[2:00:22] COUNTRY TO GET SETTLED IN.
[2:00:24] UH, WE EXPERIENCED A NUMBER
[2:00:26] OF UH, BOOMS UM, OVER OUR
[2:00:28] LIFETIME, UH, WHICH ALSO
[2:00:30] INCLUDED THE GREAT MIGRATION
[2:00:31] UM, UH, FAMILIES MOVING FROM
[2:00:33] JIM CROW SOUTH UP TO THE NORTH.
[2:00:35] UH, AS WELL AS UH YOU KNOW, ALL
[2:00:37] THE WAVES OF IMMIGRATION THAT
[2:00:38] THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS
[2:00:39] WELCOMED.
[2:00:40] UM, UM, AROUND THE 70S OR 80S.
[2:00:43] UH, WE DID PIVOT OUR WORK, UH,
[2:00:46] TO START FOCUSING IN ON HOUSING
[2:00:47] BECAUSE WHAT WE REALIZED WAS
[2:00:48] THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE NUMBER
[2:00:50] ONE ISSUES, UM, THAT WAS, UH,
[2:00:52] CHALLENGING FAMILIES FROM
[2:00:53] GETTING SETTLED IN THEIR
[2:00:54] COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING
[2:00:55] PROSPEROUS LIVES.
[2:00:56] UM, AND SO ABOUT FAMILY AID.
[2:00:59] OUR MISSION REALLY IS TO WORK
[2:01:00] WITH FAMILIES, UH, PARENTS AND
[2:01:02] CAREGIVERS TO WHO ARE FACING
[2:01:04] HOMELESSNESS, UM, AND HELP THEM
[2:01:06] SECURE AND SUSTAIN HOUSING, UH,
[2:01:08] WHILE ALSO BUILDING STRONG
[2:01:10] FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
[2:01:11] UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD A LOT
[2:01:14] OF DATA ALREADY AND I'VE BEEN
[2:01:15] TRYING TO UH, EDIT MY MY
[2:01:16] PRESENTATION UH, A BIT.
[2:01:18] UM, UH, YOU KNOW, BOSTON HAS
[2:01:20] THE THIRD HIGHEST NUMBER
[2:01:21] OF HOMELESS CHILDREN, UM, AND
[2:01:23] PARENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
[2:01:24] UM, WE KNOW THAT, UH, THE
[2:01:27] MOMENT A CHILD EXPERIENCES
[2:01:28] HOMELESSNESS, IT REROUTES THEIR
[2:01:29] ENTIRE TRAJECTORY, RIGHT?
[2:01:31] UM, AND, UH AND DESPITE THIS,
[2:01:33] UH, MOST HOMELESS INTERVENTIONS
[2:01:35] TODAY ARE REACTIVE OR THEY'RE
[2:01:37] DESIGNED FOR ADULTS, RIGHT?
[2:01:39] UM, YOU KNOW, AND UM, OUR
[2:01:41] APPROACH REALLY DOES FOCUS
[2:01:43] HEAVILY ON PREVENTATIVE CARE
[2:01:44] AND SUPPORT.
[2:01:45] UM, AND WE ARE DESIGNED FOR
[2:01:47] CHILDREN.
[2:01:47] UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUSING
[2:01:49] IN ON HOW CAN WE SUPPORT BOTH
[2:01:52] GENERATIONS.
[2:01:52] UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE
[2:01:54] TAKE THEM.
[2:01:55] UH, WE HELP PREVENT
[2:01:56] HOMELESSNESS WHENEVER WE
[2:01:57] POSSIBLY CAN.
[2:01:58] UH, BUT WHEN HOMELESSNESS
[2:01:59] STRIKES, WE TAKE THEM FROM
[2:02:00] CRISIS TO STABILITY.
[2:02:02] UH, WE REALLY HAVE A TRAUMA
[2:02:04] INFORMED APPROACH IN WHICH THE
[2:02:05] FAMILY IS IN CONTROL.
[2:02:06] THEY'RE THE ONES TELLING US
[2:02:07] WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED.
[2:02:08] AND WE BRING THE EXPERTISE AND
[2:02:10] THE PARTNERS TO THE TABLE, UH,
[2:02:12] TO TRY TO RESPOND.
[2:02:13] RIGHT.
[2:02:13] UM, AND SO UM, WE REALLY DO
[2:02:17] FOCUS AND HAVE OVER THE PAST
[2:02:19] FEW YEARS UM, AND UH, FOCUSING
[2:02:21] ON SELF-SUFFICIENCY BECAUSE THE
[2:02:22] OLD MODELS JUST HAVEN'T WORKED.
[2:02:24] UM, YOU KNOW, AND UM, SO
[2:02:27] SELF-SUFFICIENCY, HOUSING
[2:02:28] STABILITY, HOUSING PLACEMENT
[2:02:29] AND NEW HOUSING RETENTION UM,
[2:02:31] OUR RETENTION RATE.
[2:02:32] UM, WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO HELP
[2:02:34] FAMILIES, UH, GET INTO HOUSING
[2:02:35] IS AROUND 88% UH, COMPARED TO
[2:02:38] NATIONALLY, UH, IT HOVERS
[2:02:41] BETWEEN 59 AND 85%.
[2:02:42] UM AND UM AND OUR HOUSING
[2:02:45] PLACEMENT RATE IS ACTUALLY
[2:02:46] AROUND 63%, UH, WHICH MOST
[2:02:48] ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE
[2:02:49] COUNTRY ARE OUR PEERS IF YOU
[2:02:50] WOULD UM, UH, CALL 25% SUCCESS
[2:02:53] .
[2:02:54] SO UH SO SO WE HAVE A PRETTY
[2:02:56] GOOD TRACK RECORD.
[2:02:56] WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF GOOD
[2:02:58] WORK.
[2:02:58] OUR TWO GEN STRATEGY FOCUSES IN
[2:03:00] NOT JUST ON HOUSING UM, AND
[2:03:02] PREVENTION.
[2:03:03] UH, BUT WHEN WE MEET THE
[2:03:05] FAMILIES, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY
[2:03:06] TRYING TO HELP THEM BUILD THEIR
[2:03:07] SOCIAL CAPITAL.
[2:03:08] UH, WE'RE HELPING THEM, UM, GET
[2:03:10] CONNECTED TO HEALTH AND
[2:03:11] WELL-BEING SERVICES, UM, BUILD
[2:03:13] THEIR ECONOMIC ASSETS, UM, AS
[2:03:16] WELL AS, UH, FIND OUR MAP OUT
[2:03:18] THEIR OWN PATH, UH, TO ECONOMIC
[2:03:21] MOBILITY THROUGH EDUCATION.
[2:03:22] UM, AND EDUCATION PARTNERS.
[2:03:25] UM, AND SO WE ARE THE LARGEST
[2:03:26] PROVIDER OF COMPREHENSIVE
[2:03:27] SERVICES SOLELY FOCUSED ON
[2:03:29] HOMELESS CHILDREN AND PARENTS.
[2:03:30] UM, UH, IN MASSACHUSETTS.
[2:03:32] UM, AND UH WE PROVIDE
[2:03:34] EVERYTHING FROM PREVENTION AND
[2:03:36] DIVERSION TO EMERGENCY SHELTER
[2:03:38] ,UH, HOUSING SEARCH AND
[2:03:39] PLACEMENT, HOUSING
[2:03:41] STABILIZATION, WRAPAROUND CASE
[2:03:42] MANAGEMENT SERVICE NAVIGATION,
[2:03:43] RAPID REHOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE
[2:03:45] HOUSING AS WELL.
[2:03:46] UM, LAST YEAR WE SERVED OVER UH
[2:03:49] 5000 UM, UH, CHILDREN AND THEIR
[2:03:51] PARENTS.
[2:03:52] UM, BUT WHO OUR FAMILIES ARE.
[2:03:54] YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE SIZE
[2:03:55] ABOUT THREE PEOPLE.
[2:03:56] 90% ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, 75%
[2:03:58] ARE LED BY SINGLE MOTHERS.
[2:04:00] UH, AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
[2:04:02] AROUND 13,500 A YEAR.
[2:04:05] UH, WE HAVE 65% OF ALL OF OUR
[2:04:07] CLIENTS ACTUALLY BEING CHILDREN
[2:04:08] UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
[2:04:10] UM, 45% ARE ILLEGAL ENTRANTS
[2:04:12] AND NEW ARRIVALS.
[2:04:14] AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE
[2:04:17] NUMBERS AND WE'VE HEARD THE
[2:04:18] STATISTICS RIGHT.
[2:04:18] AND UM AND I'M ACTUALLY IN DAY
[2:04:21] 29 OF MY JOB.
[2:04:22] UH, SO RELATIVELY NEW UH,
[2:04:24] PRESIDENT AND CEO.
[2:04:26] UM, YOU KNOW.
[2:04:27] AND AND UH BUT TO HELP LIKE
[2:04:28] PAINT A BIT OF A PICTURE AROUND
[2:04:30] THIS ON MY SECOND WEEK ON THE
[2:04:32] JOB, UM, I WAS HEADING INTO THE
[2:04:34] OFFICE AROUND 830.
[2:04:35] UM, AND WE HAVE KIND OF LIKE A,
[2:04:36] UH, ONE OF THOSE INTERCOMS
[2:04:38] WHICH IS TO DIAL IN TO GET
[2:04:39] ACCESS.
[2:04:40] AND AS I WAS PULLING UP I SAW A
[2:04:42] WOMAN, UM, WHO, UH, WAS
[2:04:44] DISTRAUGHT AND SHE WAS HAVING A
[2:04:45] HARD TIME WITH THE INTERCOM
[2:04:46] WHICH EVERYBODY DOES UM, AND,
[2:04:48] UH AND WHAT WE FOUND.
[2:04:49] UH, I WENT UP TO I TALKED TO
[2:04:51] HER A LITTLE BIT AND COME TO
[2:04:52] FIND OUT, UH, SHE WAS A CURRENT
[2:04:54] CLIENT AND SHE NEEDED HELP
[2:04:55] BECAUSE THE NIGHT BEFORE.
[2:04:56] UH, HER MOTHER WHO SHE HAD BEEN
[2:04:58] STAYING WITH WITH HER BOYFRIEND
[2:05:00] AND HER SON, UH, WAS SLEEPING
[2:05:02] ON THE FLOOR, UM, UH, IN THE
[2:05:04] KITCHEN.
[2:05:04] HER MOTHER TOLD HIM THAT SHE
[2:05:05] NEEDED TO LEAVE.
[2:05:06] UM, AND SO I BROUGHT HER
[2:05:08] UPSTAIRS, GOT HER A CUP
[2:05:09] OF COFFEE, SAT DOWN WITH HER
[2:05:10] FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
[2:05:11] COME TO FIND OUT, UH, SHE HAS A
[2:05:13] SON WHO SHE'S INCREDIBLY PROUD
[2:05:14] OF, UH, WHO JUST STARTED BOSTON
[2:05:16] LATIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
[2:05:17] SCHOOL YEAR.
[2:05:18] UM, SHE, UH, IS COLLEGE
[2:05:20] EDUCATED IN HER FAMILY TO GO TO
[2:05:22] COLLEGE.
[2:05:23] UH, HAD PURCHASED A HOME OF HER
[2:05:24] OWN.
[2:05:25] UM, UH AND REALLY JUST THROUGH
[2:05:28] NO FAULT OF HER OWN, SHE WAS
[2:05:29] WORKING, UM, AT A FINANCIAL
[2:05:32] SERVICES INDUSTRY, UH, COMPANY.
[2:05:34] LOCAL COMPANY WHO LAID OFF HER
[2:05:36] ENTIRE LEVEL OF MANAGEMENT.
[2:05:37] UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SHE
[2:05:39] HAD, UH, HAS BEEN HARASSED BY A
[2:05:41] FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO SHE FOUND
[2:05:43] THAT WAS CLOCKING IN AND, UM
[2:05:45] AND WASN'T REPORTING TO WORK.
[2:05:47] UM, AND SO THE TRAUMA AND THE
[2:05:49] HARASSMENT THAT'S CONTINUE TO
[2:05:50] BOMBARD THIS WOMAN, UH, HAD
[2:05:52] RESULTED IN HER GOING TO HER
[2:05:53] LAST RESORT WHICH WAS STAYING
[2:05:55] WITH HER MOTHER.
[2:05:56] UM, BUT THE HARASSMENT HAD
[2:05:57] MOVED TO HER MOTHER'S HOUSE AND
[2:05:58] HER MOTHER SAID SHE COULDN'T
[2:05:59] TAKE IT ANY LONGER EITHER.
[2:06:01] UM, AND SO WE WERE IN VERY
[2:06:03] SHORT ORDER.
[2:06:04] WE MET HER.
[2:06:05] WE, UM AGAIN TRIED TO, UH TO
[2:06:07] MEET HER IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
[2:06:08] RIGHT.
[2:06:09] UM, AND SO WE, UH AS A CLIENT
[2:06:11] WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT SOME
[2:06:12] OF WHAT SHE WAS RECEIVING AS
[2:06:13] FAR AS SERVICES GO.
[2:06:15] UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BEFORE WE
[2:06:17] SENT HER OFF.
[2:06:18] UH, WE CONNECTED WITH HER CASE
[2:06:19] MANAGER.
[2:06:20] UH, WE ALSO CONNECTED WITH HER
[2:06:21] ,UH, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
[2:06:23] BECAUSE, UH, THE TRAUMA THAT
[2:06:25] SHE EXPERIENCED SHE STARTED,
[2:06:26] UH, HAVING COUNSELING AND SHE
[2:06:27] HAD EXPRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES IN
[2:06:29] HER CONVERSATION WITH ME THAT
[2:06:30] IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER SON, SHE
[2:06:31] DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE CAN CONTINUE
[2:06:32] ON.
[2:06:33] RIGHT.
[2:06:33] UM, THIS IS A WOMAN WHO HELD UP
[2:06:36] ,UH, HER OWN KEYS TO HER
[2:06:37] HOUSE.
[2:06:37] UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO AND
[2:06:39] RECENTLY LOST THAT.
[2:06:40] BUT, UH, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T
[2:06:41] PAY THE MORTGAGE.
[2:06:42] UM, AND AS WE SENT HER OUT, UH,
[2:06:46] WE FOUND OUT THAT SHE HADN'T
[2:06:47] EATEN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS
[2:06:48] BECAUSE SHE FELT BAD TAKING
[2:06:50] FOOD FROM HER MOTHER.
[2:06:51] UM, AND FROM HER MOTHER'S
[2:06:53] PLACE.
[2:06:53] AND SO WE GAVE HER A GIFT CARD
[2:06:54] TO DUNCAN WHILE HER KID WAS AT
[2:06:55] A CAMP.
[2:06:56] UM, AND THEN WE GAVE HER A GIFT
[2:06:57] CARD TO BUY GROCERIES.
[2:06:58] UM, AS WELL.
[2:06:59] UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT,
[2:07:01] UH, WE ALSO THROUGH SOME OF OUR
[2:07:02] PARTNERS.
[2:07:03] UH, SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE A
[2:07:04] JOB INTERVIEW AND SHE ACTUALLY
[2:07:05] HAS BEEN HIRED.
[2:07:07] UM, UH, SHE'S STILL STAYING
[2:07:08] WITH HER MOM.
[2:07:09] HER MOM GAVE HER A LITTLE
[2:07:10] EXTENDED TIME.
[2:07:11] UM, HER SON HAS STARTED SCHOOL.
[2:07:13] UH, AND HE'S DOING REALLY,
[2:07:14] REALLY WELL.
[2:07:15] UM, BUT THESE WRAPAROUND
[2:07:17] SUPPORTS, UM, IS PART OF THE
[2:07:19] SOLUTION.
[2:07:19] YOU ASKED EARLIER HOW DO WE DO
[2:07:21] THIS?
[2:07:21] UH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO
[2:07:22] INCREASE, UM, UH, AWARENESS
[2:07:24] OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE,
[2:07:26] BUT WE DO THIS TO OUR PARTNERS.
[2:07:27] UH, THE 100 OR SO PARTNERS THAT
[2:07:28] HAVE COME AROUND THE TABLE TO
[2:07:29] WORK CLOSELY WITH DPS.
[2:07:31] UM, YOU KNOW, COREY SAID HE
[2:07:32] DIDN'T WANT TO STEAL MY
[2:07:33] THUNDER, BUT HE KIND OF DID.
[2:07:34] HE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF IT AND
[2:07:35] BUT HE SPOKE MY LANGUAGE
[2:07:37] BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED SO
[2:07:39] CLOSELY AS PARTNERS.
[2:07:40] UM, EVERYONE UP HERE HAS WORKED
[2:07:42] SO CLOSELY AS PARTNERS THAT WE
[2:07:43] ALL SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE.
[2:07:44] UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALSO HAVE
[2:07:46] A SHARED EXPERIENCE.
[2:07:46] UM, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY
[2:07:48] OF MY, UH, TEAM THAT I GET TO
[2:07:50] WORK WITH, UM.
[2:07:51] UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 46% OF THEM
[2:07:53] HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE INCLUDING
[2:07:54] MYSELF.
[2:07:55] UM, YOU KNOW, I CALLED 18
[2:07:56] DIFFERENT PLACES HOME BY THE
[2:07:58] TIME I WAS 17.
[2:07:59] UM, I DIDN'T GROW UP HERE IN
[2:08:00] BOSTON.
[2:08:01] UH, BUT I LOVE THE CITY.
[2:08:03] UM AND, UM AND RETURNED BACK
[2:08:05] RECENTLY.
[2:08:05] UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST, UM,
[2:08:07] VERY PROUD AND HAPPY TO BE A
[2:08:09] PART OF THIS WORK AND I'LL MOVE
[2:08:10] ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
[2:08:11] BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
[2:08:13] FAMILY AND THE WORK WE DO.
[2:08:14] UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
[2:08:16] CONTINUING TO ENGAGE IN
[2:08:17] CONVERSATION.
[2:08:17] SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
[2:08:18] TODAY.
[2:08:19] THANK YOU.
[2:08:20] UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR.
[2:08:22] UH, AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE
[2:08:24] COUNCIL.
[2:08:24] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
[2:08:25] TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
[2:08:27] UM, AS I SAID, MY NAME IS ANNA
[2:08:29] ERLICH AND THE MANAGING
[2:08:29] ATTORNEY OF THE HOUSING UNIT AT
[2:08:31] GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES
[2:08:33] DOUBLES.
[2:08:34] UH, WE'RE ONE OF THE OLDEST,
[2:08:37] UM, LEGAL AID ORGANIZATIONS IN
[2:08:39] THE NATION.
[2:08:40] WE'VE BEEN HERE IN BOSTON, UM,
[2:08:42] FOR 126 YEARS NOW.
[2:08:45] UH, WE PROVIDE FREE CIVIL LEGAL
[2:08:47] AID, UM, TO LOW INCOME
[2:08:49] INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN A
[2:08:50] WIDE RANGE OF AREAS INCLUDING
[2:08:53] HOUSING AND WITHIN OUR HOUSING
[2:08:55] WORK.
[2:08:56] I WANT TO FOCUS ON TWO, UM,
[2:08:59] AREAS OF WORK THAT WE DO.
[2:09:00] ONE IS WE PROVIDE LEGAL
[2:09:02] ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES SEEKING
[2:09:04] TO ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS WITHIN
[2:09:06] THE STATE.
[2:09:07] UH, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
[2:09:09] SHELTER THE A SYSTEM AND HOME
[2:09:11] BASE.
[2:09:12] UH AND WE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY
[2:09:14] FIVE CALLS EVERY WEEK FROM
[2:09:16] FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN DENIED
[2:09:17] ACCESS TO SHELTER OR ARE FACING
[2:09:20] TERMINATION FROM THE SHELTER.
[2:09:22] AND THROUGH THIS WORK, WE SEE
[2:09:23] FIRSTHAND HOW A SYSTEM INTENDED
[2:09:26] TO PROMOTE FAMILY STABILITY CAN
[2:09:28] INSTEAD FAIL FAMILIES AT THE
[2:09:30] VERY MOMENT WHEN THEY NEED HELP
[2:09:32] THE MOST.
[2:09:33] UM, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY
[2:09:34] COLLEAGUE.
[2:09:35] UM, PLEASE, ALFRED WHO'S HERE
[2:09:37] AND SHE LEADS THAT WORK AND SHE
[2:09:39] CAN SPEAK IN GREATER DETAIL
[2:09:41] ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE
[2:09:42] SEE WITHIN THE STATE SHELTER
[2:09:43] SYSTEM.
[2:09:46] UM, SECOND, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
[2:09:48] OUR EVICTION PREVENTION WORK
[2:09:50] THAT IS AN UPSTREAM
[2:09:52] INTERVENTION WITH THE WHICH
[2:09:55] HELPS US PREVENT HOMELESSNESS
[2:09:58] IN UH, HELP FAMILIES TO NOT
[2:10:01] EITHER NOT NEED E SHELTER OR
[2:10:05] WORK CASES IN CASES WHERE WE
[2:10:06] CANNOT PREVENT THE EVICTION
[2:10:09] ENSURE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY
[2:10:10] AT THE END OF THE EVICTION
[2:10:12] PROCESS ENTER THE E SHELTER
[2:10:13] BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT
[2:10:14] OF BARRIERS OF ENTRY TO THE
[2:10:15] SHELTER SYSTEM.
[2:10:17] UM AND I WANT TO PARTICULARLY
[2:10:18] HIGHLIGHT WITHIN THAT WORK OUR
[2:10:21] UM ACCESS TO COUNCILOR WORK
[2:10:22] THAT WE DO TOGETHER WITH UM THE
[2:10:25] CITY MAYOR, UM THE OFFICE
[2:10:27] OF HOUSING FAMILY AID.
[2:10:28] UH, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
[2:10:31] COUNCILOR WEBER HIS, UH,
[2:10:33] LEADERSHIP UM, UM, IN HELPING
[2:10:36] MAKING THIS PROGRAM A SUCCESS.
[2:10:37] UH, SINCE THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED
[2:10:41] IN JANUARY 2025, WE WERE ABLE
[2:10:42] TO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION
[2:10:44] FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN
[2:10:45] COURT TO MORE THAN 170 FAMILIES
[2:10:48] .
[2:10:48] MOST OF THESE FAMILIES, UH,
[2:10:50] WERE REFERRED TO US THROUGH THE
[2:10:51] EAP PROGRAM.
[2:10:52] UH WE ALSO ACCEPT OTHER
[2:10:53] REFERRALS AND UM, INDIVIDUAL
[2:10:55] CALLERS.
[2:10:56] OKAY.
[2:10:57] UH, FOR US AS ATTORNEYS, THE
[2:11:00] MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
[2:11:01] PROGRAM IS THE WRAPAROUND
[2:11:03] SERVICES THAT OUR CLIENTS
[2:11:05] RECEIVE.
[2:11:06] WE CANNOT RESOLVE ANY
[2:11:08] UNDERLYING ISSUES.
[2:11:09] WE CAN HELP THEM IN THIS MOST
[2:11:12] TRAUMATIZING PERIOD OF THEIR
[2:11:15] LIVES FACING EVICTION OR OR
[2:11:18] BEING EVICTED.
[2:11:19] WITH ENFORCING THE RIGHT,
[2:11:22] ENSURING THAT THE LEGAL HURDLE
[2:11:24] IS BEING ADDRESSED.
[2:11:26] BUT, UH, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS
[2:11:27] HERE IN THE ECOSYSTEM WITHIN
[2:11:29] THE WORK WE WORK HERE IN THE
[2:11:31] CITY.
[2:11:32] UM REALLY IS IS WHAT IMPORTANT
[2:11:35] IS WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM AND
[2:11:36] ANY AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS
[2:11:37] THAT WE WORK ON, UM, A SUCCESS
[2:11:39] .
[2:11:41] I ALSO WANT TO STATE AT THIS
[2:11:44] POINT ONE CRITICAL CAVEAT.
[2:11:47] WE ARE THE SUCCESS OF THIS
[2:11:50] INTERVENTION OF ANY LEGAL
[2:11:51] INTERVENTION DEPENDS ON US
[2:11:53] GETTING TO THIS FACT TO THE
[2:11:55] FAMILIES THAT ARE BEING EVICTED
[2:11:57] AS EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS
[2:11:58] POSSIBLE THE LATE THE LATER IN
[2:12:00] THE PROCESS WE REACH THE LESS
[2:12:02] LIKELY WE ARE TO CONNECT WITH
[2:12:05] THE FAMILIES AND PROVIDE AN
[2:12:06] EFFECTIVE LEGAL UM
[2:12:09] INTERVENTION.
[2:12:09] SOMETIMES FAMILIES COME TO US
[2:12:11] AFTER A JUDGMENT THAT ENTERED
[2:12:12] AFTER THEY ALREADY SIGNED AN
[2:12:14] AGREEMENT TO MOVE OUT AND IT IS
[2:12:17] REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET
[2:12:18] CONNECTED WITH THESE FAMILIES
[2:12:19] AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
[2:12:23] I WILL GO SHORTER BECAUSE I
[2:12:24] KNOW WE'RE RUNNING LATE.
[2:12:25] I ALSO HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY.
[2:12:27] SO MY COLLEAGUE UM LIZ WILL BE
[2:12:29] ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION BUT
[2:12:31] THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR
[2:12:34] GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[2:12:35] SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.
[2:12:36] UM, I'M JUST VERY IMPORTANT
[2:12:39] THAT YOU AND I.
[2:12:39] LET'S FINISH SPEAK.
[2:12:40] THANK YOU.
[2:12:41] HELLO, COUNCIL.
[2:12:43] I JUST WANT TO FIRST.
[2:12:44] OFF, THANK, UH, COUNCILMEMBER
[2:12:46] HERE FOR INVITING MEJIA, UM, TO
[2:12:48] BE A PART OF THIS.
[2:12:49] UM, AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK MY
[2:12:51] COLLEAGUES HERE.
[2:12:51] UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE
[2:12:53] WITH YOU GUYS.
[2:12:54] UM.
[2:12:55] YOU KNOW, I IF YOU TOLD ME A
[2:12:59] YEAR AGO OR MAYBE EVEN THIS
[2:13:00] YEAR THAT I WOULD BE SITTING
[2:13:01] HERE, I DEFINITELY BELIEVE IT.
[2:13:02] UM, I HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE
[2:13:03] WITHIN THIS ISSUE, UM, BOTH
[2:13:05] BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL, DURING HIGH
[2:13:06] SCHOOL AND AS RECENTLY AS THIS
[2:13:08] YEAR.
[2:13:09] UM, SO I HAVE A FRESH INSIGHT.
[2:13:10] UM, OF THE ACTIVE SHELTER
[2:13:12] SYSTEM IN THE BOSTON AREA.
[2:13:14] UM AND THE EPIDEMIC ACROSS THE
[2:13:17] STATE AS MY WORK SPANS UH, TO
[2:13:19] THE MERRIMACK VALLEY AS WELL.
[2:13:22] UM UM IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING
[2:13:24] TOGETHER OUR FIRST EVENT FOR
[2:13:25] THE BOSTON YOUTH ACTION BOARD
[2:13:27] WHICH IS GOING TO BE
[2:13:28] OCTOBER 23RD.
[2:13:29] UH, LOCATION IS CURRENTLY
[2:13:31] PENDING.
[2:13:32] LOOKING FOR ANY RESOURCES AND
[2:13:34] HOPE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT OUR
[2:13:35] TIME IS GOING TO BE WE'RE
[2:13:37] EXPECTING FROM 5 TO 8 P.M. WEEK
[2:13:39] BEFORE HALLOWEEN.
[2:13:40] SO A WAY TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE
[2:13:42] THE KIDS AND THE YOUTH TO GET
[2:13:43] OUT AND MAYBE ENCOURAGE
[2:13:44] DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS AND GET
[2:13:46] THEM INVOLVED.
[2:13:47] BUT UM, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE
[2:13:49] SURE THAT UM,
[2:13:52] COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S POINT
[2:13:53] I'M ABLE TO TOUCH UPON WHETHER
[2:13:54] IT'S DEFUNDING OR FUNDAMENTALLY
[2:13:56] CHANGE THINGS.
[2:13:57] I THINK BOTH ARE VERY GREAT
[2:13:59] QUESTIONS.
[2:13:59] UM, BUT WITH THE FRESH
[2:14:02] EXPERIENCE I HAVE UM
[2:14:04] UNDERSTANDING THAT YES, WE NEED
[2:14:06] THE FUNDING MOST IMPORTANTLY
[2:14:07] BUT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON
[2:14:09] THE SYSTEM AND HOW DO WE
[2:14:11] FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE IT?
[2:14:12] UM, I HAVE TOO MANY EXPERIENCES
[2:14:15] OF MY PEERS REACHING OUT TO
[2:14:18] ME AND TELLING ME CIRCUMSTANCES
[2:14:21] OF THEM TRYING TO SHOW UP EVERY
[2:14:24] DAY, WHETHER IT'S IN A SHELTER
[2:14:25] AND NOT BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE
[2:14:26] THE PROPER RESPECT AND THE
[2:14:28] TREATMENT OR THE REGULAR
[2:14:30] RESOURCES OF DAILY HYGIENE.
[2:14:32] UM, I'VE WITNESSED IT MYSELF
[2:14:34] THIS YEAR.
[2:14:35] I'VE SEEN A LOT OF ANTAGONIZING
[2:14:36] FROM STAFF.
[2:14:37] I'VE SEEN TEMPORARY STAFF
[2:14:39] MEMBERS ULTIMATELY BE PLACED IN
[2:14:40] THESE ROLES WHERE THEY HAVE NO
[2:14:42] IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT
[2:14:44] ULTIMATELY BECOMES A LIABILITY
[2:14:46] FOR THE SAFETY OF THE YOUNG
[2:14:48] ADULTS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO
[2:14:49] SERVE.
[2:14:49] I'VE SEEN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
[2:14:52] HAPPEN DAILY WITHOUT PROPER
[2:14:54] ATTENTIVENESS BECAUSE
[2:14:56] UNFORTUNATELY THOSE INCIDENTS
[2:14:58] DO HAPPEN DAILY.
[2:15:00] UM AND UNFORTUNATELY.
[2:15:06] THERE'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM
[2:15:11] OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH PEOPLE
[2:15:13] WITH THE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE
[2:15:14] IN THIS POSITION.
[2:15:15] UM, SOMEBODY TOLD ME WHEN I WAS
[2:15:18] IN THE SHELTER SYSTEM THAT
[2:15:19] THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK
[2:15:20] BECAUSE.
[2:15:20] THEY WORKED WITH DCF FOR A.
[2:15:22] WHILE AND UM OR NO, I'M
[2:15:24] SORRY THEY WORKED WITH THE
[2:15:25] JUVENILE COURT AND I THINK
[2:15:28] THAT'S TWO TOTAL CONVERSATIONS
[2:15:30] THAN WHAT WE'RE HAVING HERE.
[2:15:32] UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
[2:15:36] ULTIMATELY END UP HOMELESS FEEL
[2:15:38] AND THOUGH IT'S NOT AS IF IT IS
[2:15:41] THEIR FAULT AND THEN WHEN YOU
[2:15:42] GO INTO A PLACE SEEKING
[2:15:44] SERVICES AND THEY DON'T WANT TO
[2:15:45] GIVE YOU THOSE SERVICES AND
[2:15:46] THERE'S BACKLASH SORT OF FEEL
[2:15:48] LIKE A BURDEN ON THEM AND
[2:15:50] ULTIMATELY, UM, YOU SHUT DOWN
[2:15:52] EVEN MORE.
[2:15:53] I KNOW YOU SPOKE ABOUT UM BEING
[2:15:56] ABLE TO MEET THEM WHEN THEY'RE
[2:15:57] MOST VULNERABLE AND UM, BEING
[2:16:00] ABLE TO EITHER ACCEPT THEM WITH
[2:16:02] WELCOME ARMS OR ULTIMATELY THEY
[2:16:03] GET PUSHED AWAY COMPLETELY.
[2:16:05] AND I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN TOO
[2:16:06] MANY TIMES.
[2:16:07] UM, IT'S HAPPENED TO
[2:16:08] ME PERSONALLY.
[2:16:09] UM.
[2:16:09] I'M GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE THE
[2:16:11] COURAGE AND THE WILLPOWER TO
[2:16:13] CONTINUE SHOWING UP FOR MYSELF
[2:16:14] AND MY PEERS TO BE ABLE TO BE
[2:16:16] AN ADVOCATE TODAY.
[2:16:17] UM, I ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A
[2:16:19] LACK OF EDUCATING THESE
[2:16:21] STUDENTS.
[2:16:22] UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT
[2:16:23] THEY WANT TO BE OUT OUT DOING
[2:16:25] UM.
[2:16:28] WHATEVER ELSE.
[2:16:29] BUT I KNOW A LOT OF THESE YOUNG
[2:16:31] STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
[2:16:33] WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[2:16:35] JUST HAVE A FAIR.
[2:16:36] SHOT AT EDUCATION.
[2:16:37] UM, EDUCATION.
[2:16:39] UM, BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR AND
[2:16:42] JUST BEING EMPOWERED.
[2:16:44] I THINK THOSE ARE THE THREE
[2:16:45] THINGS THAT I WANT TO.
[2:16:46] UM.
[2:16:46] BRING INTO THIS SPACE IS
[2:16:48] EDUCATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
[2:16:50] EMPOWERMENT.
[2:16:51] I WAS ONLY EMPOWERED ONCE I
[2:16:52] LOST MY VOICE.
[2:16:53] I LOST EVERYTHING AND I HAD NO
[2:16:56] WHERE TO GO WHEN I WAS IN THIS
[2:16:58] CIRCUMSTANCE AND I CONTINUED
[2:17:00] SEEING THE NEGLECT AND I WAS
[2:17:02] EXPECTING TO GET SERVED AND I
[2:17:04] WASN'T GETTING SERVED.
[2:17:05] UM ULTIMATELY.
[2:17:07] THERE WAS A TRANSITION PERIOD
[2:17:10] OF WHEN I DID GET MY KEYS AND I
[2:17:12] DID GET KEYS AND THIS IS UM
[2:17:14] PROOF THAT THE SYSTEM DOES WORK
[2:17:16] BUT ALSO IN THAT TIMES WITH
[2:17:17] ME GETTING KEYS I UM I SPENT
[2:17:22] TOO MANY DAYS IN THE ONE
[2:17:23] SHELTER SO I HAD TO TRANSITION
[2:17:25] AND I WAS ON THE STREETS FOR
[2:17:27] ABOUT TWO WEEKS IN THE MIDDLE
[2:17:28] OF THE MOST RECENT UM,
[2:17:29] SNOWSTORM THIS YEAR.
[2:17:31] UM AND THAT WAS A WHIRLWIND FOR
[2:17:32] ME TO DEAL WITH AND I JUST WANT
[2:17:38] TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COREY SAID
[2:17:41] WHEN HE MENTIONED WE NEED TO
[2:17:43] MAKE SURE THAT.
[2:17:46] FIGURE OUT HOW TO.
[2:17:54] OKAY, I'M GOING TO SPIN THAT
[2:17:56] BUT YEAH.
[2:17:58] SO I JUST KNOW THAT UM, THERE'S
[2:18:00] A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE
[2:18:01] DONE AND YEAH, I WANT TO I WANT
[2:18:04] TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION.
[2:18:05] I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
[2:18:06] YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
[2:18:07] I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
[2:18:07] THANK YOU.
[2:18:09] UM, THANK YOU TO ALL THE
[2:18:12] PANELISTS.
[2:18:12] UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR
[2:18:14] WORK, UM, BRINGING YOU KNOW,
[2:18:16] YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE, UM, AND
[2:18:18] ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE
[2:18:19] TO THIS CONVERSATION AND
[2:18:21] LOOKING TO DIVE INTO THAT.
[2:18:22] UH, WITH THESE ROUNDS
[2:18:23] OF QUESTIONS.
[2:18:24] I'LL START UH, I'LL TRY TO
[2:18:27] NAVIGATE.
[2:18:28] ALL RIGHT?
[2:18:29] YEP.
[2:18:30] PERFECT.
[2:18:31] UH, START WITH.
[2:18:32] COUNCILOR WEBER.
[2:18:36] OKAY.
[2:18:37] UH, I THINK.
[2:18:38] THIS START WITH A QUESTION FOR
[2:18:40] EVERYONE.
[2:18:41] UH, BUT, UM.
[2:18:42] SO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE
[2:18:44] ACCESS TO COUNCIL KIND
[2:18:46] OF DISCUSSIONS HERE AND I THINK
[2:18:48] IT WAS, UH, HARVARD UH, LEGAL
[2:18:50] AID, UH, PROFESSOR LOUISE
[2:18:53] LAWRENCE WHO TALKED ABOUT THIS
[2:18:55] ,UH, BEING LIKE AN EMERGENCY
[2:18:57] ROOM.
[2:18:58] UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE
[2:19:00] TALKING ABOUT HOW HOW CAN WE
[2:19:01] HELP AND YOU KNOW, LIKE AND
[2:19:03] WITH STUFF LIKE ACCESS TO
[2:19:05] COUNCILOR IT WAS WELL, FOLKS
[2:19:07] ARE IN DIRE NEED OF HELP.
[2:19:09] YOU CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND AND,
[2:19:10] UM, YOU KNOW, WATCH AS THEY AS
[2:19:13] THEY SUFFER AND SO JUST TRYING
[2:19:15] TO GET TO THIS, YOU KNOW, AT
[2:19:18] THE UH AT THE AT THE SORT OF AT
[2:19:21] THE EMERGENCY ROOM LEVEL, YOU
[2:19:23] KNOW, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT
[2:19:25] THE CITY NEEDS TO DO MORE OF OR
[2:19:28] THAT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JUST
[2:19:30] COMING FROM THE CITY BUT
[2:19:31] EVERYONE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO
[2:19:34] TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU
[2:19:35] KNOW, WITH KIDS AND WHO ARE
[2:19:38] FACING HOMELESSNESS.
[2:19:39] SO I GUESS YOU KNOW, THAT'S
[2:19:41] THAT'S MY SORT OF IT COULD BE
[2:19:43] RAPID.
[2:19:43] YOU KNOW, UH OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN
[2:19:45] EXTEND THIS REALLY FAR BUT I'M
[2:19:48] JUST TRYING TO THINK OF THIS
[2:19:49] LIKE YOU KNOW, THIS NUMBER YOU
[2:19:52] KNOW WE HAVE 5000 YOU KNOW, 405
[2:19:56] I THINK IT WAS FROM BC FROM TWO
[2:19:57] YEARS AGO AND WE WERE OVER 10%
[2:19:59] AND THIS NUMBER OF STUDENTS ARE
[2:20:01] GOING DOWN.
[2:20:02] IT JUST IT SEEMS LIKE HEY, YOU
[2:20:05] KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN
[2:20:07] EMERGENCY AND UM, YOU KNOW AND
[2:20:10] MAYBE IT'S YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
[2:20:12] GOING TO PLAN ANY IDEAS.
[2:20:13] OBVIOUSLY YOU YOU'RE ALL MORE
[2:20:14] EXPERIENCED IN THIS FIELD THAN
[2:20:15] I AM.
[2:20:16] UH, SO I GUESS I'LL JUST GO
[2:20:19] LEFT TO RIGHT.
[2:20:19] IF YOU HAVE THERE'S 1 TO 3
[2:20:21] THINGS I KNOW YOU WANT TO
[2:20:23] HIGHLIGHT OF.
[2:20:24] YOU KNOW WHAT?
[2:20:26] WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE DOING?
[2:20:27] AND YOU COULD ALL HAVE THE SAME
[2:20:29] ANSWER.
[2:20:29] SO YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE TO
[2:20:31] THE.
[2:20:31] FOLKS TO MY RIGHT.
[2:20:33] UM, YOU CAN JUST REPEAT.
[2:20:34] YEAH.
[2:20:35] BUT I MEAN.
[2:20:36] YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
[2:20:37] APPRECIATE IT.
[2:20:37] AND SO I WOULD SAY WHY WE'RE
[2:20:39] HERE TODAY WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN
[2:20:40] AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT A
[2:20:42] PROGRAM THAT WE KNOW WORKS.
[2:20:43] EHAB RIGHT.
[2:20:44] BUT THE RESEARCH IS THERE.
[2:20:45] WE KNOW THE NUMBERS WE KNOW THE
[2:20:47] INTERVENTION.
[2:20:48] I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
[2:20:50] THAT IT'S SUSTAINED AND
[2:20:51] FINANCED.
[2:20:51] AND I THINK THAT'S A ROLE FOR
[2:20:53] THE COUNCIL TO COME IN AND HAVE
[2:20:54] THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND.
[2:20:56] UM OKAY THAT'S GOOD.
[2:20:57] AND I GUESS IF FOR YOU OR FOR
[2:20:59] ANYONE ELSE IF YOUR HIP IS YOUR
[2:21:01] ANSWER.
[2:21:01] LIKE IS HE HIP PROPERLY SIZED
[2:21:06] IS YOU KNOW WHAT IT SHOULD IT
[2:21:08] DOES NEED TO GROW.
[2:21:10] UH YEAH AND YEAH YEAH.
[2:21:12] IT NEEDS TO GROW.
[2:21:13] IT NEEDS TO HAVE TOOLS AS WAS
[2:21:15] INDICATED IN THE REPORT THAT
[2:21:17] ALLOW FOR EARLY INTERVENTION.
[2:21:18] UM AND SO YEAH I'LL IF WE'RE
[2:21:20] DOING WRAP IT I'LL KEEP IT.
[2:21:21] TO YEAH LET'S DO IT LET'S DO
[2:21:22] RAPID SURFER.
[2:21:23] YEAH YOU GETS A.
[2:21:25] CHANCE SO.
[2:21:25] .
[2:21:26] OH YEAH.
[2:21:29] I THIS IS WHAT I.
[2:21:30] KNOW WHEN.
[2:21:31] I DO RAPID IT MAKES IT HARD
[2:21:32] FOR.
[2:21:32] YEAH SO IF I'M THINKING ABOUT
[2:21:35] TRIAGE AND BEING IN A HOSPITAL
[2:21:37] ROOM YOU GO FROM EMERGENT TO
[2:21:41] OKAY WE CAN GET THEM STABILIZED
[2:21:42] AND GET THEM SOME HELP BEFORE.
[2:21:44] SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE
[2:21:45] OF THINGS.
[2:21:46] UM, ONE IS WITH RESPECT TO THE
[2:21:51] HOTLINE SERVICES THAT DO EXIST
[2:21:53] AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
[2:21:54] OF HOUSING UM DEPARTMENT
[2:21:56] OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
[2:21:58] DEVELOPMENT.
[2:21:59] SO MAKING SURE THAT WE RESOURCE
[2:22:01] THEM TO HAVE FOLKS ON THE LINE
[2:22:03] BECAUSE WHEN I'M TALKING TRIAGE
[2:22:04] I'M TALKING TO FOLKS THAT COME
[2:22:06] INTO OUR OFFICE LIKE IT WAS
[2:22:07] MENTIONED HERE THAT LITERALLY
[2:22:10] FEEL THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO
[2:22:12] TODAY.
[2:22:14] SO THOSE SERVICES WE STILL NEED
[2:22:16] TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND
[2:22:18] CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE
[2:22:19] RESOURCE.
[2:22:20] NOW IF A FAMILY HAS A STABLE
[2:22:22] SAFE SPACE LIKE THE FAMILY YOU
[2:22:25] MENTIONED THEY WERE STAYING AT
[2:22:26] THEIR MOM'S HOUSE EVEN THOUGH
[2:22:27] THE MOM TOLD THEM TO GET OUT
[2:22:29] BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GO BACK
[2:22:30] IN THOSE CASES IN THOSE
[2:22:32] SITUATIONS THEN YES, I DO THINK
[2:22:35] PROGRAMS LIKE EHAB I THINK THE
[2:22:37] PROGRAM THAT WE DO AT HIGHER
[2:22:38] GROUND IN TERMS OF PROVIDING
[2:22:40] HOUSING SUPPORT AND
[2:22:41] STABILIZATION WE NEED THOSE UM
[2:22:44] AND YOU KNOW, OTHER PROVIDERS,
[2:22:46] YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR BRIDGE AND
[2:22:48] ETC. TO BE ABLE TO GET FOLKS
[2:22:50] INTO SHELTER.
[2:22:51] AND THEN I WOULD SAY THIRD LAST
[2:22:52] THING IS MORE FOR FAMILIES ONCE
[2:22:55] YOU GET THEM STABILIZED IS
[2:22:57] THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
[2:22:58] NEXT STEP OF THINGS AND
[2:23:00] RESOURCES NEEDED THE VOUCHERS
[2:23:02] MAKING SURE WE RESOURCE AND
[2:23:05] HAVE YOU KNOW, THE MASS VOUCHER
[2:23:07] RENTAL UM PARTNERSHIP AND
[2:23:08] PROGRAM MVP'S UM AND THAT WE
[2:23:12] ALSO LOOK AT AS COREY AND IN
[2:23:14] YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE OTHER
[2:23:16] SUPPORTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR
[2:23:17] OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS AND
[2:23:18] FAMILIES LIKE THE WRAP AROUND
[2:23:21] OF UM OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME
[2:23:23] PROGRAMING MENTAL HEALTH AND
[2:23:24] WELLNESS.
[2:23:25] UM BUT IT STARTS WITH LITERALLY
[2:23:26] DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY
[2:23:28] RIGHT NOW TONIGHT AND THEN THE
[2:23:30] E HIPS AND THEN FROM.
[2:23:32] THERE YEAH I'M JUST JUST I
[2:23:33] KNOW WE'RE DOING RAPID AND NOT
[2:23:35] SO RAPID BUT I HAVE A FOLLOW UP
[2:23:37] TO MAKE IT LESS RAPID.
[2:23:38] UM SO WE TALKED ABOUT E SHELTER
[2:23:41] AND SO YOU KNOW WE I THE E THE
[2:23:44] STATE WANTED TO OPEN UP A
[2:23:46] SHELTER IN WEST ROXBURY,
[2:23:47] CREATED A LOT OF HEALTH AS
[2:23:48] PROFESSOR AND PROBABLY FOLLOWED
[2:23:50] PRETTY CLOSELY.
[2:23:51] YEAH IT WAS A IT WAS A BIG
[2:23:52] ISSUE AND THEN THE SHELTER
[2:23:54] OPENED AND NOBODY EVEN KNOWS
[2:23:56] THE SHELTERS OPEN BECAUSE IT'S
[2:23:58] YOUNG FAMILIES AND YOU KNOW BUT
[2:24:00] IT'S ALSO IT'S LIKE 10% FULL.
[2:24:04] SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
[2:24:05] HAPPENING IN THE E SYSTEM.
[2:24:07] THERE'S JUST YOU KNOW IT'S 48
[2:24:09] FAMILY CAPACITY I THINK THERE'S
[2:24:11] NEVER BEEN MORE THAN TEN
[2:24:13] FAMILIES.
[2:24:13] SO MAYBE AT SOME POINT IT'LL
[2:24:14] HAVE MORE BUT LIKE HAS THE
[2:24:18] CHANGES THE E SYSTEM YOU KNOW I
[2:24:20] ASSUME EVERYONE IN DPS WOULD
[2:24:21] QUALIFY UH BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN
[2:24:23] HERE THEY'RE MASSACHUSETTS
[2:24:24] RESIDENTS AND THEY HAVE KIDS.
[2:24:26] UM, BUT THERE'S SOME ISSUE WITH
[2:24:29] THE A'S THE STATE E SYSTEM THAT
[2:24:32] MAKES IT HARDER TO GET PEOPLE
[2:24:34] IN TO THE SHELTERS.
[2:24:35] SO I WOULD NOT SAY THERE IS AN
[2:24:37] ISSUE WITH THE SHELTER SYSTEM.
[2:24:38] I'VE BEEN ON RECORD SAYING THIS
[2:24:40] BEFORE IS THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO
[2:24:42] OTHER CITIES AROUND THE NATION
[2:24:44] YOU FIND THAT BOSTON,
[2:24:46] MASSACHUSETTS IN PARTICULAR IS
[2:24:48] BAR NONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN
[2:24:50] TERMS OF PROVIDING WRAPAROUND
[2:24:51] SUPPORTS AND SERVICES FOR
[2:24:53] HOMELESS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
[2:24:54] .
[2:24:54] I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW
[2:24:56] IS THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
[2:25:00] 20 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT'S THE
[2:25:02] NUMBER THAT'S BEEN REFERENCED A
[2:25:03] LOT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER
[2:25:05] OF HOMELESS STUDENTS AND
[2:25:07] FAMILIES.
[2:25:07] IT WAS OVER 5200.
[2:25:09] BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LAST
[2:25:10] SCHOOL YEAR THAT NUMBER WENT
[2:25:12] DOWN TO 4300.
[2:25:14] AND SO WHAT I THINK WE ARE
[2:25:16] SEEING IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT
[2:25:17] FACTORS IS THAT YES, ENROLLMENT
[2:25:20] NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN IN OUR
[2:25:22] SCHOOLS BUT WE ARE ALSO SEEING
[2:25:25] THE CONFLATING OF ICE AND MORE
[2:25:30] FEAR IN SOME OF OUR NEWLY
[2:25:32] ARRIVED OUR IMMIGRANT, OUR
[2:25:34] UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES IN TERMS
[2:25:36] OF ACCESSING SERVICES AND
[2:25:37] SUPPORTS.
[2:25:37] AND THEN AS WAS MENTIONED
[2:25:39] EARLIER, CORY AND BOTH DANIELLE
[2:25:41] TALKING ABOUT UNAFFORDABILITY
[2:25:43] AND SO IT'S NOT THE FACT THAT
[2:25:45] FAMILIES DON'T WANT TO ACCESS
[2:25:48] SHELTER OR WHATNOT, THEY'RE
[2:25:50] JUST CHOOSING OTHER OPTIONS
[2:25:51] RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AGAIN THERE
[2:25:53] IS THAT FEAR IF I IDENTIFY WILL
[2:25:57] THAT PUT ME ON A LIST?
[2:26:00] WILL THAT PUT ME, YOU KNOW, IN
[2:26:03] JEOPARDY OF POTENTIALLY, YOU
[2:26:06] KNOW, OUR FAMILY BEING IN
[2:26:07] DANGER AND SO WE'RE SEEING SOME
[2:26:10] OF THAT BUT YOU KNOW AND I
[2:26:11] THINK THERE'S A CONCERTED
[2:26:12] EFFORT TO THE GOVERNOR HAS COME
[2:26:15] OUT ABOUT THAT ABOUT MAKING
[2:26:16] SURE FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO
[2:26:18] HOME BASE SO THOSE FAMILIES
[2:26:20] THAT ARE IN SHELTER THAT THEY
[2:26:21] GET ACCESS TO THAT $35,000 OVER
[2:26:24] TWO YEARS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU
[2:26:27] KNOW, EXIT SHELTER AND INTO
[2:26:30] HOMES.
[2:26:30] AND SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK
[2:26:31] SOME OTHER WORK NEEDS TO BE
[2:26:33] DONE.
[2:26:33] BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A MATTER
[2:26:35] OF FAMILIES NOT NEEDING
[2:26:36] SHELTER.
[2:26:37] BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE
[2:26:38] SEVERAL FACTORS HAPPENING RIGHT
[2:26:39] NOW.
[2:26:40] OKAY.
[2:26:40] AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR THAT
[2:26:41] YOU DON'T BECAUSE UNDER THE
[2:26:43] RULES YOU NEED TO BE A
[2:26:44] MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENT FOR THE
[2:26:45] PROGRAM BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO
[2:26:46] BE A CITIZEN.
[2:26:48] FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS PROGRAM.
[2:26:50] I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE CAN AT
[2:26:51] THE DOOR ANSWER THAT.
[2:26:52] YEAH GREAT.
[2:26:53] YEAH I WAS LIKE LEGAL IS HERE.
[2:26:56] YEAH.
[2:26:56] UM SO THERE'S LIKE ACTUALLY A
[2:26:58] LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO
[2:26:59] DO IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR
[2:27:01] THE SHELTER SYSTEM SO YOU YOU
[2:27:02] DON'T HAVE TO BE A CITIZEN.
[2:27:04] THAT'S TRUE.
[2:27:04] YEAH.
[2:27:04] YOU DO HAVE TO BE A
[2:27:06] MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENT AND THAT
[2:27:06] CAN BE PROVED IN A LIKE A LOT
[2:27:08] OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
[2:27:08] BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE AN
[2:27:10] INCOME OF UNDER 115% OF THE
[2:27:11] FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
[2:27:12] YOU HAVE TO HAVE ASSETS OF LESS
[2:27:14] THAN $5,000.
[2:27:15] YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUALIFYING
[2:27:16] REASON FOR WHY IT IS THAT
[2:27:18] YOU'RE HOMELESS.
[2:27:18] YOU CAN'T JUST LIKE IF YOU'RE
[2:27:20] SLEEPING ON ON SOMEONE'S FLOOR,
[2:27:23] THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO
[2:27:24] FIND YOU ELIGIBLE BECAUSE
[2:27:25] THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE WELL
[2:27:26] YOU HAVE A FLOOR TO SLEEP ON.
[2:27:28] UM AND SO LIKE WE WOULDN'T
[2:27:30] CONSIDER THOSE FAMILIES STABLY
[2:27:31] HOUSED OR HEALTHILY HOUSED BUT
[2:27:33] THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE
[2:27:35] SHELTER SYSTEM.
[2:27:36] UM, YOU ALSO CAN'T BE BARRED
[2:27:38] BECAUSE OF YOUR REASON FOR FOR
[2:27:41] UM FOR HOMELESSNESS WHICH MEANS
[2:27:42] LIKE WHAT I HEARD DANIEL
[2:27:43] JOHNSON TESTIFY ABOUT WAS THAT
[2:27:45] MOST OF THE, UH, EVICTIONS ARE
[2:27:48] NONPAYMENT EVICTIONS AND THAT
[2:27:50] IT SEEMED LIKE SHE SAID THAT A
[2:27:51] SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THOSE
[2:27:53] ARE FROM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
[2:27:55] HOUSING THAT IS TARGETED
[2:27:56] TOWARDS LOW INCOME HOUSING,
[2:27:57] RIGHT?
[2:27:58] WHETHER THAT'S LOW INCOME
[2:27:58] HOUSING TAX CREDIT UNITS,
[2:28:00] RIGHT, OR WHETHER THAT'S OTHER
[2:28:01] TYPES OF LIKE LOW INCOME
[2:28:02] HOUSING.
[2:28:03] BUT IF YOU'RE IN A LOW INCOME
[2:28:04] HOUSING TAX CREDIT UNIT YOU MAY
[2:28:06] MAKE 60% OF AMI OR YOU MAY
[2:28:10] MAYBE LIKE TOGETHER YOU AND
[2:28:11] YOUR PARTNER MADE 60% OF AMI
[2:28:14] BUT THEN SOMEBODY LOST THEIR
[2:28:15] JOB OR THEIR HOURS WERE REDUCED
[2:28:17] OR THEY GOT SICK OR THEIR KID
[2:28:19] GOT SICK OR THEIR PARENT GOT
[2:28:21] SICK OR THEY BROKE UP AND THEY
[2:28:22] DON'T MAKE THAT ANYMORE.
[2:28:24] RIGHT.
[2:28:24] AND SO NOW YOU'RE IN THIS UNIT
[2:28:25] THAT LIKE IS MEANT LIKE
[2:28:27] INTENDED TO BE UH, YOU KNOW,
[2:28:31] SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO
[2:28:32] BE AFFORDABLE FOR YOU BUT
[2:28:33] YOU'VE NOW LOST YOUR INCOME AND
[2:28:34] IT'S NOT A DEEPLY AFFORDABLE
[2:28:35] UNIT AND SO YOU CAN'T AFFORD
[2:28:37] THAT UNIT.
[2:28:37] SO WE MIGHT EVEN THINK OF THOSE
[2:28:39] UNITS AS BEING RELATIVELY
[2:28:40] AFFORDABLE LIKE WE MAY BE
[2:28:42] TALKING ABOUT TWO BEDROOMS IN
[2:28:44] MATTAPAN THAT ARE LIKE $2,100
[2:28:46] BUT LIKE IF YOU ARE MAKING
[2:28:50] $36,000 A YEAR OR $42,000 A
[2:28:52] YEAR, THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN
[2:28:53] AFFORDABLE APARTMENT FOR YOU.
[2:28:54] RIGHT?
[2:28:55] AND SO YOU I THINK THAT PART
[2:28:56] OF THE ISSUE IS THAT FOR BOSTON
[2:28:58] GENERALLY IS THAT THERE'S NOT
[2:29:00] ENOUGH HOUSING THAT IS
[2:29:02] NATURALLY AFFORDABLE OR THERE'S
[2:29:03] NOT ENOUGH HOUSING, THERE'S NOT
[2:29:04] ENOUGH WAYS TO KEEP THAT
[2:29:05] HOUSING EVEN IF YOU'RE IN THAT
[2:29:06] HOUSING YOU AND YOU HAVE LIKE
[2:29:07] SOME SORT OF CATASTROPHE THAT
[2:29:10] HAPPENS TO.
[2:29:11] YOU.
[2:29:11] BUT IT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY
[2:29:13] HARDER TO GET INTO THE SHELTER
[2:29:14] SYSTEM THAN IT USED TO BE.
[2:29:16] UM, AND THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT
[2:29:18] THE LEGISLATURE MADE.
[2:29:19] UM, THEY UH, USED TO HAVE
[2:29:22] FAMILIES BE ABLE TO ACCESS
[2:29:24] SHELTER IF THEY HAD NO PLACE
[2:29:25] OF SAFE TO GO AND UH THEY
[2:29:28] APPEARED TO BE ELIGIBLE AND YOU
[2:29:30] WERE ABLE TO ACCESS SHELTER FOR
[2:29:31] UP TO 30 DAYS WHILE YOU PROVED
[2:29:32] THAT YOU WERE ELIGIBLE AND THAT
[2:29:34] DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE THAT THEY
[2:29:35] GOT RID OF THAT IN 2025.
[2:29:37] AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU SEE IS
[2:29:39] ACTUALLY A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO
[2:29:40] ARE LIKE APPLYING AND THEN THEY
[2:29:42] MAYBE CAN'T GET A DOCUMENT
[2:29:44] TOGETHER THAT LIKE THEY'RE
[2:29:45] BEING ASKED FOR OR THEY DIDN'T
[2:29:47] REALIZE THAT THEY NEEDED A
[2:29:48] DOCUMENT.
[2:29:49] AND SO SORT OF CLOSE TO THAT 30
[2:29:50] DAY DEADLINE OR THEY'RE BEING
[2:29:52] ASKED FOR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
[2:29:54] BECAUSE THE FIELD OFFICE MAYBE
[2:29:56] IS ASKING FOR AN OVER
[2:29:57] VERIFICATION.
[2:29:58] RIGHT.
[2:29:58] LIKE SOME OF THIS IS ALSO I
[2:29:59] THINK ON THE SYSTEM ITSELF.
[2:30:02] UM AND THEN THEY HIT THAT 30
[2:30:03] DAYS AND THEY'RE TOLD LIKE WELL
[2:30:04] YOU KNOW YOU'VE TIMED OUT AND
[2:30:07] UM YOU CAN'T YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
[2:30:09] START THE PROCESS OVER AGAIN.
[2:30:10] SO AND AND ONCE YOU'VE DONE
[2:30:11] THAT THREE TIMES THEN YOU'RE
[2:30:12] NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO APPLY
[2:30:14] AND YOU'VE NOT ACCESSED SHELTER
[2:30:15] YET RIGHT.
[2:30:16] SO SO I GUESS IN RESPONSE TO MY
[2:30:18] QUESTION ABOUT THE EMERGENCY
[2:30:19] ROOM KIND OF LEVEL, ONE THING
[2:30:22] IS AT THE AT THE STATE LEVEL TO
[2:30:24] ADVOCATE FOR EASIER ACCESS TO
[2:30:27] TO THESE SYSTEMS BECAUSE I
[2:30:29] CAN'T REMEMBER THE CAP THERE
[2:30:31] WAS A 7500 PERSON CAP.
[2:30:33] I SAW IT IN E AND THERE.
[2:30:35] WAS.
[2:30:35] STILL THE CAP AND WE'RE NOT
[2:30:37] EVEN HEARING ANYMORE.
[2:30:37] YEAH THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S THE
[2:30:39] CAP IS A FOR SO.
[2:30:40] YEAH SO UNDER THE UNDER I THINK
[2:30:43] THE LINE ITEM IT'S NOW AT 3500
[2:30:46] BUT UM THE SHELTER SYSTEM
[2:30:48] ITSELF JUST RE PROCURED AND SO
[2:30:52] UM THEY HAVE CREATED A SYSTEM
[2:30:55] WHERE THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS
[2:30:56] OF CREATING A SYSTEM RIGHT NOW
[2:30:58] AT THIS MOMENT THIS MONTH THAT
[2:31:00] IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER UM
[2:31:02] IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSER TO
[2:31:04] AROUND 3000 UNITS UM STATEWIDE
[2:31:07] .
[2:31:08] STATEWIDE AND.
[2:31:08] OKAY, THIS IS FROM THE
[2:31:10] GOVERNOR WHEN WE WERE TALKING.
[2:31:12] YESTERDAY WHO'S THE YEAH.
[2:31:12] AND YEAH, I MEAN THIS IS AT THE
[2:31:15] STATE LEVEL AND SO UH, THIS
[2:31:16] TIME.
[2:31:16] LAST YEAR WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD
[2:31:17] AGAIN DAY 29 UM, IS THAT UH WE
[2:31:21] HAD FAMILY AID HAD ABOUT 160
[2:31:23] SOME ODD UNITS UM UH
[2:31:25] OF SHELTER, EMERGENCY
[2:31:26] ASSISTANCE.
[2:31:26] SHELTER.
[2:31:27] UM BY NOVEMBER 1ST WILL BE
[2:31:29] DOWN TO.
[2:31:31] 77 UM WITH VERY FEW ACTUALLY IN
[2:31:34] UM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
[2:31:36] UM AND THAT'S.
[2:31:37] IN PART BECAUSE OF.
[2:31:37] THE STATE CHANGES UM, ONE
[2:31:39] THE RATES WERE SO LOW THAT.
[2:31:42] IT JUST.
[2:31:43] WASN'T SUSTAINABLE AND YOU HAVE
[2:31:44] A LOT OF SHELTER PROVIDERS WHO
[2:31:46] AREN'T WHO ARE IN THE PROCESS
[2:31:48] OF UH, ELIMINATING THEIR
[2:31:49] SCATTERED SITES.
[2:31:50] UM, THE SITES THAT UM KIND
[2:31:53] OF REPRESENT UH OPPORTUNITIES
[2:31:54] FOR FAMILIES UH, MOST CLOSELY
[2:31:56] REPRESENTING A HOME LIKE AN
[2:31:57] APARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE
[2:31:58] THAT.
[2:31:59] UM, AND THE RATES WERE DROPPED
[2:32:01] SIGNIFICANTLY.
[2:32:02] UM, AND SO UM SO WE'RE ACTUALLY
[2:32:04] IN THE PROCESS OF UH, SHUTTING
[2:32:05] DOWN ANOTHER 33 UNITS WHAT
[2:32:07] WE'VE BEEN TOLD BECAUSE WE
[2:32:09] CONNECT WITH THE EMERGENCY
[2:32:10] ASSISTANCE SHELTER UM, UH,
[2:32:12] NETWORK OF FOLKS IS THAT
[2:32:14] CURRENT STATE IF A FAMILY IS
[2:32:16] TRYING TO GET INTO A SCATTERED
[2:32:17] SITE, UM, AND THERE'S NO REAL
[2:32:19] MEDICAL UH, UM, THEY DON'T DEEM
[2:32:22] IT MEDICALLY NECESSARY FOR THEM
[2:32:24] TO HAVE AND.
[2:32:25] YOU KNOW, THE THE OTHER OPTION
[2:32:26] IS.
[2:32:27] CONGREGATE, WHICH IS KIND
[2:32:28] OF LIKE GOING TO A HOTEL,
[2:32:28] RIGHT?
[2:32:29] UH, ONE MASS PLACE THAT'S
[2:32:31] ACTUALLY WE JUST OPENED.
[2:32:32] ONE THAT WAS LOWER THAT'S LOW
[2:32:33] ENROLLED AS WELL.
[2:32:35] UM, AND PART OF THAT HAS TO DO
[2:32:36] WITH THE POLICY CHANGES.
[2:32:37] IT'S REALLY.
[2:32:38] REALLY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES
[2:32:39] TO GET INTO IT AND.
[2:32:40] THEY.
[2:32:41] ALSO SHORTENED THE DURATION.
[2:32:42] SO IT WENT FROM UM VARIOUS TIME
[2:32:44] LIMITS TO SIX MONTHS.
[2:32:47] UH THE HOUSE.
[2:32:47] PASSED LAST YEAR AND EXTENDED
[2:32:49] TO NINE MONTHS UH, FOR PEOPLE
[2:32:50] TO BE IN THE EMERGENCY SHELTER
[2:32:52] SYSTEM DIDN'T PASS THE SENATE.
[2:32:53] UM, THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY
[2:32:55] IMPLEMENTED.
[2:32:55] RIGHT.
[2:32:55] AND SO THE POLICY HAVE CHANGED.
[2:32:57] THE FUNDING MODELS HAVE
[2:32:59] CHANGED.
[2:33:00] UM, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS
[2:33:02] THAT PEOPLE CURRENT STATE WHO
[2:33:03] ARE CITY OF BOSTON RESIDENTS
[2:33:04] WHO WANT A SCATTERED SITE AND
[2:33:06] THEY ARE ABLE TO ENTER JUMP
[2:33:08] THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS TO GET
[2:33:10] INTO THE SYSTEM AT THE STATE
[2:33:11] LEVEL.
[2:33:11] UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT
[2:33:12] FAMILIES ARE BEING UH, REHOUSED
[2:33:14] AND SCATTERED SITES UP IN
[2:33:16] PEABODY.
[2:33:16] CURRENT STATE UH, BECAUSE
[2:33:18] OF THAT.
[2:33:19] LEAVING YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL IN
[2:33:21] PEABODY.
[2:33:21] YEAH.
[2:33:22] BUT YEAH SO SO SO SO.
[2:33:23] THERE ARE CHALLENGES UM.
[2:33:25] AND SO I THINK ADVOCACY PIECE
[2:33:27] TO.
[2:33:28] ANSWER YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION.
[2:33:29] IS A MAJOR PIECE OF THIS IS
[2:33:31] THAT WE WE REALLY NEED.
[2:33:32] TO BETTER DEFINE UM, WHAT I
[2:33:35] WOULD.
[2:33:35] CLASSIFY AS.
[2:33:36] A HIT.
[2:33:36] HOMELESSNESS, WHICH ARE THE
[2:33:37] FAMILIES WHO ARE SLEEPING ON
[2:33:38] THE SOFAS WHO ARE UM STAYING UP
[2:33:41] WITH FRIENDS OR.
[2:33:41] WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
[2:33:42] BUT THEN THESE POLICIES UM IT'S
[2:33:44] THE.
[2:33:44] PENDULUM HAS SWUNG REALLY FAR
[2:33:46] AND WE'RE HOPING.
[2:33:47] TO SEE.
[2:33:47] A SWING BACK IN THE OPPOSITE
[2:33:48] DIRECTION.
[2:33:49] SO I'VE JUST GONE WAY OVER MY
[2:33:50] TIME.
[2:33:51] BUT UH, JUST ONE QUICK THING IN
[2:33:52] THE CHAIR.
[2:33:53] SO, UM YEAH, SO WE'RE TALKING
[2:33:56] ABOUT LOSING YOU KNOW, FUNDING
[2:33:58] FOR HIP AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
[2:34:00] ACCESS TO COUNCILOR LOSING
[2:34:01] THESE LIKE SORT OF UPSTREAM
[2:34:04] TOOLS WHERE AT THE OTHER AT THE
[2:34:06] AT THE END OF THE STREAM, YOU
[2:34:08] KNOW, THERE'S NO SHELTERS UH OR
[2:34:12] FEWER SHELTERS OR IT'S HARDER
[2:34:13] TO GET INTO A SHELTER.
[2:34:15] I MEAN, IT'S JUST I THINK IT
[2:34:17] HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THESE
[2:34:18] UPSTREAM MEASURES BUT I GUESS
[2:34:21] MY SO I JUST MY ISSUE HAS BEEN
[2:34:24] WHEN WE HEAR FROM DPS LIKE
[2:34:26] WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE
[2:34:29] LIKE I I'M NOW WONDERING LIKE
[2:34:30] WELL HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY
[2:34:33] SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T PAID THEIR
[2:34:34] RENT IN THREE MONTHS OR
[2:34:35] SOMETHING?
[2:34:35] YOU KNOW LIKE I I DON'T KNOW
[2:34:37] HOW THEY'RE IN IT.
[2:34:39] MY SENSE IS THAT IT'S HARD TO
[2:34:41] DO UH AND WE'RE.
[2:34:43] WE'RE WE DON'T HAVE A MAGIC
[2:34:45] WAND LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU
[2:34:46] KNOW, OTHER THAN DOING THIS
[2:34:48] OUTREACH AND HAVING, YOU KNOW,
[2:34:50] FLIERS IN THE BACKPACKS OR YOU
[2:34:52] KNOW, HAVING PARENTS ANSWER
[2:34:53] QUESTIONS OR SOMETHING I I DO
[2:34:58] MY CRAZY IDEA THAT LIKE YOU
[2:34:59] CAN'T JUST MAGICALLY KNOW WHEN
[2:35:02] SOMEBODY IS IN THAT UPSTREAM
[2:35:03] POSITION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO
[2:35:04] NEED THE SUPPORT.
[2:35:05] SO YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT AND I
[2:35:08] KNOW UM THE PROFESSOR WILL
[2:35:09] SPEAK TO THIS TOO BUT UM, ONE
[2:35:12] THING WE FOUND IS THAT
[2:35:15] OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, EVEN
[2:35:16] THOUGH WE SAY THE NUMBER IS
[2:35:18] 4300 AS OF THE LAST SCHOOL
[2:35:19] YEAR, WE KNOW THAT NUMBER IS
[2:35:21] HIGHER BECAUSE THAT 4300
[2:35:24] REPRESENTS STUDENTS THAT APPEAR
[2:35:26] IN THE ASPEN SYSTEM THAT BOSTON
[2:35:28] PUBLIC SCHOOLS USE THE STUDENT
[2:35:30] IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT THAT
[2:35:32] FAMILY THAT STUDENT HAS A
[2:35:34] HOMELESS TAG IN THE SYSTEM THAT
[2:35:36] SAYS THIS FAMILY AT SOME POINT
[2:35:38] IN TIME WENT TO SOMEONE AND
[2:35:40] SAID I NEED.
[2:35:41] HELP, RIGHT.
[2:35:42] AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
[2:35:45] ABOUT IS MAYBE THOSE FAMILIES
[2:35:46] THAT DON'T HAVE THAT IDENTIFIER
[2:35:50] IN THE SYSTEM.
[2:35:51] AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
[2:35:52] WE'VE TRIED TO DO, UM, MUCH TO
[2:35:55] MY DIET'S CHAGRIN IS OVER THE
[2:35:57] LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH
[2:35:58] SCHOOL STARTING BACK UP, WE'VE
[2:36:01] BEEN TO DOZENS OF BACK TO
[2:36:03] SCHOOL BARBECUES, POPSICLE
[2:36:05] PARTIES AND EVERYTHING JUST SO
[2:36:08] FAMILIES KNOW THE RESOURCE
[2:36:10] EXISTS.
[2:36:10] IN ADDITION TO PUTTING THINGS
[2:36:12] IN BACKPACKS IN ADDITION TO
[2:36:13] THOSE OTHER THINGS.
[2:36:14] BUT THERE IS NO MAGIC WAND TO
[2:36:16] THIS IN TERMS OF LETTING
[2:36:19] FAMILIES KNOW.
[2:36:20] BUT THERE ARE PIECES THAT WE'VE
[2:36:22] BEEN TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE
[2:36:25] THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE AS
[2:36:27] MUCH AS WE CAN.
[2:36:28] BUT AGAIN THE 4300 WE KNOW
[2:36:31] THOSE STUDENTS.
[2:36:32] THEY HAVE THE IDENTIFIER IN
[2:36:35] THEIR STUDENT IDENTIFICATION
[2:36:37] SYSTEM SAME WAY ON THE BACK END
[2:36:39] FOR TEACHERS YOU SEE THEIR
[2:36:41] GRADES.
[2:36:41] YOU SEE YOU KNOW HOW MANY
[2:36:43] ABSENCES THAT TYPE OF THING YOU
[2:36:45] CAN SEE THAT AS WELL BUT IT'S
[2:36:47] WHAT ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
[2:36:50] THEY GET COORDINATED TO FAMILY
[2:36:52] AID TO UNITED WAY?
[2:36:54] THAT'S THE PIECE I THINK YOU
[2:36:56] KNOW AS COREY AND DANIELLE SAID
[2:36:58] ,WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO
[2:36:59] MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FAMILIES
[2:37:02] GET REFERRED TO US AND THEN
[2:37:04] ONCE THEY ARE WE WRAP THEM
[2:37:06] AROUND WITH SUPPORTS.
[2:37:09] SO REAL.
[2:37:09] QUICK, UH, COUNSELOR, UM, THE
[2:37:12] CHALLENGE OF ACCURATELY
[2:37:13] IDENTIFYING PEOPLE AT RISK
[2:37:14] OF HOMELESSNESS IT IS IT'S
[2:37:16] REALLY DIFFICULT AND I'VE DONE
[2:37:17] SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AND LOTS
[2:37:19] OF OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE AS
[2:37:20] WELL.
[2:37:20] YOU CAN HAVE TWO PEOPLE.
[2:37:21] WHO LOOK VERY SIMILAR LIKE
[2:37:23] THEY'RE AT A HIGH RISK
[2:37:24] OF HOMELESSNESS BUT BECAUSE
[2:37:26] OF THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED,
[2:37:27] THINGS THAT CAN TRIGGER A
[2:37:29] HOUSING CRISIS LIKE A JOB LOSS
[2:37:31] AND MEDICAL CRISIS THOSE THINGS
[2:37:32] ARE HARD TO PREDICT.
[2:37:34] SO IT'S ACTUALLY VERY DIFFICULT
[2:37:36] TO ACCURATELY IDENTIFY PEOPLE
[2:37:37] WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS
[2:37:39] .
[2:37:39] AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
[2:37:40] WE'RE DOING IN FOLLOWING ON
[2:37:41] THIS STUDY THAT WE RELEASED IN
[2:37:42] APRIL IS TRYING TO DEVELOP A
[2:37:44] SCREENING TOOL AND WE TALKED TO
[2:37:46] DPS LIAISONS AND FAMILIES ABOUT
[2:37:48] .
[2:37:49] KIND OF THIS POSSIBILITY.
[2:37:50] OF HAVING SOME QUESTIONS THAT
[2:37:51] COULD BE DEPLOYED WIDELY AND
[2:37:53] WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF KIND
[2:37:54] OF TESTING THOSE OUT TO
[2:37:55] ACTUALLY SEE HOW ACCURATELY
[2:37:57] THEY CAN IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO
[2:37:58] ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
[2:37:59] THE OTHER CHALLENGE ABOUT THIS
[2:38:01] IS UM, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WAS
[2:38:04] VOICE TO US BY THE LIAISONS IS
[2:38:06] YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK PEOPLE,
[2:38:08] UM, ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE AT
[2:38:11] RISK OF HOMELESSNESS UNLESS
[2:38:12] THERE'S SOME RESOURCE ON THE
[2:38:13] BACK END THAT YOU CAN OFFER
[2:38:14] THEM.
[2:38:15] RIGHT?
[2:38:15] BECAUSE IF YOU ASK PEOPLE THESE
[2:38:16] QUESTIONS IT'S VERY SENSITIVE.
[2:38:18] PEOPLE HAVE IMMIGRATION
[2:38:19] CONCERNS LOTS OF OTHER THINGS.
[2:38:21] UM, AND SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE
[2:38:23] ANYTHING TO OFFER ON THE BACK
[2:38:24] END FOR PEOPLE WHO SAY.
[2:38:25] THAT.
[2:38:26] THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR
[2:38:27] HOUSING, THEN THAT CAN ERODE
[2:38:29] TRUST.
[2:38:29] AND WE'VE HEARD UH FROM FROM UM
[2:38:32] EARLIER JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT
[2:38:34] IS FOR FOR THESE TRUSTING
[2:38:35] RELATIONSHIPS UM, TO GET
[2:38:37] FAMILIES CONNECTED.
[2:38:38] OKAY.
[2:38:39] THANK YOU.
[2:38:39] YEAH, SURE.
[2:38:41] YOU'RE JUST GETTING ME IN
[2:38:42] TROUBLE.
[2:38:42] SORRY, SORRY.
[2:38:44] THIS, UH I THINK.
[2:38:45] BUILDING OFF OF WHAT TOM SAID.
[2:38:46] LEADS TO OPPORTUNITIES.
[2:38:48] FOR FURTHER COORDINATION.
[2:38:49] RIGHT.
[2:38:50] SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
[2:38:51] UH, WE FIND A PARTNER, UM,
[2:38:53] WORKING IN EAST BOSTON UNITED
[2:38:55] WAY DOES.
[2:38:55] AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY
[2:38:57] PARTNER WITH THEIR LOCAL.
[2:38:58] HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THAT
[2:38:59] HOUSING AUTHORITY FLAGS ANY
[2:39:02] FAMILY THAT IS UM, EITHER AT
[2:39:04] RISK OF MISSING A PAYMENT OR
[2:39:07] EXPRESSES SOME SORT OF UH, I'M
[2:39:09] GOING TO BE LATE THIS MONTH OR
[2:39:10] WHATEVER.
[2:39:11] THE ISSUE IS THAT HOUSING.
[2:39:13] AUTHORITY HAS A RELATIONSHIP.
[2:39:14] WITH A LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED.
[2:39:16] ORGANIZATION CALLS THEM THEY
[2:39:18] WRAPAROUND THAT FAMILY, COME TO
[2:39:20] WHATEVER RESOURCE IT IS $400
[2:39:22] FOR THE MAKING THE RENT A CAR
[2:39:25] CONNECTION TO SOME SORT OF A
[2:39:27] JOB EMPLOYMENT AND THEN THEY'RE
[2:39:29] ABLE TO ACTUALLY UPSTREAM WRAP
[2:39:31] THAT FAMILY AND HAVE THAT EARLY
[2:39:33] IDENTIFICATION.
[2:39:33] THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE BUT IT JUST.
[2:39:35] HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE
[2:39:37] OF COORDINATION NOT JUST
[2:39:38] THROUGH.
[2:39:38] THE SCHOOLS BUT ALSO THROUGH
[2:39:40] THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES.
[2:39:42] SO I JUST WANTED TO LIFT THAT.
[2:39:43] EXAMPLE AS A TANGIBLE.
[2:39:45] SOMETHING THAT COULD BE THOUGHT
[2:39:47] ABOUT AND SCALED.
[2:39:49] THANK YOU COUNCILOR UH
[2:39:51] COUNCIL UH COUNCIL PRESIDENT
[2:39:52] BRIGHTON.
[2:39:54] UH I DON'T THINK.
[2:39:55] UM COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD
[2:39:57] APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING MORE TIME
[2:39:58] .
[2:39:58] HE'S ASKING EXCELLENT QUESTIONS
[2:39:59] .
[2:40:00] UM.
[2:40:01] YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IN BOSTON
[2:40:03] AND THIS IS UM IS IT SORT
[2:40:05] OF GONE TO MORE FIGURING ABOUT
[2:40:08] OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING?
[2:40:10] UM, RIGHT.
[2:40:11] NO, THE MARKET SOFTENING AND I,
[2:40:13] I HEAR ANECDOTALLY OF OF
[2:40:15] RENTERS A LOT OF THEM ARE SMALL
[2:40:17] LANDLORDS HAVE GOT 1 OR 2 EXTRA
[2:40:19] APARTMENT APARTMENTS AVAILABLE
[2:40:20] FOR RENT AND THEY'RE REALLY
[2:40:22] LOOKING FOR TENANTS.
[2:40:23] UM, IS IT A WAY TO YOU KNOW,
[2:40:25] HOW DOES THE VOUCHER SYSTEM UH
[2:40:29] HOW DO HOW DO WE TAKE A NUMBER?
[2:40:32] I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
[2:40:33] LIKE OUR THIS LAST DEMAND FOR
[2:40:36] HOUSING, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM
[2:40:38] OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SO, UH,
[2:40:42] SADLY OUR IMMIGRANTS A LOT
[2:40:43] OF IMMIGRANTS ARE DECIDED TO
[2:40:44] VOLUNTARILY LEAVE OR THEY'VE
[2:40:46] BEEN FORCIBLY REMOVED.
[2:40:49] SO THERE'S MORE SUPPORT,
[2:40:49] THERE'S MORE APARTMENTS
[2:40:51] AVAILABLE PERHAPS THERE THAN WE
[2:40:52] MIGHT IMAGINE.
[2:40:53] SO THE WAY WE CAN SORT OF TAKE
[2:40:55] ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENT IS IS
[2:40:57] IT YOU KNOW, AND I IN THE.
[2:40:58] LAST FEW WEEKS AND JUST KEEP
[2:41:00] HEARING SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST
[2:41:02] LANDLORDS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR
[2:41:03] INVENTORY AND AND OH MY
[2:41:04] GOODNESS I'VE GOT EMPTY
[2:41:04] APARTMENTS.
[2:41:05] WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM
[2:41:06] ANYMORE.
[2:41:06] THERE WAS ALWAYS MORE PEOPLE
[2:41:07] WANTING APARTMENTS AND THERE
[2:41:09] WAS APARTMENTS.
[2:41:09] SO IT'S A IT'S A WAY WE CAN
[2:41:12] TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENT.
[2:41:14] ANY THOUGHTS LIKE I'M JUST
[2:41:16] THROWING IT OUT THERE.
[2:41:17] UH.
[2:41:21] YES.
[2:41:22] AND SO YES IN THAT THERE IS
[2:41:26] A WAY FOR THAT THE BUT AS YOU
[2:41:29] MENTIONED THEY WOULD NEED A
[2:41:31] VOUCHER OR THE UNIT WOULD NEED
[2:41:34] TO BE SUBSIDIZED FOR MOST
[2:41:37] FAMILIES.
[2:41:37] I MEAN IF YOU LOOK AT RIGHT NOW
[2:41:39] THE UH TWO BEDROOM AVERAGE COST
[2:41:44] IS I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED
[2:41:46] EARLIER 2120.
[2:41:48] 200 UM DOLLARS.
[2:41:51] SO IF A FAMILY IS MAKING MOST
[2:41:53] OF OUR FAMILIES MAKE BELOW
[2:41:56] 15,000 SO WHAT CAN THEY AFFORD
[2:41:58] PER MONTH?
[2:42:00] SO YES IT IS ABSOLUTELY
[2:42:02] POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM
[2:42:04] INTO THOSE UNITS IF THERE IS A
[2:42:07] SUBSIDY OR A VOUCHER THAT IS
[2:42:09] ABLE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE
[2:42:11] BETWEEN WHAT THE FAMILY CAN PAY
[2:42:12] AND WHAT THE RENT COSTS EVERY
[2:42:15] MONTH.
[2:42:15] BUT I ABSOLUTELY THINK, YOU
[2:42:17] KNOW, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS
[2:42:19] AROUND, YOU KNOW, SMALL MOM AND
[2:42:20] POPS THAT HAVE UNITS OR A
[2:42:23] CONVERSION CONVERSATIONS
[2:42:25] CONVERTING COMMERCIAL INTO UM,
[2:42:27] YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL ALL
[2:42:29] OF THOSE ARE NECESSARY.
[2:42:31] BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE
[2:42:33] WE HAVE THE SUBSIDY TO BE ABLE
[2:42:35] TO SUPPORT FAMILIES BECAUSE
[2:42:36] WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS SOME
[2:42:38] FAMILIES THAT GOT SUPPORTS AND
[2:42:40] GOT THE SUBSIDIES HOME BASE IS
[2:42:43] ONE EXAMPLE TO $35,000 OVER TWO
[2:42:45] YEARS NOW THEY'RE AT THE END
[2:42:49] OF THEIR $35,000.
[2:42:50] AND SO NOW WE'RE HAVING
[2:42:52] CONVERSATIONS DIFFERENT
[2:42:53] CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES
[2:42:54] ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE TO
[2:42:57] GET YOU INTO A UNIT YOU CAN
[2:42:59] AFFORD NOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
[2:43:01] THAT SUBSIDY?
[2:43:06] I WAS JUST.
[2:43:06] GOING TO KIND OF ADD TO
[2:43:07] THAT.
[2:43:07] I MEAN, UH, PART OF THE
[2:43:08] CHALLENGE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING
[2:43:09] AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IS.
[2:43:11] UM.
[2:43:12] YOU KNOW, THE MIT UH, LIVING
[2:43:14] WAGE CALCULATOR.
[2:43:15] I'M SURE PEOPLE FAMILIAR.
[2:43:16] WITH THAT THEY SAY, UH.
[2:43:17] UM, A SINGLE MOTHER UH, WITH
[2:43:19] TWO KIDS.
[2:43:20] NEEDS ROUGHLY $160,000.
[2:43:23] A YEAR IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
[2:43:24] MAKE ENDS MEET.
[2:43:24] WELL, IF YOU'RE MAKING 13
[2:43:26] $14,000 A YEAR.
[2:43:27] HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT NUMBER?
[2:43:28] RIGHT.
[2:43:29] AND ACTUALLY PART OF IT CAN
[2:43:30] BE THROUGH PUBLIC UH, SAFETY
[2:43:31] NET PROGRAMS.
[2:43:32] UM, UNFORTUNATELY WITH ALL THE
[2:43:34] CUTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN FROM
[2:43:36] AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL UM, YOU
[2:43:37] KNOW, WHEREAS IT WAS POSSIBLE,
[2:43:39] YOU KNOW, HOUSING VOUCHER AT
[2:43:41] 45,000 UH CHILDCARE VOUCHERS AT
[2:43:43] 30,000 UH MEDICAID AT 25,000
[2:43:46] ALL OF THEM HAD BEEN CUT TO THE
[2:43:48] POINT WHERE.
[2:43:48] IT'S IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT
[2:43:49] IT'S.
[2:43:49] GOING TO GO FROM YOU KNOW, IF
[2:43:51] YOU SUBTRACT OUT OR IF YOU ADD
[2:43:53] IN.
[2:43:53] THE 30,000 THEY.
[2:43:54] MAKE A FAMILIES MAKING 160,000
[2:43:56] .
[2:43:56] THROUGH THE SAFETY.
[2:43:58] NET PROGRAMS.
[2:43:59] UM UM THAT SAFETY NET.
[2:44:00] PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY GOING TO
[2:44:01] DROP DOWN TO.
[2:44:01] ROUGHLY 80 TO $90,000.
[2:44:04] UM AND SO THE GAP IS WIDER.
[2:44:06] UH, BUT THE.
[2:44:07] ELIGIBILITY FOR YOU.
[2:44:08] TO BE ABLE.
[2:44:09] TO QUALIFY FOR THOSE SAFETY
[2:44:10] NET PROGRAMS REMAINS THE SAME.
[2:44:11] SO THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
[2:44:13] BENEFIT CLIFF, IF.
[2:44:14] I.
[2:44:14] START MAKING MORE.
[2:44:15] MONEY I LOSE.
[2:44:16] ELIGIBILITY I.
[2:44:17] LOSE MY CHILDCARE VOUCHER
[2:44:18] RIGHT.
[2:44:18] AND SO SO GETTING BACK TO YOUR
[2:44:20] ORIGINAL QUESTION IS.
[2:44:21] THERE IS THERE ROOM OR SPACE
[2:44:23] FOR YOU TO DO IT?
[2:44:24] THERE COULD BE WITH SOME
[2:44:26] CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
[2:44:27] UM ABSOLUTELY.
[2:44:28] I ACTUALLY UM I WAS I HEARD
[2:44:30] MAYOR WU'S.
[2:44:31] SPEAK YESTERDAY.
[2:44:31] UH, AT THE CHAMBER EVENT AND UM
[2:44:34] ,WAS THINKING ABOUT THOSE 22.
[2:44:36] COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE
[2:44:37] GOING FROM.
[2:44:38] UH, BUSINESS CONVERSION.
[2:44:39] TO RESIDENTIAL.
[2:44:40] AND I'M WONDERING IS THERE'S
[2:44:41] SOMETHING THERE.
[2:44:42] UH, THAT THAT MIGHT BE
[2:44:43] POSSIBLE.
[2:44:44] RIGHT.
[2:44:44] AND SO, UM, I DO THINK THAT WE
[2:44:46] WE.
[2:44:47] WE HAVE TO BE.
[2:44:47] SMART ENOUGH.
[2:44:48] TO FIGURE.
[2:44:48] THIS OUT.
[2:44:49] UM.
[2:44:49] UH.
[2:44:50] BUT WE.
[2:44:51] JUST HAVE.
[2:44:51] TO DO.
[2:44:51] IT TOGETHER.
[2:44:52] I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK
[2:44:53] WITH OUR NONPROFIT, UM, SECTOR
[2:44:55] ,UM, YOU KNOW, OR CDC OR
[2:44:58] WHATEVER AND AND THIS MOMENT
[2:45:00] JUST LIKE THERE'S THERE'S GOING
[2:45:02] TO BE INVENTORY OF NATURALLY
[2:45:04] AFFORDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[2:45:06] THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRY TO
[2:45:09] DIVEST FROM.
[2:45:10] THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STAY IN
[2:45:11] THE BUSINESS ANYMORE AND
[2:45:12] THEY'RE GOING TO SELL THESE.
[2:45:13] SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO
[2:45:16] PURCHASE UM TO ACQUISITION.
[2:45:18] UM.
[2:45:19] UH.
[2:45:20] NATURALLY FOR DEMAND HOUSING
[2:45:21] THAT WE CANNOT BE PUT MAKE IT
[2:45:24] TAKE IT OUT OF THE SPECULATIVE
[2:45:25] MARKET AND MAKING IT MORE KEEP
[2:45:27] IT MORE NATURALLY AFFORDABLE
[2:45:28] OVER THE LONGER TERM AS WELL.
[2:45:30] SO I THINK TO YOUR POINT, I
[2:45:31] THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY
[2:45:32] CREATIVE IN THIS MOMENT AND AND
[2:45:33] FIGURE OUT WHAT ELSE WHAT ELSE
[2:45:35] WE CAN DO.
[2:45:36] SO ACQUISITION FUNDS LIKE IT
[2:45:38] MIGHT TAKE SIX $6 MILLION BUT
[2:45:41] YOU GET UNITS OF COST YOU KNOW
[2:45:43] UNDER $100,000 FOR A UNIT WHEN
[2:45:46] YOU CAN'T BUILD A UNIT FOR THAT
[2:45:48] AMOUNT OF MONEY.
[2:45:48] SO YEAH.
[2:45:49] YEAH IF I MAY ADD ONE
[2:45:51] ADDITIONAL THOUGHT MIGHT BE
[2:45:53] THINKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM
[2:45:54] CHURN.
[2:45:55] SO YOU HAVE AVAILABLE UNITS
[2:45:56] THAT ARE MARKET RATE.
[2:45:57] LET'S JUST SAY TO BRANDY'S
[2:45:58] POINT ABOUT THE LACK OF VOUCHER
[2:46:01] PERHAPS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
[2:46:02] TO MOVE FAMILIES BUT YOU KNOW
[2:46:04] THEY MAKE THE CHOICE RIGHT?
[2:46:05] IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY FAMILIES TO
[2:46:08] MOVE ON IF THEY DON'T NEED
[2:46:10] THOSE VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT
[2:46:12] PROVIDE THAT VOUCHER AND
[2:46:14] INTENSE SERVICES.
[2:46:15] RIGHT.
[2:46:16] SO THERE IS A FEDERAL VOUCHER
[2:46:17] THAT'S.
[2:46:17] CALLED MOVING ON.
[2:46:19] UM THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT ALLOWS
[2:46:21] THAT UM ABILITY FOR THE FAMILY
[2:46:23] TO MOVE ON TO THOSE VACANT
[2:46:25] UNITS WITHOUT THE.
[2:46:26] VOUCHER AND OPENS UP THE SPACE
[2:46:29] FOR THE FAMILY THAT NEEDS THE
[2:46:31] VOUCHER TO COME IN AT A
[2:46:32] DIFFERENT POINT.
[2:46:33] SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR
[2:46:34] DATA AND DO SOME CROSS WALKING
[2:46:36] THERE COULD BE SOME
[2:46:37] OPPORTUNITIES TO DO JUST THAT
[2:46:39] TO MOVE THE FAMILIES THAT YOU
[2:46:40] KNOW SAY I WANT TO I'M READY.
[2:46:43] UM I'M AT A.
[2:46:44] POINT WHERE I'M GOING TO BE
[2:46:45] LOSING MY VOUCHER BECAUSE I'VE,
[2:46:47] YOU KNOW, GONE OVER THE LIMIT
[2:46:49] FOR ELIGIBILITY WHATEVER AND
[2:46:51] THEN THAT WOULD BE AN
[2:46:52] APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY.
[2:46:53] TO MOVE.
[2:46:54] SO YOU HAVE THAT BACK.
[2:46:54] END TO BE.
[2:46:55] ABLE TO BACKFILL.
[2:46:56] AND I THINK ONE OF THE ONE
[2:46:57] OF THE STORIES THAT WE HEARD
[2:46:59] EARLIER WAS THE PARENT WHO HAD
[2:47:01] A REALLY GOOD PRETTY GOOD
[2:47:02] PAYING JOB AND AND JUST OUR
[2:47:04] WHOLE DEPARTMENT WAS WIPED OUT
[2:47:06] AND SHE ENDED UP UNEMPLOYED.
[2:47:07] SHE LOST HER MORTGAGE MARKET.
[2:47:08] SHE LOST HER HOME.
[2:47:10] THERE ISN'T A NO SHE'S REAPPLY
[2:47:12] FOR EMPLOYMENT AGAIN.
[2:47:13] SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WITHIN THE
[2:47:16] COHORT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO
[2:47:17] TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE MORE
[2:47:20] AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE
[2:47:21] COMING AVAILABLE NOW BECAUSE
[2:47:23] THE THE MARKET HAS SOFTENED UP
[2:47:25] A LITTLE.
[2:47:25] YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW THERE'S
[2:47:27] MANY MANY SOLUTIONS TO THIS I
[2:47:28] THINK WE NEED TO PUT ON KEEP
[2:47:29] OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO KEEP
[2:47:31] THINKING YEAH BUT YOU KNOW
[2:47:33] THANK YOU I'M REALLY IMPRESSED
[2:47:34] WITH ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT
[2:47:35] YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND.
[2:47:37] UM YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AN
[2:47:39] INCREDIBLE.
[2:47:40] UH.
[2:47:41] CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING
[2:47:42] AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP
[2:47:44] KICKING THE TIRES AND KEEP
[2:47:45] COMING UP WITH MORE SOLUTIONS
[2:47:46] BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE WAY TO
[2:47:48] DO THIS.
[2:47:48] YOU KNOW, I DID.
[2:47:50] GO AHEAD.
[2:47:52] SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
[2:47:55] MENTIONING, UM, INVOLVING THE
[2:47:56] LOCAL NONPROFITS.
[2:47:57] UM, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[2:47:59] GET SERVED AND ALSO WORK UM
[2:48:01] WITH AND ALONGSIDE AND JUST
[2:48:04] VOLUNTEER JUST OUT OF THE
[2:48:06] PASSION UM, FOR THIS AND JUST
[2:48:08] FOR THE WORK THAT GOES ACROSS
[2:48:10] UM THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH AND
[2:48:11] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE
[2:48:12] BEEN WORKING ON AND THIS IS
[2:48:14] STUFF THAT IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED
[2:48:16] WITH MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER BUT
[2:48:18] ALSO WHAT I DO A LITTLE BIT
[2:48:19] ABOUT MYSELF.
[2:48:20] SO STUDENT ATHLETE AT BUNKER
[2:48:21] HILL UM, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO
[2:48:23] THERE WAS THIS.
[2:48:24] BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
[2:48:26] THAT WAS PASSED INTO LAW
[2:48:27] ALLOWING COLLEGE ATHLETES TO
[2:48:29] CAPITALIZE OFF THEIR NAME,
[2:48:30] IMAGE, LIKENESS PRETTY MUCH BE
[2:48:32] ABLE TO BE.
[2:48:35] UM UM JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
[2:48:37] ON CAMPUS NO LONGER WITH THESE
[2:48:39] UNIVERSITIES TAKING ADVANTAGE
[2:48:41] OF THEIR LABOR, UM, AND TELLING
[2:48:44] THEM TO GO FEND FOR THEMSELVES
[2:48:45] WITH THE SCHOLARSHIP, WITH THE
[2:48:47] MEAL PLAN, WITH THE HOUSING AND
[2:48:50] TAKING AND TAKING THE UM THE
[2:48:52] REVENUE AND THE PROFITS
[2:48:53] OF THEIR JERSEY SALES AND
[2:48:54] THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
[2:48:56] SO WHAT THE THE ENTIRE BUSINESS
[2:48:58] MODEL IS.
[2:49:01] IS EVEN THOUGH IT'S.
[2:49:03] CONTRADICTS ITSELF AND IT'S NOT
[2:49:05] EXACTLY.
[2:49:06] WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
[2:49:07] THE BUSINESS MODEL IS THESE
[2:49:08] COLLEGE ATHLETES ARE GOING TO
[2:49:10] GET PAID FOR THEIR NAME AND
[2:49:12] THEIR IMAGE AND LIKENESS.
[2:49:13] THEY'RE WHAT THEY BRING TO THE.
[2:49:14] TABLE WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY
[2:49:16] REPRESENT, HOW THEIR
[2:49:17] MARKETABILITY.
[2:49:19] AND THEN THERE'S THE OPPOSITE
[2:49:21] SIDE.
[2:49:21] OF.
[2:49:22] IT WHERE THEY'RE SAYING THAT
[2:49:23] HEY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
[2:49:24] THIS BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO
[2:49:25] PAY THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE
[2:49:25] REALLY.
[2:49:26] GOOD ATHLETES AND UNFORTUNATELY
[2:49:27] I DON'T GO TO ONE OF THOSE.
[2:49:28] SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A.
[2:49:29] REALLY BIG BUDGET TO.
[2:49:30] POUR INTO ME AS AN ATHLETE.
[2:49:32] BUT I'VE DONE THE DUE DILIGENCE
[2:49:34] I'VE BEEN AROUND IN THE
[2:49:35] INDUSTRY.
[2:49:36] I'VE BUILT THE.
[2:49:36] NETWORK AND I'VE ALSO RECEIVED
[2:49:38] UM THIS PAST SUMMER AN AWARD I
[2:49:40] WAS NOMINATED AND SELECTED BY
[2:49:42] GO FOR.
[2:49:43] COMMUNITY BUILDER OF THE YEAR
[2:49:44] OUT OF ALL.
[2:49:44] THE ENTIRE.
[2:49:45] COLLEGE ATHLETES IN THE
[2:49:46] COUNTRY.
[2:49:46] AND NOW I'VE SEEN THAT I'VE
[2:49:50] REALLY PUT.
[2:49:51] MYSELF IN POSITION TO UM.
[2:49:55] ALIGN WITH.
[2:49:55] THE THE.
[2:49:56] MARKET.
[2:49:57] VALUE OF THE REST OF OF
[2:49:58] COLLEGE.
[2:49:58] ATHLETES IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE
[2:50:00] OF MY WORTH AND MY
[2:50:01] UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I'M DOING
[2:50:02] NOW BUT ALSO THE IMPACT IT'S
[2:50:04] GOING TO HAVE.
[2:50:04] IN THE FUTURE WHEN I'M.
[2:50:05] NO LONGER A COLLEGE ATHLETE.
[2:50:07] SO ALL THAT BEING.
[2:50:08] SAID AND GOING BACK TO THE
[2:50:09] FUNDING PORTION.
[2:50:10] PORTION THAT.
[2:50:11] PANEL UM.
[2:50:12] BEFORE I.
[2:50:13] REALIZED I WAS SELECTED,
[2:50:15] NOMINATED AND RECEIVED.
[2:50:16] THE AWARD FOR THEM, THEY.
[2:50:18] ULTIMATELY HAD ANOTHER ATHLETE
[2:50:20] WHO HAD A.
[2:50:22] NONPROFIT IN WHICH.
[2:50:23] A BRAND.
[2:50:23] WAS.
[2:50:24] HAVING A CONVERSATION.
[2:50:25] WITH HIM AND THEY SAID, HEY,
[2:50:26] WE WANT TO.
[2:50:26] GIVE YOU $10,000 TO REPRESENT
[2:50:28] OUR ORGANIZATION.
[2:50:29] AND HE SAID, THANK YOU VERY
[2:50:30] MUCH.
[2:50:31] THAT'S AWESOME.
[2:50:31] I'LL TAKE THAT.
[2:50:32] BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS I
[2:50:33] WANT YOU.
[2:50:34] TO.
[2:50:34] UM, DOUBLE.
[2:50:34] THAT AND.
[2:50:35] MATCH IT TO MY NONPROFIT.
[2:50:36] AND THEY DID AND HE CONTINUED.
[2:50:38] THAT MODEL UM.
[2:50:39] GOING FORWARD.
[2:50:40] AND SOME.
[2:50:40] BRANDS WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE IT
[2:50:42] AND SOME WERE ABLE TO SPLIT IT
[2:50:44] IN HALF AND HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE
[2:50:45] FIVE AND HE WAS.
[2:50:46] ABLE TO GIVE FIVE TO HIS
[2:50:47] NONPROFIT.
[2:50:48] SO JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW
[2:50:50] THAT'S WHAT.
[2:50:50] I'M LOOKING TO BRING INTO THE.
[2:50:52] ACROSS THE STATE.
[2:50:53] WITH SOME OF THE NETWORKS THAT
[2:50:54] I HAVE UM IN.
[2:50:56] BOSTON AND OUTSIDE OF BOSTON TO
[2:50:57] TRY TO ALLEVIATE.
[2:50:58] THIS BUT ALSO TO USE ME MY
[2:51:01] LIVED EXPERIENCE.
[2:51:02] MY PLATFORM AND MY NETWORK UM.
[2:51:05] WITHIN THIS SPACE.
[2:51:07] IN BOSTON BUT ALSO ACROSS THE
[2:51:09] COUNTRY.
[2:51:10] UM.
[2:51:10] BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW THAT
[2:51:11] THIS.
[2:51:12] IS SOMETHING THIS IS A PART
[2:51:13] OF MY STORY.
[2:51:13] THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I'M HERE
[2:51:15] FOR.
[2:51:15] AND THAT'S WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS
[2:51:17] ABOUT.
[2:51:17] SO YOU KNOW, AS BOSTON.
[2:51:18] IS IS A PLACE THAT'S.
[2:51:20] BORN ON.
[2:51:22] JUST IT'S A UNION CITY.
[2:51:25] UM, I WAS ALSO SELECTED AS ONE
[2:51:27] OF THE 16 ATHLETES IN THE
[2:51:28] COUNTRY LAST.
[2:51:28] YEAR TO REPRESENT WHY.
[2:51:30] NCAA NEEDS A UNION.
[2:51:32] UM.
[2:51:32] THERE'S A LOT
[2:51:33] OF CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN
[2:51:35] IN HAVE BEEN TAKING PART OF AND
[2:51:36] A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN
[2:51:38] WATCHING AND LEARNING AND ALSO
[2:51:40] APPLYING TO TO.
[2:51:41] GET INVOLVED.
[2:51:42] TO MAKE MYSELF AN ASSET.
[2:51:43] AND I'VE.
[2:51:43] ALREADY WORKED WITH MULTIPLE
[2:51:46] NATIONAL SCALE BRANDS SUCH AS
[2:51:47] GODADDY, THE WEBSITE.
[2:51:49] UM I JUST.
[2:51:49] SECURED A PARTNERSHIP.
[2:51:50] WITH ALLEGIANT AIRLINES OVER
[2:51:51] THE.
[2:51:52] SUMMER AND UH, A COUPLE.
[2:51:53] DIFFERENT DRINK.
[2:51:54] COMPANIES SUCH AS LOCAL ENERGY
[2:51:56] UNDERDOG UM, AND A COUPLE.
[2:51:58] MORE BUT IT'S JUST.
[2:52:00] A NEW CONVERSATION.
[2:52:01] AND PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE.
[2:52:01] I KNOW AT THE MOMENT ALL THE
[2:52:03] NONPROFITS.
[2:52:04] ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FIGHTING
[2:52:06] .
[2:52:07] OVER A LACK.
[2:52:08] OF GRANT MONEY.
[2:52:09] BUT I WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
[2:52:10] CONVERSATION TO BEING ABLE TO
[2:52:11] ACCESS SPONSORSHIP AND.
[2:52:13] DIFFERENT.
[2:52:13] TYPE OF PRIVATE FUNDS TO.
[2:52:15] BE ABLE TO.
[2:52:15] PULL INTO MY OWN ACCORD AND
[2:52:17] THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I'M GOING
[2:52:17] TO BE DOING FOR OCTOBER 23RD.
[2:52:19] I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING.
[2:52:20] TO PARTNER WITH DEALS.
[2:52:21] THAT ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO PAY.
[2:52:22] FOR UM MY NAME IMAGE LIKENESS
[2:52:25] TO TO.
[2:52:25] PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS.
[2:52:26] BUT ALSO I'M GOING TO ASK THEM
[2:52:28] TO MATCH SOME DONATIONS AND.
[2:52:30] RESOURCES TO.
[2:52:31] GIVE BACK TO THE HOMELESS
[2:52:32] YOUTH ON OCTOBER 23RD AND WHICH
[2:52:33] I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE.
[2:52:35] THANK YOU.
[2:52:37] THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR.
[2:52:38] THAT'S ALL I HAD.
[2:52:39] THANK YOU.
[2:52:40] UM.
[2:52:40] I HAD ONE QUESTION AND, UM,
[2:52:43] PRESIDENT RAMOS, YOU MENTIONED
[2:52:44] YOU GAVE, UM, A BREAKDOWN
[2:52:46] OF THE CLIENTS THAT YOU WERE
[2:52:47] SERVING.
[2:52:48] ARE YOU ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT
[2:52:49] INFORMATION?
[2:52:50] ABSOLUTELY.
[2:52:51] AWESOME.
[2:52:52] THANK YOU.
[2:52:52] YEAH.
[2:52:52] HAPPY TO DO.
[2:52:53] AWESOME.
[2:52:54] UM.
[2:52:55] COUNCIL WEBER.
[2:52:55] YEAH.
[2:52:57] SO JUST A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UP
[2:52:58] QUESTIONS.
[2:52:59] UM, SO I GUESS I THINK THIS IS,
[2:53:01] UH, FOR.
[2:53:02] UNITED WAY AND HIGHER GROUND
[2:53:04] AND FAMILY AID.
[2:53:05] SO IN TERMS OF LIKE DO WE HAVE
[2:53:07] THE CAPACITY?
[2:53:08] DO YOU.
[2:53:08] HAVE THE CAPACITY YOU KNOW, TO
[2:53:11] PROVIDE.
[2:53:12] SERVICES IF WE CAN GET NOTICE
[2:53:14] TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM
[2:53:16] IN BOSTON?
[2:53:17] UH, IT IS LIKE RIGHT NOW OR UM
[2:53:20] .
[2:53:22] SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
[2:53:23] YEAH.
[2:53:25] SO 4300 STUDENTS LET'S SAY
[2:53:27] NUMBER OF FAMILIES ROUGHLY 3500
[2:53:32] FAMILIES REPRESENT THOSE 4300
[2:53:35] STUDENTS.
[2:53:35] UM I WILL SAY NOT NOW TODAY
[2:53:38] DOES HIGHER GROUND HAVE THAT
[2:53:39] CAPACITY?
[2:53:40] THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU KNOW
[2:53:41] WHAT COREY MENTIONED AND
[2:53:43] DANIELLE MENTIONED IS A
[2:53:44] COORDINATED RESPONSE SO THAT,
[2:53:46] YOU KNOW, SOME FAMILIES GET
[2:53:48] REFERRED TO HIGHER GROUND, SOME
[2:53:49] FAMILIES GET REFERRED TO FAMILY
[2:53:51] AID.
[2:53:52] SOME FAMILIES MAY GET A
[2:53:54] REFERRAL TO UNITED WAY TO BE
[2:53:55] ABLE TO GET TO THEIR NETWORK.
[2:53:58] UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS
[2:54:00] ANY ONE ORGANIZATION THAT COULD
[2:54:02] TAKE ON THAT.
[2:54:03] I MEAN ALTOGETHER.
[2:54:04] OH, BUT.
[2:54:05] ALL TO UH THE UM I WOULD SAY
[2:54:09] IT IS IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL
[2:54:12] RESOURCES BECAUSE ONE OF THE
[2:54:13] THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED
[2:54:14] EARLIER WAS HAVING A NAVIGATOR
[2:54:18] THAT HELPS THAT ONE FAMILY
[2:54:20] NAVIGATE EVERYTHING AND SO WE
[2:54:22] NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
[2:54:23] STAFFING LEVELS, THE LANGUAGE
[2:54:26] CAPABILITIES AND OTHER THINGS
[2:54:27] TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE
[2:54:28] FAMILIES.
[2:54:29] SO I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW AGAIN
[2:54:31] I'M SPEAKING FROM HIGHER GROUND
[2:54:33] IS I DO NOT THINK THERE IS THE
[2:54:34] CAPACITY PARTICULARLY WITH SOME
[2:54:37] OF THE OTHER RESOURCES BEING
[2:54:38] CUT AS WELL.
[2:54:40] UM BUT I DO THINK IF WE PUT IN
[2:54:43] THE INVESTMENT WE COULD
[2:54:44] ABSOLUTELY TACKLE IT AND I YOU
[2:54:48] KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO BE BOLD AND
[2:54:50] AS US COLLABORATIVELY SAY FIVE
[2:54:52] YEARS FROM NOW IF WE DO WHAT'S
[2:54:55] NECESSARY WE WILL SEE A DECLINE
[2:54:57] BY THIS PERCENTAGE.
[2:55:00] UH I GUESS DO YOU AGREE PLEASE.
[2:55:04] YOU'RE THE PROVIDER.
[2:55:06] UM, I WOULD AGREE.
[2:55:07] CURRENT STATE.
[2:55:09] UM UM.
[2:55:10] TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES
[2:55:11] THROUGHOUT THE.
[2:55:12] ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR AND EVEN
[2:55:14] INTO THE.
[2:55:14] SUMMER AND KNOW LIKE THE THE
[2:55:16] THE CAPACITY JUST ISN'T THERE
[2:55:17] YET.
[2:55:18] UM, HOWEVER I UM WHAT I WILL
[2:55:22] SAY IS THAT, UM I AM AGAIN
[2:55:26] RELATIVELY NEW.
[2:55:27] UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS
[2:55:29] OF DEVELOPING A NEW MARKETING
[2:55:31] COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY BECAUSE
[2:55:32] WE ACTUALLY WANT TO RUN OUT
[2:55:34] OF RESOURCES EARLY SO WE CAN
[2:55:35] TURN AROUND WITH THE DATA AND
[2:55:36] SAY HEY, LISTEN, THERE IS THIS
[2:55:37] NEED THAT HAS GONE UNMET.
[2:55:40] UM, AND UH AND WE SERVED AS
[2:55:42] MANY FAMILIES AS FAST AND AS
[2:55:44] QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY COULD
[2:55:45] THE CITY, THE STATE
[2:55:48] PHILANTHROPY EVERYONE NEEDS TO
[2:55:49] STEP UP, UM, TO TRY TO PROVIDE
[2:55:51] THOSE RESOURCES AND THAT'S A
[2:55:52] BIG PIECE OF THE PUSH, RIGHT?
[2:55:54] UM, BUT BUT I WILL SAY LIKE ONE
[2:55:56] NUMBER THAT I HADN'T HEARD UH,
[2:55:58] SO FAR UH, THROWN OUT IS, YOU
[2:55:59] KNOW, THAT OLD SAYING LIKE AN
[2:56:01] OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH,
[2:56:02] UH, A POUND OF CURE, RIGHT?
[2:56:04] UM, YOU KNOW, YOU INVEST $5,000
[2:56:07] IN PREVENTION TO SUPPORT
[2:56:08] FAMILIES.
[2:56:08] UM, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT KEEPING
[2:56:11] A FAMILY IN THE IN THE FIRST
[2:56:13] YEAR KEEPING THEM FROM ACTUALLY
[2:56:15] BECOMING STREET HOMELESS.
[2:56:16] UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO
[2:56:18] SEE BETWEEN 30 TO $85,000 FOR
[2:56:21] THAT ONE FAMILY, UH, WITH
[2:56:23] $5,000 WORTH OF PREVENTION.
[2:56:25] THEN IF YOU.
[2:56:26] SIT BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE
[2:56:27] AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE
[2:56:28] HAVING TO SPEND BECAUSE
[2:56:30] OF MCKINNEY-VENTO UM UM YEAH,
[2:56:32] THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE
[2:56:33] HAVE TO SPEND BUSING KIDS FROM
[2:56:34] OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT COME
[2:56:35] INTO THE CITY.
[2:56:36] RIGHT.
[2:56:37] AND THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS
[2:56:38] AND SO.
[2:56:39] SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE
[2:56:40] BIT MORE THAN WHAT YOU ASKED
[2:56:41] FOR.
[2:56:42] 17 MILLION I THINK WAS THE THE
[2:56:43] NUMBER THAT WE WE'VE.
[2:56:44] HEARD.
[2:56:45] YEAH THAT THE CITY SPENDS.
[2:56:46] EXACTLY.
[2:56:47] SO SO I WOULD SAY THAT
[2:56:49] THERE'S PROBABLY AN APPETITE TO
[2:56:50] STEP UP THE PREVENTION WORK UH
[2:56:52] MUCH MORE QUICKLY.
[2:56:53] UM AND.
[2:56:54] AND AND NOT TO MENTION THAT
[2:56:56] ONCE A KID DOES BECOME HOMELESS
[2:56:58] ,AS I SAID, IT REROUTES THEIR
[2:56:59] ENTIRE TRAJECTORY.
[2:57:00] UM, EVEN.
[2:57:01] KIDS WHO SPENDS.
[2:57:02] SHORT PERIODS OF TIME
[2:57:04] HOMELESSNESS UM, AFTER THEY
[2:57:05] HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY HOUSE FOR
[2:57:07] SIX YEARS, THEY STILL, UH,
[2:57:10] MAINTAIN THE ABSENTEE RATES UH
[2:57:12] ,AS WELL AS SOME OF THE
[2:57:13] ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ISSUES
[2:57:14] THAT THEY HAD WHEN THEY WERE
[2:57:15] HOMELESS.
[2:57:16] RIGHT.
[2:57:17] UM, AND SO IT.
[2:57:18] STAYS WITH THE KIDS UNLESS
[2:57:19] WE'RE ABLE TO WRAPAROUND THESE
[2:57:20] SERVICES AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
[2:57:22] SUPPORT AHEAD OF TIME.
[2:57:24] SO THE ACTUAL COST TO OUR
[2:57:26] COMMUNITY, UM, GOES MUCH, MUCH
[2:57:29] MORE UH, BROAD THAN JUST.
[2:57:30] THE.
[2:57:31] 80,000 85,000 A YEAR.
[2:57:34] OKAY.
[2:57:34] AND SO FOR JBL'S IN TERMS.
[2:57:36] OF GETTING.
[2:57:37] THE SERVICES.
[2:57:39] EARLIER, UM.
[2:57:43] I GUESS YOU KNOW WHAT'S WHAT.
[2:57:45] DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS
[2:57:46] FOR.
[2:57:46] HOW WE CAN.
[2:57:48] IS IT JUST IDENTIFICARE OR DOES
[2:57:50] IT HAVE TO COME FROM THE
[2:57:52] INDIVIDUALS YOU KNOW WHO ARE
[2:57:53] EXPERIENCING.
[2:57:54] THE YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES TO
[2:57:56] REACH JBL'S YOU KNOW OR REACH
[2:57:58] THE ACCESS TO COUNCILOR PROGRAM
[2:58:00] LIKE YOU KNOW.
[2:58:01] I MEAN HOPEFULLY NOT.
[2:58:02] UM I MEAN I THINK THE IDEA
[2:58:04] ABOUT PARTNERING WITH HOUSING
[2:58:05] AUTHORITY LIKE THE PROGRAM SORT
[2:58:07] OF PARTNERING WITH 2030 IS
[2:58:08] WE'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY
[2:58:09] PARTNER WITH HOUSING
[2:58:10] AUTHORITIES SO THAT THERE IS
[2:58:12] SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN IDENTIFY
[2:58:15] LIKE WHEN THINGS ARE STARTING
[2:58:16] TO GO WRONG OR HOUSING
[2:58:17] PROVIDERS THAT THAT MIGHT MIGHT
[2:58:20] BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY.
[2:58:21] UM, I MEAN I PERSONALLY I THINK
[2:58:24] UH I'M SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE
[2:58:26] FOLKS FROM VEEPS ARE AWESOME.
[2:58:28] I THINK IF I WAS A PARENT
[2:58:30] EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR
[2:58:31] ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE
[2:58:32] HOMELESSNESS, I WOULD BE AFRAID
[2:58:33] TO TELL THE SCHOOL PERSONALLY
[2:58:34] BECAUSE I WOULD BE AFRAID ABOUT
[2:58:37] LIKE DCF MAYBE BEING CALLED OR
[2:58:39] BEING ASKED WHETHER OR NOT LIKE
[2:58:41] IF I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
[2:58:42] MCKINNEY-VENTO EXISTED I WOULD
[2:58:43] BE AFRAID OF BEING ASKED
[2:58:45] WHETHER OR NOT I STILL COULD
[2:58:46] STAY AT THAT SCHOOL.
[2:58:47] RIGHT.
[2:58:47] SO I THINK THAT THAT IT WOULD
[2:58:49] BE YOU KNOW, AND ALSO LIKE
[2:58:52] REFERS PEOPLE TO US AND SO
[2:58:53] SOMETIMES PEOPLE TO GET US
[2:58:55] THROUGH THEM BUT UM, I THINK
[2:58:57] THE MORE PLACES THAT PEOPLE
[2:58:59] COULD MAYBE ENTER THE PROGRAM
[2:59:00] IT'S NOT JUST THE.
[2:59:02] SCHOOL WITH YOU.
[2:59:02] OKAY.
[2:59:02] YEAH.
[2:59:03] I MEAN, MR.
[2:59:04] SCHMIDT, THERE'S.
[2:59:05] A NEED.
[2:59:06] YOU KNOW.
[2:59:06] IF.
[2:59:07] YOU SEE THERE'S A, UH, A GAP
[2:59:09] HERE AND.
[2:59:09] UM.
[2:59:10] LOOKING FOR WAYS ANYWAY, WE
[2:59:11] TALKED ABOUT A COMMISSION.
[2:59:12] THAT APPARENTLY.
[2:59:13] EXISTED, BUT I MEAN, I FEEL.
[2:59:15] LIKE WE CAN.
[2:59:16] FORM A NEW ONE.
[2:59:18] UH, AND LIKE THIS THE PANEL
[2:59:20] OBVIOUSLY, UH, LIKE YOU
[2:59:22] COVER ALL THE.
[2:59:22] BASES AND.
[2:59:23] UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
[2:59:25] CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION
[2:59:26] WITH.
[2:59:27] EVERYONE HERE.
[2:59:27] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2:59:28] JUST TO ADD ONE LAST THING THE
[2:59:32] $17 MILLION FIGURE THAT WE
[2:59:33] MENTIONED IN TERMS OF WHAT'S
[2:59:35] SPENT ON TRANSPORTATION, IF WE
[2:59:38] WERE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE
[2:59:40] FOLKS IN THE CITY, THAT 17
[2:59:43] MILLION WOULD TURN INTO 700
[2:59:45] FAMILIES AND THEIR STUDENTS
[2:59:46] BEING HOUSED.
[2:59:50] YEAH.
[2:59:51] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON
[2:59:53] .
[2:59:53] THE SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS.
[2:59:55] NO.
[2:59:56] JUST WANTED TO THANK
[2:59:57] EVERYONE.
[2:59:57] THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT
[2:59:58] CONVERSATION.
[2:59:59] I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT GOING
[3:00:00] AND KEEP KICKING THE TIRES AND
[3:00:03] SEE IF WE CAN FIND OTHER NEW
[3:00:05] SOLUTIONS AND UM, FIGURE OUT
[3:00:08] WHAT WORKS AND KEEP KEEP DOING
[3:00:09] THAT.
[3:00:09] YEAH.
[3:00:10] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL BEING
[3:00:11] HERE TODAY.
[3:00:12] THANK YOU.
[3:00:13] THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[3:00:14] THANK YOU.
[3:00:14] UM YES.
[3:00:15] THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY BEING
[3:00:17] HERE BUT THE WORK.
[3:00:18] UM I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH,
[3:00:19] THE ADMINISTRATION ON THEIR
[3:00:20] PANEL.
[3:00:21] I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF,
[3:00:23] MY COLLEAGUES, UH, AND, UH, THE
[3:00:25] LEAD SPONSOR COUNCIL WEBER FOR
[3:00:26] BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
[3:00:28] LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING
[3:00:29] THIS CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY
[3:00:31] WE'LL BE MEETING IN THE DPA
[3:00:33] MONTANE KALI ROOM TO DIVE
[3:00:35] DEEPER INTO THESE UM, INCIDENT
[3:00:37] INSTANCE.
[3:00:38] SO UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[3:00:40] UM, AND THIS HEARING ON DOCKET
[3:00:43] NUMBER 0507 IS ADJOURNED.
[3:01:04] UM.