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1 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:23,123 TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 2 00:00:23,123 --> 00:00:23,690 FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND 3 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:24,357 POLICY CHANGES COMMITTEE MEETING 4 00:00:24,357 --> 00:00:25,725 WILL COME TO ORDER AT 9:41 A.M., 5 00:00:25,725 --> 00:00:28,094 JULY 18th, 2025, I AM CHAIR OF 6 00:00:28,094 --> 00:00:29,496 THE COMMITTEE, WILL THE CLERK 7 00:00:29,496 --> 00:00:31,765 PLEASE CALL THE ROLE AND LET THE 8 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:34,934 RECORD REFLECT THAT 9 00:00:34,934 --> 00:00:36,169 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, 10 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:39,606 RIVERA, AND SAKA ARE EXCUSED . 11 00:00:39,606 --> 00:00:49,582 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? NELSON? 12 00:00:49,582 --> 00:00:49,883 >> PRESENT. 13 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:50,183 >> STRAUSS? 14 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:50,517 >> PRESENT. 15 00:00:50,517 --> 00:00:52,852 >> SOLOMON ? 16 00:00:52,852 --> 00:00:56,222 >> RINCK? 17 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:56,523 >> PRESENT. 18 00:00:56,523 --> 00:01:00,860 >> FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. 19 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:04,731 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE NEEDS TO 20 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:15,275 BE MOVED. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 21 00:01:43,336 --> 00:01:53,813 I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS 22 00:01:55,114 --> 00:01:57,417 JOINED ONLINE . THERE ARE FIVE 23 00:01:57,417 --> 00:01:59,285 MEMBERS PRESENT. 24 00:01:59,285 --> 00:02:00,687 >> THANK YOU AND WE WILL NOW 25 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:03,857 MOVE FORWARD TO APPROVAL OF THE 26 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:04,924 AGENDA TODAY, I MOVED TO ADOPT 27 00:02:04,924 --> 00:02:06,759 THE AGENDA, IS THERE A SECOND? 28 00:02:06,759 --> 00:02:07,594 >> SECOND . 29 00:02:07,594 --> 00:02:11,664 >> MOVED AND SECONDED, HEARING 30 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:14,601 NO OBJECTIONS -- THERE IS A 31 00:02:14,601 --> 00:02:15,735 LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE THE 32 00:02:15,735 --> 00:02:21,574 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THERE IS AN 33 00:02:21,574 --> 00:02:32,118 ISSUE HERE. MOVED AND SECONDED 34 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:33,853 TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, IF THERE IS 35 00:02:33,853 --> 00:02:35,255 NO OBJECTION TO ITEM 1 WILL BE 36 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:36,890 REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. HEARING 37 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:37,857 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 38 00:02:37,857 --> 00:02:39,292 AMENDED TO REMOVE ITEM 1. IF 39 00:02:39,292 --> 00:02:40,660 THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 40 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:42,529 AGENDA AS AMENDED WILL BE 41 00:02:42,529 --> 00:02:45,164 ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE 42 00:02:45,164 --> 00:02:49,569 AGENDA IS AMENDED -- AS AMENDED 43 00:02:49,569 --> 00:02:53,573 IS ADOPTED WELCOME TO THE 44 00:02:53,573 --> 00:02:54,507 MEETING FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE 45 00:02:54,507 --> 00:02:55,341 ON FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND 46 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:56,376 POLICY CHANGES. THANK YOU SO 47 00:02:56,376 --> 00:02:57,210 MUCH FOR JOINING TODAY'S 48 00:02:57,210 --> 00:03:02,849 MEETING, FOR THESE MEDICAL 49 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:03,683 DISCUSSIONS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR 50 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:04,751 TIME AND ATTENTION AND EXPERTISE 51 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:05,318 DURING THESE INCREDIBLY 52 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:06,119 CHALLENGING TIMES. ON THE 53 00:03:06,119 --> 00:03:12,158 AGENDA, WE WILL HEAR TWO ITEMS, 54 00:03:12,158 --> 00:03:13,560 THE FIRST IS AN UPDATE FROM THE 55 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,260 CITY OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 56 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:15,228 RELATIONS AND THEY WILL BE 57 00:03:15,228 --> 00:03:17,063 PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE 58 00:03:17,063 --> 00:03:20,166 BIG BETRAYAL BILL WILL IMPACT 59 00:03:20,166 --> 00:03:22,135 THE CITY AND STATE AND AN UPDATE 60 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:23,369 ON WHAT IS BEING EXPERIENCED 61 00:03:23,369 --> 00:03:29,309 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS OF 62 00:03:29,309 --> 00:03:30,376 THE DONALD TRUMP REGIME. BEFORE 63 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:31,511 WE MOVE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT 64 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:32,512 AND PRESENTATIONS, I WANTED TO 65 00:03:32,512 --> 00:03:33,913 HIGHLIGHT THAT, IN ADDITION TO 66 00:03:33,913 --> 00:03:38,217 THE TRAIL -- BETRAYAL BILL, OF 67 00:03:38,217 --> 00:03:39,419 THE THINGS THAT COME TO OUR 68 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:40,453 ATTENTION, INFORMATION ABOUT, 69 00:03:40,453 --> 00:03:43,156 THE BILL WILL KICK 330,000 70 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:50,697 WASHINGTONS UP THERE -- OFF OF 71 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:51,698 THEIR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND THE 72 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:52,599 HOSPITAL SYSTEM WILL IS $6.6 73 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:53,833 BILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN 74 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:56,269 SEATTLE, SOME OF THOSE CUTS LOOK 75 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:59,339 LIKE OVER $56 MILLION FROM 76 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:01,808 HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER THE 77 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:02,742 ONLY LEVEL THREE TRAUMA CENTER 78 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:03,977 IN THE REGION, NOT JUST THE 79 00:04:03,977 --> 00:04:07,513 STATE AND OVER $35 MILLION FROM 80 00:04:07,513 --> 00:04:12,118 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 81 00:04:12,118 --> 00:04:13,219 CENTER, NEARLY $30 MILLION FROM 82 00:04:13,219 --> 00:04:14,187 SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER AND $12 83 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:15,955 MILLION FROM -- ALTOGETHER, 84 00:04:15,955 --> 00:04:20,860 OTHER HOSPITALS , IN OTHER 85 00:04:20,860 --> 00:04:23,096 COUNTIES, $660 MILLION ANNUALLY 86 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:24,497 AND DEVASTATING FOR PATIENTS AND 87 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:28,801 PROVIDERS IT WILL FORCE CLOSURES 88 00:04:28,801 --> 00:04:29,669 OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, 89 00:04:29,669 --> 00:04:30,637 SERVICES WILL BE SCALED-BACK AND 90 00:04:30,637 --> 00:04:31,638 INSURANCE PREMIUMS WILL RISE AS 91 00:04:31,638 --> 00:04:33,840 EARLY AS FOURTH QUARTER OF 2025 92 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:35,408 . THIS IS MOST REPRESSIVE TAX 93 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:38,044 BILL IN HALF A CENTURY OF 94 00:04:38,044 --> 00:04:39,812 FEDERAL POLICY . THE EFFECTS 95 00:04:39,812 --> 00:04:41,047 WILL BE DEVASTATING AND FELT BY 96 00:04:41,047 --> 00:04:43,783 THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS. WE 97 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:46,219 MUST DEMAND BETTER NATIONALLY, 98 00:04:46,219 --> 00:04:53,526 AND ACT LOCALLY. WITH THAT, WE 99 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:54,761 WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC 100 00:04:54,761 --> 00:04:55,595 COMMENT TIME FOR COMMENTS 101 00:04:55,595 --> 00:04:56,929 RELATED TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 102 00:04:56,929 --> 00:04:58,598 CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 103 00:04:58,598 --> 00:05:00,066 SIGNED UP ? 104 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:01,267 >> WE HAVE ZERO IN PERSON 105 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:03,636 SPEAKERS AND ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. 106 00:05:03,770 --> 00:05:07,740 >> THE REMOTE SPEAKER WILL HAVE 107 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:11,444 TWO MINUTES. WE WILL MOVE TO 108 00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:14,280 THEM NOW. PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC 109 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,049 COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS, CLERK 110 00:05:16,049 --> 00:05:19,085 >> PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WILL BE 111 00:05:19,085 --> 00:05:26,059 MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 112 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:26,993 MANNER, PUBLIC COMMENT TYPE IS 113 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:28,127 UP TO 60 MINUTES AND SPEAKERS 114 00:05:28,127 --> 00:05:29,529 WILL BE CAUGHT IN THE ORDER IN 115 00:05:29,529 --> 00:05:33,333 WHICH THEY WERE REGISTERED, 116 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:34,400 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHILD WITH 117 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:35,835 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT ON THE TYPE 118 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:36,803 AND SPEAKERS MICROPHONES WILL BE 119 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:38,204 NEEDED IF THEY DO NOT STOP THE 120 00:05:38,204 --> 00:05:39,038 COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 121 00:05:39,038 --> 00:05:40,707 TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE 122 00:05:40,707 --> 00:05:41,908 NEXT SPEAKER AND THE PUBLIC TIME 123 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:43,343 IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN 124 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:44,744 WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE 125 00:05:44,744 --> 00:05:46,746 LIST. FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID 126 00:05:46,746 --> 00:05:56,889 HAYNES. 127 00:06:00,893 --> 00:06:10,770 >> THANK YOU. HOW MUCH MONEY -- 128 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:14,240 WAIT, THE BIG BETRAYAL SEATTLE 129 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,609 KNOWS A LOT ABOUT BETRAYAL WITH 130 00:06:16,609 --> 00:06:19,679 POLICIES, WITH CONSTANT BUDGET 131 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:21,314 CRISIS, HOW MUCH MONEY DO THESE 132 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:23,783 HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX 133 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:25,685 MAKES REPRESENTING THE RACIST 134 00:06:25,685 --> 00:06:27,420 PREFERRED MISINTERPRETATIONS OF 135 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:33,159 POLICY , MISJUDGING SKIN COLOR 136 00:06:33,159 --> 00:06:33,960 THAT HAS EXACERBATED THE 137 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,261 HOMELESS CRISIS WITH UNNECESSARY 138 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:38,231 -- WHILE PURCHASING HOW MUCH 139 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:40,032 THEY CARE FOR CERTAIN SKIN 140 00:06:40,032 --> 00:06:41,768 COLORS OF REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO 141 00:06:41,768 --> 00:06:44,036 GOUGE MEDICAID, PADDING -- 142 00:06:44,036 --> 00:06:46,506 PASSING THE COST TO BIG PHARMA , 143 00:06:46,506 --> 00:06:51,778 FOR JUNKIES WHO VOLUNTARILY ROAM 144 00:06:51,778 --> 00:06:52,879 AROUND DECIDING HOW MUCH EFFORT 145 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:54,080 THEY WILL PUT INTO THE MEDICATED 146 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,015 OF WRITING THE PREDICTION AND 147 00:06:56,015 --> 00:06:59,085 HALFHEARTED MANNER. WHY IS THE 148 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:01,454 HOMELESS , HOUSING AND HUMAN 149 00:07:01,454 --> 00:07:05,391 SERVICES COMMITTEE BEING CAREFUL 150 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:06,692 THIS WHOLE MONTH, WHILE WE HAVE 151 00:07:06,692 --> 00:07:10,530 AN ONGOING HOMELESS CRISIS OF 152 00:07:10,530 --> 00:07:10,997 UNNECESSARY SUFFERING 153 00:07:10,997 --> 00:07:11,697 EXACERBATED BY CITY HALL 154 00:07:11,697 --> 00:07:12,632 EXECUTIVE PRIORITIES AND 155 00:07:12,632 --> 00:07:14,333 POLICIES , THAT PROSECUTE 156 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:15,134 INNOCENT WHITE HOMELESS OR 157 00:07:15,134 --> 00:07:16,469 RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR EVIL 158 00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:19,305 REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO RUIN THE 159 00:07:19,305 --> 00:07:22,275 PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ? WHY IS 160 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:23,442 THIS COMMITTEE BEING USED AS A 161 00:07:23,442 --> 00:07:24,610 CAMPAIGN PLATFORM DURING 162 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:28,748 ELECTION SEASON , VIRTUE 163 00:07:28,748 --> 00:07:29,816 SIGNALING THAT ALL OF THE 164 00:07:29,816 --> 00:07:30,616 FAILURES OF PROGRESSIVE POLICIES 165 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:32,618 IS TO BLAME DONALD TRUMP AND 166 00:07:32,618 --> 00:07:34,887 MAGA FOR EVERYTHING, DISTRACTING 167 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:37,256 THE DEMOCRATS ARE ABUSING 168 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:40,092 MEDICAID WITH UNQUALIFIED 169 00:07:40,092 --> 00:07:40,726 POLITICALLY CONNECTED NONPROFITS 170 00:07:40,726 --> 00:07:43,763 THAT HAVE THESE EXTREMELY RICH 171 00:07:43,763 --> 00:07:46,065 EXECUTIVES WHO SPENT ALL OF 172 00:07:46,065 --> 00:07:48,301 THEIR TIME HIRING EXPERIENCE SO 173 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:49,468 THEY DO NOT HAVE TO INTERACT 174 00:07:49,468 --> 00:07:52,438 WITH THE PEOPLE, THEY MAINTAIN 175 00:07:52,438 --> 00:07:53,873 THEIR INTERGOVERNMENTAL 176 00:07:53,873 --> 00:07:55,942 POLITICAL DONATIONS, WITH 177 00:07:55,942 --> 00:07:57,376 ELECTION SUPPORT FOR A 178 00:07:57,376 --> 00:07:58,444 WATERED-DOWN INTEGRITY OF 179 00:07:58,444 --> 00:08:01,314 OVERSIGHT . I KNOW FOR FACT THAT 180 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:08,554 MEDICAID IS BEING GOUGED BY THE 181 00:08:08,554 --> 00:08:09,188 PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF 182 00:08:09,188 --> 00:08:10,189 SEATTLE, YOU NEED TO BE 183 00:08:10,189 --> 00:08:10,823 INVESTIGATED BECAUSE YOU'RE 184 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:12,458 PERSECUTING INNOCENT PEOPLE -- 185 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:15,061 >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST 186 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:18,231 ITEM OF BUSINESS. IF THERE IS NO 187 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:22,401 OBJECTION -- WE WILL MOVE ON TO 188 00:08:22,401 --> 00:08:23,970 THE FIRST ITEM, WILL THE CLERK 189 00:08:23,970 --> 00:08:25,338 PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INTO THE 190 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:26,005 RECORD? 191 00:08:26,005 --> 00:08:31,310 >> ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT 192 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:32,311 ANALYSIS, BRIEFING AND 193 00:08:32,311 --> 00:08:33,179 DISCUSSION. 194 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:38,417 >> WITH THAT I WILL INVITE THE 195 00:08:38,417 --> 00:08:39,085 OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 196 00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:42,655 RELATIONS TO COME UP TO THE 197 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:47,560 TABLE AND, WHEN SETTLED, IF YOU 198 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:48,427 CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF BY 199 00:08:48,427 --> 00:08:49,395 SPEAKING YOUR NAME INTO THE 200 00:08:49,395 --> 00:08:59,872 MICROPHONE FOR THE RECORD. 201 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:12,218 >> GOOD MORNING , COUNCIL 202 00:09:34,206 --> 00:09:36,142 MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR INVITING 203 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:38,811 ME HERE TODAY . AS MENTIONED, I 204 00:09:38,811 --> 00:09:42,949 WILL BE PRESENTING ON HR ONE, 205 00:09:42,949 --> 00:09:45,251 FORMALLY ENTITLED THE ONE BIG 206 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:51,390 BEAUTIFUL BILL . THIS IS A 207 00:09:51,390 --> 00:09:51,991 CONSEQUENTIAL SPENDING BILL 208 00:09:51,991 --> 00:09:53,359 STRUCTURED AS A BUDGET 209 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:54,427 RECONCILIATION PACKAGE THAT HAS 210 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:55,928 ALLOWED FOR A SIMPLE MAJORITY 211 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:59,031 PASSAGE, THWARTING FILIBUSTER 212 00:09:59,031 --> 00:10:00,433 REQUIREMENTS AND WAS PASSED JUST 213 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,902 RECENTLY , AND SIGNED INTO LAW 214 00:10:02,902 --> 00:10:05,538 BY PRESIDENT TRUMP ON JULY 4th. 215 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:09,942 IT INCORPORATES COMMITTEES INTO 216 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:13,112 A UNIFIED LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. 217 00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:18,184 SPANS ALMOST 900 PAGES . THIS IS 218 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:19,585 DEEMED ONE OF THE MOST 219 00:10:19,585 --> 00:10:20,720 CONSEQUENTIAL PIECES OF 220 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,289 LEGISLATION IN OUR MODERN 221 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:28,127 HISTORY. OIR WITH OUR 222 00:10:28,127 --> 00:10:30,563 DEPARTMENTS HAVE SPENT SOME TIME 223 00:10:30,563 --> 00:10:34,634 ANALYZING THIS, GIVEN HOW LARGE 224 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:39,005 IT IS, A LOT MORE TO COME AS WE 225 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:42,308 DIVE INTO THE IMPACTS OF THIS 226 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:45,311 BILL IN YEARS TO COME. HAPPY TO 227 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:49,248 FOLLOW UP ON MORE ITEMS NOT 228 00:10:49,248 --> 00:10:53,386 MENTIONED TODAY. AT A HIGH 229 00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:54,120 LEVEL, IT IMPOSES SIGNIFICANT 230 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,190 AND DEEP CUTS TO HEALTH AND 231 00:10:58,190 --> 00:10:59,225 HUMAN SERVICES, WHILE SHIFTING 232 00:10:59,225 --> 00:11:00,593 RESPONSIBILITIES TO STATE AND 233 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:02,261 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WE HAVE 234 00:11:02,261 --> 00:11:08,300 DEEMED A LARGE BUCKET OF IMPACTS 235 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:09,935 TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND OUR 236 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:11,103 CONSTITUENTS. ONLY SPEND TIME 237 00:11:11,103 --> 00:11:14,306 TODAY ON FOUR OF THEM, HEALTH 238 00:11:14,306 --> 00:11:17,443 AND HUMAN SERVICES , IMMIGRATION 239 00:11:17,443 --> 00:11:18,677 AND BORDER SECURITY, HOUSING AND 240 00:11:18,677 --> 00:11:19,845 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ALONG 241 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:23,115 WITH NUTRITION. WE WILL FOLLOW 242 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:25,618 UP WITH MORE ANALYSIS FOLLOWING 243 00:11:25,618 --> 00:11:33,759 THIS PRESENTATION. STARTING WITH 244 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:35,695 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. THIS 245 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:40,032 IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 246 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:42,435 , MASSIVE CUTS TO MEDICAID AND 247 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:43,736 THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE 248 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:47,540 PROGRAM. FACING THIS -- FACING 249 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:49,742 OUT WILL BE IN THE NEXT FEW 250 00:11:49,742 --> 00:11:51,177 YEARS, PRIMARILY STARTING IN 251 00:11:51,177 --> 00:11:54,780 2027, LOOKING AT CHANGES IN WORK 252 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:58,717 REQUIREMENTS , SPECIFIC AROUND 253 00:11:58,717 --> 00:12:00,686 NONCITIZENS , NOT BEING ABLE TO 254 00:12:00,686 --> 00:12:03,556 ENROLL IN BENEFITS, INCREASED 255 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:07,893 COST-SHARING TO STATES. ALONG 256 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:10,362 WITH THIS , PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 257 00:12:10,362 --> 00:12:12,498 TO US IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE 258 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:17,203 PROHIBITIVE FEDERAL FUNDING TO 259 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:20,606 ENTITIES AS DEEMED AS TAXED 260 00:12:20,606 --> 00:12:24,343 PRIMARILY AS NONPROFITS. 261 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:26,045 FAMILY-PLANNING SERVICES, 262 00:12:26,045 --> 00:12:28,681 ABORTION SERVICES. SO, 263 00:12:28,681 --> 00:12:30,883 SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT PLANNED 264 00:12:30,883 --> 00:12:35,521 PARENTHOOD. WE WILL SEE A 265 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:36,322 GENERAL DROPPED IN AVAILABILITY 266 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:38,724 FOR SERVICES, EVEN AROUND THINGS 267 00:12:38,724 --> 00:12:42,728 OUTSIDE OF ABORTION LIKE STI 268 00:12:42,728 --> 00:12:46,732 TESTING, BIRTH CONTROL, AND 269 00:12:46,732 --> 00:12:48,300 OTHER ENTITIES CRUCIAL TO OUR 270 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:49,935 RESIDENTS . ON THE MEDICAID 271 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:53,572 FRONT, A LOT OF THIS FUNDING 272 00:12:53,572 --> 00:12:54,974 FOCUSES ON THE STATE AND THAT IS 273 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:56,842 IMPORTANT TO NOTE, I DID WANT TO 274 00:12:56,842 --> 00:12:58,577 POINT OUT THAT THERE WILL BE 275 00:12:58,577 --> 00:12:59,812 TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECTS AND A LOT 276 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:01,580 OF THIS WILL BE IMPACTING OUR 277 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:03,916 CONSTITUENTS DIRECTLY . AND 278 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:06,519 COULD IMPACT THINGS LIKE PAID 279 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:09,755 HEALTH, AGING SERVICES , THAT 280 00:13:09,755 --> 00:13:12,758 FLOW THROUGH THE COUNTY. 281 00:13:12,758 --> 00:13:15,895 ALREADY, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH 282 00:13:15,895 --> 00:13:20,232 THE STATE, GOVERNOR FERGUSON HAS 283 00:13:20,232 --> 00:13:21,834 ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BACKFILL THE 284 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:23,369 FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD 285 00:13:23,369 --> 00:13:25,237 AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING THOSE 286 00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:28,674 CONVERSATIONS AS WE GET INTO THE 287 00:13:28,674 --> 00:13:30,709 BUDGET SEASON. ALSO , I WANTED 288 00:13:30,709 --> 00:13:33,779 TO POINT OUT, THE SMALLER 289 00:13:33,779 --> 00:13:34,947 EFFECTS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WILL 290 00:13:34,947 --> 00:13:37,283 SEE , FOR EXAMPLE, SEATTLE 291 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:40,119 LIBRARY, YOU HAVE A PRETTY 292 00:13:40,119 --> 00:13:41,654 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STAFF 293 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:44,390 TIME ALLOCATED TO HELPING 294 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:46,292 RESIDENTS FILL OUT FORMS AND 295 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:49,328 CLAIMS , SPECIFICALLY AROUND 296 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:56,702 MEDICAID AND S.N.A.P. AS WELL. 297 00:13:56,702 --> 00:13:59,004 ON THE IMMIGRATION AND BORDER 298 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:01,774 SECURITY SIDE, I AM SURE PEOPLE 299 00:14:01,774 --> 00:14:04,944 HAVE SEEN HEADLIGHTS AROUND THIS 300 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:05,811 , SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE THE 301 00:14:05,811 --> 00:14:07,446 INCREASE IN FEES FOR PEOPLE 302 00:14:07,446 --> 00:14:11,684 APPLYING FOR ASYLUM TO GET 303 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:14,820 PROTECTIVE STATUS, TPS, EVEN 304 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:15,788 CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT 305 00:14:15,788 --> 00:14:17,456 AUTHORIZATIONS . A SIGNIFICANT 306 00:14:17,456 --> 00:14:20,226 INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR DHS , 307 00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:24,630 DOJ, AND I.C.E., YOU KNOW, WE 308 00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:29,134 WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING 309 00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:31,437 FOR DETENTION CENTERS AND FEES , 310 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:33,072 AND ESPECIALLY THE BORDER 311 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:41,447 ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. IT WILL BE 312 00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:43,215 A DECENT AMOUNT OF MONEY 313 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:46,318 ALLOCATED FOR SECURITY COSTS. 314 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:51,357 FUNDING FOR FIFA WORLD CUP, THE 315 00:14:51,357 --> 00:14:53,125 $625 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED 316 00:14:53,125 --> 00:14:56,228 ACROSS ALL OF THE HOST CITIES 317 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:57,830 AND SEATTLE IS LOOKING AT ABOUT 318 00:14:57,830 --> 00:15:01,800 , I BELIEVE, $31 MILLION FOR 319 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,136 THAT WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO SAFETY 320 00:15:04,136 --> 00:15:06,405 AND SECURITY COSTS THAT FLOW 321 00:15:06,405 --> 00:15:08,807 THROUGH DHS. LIKELY THAT MONEY 322 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:10,809 WILL FLOW THROUGH OUR LOCAL 323 00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:12,945 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND I KNOW 324 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:17,182 THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE 325 00:15:17,182 --> 00:15:20,019 FIFA TEAMS ARE WORKING ON HOW WE 326 00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:24,223 RECEIVE THAT MONEY. OF COURSE, 327 00:15:24,223 --> 00:15:29,094 YOU KNOW, JUST TO STATE THE 328 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:29,862 OBVIOUS, THIS WILL HAVE A 329 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:30,562 CHILLING EFFECT ON OUR 330 00:15:30,562 --> 00:15:31,597 RESIDENTS, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY 331 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,999 HEARING FROM YOUR TEAMS , YOUR 332 00:15:33,999 --> 00:15:36,235 OFFICES, THAT , PEOPLE ARE 333 00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:38,637 SCARED, THERE COULD BE A 334 00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:41,340 DECREASE IN PEOPLE WANTING TO GO 335 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:43,475 TO WORK OR FEELING COMFORTABLE 336 00:15:43,475 --> 00:15:45,911 SENDING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. 337 00:15:45,911 --> 00:15:49,081 SO, THAT TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECTS 338 00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:51,216 SCARES THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS 339 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:59,658 IMPORTANT TO NOTE. LOOKING AT 340 00:15:59,658 --> 00:16:03,495 THE HOUSING SIDE, PRIMARILY , 341 00:16:03,495 --> 00:16:04,330 TWO SIGNIFICANT BUCKETS, AN 342 00:16:04,330 --> 00:16:06,165 EXPANSION OF THE LOW INCOME 343 00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:09,935 HOUSING CREDIT , ALONG WITH A 344 00:16:09,935 --> 00:16:13,138 FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITY ZONES. MORE 345 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:15,941 REQUIREMENTS IN THE OPPORTUNITY 346 00:16:15,941 --> 00:16:18,844 ZONES, AND A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON 347 00:16:18,844 --> 00:16:20,946 RURAL AREAS . SEATTLE DOES HAVE 348 00:16:20,946 --> 00:16:27,486 A FEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THE BEACH, 349 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:31,056 THEY WILL NOT BE TOO SIGNIFICANT 350 00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:32,291 OF IMPACTS GIVEN THE 351 00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:33,492 REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE 352 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:35,394 SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE, WITH THE 353 00:16:35,394 --> 00:16:40,199 EXPANSION . AND COULD BE 354 00:16:40,199 --> 00:16:42,000 POTENTIAL INTERESTS TO EXPAND 355 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,504 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A RESULT . 356 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,106 I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE 357 00:16:47,106 --> 00:16:49,808 POSITIVE, THERE WAS THE 358 00:16:49,808 --> 00:16:52,044 PRESERVATION OF MUNICIPAL BONDS 359 00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:55,481 TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. THIS IS 360 00:16:55,481 --> 00:16:57,649 REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR 361 00:16:57,649 --> 00:17:00,619 DEPARTMENT , AS A FINANCING TOOL 362 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:02,388 FOR MASSIVE PROJECTS AROUND 363 00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:06,525 TRANSPORTATION , WATER, CITY 364 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:07,860 LIGHT DID EXTENSIVE OUTREACH ON 365 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:10,462 THIS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE 366 00:17:10,462 --> 00:17:12,598 THEIR ADVOCACY AS THIS WAS 367 00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:13,966 DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING THAT 368 00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:15,734 WAS FOR SURE GOING TO GET 369 00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:25,544 THROUGH. ANOTHER PRETTY 370 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:27,913 SIGNIFICANT BUCKET IS THE 371 00:17:27,913 --> 00:17:28,947 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 372 00:17:28,947 --> 00:17:31,617 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CUTS , ABOUT 373 00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:34,653 $186 BILLION. THIS COULD MEAN 374 00:17:34,653 --> 00:17:37,823 THAT WASHINGTON STATE WILL HAVE 375 00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:39,691 TO SHOULDER $90 MILLION IN 376 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:42,795 COSTS, AND A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT 377 00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:48,467 TO STATES THERE. YOU KNOW, 378 00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:50,502 SPECIFICALLY , REDUCTION IN 379 00:17:50,502 --> 00:17:53,405 BENEFITS , A FAMILY OF FOUR 380 00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:56,375 COULD POTENTIALLY SEE $975 DOWN 381 00:17:56,375 --> 00:18:03,348 TO $840, THAT IS A PRETTY 382 00:18:03,348 --> 00:18:04,950 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER FOR FAMILIES 383 00:18:04,950 --> 00:18:06,285 ACROSS WASHINGTON AND IN THE 384 00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:08,821 CITY . ALONG WITH THAT , 385 00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:11,790 EXPANDED WORK REQUIREMENTS. A 386 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:16,995 REDUCTION IN S.N.A.P. ED, NOT A 387 00:18:16,995 --> 00:18:18,730 REDUCTION BUT ELIMINATION OF 388 00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:23,068 S.N.A.P. ED, KEY TO THE WORK OSC 389 00:18:23,068 --> 00:18:27,105 AND HSD DOES. JUST THROUGH THE 390 00:18:27,105 --> 00:18:29,441 DECREASE IN INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE 391 00:18:29,441 --> 00:18:32,744 COULD MEAN THAT THE SCHOOLS AS A 392 00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:36,014 WHOLE COULD BE LESS ELIGIBLE FOR 393 00:18:36,014 --> 00:18:39,418 THOSE MEALS. ALONG WITH THIS , 394 00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:42,254 EDUCATION WISE , THAT PROGRAM 395 00:18:42,254 --> 00:18:45,991 HAS 16 DIFFERENT ENTITIES ACROSS 396 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:47,226 KING COUNTY THAT PROVIDE 397 00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:50,762 RESOURCES ON EDUCATION AROUND 398 00:18:50,762 --> 00:18:55,000 FOOD AND HEALTH. SO, GENERALLY, 399 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,738 WE WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WILL 400 00:18:59,738 --> 00:19:02,674 CAUSE A STRAIN ON THE SYSTEM . 401 00:19:02,674 --> 00:19:04,209 IF PEOPLE ARE NOT RECEIVING FOOD 402 00:19:04,209 --> 00:19:06,512 VOUCHERS , WITH HEALTH 403 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:07,513 INSURANCE, WE COULD SEE ISSUES 404 00:19:07,513 --> 00:19:11,150 ACROSS THE BOARD. JUST WANT TO 405 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:13,519 POINT THAT OUT AS WE ARE 406 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:16,288 THINKING ABOUT THE YEARS TO COME 407 00:19:16,288 --> 00:19:20,959 AND STRAIN ON OUR CONSTITUENTS. 408 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:22,628 WE WILL BE IN THE CONVERSATION 409 00:19:22,628 --> 00:19:24,663 WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY 410 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:28,233 AND STATE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND 411 00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:31,803 THE EFFECTS OF THIS, AND , OUR 412 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:33,505 DEPARTMENTS ARE STILL WORKING 413 00:19:33,505 --> 00:19:35,741 THROUGH WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS 414 00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:44,283 AS IT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. SO, 415 00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:44,983 MORE TO COME ON THAT FRONT. I 416 00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:48,587 WILL PAUSE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER 417 00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:51,190 QUESTIONS. AND FOLLOW-UP AS 418 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:57,596 NECESSARY. THANK YOU FOR THE 419 00:19:57,596 --> 00:19:59,264 PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, WHAT 420 00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:01,700 QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE AT THIS 421 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:12,211 TIME? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? 422 00:20:12,778 --> 00:20:14,212 >> I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, 423 00:20:14,212 --> 00:20:15,714 A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU, THE 424 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,116 CITY IS WORKING TO MITIGATE AND 425 00:20:18,116 --> 00:20:19,818 BUILD AGAINST THESE HARMS THAT 426 00:20:19,818 --> 00:20:23,689 ARE BEING DONE. LISTENING ABOUT 427 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,724 FUNDING FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 428 00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:30,162 BEING CUT LAST NIGHT WE , AS THE 429 00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:32,197 CITY, WILL BOLSTER MUNICIPAL 430 00:20:32,197 --> 00:20:34,166 SERVICES WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO 431 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:36,234 EVERY SEATTLEITE. NO MORE 432 00:20:36,234 --> 00:20:38,470 QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS, THIS IS 433 00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:41,473 BAD AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO 434 00:20:41,473 --> 00:20:45,043 MITIGATE THIS HARM. THANK YOU, 435 00:20:45,043 --> 00:20:45,277 CHAIR. 436 00:20:45,277 --> 00:20:48,847 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 437 00:20:48,847 --> 00:20:50,482 STRAUSS, AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT 438 00:20:50,482 --> 00:20:53,018 THESE ABOUT PUBLIC RADIO. 439 00:20:53,018 --> 00:21:03,528 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? I WILL 440 00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:07,132 MOVE TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON 441 00:21:07,132 --> 00:21:09,201 AND WE WILL COME BACK TO 442 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:11,937 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. COUNCIL 443 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:15,040 PRESIDENT NELSON ? 444 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:16,074 >> THESE DISASTROUS CUTS WILL 445 00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:18,777 ESPECIALLY HURT THE PEOPLE WHO 446 00:21:18,777 --> 00:21:21,146 ARE LIVING ON OUR STREETS AND 447 00:21:21,146 --> 00:21:24,816 IMPACT OUR -- THE DELIVERY OF 448 00:21:24,816 --> 00:21:27,352 OUR SERVICES. I AM WONDERING IF 449 00:21:27,352 --> 00:21:29,688 THERE HAS BEEN ANY CONVERSATION 450 00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:32,124 WITH PUBLIC HEALTH . I AM 451 00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:35,761 PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 452 00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:39,398 INEXTRICABLY LINKED PROBLEMS OF 453 00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:40,699 PUBLIC SAFETY , CHRONIC 454 00:21:40,699 --> 00:21:43,168 HOMELESSNESS , AND ADDICTION, 455 00:21:43,168 --> 00:21:44,536 WITHIN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF 456 00:21:44,536 --> 00:21:50,375 OUR ORIGINAL EPIDEMIC , AND WHAT 457 00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:51,843 TYPE -- FENTANYL EPIDEMIC, AND 458 00:21:51,843 --> 00:21:54,112 WHAT KIND OF TREATMENTS ARE 459 00:21:54,112 --> 00:21:57,082 DEPENDENT ON THAT FUNDING, 460 00:21:57,082 --> 00:21:59,084 PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER GET TO THE 461 00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:01,586 MEDICAID SYSTEM. 462 00:22:01,586 --> 00:22:03,488 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION . 463 00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:06,191 WE ARE IN THE INITIAL PHASES OF 464 00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:07,859 THOSE CONVERSATIONS . I HAVE NOT 465 00:22:07,859 --> 00:22:10,696 SPOKEN WITH PUBLIC HEALTH YET . 466 00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:13,365 I THINK EVERYONE , AT THIS 467 00:22:13,365 --> 00:22:16,501 PHASE, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF 468 00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:19,471 OUT , ARE STILL UNDERSTANDING 469 00:22:19,471 --> 00:22:20,906 AND ANALYZING THE IMPACTS 470 00:22:20,906 --> 00:22:24,343 DIRECTLY. I THINK THOSE 471 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:26,778 CONVERSATIONS ARE COMING VERY 472 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:30,282 SOON. I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES 473 00:22:30,282 --> 00:22:34,019 AT OIR HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT 474 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:36,988 TO START HAVING THOSE 475 00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:38,990 CONVERSATIONS . YES , PUBLIC 476 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:42,594 HEALTH IS INTEGRAL TO THIS BILL 477 00:22:42,594 --> 00:22:43,595 . ESPECIALLY AROUND BEHAVIORAL 478 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:46,331 HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS . WE ARE 479 00:22:46,331 --> 00:22:49,000 DEFINITELY THINKING THROUGH THE 480 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,771 MEDICAID PART ON THAT FRONT, I 481 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:57,442 AM HAPPY TO INCLUDE YOU IN THOSE 482 00:22:57,442 --> 00:22:58,844 CONVERSATIONS AS WE MOVE 483 00:22:58,844 --> 00:22:59,111 FORWARD. 484 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:03,949 >> THANK YOU, THESE DISASTROUS 485 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:04,750 CUTS, THE RESOLUTION TO 486 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:05,917 PRIORITIZE SUBSTANCE USE 487 00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:07,185 DISORDER TREATMENT IN BOTH OUR 488 00:23:07,185 --> 00:23:09,588 PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING PLAN , AND 489 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:11,390 IN OUR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. 490 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:15,260 FAILING TO ACT IS NOT JUST 491 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:17,129 FINANCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE , BUT 492 00:23:17,129 --> 00:23:19,397 A MORAL FAILURE. 493 00:23:19,397 --> 00:23:21,032 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, 494 00:23:21,032 --> 00:23:23,835 COUNCILMEMBER. 495 00:23:23,835 --> 00:23:26,872 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 496 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:29,674 . COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 497 00:23:29,674 --> 00:23:36,448 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO 498 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:37,582 APOLOGIZE, I HAVE BEEN BOUNCING 499 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:38,917 TO TRY TO GET MY LAPTOP FIXED 500 00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:40,318 AND TO MY PHONE, I APOLOGIZE BUT 501 00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:44,756 I MADE IT . I DID NOT HEAR THE 502 00:23:44,756 --> 00:23:45,791 COUNCIL PRESIDENT BUT I THINK 503 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:47,192 SHE WAS SPEAKING TO WHAT I WAS 504 00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:48,226 GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT, 505 00:23:48,226 --> 00:23:50,028 BRING THIS UP IN TERMS OF PUBLIC 506 00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:52,264 SAFETY, BUT THE INTERFACE 507 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,365 BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC 508 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:55,100 HEALTH, HOW WE NEED TO TAKE 509 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,569 ACTION , HOW CAN WE PROTECT AS 510 00:23:57,569 --> 00:23:58,770 MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF 511 00:23:58,770 --> 00:23:59,604 MEDICAID COVERAGE, BECAUSE THE 512 00:23:59,604 --> 00:24:02,808 MEDICAID PIECE WILL BE VITAL IN 513 00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:04,643 TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO 514 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:08,346 DO. THOSE INTERSECTIONS OF THE 515 00:24:08,346 --> 00:24:10,415 PUBLIC SAFETY , PUBLIC HEALTH 516 00:24:10,415 --> 00:24:11,983 AND HOMELESSNESS WE TALK ABOUT. 517 00:24:11,983 --> 00:24:14,419 THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS PART OF 518 00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:19,891 MY SYSTEMS PIECE, I WAS NOTICING 519 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:21,493 , I MISSED PARTS OF THE 520 00:24:21,493 --> 00:24:24,629 SECURITY-RELATED TO THE WORLD 521 00:24:24,629 --> 00:24:26,198 CUP BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MY 522 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:27,399 TEAM AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING 523 00:24:27,399 --> 00:24:29,167 THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, 524 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:32,337 GENERALLY, BUT ALSO WITH PUBLIC 525 00:24:32,337 --> 00:24:33,672 SAFETY. THANK YOU. 526 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:37,309 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, 527 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:41,012 THOSE FIFA DOLLARS SHOULD BE 528 00:24:41,012 --> 00:24:42,681 ABOUT $31.5 MILLION, OUR 529 00:24:42,681 --> 00:24:45,851 PARTNERS AT THE CITY WITH FIFA, 530 00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:49,688 THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO 531 00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:54,492 RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS. 532 00:24:54,492 --> 00:24:58,763 >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 533 00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:00,665 NELSON, IS THAT A NEW HAND? 534 00:25:00,665 --> 00:25:03,602 >> YES. SO, IN THE GOVERNANCE 535 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:05,670 AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC 536 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:09,140 DEVELOPMENT LAST WEEK , THERE 537 00:25:09,140 --> 00:25:09,875 WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS 538 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:11,610 PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 539 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:14,312 FUND TREATMENT MORE EXPENSIVELY 540 00:25:14,312 --> 00:25:17,616 . ONE THING THAT WAS SAID BY 541 00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:24,256 LISA DU GARD , THAT WE NEED TO 542 00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:28,126 MAKE SURE, VERY RAPIDLY GET 543 00:25:28,126 --> 00:25:31,363 PEOPLE VERIFIED FOR INABILITY TO 544 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:33,698 WORK IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE 545 00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:35,500 MEDICAID BENEFITS . WHY DON'T 546 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,269 WE GET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT 547 00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:38,637 CAN HELP PEOPLE FILL OUT 548 00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:43,808 PAPERWORK ? SO, THAT SEEMS LIKE 549 00:25:43,808 --> 00:25:46,111 A GOOD IDEA . 550 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:48,713 >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE 551 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:49,548 WILL CONTINUE THINKING ABOUT 552 00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:51,483 THAT AND CREATIVE WAYS , PEOPLE 553 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:54,753 ARE THINKING THROUGH HOW WE 554 00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:56,454 COULD DO IT IN A VOLUNTEER 555 00:25:56,454 --> 00:25:58,156 CAPACITY. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 556 00:25:58,156 --> 00:25:59,524 THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 557 00:25:59,524 --> 00:26:04,529 >> YEP, THANKS. 558 00:26:04,529 --> 00:26:06,831 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 559 00:26:06,831 --> 00:26:11,069 COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL 560 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:13,438 QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO ON TO 561 00:26:13,438 --> 00:26:17,509 MINE? THIS IS A LOT INFORMATION 562 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:18,910 TO DIGEST AND I WANT TO THANK 563 00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:20,178 YOU FOR THIS THOROUGH 564 00:26:20,178 --> 00:26:22,013 INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THESE 565 00:26:22,013 --> 00:26:23,648 CUTS AND CHANGES MEAN FOR OUR 566 00:26:23,648 --> 00:26:27,986 NEIGHBORS. I AM WONDERING , IF 567 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:29,354 THERE IS DIRECT INTERACTION WITH 568 00:26:29,354 --> 00:26:33,358 THE AREA AGENCY FOR AGING WITHIN 569 00:26:33,358 --> 00:26:37,429 HSD? THE AREA AGENCY IS 570 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:40,065 SOMETHING THAT IS OVERSEEN BY 571 00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:41,433 THE CITY OF SEATTLE BUT 572 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:43,702 TYPICALLY A FEDERAL RESOURCE . 573 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:46,171 ARE THERE ANY OF THESE CHANGES 574 00:26:46,171 --> 00:26:47,772 THAT IMPACT THAT BODY OF WORK? 575 00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:51,609 >> YES, I HAVE BEEN IN EARLY 576 00:26:51,609 --> 00:26:54,546 CONVERSATIONS WITH HSD, THEY 577 00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:58,350 WILL NEED MORE TIME TO REALLY GO 578 00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:00,185 THROUGH THE MEDICAID IMPACTS. WE 579 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:02,754 HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT THROUGH AND 580 00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:05,624 TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE 581 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:09,227 ELDERS. CHANGES AROUND MEDICARE 582 00:27:09,227 --> 00:27:15,767 AS WELL. YES, NOT FULLY PREPARED 583 00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:17,435 TO ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT 584 00:27:17,435 --> 00:27:21,706 HAPPY TO WORK WITH HSD ON THAT 585 00:27:21,706 --> 00:27:23,742 FRONT AS WE UNDERSTAND HOW THAT 586 00:27:23,742 --> 00:27:27,379 WILL IMPACT US. YES, IT WILL 587 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:29,014 FLOW THROUGH THE COUNTY ON THAT 588 00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:29,247 FRONT. 589 00:27:29,247 --> 00:27:32,917 >> WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THE 590 00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:36,154 IMPACT TO SENIORS AND WE WOULD 591 00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:37,555 LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT 592 00:27:37,555 --> 00:27:40,625 CONVERSATION. AND, ALSO, DO WE 593 00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:46,197 HAVE A SENSE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 594 00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:46,865 OUR DISABILITY JUSTICE PARTNERS, 595 00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:47,966 ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIREMENTS PUT 596 00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:49,100 IN PLACE, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE 597 00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:49,934 EXCEPTIONS ABOUT CERTAIN HEALTH 598 00:27:49,934 --> 00:27:53,004 CONDITIONS AND DISABILITY, BUT 599 00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:54,039 DO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING 600 00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:55,607 ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE 601 00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:56,875 AND IF THERE ARE CONCERNS AND 602 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:58,543 WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR DISABLED 603 00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:05,517 COMMUNITY? 604 00:28:05,683 --> 00:28:14,793 >> THANK YOU . NOT EXTENSIVELY . 605 00:28:14,793 --> 00:28:16,161 WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT 606 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:17,996 THOSE. THERE IS AN EXEMPTION FOR 607 00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:20,999 TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. OBVIOUSLY , 608 00:28:20,999 --> 00:28:25,203 A FOCUS ON NONCITIZENS. HAPPY TO 609 00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:28,073 FOLLOW UP WITH THE INS AND OUTS 610 00:28:28,073 --> 00:28:30,642 OF THOSE CHANGES IN ELIGIBILITY. 611 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:36,881 >> THANK YOU . NOT QUITE A 612 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:38,616 QUESTION BUT MORE OF A POINT, 613 00:28:38,616 --> 00:28:40,752 SLIDE 6 RELATED TO IMMIGRATION 614 00:28:40,752 --> 00:28:43,822 AND BORDER SECURITY. IT IS MY 615 00:28:43,822 --> 00:28:45,824 UNDERSTANDING WITH INFORMATION 616 00:28:45,824 --> 00:28:50,862 MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ACLU , YOU 617 00:28:50,862 --> 00:28:52,363 CAN CONFIRM THIS AND SEE IF THIS 618 00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:53,064 IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR 619 00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:54,466 UNDERSTANDING. WITHIN THIS BILL, 620 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:57,635 $29 BILLION IS BEING ALLOCATED 621 00:28:57,635 --> 00:29:01,439 FOR NEW AGENTS ALONE, BETWEEN 622 00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:02,874 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 623 00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:06,511 SECURITY AND I.C.E., FOR 624 00:29:06,511 --> 00:29:07,512 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, 625 00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:09,380 10,000 NEW AGENTS NOT CLEAR HOW 626 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,616 MANY NEW AGENTS THAT TRANSLATE 627 00:29:11,616 --> 00:29:15,753 TO I.C.E., COULD YOU CONFIRM 628 00:29:15,753 --> 00:29:15,954 THAT? 629 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:19,357 >> I HAVE SEEN THAT 10,000 630 00:29:19,357 --> 00:29:22,494 NUMBERS. SPECIFICALLY TO SEND IT 631 00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:27,298 TO URBAN AREAS AS WELL. I 632 00:29:27,298 --> 00:29:28,066 BELIEVE THAT NUMBER SOUNDS ABOUT 633 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:29,567 ACCURATE BUT I CAN CONFIRM THAT. 634 00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:33,838 >> I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE 635 00:29:33,838 --> 00:29:34,439 CONFIRMATION ON THAT 636 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:36,941 INFORMATION. WHILE THIS HAS 637 00:29:36,941 --> 00:29:38,476 INSTILLED A LOT OF FEAR IN OUR 638 00:29:38,476 --> 00:29:39,210 COMMUNITY WITH THE CURRENT 639 00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:45,517 STAFFING LEVELS OF I.C.E. 640 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:46,551 AGENTS, HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT 641 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:48,052 THOUSANDS MORE AGENTS NEED FOR A 642 00:29:48,052 --> 00:29:50,522 CITY . THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING 643 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:52,157 THAT INFORMATION ANY ADDITIONAL 644 00:29:52,157 --> 00:29:59,464 QUESTIONS FOR ANNIE? THANK YOU 645 00:29:59,464 --> 00:29:59,731 SO MUCH. 646 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,399 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR RINCK, NICE 647 00:30:01,399 --> 00:30:05,737 TO SEE YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 648 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:07,639 >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES . WE 649 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:11,109 WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT -- 650 00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:15,980 SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS, I WILL 651 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:26,524 WAIT FOR THE CLERK TO COME BACK. 652 00:30:41,072 --> 00:30:44,309 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 653 00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:46,444 2 INTO THE RECORD? 654 00:30:46,444 --> 00:30:51,516 >> HUMAN AND SOCIAL SERVICE 655 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:52,550 PROVIDERS BRIEFING AND 656 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:56,888 DISCUSSION. 657 00:30:56,888 --> 00:30:58,623 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 658 00:30:58,623 --> 00:31:01,359 HERE, IF YOU COULD TAKE A MOMENT 659 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:02,594 TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR THE 660 00:31:02,594 --> 00:31:12,737 RECORD. 661 00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:23,047 >> I AM BATTING 1000 WHEN IT 662 00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:27,218 COMES TO BUNS THIS WEEK. -- 663 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:34,292 BUTTONS THIS WEEK. COUNCILMEMBER 664 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:37,895 , THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I AM 665 00:31:37,895 --> 00:31:43,701 MARISSA PEREZ , I USE SHE/HER 666 00:31:43,701 --> 00:31:44,636 PRONOUNS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 667 00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:45,937 OF THE SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES 668 00:31:45,937 --> 00:31:46,237 COALITION. 669 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:47,772 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, 670 00:31:47,772 --> 00:31:50,008 AMARINTHIA TORRES , WITH THE 671 00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:52,644 COALITION OF AGING RESOURCES. 672 00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:56,814 >> JOE GRUBER , EXECUTIVE 673 00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:59,717 DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY 674 00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:02,921 DISTRICT FEEDBACK, HE/HIM. 675 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,657 >> THANK YOU THREE FOR BEING 676 00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:08,493 HERE . I KNOW YOU HAVE A 677 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:13,064 PRESENTATION. 678 00:32:13,064 --> 00:32:16,668 >> ALL RIGHT , GOOD MORNING, 679 00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:19,871 EVERYONE. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO 680 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:23,808 THE NEXT SLIDE. I AM THE 681 00:32:23,808 --> 00:32:24,642 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE 682 00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:25,743 SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES 683 00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:29,781 COALITION. WE ARE A COALITION OF 684 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:33,084 SEVEN DIFFERENT MEMBER 685 00:32:33,084 --> 00:32:34,452 COALITIONS REPRESENTING OVER 250 686 00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:36,721 SERVICE AGENCIES , NONPROFITS, 687 00:32:36,721 --> 00:32:38,156 AND PROGRAMS IN EVERY SEATTLE 688 00:32:38,156 --> 00:32:40,525 DISTRICT . THESE RANGE FROM FOOD 689 00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:44,262 BANKS TO DV SERVICE PROVIDERS 690 00:32:44,262 --> 00:32:48,933 AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS . 691 00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:50,168 WE CAME TOGETHER IN 1987 TO 692 00:32:50,168 --> 00:32:51,402 PROVIDE A UNIFIED VOICE FOR 693 00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:52,370 HUMAN SERVICES. WE TRULY BELIEVE 694 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:53,438 IN COLLABORATION ACROSS SECTORS. 695 00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:57,442 OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS , WE 696 00:32:57,442 --> 00:32:58,276 HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY 697 00:32:58,276 --> 00:33:04,415 WITH OUR MEMBER AGENCIES , 698 00:33:04,415 --> 00:33:05,383 GATHERING DATA AND STORIES ABOUT 699 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:06,517 THE LOOMING PROSPECT OF FEDERAL 700 00:33:06,517 --> 00:33:07,585 FUNDING CUTS AND WHAT THEY WILL 701 00:33:07,585 --> 00:33:08,619 MEAN FOR OUR HUMAN SERVICES 702 00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:09,721 NETWORK. WE HAVE GATHERED DATA 703 00:33:09,721 --> 00:33:10,521 REGARDING THE AMOUNT AGENCIES 704 00:33:10,521 --> 00:33:11,489 ARE PREPARING TO LOSE, THE 705 00:33:11,489 --> 00:33:13,891 EFFECTS OF THAT LOSS AND THE 706 00:33:13,891 --> 00:33:14,759 OVERALL REDUCTION IN SERVICES 707 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:16,527 ACROSS VARIOUS SECTORS . THE 708 00:33:16,527 --> 00:33:19,564 BOTTOM LINE IS, HOWEVER , WE DO 709 00:33:19,564 --> 00:33:28,373 NOT KNOW THE DELIBERATE EFFORT 710 00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:29,374 BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO 711 00:33:29,374 --> 00:33:30,008 OBFUSCATE, CONFUSE, AND 712 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:30,575 DISCOURAGE HIS IDEOLOGICAL 713 00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:31,576 OPPONENTS MEET WE HAVE VERY 714 00:33:31,576 --> 00:33:32,377 LITTLE CONCRETE INFORMATION ON 715 00:33:32,377 --> 00:33:34,412 WHICH TO ACT . THE CHAOS IS 716 00:33:34,412 --> 00:33:35,246 DELIBERATE, DESPITE IT, OUR 717 00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:36,681 AGENCIES ARE SHOWING UP EVERY 718 00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:38,616 DAY IN FEEDING, HOUSING, SERVING 719 00:33:38,616 --> 00:33:40,284 OUR NEIGHBORS. WITH NO GUARANTEE 720 00:33:40,284 --> 00:33:43,755 OF FUNDING THE NEXT DAY TODAY, 721 00:33:43,755 --> 00:33:45,456 WITH MY TEAMMATES AND COLLEAGUES 722 00:33:45,456 --> 00:33:47,191 , I HOPE TO OUTLINE WHAT WE ARE 723 00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:55,566 PHASING AS A SECTOR. WHILE 724 00:33:55,566 --> 00:33:56,968 RECENT LEGISLATION DID NOT 725 00:33:56,968 --> 00:33:59,470 AFFECT DISCRETIONARY FUNDING IN 726 00:33:59,470 --> 00:34:04,275 THE HHS AND HUD, THE HEALTH AND 727 00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:06,077 HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING AND 728 00:34:06,077 --> 00:34:07,345 URBAN DEVELOPMENT, WE ANTICIPATE 729 00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:08,913 THAT THE CUTS THAT WERE 730 00:34:08,913 --> 00:34:10,982 REFLECTED TO OTHER SAFETY NET 731 00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:15,853 PROGRAMS IN THE ONE BIG 732 00:34:15,853 --> 00:34:16,888 BEAUTIFUL BILL WILL ALSO HAPPEN 733 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:17,755 IN THE COMING APPROPRIATIONS 734 00:34:17,755 --> 00:34:21,959 BILLS OVER THE NEXT MONTHS . THE 735 00:34:21,959 --> 00:34:22,627 PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED 2026 736 00:34:22,627 --> 00:34:24,796 BUDGET HE PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY 737 00:34:24,796 --> 00:34:26,964 CUTS $33 BILLION FROM HEALTH AND 738 00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:29,734 HUMAN SERVICES AND PROPOSES A 739 00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:30,902 43% CUT TO HOUSING AND URBAN 740 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,070 DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING NEARLY 741 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:34,172 $27 MILLION IN HOUSING AND 742 00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:36,741 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 743 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:44,582 THESE CUTS WILL UNDERMINE VITAL 744 00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:45,583 HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS AND THE 745 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:46,317 TWO MORE HOMELESSNESS, FOOD 746 00:34:46,317 --> 00:34:47,151 INSECURITY, AND PRESSURE ON 747 00:34:47,151 --> 00:34:48,953 LOCAL PROVIDERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, 748 00:34:48,953 --> 00:34:53,424 THE CHART ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE 749 00:34:53,424 --> 00:34:54,625 OF THE SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE 750 00:34:54,625 --> 00:34:55,460 PERCENTAGE OF ALL INDIVIDUALS 751 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:56,494 WHO ARE RECEIVING BENEFITS OF 752 00:34:56,494 --> 00:34:57,895 EACH TYPE. EXTRAPOLATE FROM THAT 753 00:34:57,895 --> 00:34:59,530 HOW MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS IN 754 00:34:59,530 --> 00:35:02,366 SEATTLE ARE GOING TO LOSE ACCESS 755 00:35:02,366 --> 00:35:04,335 TO THOSE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE , 756 00:35:04,335 --> 00:35:09,507 THEY WILL THEN TAKE THAT NEED TO 757 00:35:09,507 --> 00:35:10,541 OUR HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES WILL 758 00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:11,709 ALSO BE PHASING FUNDING CUTS . 759 00:35:11,709 --> 00:35:13,945 SO, IT WILL JUST BE BAD ACROSS 760 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:21,953 THE BOARD. NEXT SLIDE. LOOKING 761 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:26,324 AT SOME OF OUR FUNDING LOSS 762 00:35:26,324 --> 00:35:28,025 SURVEY INFORMATION. THESE WERE 763 00:35:28,025 --> 00:35:30,628 THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT 764 00:35:30,628 --> 00:35:34,232 ANSWERED THE SURVEY. WHILE THE 765 00:35:34,232 --> 00:35:41,372 APPROACH -- BILLS MOVE TO THE 766 00:35:41,372 --> 00:35:42,573 HOUSE AND SENATE AND NOT YET 767 00:35:42,573 --> 00:35:43,508 FINAL, HOUSE REPUBLICANS THIS 768 00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:44,609 WEEK BOASTED OF SLASHING THE HUD 769 00:35:44,609 --> 00:35:46,077 WORKFORCE BY 26% OF THOSE ARE 770 00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:47,345 FOLKS THAT ARE AGENCIES RELY ON 771 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:50,648 TO GET THE GRANTS. AND THEIR 772 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:54,318 PROGRAMS FUNDED. THESE THREE 773 00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:58,723 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS , THE 774 00:35:58,723 --> 00:35:59,690 FIRST ONE IS A MULTI-SERVICE 775 00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:00,458 ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN SEATTLE, 776 00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:04,929 9% OF THE $10 MILLION BUDGET IS 777 00:36:04,929 --> 00:36:05,997 INCORRECT, NOT DIRECT FEDERAL 778 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:06,797 FUNDING, LOSING THAT WOULD MEAN 779 00:36:06,797 --> 00:36:07,965 CUTTING THEIR NUTRITION 780 00:36:07,965 --> 00:36:10,368 EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND LOSS OF 781 00:36:10,368 --> 00:36:12,937 THEIR S.N.A.P. FUNDED EDUCATION. 782 00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:19,343 >> THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS 783 00:36:19,343 --> 00:36:22,980 STILL LOGGED IN AND RETURNING TO 784 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:27,552 BE VIRTUAL. 785 00:36:27,552 --> 00:36:30,288 >> OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT 786 00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:33,591 SERVICENTER IN KING COUNTY, 43% 787 00:36:33,591 --> 00:36:35,626 OF THE DIRECT AND NON-DIRECT 788 00:36:35,626 --> 00:36:37,261 FEDERAL FUNDING OF THEIR BUDGET 789 00:36:37,261 --> 00:36:41,165 IS IN DIRECT AND NONDIRECT 790 00:36:41,165 --> 00:36:42,133 FEDERAL FUNDING, THIS IS SCARY 791 00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:43,668 BECAUSE THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE 792 00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:44,936 AGAINST WOMEN, KEY FEDERAL 793 00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:46,871 PARTNER FOR THE GENDER SERVICE 794 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:49,340 PROVIDERS IS ANTICIPATING LOSING 795 00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:52,843 OVER A QUARTER OF ITS BUDGET. 796 00:36:52,843 --> 00:36:54,645 THAT MEANS THEY WOULD BE UNABLE 797 00:36:54,645 --> 00:36:56,414 TO SERVE OVER 2000 SURVIVORS 798 00:36:56,414 --> 00:36:59,584 ANNUALLY. LASTLY, THE SENIOR 799 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:03,087 CENTER IN SOUTH SEATTLE , 85% OF 800 00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:06,057 THEIR FUNDING IS IN GOVERNMENT 801 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:09,393 FUNDS, WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS 802 00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:10,161 PASSED THROUGH DOLLARS THROUGH 803 00:37:10,161 --> 00:37:11,162 STATE AND CITY AND COUNTY 804 00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:15,166 PROVIDERS. AND CONTRACTS. IT IS 805 00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:17,868 VERY HARD TO PREPARE FOR A LOSS 806 00:37:17,868 --> 00:37:19,637 OF THIS TYPE OF FUNDING BECAUSE 807 00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:21,739 OF THE NATURE OF SOME OF THESE 808 00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:28,045 FUNDS. LOSING THOSE DOLLARS 809 00:37:28,045 --> 00:37:28,913 WOULD MEAN REDUCING SOCIAL 810 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,282 SERVICES STAFF AND REDUCING HOT 811 00:37:31,282 --> 00:37:34,418 FOOD FOR FOOD INSECURE SENIORS. 812 00:37:34,418 --> 00:37:37,521 THESE ARE SOME QUOTES I PULLED 813 00:37:37,521 --> 00:37:41,425 DIRECTLY FROM OUR SURVEY, 814 00:37:41,425 --> 00:37:42,226 FUNDING RESTRICTIONS ARE ALREADY 815 00:37:42,226 --> 00:37:46,063 SHOWING UP IN CONTRACTS COME IN 816 00:37:46,063 --> 00:37:46,697 REQUIRED REPORTING COME IN 817 00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:47,898 FUNDED ACTIVITIES, THAT ARE 818 00:37:47,898 --> 00:37:49,467 ALLOWABLE, AND RESPONSES TO 819 00:37:49,467 --> 00:37:54,205 GRANT APPLICATIONS . SOME OF 820 00:37:54,205 --> 00:37:55,139 THESE RESTRICTIONS RANGE FROM 821 00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:56,040 RESTRICTIONS ON DI LANGUAGE TO 822 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:57,208 FORCING COOPERATION WITH 823 00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:58,042 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT , AND 824 00:37:58,042 --> 00:37:59,076 EVEN RESTRICTIONS ON 825 00:37:59,076 --> 00:38:00,277 REPRODUCTIVE CARE AS A 826 00:38:00,277 --> 00:38:02,647 REQUIREMENT FOR GETTING THOSE 827 00:38:02,647 --> 00:38:04,382 GRANTS . ONE DEVELOPMENT 828 00:38:04,382 --> 00:38:09,053 DIRECTOR FOUND COMPETITION FROM 829 00:38:09,053 --> 00:38:09,887 PRIVATE FUNDERS NOT RESTRICTING 830 00:38:09,887 --> 00:38:11,088 DEI LANGUAGE INCREASED BY 300% 831 00:38:11,088 --> 00:38:12,523 IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS 832 00:38:12,523 --> 00:38:15,159 YEAR. THIS IS NOT JUST AFFECTING 833 00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:18,195 THE GOVERNMENT GRANTS , IT IS 834 00:38:18,195 --> 00:38:19,196 ALSO AFFECTING PRIVATE GRANTS 835 00:38:19,196 --> 00:38:29,707 AND PRIVATE FUNDING. I WOULD 836 00:38:32,143 --> 00:38:33,311 LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME FOCUSING 837 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:35,246 ON OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. 838 00:38:35,246 --> 00:38:37,081 THE DATA FROM THE NEXT LIGHT WAS 839 00:38:37,081 --> 00:38:38,115 GATHERING CORRELATION WITH THE 840 00:38:38,115 --> 00:38:39,183 COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL OF KING 841 00:38:39,183 --> 00:38:40,318 COUNTY AND THE REPORT TOGETHER 842 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:42,987 BY SENATOR CANTWELL 'S OFFICE 843 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:44,588 AND AN OVERVIEW OF HOW MANY 844 00:38:44,588 --> 00:38:46,023 PATIENTS OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH 845 00:38:46,023 --> 00:38:48,826 CENTERS SERVE EACH YEAR AND WHAT 846 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:50,161 PERCENT OF THE REVENUE THEY RELY 847 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:54,365 ON THE COMES FROM MEDICAID . AS 848 00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:56,033 YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A RANGE OF 849 00:38:56,033 --> 00:38:56,767 NUMBERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND 850 00:38:56,767 --> 00:38:57,802 DISTRICTS, RANGING FROM 31% IN 851 00:38:57,802 --> 00:38:58,769 KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, TO 852 00:38:58,769 --> 00:39:03,274 77% OF THE HEALTH POINT. WHICH 853 00:39:03,274 --> 00:39:04,775 HAS 20 DIFFERENT KING COUNTY 854 00:39:04,775 --> 00:39:12,717 LOCATIONS. A FEW KEY POINTS TO 855 00:39:12,717 --> 00:39:15,886 EMPHASIZE ON THE SLIDE, ONE, 856 00:39:15,886 --> 00:39:19,724 SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW, 80% OF 857 00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:20,725 THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S 858 00:39:20,725 --> 00:39:21,759 POPULATION RELIES ON COMMUNITY 859 00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:24,028 HEALTH CENTERS FOR PRIMARY AND 860 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:27,498 PREVENTATIVE CARE AS WE SAW 861 00:39:27,498 --> 00:39:29,066 PREVIOUSLY, IF 77% OF THAT 862 00:39:29,066 --> 00:39:32,937 INCOME AND THE REVENUE AND 863 00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:34,371 ABILITY TO STAY OPEN RELIES ON 864 00:39:34,371 --> 00:39:35,172 MEDICAID, LOSING THAT COVERAGE 865 00:39:35,172 --> 00:39:37,007 WITH ONE THIRD OF CURRENT 866 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:39,009 ENROLLEES LOSING THE COVERAGE , 867 00:39:39,009 --> 00:39:40,277 THAT WILL BE DEVASTATING TO OUR 868 00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:46,751 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. 869 00:39:46,751 --> 00:39:47,551 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ARE 870 00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:48,352 REQUIRED TO SEE EVERYONE 871 00:39:48,352 --> 00:39:49,587 REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY AND 872 00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:50,387 THIS MODEL IS HIGHLY 873 00:39:50,387 --> 00:39:51,255 COST-EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT IS 874 00:39:51,255 --> 00:39:52,456 UPSTREAM IN INTERVENTIONS THAT 875 00:39:52,456 --> 00:39:55,059 PROVIDE -- PREVENT COSTLY 876 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:56,460 HOSPITAL CARE DOWN THE LINE BY 877 00:39:56,460 --> 00:40:01,966 KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY. LOSING 878 00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:02,833 MEDICAID COVERAGE WILL NOT 879 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:03,834 DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS 880 00:40:03,834 --> 00:40:04,902 SEEKING HELP, IT WILL INSTEAD 881 00:40:04,902 --> 00:40:05,836 PUT FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON THIS 882 00:40:05,836 --> 00:40:08,873 MEDICAL SAFETY NET , RESULTING 883 00:40:08,873 --> 00:40:10,341 IN WORSE OUTCOMES AND MORE 884 00:40:10,341 --> 00:40:11,142 MEDICAL DEBT AND INCREASED 885 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:13,878 MEDICAL COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD . 886 00:40:13,878 --> 00:40:14,745 WHILE THE CHANGES ARE NOT 887 00:40:14,745 --> 00:40:16,213 SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE UNTIL 888 00:40:16,213 --> 00:40:19,083 2026 , WE ARE ALREADY SEEING 889 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:20,117 CHANGES BEING MADE TO INDIVIDUAL 890 00:40:20,117 --> 00:40:21,952 PLANS IMPACTING ACCESS TO CARE. 891 00:40:21,952 --> 00:40:29,627 THE COMMUNITY , AS A WHOLE, WILL 892 00:40:29,627 --> 00:40:30,594 BE IMPACTED BY FEDERAL CUTS, 893 00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:31,429 REGARDLESS OF WHAT FUNDING 894 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:32,696 STREAM MAY AFFECT AND CUTS AT 895 00:40:32,696 --> 00:40:35,299 THE CITY, COUNTY , STATE, AND 896 00:40:35,299 --> 00:40:36,167 PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES WILL 897 00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:37,134 IMPACT THE OVERALL CAPACITY AND 898 00:40:37,134 --> 00:40:38,569 RESILIENCE OF THE HUMAN SERVICE 899 00:40:38,569 --> 00:40:43,207 SYSTEM . WE DESPERATELY NEED THE 900 00:40:43,207 --> 00:40:44,408 CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND 901 00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:45,643 HIS TEAM AND OUR COUNTY AND 902 00:40:45,643 --> 00:40:46,477 STATE PARTIES TO PRIORITIZE 903 00:40:46,477 --> 00:40:47,578 FUNDING FOR HUMAN SERVICES AND 904 00:40:47,578 --> 00:40:48,512 PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE 905 00:40:48,512 --> 00:40:51,749 WORST EFFECT OF THESE CUTS. 906 00:40:51,749 --> 00:40:53,784 THANK YOU. 907 00:40:53,784 --> 00:40:55,553 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 908 00:40:55,553 --> 00:40:57,254 PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES , I 909 00:40:57,254 --> 00:40:58,489 WILL ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS IN 910 00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:00,791 BETWEEN OUR PRESENTATIONS GIVEN 911 00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:02,893 WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED. DO YOU 912 00:41:02,893 --> 00:41:05,429 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR EXECUTIVE 913 00:41:05,429 --> 00:41:09,867 DIRECTOR PEREZ? STRAUSS? 914 00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:16,006 >> A SIMILAR THEME ALL DAY , 915 00:41:16,006 --> 00:41:17,141 GOOD TO SEE YOU, WE WORK 916 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:18,175 TOGETHER PRETTY CLOSELY ON A 917 00:41:18,175 --> 00:41:19,476 NUMBER OF ISSUES. I DON'T HAVE 918 00:41:19,476 --> 00:41:21,779 QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD. AGAIN, 919 00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:24,481 SIMILAR AS LAST TIME, SIMILAR 920 00:41:24,481 --> 00:41:26,450 CONVERSATION WE WILL HAVE WITH 921 00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:33,524 THE NEXT PRESENTATION, THIS IS 922 00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:34,091 BAD, OUR JOB IN THE CITY TO 923 00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:37,962 BLUNT THESE CUTS AN NEGATIVE 924 00:41:37,962 --> 00:41:40,698 IMPACT, THAT IS OUR JOB. IN THE 925 00:41:40,698 --> 00:41:44,401 FACE OF ALL OF THIS DEVASTATION. 926 00:41:44,401 --> 00:41:44,702 THANK YOU. 927 00:41:44,702 --> 00:41:48,539 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 928 00:41:48,539 --> 00:41:54,078 STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 929 00:41:54,078 --> 00:41:58,549 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THIS 930 00:41:58,549 --> 00:41:59,383 PRESENTATION CONFIRMS WHAT WE 931 00:41:59,383 --> 00:42:00,851 WERE SAYING BEFORE AND MOST OF 932 00:42:00,851 --> 00:42:03,687 US HAVE SEEN ON THE STREETS 933 00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:05,523 INTERACTING WITH THE DIFFERENT 934 00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:07,925 ELEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM. I THINK 935 00:42:07,925 --> 00:42:09,994 IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT WE CAN 936 00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:13,397 USE THE WORD CRISIS NOW THE BILL 937 00:42:13,397 --> 00:42:15,466 HAS BEEN PASSED AND SIGNED. 938 00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:16,500 SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH 939 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:18,469 MANY CRISIS IS, I THINK THE KEY 940 00:42:18,469 --> 00:42:21,505 IS, PREPARATION, WE DO NEED A 941 00:42:21,505 --> 00:42:23,908 TASK FORCE EFFORT ON THIS TO 942 00:42:23,908 --> 00:42:31,282 ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEST PREPARED 943 00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:33,250 TO RESPOND . THE FIRST PIECE IS, 944 00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:36,186 ASSURING THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF 945 00:42:36,186 --> 00:42:39,189 MEDICARE COVERAGE WE CAN GET. 946 00:42:39,189 --> 00:42:40,257 THERE WERE DIFFERENT PIECES TO 947 00:42:40,257 --> 00:42:41,458 THAT AND THIS WILL TAKE SOME 948 00:42:41,458 --> 00:42:43,861 IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS. MARSHALING 949 00:42:43,861 --> 00:42:45,162 ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF 950 00:42:45,162 --> 00:42:47,164 THIS TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT, 951 00:42:47,164 --> 00:42:51,135 YOU KNOW, IN A SIMPLE WAY MAKE 952 00:42:51,135 --> 00:42:59,009 SURE THE TS ARE CROSSED, AND IS 953 00:42:59,009 --> 00:43:00,778 ARE DOTTED. TASK FORCE WITH THE 954 00:43:00,778 --> 00:43:03,814 VARIOUS PIECES OF THIS 955 00:43:03,814 --> 00:43:06,817 ECOSYSTEM. I THINK IT IS GOING 956 00:43:06,817 --> 00:43:09,653 TO BE QUITE NEEDED. THERE IS NO 957 00:43:09,653 --> 00:43:13,557 NEED TO DELAY. BETWEEN THE 958 00:43:13,557 --> 00:43:16,160 NONPROFITS, THE CITY AND THE 959 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,829 COUNTY, WHICH HAS THE PUBLIC 960 00:43:18,829 --> 00:43:19,997 HEALTH RESPONSIBILITY, BOARD OF 961 00:43:19,997 --> 00:43:21,265 HEALTH MEETING YESTERDAY, 962 00:43:21,265 --> 00:43:24,935 MEETING WITH KING COUNCIL LATER 963 00:43:24,935 --> 00:43:26,971 THIS AFTERNOON , I WILL RESTATE 964 00:43:26,971 --> 00:43:30,374 THIS WITH HIM, WE DO NEED TO BE 965 00:43:30,374 --> 00:43:34,278 LOCKSTEP WITH THE COUNTY, WITH 966 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:35,245 THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE WE 967 00:43:35,245 --> 00:43:36,947 WILL BE PHASING . IN COOPERATION 968 00:43:36,947 --> 00:43:41,418 WITH THE STATE AS WELL. I AM 969 00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:42,219 SHORT THE NEXT PRESENTATIONS 970 00:43:42,219 --> 00:43:44,822 WILL BE VERY SIMILAR. I WANT TO 971 00:43:44,822 --> 00:43:48,459 BE BLUNT ON THIS, AS SOMEONE WHO 972 00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:49,660 HAS BEEN IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF 973 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:53,931 CRISIS IS BEFORE, AS WE WORK ON 974 00:43:53,931 --> 00:43:55,165 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE 975 00:43:55,165 --> 00:43:59,603 THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. I JUST 976 00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:03,507 WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. AS A 977 00:44:03,507 --> 00:44:07,578 HUMAN SERVICES CHAIR, AS PUBLIC 978 00:44:07,578 --> 00:44:08,879 SAFETY, YOU AND YOUR ROLE, 979 00:44:08,879 --> 00:44:10,781 WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE , 980 00:44:10,781 --> 00:44:15,152 COUNCIL PRESIDENT , THE ENTIRE 981 00:44:15,152 --> 00:44:16,153 TEAM ON THE COUNCIL, WORKING 982 00:44:16,153 --> 00:44:17,621 WITH THE EXECUTIVE, AND THE 983 00:44:17,621 --> 00:44:20,624 NONPROFITS. WE NEED VOLUNTEER 984 00:44:20,624 --> 00:44:21,925 GROUPS . EVERYTHING AND 985 00:44:21,925 --> 00:44:24,461 EVERYBODY. WE KEEP THROWING 986 00:44:24,461 --> 00:44:27,798 AROUND STUFF LIKE, "ALL HANDS ON 987 00:44:27,798 --> 00:44:30,534 DECK." THIS IS TRULY A ALL HANDS 988 00:44:30,534 --> 00:44:35,205 ON DECK MOMENT. I WANTED TO 989 00:44:35,205 --> 00:44:36,640 FOLLOW UP WITH MY EARLIER 990 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:37,608 COMMENTS. 991 00:44:37,608 --> 00:44:41,578 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 992 00:44:41,578 --> 00:44:41,812 KETTLE. 993 00:44:41,812 --> 00:44:44,715 >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 994 00:44:44,715 --> 00:44:46,517 SPIRIT , ESPECIALLY IN THIS 995 00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:48,252 MOMENT . 996 00:44:48,252 --> 00:44:55,659 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON? I 997 00:44:55,659 --> 00:44:59,430 BELIEVE YOU ARE MUTED. 998 00:44:59,430 --> 00:45:03,934 >> I HAPPEN AT THIS HOW MANY 999 00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:05,669 YEARS? MORE AND MORE CLEAR, IT 1000 00:45:05,669 --> 00:45:09,106 IS ESSENTIAL, WE ISOLATE -- 1001 00:45:09,106 --> 00:45:10,874 INSULATE INDIVIDUALS, AS A 1002 00:45:10,874 --> 00:45:15,612 RESULT, FROM -- OUR COMMUNITY -- 1003 00:45:15,612 --> 00:45:18,215 IN PARTICULAR , THE WORK 1004 00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:21,218 ENVIRONMENTS, BY AFFECTIVELY, 1005 00:45:21,218 --> 00:45:26,356 QUICKLY , SIGNING PEOPLE UP, IN 1006 00:45:26,356 --> 00:45:29,460 FILING VERIFICATION. I AM MAKING 1007 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:32,129 THAT POINT KNOWN AGAIN. IN THE 1008 00:45:32,129 --> 00:45:35,032 COALITION , YOU PROBABLY KNOW, 1009 00:45:35,032 --> 00:45:40,804 THIS PROBABLY BECAME AN APPARENT 1010 00:45:40,804 --> 00:45:42,272 NEED QUICKLY. ARE THERE ANY 1011 00:45:42,272 --> 00:45:43,974 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING 1012 00:45:43,974 --> 00:45:50,347 ANY KIND OF VOLUNTEER , OR PAID 1013 00:45:50,347 --> 00:45:51,915 HELP ON THAT FRONT TO OTHER 1014 00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:56,386 ORGANIZATIONS TO REACH CLIENTELE 1015 00:45:56,386 --> 00:45:58,422 OR PATIENTS ? 1016 00:45:58,422 --> 00:46:01,959 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION 1017 00:46:01,959 --> 00:46:05,162 THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON . 1018 00:46:05,162 --> 00:46:07,397 AT THIS TIME, I AM NOT AWARE OF 1019 00:46:07,397 --> 00:46:09,867 WHICH AGENCIES -- I KNOW THEY 1020 00:46:09,867 --> 00:46:11,201 HAVE DEDICATED STAFF THAT DO 1021 00:46:11,201 --> 00:46:13,403 THAT, I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE HAS 1022 00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:15,706 BEEN AN INCREASE IN REQUESTS OR 1023 00:46:15,706 --> 00:46:18,175 WHAT OUTREACH THEY ARE DOING TO 1024 00:46:18,175 --> 00:46:20,043 ACCESS THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE 1025 00:46:20,043 --> 00:46:23,247 MAYBE NOT SIGNED UP . I CAN 1026 00:46:23,247 --> 00:46:24,281 DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH THE 1027 00:46:24,281 --> 00:46:25,315 COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL AND GET 1028 00:46:25,315 --> 00:46:26,483 YOU THAT INFORMATION. 1029 00:46:26,483 --> 00:46:29,319 >> THANK YOU . 1030 00:46:29,319 --> 00:46:32,189 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1031 00:46:32,189 --> 00:46:34,291 COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON ? 1032 00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:37,294 >> THANK YOU HIM I WANTED TO SAY 1033 00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:40,964 THAT, NOT SO MANY QUESTIONS , I 1034 00:46:40,964 --> 00:46:43,667 WILL HOLD THOSE UNTIL AFTER ALL 1035 00:46:43,667 --> 00:46:44,802 THE PRESENTATIONS ARE MADE. 1036 00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:51,308 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1037 00:46:51,308 --> 00:46:55,612 >> THANK YOU . 1038 00:46:55,612 --> 00:46:58,949 >> I AM MINDFUL WE ARE SCARCE ON 1039 00:46:58,949 --> 00:47:01,485 QUORUM TODAY , IN THE INTEREST 1040 00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:03,687 OF NOT WANTING TO LOSE QUORUM I 1041 00:47:03,687 --> 00:47:04,888 WILL CALL A FIVE MINUTE RECESS 1042 00:47:04,888 --> 00:47:06,690 TO ALLOW FOR THE MEMBERS TO TAKE 1043 00:47:06,690 --> 00:47:12,796 A BIO BREAK. WITH NO OBJECTION , 1044 00:47:12,796 --> 00:47:15,032 I WILL CALL FOR A RECESS AND WE 1045 00:47:15,032 --> 00:47:19,236 WILL RECONVENE AT 10:35. 1046 00:47:19,236 --> 00:47:24,808 PERFECT. WE ARE ON RECESS. THANK 1047 00:47:24,808 --> 00:47:29,246 YOU. 1048 00:53:40,417 --> 00:53:41,017 >> THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 1049 00:53:41,017 --> 00:53:41,651 FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND 1050 00:53:41,651 --> 00:53:42,652 POLICY CHANGES MEETING WILL COME 1051 00:53:42,652 --> 00:53:49,092 BACK TO ORDER. IT IS 10:35, I AM 1052 00:53:49,092 --> 00:53:51,394 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, ALEXIS 1053 00:53:51,394 --> 00:53:53,930 MERCEDES RINCK, PLEASE CALL THE 1054 00:53:53,930 --> 00:53:57,734 WALL AND HOLLINGSWORTH , RIVERA, 1055 00:53:57,734 --> 00:54:08,111 AND SAKA ARE EXCUSED. 1056 00:54:17,220 --> 00:54:17,454 >> KETTLE? 1057 00:54:17,454 --> 00:54:17,721 >> HERE. 1058 00:54:17,721 --> 00:54:18,021 >> NELSON? 1059 00:54:18,021 --> 00:54:18,288 >> HERE. 1060 00:54:18,288 --> 00:54:18,555 >> RINCK? 1061 00:54:18,555 --> 00:54:18,888 >> PRESENT. 1062 00:54:18,888 --> 00:54:21,658 >> THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS 1063 00:54:21,658 --> 00:54:24,728 PRESENT. DR. THE SECOND ITEM OF 1064 00:54:24,728 --> 00:54:27,530 BUSINESS , PLEASE READ ITEM 3 1065 00:54:27,530 --> 00:54:28,531 INTO THE RECORD. 1066 00:54:28,531 --> 00:54:32,569 >> PANEL ON HUMAN AND SOCIAL 1067 00:54:32,569 --> 00:54:33,803 SERVICES PROVIDERS, BRIEFING AND 1068 00:54:33,803 --> 00:54:34,371 DISCUSSION. 1069 00:54:34,371 --> 00:54:36,406 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK 1070 00:54:36,406 --> 00:54:38,041 YOU, COLLEAGUES, OR ALLOWING FOR 1071 00:54:38,041 --> 00:54:40,277 THAT BRIEF RECESS . WE WILL MAKE 1072 00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:42,312 THEIR PRESENTATION FROM 1073 00:54:42,312 --> 00:54:49,352 COEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TORRES FOR 1074 00:54:49,352 --> 00:54:49,886 THE COALITION ENDING 1075 00:54:49,886 --> 00:54:50,387 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. 1076 00:54:50,387 --> 00:54:51,688 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD 1077 00:54:51,688 --> 00:54:54,057 MORNING. MY NAME IS AMARINTHIA 1078 00:54:54,057 --> 00:54:58,061 TORRES, SHE/HER PRONOUNS . THANK 1079 00:54:58,061 --> 00:55:01,631 YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR INVITING ME 1080 00:55:01,631 --> 00:55:04,034 . AND TO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS 1081 00:55:04,034 --> 00:55:05,602 FOR PRIORITIZING THIS IMPORTANT 1082 00:55:05,602 --> 00:55:09,139 CONVERSATION . TODAY, I WILL 1083 00:55:09,139 --> 00:55:10,140 SHARE SOME CONTEXT OF THE 1084 00:55:10,140 --> 00:55:10,807 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE MOVEMENT 1085 00:55:10,807 --> 00:55:11,775 AND THEN SHARE HOW LOCAL 1086 00:55:11,775 --> 00:55:12,976 PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE ARE BEING 1087 00:55:12,976 --> 00:55:13,843 IMPACTED BY THE FEDERAL 1088 00:55:13,843 --> 00:55:16,479 ADMINISTRATION AND HOW TO 1089 00:55:16,479 --> 00:55:18,014 HIGHLIGHT CRITICAL WAYS TO MOVE 1090 00:55:18,014 --> 00:55:22,619 FORWARD TOGETHER. OUR COALITION 1091 00:55:22,619 --> 00:55:23,753 IS THE COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR OVER 1092 00:55:23,753 --> 00:55:24,888 35 MEMBER PROGRAMS, ALL WORKING 1093 00:55:24,888 --> 00:55:26,222 TO STOP GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 1094 00:55:26,222 --> 00:55:36,166 SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 1095 00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:37,100 SEXUAL ASSAULT AND COMMERCIAL 1096 00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:37,667 SEXUAL EXPLICATION. ANYTIME 1097 00:55:37,667 --> 00:55:38,868 ANYONE DOES NOT CONFORM TO WHAT 1098 00:55:38,868 --> 00:55:39,836 IS EXPECTED OF THEIR GENDER, 1099 00:55:39,836 --> 00:55:41,004 THEY RUN THE RISK OF BEING 1100 00:55:41,004 --> 00:55:42,305 TARGETS OF VIOLENCE. IF A FRIEND 1101 00:55:42,305 --> 00:55:43,440 OR LOVED ONE IS BEING CONTROLLED 1102 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:44,674 BY THEIR PARTNER OR HARASSED AT 1103 00:55:44,674 --> 00:55:47,944 SCHOOL OR ONLINE FORCED TO HAVE 1104 00:55:47,944 --> 00:55:49,145 SEX WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO, 1105 00:55:49,145 --> 00:55:50,180 THEY MAY NEED THE SUPPORT 1106 00:55:50,180 --> 00:55:51,214 PROVIDED BY A LOCAL GENDER-BASED 1107 00:55:51,214 --> 00:55:52,182 VIOLENCE PROGRAM. OUR MISSION IS 1108 00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:53,049 ONE THAT RECOGNIZES THREE 1109 00:55:53,049 --> 00:55:54,284 THINGS, ONE RIGID GENDER ROLES 1110 00:55:54,284 --> 00:55:58,688 AND GENDER INEQUITY -- AN 1111 00:55:58,688 --> 00:56:00,990 ANECDOTE TO THE ABUSE OF POWER 1112 00:56:00,990 --> 00:56:02,759 IS EQUITABLE RELATIONSHIPS AND 1113 00:56:02,759 --> 00:56:05,428 SHARED POWER. THREE , IT WILL 1114 00:56:05,428 --> 00:56:07,163 TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER 1115 00:56:07,163 --> 00:56:09,466 TO TRULY STOP GENDER-BASED 1116 00:56:09,466 --> 00:56:11,568 VIOLENCE IN ARCHIMEDES . LAST 1117 00:56:11,568 --> 00:56:13,770 YEAR WAS THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF 1118 00:56:13,770 --> 00:56:17,340 THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'S ACT 1119 00:56:17,340 --> 00:56:18,208 , BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION PASSED 1120 00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:20,443 IN 1994 THAT CREATED A UNIFIED 1121 00:56:20,443 --> 00:56:22,045 NATIONAL RESPONSE WITH DEDICATED 1122 00:56:22,045 --> 00:56:25,048 RESOURCES AND FUNDING FOR 1123 00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:26,516 SURVIVOR SERVICES . I WAS JUST 1124 00:56:26,516 --> 00:56:29,185 13 YEARS OLD IN RURAL TENNESSEE 1125 00:56:29,185 --> 00:56:36,292 IN 1994, BUT I WAS IN MY 30s AND 1126 00:56:36,292 --> 00:56:37,293 WORKING AT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1127 00:56:37,293 --> 00:56:38,228 AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ORGANIZATION 1128 00:56:38,228 --> 00:56:38,895 SUPPORTING SURVIVORS WHEN THE 1129 00:56:38,895 --> 00:56:39,929 2013 INCLUSIVE BILL WAS PASSED 1130 00:56:39,929 --> 00:56:42,198 IN CONGRESS WHICH INCLUDED 1131 00:56:42,198 --> 00:56:44,968 SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS FOR 1132 00:56:44,968 --> 00:56:46,603 IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS , INCREASE 1133 00:56:46,603 --> 00:56:48,104 ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR NATIVE 1134 00:56:48,104 --> 00:56:49,906 AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN, 1135 00:56:49,906 --> 00:56:53,777 AND THAT A GENDER IDENTITY AND 1136 00:56:53,777 --> 00:56:54,577 SEXUAL ORIENTATION AS PROTECTED 1137 00:56:54,577 --> 00:56:56,212 CLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE 1138 00:56:56,212 --> 00:57:01,251 OPPOSITION THAT IT WILL BE 1139 00:57:01,251 --> 00:57:02,485 PASSED IF YOU TAKE THOSE GROUPS 1140 00:57:02,485 --> 00:57:03,286 OUT, OUR MOVEMENT SAID 1141 00:57:03,286 --> 00:57:04,287 ABSOLUTELY NOT WE SUCCEEDED IN 1142 00:57:04,287 --> 00:57:07,390 PASSING THE INCLUSIVE ACT WHICH 1143 00:57:07,390 --> 00:57:08,792 IS THE LAW OF THE LAND TODAY. 1144 00:57:08,792 --> 00:57:11,094 THIS IS MORE THAN JUST STATUTORY 1145 00:57:11,094 --> 00:57:13,696 REQUIREMENTS IT IS CENTRAL TO 1146 00:57:13,696 --> 00:57:14,631 OUR MISSIONS AND OUR VALUES. 1147 00:57:14,631 --> 00:57:18,334 VALUES THAT SAY , SOME SURVIVORS 1148 00:57:18,334 --> 00:57:19,369 HAVE WORSE OUTCOMES AND HIGHER 1149 00:57:19,369 --> 00:57:20,737 LIKELIHOOD OF ABUSE BECAUSE THE 1150 00:57:20,737 --> 00:57:23,039 SYSTEMS WITH RACISM AND SEXISM 1151 00:57:23,039 --> 00:57:27,143 VALUES THAT SERVE ALL SURVIVOR 1152 00:57:27,143 --> 00:57:28,144 DESERVE SAFETY AND DIGNITY AS 1153 00:57:28,144 --> 00:57:29,712 THEY HEAL FROM THE IMPACTS OF 1154 00:57:29,712 --> 00:57:32,415 ABUSE . I DECIDED TO SHARE THIS 1155 00:57:32,415 --> 00:57:33,550 HISTORY WITH YOU TODAY BECAUSE I 1156 00:57:33,550 --> 00:57:35,185 THINK IT ILLUSTRATES THE CORE 1157 00:57:35,185 --> 00:57:37,387 VALUES OF OUR MOVEMENT AND IT 1158 00:57:37,387 --> 00:57:40,290 SHOWS A STARK CONTRAST TO WHERE 1159 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:45,261 WE ARE NOW. WE ARE WITNESSING 1160 00:57:45,261 --> 00:57:46,396 FUNDAMENTAL ABUSES OF POWER AT 1161 00:57:46,396 --> 00:57:47,263 THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT 1162 00:57:47,263 --> 00:57:48,231 AND THE CORE VALUES AND 1163 00:57:48,231 --> 00:57:49,566 INTEGRITY OF OUR COLLECTIVE WORK 1164 00:57:49,566 --> 00:57:51,901 TO STOP GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS 1165 00:57:51,901 --> 00:57:53,136 UNDER THREAT. RECENT EXECUTIVE 1166 00:57:53,136 --> 00:57:55,872 ORDER DEFENDING WOMEN FROM 1167 00:57:55,872 --> 00:57:59,175 GENDER IDEOLOGY AND EXTREMISM IS 1168 00:57:59,175 --> 00:58:00,143 ESSENTIALLY DESCRIBING 1169 00:58:00,143 --> 00:58:01,377 PATRIARCHAL VALUES AND 1170 00:58:01,377 --> 00:58:02,812 ENCOURAGING DISCRIMINATION AND 1171 00:58:02,812 --> 00:58:05,381 IT ESTABLISHES A BINARY OF TWO 1172 00:58:05,381 --> 00:58:07,250 DISTINCT SECTIONS , MALE AND 1173 00:58:07,250 --> 00:58:08,751 FEMALE, TEMPS TO ERASE THE 1174 00:58:08,751 --> 00:58:10,753 CONCEPT OF GENDER AND VILIFIES A 1175 00:58:10,753 --> 00:58:12,155 GENDER IDENTITY ALL IN THE NAME 1176 00:58:12,155 --> 00:58:16,626 OF DEFENDING WOMEN HOOD. OVER 1177 00:58:16,626 --> 00:58:17,927 THE LAST SIX MONTHS, NOTICES OF 1178 00:58:17,927 --> 00:58:18,494 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WERE 1179 00:58:18,494 --> 00:58:21,064 SUDDENLY REMOVED AND REPOSTED 1180 00:58:21,064 --> 00:58:23,099 WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW SET OF 1181 00:58:23,099 --> 00:58:24,801 REQUIREMENTS REQUIRING 1182 00:58:24,801 --> 00:58:26,769 APPLICANTS TO CERTIFY THE GRANT 1183 00:58:26,769 --> 00:58:29,272 FUNDS WILL NOT BE USED FOR OUT 1184 00:58:29,272 --> 00:58:31,241 OF SCOPE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS 1185 00:58:31,241 --> 00:58:33,042 PROMOTING GENDER IDEOLOGY, 1186 00:58:33,042 --> 00:58:36,713 PROMOTING ILLEGAL DEI PROGRAMS 1187 00:58:36,713 --> 00:58:38,615 VIOLATING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 1188 00:58:38,615 --> 00:58:43,953 LAWS , AND ACTIVITIES THAT FRAME 1189 00:58:43,953 --> 00:58:44,687 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL 1190 00:58:44,687 --> 00:58:45,955 ASSAULT AS SYSTEMIC SOCIAL 1191 00:58:45,955 --> 00:58:47,123 JUSTICE ISSUES. THERE IS A LOT 1192 00:58:47,123 --> 00:58:48,291 TO SAY ABOUT THAT, EVEN THAT 1193 00:58:48,291 --> 00:58:51,160 LAST BULLET POINT, ALL OF THEM , 1194 00:58:51,160 --> 00:58:53,062 I DO NOT HAVE A TON OF TIME TO 1195 00:58:53,062 --> 00:58:54,597 GO INTO THAT BUT I WILL GO IN 1196 00:58:54,597 --> 00:58:55,431 FURTHER CONVERSATION ON THIS 1197 00:58:55,431 --> 00:58:58,868 ISSUE. I DID WANT TO NOTE, AS 1198 00:58:58,868 --> 00:59:01,371 MARISSA SHARED, THE MOST RECENT 1199 00:59:01,371 --> 00:59:05,441 FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR 2026 1200 00:59:05,441 --> 00:59:06,409 PROPOSES $120 INTRODUCTION TO 1201 00:59:06,409 --> 00:59:07,911 THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST 1202 00:59:07,911 --> 00:59:12,048 WOMEN. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR 1203 00:59:12,048 --> 00:59:12,882 OUR LOCAL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 1204 00:59:12,882 --> 00:59:16,719 PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE? ON THIS 1205 00:59:16,719 --> 00:59:17,921 SLIDE, THESE ARE ALL OF THE 1206 00:59:17,921 --> 00:59:19,322 MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS PART OF OUR 1207 00:59:19,322 --> 00:59:21,791 COALITION . THEY DO INCREDIBLE , 1208 00:59:21,791 --> 00:59:23,960 PROFOUND WORK EVERY DAY 1209 00:59:23,960 --> 00:59:25,061 SUPPORTING SURVIVORS IN OUR 1210 00:59:25,061 --> 00:59:27,297 COMMUNITIES. A MAJORITY OF 1211 00:59:27,297 --> 00:59:28,665 PROGRAMS , INCLUDING THE 1212 00:59:28,665 --> 00:59:30,934 COALITION , RELY ON FEDERAL 1213 00:59:30,934 --> 00:59:33,636 FUNDING, WHETHER THROUGH VAWA , 1214 00:59:33,636 --> 00:59:37,373 THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT, RATHER 1215 00:59:37,373 --> 00:59:38,675 PASS-THROUGH FUNDS TO MEET THE 1216 00:59:38,675 --> 00:59:39,776 NEEDS OF SURVIVORS IN OUR 1217 00:59:39,776 --> 00:59:42,111 COMMUNITY. EVEN WITH THAT, IN 1218 00:59:42,111 --> 00:59:44,147 KING COUNTY , IN THE LAST FOUR 1219 00:59:44,147 --> 00:59:46,149 YEARS MORE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1220 00:59:46,149 --> 00:59:47,250 RELATED DEATHS THAN THE PREVIOUS 1221 00:59:47,250 --> 00:59:50,687 10 YEARS COMBINED . WITH 135 1222 00:59:50,687 --> 00:59:58,027 MENTALITIES FROM 2020 TO 2024 1223 00:59:58,027 --> 00:59:58,828 ALONE AND STATEWIDE WASHINGTON 1224 00:59:58,828 --> 00:59:59,996 HAS A HIGHER PREVALENCE OF BOTH 1225 00:59:59,996 --> 01:00:00,797 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL 1226 01:00:00,797 --> 01:00:04,968 ASSAULT BUT OUR FUNDING -- 1227 01:00:04,968 --> 01:00:05,802 EXCUSE ME, HIGHER PREVALENCE 1228 01:00:05,802 --> 01:00:07,170 THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BUT WE 1229 01:00:07,170 --> 01:00:07,937 CONTINUE TO SEE OUR FEDERAL 1230 01:00:07,937 --> 01:00:09,505 FUNDING BE CUT. MOST NOTABLY, 1231 01:00:09,505 --> 01:00:11,407 SINCE 2018, THE SUPPORT OF 1232 01:00:11,407 --> 01:00:13,643 VICTIMS OF CRIME OF ALL TYPES 1233 01:00:13,643 --> 01:00:15,244 NOT JUST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND 1234 01:00:15,244 --> 01:00:17,480 SEXUAL ASSAULT, IT HAS BEEN CUT 1235 01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:19,716 BY OVER 75% IN WASHINGTON. THESE 1236 01:00:19,716 --> 01:00:21,617 HARMFUL RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDING 1237 01:00:21,617 --> 01:00:22,418 COMBINED WITH THE EXECUTIVE 1238 01:00:22,418 --> 01:00:26,222 ORDERS ARE FORCING PROGRAMS TO 1239 01:00:26,222 --> 01:00:27,023 MAKE THE POSSIBLE CHOICES, 1240 01:00:27,023 --> 01:00:29,659 DENIED LIFE-SAVING SERVICES TO 1241 01:00:29,659 --> 01:00:31,194 IMMIGRANT AND LB GQ SURVIVORS, 1242 01:00:31,194 --> 01:00:34,130 OR BE CUT OFF FROM FUNDING AND 1243 01:00:34,130 --> 01:00:35,365 THE PROGRAMS HAVE TO SELF SELECT 1244 01:00:35,365 --> 01:00:36,966 OUT OF FUNDING BUT THEY WOULD 1245 01:00:36,966 --> 01:00:38,001 NORMALLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR BECAUSE 1246 01:00:38,001 --> 01:00:40,103 OF THIS IMPASSE . ADDITIONALLY, 1247 01:00:40,103 --> 01:00:42,038 SOME PROGRAMS ARE GETTING THE 1248 01:00:42,038 --> 01:00:44,340 CURIOUS POSITION OF BEING OUT OF 1249 01:00:44,340 --> 01:00:46,943 COMPLIANCE WITH VAWA AND 1250 01:00:46,943 --> 01:00:49,045 CONGRESS IF THEY APPLIED . SINCE 1251 01:00:49,045 --> 01:00:50,780 THOSE LAWS ARE STILL STANDING . 1252 01:00:50,780 --> 01:00:56,152 IF THEY OPT OUT OF APPLYING FOR 1253 01:00:56,152 --> 01:00:57,320 A GRANT, THEY LOSE SOME CRITICAL 1254 01:00:57,320 --> 01:00:58,121 FUNDING FOR SERVICES THAT 1255 01:00:58,121 --> 01:01:01,791 SURVIVORS RELY ON , BUT IF THEY 1256 01:01:01,791 --> 01:01:02,592 MAKE THE REQUESTED VACATIONS, 1257 01:01:02,592 --> 01:01:03,459 THEY WILL EXPOSE THE 1258 01:01:03,459 --> 01:01:04,727 ORGANIZATIONS TO LEGAL AND 1259 01:01:04,727 --> 01:01:07,664 FINANCIAL RISKS . IN FACT, THERE 1260 01:01:07,664 --> 01:01:09,065 IS A GROUP OF 17 STATE DOMESTIC 1261 01:01:09,065 --> 01:01:09,966 VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT 1262 01:01:09,966 --> 01:01:10,700 COALITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 1263 01:01:10,700 --> 01:01:11,901 THAT HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT ABOUT 1264 01:01:11,901 --> 01:01:13,102 THIS VERY ISSUE THAT WE ARE 1265 01:01:13,102 --> 01:01:14,337 WAITING TO HEAR HOW THAT GOES. 1266 01:01:14,337 --> 01:01:16,572 ALL OF THIS WILL IMPACT THE 1267 01:01:16,572 --> 01:01:18,074 SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR LOCAL 1268 01:01:18,074 --> 01:01:20,643 PROGRAMS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF 1269 01:01:20,643 --> 01:01:21,878 SERVICE TO VICTIMS AND 1270 01:01:21,878 --> 01:01:22,879 SURVIVORS. HOW DO WE MOVE 1271 01:01:22,879 --> 01:01:26,149 FORWARD FROM HERE? I DO NOT 1272 01:01:26,149 --> 01:01:31,187 PRETEND TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS 1273 01:01:31,187 --> 01:01:32,221 . EVERY SURVIVOR OF GENDER-BASED 1274 01:01:32,221 --> 01:01:33,289 VIOLENCE FACES UNIQUE RISKS AND 1275 01:01:33,289 --> 01:01:34,690 SAFETY CONCERNS AS THEY RESIST 1276 01:01:34,690 --> 01:01:36,859 ABUSE. AND SO TOO ARE WE AS A 1277 01:01:36,859 --> 01:01:37,527 MOVEMENT AND INDIVIDUAL 1278 01:01:37,527 --> 01:01:38,327 ORGANIZATIONS FACING THESE RISKS 1279 01:01:38,327 --> 01:01:39,896 AND SAFETY CONCERNS RIGHT NOW I 1280 01:01:39,896 --> 01:01:42,665 BELIEVE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 1281 01:01:42,665 --> 01:01:43,766 MOVEMENT SHOULD PLAY A VITAL 1282 01:01:43,766 --> 01:01:45,001 ROLE IN THIS MOVEMENT. WE KNOW 1283 01:01:45,001 --> 01:01:48,304 THAT A PRIMARY HARM OF ABUSE IS 1284 01:01:48,304 --> 01:01:49,472 AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE AWAY AGENCY 1285 01:01:49,472 --> 01:01:50,306 AND SELF-DETERMINATION WE ALL 1286 01:01:50,306 --> 01:01:51,808 NEED TO REMEMBER OUR OWN AGENCY 1287 01:01:51,808 --> 01:01:55,812 RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT THAT WE 1288 01:01:55,812 --> 01:01:57,580 ALWAYS HAVE CHOICES AND WHAT WE 1289 01:01:57,580 --> 01:01:58,648 DO MATTERS . ABUSE SAYS NOTHING 1290 01:01:58,648 --> 01:02:01,317 YOU DO MATTERS , YOU ARE SMALL, 1291 01:02:01,317 --> 01:02:03,553 WE KNOW IT MATTERS AND EMBRACE 1292 01:02:03,553 --> 01:02:06,989 AN EXPANSIVE VIEW OF GENDER WE 1293 01:02:06,989 --> 01:02:08,958 KNOW IT MATTERS WHEN WE SAY THAT 1294 01:02:08,958 --> 01:02:14,731 ALL SURVIVORS , REGARDLESS OF 1295 01:02:14,731 --> 01:02:15,364 IMMIGRATION STATUS, DISABILITY, 1296 01:02:15,364 --> 01:02:16,132 GENDER IDENTITY, OR SEXUAL 1297 01:02:16,132 --> 01:02:17,300 ORIENTATION, DESERVE SAFETY AND 1298 01:02:17,300 --> 01:02:18,801 DIGNITY . WE KNOW IT MATTERS 1299 01:02:18,801 --> 01:02:20,002 WHEN WE MOVED TO THE WORLD 1300 01:02:20,002 --> 01:02:21,170 STANDING FIRM IN OUR VALUES. AS 1301 01:02:21,170 --> 01:02:22,405 A COALITION, THIS IS WHAT WE 1302 01:02:22,405 --> 01:02:24,774 ENDEAVOR TO DO ON BEHALF OF OUR 1303 01:02:24,774 --> 01:02:27,443 MEMBERSHIP. THIS IS ALSO WHAT WE 1304 01:02:27,443 --> 01:02:30,346 NEED FROM OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 1305 01:02:30,346 --> 01:02:31,380 , STRONG AND AUTONOMOUS LOCAL 1306 01:02:31,380 --> 01:02:32,381 GOVERNMENT TO HELP INSULATE OUR 1307 01:02:32,381 --> 01:02:33,583 COMMUNITIES AND OUR VALUES ON 1308 01:02:33,583 --> 01:02:34,951 THE ENCROACHMENT OF ABUSES OF 1309 01:02:34,951 --> 01:02:37,487 POWER . STRONG AND STABLE AND 1310 01:02:37,487 --> 01:02:39,922 FAIR REVENUE CAN HELP. IT IS 1311 01:02:39,922 --> 01:02:43,926 WONDERFUL TO HEAR ALL THE 1312 01:02:43,926 --> 01:02:44,694 COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS 1313 01:02:44,694 --> 01:02:46,295 TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE SAME 1314 01:02:46,295 --> 01:02:49,265 ROLE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN 1315 01:02:49,265 --> 01:02:52,668 PLAY. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US AT 1316 01:02:52,668 --> 01:02:53,870 AN EVER WIDENING COALITION AND I 1317 01:02:53,870 --> 01:02:55,571 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO 1318 01:02:55,571 --> 01:02:56,773 WORK TOGETHER. I DEEPLY 1319 01:02:56,773 --> 01:02:57,940 APPRECIATE THE TIME TO TALK WITH 1320 01:02:57,940 --> 01:02:59,208 YOU TODAY ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH 1321 01:02:59,208 --> 01:03:00,777 YOU THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO 1322 01:03:00,777 --> 01:03:04,947 MUCH. 1323 01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:06,749 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT 1324 01:03:06,749 --> 01:03:08,117 PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES , ANY 1325 01:03:08,117 --> 01:03:12,555 QUESTIONS ON THIS PRESENTATION? 1326 01:03:12,555 --> 01:03:14,991 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ? 1327 01:03:14,991 --> 01:03:16,659 >> I WILL CHANGE MY TUNE AND 1328 01:03:16,659 --> 01:03:18,528 JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR 1329 01:03:18,528 --> 01:03:21,297 WORK YOU ARE MAKING AN IMPACT ON 1330 01:03:21,297 --> 01:03:25,568 SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES, PLEASE 1331 01:03:25,568 --> 01:03:27,236 , WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT 1332 01:03:27,236 --> 01:03:28,804 YOU IN THIS WORK AND I THANK YOU 1333 01:03:28,804 --> 01:03:30,173 FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING. 1334 01:03:30,173 --> 01:03:33,276 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1335 01:03:33,276 --> 01:03:35,778 STRAUSS . I APPRECIATE IT. 1336 01:03:35,778 --> 01:03:46,222 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 1337 01:03:46,756 --> 01:03:47,290 >> IF YOU COULD PUT THE LAST 1338 01:03:47,290 --> 01:03:47,890 SLIDE UP, I WANT TO NOTE THE 1339 01:03:47,890 --> 01:03:53,296 ARRAY OF GROUPS THAT ARE LISTED, 1340 01:03:53,296 --> 01:03:54,697 MANY I HAVE MET WITH IN MY 1341 01:03:54,697 --> 01:03:56,132 OFFICE OR OUT IN THE FIELD, I 1342 01:03:56,132 --> 01:03:57,667 APPRECIATE THE WORK AND I 1343 01:03:57,667 --> 01:04:03,039 APPRECIATE THE , YOU KNOW, 1344 01:04:03,039 --> 01:04:05,141 DIFFERENT PIECES THAT THEY DO, 1345 01:04:05,141 --> 01:04:06,809 BASED ON THEIR MISSION SETS AND 1346 01:04:06,809 --> 01:04:10,046 COMING TOGETHER. I HAVE NOT BEEN 1347 01:04:10,046 --> 01:04:13,983 TO ALL OF THEM, TO THOSE I HAVE 1348 01:04:13,983 --> 01:04:15,585 BEEN TO , THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1349 01:04:15,585 --> 01:04:17,653 WORK . I THANK YOU FOR HOSTING 1350 01:04:17,653 --> 01:04:20,656 ME. SHOWING THE WORK YOU HAVE 1351 01:04:20,656 --> 01:04:23,526 DONE. IT IS REALLY HELPFUL . 1352 01:04:23,526 --> 01:04:25,228 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 1353 01:04:25,228 --> 01:04:30,833 >> ABSOLUTELY . 1354 01:04:30,833 --> 01:04:33,936 >> I WILL GIVE FOLKS A MOMENT TO 1355 01:04:33,936 --> 01:04:36,405 THINK WHILE I ASKED ABOUT THE 1356 01:04:36,405 --> 01:04:38,374 PRESENTATION, HONING IN ON ONE 1357 01:04:38,374 --> 01:04:41,811 POINT YOU RAISED, WASHINGTON IS 1358 01:04:41,811 --> 01:04:45,014 AT A HIGHER PREVALENCE THAN THE 1359 01:04:45,014 --> 01:04:46,349 NATIONAL AVERAGE OF DOMESTIC 1360 01:04:46,349 --> 01:04:48,951 VIOLENCE DID I HEAR THAT 1361 01:04:48,951 --> 01:04:49,919 CORRECTLY AND COULD YOU EXPAND? 1362 01:04:49,919 --> 01:04:54,190 >> YES , AS SOME OF THE WORK, 1363 01:04:54,190 --> 01:04:57,226 THAT IS CORRECT, SOME OF THE 1364 01:04:57,226 --> 01:04:59,695 WORK THAT OUR STATEWIDE 1365 01:04:59,695 --> 01:05:01,097 COALITION WAS DOING TO PROTECT 1366 01:05:01,097 --> 01:05:02,732 THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT FUNDING 1367 01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:03,833 , THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT 1368 01:05:03,833 --> 01:05:06,269 EMERGED ON THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, 1369 01:05:06,269 --> 01:05:08,604 THE HIGHER RATE STATEWIDE OF 1370 01:05:08,604 --> 01:05:10,806 PREVALENCE AND THE NEED FOR 1371 01:05:10,806 --> 01:05:11,641 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR VICTIMS 1372 01:05:11,641 --> 01:05:13,843 OF CRIME AND GENDER-BASED 1373 01:05:13,843 --> 01:05:17,747 VIOLENCE AND WHY IT IS SO STARK, 1374 01:05:17,747 --> 01:05:19,248 WE HAVE SEEN SUCH SIGNIFICANT 1375 01:05:19,248 --> 01:05:23,486 CUTS THROUGH THE VOCA FUNDS 1376 01:05:23,486 --> 01:05:28,724 BEING REDUCED. I AM HAPPY TO 1377 01:05:28,724 --> 01:05:29,959 FOLLOW UP WITH MORE THROUGHOUT 1378 01:05:29,959 --> 01:05:30,359 STATE COALITION. 1379 01:05:30,359 --> 01:05:31,594 >> I AM CURIOUS THE NUMBERS 1380 01:05:31,594 --> 01:05:37,133 ATTACHED TO THOSE . DO YOU HAVE 1381 01:05:37,133 --> 01:05:37,366 THOSE? 1382 01:05:37,366 --> 01:05:39,268 >> I DO NOT BUT I AM HAPPY TO 1383 01:05:39,268 --> 01:05:40,503 FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 1384 01:05:40,503 --> 01:05:40,936 THEM. 1385 01:05:40,936 --> 01:05:42,571 >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW . 1386 01:05:42,571 --> 01:05:44,940 I HAVE TWO OTHER POINTS. A BROAD 1387 01:05:44,940 --> 01:05:48,611 COMMENTARY, HAVING WORKED IN THE 1388 01:05:48,611 --> 01:05:50,046 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND 1389 01:05:50,046 --> 01:05:51,681 THE CLEAR INTERSECTION OF WORK 1390 01:05:51,681 --> 01:05:54,116 AROUND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND 1391 01:05:54,116 --> 01:05:56,185 PEOPLE ACTIVELY FLEEING IN A 1392 01:05:56,185 --> 01:05:59,255 NUMBER OF CASES, LEADING TO LOOK 1393 01:05:59,255 --> 01:06:02,825 TO HOMELESSNESS . I HAVE COME TO 1394 01:06:02,825 --> 01:06:06,295 UNDERSTAND , OF COURSE, THE 1395 01:06:06,295 --> 01:06:08,965 CONCERN THAT , AS WE CUT SOCIAL 1396 01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:10,566 SERVICES, THIS FURTHER EMPOWERS 1397 01:06:10,566 --> 01:06:14,537 ABUSERS OR THOSE CAUSING HARM , 1398 01:06:14,537 --> 01:06:16,105 MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO 1399 01:06:16,105 --> 01:06:17,707 LEAVE A DANGEROUS SITUATION . 1400 01:06:17,707 --> 01:06:25,314 HOW HAVE YOU , AS WORKING IN 1401 01:06:25,314 --> 01:06:26,615 THIS BODY OF WORK, HOW HAVE YOU 1402 01:06:26,615 --> 01:06:27,750 COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT DYNAMIC 1403 01:06:27,750 --> 01:06:28,884 AND DO WE HAVE DATA THAT 1404 01:06:28,884 --> 01:06:29,685 SIGNIFIES HOW ECONOMIC DOWNTURN 1405 01:06:29,685 --> 01:06:32,421 IT CAN LEAD TO SUBSEQUENT 1406 01:06:32,421 --> 01:06:33,522 SITUATIONS OF GENDER-BASED 1407 01:06:33,522 --> 01:06:41,897 VIOLENCE ? WHAT KIND OF DATA DO 1408 01:06:41,897 --> 01:06:43,165 WE HAVE OR IS THERE A 1409 01:06:43,165 --> 01:06:43,966 CORRELATION YOU CAN SHARE? 1410 01:06:43,966 --> 01:06:45,134 >> SUCH A GREAT QUESTION, THANK 1411 01:06:45,134 --> 01:06:47,169 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK . A TON 1412 01:06:47,169 --> 01:06:51,040 OF DATA THAT SHOWS HOMELESSNESS 1413 01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:52,475 IS THE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS 1414 01:06:52,475 --> 01:06:53,442 A LEADING CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS 1415 01:06:53,442 --> 01:06:54,210 AMONG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 1416 01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:56,045 WOMEN THAT ARE FLEEING ABUSE. WE 1417 01:06:56,045 --> 01:07:00,783 KNOW THAT ANYTHING THAT IS IN 1418 01:07:00,783 --> 01:07:02,785 THE FOUNDATION, IN CONDITIONS 1419 01:07:02,785 --> 01:07:04,754 THAT SURVIVORS ARE NAVIGATING , 1420 01:07:04,754 --> 01:07:06,822 THE SYSTEM OF DEPRESSION , 1421 01:07:06,822 --> 01:07:09,492 ECONOMIC INJUSTICE , POVERTY , 1422 01:07:09,492 --> 01:07:11,227 WE KNOW SO MANY OF THOSE THINGS 1423 01:07:11,227 --> 01:07:14,296 ARE POWER IMBALANCES THAT ARE 1424 01:07:14,296 --> 01:07:16,432 REFLECTED IN OUR SOCIETY , THOSE 1425 01:07:16,432 --> 01:07:17,633 POWER IMBALANCES ARE THE EXACT 1426 01:07:17,633 --> 01:07:18,401 THINGS THAT FOLKS WHO ARE 1427 01:07:18,401 --> 01:07:20,403 ABUSIVE OR CAUSING HARM, THEY 1428 01:07:20,403 --> 01:07:23,506 CAN USE AND LEVERAGE THAT POWER 1429 01:07:23,506 --> 01:07:25,107 IMBALANCE TO CONTINUE TO FURTHER 1430 01:07:25,107 --> 01:07:30,579 HARM PEOPLE. ANY KIND OF LACK OF 1431 01:07:30,579 --> 01:07:32,648 ACCESS TO RESOURCES, WHEN 1432 01:07:32,648 --> 01:07:35,618 SURVIVORS ARE STRUGGLING, TO PAY 1433 01:07:35,618 --> 01:07:38,320 BILLS THE STRUGGLING TO MEET THE 1434 01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:43,392 BASIC NEEDS, THAT MEANS -- THAT 1435 01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:44,794 MAKES IT ALL THE MORE EASIER TO 1436 01:07:44,794 --> 01:07:46,028 EXPLOIT THEM OR HAVE POWER OVER 1437 01:07:46,028 --> 01:07:47,363 THEM. THERE IS SOME HELPFUL DATA 1438 01:07:47,363 --> 01:07:49,265 ON A LOT OF THESE AREAS AROUND 1439 01:07:49,265 --> 01:07:51,000 THE ABILITY TO FINANCIAL 1440 01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:53,569 EMPOWERMENT AND THE NEED FOR 1441 01:07:53,569 --> 01:07:57,006 STABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES. THE 1442 01:07:57,006 --> 01:07:58,441 ECONOMIC ISSUES YOU ARE POINTING 1443 01:07:58,441 --> 01:08:03,145 TO , THROUGH MUCH OF THE HOUSING 1444 01:08:03,145 --> 01:08:04,380 FIRST DATA, THAT SPEAKS TO THE 1445 01:08:04,380 --> 01:08:05,147 INTERSECTION OF HOMELESSNESS AND 1446 01:08:05,147 --> 01:08:05,948 HOUSING, AND SURVIVORS OF 1447 01:08:05,948 --> 01:08:08,784 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. THAT IS 1448 01:08:08,784 --> 01:08:11,821 MEANINGFUL DATA , AND RESEARCH 1449 01:08:11,821 --> 01:08:12,855 THAT HAS BEEN IN WASHINGTON 1450 01:08:12,855 --> 01:08:16,125 STATE AND BY THE WAY ON MUCH OF 1451 01:08:16,125 --> 01:08:17,526 THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TO 1452 01:08:17,526 --> 01:08:19,795 ADVERTISING HOUSING FIRST FOR 1453 01:08:19,795 --> 01:08:21,130 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 1454 01:08:21,130 --> 01:08:23,232 I WOULD POINT YOU TO THAT DATA. 1455 01:08:23,232 --> 01:08:25,501 AND ADDITIONALLY FOLLOW UP MORE 1456 01:08:25,501 --> 01:08:29,138 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT. 1457 01:08:29,138 --> 01:08:31,140 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY LAST 1458 01:08:31,140 --> 01:08:33,375 QUESTION, FOR ANY SURVIVOR WHO 1459 01:08:33,375 --> 01:08:36,679 MAY BE LISTENING, ANYONE WHO IS 1460 01:08:36,679 --> 01:08:39,682 SEEKING SUPPORT OR HELP , OR 1461 01:08:39,682 --> 01:08:40,716 KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS SEEKING 1462 01:08:40,716 --> 01:08:43,953 SUPPORT AND HELP, WHAT ADVICE 1463 01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:45,354 WOULD YOU GIVE THEM? IS THERE A 1464 01:08:45,354 --> 01:08:46,355 NUMBER THEY SHOULD CALL, WHAT 1465 01:08:46,355 --> 01:08:47,857 WOULD YOU WANT TO SEND TO THEM 1466 01:08:47,857 --> 01:08:48,591 AS A MESSAGE? 1467 01:08:48,591 --> 01:08:51,060 >> THANK YOU . I THINK THAT I 1468 01:08:51,060 --> 01:08:54,096 WOULD POINT THEM TO ALL THE 1469 01:08:54,096 --> 01:08:55,564 MEMBER PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT OUR 1470 01:08:55,564 --> 01:08:56,966 COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS. 1471 01:08:56,966 --> 01:09:02,271 THERE IS A REGIONAL HOPE LINE 1472 01:09:02,271 --> 01:09:07,042 THAT IS 24/7, MULTIMODAL AND 1473 01:09:07,042 --> 01:09:09,011 MULTILINGUAL CHAT, THAT IS 1474 01:09:09,011 --> 01:09:10,946 HOUSED BY NEW BEGINNINGS AND 1475 01:09:10,946 --> 01:09:13,215 THERE ARE SO MANY CULTURALLY 1476 01:09:13,215 --> 01:09:15,017 SPECIFIC SUPPORTS AND PROGRAMS 1477 01:09:15,017 --> 01:09:18,120 FOR PEOPLE , PROGRAMS SUPPORTING 1478 01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:23,826 QUEER AND TRANS SURVIVORS SO I 1479 01:09:23,826 --> 01:09:24,793 ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO 1480 01:09:24,793 --> 01:09:25,594 THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE 1481 01:09:25,594 --> 01:09:26,795 AVAILABLE THAT UNDERSTAND ABUSES 1482 01:09:26,795 --> 01:09:28,063 OF POWER AND CAN HELP POINT 1483 01:09:28,063 --> 01:09:29,431 PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT RESOURCES 1484 01:09:29,431 --> 01:09:31,500 AND GET THEM CONNECTED . AT THE 1485 01:09:31,500 --> 01:09:32,968 END OF THE DAY, SUPPORT THEIR 1486 01:09:32,968 --> 01:09:34,870 OWN EFFORTS AND ON 1487 01:09:34,870 --> 01:09:37,973 SELF-DETERMINATION FOR WHAT THEY 1488 01:09:37,973 --> 01:09:41,877 KNOW THEY NEED, FOR SAFETY THEY 1489 01:09:41,877 --> 01:09:45,881 MAYBE TRY TO ACCESS. 1490 01:09:45,881 --> 01:09:50,119 >> IF THERE ARE NOT ADDITION 1491 01:09:50,119 --> 01:09:50,986 QUESTIONS ON THIS PRESENTATION, 1492 01:09:50,986 --> 01:09:52,721 I WILL MOVE US ALONG IN THE 1493 01:09:52,721 --> 01:09:57,092 AGENDA. NOW, WE WILL TURN IT TO 1494 01:09:57,092 --> 01:09:58,027 OUR FINAL PRESENTATION FOR 1495 01:09:58,027 --> 01:09:59,795 TODAY, AND HEAR FROM DIRECTOR 1496 01:09:59,795 --> 01:10:02,731 GRUB FROM THE UNIVERSITY FOOD 1497 01:10:02,731 --> 01:10:05,601 BANK 1498 01:10:05,601 --> 01:10:06,835 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 1499 01:10:06,835 --> 01:10:08,037 TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THIS 1500 01:10:08,037 --> 01:10:11,907 MORNING. MY NAME IS JOE GRUBER 1501 01:10:11,907 --> 01:10:13,342 AND I HAVE SERVED IN MY CAPACITY 1502 01:10:13,342 --> 01:10:15,110 FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. WE BEGAN 1503 01:10:15,110 --> 01:10:16,145 OUR CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT THE 1504 01:10:16,145 --> 01:10:18,147 IMPACTS OF THE POLICY AT THE 1505 01:10:18,147 --> 01:10:20,216 FEDERAL LEVEL , MAY PROVIDE SOME 1506 01:10:20,216 --> 01:10:23,285 CONTEXT TO HELP SET THE STAGE 1507 01:10:23,285 --> 01:10:26,388 FOR WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING . THE 1508 01:10:26,388 --> 01:10:27,323 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK IS 1509 01:10:27,323 --> 01:10:29,225 ONE OF OVER 30 FOOD BANKS ACROSS 1510 01:10:29,225 --> 01:10:32,394 THE CITY FROM OUR WORK IS 1511 01:10:32,394 --> 01:10:34,363 FOCUSED ON REDUCING AND 1512 01:10:34,363 --> 01:10:38,334 ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO FOOD 1513 01:10:38,334 --> 01:10:39,101 ACCESS AND CONNECTING OUR 1514 01:10:39,101 --> 01:10:39,902 CUSTOMERS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES 1515 01:10:39,902 --> 01:10:41,370 THAT PROMOTE STABILITY IN THEIR 1516 01:10:41,370 --> 01:10:43,138 LIVES. WE DO THAT THROUGH A 1517 01:10:43,138 --> 01:10:44,173 VARIETY OF PROGRAMS VERY SIMILAR 1518 01:10:44,173 --> 01:10:45,608 TO OTHER PROGRAMS ACROSS THIS 1519 01:10:45,608 --> 01:10:50,112 NETWORK WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT 1520 01:10:50,112 --> 01:10:50,879 PANTRIES AND PROVIDE HOME 1521 01:10:50,879 --> 01:10:51,714 DELIVERY SERVICE AND OFFER 1522 01:10:51,714 --> 01:10:52,748 WEEKEND BACKPACK PROGRAMS FOR 1523 01:10:52,748 --> 01:10:55,184 STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL . WE 1524 01:10:55,184 --> 01:10:57,686 OPERATE A ROOFTOP FARM , GROWING 1525 01:10:57,686 --> 01:11:00,456 PRODUCE FOR OUR OWN DISTRIBUTION 1526 01:11:00,456 --> 01:11:03,892 WE HAVE AN APPLE A DAY CAFE , WE 1527 01:11:03,892 --> 01:11:05,427 PROVIDE HOT MEALS TO COMMUNITY 1528 01:11:05,427 --> 01:11:07,029 MEMBERS, AND A COMMUNITY CONNECT 1529 01:11:07,029 --> 01:11:09,798 SERVICE WHERE WE HOPE TO CONNECT 1530 01:11:09,798 --> 01:11:12,234 INDIVIDUALS IN THE FOOD BANK TO 1531 01:11:12,234 --> 01:11:13,702 OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES. LIKE 1532 01:11:13,702 --> 01:11:18,707 MANY OF OUR PEERS , WE ARE 1533 01:11:18,707 --> 01:11:19,742 SERVING AT RECORD LEVELS ACROSS 1534 01:11:19,742 --> 01:11:21,143 ALL OF OUR PANTRIES AND IN HOME 1535 01:11:21,143 --> 01:11:22,177 DELIVERY. WE HAVE CLOSED OUR 1536 01:11:22,177 --> 01:11:23,812 WAITING LIST FOR HOME DELIVERY 1537 01:11:23,812 --> 01:11:25,814 BECAUSE WE NOT PREDICT WHEN WE 1538 01:11:25,814 --> 01:11:28,417 WILL HAVE CAPACITY TO MEET THE 1539 01:11:28,417 --> 01:11:35,057 CUSTOMERS ON THE WAITING LIST. 1540 01:11:35,057 --> 01:11:36,258 FOR SOME CONTEXT, SINCE 2023, WE 1541 01:11:36,258 --> 01:11:37,626 HAVE SEEN AN 8% INCREASE IN THE 1542 01:11:37,626 --> 01:11:38,460 NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS BEING 1543 01:11:38,460 --> 01:11:39,662 SERVED AND 130% INCREASE IN THE 1544 01:11:39,662 --> 01:11:44,533 INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE SERVED IN 1545 01:11:44,533 --> 01:11:45,334 2023 AND 2024, THOUGH 1546 01:11:45,334 --> 01:11:45,934 SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE 1547 01:11:45,934 --> 01:11:48,704 PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY HOUSEHOLDS 1548 01:11:48,704 --> 01:11:50,039 SEEKING ASSISTANCE TO OUR 1549 01:11:50,039 --> 01:11:54,343 PANTRY. THIS YEAR , WE ARE 1550 01:11:54,343 --> 01:11:55,277 BUSIER, 10% BUSIER THAN LAST 1551 01:11:55,277 --> 01:11:56,679 YEAR BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING 1552 01:11:56,679 --> 01:11:57,780 INSTEAD IS THE INCREASING NUMBER 1553 01:11:57,780 --> 01:11:59,748 OF CURRENT HOUSEHOLDS VISITING 1554 01:11:59,748 --> 01:12:02,184 US MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE THINK 1555 01:12:02,184 --> 01:12:03,819 ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THEIR NEED 1556 01:12:03,819 --> 01:12:06,255 INCREASING. OR AS AN AVERAGE 1557 01:12:06,255 --> 01:12:07,756 MONTH OF SERVICE IS SOMETIMES 1558 01:12:07,756 --> 01:12:10,793 BETWEEN 10,000 AND 11,000 1559 01:12:10,793 --> 01:12:12,795 HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS OUR PANTRIES 1560 01:12:12,795 --> 01:12:15,597 AND HOME DELIVERY, +2000+ MEALS 1561 01:12:15,597 --> 01:12:20,002 IN OUR CAFE, AND 3000 THROUGHOUT 1562 01:12:20,002 --> 01:12:22,604 SCHOOL PARTNERS. RECORD LEVELS 1563 01:12:22,604 --> 01:12:24,606 BEYOND WHAT WE EXPERIENCED 1564 01:12:24,606 --> 01:12:27,576 DURING THE PANDEMIC. OUR FOOD 1565 01:12:27,576 --> 01:12:29,211 SUPPLY IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH 1566 01:12:29,211 --> 01:12:31,814 THIS INCREASE IN DEMAND. 50% OF 1567 01:12:31,814 --> 01:12:33,882 OUR FOOD WE DISTRIBUTE IS 1568 01:12:33,882 --> 01:12:36,485 DONATED . OUR PRIMARY SOURCE IS 1569 01:12:36,485 --> 01:12:41,690 FOOD LIFELINE AND THROUGH OUR 1570 01:12:41,690 --> 01:12:42,291 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH 1571 01:12:42,291 --> 01:12:43,092 LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE GROCERY 1572 01:12:43,092 --> 01:12:47,129 STORES. 50% IS PURCHASED . WE 1573 01:12:47,129 --> 01:12:48,297 SPENT $1.6 MILLION PURCHASING 1574 01:12:48,297 --> 01:12:49,865 FOOD LAST YEAR TO MEET THE NEEDS 1575 01:12:49,865 --> 01:12:52,234 OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR DONATED 1576 01:12:52,234 --> 01:12:54,970 FOOD SUPPLY IS FLAT AT BEST AS 1577 01:12:54,970 --> 01:12:57,773 WE LOOK AT THINGS . WHEN WE 1578 01:12:57,773 --> 01:12:59,241 THINK ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF 1579 01:12:59,241 --> 01:13:02,277 AI INTO THE GROCERY STORE 1580 01:13:02,277 --> 01:13:05,347 CHAINS, AND THE RISING WHOLESALE 1581 01:13:05,347 --> 01:13:06,381 FOOD PRICES WE HAVE EXPERIENCED 1582 01:13:06,381 --> 01:13:12,454 DURING THE PANDEMIC. THINGS IN 1583 01:13:12,454 --> 01:13:13,255 THE GROCERY BUSINESS ARE 1584 01:13:13,255 --> 01:13:14,723 DIFFICULT AND WE SEE A FLAT OR 1585 01:13:14,723 --> 01:13:15,491 DECLINING SUPPLY FROM THOSE 1586 01:13:15,491 --> 01:13:16,959 GROCERY STORE HARDSHIPS. AS A 1587 01:13:16,959 --> 01:13:18,794 RESULT, OUR PURCHASED FOOD HAS 1588 01:13:18,794 --> 01:13:22,197 BECOME MORE IMPORTANT. I 1589 01:13:22,197 --> 01:13:24,032 MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN FOOD 1590 01:13:24,032 --> 01:13:26,702 SUPPLY COSTS , WE HAVE SEEN 1591 01:13:26,702 --> 01:13:28,103 ABOUT A 30% INCREASE IN THE FOOD 1592 01:13:28,103 --> 01:13:29,538 COSTS SINCE THE PANDEMIC. JUST 1593 01:13:29,538 --> 01:13:30,606 THROUGH INFLATION IN ADDITION TO 1594 01:13:30,606 --> 01:13:32,307 NEEDING TO PURCHASE MORE TO FILL 1595 01:13:32,307 --> 01:13:37,713 THE SHELVES. EGGS ARE A GREAT 1596 01:13:37,713 --> 01:13:40,249 EXAMPLE, IT HAS GONE FROM A 1597 01:13:40,249 --> 01:13:44,052 REGULAR PURCHASED ITEM TO A 1598 01:13:44,052 --> 01:13:44,787 SOMETIMES ITEM WITH SIGNIFICANT 1599 01:13:44,787 --> 01:13:46,355 SPIKES AND INCREASES OVER THE 1600 01:13:46,355 --> 01:13:48,590 WINTER PRICES MORE THAN 1601 01:13:48,590 --> 01:13:50,325 QUADRUPLED . THEY HAVE COME DOWN 1602 01:13:50,325 --> 01:13:55,798 SOME BUT STILL REMAIN LESS OF AN 1603 01:13:55,798 --> 01:13:59,268 ALWAYS FOOD AND I WAS SOMETIMES 1604 01:13:59,268 --> 01:14:00,435 FOOD FOR US AND OUR SHOPPERS. 1605 01:14:00,435 --> 01:14:02,237 WITH RESPECT TO OUR SHOPPERS , 1606 01:14:02,237 --> 01:14:05,541 OUR CUSTOMERS, DATA POINTS FROM 1607 01:14:05,541 --> 01:14:07,042 OUR SURVEYS THAT ARE IMPORTANT 1608 01:14:07,042 --> 01:14:09,945 TO CONSIDER THE 20% TO 25% OF 1609 01:14:09,945 --> 01:14:12,381 CUSTOMERS ARE NOT HOUSED , BUT 1610 01:14:12,381 --> 01:14:13,382 50% OF OUR CUSTOMERS REPORT 1611 01:14:13,382 --> 01:14:14,683 CONCERN ABOUT THEIR HOUSING 1612 01:14:14,683 --> 01:14:18,987 STABILITY. PEOPLE IN HOUSING 1613 01:14:18,987 --> 01:14:19,588 TODAY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY 1614 01:14:19,588 --> 01:14:20,556 CONCERNED ABOUT REMAINING IN 1615 01:14:20,556 --> 01:14:24,660 THEIR HOUSING GOING FORWARD. 80% 1616 01:14:24,660 --> 01:14:25,794 OF OUR CUSTOMER FAMILIES REPORT 1617 01:14:25,794 --> 01:14:27,763 A HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $30,000 OR 1618 01:14:27,763 --> 01:14:31,300 LESS PER YEAR, OUR AVERAGE 1619 01:14:31,300 --> 01:14:34,703 FAMILY SIZE IS 2.5 TO 3.5 1620 01:14:34,703 --> 01:14:38,373 PERSONS, UW SELF-SUFFICIENCY 1621 01:14:38,373 --> 01:14:39,408 STANDARD FOR ONE PERSON IS 1622 01:14:39,408 --> 01:14:43,245 $52,000 PER YEAR. OUR FAMILIES , 1623 01:14:43,245 --> 01:14:46,715 THAT IS FOR A PERSON ONE, OUR 1624 01:14:46,715 --> 01:14:49,384 FAMILIES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY COST 1625 01:14:49,384 --> 01:14:52,221 BURDEN . 17% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS 1626 01:14:52,221 --> 01:14:55,157 ARE THREE OR MORE GENERATIONS. 1627 01:14:55,157 --> 01:14:59,127 FOR ME, WE HAVE SEEN THAT 1628 01:14:59,127 --> 01:15:00,195 STATISTIC MORE THAN DOUBLED IN 1629 01:15:00,195 --> 01:15:02,798 THE LAST 10 YEARS, BOTH FAMILIES 1630 01:15:02,798 --> 01:15:05,367 HAVING OLDER ADULTS MOVE IN WITH 1631 01:15:05,367 --> 01:15:09,471 THEM, AND OLDER PARENTS HAVING 1632 01:15:09,471 --> 01:15:13,308 THEIR GIVES ME BACK TO MAKE 1633 01:15:13,308 --> 01:15:14,309 THINGS WORK. 10% OF OUR 1634 01:15:14,309 --> 01:15:17,579 CUSTOMERS ARE RETIRED AT 10% 1635 01:15:17,579 --> 01:15:19,181 HAVE DISABILITY INCOME AND 50% 1636 01:15:19,181 --> 01:15:20,449 WORKING AT LEAST PART-TIME BUT 1637 01:15:20,449 --> 01:15:26,255 TWO THIRDS OF THOSE RECOGNIZED 1638 01:15:26,255 --> 01:15:30,659 THEIR HOURS ARE NOT STABLE , AS 1639 01:15:30,659 --> 01:15:31,827 WE LOOK AT THE INCREASING WORK 1640 01:15:31,827 --> 01:15:33,428 REQUIREMENTS WE ARE SEEING IN 1641 01:15:33,428 --> 01:15:36,565 THE ADMINISTRATION . 45% TO 50% 1642 01:15:36,565 --> 01:15:37,733 OF OUR CUSTOMERS RECEIVE 1643 01:15:37,733 --> 01:15:40,102 S.N.A.P. , WE KNOW THAT , OF THE 1644 01:15:40,102 --> 01:15:43,205 PEOPLE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE , A 1645 01:15:43,205 --> 01:15:48,043 70% SUCCESS RATE. GETTING THEM 1646 01:15:48,043 --> 01:15:49,912 TO PURCHASE THE. THERE IS STILL 1647 01:15:49,912 --> 01:15:52,014 A GAP BUT IT WILL BE MADE MORE 1648 01:15:52,014 --> 01:15:53,515 DIFFICULT BY THE ACTIONS OF THE 1649 01:15:53,515 --> 01:15:55,350 ADMINISTRATION . 80% OF OUR 1650 01:15:55,350 --> 01:15:57,185 CUSTOMERS GET AT LEAST HALF OF 1651 01:15:57,185 --> 01:16:00,689 THEIR FOOD FROM THE FOOD BANK. 1652 01:16:00,689 --> 01:16:02,257 AS WE THINK ABOUT THE FOOD 1653 01:16:02,257 --> 01:16:04,526 SUPPLY AND SUPPORT FAMILIES HAVE 1654 01:16:04,526 --> 01:16:06,561 IN OUR COMMUNITY, SIGNIFICANTLY 1655 01:16:06,561 --> 01:16:10,232 SCARY PIECE OF INFORMATION. AS 1656 01:16:10,232 --> 01:16:13,735 WE THINK ABOUT THE POLICY 1657 01:16:13,735 --> 01:16:14,903 CHANGES WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN 1658 01:16:14,903 --> 01:16:16,505 2025, YOU HEARD FROM OUR PEERS 1659 01:16:16,505 --> 01:16:19,942 PREVIOUSLY , ABOUT THE IMPACTS 1660 01:16:19,942 --> 01:16:22,144 OF THE S.N.A.P. CUTS, SORRY, THE 1661 01:16:22,144 --> 01:16:25,847 OTHER CUTS THAT ARE GOING TO THE 1662 01:16:25,847 --> 01:16:27,082 EMERGENCY SYSTEM, FEDERAL 1663 01:16:27,082 --> 01:16:29,351 COMMODITY FOOD, FOOD LIKE FUND 1664 01:16:29,351 --> 01:16:31,119 ESTIMATES , IN KENT COUNTY, 1665 01:16:31,119 --> 01:16:35,591 THESE CUTS WILL BE ABOUT 63 -- 1666 01:16:35,591 --> 01:16:36,992 TRUCKLOADS OF FOOD TO KING 1667 01:16:36,992 --> 01:16:39,227 COUNTY AND FISCAL YEAR 2025 , 1668 01:16:39,227 --> 01:16:44,733 ABOUT $4.2 MILLION OF LOST FOOD 1669 01:16:44,733 --> 01:16:45,500 COMING INTO THE COUNTY THAT 1670 01:16:45,500 --> 01:16:50,038 WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTNER 1671 01:16:50,038 --> 01:16:51,306 FOOD BANKS. IF WE TRY TO 1672 01:16:51,306 --> 01:16:53,675 ESTIMATE AS BEST AS WE CAN , 1673 01:16:53,675 --> 01:16:56,745 THAT IS ABOUT A 250,000 TO 1674 01:16:56,745 --> 01:17:00,682 $300,000 LOSS OF COMMODITY 1675 01:17:00,682 --> 01:17:03,986 PRODUCT. THAT PRODUCT OFTENTIMES 1676 01:17:03,986 --> 01:17:05,854 IS EGGS , MEAT AND DAIRY AND 1677 01:17:05,854 --> 01:17:09,491 PRODUCE , HIGH DEMAND ITEMS THAT 1678 01:17:09,491 --> 01:17:10,626 CUSTOMERS ARE INTERESTED IN WHEN 1679 01:17:10,626 --> 01:17:11,760 THEY VISIT A PANTRY. THAT IS 1680 01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:15,631 FOOD WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING 1681 01:17:15,631 --> 01:17:16,798 FOR THE PROGRAM. AS WE THINK 1682 01:17:16,798 --> 01:17:18,400 ABOUT THE POLICY IMPACT OF THE 1683 01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:20,302 ADMINISTRATION'S ONE BIG 1684 01:17:20,302 --> 01:17:23,939 BEAUTIFUL BILL , ONE THING I 1685 01:17:23,939 --> 01:17:25,807 WOULD WANT TO POINT OUT, IF YOU 1686 01:17:25,807 --> 01:17:27,242 HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ 1687 01:17:27,242 --> 01:17:32,447 THE GUEST ESSAY BY TRACY KIDDER 1688 01:17:32,447 --> 01:17:34,316 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, I WOULD 1689 01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:35,751 URGE YOU TO READ IT, ENTITLED "A 1690 01:17:35,751 --> 01:17:37,719 NEW ERA OF HUNGER HAS BEGUN. HE 1691 01:17:37,719 --> 01:17:39,187 HUMANIZES THIS ISSUE WITHIN THE 1692 01:17:39,187 --> 01:17:41,957 CONTEXT OF OUR CURRENT POLICY BY 1693 01:17:41,957 --> 01:17:44,292 THE FEDS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 1694 01:17:44,292 --> 01:17:47,529 THE IMPACT OF THIS BILL , THERE 1695 01:17:47,529 --> 01:17:48,697 ARE TWO NUMBERS RELATED TO 1696 01:17:48,697 --> 01:17:50,165 S.N.A.P. THAT STAND OUT I WANT 1697 01:17:50,165 --> 01:17:53,802 TO CALL OUT . THE FIRST IS THAT 1698 01:17:53,802 --> 01:17:55,003 ONE DOLLAR OF S.N.A.P. BENEFIT 1699 01:17:55,003 --> 01:17:57,439 RATES UP TO $1.80 IN ECONOMIC 1700 01:17:57,439 --> 01:17:59,541 ACTIVITY TO A COMMUNITY . THE 1701 01:17:59,541 --> 01:18:01,643 SECOND, FOR EVERY ONE MEAL 1702 01:18:01,643 --> 01:18:02,911 PROVIDED BY A FOOD BANK, 1703 01:18:02,911 --> 01:18:06,415 S.N.A.P. PROVIDES NINE. HUNGER 1704 01:18:06,415 --> 01:18:11,253 IS A SYMPTOM OF ECONOMIC 1705 01:18:11,253 --> 01:18:12,087 INSECURITY AND FAMILIES TRYING 1706 01:18:12,087 --> 01:18:13,255 TO SURVIVE IN SEATTLE ON $30,000 1707 01:18:13,255 --> 01:18:16,558 PER YEAR ARE LEFT WITH A BIG 1708 01:18:16,558 --> 01:18:19,861 TASK AS A SAFETY NET IS BEING 1709 01:18:19,861 --> 01:18:21,396 DESTROYED BY DEMONSTRATION, OUR 1710 01:18:21,396 --> 01:18:22,764 FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS WILL 1711 01:18:22,764 --> 01:18:28,203 SUFFER. RENT, UTILITIES, 1712 01:18:28,203 --> 01:18:28,870 HEALTHCARE, CHILDCARE, MEDICINE, 1713 01:18:28,870 --> 01:18:31,206 FOOD, WILL NEED TO BE BALANCED 1714 01:18:31,206 --> 01:18:34,710 OR REALISTICALLY TRADED OFF . 1715 01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:36,011 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EVERY DAY 1716 01:18:36,011 --> 01:18:37,412 THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE WITH 1717 01:18:37,412 --> 01:18:39,247 OUR CUSTOMERS , THINKING ABOUT 1718 01:18:39,247 --> 01:18:40,315 HOW YOU BALANCE THE NEED TO 1719 01:18:40,315 --> 01:18:41,349 REPAIR YOUR AUTOMOBILE SO THAT 1720 01:18:41,349 --> 01:18:42,784 YOU CAN HOLD ONTO A PART-TIME 1721 01:18:42,784 --> 01:18:44,986 JOB AGAINST THE NEED TO PAY FOR 1722 01:18:44,986 --> 01:18:46,421 MEDICINE , OR PURCHASE NEW 1723 01:18:46,421 --> 01:18:48,623 CLOTHES FOR YOUR KIDS. WITH 1724 01:18:48,623 --> 01:18:51,259 S.N.A.P. , THERE IS TIME FOR US 1725 01:18:51,259 --> 01:18:53,562 TO CONSIDER IMMEDIATELY, OCTOBER 1726 01:18:53,562 --> 01:19:00,235 1st 2026 OCTOBER 1st, 2027 . 1727 01:19:00,235 --> 01:19:01,236 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL WAITING 1728 01:19:01,236 --> 01:19:04,072 ON USDA GUIDANCE TO UNDERSTAND 1729 01:19:04,072 --> 01:19:06,508 HOW EVERYTHING WILL PLAY OUT. 1730 01:19:06,508 --> 01:19:09,311 WHEN THAT IS RELEASED, I THINK A 1731 01:19:09,311 --> 01:19:11,780 SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS 1732 01:19:11,780 --> 01:19:13,682 WILL BE SET INTO MOTION IN 1733 01:19:13,682 --> 01:19:16,084 IMMEDIATELY. WE ARE THINKING 1734 01:19:16,084 --> 01:19:17,919 ABOUT THE IMPACT OF WORK 1735 01:19:17,919 --> 01:19:22,424 REQUIREMENTS AND TIME LIMITS , 1736 01:19:22,424 --> 01:19:23,158 INCREASED RESTRICTIONS ON 1737 01:19:23,158 --> 01:19:26,595 PARTICIPATION IN S.N.A.P. THE 1738 01:19:26,595 --> 01:19:28,430 REDUCTION IN S.N.A.P. AND IF 1739 01:19:28,430 --> 01:19:31,399 IT'S IN OCTOBER, THAT IS ONE 1740 01:19:31,399 --> 01:19:34,936 POINT, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE 1741 01:19:34,936 --> 01:19:36,138 WORK REQUIREMENTS , RAISING OF 1742 01:19:36,138 --> 01:19:39,541 THE AGE THROUGH 64, SO MANY OF 1743 01:19:39,541 --> 01:19:40,642 OUR CUSTOMERS ALREADY REPORT 1744 01:19:40,642 --> 01:19:44,479 DIFFICULTY IN BOTH FINDING JOBS 1745 01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:47,382 , AND KEEPING STEADY NUMBER OF 1746 01:19:47,382 --> 01:19:50,452 HOURS EACH WEEK. IF YOU ARE NOT 1747 01:19:50,452 --> 01:19:52,787 RECEIVING STABLE WORK, DIFFICULT 1748 01:19:52,787 --> 01:19:56,124 TO MEET THE WORK REQUIREMENTS 1749 01:19:56,124 --> 01:19:57,492 AND THAT IS AN EXTRA BURDEN 1750 01:19:57,492 --> 01:19:58,693 PLACED ON PARTICIPANTS IN 1751 01:19:58,693 --> 01:20:02,998 SEATTLE. EXEMPTIONS FOR VETS, 1752 01:20:02,998 --> 01:20:06,101 AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH ARE 1753 01:20:06,101 --> 01:20:07,736 BEING ELIMINATED AS FAR AS 1754 01:20:07,736 --> 01:20:08,970 PARTICIPATION IN S.N.A.P. , 1755 01:20:08,970 --> 01:20:11,072 CHANGES THAT WILL INCREASE THE 1756 01:20:11,072 --> 01:20:13,742 BURDEN FOR PARTICIPANTS AND 1757 01:20:13,742 --> 01:20:15,310 INCREASED THE ADMINISTRATIVE 1758 01:20:15,310 --> 01:20:20,015 RISK . FINALLY , THINKING ABOUT 1759 01:20:20,015 --> 01:20:22,717 THE THRIFTY FOOD PLAN , THE 1760 01:20:22,717 --> 01:20:23,485 BASIS FOR BENEFITS GOING 1761 01:20:23,485 --> 01:20:25,487 FORWARD, NOT ONLY THE 1762 01:20:25,487 --> 01:20:26,688 ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING TO 1763 01:20:26,688 --> 01:20:28,623 FREEZE HOW THAT BASKET OF GOODS 1764 01:20:28,623 --> 01:20:30,091 IS CONSIDERED THAT WILL CONTINUE 1765 01:20:30,091 --> 01:20:34,663 TO KEEP BENEFITS LOW. MORE 1766 01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:36,064 ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES MAKE FOR 1767 01:20:36,064 --> 01:20:38,500 HARDER REPORTING. WHICH LOWERS 1768 01:20:38,500 --> 01:20:39,367 THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR 1769 01:20:39,367 --> 01:20:41,403 S.N.A.P. , AND INCREASES THE 1770 01:20:41,403 --> 01:20:43,672 LIKELIHOOD OF STATE REPORTING 1771 01:20:43,672 --> 01:20:49,711 ERRORS. OCTOBER 1st , 2026 , THE 1772 01:20:49,711 --> 01:20:50,579 ADMINISTRATIVE COST YEAR FOR 1773 01:20:50,579 --> 01:20:52,914 S.N.A.P. WILL INCREASE FROM 1774 01:20:52,914 --> 01:20:55,383 50-50 SHARED WITH THE STATE AND 1775 01:20:55,383 --> 01:20:57,886 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO 75-25 THE 1776 01:20:57,886 --> 01:21:01,890 STATE IS BEARING 75% OF THE 1777 01:21:01,890 --> 01:21:02,724 ADMINISTRATIVE COST FOR S.N.A.P. 1778 01:21:02,724 --> 01:21:06,728 STARTING IN OCTOBER OF 2026 . IF 1779 01:21:06,728 --> 01:21:08,196 A STATE CANNOT AFFORD THAT 1780 01:21:08,196 --> 01:21:11,867 INCREASE, THE OPPORTUNITY IS TO 1781 01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:13,335 STEP AWAY FROM THE PROGRAM 1782 01:21:13,335 --> 01:21:19,608 ENTIRELY. OCTOBER OF 2027 , THE 1783 01:21:19,608 --> 01:21:20,609 BENEFIT COST SHIFT WILL HAPPEN 1784 01:21:20,609 --> 01:21:21,610 AT S.N.A.P., WHEREBY STATES WITH 1785 01:21:21,610 --> 01:21:23,178 INCREASED RATES ABOVE 6%, WILL 1786 01:21:23,178 --> 01:21:28,083 PAY 5% TO 15% OF THE S.N.A.P. 1787 01:21:28,083 --> 01:21:30,752 COSTS , THE S.N.A.P. ERROR RATES 1788 01:21:30,752 --> 01:21:36,691 ARE WASTE AND FRAUD AND ABUSE , 1789 01:21:36,691 --> 01:21:38,727 IT IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING THE 1790 01:21:38,727 --> 01:21:40,662 RULES MORE COMPLEX IN WAYS THAT 1791 01:21:40,662 --> 01:21:43,498 ALLOW A STATE TO OVERPAID OR 1792 01:21:43,498 --> 01:21:46,401 UNDERPAID PARTICIPANTS , OR NOT 1793 01:21:46,401 --> 01:21:48,069 MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS IN A TIMELY 1794 01:21:48,069 --> 01:21:49,738 WAY WHEN WE LOOK AT WASHINGTON 1795 01:21:49,738 --> 01:21:52,440 STATE , OUR ERROR RATE , LAST 1796 01:21:52,440 --> 01:21:59,114 YEAR WAS 6.06%, JUST ABOVE THE 1797 01:21:59,114 --> 01:22:02,250 6% THRESHOLD . IF WE WERE TO GET 1798 01:22:02,250 --> 01:22:04,519 A LOOK AT WHAT THE COST WOULD BE 1799 01:22:04,519 --> 01:22:08,390 FOR 5%, $130 MILLION OF 1800 01:22:08,390 --> 01:22:09,357 ADDITIONAL COSTS OUR STATE WOULD 1801 01:22:09,357 --> 01:22:10,892 BE BURDENED WITH. JUST BECAUSE 1802 01:22:10,892 --> 01:22:17,332 OF THE .06% EXTRA ERROR RATE, 1803 01:22:17,332 --> 01:22:19,567 FROM THE 535 PARTICIPATING 1804 01:22:19,567 --> 01:22:20,602 HOUSEHOLDS ON S.N.A.P.. 1805 01:22:20,602 --> 01:22:24,372 WASHINGTON STATE ALSO HAS A 1806 01:22:24,372 --> 01:22:25,573 PROGRAM CALLED FOOD ASSISTANCE 1807 01:22:25,573 --> 01:22:29,044 PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO 1808 01:22:29,044 --> 01:22:31,246 NOT QUITE QUALIFY FOR S.N.A.P. 1809 01:22:31,246 --> 01:22:32,514 BUT THE STATE THINGS ARE 1810 01:22:32,514 --> 01:22:33,448 IMPORTANT TO GET THE FOOD 1811 01:22:33,448 --> 01:22:36,151 BENEFIT. HIS ABILITY TO SUSTAIN 1812 01:22:36,151 --> 01:22:37,752 THAT PROGRAM WILL BE CALLED INTO 1813 01:22:37,752 --> 01:22:40,121 QUESTION AS WASHINGTON STATE IS 1814 01:22:40,121 --> 01:22:43,858 ASKED TO BEAR MORE AND MORE OF 1815 01:22:43,858 --> 01:22:44,626 THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND 1816 01:22:44,626 --> 01:22:46,227 POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE PROGRAM 1817 01:22:46,227 --> 01:22:48,096 COSTS. RETURNING TO MY NUMBERS 1818 01:22:48,096 --> 01:22:51,266 FROM A MOMENT AGO, ONE DOLLAR OF 1819 01:22:51,266 --> 01:22:58,139 S.N.A.P. CAN BE TO $1.80 A LOCAL 1820 01:22:58,139 --> 01:22:59,074 , ACTIVITY IN WASHINGTON STATE 1821 01:22:59,074 --> 01:23:00,141 AND SEATTLE HAVE DONE AMAZING 1822 01:23:00,141 --> 01:23:03,144 JOBS IN PROMOTING THE S.N.A.P. 1823 01:23:03,144 --> 01:23:03,979 MATCH PROGRAM AND CREATING 1824 01:23:03,979 --> 01:23:04,979 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO 1825 01:23:04,979 --> 01:23:11,720 INCREASE THE PURCHASING POWER OF 1826 01:23:11,720 --> 01:23:12,454 THEIR S.N.A.P. DOLLARS AT 1827 01:23:12,454 --> 01:23:13,321 FARMERS MARKETS AND GROCERY 1828 01:23:13,321 --> 01:23:14,356 STORES TO APPROVE HOW MANY 1829 01:23:14,356 --> 01:23:15,490 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THEY ARE 1830 01:23:15,490 --> 01:23:16,758 ABLE TO GET. MORE THAN THREE 1831 01:23:16,758 --> 01:23:17,959 QUARTERS OF $1 MILLION WAS SPENT 1832 01:23:17,959 --> 01:23:20,662 WITH S.N.A.P. AND MATCH, AT OUR 1833 01:23:20,662 --> 01:23:22,230 SEATTLE BOMBERS MARKETS LAST 1834 01:23:22,230 --> 01:23:24,799 YEAR. S.N.A.P. PURCHASES PRESENT 1835 01:23:24,799 --> 01:23:28,636 60% OF THE INCOME FOR PRODUCERS 1836 01:23:28,636 --> 01:23:32,741 IN THESE MARKETS. WE KNOW THOSE 1837 01:23:32,741 --> 01:23:33,842 PRODUCERS ARE PRIMARILY MORE 1838 01:23:33,842 --> 01:23:37,245 IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR . 1839 01:23:37,245 --> 01:23:38,480 BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ACTORS IN 1840 01:23:38,480 --> 01:23:42,784 OUR FOOD SYSTEM . WHEN WE THINK 1841 01:23:42,784 --> 01:23:43,818 ABOUT SOME OF THE DOWNSTREAM 1842 01:23:43,818 --> 01:23:44,786 IMPACT OF THESE S.N.A.P. CUTS, 1843 01:23:44,786 --> 01:23:45,987 LESS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FOR 1844 01:23:45,987 --> 01:23:46,788 OUR CUSTOMERS, LESS MARKET 1845 01:23:46,788 --> 01:23:48,023 ACTIVITY FOR OUR FARMERS 1846 01:23:48,023 --> 01:23:51,493 MARKETS, AND A BIGGER FOOD 1847 01:23:51,493 --> 01:23:52,494 SYSTEM IMPACT FOR THOSE GROWING 1848 01:23:52,494 --> 01:23:53,561 OUR FOOD LOCALLY. WITH RESPECT 1849 01:23:53,561 --> 01:23:57,198 TO THE NINE S.N.A.P. MEALS FOR 1850 01:23:57,198 --> 01:23:59,401 EVERYONE TO MEAL , HARD TO 1851 01:23:59,401 --> 01:24:00,034 PREDICT HOW DEEPLY THOSE CUTS 1852 01:24:00,034 --> 01:24:03,071 WILL IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE 1853 01:24:03,071 --> 01:24:04,672 NETWORK OF FOOD BANKS IN OUR 1854 01:24:04,672 --> 01:24:07,342 CITY . HERE IS ONE ANALOGY I CAN 1855 01:24:07,342 --> 01:24:09,210 OFFER, DURING COVID , WE 1856 01:24:09,210 --> 01:24:11,880 INCREASED S.N.A.P. BENEFITS FROM 1857 01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:15,116 WE HAD ENHANCED S.N.A.P., IN 1858 01:24:15,116 --> 01:24:17,485 MARCH OF 2023 , THOSE BENEFITS 1859 01:24:17,485 --> 01:24:21,990 EXPANDED -- THOSE EXPANDED 1860 01:24:21,990 --> 01:24:23,291 BENEFITS STOPPED AT A LOSS OF 1861 01:24:23,291 --> 01:24:24,626 ABOUT $90 PER MONTH FOR A PERSON 1862 01:24:24,626 --> 01:24:29,697 ON AVERAGE. IN MARCH OF 2023, 1863 01:24:29,697 --> 01:24:30,732 THE MONTH THE ENHANCED BENEFITS 1864 01:24:30,732 --> 01:24:32,267 EXPIRED FROM OUR FOOD BANK 1865 01:24:32,267 --> 01:24:34,803 EXPERIENCED A 1500 HOUSEHOLD 1866 01:24:34,803 --> 01:24:36,738 INCREASE IN BUSINESS JUST THAT 1867 01:24:36,738 --> 01:24:40,475 MONTH . WE WENT FROM ABOUT $7500 1868 01:24:40,475 --> 01:24:43,778 TO 9000 HOUSEHOLDS VISITING US. 1869 01:24:43,778 --> 01:24:47,315 SINCE THAT TIME, WE SERVED AT 1870 01:24:47,315 --> 01:24:51,586 RECORD LEVELS. SHE HIGHLIGHTED 1871 01:24:51,586 --> 01:24:54,255 S.N.A.P. PRODUCTIONS ARE COMING 1872 01:24:54,255 --> 01:24:57,725 IN OCTOBER . WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT 1873 01:24:57,725 --> 01:24:58,927 THAT IMMEDIATE IMPACT WILL BE ON 1874 01:24:58,927 --> 01:25:01,996 THE FOOD BANKS , BUT A 1875 01:25:01,996 --> 01:25:02,764 SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN S.N.A.P. 1876 01:25:02,764 --> 01:25:04,432 BENEFITS CERTAINLY TRANSLATES TO 1877 01:25:04,432 --> 01:25:06,835 A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FOOD 1878 01:25:06,835 --> 01:25:10,271 BANK VISITS. AS WE LAYER 1879 01:25:10,271 --> 01:25:12,006 INCREASED RESTRICTIONS , WORK 1880 01:25:12,006 --> 01:25:13,775 REQUIREMENTS, WE WILL SEE 1881 01:25:13,775 --> 01:25:15,977 FURTHER EROSION OF PARTICIPATION 1882 01:25:15,977 --> 01:25:18,213 IN S.N.A.P. AND A FURTHER 1883 01:25:18,213 --> 01:25:20,648 INCREASE IN FOOD BANK 1884 01:25:20,648 --> 01:25:22,484 PARTICIPATION. BEYOND DIRECT 1885 01:25:22,484 --> 01:25:25,920 CUTS, WE THINK THAT, WITH THE 1886 01:25:25,920 --> 01:25:27,355 COMPLICATIONS IN S.N.A.P. , WILL 1887 01:25:27,355 --> 01:25:32,494 LEAD AND SEE MORE PARTICIPANTS 1888 01:25:32,494 --> 01:25:33,261 AND OTHER IMPORTANT COMMUNITY 1889 01:25:33,261 --> 01:25:34,896 RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT 1890 01:25:34,896 --> 01:25:36,498 . S.N.A.P. IS OFTEN A TOOL BY 1891 01:25:36,498 --> 01:25:37,966 WHICH WE CAN CALL FOR OUR 1892 01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:39,000 CUSTOMERS, THROUGH COMMUNITY 1893 01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:42,003 CONNECTOR , INTO OTHER SERVICES, 1894 01:25:42,003 --> 01:25:43,972 THINKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL MEALS, 1895 01:25:43,972 --> 01:25:47,041 DISCOUNTED TRANSPORTATION 1896 01:25:47,041 --> 01:25:47,976 LIFELINE WIRELESS SERVICES OR 1897 01:25:47,976 --> 01:25:49,244 UTILITY DISCOUNTS, ENROLLMENT 1898 01:25:49,244 --> 01:25:52,380 AND MAINTENANCE -- IT BECOMES 1899 01:25:52,380 --> 01:25:56,017 HARDER, BOTH FOR CUSTOMERS AND 1900 01:25:56,017 --> 01:25:56,885 THE NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS 1901 01:25:56,885 --> 01:25:59,053 THAT THE CITY HELPS TO SUPPORT. 1902 01:25:59,053 --> 01:26:02,457 AS WE THINK ABOUT THE LESSONS WE 1903 01:26:02,457 --> 01:26:04,359 HAVE LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC, 1904 01:26:04,359 --> 01:26:07,362 WE SAW A DECREASE IN POVERTY AND 1905 01:26:07,362 --> 01:26:08,796 A DECREASE IN CHILDHOOD HUNGER 1906 01:26:08,796 --> 01:26:12,934 THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. HOW? 1907 01:26:12,934 --> 01:26:17,338 THROUGH AN INCREASE IN BENEFITS, 1908 01:26:17,338 --> 01:26:18,373 MORE MONEY FOR FOOD AND 1909 01:26:18,373 --> 01:26:19,407 CHILDCARE, INCREASED HOUSING 1910 01:26:19,407 --> 01:26:23,945 SUPPORT . WE HAVE SEEN HOW WE 1911 01:26:23,945 --> 01:26:24,879 CAN REDUCE POVERTY IN OUR 1912 01:26:24,879 --> 01:26:26,080 COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN REDUCE 1913 01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:27,282 CHILDHOOD HUNGER, BOTH OF WHICH 1914 01:26:27,282 --> 01:26:31,119 DO NOT LOOK LIKE THIS NOW SO, 1915 01:26:31,119 --> 01:26:32,787 FROM THE SCORCHED EARTH OF THIS 1916 01:26:32,787 --> 01:26:37,425 BILL , WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1917 01:26:37,425 --> 01:26:38,459 THINK ABOUT ANSWERS FOR OUR 1918 01:26:38,459 --> 01:26:39,327 COMMUNITY RATHER THAN JUST 1919 01:26:39,327 --> 01:26:40,495 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE 1920 01:26:40,495 --> 01:26:42,564 RESTORE WHAT IS BEING LOST. 1921 01:26:42,564 --> 01:26:45,199 THANK YOU. 1922 01:26:45,199 --> 01:26:48,703 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH 1923 01:26:48,703 --> 01:26:51,239 PRESENTATION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1924 01:26:51,239 --> 01:26:55,143 GRUBER. IT IS ASTONISHING. 1925 01:26:55,143 --> 01:26:56,511 COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON , YOU 1926 01:26:56,511 --> 01:27:00,448 HAD A HAND RAISED? 1927 01:27:00,448 --> 01:27:01,082 >> YES, THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO 1928 01:27:01,082 --> 01:27:05,086 YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID 80% 1929 01:27:05,086 --> 01:27:09,057 OF YOUR CUSTOMERS USE FOOD 1930 01:27:09,057 --> 01:27:12,794 BANKS, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND 1931 01:27:12,794 --> 01:27:14,395 THAT, SHOULDN'T IT BE 100%? 1932 01:27:14,395 --> 01:27:18,633 >> REFERRING TO THE S.N.A.P. 1933 01:27:18,633 --> 01:27:21,936 DISSIPATION RATE? 1934 01:27:21,936 --> 01:27:22,170 >> YES. 1935 01:27:22,170 --> 01:27:25,206 >> RIGHT, WE WOULD LOOK AT 1936 01:27:25,206 --> 01:27:27,609 PARTICIPATION IN S.N.A.P. CAN BE 1937 01:27:27,609 --> 01:27:28,710 COMPLICATED FOR A VARIETY OF 1938 01:27:28,710 --> 01:27:31,112 REASONS. WE THINK , THROUGH 1939 01:27:31,112 --> 01:27:35,350 SURVEYS , 50% OF OUR TOTAL FOOD 1940 01:27:35,350 --> 01:27:35,917 BANK CUSTOMERS ARE 1941 01:27:35,917 --> 01:27:37,252 PARTICIPATING, WHEN WE THINK 1942 01:27:37,252 --> 01:27:38,820 ABOUT THOSE POTENTIALLY 1943 01:27:38,820 --> 01:27:41,389 ELIGIBLE, IT IS ABOUT 70%. YES, 1944 01:27:41,389 --> 01:27:47,161 THERE SHOULD BE MORE INDIVIDUALS 1945 01:27:47,161 --> 01:27:48,162 PARTICIPATING, BUT FOR A VARIETY 1946 01:27:48,162 --> 01:27:49,530 OF REASONS, PEOPLE OPT OUT OR GO 1947 01:27:49,530 --> 01:27:51,933 THROUGH THE PROCESS TO APPLY AND 1948 01:27:51,933 --> 01:27:54,869 BE CONSIDERED. THEY MAY OR MAY 1949 01:27:54,869 --> 01:27:56,270 NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT WE 1950 01:27:56,270 --> 01:27:57,372 HAVE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS 1951 01:27:57,372 --> 01:27:59,974 HELPING DO ENROLLMENTS. FOR US, 1952 01:27:59,974 --> 01:28:04,245 THAT IS A REGULAR BODY OF WORK, 1953 01:28:04,245 --> 01:28:05,413 WE ARE SIGNING FOLKS UP EACH 1954 01:28:05,413 --> 01:28:10,084 MONTH AND THERE IS -- ATTACHED 1955 01:28:10,084 --> 01:28:11,519 TO PARTICIPATING IN FOOD BANKS, 1956 01:28:11,519 --> 01:28:13,688 THE STIGMA, PARTICULARLY FOLKS 1957 01:28:13,688 --> 01:28:20,261 CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEIR 1958 01:28:20,261 --> 01:28:21,062 PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM 1959 01:28:21,062 --> 01:28:22,697 MAY OR MAY NOT PUT THAT AT A 1960 01:28:22,697 --> 01:28:23,698 GREATER RISK FOR OTHER SERVICES. 1961 01:28:23,698 --> 01:28:26,067 WE DEAL A LOT WITH CONCERNS FOR 1962 01:28:26,067 --> 01:28:30,605 BOTH, I AM ELIGIBLE , IF I AM 1963 01:28:30,605 --> 01:28:32,874 ELIGIBLE AND PARTICIPATE, WILL 1964 01:28:32,874 --> 01:28:34,208 IT HAVE A DOWNSTREAM IMPACT ON 1965 01:28:34,208 --> 01:28:38,746 MYSELF OR MY FAMILY? THAT WE MAY 1966 01:28:38,746 --> 01:28:40,114 OR MAY NOT WANT TO CONSIDER NOT 1967 01:28:40,114 --> 01:28:45,620 AS EASY AS, SURE, THIS A PROGRAM 1968 01:28:45,620 --> 01:28:47,488 WE SHOULD GET YOU SIGNED UP FOR 1969 01:28:47,488 --> 01:28:49,924 AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY YES. 1970 01:28:49,924 --> 01:28:50,625 >> THAT IS THE PIECE I WAS 1971 01:28:50,625 --> 01:28:54,362 MISSING. YOU WERE SAYING 80% OF 1972 01:28:54,362 --> 01:28:59,801 S.N.A.P. REGISTRANTS USE A FOOD 1973 01:28:59,801 --> 01:29:00,335 BANK. THAT IS WHAT I WAS 1974 01:29:00,335 --> 01:29:03,938 MISSING. THANKS. 1975 01:29:03,938 --> 01:29:05,506 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 1976 01:29:05,506 --> 01:29:07,108 CLARIFICATION QUESTION. 1977 01:29:07,108 --> 01:29:10,211 COLLEAGUES , ADDITIONAL 1978 01:29:10,211 --> 01:29:14,549 QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 1979 01:29:14,549 --> 01:29:15,883 ? 1980 01:29:15,883 --> 01:29:19,620 >> THANK YOU , YOUR PRESENTATION 1981 01:29:19,620 --> 01:29:21,055 DEMONSTRATED FOOD BANKS DO NOT 1982 01:29:21,055 --> 01:29:23,925 JUST PROVIDE FOOD MENTAL , 1983 01:29:23,925 --> 01:29:26,427 DENTAL , PHYSICAL HEALTH , FOOD 1984 01:29:26,427 --> 01:29:30,498 CAFE TO HAVE A MEAL, OPENED AT 1985 01:29:30,498 --> 01:29:32,934 10:00 A.M., I BELIEVE , EVERY 1986 01:29:32,934 --> 01:29:35,837 DAY . THE CLIENTS ARE NOT 1987 01:29:35,837 --> 01:29:38,206 NECESSARILY -- SO MANY THINGS 1988 01:29:38,206 --> 01:29:40,942 THEY NEED , FOOD IS ONE WAY TO 1989 01:29:40,942 --> 01:29:43,111 GET PEOPLE IN THE DOOR, HAVE 1990 01:29:43,111 --> 01:29:44,512 ACCESS TO SO MANY OTHER 1991 01:29:44,512 --> 01:29:48,216 SERVICES. I CALL IT THE TRIAGE 1992 01:29:48,216 --> 01:29:50,451 CENTER OF, WHAT DO WE NEED AND 1993 01:29:50,451 --> 01:29:54,155 HOW DO WE HELP YOU? THE FOOD 1994 01:29:54,155 --> 01:29:56,924 BANKS IS A MISNOMER THESE DAYS 1995 01:29:56,924 --> 01:29:58,393 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND WE 1996 01:29:58,393 --> 01:30:00,128 WILL DO OUR BEST TO PROTECT YOU. 1997 01:30:00,128 --> 01:30:06,901 >> WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S LONG 1998 01:30:06,901 --> 01:30:08,503 STANDING SUPPORT FOR THE WORK WE 1999 01:30:08,503 --> 01:30:09,570 DO AND VARIETY OF OTHER 2000 01:30:09,570 --> 01:30:11,105 RESOURCES YOU BRING ON SITE, FOR 2001 01:30:11,105 --> 01:30:12,807 SURE , IT IS ABOUT BUILDING 2002 01:30:12,807 --> 01:30:18,246 RELATIONSHIPS AND BREAKING DOWN 2003 01:30:18,246 --> 01:30:19,080 BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION AND 2004 01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:20,581 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LONG-STANDING 2005 01:30:20,581 --> 01:30:20,915 PARTNERSHIP. 2006 01:30:20,915 --> 01:30:23,885 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2007 01:30:23,885 --> 01:30:24,752 SOLOMON ? 2008 01:30:24,752 --> 01:30:27,522 >> THANK YOU. I HAVE TO SAY 2009 01:30:27,522 --> 01:30:30,625 THAT, THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE 2010 01:30:30,625 --> 01:30:33,728 PRESENTED TO US TODAY THE 2011 01:30:33,728 --> 01:30:38,866 PRESSES -- DEPRESSES ME , AND IT 2012 01:30:38,866 --> 01:30:44,105 ANGERS ME . I COULD GO ON A RANT 2013 01:30:44,105 --> 01:30:44,972 FOR A LONG TIME, AND, I AM ON 2014 01:30:44,972 --> 01:30:48,743 THE VERGE OF TEARS SO I'LL KEEP 2015 01:30:48,743 --> 01:30:51,145 THIS BRIEF . WHEN I FIRST GOT TO 2016 01:30:51,145 --> 01:30:52,180 THIS BODY AND BEING INTERVIEWED 2017 01:30:52,180 --> 01:30:54,382 FOR THIS ROLE, I REMEMBER THE 2018 01:30:54,382 --> 01:30:55,983 QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER 2019 01:30:55,983 --> 01:30:58,986 RINCK , WITH THE POTENTIAL OF 2020 01:30:58,986 --> 01:31:01,055 LIVING CUTS , WHAT ARE WE GOING 2021 01:31:01,055 --> 01:31:03,724 TO DO ? I SAID, THEY CUT US OFF 2022 01:31:03,724 --> 01:31:07,595 , WE WILL FIND OUR OWN MONEY. I 2023 01:31:07,595 --> 01:31:09,063 STILL BELIEVE WE NEED TO FIND 2024 01:31:09,063 --> 01:31:11,532 OUR OWN MONEY TO PROTECT OUR 2025 01:31:11,532 --> 01:31:15,970 PEOPLE FROM THIS CRUELTY. I DO 2026 01:31:15,970 --> 01:31:17,772 NOT SEE HOW ANY OF THIS 2027 01:31:17,772 --> 01:31:21,075 EXPLETIVE IS MAKING AMERICA 2028 01:31:21,075 --> 01:31:24,512 GREAT. I SEE IT AS MAKING 2029 01:31:24,512 --> 01:31:26,180 AMERICA HUNGRY , MAKING AMERICA 2030 01:31:26,180 --> 01:31:29,283 SICK , MAKING AMERICA POOR, I AM 2031 01:31:29,283 --> 01:31:32,787 SORRY, I TOLD YOU I WAS NOT 2032 01:31:32,787 --> 01:31:34,622 GOING TO GO ON A RANT. THERE IS 2033 01:31:34,622 --> 01:31:36,858 ONLY SO MANY BUCKETS WE HAVE. 2034 01:31:36,858 --> 01:31:42,196 THAT WE CAN ACCESS. I SAY , WE 2035 01:31:42,196 --> 01:31:43,965 NEED TO FIND OUR OWN MONEY. THIS 2036 01:31:43,965 --> 01:31:47,201 IS WHERE I AM THINKING, STATE , 2037 01:31:47,201 --> 01:31:50,371 WE NEED TO STEP UP. WE NEED AN 2038 01:31:50,371 --> 01:31:52,273 INCOME TAX AS OPPOSED TO THE 2039 01:31:52,273 --> 01:31:54,675 REGRESSIVE TAX STRUCTURE WE 2040 01:31:54,675 --> 01:31:56,077 CURRENTLY HAVE. THAT PUTS THE 2041 01:31:56,077 --> 01:32:00,248 BURDEN ON PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH 2042 01:32:00,248 --> 01:32:04,652 PUTS THE BURDEN ON RENTERS, AND 2043 01:32:04,652 --> 01:32:07,722 THEN ON PEOPLE WHO BUY STUFF, 2044 01:32:07,722 --> 01:32:09,357 WHO ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED 2045 01:32:09,357 --> 01:32:14,428 BECAUSE , YOU KNOW, MY KID, A 2046 01:32:14,428 --> 01:32:17,865 PART-TIME BARISTA AT STARBUCKS, 2047 01:32:17,865 --> 01:32:20,501 PAYING A HIGHER PROPORTION OF 2048 01:32:20,501 --> 01:32:26,340 THEIR INCOME , WHEN THEY ARE 2049 01:32:26,340 --> 01:32:29,577 BUYING A POUND OF CHICKEN AT 2050 01:32:29,577 --> 01:32:32,914 SAFEWAY, NO FOOD TAX BUT YOU GET 2051 01:32:32,914 --> 01:32:36,350 THE POINT THEY MAKE $26,000 YEAR 2052 01:32:36,350 --> 01:32:37,485 AND ADVERSELY AFFECTED AS 2053 01:32:37,485 --> 01:32:38,786 OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME 2054 01:32:38,786 --> 01:32:40,621 MAKING QUITE A BIT MORE THAN 2055 01:32:40,621 --> 01:32:45,726 THAT. THIS IS WHY I SAY, WE NEED 2056 01:32:45,726 --> 01:32:47,528 TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN MONEY 2057 01:32:47,528 --> 01:32:51,165 AND , ON THE STATE LEVEL, WE 2058 01:32:51,165 --> 01:32:59,941 NEED TO -- WE -- WE JUST -- 2059 01:32:59,941 --> 01:33:01,776 THERE IS SO MUCH LANGUAGE I WANT 2060 01:33:01,776 --> 01:33:03,210 TO USE BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE THIS 2061 01:33:03,210 --> 01:33:05,179 IS BEING RECORDED. WE NEED TO 2062 01:33:05,179 --> 01:33:07,815 STEP UP. WE NEED TO ACCEPT THE 2063 01:33:07,815 --> 01:33:09,650 REALITY THAT WE CANNOT COUNT ON 2064 01:33:09,650 --> 01:33:11,852 THE FENCE . NOT ONLY ARE THEY 2065 01:33:11,852 --> 01:33:14,755 CUTTING FUNDING, STRIPPING 2066 01:33:14,755 --> 01:33:15,556 FUNDING, THEY ARE STRIPPING 2067 01:33:15,556 --> 01:33:18,426 FUNDING ALREADY ALLOCATED . WE 2068 01:33:18,426 --> 01:33:19,627 HAVE OUR OWN BUDGET DEFICITS IN 2069 01:33:19,627 --> 01:33:25,900 THE CITY AND AROUND OUR STATE. 2070 01:33:25,900 --> 01:33:27,335 SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE AND WE 2071 01:33:27,335 --> 01:33:29,136 CANNOT KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT. WE 2072 01:33:29,136 --> 01:33:30,705 CANNOT KEEP KICKING THE CAN, WE 2073 01:33:30,705 --> 01:33:35,076 NEED TO TAKE ACTION BECAUSE 2074 01:33:35,076 --> 01:33:36,110 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST 2075 01:33:36,110 --> 01:33:38,512 PROGRAMS, BUT PEOPLE COME 2076 01:33:38,512 --> 01:33:42,049 INDIVIDUAL LIVES . I CAN GO ON. 2077 01:33:42,049 --> 01:33:45,820 I WILL STOP THERE. THANK YOU. 2078 01:33:45,820 --> 01:33:49,023 >> WELL SAID, COUNCILMEMBER 2079 01:33:49,023 --> 01:33:54,128 SOLOMON AND I AGREE. IT IS 2080 01:33:54,128 --> 01:33:56,897 REALLY APPRECIATED. I HAVE A 2081 01:33:56,897 --> 01:33:59,967 COUPLE POINTS I WANT TO RAISE TO 2082 01:33:59,967 --> 01:34:04,138 THIS. I WANT TO START WITH A 2083 01:34:04,138 --> 01:34:05,506 QUESTION AS A REFRESHER, CAN YOU 2084 01:34:05,506 --> 01:34:08,609 REMIND US WHAT MAKES A HOUSEHOLD 2085 01:34:08,609 --> 01:34:11,379 ELIGIBLE FOR S.N.A.P.? 2086 01:34:11,379 --> 01:34:16,717 >> I WILL PROFESS TO NOT BEING A 2087 01:34:16,717 --> 01:34:19,787 S.N.A.P. ENROLLMENT EXPERT , AND 2088 01:34:19,787 --> 01:34:20,888 INTERSECTION BETWEEN HOUSEHOLD 2089 01:34:20,888 --> 01:34:23,190 SIZE, THE AGE OF THE 2090 01:34:23,190 --> 01:34:25,860 PARTICIPANTS, AND THEIR INCOME. 2091 01:34:25,860 --> 01:34:28,095 I THINK THAT IS THE BIG MARKER 2092 01:34:28,095 --> 01:34:30,965 AS TO WHAT THE INCOME OF THE 2093 01:34:30,965 --> 01:34:31,899 HOUSEHOLD IS RELATIVE TO THE 2094 01:34:31,899 --> 01:34:35,169 NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS . THAT IS 2095 01:34:35,169 --> 01:34:37,204 A SKILL THAT JUST CHANGES. THERE 2096 01:34:37,204 --> 01:34:39,907 ARE SOME -- THERE WERE MORE 2097 01:34:39,907 --> 01:34:41,909 EXEMPTIONS PROVIDED TO FOLKS, WE 2098 01:34:41,909 --> 01:34:44,311 HAVE CHOSEN , THROUGH THIS BILL 2099 01:34:44,311 --> 01:34:46,047 , TO REMOVE SOME OF THOSE 2100 01:34:46,047 --> 01:34:49,350 EXEMPTIONS AND MAKE CERTAIN 2101 01:34:49,350 --> 01:34:51,118 INDIVIDUALS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE, 2102 01:34:51,118 --> 01:34:53,888 REFUGEES, VICTIMS OF HUMAN 2103 01:34:53,888 --> 01:34:56,223 TRAFFICKING , THOSE CATEGORIES 2104 01:34:56,223 --> 01:34:58,459 OF PARTICIPANTS HAD BEEN REMOVED 2105 01:34:58,459 --> 01:34:59,593 . 2106 01:34:59,593 --> 01:35:03,464 >> I APPRECIATE THAT . I HAVE A 2107 01:35:03,464 --> 01:35:05,332 COMPUTER IN FRONT OF ME BUT TO 2108 01:35:05,332 --> 01:35:07,935 PUT THIS IN FRONT OF YOUR MIND , 2109 01:35:07,935 --> 01:35:09,303 COLLEAGUES, WHEN WE GIVE AN 2110 01:35:09,303 --> 01:35:11,939 EXAMPLE, HOUSEHOLD GROSS MONTHLY 2111 01:35:11,939 --> 01:35:13,174 INCOME MUST GENERALLY BE AT OR 2112 01:35:13,174 --> 01:35:14,775 BELOW 130% OF THE FEDERAL 2113 01:35:14,775 --> 01:35:16,377 POVERTY LINE , FOR A FAMILY OF 2114 01:35:16,377 --> 01:35:20,414 THREE THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 2115 01:35:20,414 --> 01:35:23,617 $2800 PER MONTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 2116 01:35:23,617 --> 01:35:27,021 2025 . I WANTED TO BRING UP ONE 2117 01:35:27,021 --> 01:35:28,789 EXAMPLE TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING 2118 01:35:28,789 --> 01:35:31,125 ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 2119 01:35:31,125 --> 01:35:31,859 S.N.A.P. ELIGIBILITY, HOW MUCH 2120 01:35:31,859 --> 01:35:33,294 MONTHLY GROSS INCOME , AND IT IS 2121 01:35:33,294 --> 01:35:34,895 NOT A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS 2122 01:35:34,895 --> 01:35:38,833 TOWN. MOVING ALONG FROM THAT, 2123 01:35:38,833 --> 01:35:42,570 WITH THE CHANGES WITH THE NEW 2124 01:35:42,570 --> 01:35:45,639 EXPANDED WORKING REQUIREMENTS, I 2125 01:35:45,639 --> 01:35:48,609 WANT TO DAYLIGHT SOMETHING . ANY 2126 01:35:48,609 --> 01:35:50,945 MEMBER OF THE PANEL , I 2127 01:35:50,945 --> 01:35:52,179 ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHIME IN ON 2128 01:35:52,179 --> 01:35:54,381 THIS POINT. UNDERSTANDING THERE 2129 01:35:54,381 --> 01:35:55,816 ARE NEW WORK REQUIREMENTS BUT 2130 01:35:55,816 --> 01:35:58,686 SOME EXEMPTIONS BECAUSE OF 2131 01:35:58,686 --> 01:35:59,687 CAREGIVING OR MEDICAL 2132 01:35:59,687 --> 01:36:03,791 CONDITIONS, I IMAGINE TO SOME, 2133 01:36:03,791 --> 01:36:07,761 THAT MAY GIVE A SENSE OF EASE TO 2134 01:36:07,761 --> 01:36:08,629 MEDICAL CONDITIONS BUT WE ARE 2135 01:36:08,629 --> 01:36:09,463 ALSO TALKING ABOUT MAKING 2136 01:36:09,463 --> 01:36:10,498 HEALTHCARE IN THE SAME TIME, 2137 01:36:10,498 --> 01:36:14,502 MUCH MORE INACCESSIBLE AND IT 2138 01:36:14,502 --> 01:36:15,102 WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY 2139 01:36:15,102 --> 01:36:15,970 DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS AND 2140 01:36:15,970 --> 01:36:17,371 FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GET A 2141 01:36:17,371 --> 01:36:18,572 DIAGNOSIS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO 2142 01:36:18,572 --> 01:36:20,040 KEEP THEM QUALIFIED FOR THESE 2143 01:36:20,040 --> 01:36:22,076 PROGRAMS. I WANTED TO OFFER THAT 2144 01:36:22,076 --> 01:36:26,113 CLARIFICATION AND CONCERN , 2145 01:36:26,113 --> 01:36:27,114 THAT, FOR THESE EXPANDED WORK 2146 01:36:27,114 --> 01:36:27,915 REQUIREMENTS, EVEN WITH THESE 2147 01:36:27,915 --> 01:36:29,083 EXCEPTIONS, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, 2148 01:36:29,083 --> 01:36:34,054 ALMOST -- ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU 2149 01:36:34,054 --> 01:36:35,222 CAN GET AN ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS TO 2150 01:36:35,222 --> 01:36:36,457 SUPPORT THAT WITH PAPERWORK. ANY 2151 01:36:36,457 --> 01:36:37,258 REACTION TO THAT? 2152 01:36:37,258 --> 01:36:40,494 >> YES, ONE THING , ANYTHING A 2153 01:36:40,494 --> 01:36:41,929 TAKE AWAY FROM THIS PANEL 2154 01:36:41,929 --> 01:36:44,765 SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH WHAT 2155 01:36:44,765 --> 01:36:46,901 YOU JUST DISCUSSED, THE HUMAN 2156 01:36:46,901 --> 01:36:48,836 SERVICES SYSTEM IS HOLISTIC. IT 2157 01:36:48,836 --> 01:36:51,672 IS NOT ABOUT FOOD BANKS , MEAL 2158 01:36:51,672 --> 01:36:55,109 PROGRAMS , HOMELESSNESS, 2159 01:36:55,109 --> 01:36:56,410 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE , HEALTH 2160 01:36:56,410 --> 01:37:02,917 CENTERS IN THEIR BUCKETS, WE 2161 01:37:02,917 --> 01:37:04,084 CANNOT FUND ONE AREA AT THE 2162 01:37:04,084 --> 01:37:05,586 EXPENSE OF OTHERS. WE CANNOT 2163 01:37:05,586 --> 01:37:08,489 PRIORITIZE. AS WE MOVE INTO CITY 2164 01:37:08,489 --> 01:37:12,293 BUDGET SEASON, THAT, YOU KNOW, 2165 01:37:12,293 --> 01:37:15,229 IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED, WHERE ARE 2166 01:37:15,229 --> 01:37:18,165 THE PRIORITIES ? THE PRIORITY IS 2167 01:37:18,165 --> 01:37:19,700 ALL OF IT, IF YOU DO NOT FUND 2168 01:37:19,700 --> 01:37:20,935 THE FOOD BANKS OR MEAL PROGRAMS, 2169 01:37:20,935 --> 01:37:23,304 WE WILL HAVE INCREASED 2170 01:37:23,304 --> 01:37:25,973 HEALTHCARE COSTS . IF YOU DO NOT 2171 01:37:25,973 --> 01:37:27,641 FUND HEALTHCARE , WE WILL HAVE 2172 01:37:27,641 --> 01:37:29,410 PEOPLE WHO CANNOT WORK AND LOSE 2173 01:37:29,410 --> 01:37:30,511 THEIR HOMES . NOW WE HAVE 2174 01:37:30,511 --> 01:37:34,548 HOMELESSNESS AS AN ISSUE . IF 2175 01:37:34,548 --> 01:37:35,749 YOU HAVE FOLKS ON THE STREETS, 2176 01:37:35,749 --> 01:37:36,784 YOU HAVE SUBSTANCE USE, EXPOSURE 2177 01:37:36,784 --> 01:37:42,389 TO MORE HEALTH FOR OUTCOMES, ALL 2178 01:37:42,389 --> 01:37:44,625 INTRICATELY LINKED. THERE IS NO 2179 01:37:44,625 --> 01:37:46,160 WAY TO PRIORITIZE ONE SECTOR 2180 01:37:46,160 --> 01:37:48,395 OVER ANOTHER , THAT IS SOMETHING 2181 01:37:48,395 --> 01:37:50,397 THAT HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY CLEAR 2182 01:37:50,397 --> 01:37:52,833 , IF WE LOSE ONE AGENCY DOES NOT 2183 01:37:52,833 --> 01:37:55,869 MATTER WHAT SECTOR , IF WE LOSE 2184 01:37:55,869 --> 01:38:00,507 ONE AGENCY IN THE CITY, THE 2185 01:38:00,507 --> 01:38:01,609 ENTIRE SYSTEM WILL INCREASE THE 2186 01:38:01,609 --> 01:38:02,743 STRAIN ON THAT SYSTEM AND WE 2187 01:38:02,743 --> 01:38:04,211 WILL LOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 2188 01:38:04,211 --> 01:38:05,546 THEY WILL END UP LOST, AND THAT 2189 01:38:05,546 --> 01:38:10,084 IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN PUT A 2190 01:38:10,084 --> 01:38:14,121 DOLLAR AMOUNT ON OR QUANTIFIED. 2191 01:38:14,121 --> 01:38:15,756 I ENCOURAGE THE APPROACH TO THIS 2192 01:38:15,756 --> 01:38:19,393 WORK TO BE SEEN AS SOMETHING 2193 01:38:19,393 --> 01:38:22,896 HOLISTIC, HSD MUST BE KEPT 2194 01:38:22,896 --> 01:38:26,800 WHOLE, INCREASE IN FUNDING MUST 2195 01:38:26,800 --> 01:38:28,168 HAPPEN ACROSS THE BOARD SO WE DO 2196 01:38:28,168 --> 01:38:29,436 NOT LOSE PRECIOUS COMMUNITY 2197 01:38:29,436 --> 01:38:35,776 MEMBERS. 2198 01:38:35,776 --> 01:38:41,215 >> I ALMOST WANT TO END IT ON 2199 01:38:41,215 --> 01:38:45,252 THAT POWERFUL NOTE. I DEEPY -- 2200 01:38:45,252 --> 01:38:51,492 DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU 2201 01:38:51,492 --> 01:38:52,226 DO AND PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS 2202 01:38:52,226 --> 01:38:53,527 THAT COULD NOT BE HERE, THE WORK 2203 01:38:53,527 --> 01:38:54,962 THEY DO EVERY DAY , 2204 01:38:54,962 --> 01:38:55,829 UNDERSTANDING THE WORKLOAD IS 2205 01:38:55,829 --> 01:38:56,997 INCREASING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 2206 01:38:56,997 --> 01:38:57,831 INCREASING WORKLOAD, MORE OF OUR 2207 01:38:57,831 --> 01:38:59,934 NEIGHBORS ARE IN THE NEED . A 2208 01:38:59,934 --> 01:39:07,741 HAND FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2209 01:39:07,741 --> 01:39:07,975 NELSON? 2210 01:39:07,975 --> 01:39:08,575 >> I AM SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF 2211 01:39:08,575 --> 01:39:13,480 MID-SENTENCE, IT HELPED ME TO 2212 01:39:13,480 --> 01:39:14,481 UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT 2213 01:39:14,481 --> 01:39:15,516 THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE PROBLEMS 2214 01:39:15,516 --> 01:39:17,718 WE HAVE STATED TODAY. I WONDER 2215 01:39:17,718 --> 01:39:19,153 IF THERE IS AN ESTIMATE ON 2216 01:39:19,153 --> 01:39:22,423 PERCENTAGE OR NUMBERS , 2217 01:39:22,423 --> 01:39:23,891 PERCENTAGE OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS 2218 01:39:23,891 --> 01:39:28,195 THAT HAVE ACCESS TO MEDICAID 2219 01:39:28,195 --> 01:39:30,931 BENEFITS THAT WILL NO LONGER 2220 01:39:30,931 --> 01:39:32,666 HAVE THEM BECAUSE OF THE NEW 2221 01:39:32,666 --> 01:39:35,602 REQUIREMENTS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE 2222 01:39:35,602 --> 01:39:37,971 A BALLPARK ON THAT ESTIMATE? MY 2223 01:39:37,971 --> 01:39:40,774 SECOND QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE 2224 01:39:40,774 --> 01:39:42,509 CHANGES TO THE S.N.A.P. PROGRAM 2225 01:39:42,509 --> 01:39:47,815 ? IS IT IN ELIGIBILITY? FINALLY, 2226 01:39:47,815 --> 01:39:50,084 YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES, 2227 01:39:50,084 --> 01:39:53,721 THE HOUSING FIRST STUDY , DATA, 2228 01:39:53,721 --> 01:39:55,723 RESEARCH, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE 2229 01:39:55,723 --> 01:39:57,558 ME A REFERENCE BECAUSE I WOULD 2230 01:39:57,558 --> 01:40:02,262 LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT? 2231 01:40:02,262 --> 01:40:05,966 >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK I 2232 01:40:05,966 --> 01:40:08,535 GOT THE FIRST ONE WHILE MARISSA 2233 01:40:08,535 --> 01:40:11,972 LOOKS FOR INFO. DV HOUSING FIRST 2234 01:40:11,972 --> 01:40:14,475 IS A RESEARCH PROJECT THAT 2235 01:40:14,475 --> 01:40:16,377 WASHINGTON STATE LED AS PART OF 2236 01:40:16,377 --> 01:40:20,114 OUR WASHINGTON STATE COALITION , 2237 01:40:20,114 --> 01:40:21,982 MANY LOCAL PROGRAMS ALL ACROSS 2238 01:40:21,982 --> 01:40:24,785 THE STATE IN SEATTLE 2239 01:40:24,785 --> 01:40:26,186 PARTICIPATED IN THE RESEARCH 2240 01:40:26,186 --> 01:40:30,557 STUDY AND IT FOUND THAT , BUT WE 2241 01:40:30,557 --> 01:40:34,595 ALL MAY KNOW, IT FOUND THAT THE 2242 01:40:34,595 --> 01:40:37,164 MORE WE CAN INCREASE HOUSING 2243 01:40:37,164 --> 01:40:42,436 STABILITY AND PAIR FINANCIAL 2244 01:40:42,436 --> 01:40:45,572 SUPPORT AND RESEARCH AND WITH 2245 01:40:45,572 --> 01:40:46,540 ADVOCACY, SURVIVOR DRIVEN 2246 01:40:46,540 --> 01:40:47,808 ADVOCACY , THAT RELATIONAL 2247 01:40:47,808 --> 01:40:51,145 CONNECTION IS THE SECRET SAUCE , 2248 01:40:51,145 --> 01:40:52,546 MAKES THE DIFFERENCE FOR 2249 01:40:52,546 --> 01:40:56,683 SURVIVORS SAFETY , THEIR ABILITY 2250 01:40:56,683 --> 01:41:00,120 TO STAY HOUSED, SAFELY AND 2251 01:41:00,120 --> 01:41:02,689 STABLY , THAT RESEARCH IS VERY 2252 01:41:02,689 --> 01:41:04,992 STRONG, VERY LOCAL , MANY 2253 01:41:04,992 --> 01:41:07,428 PROGRAMS PARTICIPATED IN THAT 2254 01:41:07,428 --> 01:41:10,097 WITH FUNDING FROM THE BILL AND 2255 01:41:10,097 --> 01:41:11,632 MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, IT HAS 2256 01:41:11,632 --> 01:41:15,903 SINCE BEEN PROMOTED AND USED FOR 2257 01:41:15,903 --> 01:41:18,872 OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY, 2258 01:41:18,872 --> 01:41:21,475 SEEN AS A MODEL PROTOCOL AND 2259 01:41:21,475 --> 01:41:25,179 APPROACH FOR GENDER BASED 2260 01:41:25,179 --> 01:41:27,614 VIOLENCE AND SURVIVORS , BUT 2261 01:41:27,614 --> 01:41:31,985 ALSO FOR HOUSING AS A CORE NEED 2262 01:41:31,985 --> 01:41:34,021 TO FOCUS ON HOUSING FIRST, THAN 2263 01:41:34,021 --> 01:41:36,423 LOOKING AT THE OTHER NEEDS FOLKS 2264 01:41:36,423 --> 01:41:45,165 MAY HAVE. GREAT DATA ABOUT THAT. 2265 01:41:45,165 --> 01:41:50,938 >> WASHINGTON STATE COALITION 2266 01:41:50,938 --> 01:41:52,406 AGAINST VIOLENCE , YOU SAID THE 2267 01:41:52,406 --> 01:41:54,575 NAME OF THE RESEARCH GROUP STUDY 2268 01:41:54,575 --> 01:41:56,977 IN THE BEGINNING , I DID NOT 2269 01:41:56,977 --> 01:41:57,778 CATCH IT. 2270 01:41:57,778 --> 01:42:01,782 >> WE CALL IT DV HOUSING FIRST 2271 01:42:01,782 --> 01:42:07,221 MODEL, I CAN SEND AN EMAIL WITH 2272 01:42:07,221 --> 01:42:08,722 DETAILS AND LINKS, THAT WOULD 2273 01:42:08,722 --> 01:42:11,158 MAKE IT EASIER . THAT IS THE 2274 01:42:11,158 --> 01:42:14,094 MAIN THING , IT HAD FUNDING, 2275 01:42:14,094 --> 01:42:15,262 MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT , 2276 01:42:15,262 --> 01:42:19,132 QUITE A LOT TO IT, THE BILL AND 2277 01:42:19,132 --> 01:42:20,734 MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION FUNDED 2278 01:42:20,734 --> 01:42:22,569 SOME OF THE WORK IN THAT AREA 2279 01:42:22,569 --> 01:42:24,705 LOCALLY. 2280 01:42:24,705 --> 01:42:25,506 >> THANK YOU. 2281 01:42:25,506 --> 01:42:33,647 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON , 2282 01:42:33,647 --> 01:42:35,015 YOUR FIRST QUESTION, I AM NOT AN 2283 01:42:35,015 --> 01:42:35,816 EXPERT ON COMMUNITY HEALTH 2284 01:42:35,816 --> 01:42:36,984 CENTERS, THERE ONE OF OUR MEMBER 2285 01:42:36,984 --> 01:42:38,218 COALITIONS AND I WAS ASKED TO 2286 01:42:38,218 --> 01:42:39,419 HIGHLIGHT SOME OF WHAT THEY ARE 2287 01:42:39,419 --> 01:42:40,854 FACING TODAY. A LOT OF THE DATA 2288 01:42:40,854 --> 01:42:42,289 I RECEIVED IS FROM A REPORT THAT 2289 01:42:42,289 --> 01:42:44,858 I WILL SEND TO YOU . IT WAS DONE 2290 01:42:44,858 --> 01:42:48,562 BY SENATOR CANTWELL IN MARCH OF 2291 01:42:48,562 --> 01:42:50,230 2025 , LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY 2292 01:42:50,230 --> 01:42:53,300 THE MEDICAID CUTS AND HOW THEY 2293 01:42:53,300 --> 01:42:56,703 WILL THREATEN CL'S HEALTHCARE. 2294 01:42:56,703 --> 01:42:59,306 W SEATTLE'S HEALTHCARE. 2295 01:42:59,306 --> 01:43:02,843 MEDICAID FUNDED 22% OF INPATIENT 2296 01:43:02,843 --> 01:43:08,115 CARE, 18% OF OUTPATIENT CARE AT 2297 01:43:08,115 --> 01:43:09,416 HOSPITALS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON. 2298 01:43:09,416 --> 01:43:13,120 IN 2023 . WESTERN WASHINGTON 2299 01:43:13,120 --> 01:43:17,724 HOSPITAL SO 623,549 MEDICAID 2300 01:43:17,724 --> 01:43:20,861 PATIENTS IN 2023 . THAT IS 2301 01:43:20,861 --> 01:43:24,531 APPROXIMATELY 20% OF ALL CARE IN 2302 01:43:24,531 --> 01:43:26,466 WESTERN WASHINGTON HOSPITALS IS 2303 01:43:26,466 --> 01:43:29,236 TIED TO MEDICAID. IF THAT 2304 01:43:29,236 --> 01:43:31,004 PERCENTAGE , THEY EXPECT TO SEE 2305 01:43:31,004 --> 01:43:34,241 AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF CURRENT 2306 01:43:34,241 --> 01:43:35,909 ENROLLEES TO LOSE COVERAGE, ONE 2307 01:43:35,909 --> 01:43:38,178 THIRD OF 20% IS A PRETTY HIGH 2308 01:43:38,178 --> 01:43:42,316 NUMBER OF THE 650,000. AGAIN, I 2309 01:43:42,316 --> 01:43:49,823 WILL SEND YOU THIS REPORT WHICH 2310 01:43:49,823 --> 01:43:50,857 GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE 2311 01:43:50,857 --> 01:43:51,558 MEDICAID EFFECTS ON OUR 2312 01:43:51,558 --> 01:43:52,559 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND THE 2313 01:43:52,559 --> 01:43:54,595 HOSPITAL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. 2314 01:43:54,595 --> 01:43:54,928 >> THANK YOU. 2315 01:43:54,928 --> 01:43:58,432 >> WITH RESPECT TO THE S.N.A.P. 2316 01:43:58,432 --> 01:43:59,800 QUESTION, I CAN SEND TO THE 2317 01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:00,968 COMMITTEE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2318 01:44:00,968 --> 01:44:03,537 CUTS WITH THE S.N.A.P. . WHEN WE 2319 01:44:03,537 --> 01:44:05,372 LOOK AT THE CHANGES THEY ARE 2320 01:44:05,372 --> 01:44:07,441 MULTIFACETED , ONE IS AROUND 2321 01:44:07,441 --> 01:44:09,009 ADDING ADDITIONAL BURDEN TO THE 2322 01:44:09,009 --> 01:44:11,244 STATES , WITH THE INTENT TO 2323 01:44:11,244 --> 01:44:12,679 DRIVE THOSE STATES FROM 2324 01:44:12,679 --> 01:44:14,481 SUPPORTING S.N.A.P. WITHIN THEM 2325 01:44:14,481 --> 01:44:17,784 . THERE IS THE ADMIN COST SHARE 2326 01:44:17,784 --> 01:44:21,521 THAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2026 AND THE 2327 01:44:21,521 --> 01:44:23,390 ACTUAL BENEFITS COST SHIFTING IN 2328 01:44:23,390 --> 01:44:30,130 2027. BASED OFF OF ERROR RATES, 2329 01:44:30,130 --> 01:44:32,032 THAT IS AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR 2330 01:44:32,032 --> 01:44:32,799 COST WILL INCREASE, MORE 2331 01:44:32,799 --> 01:44:36,270 IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE S.N.A.P. 2332 01:44:36,270 --> 01:44:37,938 PROGRAM ITSELF, WE WILL SEE AN 2333 01:44:37,938 --> 01:44:40,240 INCREASE IN THE WORK 2334 01:44:40,240 --> 01:44:42,175 REQUIREMENTS , YOU HAVE TO BE 2335 01:44:42,175 --> 01:44:44,945 THROUGH 64 AND PARTICIPATING IN 2336 01:44:44,945 --> 01:44:48,448 WORK OVER 20 HOURS PER WEEK , IF 2337 01:44:48,448 --> 01:44:51,885 YOU ARE AN ABLE-BODIED ADULT . 2338 01:44:51,885 --> 01:44:53,487 SOME OF THE EXEMPTIONS TO THIS 2339 01:44:53,487 --> 01:44:57,124 ARE ELIMINATED FOR VETS, 2340 01:44:57,124 --> 01:45:03,063 HOMELESS , AND FORMER FOSTER 2341 01:45:03,063 --> 01:45:04,297 YOUTH, SOME OF THE CATEGORIES IN 2342 01:45:04,297 --> 01:45:05,932 PARTICIPATION FOR S.N.A.P. WILL 2343 01:45:05,932 --> 01:45:07,167 REMAIN, REFUGEES AND VICTIMS OF 2344 01:45:07,167 --> 01:45:08,135 HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARE NO LONGER 2345 01:45:08,135 --> 01:45:10,170 BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE ELIGIBLE 2346 01:45:10,170 --> 01:45:13,974 FOR S.N.A.P. THE BENEFITS ARE 2347 01:45:13,974 --> 01:45:17,244 BEING FROZEN THROUGH THE THRIFTY 2348 01:45:17,244 --> 01:45:24,017 FOOD -- FOR THAT, REDUCING WHO 2349 01:45:24,017 --> 01:45:25,085 IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN 2350 01:45:25,085 --> 01:45:25,619 S.N.A.P., MAKING THEIR 2351 01:45:25,619 --> 01:45:26,420 PARTICIPATION HARDER TO 2352 01:45:26,420 --> 01:45:27,220 CONTINUE, AND REDUCING THE 2353 01:45:27,220 --> 01:45:31,258 AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR FOLKS 2354 01:45:31,258 --> 01:45:33,894 THROUGH THE S.N.A.P. PROGRAM 2355 01:45:33,894 --> 01:45:36,963 WHEN THEY DO PARTICIPATE . I CAN 2356 01:45:36,963 --> 01:45:37,564 SEND AN EMAIL. 2357 01:45:37,564 --> 01:45:39,566 >> THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. 2358 01:45:39,566 --> 01:45:40,300 THANK YOU. 2359 01:45:40,300 --> 01:45:43,737 >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS 2360 01:45:43,737 --> 01:45:44,871 , COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE 2361 01:45:44,871 --> 01:45:48,742 APPRECIATE THAT. IF THERE IS NO 2362 01:45:48,742 --> 01:45:50,043 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE ARE 2363 01:45:50,043 --> 01:45:52,412 COMING UP ON TIME , I HEARD A 2364 01:45:52,412 --> 01:45:53,814 FEW ADJECTIVES SAID THROUGHOUT 2365 01:45:53,814 --> 01:45:55,816 THIS MEETING, WHETHER IT BE 2366 01:45:55,816 --> 01:45:57,984 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAYING 2367 01:45:57,984 --> 01:46:00,687 THIS IS REALLY BAD , TO , THIS 2368 01:46:00,687 --> 01:46:04,791 IS OVERWHELMING OR SOME DESIRE 2369 01:46:04,791 --> 01:46:07,227 TO SAY EXPLETIVES, WHICH I 2370 01:46:07,227 --> 01:46:10,497 SHARE, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, 2371 01:46:10,497 --> 01:46:13,500 ALL THOSE FEELINGS ARE VALID 2372 01:46:13,500 --> 01:46:14,968 WITH WHAT WE ARE FEELING AND IF 2373 01:46:14,968 --> 01:46:16,603 IT FEELS THAT WAY TO US, I CAN 2374 01:46:16,603 --> 01:46:19,439 ONLY IMAGINE THE MANY MEMBERS OF 2375 01:46:19,439 --> 01:46:20,874 OUR COMMUNITY TRYING TO NAVIGATE 2376 01:46:20,874 --> 01:46:23,543 THESE SYSTEMS AND CHANGES . ARE 2377 01:46:23,543 --> 01:46:25,545 HAVING THEIR LIVES THROWN INTO 2378 01:46:25,545 --> 01:46:30,650 JEOPARDY I CERTAINLY WANT TO 2379 01:46:30,650 --> 01:46:33,453 ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING, NOT 2380 01:46:33,453 --> 01:46:34,621 JUST ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, TO 2381 01:46:34,621 --> 01:46:35,889 ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, BUT 2382 01:46:35,889 --> 01:46:40,994 WHAT WAS STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2383 01:46:40,994 --> 01:46:41,762 SOLOMON, PARTNERING WITH THE 2384 01:46:41,762 --> 01:46:42,763 STATE, NOT JUST HAPPENING IN 2385 01:46:42,763 --> 01:46:48,301 SEATTLE BUT ACROSS THE STATE, AS 2386 01:46:48,301 --> 01:46:49,136 REPRESENTATIVES OF SEATTLE, I 2387 01:46:49,136 --> 01:46:50,270 WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ACROSS 2388 01:46:50,270 --> 01:46:51,538 THE STATE ARE GETTING THE CARE 2389 01:46:51,538 --> 01:46:54,441 AND SUPPORT THEY NEED. SO, IT 2390 01:46:54,441 --> 01:46:57,277 WILL TAKE ALL OF US, I 2391 01:46:57,277 --> 01:46:59,112 APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER 2392 01:46:59,112 --> 01:47:02,682 KETTLE SAID, WORKING WITH 2393 01:47:02,682 --> 01:47:03,950 COUNTY, PARTICULARLY WITH PUBLIC 2394 01:47:03,950 --> 01:47:05,986 HEALTH , IT WILL BE CRITICAL WE 2395 01:47:05,986 --> 01:47:08,155 WORK WITH THEM AND TALK ABOUT 2396 01:47:08,155 --> 01:47:09,189 OUR NEIGHBORS DURING THE HEALTH 2397 01:47:09,189 --> 01:47:13,293 CARE THEY NEED THROUGH THESE 2398 01:47:13,293 --> 01:47:14,494 HEALTH CENTERS AND WE WILL NEED 2399 01:47:14,494 --> 01:47:15,896 TO WORK ACROSS A LOT OF LEVELS 2400 01:47:15,896 --> 01:47:17,330 OF GOVERNMENT TO RESOLVE THESE 2401 01:47:17,330 --> 01:47:18,565 CHALLENGES . I WANT TO THANK 2402 01:47:18,565 --> 01:47:19,533 PEOPLE FOR ENGAGING IN THIS 2403 01:47:19,533 --> 01:47:20,600 CONVERSATION TODAY. WE WILL DO 2404 01:47:20,600 --> 01:47:25,872 OUR PART ON THE CITY LEVEL WHILE 2405 01:47:25,872 --> 01:47:26,873 PARTNERING WITH COUNTY AND STATE 2406 01:47:26,873 --> 01:47:28,909 TO ENSURE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF 2407 01:47:28,909 --> 01:47:30,143 OUR NEIGHBORS. I WANT TO THANK 2408 01:47:30,143 --> 01:47:31,344 YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY TO 2409 01:47:31,344 --> 01:47:33,980 SHARE THIS CRITICAL INFORMATION. 2410 01:47:33,980 --> 01:47:37,417 COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE REACHED THE 2411 01:47:37,417 --> 01:47:41,288 END OF TODAY'S AGENDA, ANY 2412 01:47:41,288 --> 01:47:42,088 ADDITIONAL BUSINESS TO COME 2413 01:47:42,088 --> 01:47:46,460 BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? NO. TAKE A 2414 01:47:46,460 --> 01:47:47,828 DEEP BREATH AND EAT SOMETHING 2415 01:47:47,828 --> 01:47:49,196 DELICIOUS, GET A GOOD NIGHT 2416 01:47:49,196 --> 01:47:52,866 SLEEP , WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS 2417 01:47:52,866 --> 01:47:53,934 BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE 2418 01:47:53,934 --> 01:47:57,604 ADJOURNED, IT IS 11:29 A.M. 2419 01:47:57,604 --> 01:47:59,472 THANK YOU, EVERYONE.