00:00:00:00	00:11:49:00	OH, AND UH, UH GOOD MORNING
00:11:49:00	00:11:49:00	EVERYONE.
00:11:49:00	00:11:51:00	FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS
00:11:51:00	00:11:52:00	TANIA FOR LUNCH ANDERSON THE
00:11:52:00	00:11:53:00	DISTRICT SEVEN CITY COUNCILOR I
00:11:53:00	00:11:56:00	AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY
00:11:56:00	00:11:57:00	COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THE WAYS
00:11:57:00	00:11:58:00	AND MEANS.
00:11:58:00	00:12:00:00	THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED.
00:12:00:00	00:12:01:00	IT IS BEING LIVE STREAMED AT
00:12:01:00	00:12:04:00	BOSTON DOT GOV FOR CITY DASH
00:12:04:00	00:12:08:00	COUNCIL DASH TV BROADCASTS AND
00:12:08:00	00:12:09:00	BROADCASTS ON XFINITY CHANNEL
00:12:09:00	00:12:12:00	EIGHT RCN CHANNEL EIGHTY TWO
00:12:12:00	00:12:13:00	AND FILES CHANNEL NINE SIX FOR
00:12:13:00	00:12:16:00	THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET REVIEW
00:12:16:00	00:12:19:00	PROCESS WILL ENCOMPASS A SERIES
00:12:19:00	00:12:20:00	OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEGINNING IN
00:12:20:00	00:12:21:00	APRIL AND RUNNING THROUGH JUNE.
00:12:21:00	00:12:23:00	WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS
00:12:23:00	00:12:24:00	TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENGAGE IN
00:12:24:00	00:12:27:00	THIS PROCESS BY GIVING PUBLIC
00:12:27:00	00:12:28:00	TESTIMONY.
00:12:28:00	00:12:31:00	FOR THE RECORD YOU CAN DO THIS
00:12:31:00	00:12:32:00	IN SEVERAL WAYS ATTEND ONE
00:12:32:00	00:12:33:00	OF OUR HEARINGS AND GIVE PUBLIC
00:12:33:00	00:12:35:00	TESTIMONY.
00:12:35:00	00:12:36:00	WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
00:12:36:00	00:12:37:00	AT EACH DEPARTMENTAL HEARING
00:12:37:00	00:12:40:00	AND ALSO AT HEARING DEDICATED
00:12:40:00	00:12:40:00	TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY THE FULL
00:12:40:00	00:12:43:00	HEARING SCHEDULE IS ON OUR
00:12:43:00	00:12:43:00	WEBSITE AT BOSTON DOT GOV
00:12:43:00	00:12:46:00	FORWARD SLASH COUNCIL DASCH
00:12:46:00	00:12:47:00	BUDGET.
00:12:47:00	00:12:50:00	OUR SCHEDULED HEARING DEDICATED
00:12:50:00	00:12:51:00	TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS ON
00:12:51:00	00:12:58:00	WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH AT SIX P.M.
00:12:58:00	00:12:59:00	I IF I'M NOT IF I'M NOT
00:12:59:00	00:13:03:00	MISTAKEN IS GOING TO BE AT THE
00:13:03:00	00:13:04:00	FIRST PARISH CHURCH IN
00:13:04:00	00:13:06:00	COMMUNITY YOU CAN GIVE
00:13:06:00	00:13:07:00	TESTIMONY IN PERSON HERE IN THE
00:13:07:00	00:13:10:00	CHAMBER OR VIRTUALLY VIA ASSUME
00:13:10:00	00:13:13:00	FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY PLEASE
00:13:13:00	00:13:14:00	COME TO THE CHAMBER AND SIGN UP
00:13:14:00	00:13:17:00	ON THE SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE
00:13:17:00	00:13:18:00	OF VIRTUAL TESTIMONY.
00:13:18:00	00:13:21:00	YOU CAN SIGN UP USING OUR
00:13:21:00	00:13:22:00	ONLINE FORM ON OUR
00:13:22:00	00:13:24:00	COUNCIL BUDGET REVIEW WEBSITE
00:13:24:00	00:13:25:00	OR BY EMAILING THE COMMITTEE AT
00:13:25:00	00:13:30:00	CCC DOT W.M. AT BOSTON DOT GOV
00:13:30:00	00:13:33:00	WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO TESTIFY
00:13:33:00	00:13:34:00	PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND
00:13:34:00	00:13:37:00	AFFILIATION OF RESIDENTS AND
00:13:37:00	00:13:38:00	LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO TWO
00:13:38:00	00:13:42:00	MINUTES TO ENSURE THAT OUR
00:13:42:00	00:13:42:00	COMMENTS, ALL COMMENTS AND
00:13:42:00	00:13:45:00	CONCERNS CAN BE HEARD.
00:13:45:00	00:13:46:00	EMAIL WRITTEN TEST YOUR WRITTEN
00:13:46:00	00:13:47:00	TESTIMONY TO THE COMMITTEE AT
00:13:47:00	00:13:50:00	CCC DOT W. AT BOSTON DOT GOV
00:13:50:00	00:13:54:00	SUBMIT A TWO MINUTE VIDEO
00:13:54:00	00:13:55:00	OF YOUR TESTIMONY THROUGH THE
00:13:55:00	00:13:58:00	FORUM ON OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE
00:13:58:00	00:13:59:00	INFORMATION ON THE CITY
00:13:59:00	00:14:01:00	COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW
00:14:01:00	00:14:02:00	TO TESTIFY PLEASE VISIT THE
00:14:02:00	00:14:05:00	CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET WEBSITE
00:14:05:00	00:14:08:00	AT BOSTON DOT GOV FORWARD SLASH
00:14:08:00	00:14:09:00	COUNCIL DASCH BUDGET.
00:14:09:00	00:14:13:00	TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKETS
00:14:13:00	00:14:14:00	ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO TWO ZERO
00:14:14:00	00:14:17:00	SEVEN SIX TWO ORDERS FOR THE
00:14:17:00	00:14:17:00	FBI.
00:14:17:00	00:14:18:00	TWENTY FOUR OPERATING BUDGET
00:14:18:00	00:14:21:00	INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
00:14:21:00	00:14:21:00	FOR DEPARTMENT TWO OPERATIONS
00:14:21:00	00:14:22:00	FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND
00:14:22:00	00:14:25:00	FOUR OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT
00:14:25:00	00:14:29:00	BENEFITS OPM DOCKET ZERO SEVEN
00:14:29:00	00:14:30:00	SIX THREE ZERO SEVEN SIX FIVE
00:14:30:00	00:14:33:00	TWO ZERO SEVEN SIX SIX ORDERS
00:14:33:00	00:14:34:00	FOR THE CAPITAL FUND TRANSFER
00:14:34:00	00:14:37:00	APPROPRIATIONS DOCKET ZERO
00:14:37:00	00:14:38:00	SEVEN SIX FOUR ZERO SEVEN SIX
00:14:38:00	00:14:41:00	SEVEN TO ZERO SEVEN SIX EIGHT
00:14:41:00	00:14:42:00	ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET
00:14:42:00	00:14:44:00	INCLUDING ORDERS AND PURCHASE
00:14:44:00	00:14:45:00	LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.
00:14:45:00	00:14:48:00	OUR FOCUS AREA FOR THIS HEARING
00:14:48:00	00:14:51:00	WILL BE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FBI
00:14:51:00	00:14:53:00	24 BUDGET FOR THE EIGHT STRONG
00:14:53:00	00:14:56:00	COMMISSION OFFICE OF WOMEN'S
00:14:56:00	00:14:59:00	ADVANCEMENT AND THE OFFICE
00:14:59:00	00:14:59:00	OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
00:14:59:00	00:15:00:00	OUR PANELISTS FOR TODAY'S
00:15:00:00	00:15:04:00	HEARING ARE EMILY SHEA,
00:15:04:00	00:15:07:00	COMMISSIONER FROM EIGHT STRONG
00:15:07:00	00:15:09:00	ALEXANDER ALEXANDRA VALDÉS
00:15:09:00	00:15:17:00	EXECUTIVE IS IT ALEJANDRO LEWIS
00:15:17:00	00:15:17:00	DIRECTOR OFFICE OF WOMEN'S
00:15:17:00	00:15:20:00	ADVANCEMENT.
00:15:20:00	00:15:24:00	OH SHE'S NOT HERE YET.
00:15:24:00	00:15:26:00	OK HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE HERE
00:15:26:00	00:15:30:00	SOON.
00:15:30:00	00:15:31:00	THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
00:15:31:00	00:15:34:00	SHE AND KRISTEN MCSWAIN,
00:15:34:00	00:15:35:00	DIRECTOR OFFICE OF EARLY
00:15:35:00	00:15:38:00	CHILDHOOD.
00:15:38:00	00:15:39:00	I AM JOINED TODAY BY MY
00:15:39:00	00:15:42:00	COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR AT LARGE
00:15:42:00	00:15:46:00	AARON MURPHY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
00:15:46:00	00:15:53:00	FLYNN AND COUNCILOR LIZ BREADON
00:15:53:00	00:15:58:00	FOR OUR FORMAT FOR THIS YEAR
00:15:58:00	00:16:02:00	AND ALSO JOINED WE'RE JOINED
00:16:02:00	00:16:05:00	HERE TODAY BY COUNCILOR HOODIA.
00:16:05:00	00:16:14:00	I'M HERE AT LARGE WHO I MET
00:16:14:00	00:16:15:00	TODAY.
00:16:15:00	00:16:19:00	WE WILL FIRST TAKE JUST 30
00:16:19:00	00:16:25:00	SECOND 30 30 SECONDS OPENING
00:16:25:00	00:16:26:00	STATEMENTS FROM OUR COUNCIL FOR
00:16:26:00	00:16:29:00	MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
00:16:29:00	00:16:30:00	THEN I'LL TURN TO THE
00:16:30:00	00:16:31:00	ADMINISTRATION.
00:16:31:00	00:16:33:00	EACH PERSON ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
00:16:33:00	00:16:34:00	THEN WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO ROUND
00:16:34:00	00:16:37:00	ONE OF QUESTIONING.
00:16:37:00	00:16:37:00	EACH COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE FIVE
00:16:37:00	00:16:40:00	MINUTES THEN TO PUBLIC
00:16:40:00	00:16:41:00	TESTIMONY AND BACK TO ROUND TO
00:16:41:00	00:16:45:00	WHAT WE'LL DO FOR JUST TO KEEP
00:16:45:00	00:16:48:00	THE CONVERSATION COHESIVE WE
00:16:48:00	00:16:49:00	WILL DO EACH DEPARTMENT AND
00:16:49:00	00:16:52:00	HOPEFULLY NARROW THAT TO AN
00:16:52:00	00:16:53:00	HOUR EACH DEPARTMENT AND WRAP
00:16:53:00	00:16:57:00	IT UP IF WE ARE ABLE TO BE DONE
00:16:57:00	00:16:57:00	WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT THEN YOU
00:16:57:00	00:17:03:00	CAN BE RELIEVED OR DISMISSED
00:17:03:00	00:17:07:00	FROM THIS HEARING.
00:17:07:00	00:17:08:00	WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I'LL GO TO
00:17:08:00	00:17:11:00	IN ORDER FOR I WILL GO TO MY
00:17:11:00	00:17:12:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR OPENING
00:17:12:00	00:17:12:00	STATEMENTS.
00:17:12:00	00:17:14:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
00:17:14:00	00:17:15:00	FLOOR.
00:17:15:00	00:17:16:00	THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU
00:17:16:00	00:17:19:00	TO THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
00:17:19:00	00:17:20:00	I WOULD ARGUABLY SAY THREE THE
00:17:20:00	00:17:23:00	MOST IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS IN
00:17:23:00	00:17:24:00	THE CITY WE'RE GOING TO BE
00:17:24:00	00:17:27:00	TALKING TODAY ABOUT ADVOCATING
00:17:27:00	00:17:28:00	FOR NOT JUST OUR YOUNGEST BUT
00:17:28:00	00:17:31:00	OUR OLDEST AND THEN ALSO WOMEN
00:17:31:00	00:17:32:00	AND WHO WE SAW DURING COVID THE
00:17:32:00	00:17:35:00	PERCENTAGES OF WOMEN WHO HAD TO
00:17:35:00	00:17:36:00	QUIT THEIR JOBS BECAUSE WE
00:17:36:00	00:17:39:00	FOUND OUT THAT THEY COULDN'T
00:17:39:00	00:17:40:00	JUGGLE WORKING AND TAKING CARE
00:17:40:00	00:17:43:00	OF THEIR THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN
00:17:43:00	00:17:44:00	WHEN DAYCARES WERE SHOT OR THE
00:17:44:00	00:17:47:00	HOME SCHOOLING THAT EXTENDED,
00:17:47:00	00:17:48:00	YOU KNOW, ANOTHER YEAR IN
00:17:48:00	00:17:49:00	BOSTON AND THEN ALSO TAKING
00:17:49:00	00:17:51:00	CARE THEIR ELDERLY PARENTS
00:17:51:00	00:17:52:00	WHICH IS A GROWING POPULATION.
00:17:52:00	00:17:55:00	SO HERE TO SUPPORT ALL THE WORK
00:17:55:00	00:17:58:00	YOU DO AND WILL LOOKING FORWARD
00:17:58:00	00:17:59:00	ALSO TO TALKING WITH YOU KNOW,
00:17:59:00	00:18:02:00	ALEXANDER VALDÉS, I KNOW THAT
00:18:02:00	00:18:06:00	THE EARLY CHILDHOOD WAS PART
00:18:06:00	00:18:07:00	OF HER DEPARTMENT AND WE DID
00:18:07:00	00:18:10:00	SPEAK A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT YOU
00:18:10:00	00:18:11:00	KNOW, AS WE GROW LIKE AND I
00:18:11:00	00:18:14:00	THINK OF LIKE THE LGBTQ
00:18:14:00	00:18:14:00	ADVANCEMENT WHEN YOU BECOME
00:18:14:00	00:18:15:00	YOUR OWN DEPARTMENT IT'S GREAT
00:18:15:00	00:18:18:00	BUT SOMETIMES IT DOES TAKE AWAY
00:18:18:00	00:18:19:00	FROM WHERE YOU WERE.
00:18:19:00	00:18:19:00	SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
00:18:19:00	00:18:22:00	FULLY FUNDING THE WOMEN
00:18:22:00	00:18:23:00	ADVANCEMENT AT THE SAME TIME WE
00:18:23:00	00:18:26:00	NEED TO CONTINUE YOUR NUMBERS
00:18:26:00	00:18:27:00	GRADE AND THE NUMBER
00:18:27:00	00:18:27:00	OF CHILDREN THAT ARE
00:18:27:00	00:18:29:00	INCREASINGLY ABLE TO GET SEATS
00:18:29:00	00:18:30:00	IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SEATS IS YOU
00:18:30:00	00:18:33:00	KNOW, NEEDED AND EXCITING.
00:18:33:00	00:18:34:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
00:18:34:00	00:18:37:00	CONVERSATION AND MAKING SURE
00:18:37:00	00:18:38:00	THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR FULLY
00:18:38:00	00:18:38:00	FUNDING ALL OF YOUR
00:18:38:00	00:18:39:00	DEPARTMENTS.
00:18:39:00	00:18:41:00	THANK YOU.
00:18:41:00	00:18:42:00	THANK YOU.
00:18:42:00	00:18:45:00	COUNCIL MURPHREE
00:18:45:00	00:18:46:00	COUNCILOR PRESIDENT FLYNN, YOU
00:18:46:00	00:18:49:00	HAVE FOR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
00:18:49:00	00:18:53:00	AND THANK YOU TO THE IMPORTANT
00:18:53:00	00:18:53:00	WORK YOU ARE DOING.
00:18:53:00	00:18:56:00	MADAM CHAIR EACH STRONG DOES
00:18:56:00	00:19:00:00	TREMENDOUS WORK WITH OUR
00:19:00:00	00:19:01:00	SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH
00:19:01:00	00:19:04:00	DISABILITIES ENSURING THAT THEY
00:19:04:00	00:19:05:00	HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO
00:19:05:00	00:19:08:00	LIVE IN AGE WITH DIGNITY IN
00:19:08:00	00:19:09:00	THIS CITY AND TO BE TREATED
00:19:09:00	00:19:12:00	WITH RESPECT.
00:19:12:00	00:19:13:00	IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU
00:19:13:00	00:19:15:00	COMMISSIONER SHAY, OVERLARGE
00:19:15:00	00:19:16:00	NUMBER OF SENIORS IN MY
00:19:16:00	00:19:16:00	DISTRICT I HAVE DEEP RESPECT
00:19:16:00	00:19:20:00	FOR THE WORK THAT THE STAFF AT
00:19:20:00	00:19:23:00	AGE STRONG IS DOING EVERY DAY
00:19:23:00	00:19:27:00	IN OUR CITY INCLUDING WEEKENDS
00:19:27:00	00:19:28:00	THEY WORK HARD THAT
00:19:28:00	00:19:31:00	PROFESSIONAL OFFICE OF WOMEN
00:19:31:00	00:19:35:00	ADVANCEMENT INDISPENSABLE PART
00:19:35:00	00:19:38:00	OF OUR CITY IN DEPARTMENT THEY
00:19:38:00	00:19:39:00	ARE A CRITICAL PART OF OUR
00:19:39:00	00:19:42:00	WORKFORCE YET OFTENTIMES OUR
00:19:42:00	00:19:43:00	WOMEN WORKERS FACE PAY
00:19:43:00	00:19:46:00	INEQUITIES.
00:19:46:00	00:19:47:00	THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
00:19:47:00	00:19:50:00	ESTIMATES ON AVERAGE WOMEN
00:19:50:00	00:19:51:00	WORKING FULL TIME YEAR ROUND
00:19:51:00	00:19:54:00	UNPAID PAID 83 PERCENT OF WHAT
00:19:54:00	00:19:55:00	MEN ARE PAID.
00:19:55:00	00:19:58:00	THIS INEQUITY IS EVEN GREATER
00:19:58:00	00:20:02:00	FOR BLACK AND HISPANIC WOMAN
00:20:02:00	00:20:03:00	OFFICE OF EARLY EARLY CHILDHOOD
00:20:03:00	00:20:05:00	EDUCATION.
00:20:05:00	00:20:06:00	CHILDCARE IS A CRITICAL ISSUE
00:20:06:00	00:20:09:00	FOR SO MANY FAMILIES.
00:20:09:00	00:20:13:00	CHILDCARE IS VERY EXPENSIVE IN
00:20:13:00	00:20:15:00	OUR CITY AND SPORTS FILL UP
00:20:15:00	00:20:18:00	QUICKLY BECAUSE OF CHILDCARE.
00:20:18:00	00:20:19:00	MANY WOMEN ALSO END UP STAYING
00:20:19:00	00:20:22:00	AT HOME TO CARE FOR THEIR
00:20:22:00	00:20:23:00	CHILDREN WHICH ALSO IMPACTS
00:20:23:00	00:20:26:00	THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN PAY.
00:20:26:00	00:20:27:00	I HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON
00:20:27:00	00:20:29:00	EACH OF THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS
00:20:29:00	00:20:30:00	BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
00:20:30:00	00:20:33:00	IMPORTANT WORK THESE LEADERS
00:20:33:00	00:20:36:00	PLAY IN RUNNING AND MANAGING
00:20:36:00	00:20:37:00	OUR DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVELY AND
00:20:37:00	00:20:41:00	WORKING WITH RESIDENTS ACROSS
00:20:41:00	00:20:42:00	THE CITY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
00:20:42:00	00:20:45:00	THANK YOU TO THESE WONDERFUL
00:20:45:00	00:20:48:00	AND DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS,
00:20:48:00	00:20:48:00	THE EMPLOYEES.
00:20:48:00	00:20:49:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:20:49:00	00:20:50:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:20:50:00	00:20:52:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
00:20:52:00	00:20:53:00	BEFORE WE GO TO
00:20:53:00	00:20:55:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, WE ARE
00:20:55:00	00:20:56:00	HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES,
00:20:56:00	00:20:57:00	DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR
00:20:57:00	00:21:00:00	TELEVISIONS.
00:21:00:00	00:21:01:00	SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR PAPER
00:21:01:00	00:21:02:00	COPIES WE HAVE THEM READY FOR
00:21:02:00	00:21:04:00	YOU AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THEM
00:21:04:00	00:21:07:00	PHYSICALLY AND JUST INSTRUCT
00:21:07:00	00:21:08:00	OUR TECH DIRECTOR TO GO TO THE
00:21:08:00	00:21:11:00	NEXT SLIDE.
00:21:11:00	00:21:12:00	DO YOU WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO
00:21:12:00	00:21:12:00	PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE COPIES
00:21:12:00	00:21:14:00	OR DO YOU HAVE THEM?
00:21:14:00	00:21:14:00	OH YES.
00:21:14:00	00:21:25:00	I OK USHE CHAMIZAL OK HAVE SOME
00:21:25:00	00:21:28:00	INFORMATION TOGETHER.
00:21:28:00	00:21:28:00	OK FANTASTIC.
00:21:28:00	00:21:32:00	DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF YOUR
00:21:32:00	00:21:33:00	PRESENTATION OR DO YOU NEED
00:21:33:00	00:21:33:00	ONE.
00:21:33:00	00:21:38:00	OK YOU DO OK GOT IT.
00:21:38:00	00:21:39:00	DO YOU NEED A COPY OF WHAT YOU
00:21:39:00	00:21:41:00	SUBMITTED FOR THE RESPONSES TO
00:21:41:00	00:21:45:00	THE R5.
00:21:45:00	00:21:46:00	YOU'RE NOT A STRONG NEVER MIND
00:21:46:00	00:21:49:00	THAT'S NOT YOU OK ALL RIGHT NO
00:21:49:00	00:21:50:00	NO YOU HAVE TALKING POINTS GOT
00:21:50:00	00:21:52:00	IT.
00:21:52:00	00:21:53:00	AND ALEX IS ON HER WAY OK
00:21:53:00	00:21:56:00	EXCELLENT OK COUNCILOR BREADON
00:21:56:00	00:22:00:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND MADAM
00:22:00:00	00:22:01:00	CHAIR I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF IN THE
00:22:01:00	00:22:01:00	INTEREST OF TIME.
00:22:01:00	00:22:05:00	THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
00:22:05:00	00:22:05:00	THIS MORNING.
00:22:05:00	00:22:08:00	I KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO
00:22:08:00	00:22:09:00	FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR ELDERS
00:22:09:00	00:22:12:00	AND OUR SENIORS, OUR SENIORS
00:22:12:00	00:22:13:00	AND CHILDREN RIGHT ACROSS THE
00:22:13:00	00:22:15:00	LIFESPAN IS CRITICALLY
00:22:15:00	00:22:16:00	IMPORTANT TO HOW A CITY IS ABLE
00:22:16:00	00:22:17:00	TO WORK AND OUR WORKFORCE
00:22:17:00	00:22:19:00	STABILITY.
00:22:19:00	00:22:20:00	OUR OLDER WOMEN ARE
00:22:20:00	00:22:23:00	PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE BECAUSE
00:22:23:00	00:22:24:00	THEY HAVE HAD BROKEN EMPLOYMENT
00:22:24:00	00:22:29:00	HISTORIES BECAUSE THEY ARE TO
00:22:29:00	00:22:30:00	DO TAKE CARE OF ELDERS AND TO
00:22:30:00	00:22:33:00	RAISE CHILDREN AND WE ARE ONE
00:22:33:00	00:22:36:00	OF MY BIG CONCERNS IS REALLY
00:22:36:00	00:22:37:00	JUST LOOKING AT HOUSING THE
00:22:37:00	00:22:37:00	HOUSING CHALLENGES OF OUR OLDER
00:22:37:00	00:22:38:00	POPULATION.
00:22:38:00	00:22:40:00	I KNOW THAT'S MAYBE NOT WHAT
00:22:40:00	00:22:41:00	WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
00:22:41:00	00:22:42:00	TODAY, BUT I WANT TO RAISE IT
00:22:42:00	00:22:44:00	AS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT
00:22:44:00	00:22:45:00	WE NEED TO PAY SOME ATTENTION
00:22:45:00	00:22:47:00	TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
00:22:47:00	00:22:51:00	ISSUES INTERSECT OUR ACCESS TO
00:22:51:00	00:22:52:00	AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE IS
00:22:52:00	00:22:54:00	CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SUPPORT
00:22:54:00	00:22:55:00	FOR ELDERS AND THE HOUSING
00:22:55:00	00:22:59:00	ISSUE MAYBE YOU KNOW THAT THERE
00:22:59:00	00:23:00:00	OR THERE ARE A LOT OF OUR
00:23:00:00	00:23:02:00	ELDERS OR RETIRED THEY'RE
00:23:02:00	00:23:03:00	LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME NOW.
00:23:03:00	00:23:06:00	THEY'RE NOT THERE AND MAYBE
00:23:06:00	00:23:07:00	LIVING IN MORE HOUSE THAN THEY
00:23:07:00	00:23:10:00	NEED BUT THERE IS NOWHERE FOR
00:23:10:00	00:23:11:00	THEM TO GO.
00:23:11:00	00:23:14:00	WE ARE NOT CREATING ENOUGH
00:23:14:00	00:23:15:00	HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE FOR
00:23:15:00	00:23:18:00	FOR THOSE MIDDLE CLASS SORT
00:23:18:00	00:23:22:00	OF RETIREES WHO NEED TO MOVE
00:23:22:00	00:23:22:00	INTO A SMALLER PLACE.
00:23:22:00	00:23:25:00	BUT THERE'S NOTHING AVAILABLE
00:23:25:00	00:23:26:00	THAT WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES
00:23:26:00	00:23:29:00	AND THAT REALLY THAT COHESION
00:23:29:00	00:23:30:00	OF COMMUNITY AND HOW PEOPLE
00:23:30:00	00:23:34:00	STAY TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH
00:23:34:00	00:23:34:00	OTHER IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
00:23:34:00	00:23:36:00	SO I JUST WANT TO RAISE THAT
00:23:36:00	00:23:38:00	ISSUE IS A REALLY, REALLY
00:23:38:00	00:23:38:00	CRITICAL CONCERN ALL ACROSS THE
00:23:38:00	00:23:39:00	CITY.
00:23:39:00	00:23:41:00	BUT WE SEE IT IN MY DISTRICT IN
00:23:41:00	00:23:44:00	DISTRICT NINE.
00:23:44:00	00:23:45:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
00:23:45:00	00:23:46:00	THE GREAT WORK WE ARE PUSHING
00:23:46:00	00:23:49:00	THE ENVELOPE IN THE CHILD CARE
00:23:49:00	00:23:53:00	SPACE AND IN THE AND STRONG HAS
00:23:53:00	00:23:53:00	BEEN PIVOTAL IN REALLY
00:23:53:00	00:23:57:00	SUPPORTING OUR ELDERS DURING
00:23:57:00	00:23:58:00	COVID AND WE'RE EMERGING FROM
00:23:58:00	00:23:58:00	THAT.
00:23:58:00	00:24:03:00	THAT'S SITUATION THANKFULLY
00:24:03:00	00:24:04:00	STRONG PROVIDED A LIFELINE FOR
00:24:04:00	00:24:08:00	FOLKS WHO ARE AISSA LIDDED
00:24:08:00	00:24:09:00	ELDERS DURING THE DURING THE
00:24:09:00	00:24:09:00	COVID PANDEMIC AND I REALLY
00:24:09:00	00:24:12:00	APPRECIATE ALL THAT GREAT WORK
00:24:12:00	00:24:13:00	AND YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY
00:24:13:00	00:24:16:00	INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE
00:24:16:00	00:24:17:00	TO SAY AND STRATEGIZE ABOUT HOW
00:24:17:00	00:24:20:00	WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
00:24:20:00	00:24:20:00	THANK YOU.
00:24:20:00	00:24:21:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:24:21:00	00:24:22:00	THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING
00:24:22:00	00:24:23:00	PASSOVER MEAN HERE YOU HAVE
00:24:23:00	00:24:23:00	FOUR.
00:24:23:00	00:24:26:00	GOOD MORNING CHAIR.
00:24:26:00	00:24:27:00	GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
00:24:27:00	00:24:28:00	HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL.
00:24:28:00	00:24:31:00	I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
00:24:31:00	00:24:31:00	LISTENING AND LEARNING.
00:24:31:00	00:24:35:00	JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT A FEW
00:24:35:00	00:24:35:00	THINGS.
00:24:35:00	00:24:36:00	WHAT I'D LIKE TO LEAN INTO IN
00:24:36:00	00:24:38:00	REGARDS TO A STRONG TWO VERY
00:24:38:00	00:24:39:00	SPECIFIC ISSUES AROUND
00:24:39:00	00:24:43:00	PARENTING GRANDPARENTS AND THE
00:24:43:00	00:24:46:00	SUPPORTS ISSUES OF ELDERS WHO
00:24:46:00	00:24:47:00	ARE ON FIXED INCOMES AND REALLY
00:24:47:00	00:24:50:00	STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET
00:24:50:00	00:24:51:00	AND HOW WE'RE BEING AN ALL
00:24:51:00	00:24:52:00	INCLUSIVE TYPE OF CITY REALLY
00:24:52:00	00:24:54:00	SUPPORTING LGBTQ PLUS ELDERS IN
00:24:54:00	00:24:58:00	REGARDS TO WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT.
00:24:58:00	00:25:02:00	I'M REALLY EXCITED TO LEARN A
00:25:02:00	00:25:03:00	LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WORK
00:25:03:00	00:25:03:00	THAT YOU ARE DOING.
00:25:03:00	00:25:06:00	REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU HERE
00:25:06:00	00:25:06:00	, ALEX.
00:25:06:00	00:25:07:00	I AM CURIOUS MORE AROUND THE
00:25:07:00	00:25:10:00	ISSUES OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
00:25:10:00	00:25:11:00	ADVANCEMENT.
00:25:11:00	00:25:14:00	I LOVE TO LEAN A LITTLE BIT
00:25:14:00	00:25:15:00	MORE ABOUT LIKE WOMEN WHO ARE
00:25:15:00	00:25:16:00	IN THEIR SECOND CAREERS WHO ARE
00:25:16:00	00:25:18:00	A LITTLE BIT OLDER 40 PLUS WHO
00:25:18:00	00:25:21:00	STRUGGLE IN THE WORKPLACE.
00:25:21:00	00:25:22:00	I'D LOVE TO HEAR KIND OF LIKE
00:25:22:00	00:25:25:00	WHAT WE DO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO
00:25:25:00	00:25:26:00	HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP FOR THAT A
00:25:26:00	00:25:29:00	GROUP OF WOMEN AND THEN IN
00:25:29:00	00:25:32:00	TERMS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD AND
00:25:32:00	00:25:36:00	EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, I WOULD
00:25:36:00	00:25:37:00	TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHEN I
00:25:37:00	00:25:40:00	HAD MY DAUGHTER I HAD TO REDUCE
00:25:40:00	00:25:41:00	THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT I WAS
00:25:41:00	00:25:42:00	WORKING IN ORDER FOR ME TO
00:25:42:00	00:25:45:00	QUALIFY FOR A VOUCHER AND THE
00:25:45:00	00:25:46:00	KIND OF THE SYSTEM IN THE TRAP
00:25:46:00	00:25:48:00	THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO KEEP
00:25:48:00	00:25:49:00	WOMEN IN POVERTY.
00:25:49:00	00:25:50:00	SO AS YOU CONTINUE TO EXPAND,
00:25:50:00	00:25:52:00	WOULD LOVE TO HEAR KIND OF YOUR
00:25:52:00	00:25:53:00	OUTREACH PLAN AND HOW WE ARE
00:25:53:00	00:25:56:00	ENGAGING IN REACHING AND
00:25:56:00	00:25:57:00	GETTING THAT COMMUNICATION OUT
00:25:57:00	00:26:00:00	TO FOLKS THAT THESE
00:26:00:00	00:26:01:00	OPPORTUNITIES EXIST BECAUSE
00:26:01:00	00:26:04:00	FOLKS ARE EXCITED BUT THEY
00:26:04:00	00:26:04:00	DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE.
00:26:04:00	00:26:08:00	SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A
00:26:08:00	00:26:08:00	LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR
00:26:08:00	00:26:09:00	TIMELINE.
00:26:09:00	00:26:11:00	SO THOSE ARE THE BIG TICKET
00:26:11:00	00:26:12:00	ITEMS FOR ME AND THANK YOU SO
00:26:12:00	00:26:13:00	MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK
00:26:13:00	00:26:16:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING
00:26:16:00	00:26:16:00	ALONGSIDE EACH OF YOU.
00:26:16:00	00:26:19:00	THANK YOU.
00:26:19:00	00:26:20:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN .
00:26:20:00	00:26:26:00	HERE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY MISS
00:26:26:00	00:26:31:00	ALEJANDRO VALDES WHO IS THE
00:26:31:00	00:26:34:00	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OFFICE
00:26:34:00	00:26:35:00	OF WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT.
00:26:35:00	00:26:37:00	A QUICK DISCLAIMER IS THAT HERE
00:26:37:00	00:26:38:00	IN CITY HALL OUR ELEVATORS ARE
00:26:38:00	00:26:41:00	BROKEN DOWN.
00:26:41:00	00:26:45:00	SO ALL OF YOU AT HOME MISS ALL
00:26:45:00	00:26:46:00	THIS TIME WE JUST HAD TO FIGURE
00:26:46:00	00:26:50:00	OUT HOW TO GET TO THE STAIRS TO
00:26:50:00	00:26:50:00	THE FIFTH FLOOR.
00:26:50:00	00:26:53:00	IT'S A MAZE HERE AND WE ALL
00:26:53:00	00:26:53:00	KNOW THAT.
00:26:53:00	00:26:56:00	THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
00:26:56:00	00:26:58:00	I THINK I'LL GO TO A STRONG
00:26:58:00	00:27:01:00	FIRST AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO
00:27:01:00	00:27:05:00	EARLY CHILDHOOD OR WOMEN'S
00:27:05:00	00:27:05:00	ADVANCEMENT?
00:27:05:00	00:27:06:00	DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE?
00:27:06:00	00:27:09:00	OK, IN THAT CASE THEN WE'LL
00:27:09:00	00:27:12:00	JUST GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
00:27:12:00	00:27:16:00	COMMISSIONER, DID YOU WANT ME
00:27:16:00	00:27:19:00	TO ACKNOWLEDGE NO KALOOGIAN I
00:27:19:00	00:27:22:00	DIDN'T KNOW IS I'M HAPPY TO
00:27:22:00	00:27:23:00	HAVE YOU TO GO.
00:27:23:00	00:27:26:00	WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY SOLUTION
00:27:26:00	00:27:30:00	BECAUSE HAS FANS HERE.
00:27:30:00	00:27:31:00	THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
00:27:31:00	00:27:33:00	COMMISSIONERSHIP GREAT.
00:27:33:00	00:27:34:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:27:34:00	00:27:37:00	CHAIRPERSON FERNANDEZ ANDERSSON
00:27:37:00	00:27:38:00	AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL .
00:27:38:00	00:27:39:00	I'M REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE
00:27:39:00	00:27:42:00	TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE STRONG
00:27:42:00	00:27:43:00	COMMISSION, OUR WORK AND OUR
00:27:43:00	00:27:46:00	PROPOSED BUDGET INVESTMENTS AND
00:27:46:00	00:27:47:00	I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A
00:27:47:00	00:27:50:00	HAPPY OLDER AMERICANS MONTH
00:27:50:00	00:27:50:00	BECAUSE IT'S MADE THANK YOU.
00:27:50:00	00:27:54:00	SO BOSTON BOSTON'S OLDER
00:27:54:00	00:27:55:00	RESIDENTS HAVE GROWN FROM 88000
00:27:55:00	00:27:58:00	IN 2010 TO ONE HUNDRED AND
00:27:58:00	00:28:02:00	TWENTY THOUSAND FOLKS TODAY AND
00:28:02:00	00:28:03:00	GIVEN THAT THE LEADING EDGE
00:28:03:00	00:28:06:00	OF BABY BOOMERS IS ONLY SEVENTY
00:28:06:00	00:28:07:00	SEVEN YEARS OLD, OUR OLDER
00:28:07:00	00:28:10:00	POPULATION WILL CONTINUE TO
00:28:10:00	00:28:10:00	INCREASE FOR MANY YEARS TO
00:28:10:00	00:28:11:00	COME.
00:28:11:00	00:28:14:00	AS A CITY WE NEED TO RESPOND TO
00:28:14:00	00:28:14:00	THAT DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND I
00:28:14:00	00:28:15:00	BELIEVE THAT THIS BUDGET DOES
00:28:15:00	00:28:18:00	JUST THAT.
00:28:18:00	00:28:19:00	I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE BEFORE
00:28:19:00	00:28:21:00	I START TO THANK MY ENTIRE TEAM
00:28:21:00	00:28:22:00	.
00:28:22:00	00:28:23:00	I'M VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE TEAM
00:28:23:00	00:28:25:00	THAT I HAVE AND I KNOW THAT AND
00:28:25:00	00:28:26:00	I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
00:28:26:00	00:28:26:00	OLDER ADULTS AND PARTNERS THAT
00:28:26:00	00:28:29:00	WE WORK WITH CHIEF MASSOW AND
00:28:29:00	00:28:32:00	THE HUMAN SERVICES TEAM, MAYOR
00:28:32:00	00:28:34:00	WU AND OF COURSE ALL OF YOU IT
00:28:34:00	00:28:37:00	CERTAINLY TAKES A VILLAGE TO
00:28:37:00	00:28:38:00	MAKE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALL
00:28:38:00	00:28:40:00	WANT TO LIVE IN AND AJIN SO
00:28:40:00	00:28:41:00	IT'S REALLY JUST ALL OF US
00:28:41:00	00:28:42:00	WORKING TOGETHER THAT MAKES A
00:28:42:00	00:28:44:00	DIFFERENCE AND A VERY SPECIAL
00:28:44:00	00:28:45:00	ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY TO MY
00:28:45:00	00:28:48:00	COLLEAGUE AND MY FRIEND, OUR
00:28:48:00	00:28:49:00	DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE.
00:28:49:00	00:28:52:00	OH, I'M GETTING A LITTLE CHOKED
00:28:52:00	00:28:53:00	UP FRANCIS THOMAS WHO'S HERE
00:28:53:00	00:28:56:00	WITH ME TODAY AFTER MANY YEARS
00:28:56:00	00:28:57:00	WITH US TO AID STRONG THIS IS
00:28:57:00	00:29:00:00	HIS LAST BUDGET HEARING.
00:29:00:00	00:29:04:00	I DIDN'T KNOW I GET A LITTLE
00:29:04:00	00:29:05:00	CHOKED UP ABOUT THAT
00:29:05:00	00:29:08:00	SORRY ABOUT SORRY EVERYONE BUT
00:29:08:00	00:29:09:00	HE'S RETIRING NEXT WEEK WHICH
00:29:09:00	00:29:11:00	IS FANTASTIC FOR HIM.
00:29:11:00	00:29:15:00	NO CLAPPING.
00:29:15:00	00:29:16:00	SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:29:16:00	00:29:19:00	HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO
00:29:19:00	00:29:20:00	THE CITY, TO OUR TEAM AND ALSO
00:29:20:00	00:29:23:00	TO OUR OLDER RESIDENTS.
00:29:23:00	00:29:24:00	HE ALWAYS PUTS THEM FRONT AND
00:29:24:00	00:29:24:00	CENTER.
00:29:24:00	00:29:27:00	THANK YOU, THOMAS.
00:29:27:00	00:29:28:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:29:28:00	00:29:29:00	IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE UP AND
00:29:29:00	00:29:30:00	RUNNING SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND
00:29:30:00	00:29:34:00	USE THIS SO THE TRUNK
00:29:34:00	00:29:36:00	COMMISSION IS THE CITY
00:29:36:00	00:29:37:00	OF BOSTON DEPARTMENT AND BOSTON
00:29:37:00	00:29:38:00	IS A CITY BOSTON DEPARTMENT IN
00:29:38:00	00:29:41:00	BOSTON IS COUNCIL ON AGING AND
00:29:41:00	00:29:41:00	AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
00:29:41:00	00:29:45:00	OUR MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE
00:29:45:00	00:29:45:00	LIVES OF BOSTON'S OLDER
00:29:45:00	00:29:48:00	RESIDENTS WITH MEANINGFUL
00:29:48:00	00:29:49:00	PROGRAMS, RESOURCES AND
00:29:49:00	00:29:52:00	CONNECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ALL
00:29:52:00	00:29:53:00	STRONG IN BOSTON TOGETHER WE
00:29:53:00	00:29:56:00	HAVE A PROPOSED SEVEN POINT SIX
00:29:56:00	00:29:57:00	NINE MILLION DOLLAR OPERATING
00:29:57:00	00:30:00:00	BUDGET A TWENTY SEVEN POINT TWO
00:30:00:00	00:30:01:00	PERCENT INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS
00:30:01:00	00:30:01:00	YEARS.
00:30:01:00	00:30:04:00	WE HAVE A TOTAL BUDGET
00:30:04:00	00:30:05:00	OF TWENTY ONE POINT TWO EIGHT
00:30:05:00	00:30:06:00	MILLION AND JUST UNDER HALF
00:30:06:00	00:30:09:00	OF THIS AND I REALLY LOVE THIS
00:30:09:00	00:30:09:00	JUST UNDER HALF ABOUT TEN
00:30:09:00	00:30:12:00	MILLION DOLLARS IS GIVEN OUT IN
00:30:12:00	00:30:12:00	CONTRACTS AND GRANTS TO OUR
00:30:12:00	00:30:15:00	PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELP
00:30:15:00	00:30:16:00	TO MAKE UP BOSTON'S AGING
00:30:16:00	00:30:16:00	SERVICES NETWORK.
00:30:16:00	00:30:20:00	WE PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES SUCH
00:30:20:00	00:30:20:00	AS TRANSPORTATION, CONNECTION
00:30:20:00	00:30:23:00	TO AGING AND CITY RESOURCES,
00:30:23:00	00:30:24:00	INFORMATION AND BENEFITS,
00:30:24:00	00:30:27:00	OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH
00:30:27:00	00:30:28:00	OTHERS AND STAY ENGAGED AND
00:30:28:00	00:30:29:00	ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AND
00:30:29:00	00:30:31:00	VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.
00:30:31:00	00:30:32:00	WE ARE COMMITTED TO AN AGE AND
00:30:32:00	00:30:35:00	DEMENTIA FRIENDLY BOSTON AND
00:30:35:00	00:30:36:00	WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHERS
00:30:36:00	00:30:39:00	TO ENSURE THAT BOSTON'S SYSTEMS
00:30:39:00	00:30:40:00	STRUCTURE, PROGRAMS AND
00:30:40:00	00:30:41:00	POLICIES TAKE OUR OLDER
00:30:41:00	00:30:46:00	RESIDENTS INTO ACCOUNT.
00:30:46:00	00:30:47:00	AND WE CAN'T DO THIS WORK ALONE
00:30:47:00	00:30:48:00	ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DIVERSITY
00:30:48:00	00:30:50:00	OF BOSTON'S OLDER POPULATION.
00:30:50:00	00:30:51:00	THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS ALL
00:30:51:00	00:30:54:00	OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT
00:30:54:00	00:30:55:00	WE FUND WITH OUR FEDERAL TITLE
00:30:55:00	00:30:57:00	THREE FUNDING AND ALSO NOW OUR
00:30:57:00	00:31:01:00	OPERATING DOLLARS AS BOSTON'S
00:31:01:00	00:31:01:00	AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
00:31:01:00	00:31:04:00	IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
00:31:04:00	00:31:05:00	ASSESS LOCAL NEEDS AND CRAFT
00:31:05:00	00:31:06:00	THE CITY'S PLAN FOR PEOPLE OVER
00:31:06:00	00:31:09:00	THE AGE OF SIXTY WE FUND A
00:31:09:00	00:31:10:00	NETWORK OF PARTNERS TO
00:31:10:00	00:31:12:00	IMPLEMENT THE GOALS OF THE
00:31:12:00	00:31:13:00	OLDER AMERICANS ACT FOR THE
00:31:13:00	00:31:13:00	BOSTON AREA OUR PARTNERS
00:31:13:00	00:31:16:00	PROVIDE IMPORTANT SERVICES SUCH
00:31:16:00	00:31:17:00	AS CAREGIVER SUPPORT, MEALS ON
00:31:17:00	00:31:20:00	WHEELS, COMMUNITY CAFES,
00:31:20:00	00:31:21:00	HOUSING STABILITY, SENIOR
00:31:21:00	00:31:24:00	PROGRAMING AND LEAVE THE LEGAL
00:31:24:00	00:31:28:00	SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS.
00:31:28:00	00:31:29:00	MY TEAM HAS WORKED HARD OVER
00:31:29:00	00:31:31:00	THE PAST YEAR AND I'M VERY
00:31:31:00	00:31:32:00	PROUD OF ALL THAT WE'VE DONE.
00:31:32:00	00:31:35:00	WE EXPANDED SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
00:31:35:00	00:31:35:00	AND REDUCED SOCIAL ISOLATION,
00:31:35:00	00:31:36:00	OPENING A NEW SENIOR CENTER IN
00:31:36:00	00:31:39:00	EAST BOSTON AND WORKING WITH
00:31:39:00	00:31:40:00	CYF TO BEGIN REGULAR SENIOR
00:31:40:00	00:31:43:00	PROGRAMING AT THE MILDREN IN
00:31:43:00	00:31:44:00	MATTAPAN.
00:31:44:00	00:31:47:00	IN ADDITION, WE'VE STARTED TO
00:31:47:00	00:31:48:00	PARTNER WITH THE BC5 PROGRAMS
00:31:48:00	00:31:50:00	IN HYDE PARK AND THE NORTH END
00:31:50:00	00:31:51:00	TO INCREASE PROGRAMING IN THOSE
00:31:51:00	00:31:54:00	LOCATIONS AT THE END OF THE
00:31:54:00	00:31:55:00	LAST FISCAL YEAR WE REALLOCATED
00:31:55:00	00:31:58:00	360000 DOLLARS TO FUND SIXTEEN
00:31:58:00	00:31:59:00	GRANTS TO COMMUNITY
00:31:59:00	00:32:03:00	ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ON THAT
00:32:03:00	00:32:03:00	LIST THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR THE
00:32:03:00	00:32:06:00	GRANTEES WE FUNDED HAVE BEEN
00:32:06:00	00:32:06:00	TARGETING UNDERSERVED
00:32:06:00	00:32:10:00	POPULATIONS TO SOCIALLY ENGAGE
00:32:10:00	00:32:11:00	FOLKS AND REDUCE SOCIAL
00:32:11:00	00:32:14:00	ISOLATION AND WE ARE IN THE
00:32:14:00	00:32:14:00	PROCESS OF REVIEWING
00:32:14:00	00:32:15:00	APPLICATIONS TO ISSUE OUR NEXT
00:32:15:00	00:32:18:00	SET OF GRANTS IN THIS AREA.
00:32:18:00	00:32:19:00	WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR WORK IN
00:32:19:00	00:32:21:00	MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
00:32:21:00	00:32:22:00	WE LAUNCHED A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:32:22:00	00:32:25:00	UNIT TO PROVIDE ASSESSMENT,
00:32:25:00	00:32:26:00	BRIEF INTERVENTION AND
00:32:26:00	00:32:26:00	CONNECTION TO LONG TERM
00:32:26:00	00:32:28:00	RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS FOR
00:32:28:00	00:32:29:00	OLDER ADULTS.
00:32:29:00	00:32:33:00	THE TEAM ALSO IS COORDINATING
00:32:33:00	00:32:34:00	WORKSHOPS AND GROUPS TO ENHANCE
00:32:34:00	00:32:35:00	MENTAL THE MENTAL HEALTH AND
00:32:35:00	00:32:37:00	WELLNESS OF OUR OLDER
00:32:37:00	00:32:37:00	RESIDENTS.
00:32:37:00	00:32:38:00	IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ENGAGED
00:32:38:00	00:32:41:00	A CONSULTANT TO HELP US PLAN
00:32:41:00	00:32:42:00	FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR WORK AND
00:32:42:00	00:32:44:00	ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING
00:32:44:00	00:32:45:00	COMMUNITY GRANTS TO
00:32:45:00	00:32:45:00	ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTNER WITH
00:32:45:00	00:32:48:00	US IN SERVING THE BEHAVIORAL
00:32:48:00	00:32:49:00	HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR OLDER
00:32:49:00	00:32:49:00	RESIDENTS.
00:32:49:00	00:32:52:00	WE'RE PARTNERING WITH A
00:32:52:00	00:32:53:00	CONSULTANT TO HELP US CREATE A
00:32:53:00	00:32:56:00	CITY OF BOSTON PLAN FOR
00:32:56:00	00:32:57:00	HOARDING DISORDER.
00:32:57:00	00:32:58:00	THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AND YET
00:32:58:00	00:33:01:00	CHALLENGING ISSUE OFTEN
00:33:01:00	00:33:01:00	IMPACTING HOUSING STABILITY AND
00:33:01:00	00:33:04:00	IT NEEDS A COMPREHENSIVE
00:33:04:00	00:33:05:00	APPROACH WITH A MENTAL HEALTH
00:33:05:00	00:33:05:00	COMPONENT.
00:33:05:00	00:33:07:00	SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO
00:33:07:00	00:33:08:00	MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD AND OUR
00:33:08:00	00:33:11:00	TEAM IS WORKING HARD TO END THE
00:33:11:00	00:33:12:00	PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY HELPING
00:33:12:00	00:33:13:00	OLDER ADULTS WITH MASS HELP AND
00:33:13:00	00:33:15:00	SNAP.
00:33:15:00	00:33:16:00	WE'RE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC
00:33:16:00	00:33:17:00	SECURITY AND ON DOING
00:33:17:00	00:33:20:00	EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO
00:33:20:00	00:33:20:00	PARTNER ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND
00:33:20:00	00:33:23:00	HELP OUR OLDER RESIDENTS MAKE
00:33:23:00	00:33:26:00	ENDS MEET.
00:33:26:00	00:33:27:00	AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
00:33:27:00	00:33:32:00	THE YEAR TO COME AND OUR BUDGET
00:33:32:00	00:33:32:00	INVESTMENTS.
00:33:32:00	00:33:33:00	SO FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE BEEN
00:33:33:00	00:33:35:00	WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
00:33:35:00	00:33:38:00	TO FINALIZE A REORGANIZATION
00:33:38:00	00:33:39:00	AND HAVE COMPLETED A CLASS AND
00:33:39:00	00:33:43:00	COMP REVIEW IN THIS BUDGET.
00:33:43:00	00:33:44:00	THERE IS FUNDING FOR A
00:33:44:00	00:33:46:00	DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE THAT WILL
00:33:46:00	00:33:47:00	SUPPORT ALL THE WORK THAT WE
00:33:47:00	00:33:47:00	NEED TO AND HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH,
00:33:47:00	00:33:50:00	INCLUDING SOME NEW STAFF
00:33:50:00	00:33:50:00	POSITIONS.
00:33:50:00	00:33:51:00	OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS NOW
00:33:51:00	00:33:54:00	APPROPRIATELY REFLECT THE WORK
00:33:54:00	00:33:55:00	THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND MOST
00:33:55:00	00:33:58:00	IMPORTANTLY WE I'VE WORKED WITH
00:33:58:00	00:33:59:00	H.R. TO REVIEW AND IF NECESSARY
00:33:59:00	00:34:02:00	REGRADE ALL OF OUR JOBS SO THAT
00:34:02:00	00:34:03:00	OUR SALARY SCALES ARE
00:34:03:00	00:34:05:00	REFLECTIVE OF THE IMPORTANT
00:34:05:00	00:34:06:00	WORK THAT OUR TEAM IS DOING.
00:34:06:00	00:34:08:00	WE ALSO HAVE AN INVESTMENT IN
00:34:08:00	00:34:10:00	THIS BUDGET FOCUSED ON THE
00:34:10:00	00:34:11:00	DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE.
00:34:11:00	00:34:13:00	DIRECT CARE WORKERS ARE
00:34:13:00	00:34:13:00	CRITICAL TO KEEPING OLDER
00:34:13:00	00:34:14:00	ADULTS WHERE THEY WANT TO BE IN
00:34:14:00	00:34:17:00	THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR
00:34:17:00	00:34:17:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:34:17:00	00:34:18:00	BUT THERE ARE MANY WORKFORCE
00:34:18:00	00:34:22:00	CHALLENGES INCLUDING
00:34:22:00	00:34:22:00	RECRUITMENT AND WAGES AND
00:34:22:00	00:34:23:00	BENEFITS.
00:34:23:00	00:34:26:00	THE CITY HAS DONE INCREDIBLE
00:34:26:00	00:34:26:00	THINGS AROUND THE CHILD CARE
00:34:26:00	00:34:27:00	WORKFORCE.
00:34:27:00	00:34:27:00	I KNOW KRISTEN IS GOING TO
00:34:27:00	00:34:29:00	SPEAK TO THAT AND WE HOPE TO
00:34:29:00	00:34:30:00	EXPAND OUR IMPACT ACROSS THE
00:34:30:00	00:34:33:00	LIFESPAN.
00:34:33:00	00:34:34:00	THIS INVESTMENT WILL HELP US
00:34:34:00	00:34:35:00	IDENTIFY WHAT WE CAN DO AS A
00:34:35:00	00:34:37:00	CITY TO SUPPORT THE DIRECT CARE
00:34:37:00	00:34:38:00	WORKFORCE AND WILL FUND A PILOT
00:34:38:00	00:34:41:00	PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
00:34:41:00	00:34:42:00	IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN THIS AREA.
00:34:42:00	00:34:45:00	IN ADDITION, THIS BUDGET
00:34:45:00	00:34:46:00	PROPOSAL HEEDS THE CALL OF OUR
00:34:46:00	00:34:49:00	OLDER RESIDENTS FROM ACROSS THE
00:34:49:00	00:34:50:00	CITY FOR MORE DEDICATED SPACE
00:34:50:00	00:34:53:00	AND PROGRAMING FOR THEIR AGE
00:34:53:00	00:34:54:00	GROUP.
00:34:54:00	00:34:54:00	WE KNOW THIS IS EXTREMELY
00:34:54:00	00:34:57:00	IMPORTANT AS SOCIALIZES HAS THE
00:34:57:00	00:34:58:00	SAME HEALTH IMPACT AS SMOKING
00:34:58:00	00:35:01:00	15 CIGARETS A DAY AND THE
00:35:01:00	00:35:02:00	PANDEMIC WAS PARTICULARLY
00:35:02:00	00:35:05:00	ISOLATING FOR THIS AGE GROUP
00:35:05:00	00:35:06:00	THE ANTIDOTE TO ISOLATION IS
00:35:06:00	00:35:09:00	PROGRAMING AND A SPACE FOR
00:35:09:00	00:35:10:00	MAKING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
00:35:10:00	00:35:13:00	I KNOW THAT THE OLDER ADULTS
00:35:13:00	00:35:14:00	OF WEST ROXBURY HAVE BEEN
00:35:14:00	00:35:14:00	ESPECIALLY URGENT IN THEIR
00:35:14:00	00:35:16:00	REQUEST FOR A SENIOR CENTER AND
00:35:16:00	00:35:17:00	ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER.
00:35:17:00	00:35:17:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
00:35:17:00	00:35:21:00	THAT OUR OLDER RESIDENTS ARE
00:35:21:00	00:35:22:00	ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
00:35:22:00	00:35:23:00	RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO
00:35:23:00	00:35:24:00	LIVE OUR BEST LIVES.
00:35:24:00	00:35:25:00	BUT WE KNOW THAT WEST ROXBURY
00:35:25:00	00:35:28:00	IS FAR FROM THE ONLY
00:35:28:00	00:35:29:00	NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS RAISED
00:35:29:00	00:35:29:00	SPACE AND PROGRAMING AS AN
00:35:29:00	00:35:33:00	ISSUE IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE.
00:35:33:00	00:35:34:00	I AND I THINK PROBABLY MANY
00:35:34:00	00:35:37:00	OF YOU HAVE ALSO HEARD FROM
00:35:37:00	00:35:40:00	OLDER ADULTS IN ROXBURY IN
00:35:40:00	00:35:41:00	MATTAPAN, THE NORTH AND THE
00:35:41:00	00:35:43:00	WEST END HYDE PARK, ROSLINDALE
00:35:43:00	00:35:44:00	, JAMAICA PLAIN THE DAY TO SEE
00:35:44:00	00:35:47:00	AN URGENT NEED FOR DEDICATED
00:35:47:00	00:35:48:00	SPACE AND ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING
00:35:48:00	00:35:49:00	FOR SENIORS IN THEIR
00:35:49:00	00:35:51:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:35:51:00	00:35:52:00	AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
00:35:52:00	00:35:53:00	SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AS WELL.
00:35:53:00	00:35:56:00	ARE WE DOING THE PROGRAMING
00:35:56:00	00:35:58:00	THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR
00:35:58:00	00:35:59:00	POPULATIONS THAT SPEAK A SECOND
00:35:59:00	00:36:03:00	LANGUAGE FOR OUR LGBTQ PLUS
00:36:03:00	00:36:03:00	POPULATION?
00:36:03:00	00:36:07:00	SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT
00:36:07:00	00:36:08:00	NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THIS AREA.
00:36:08:00	00:36:10:00	OUR APPROACH TO BE EXPRESSED TO
00:36:10:00	00:36:11:00	THIS EXPRESSED NEED IN THIS
00:36:11:00	00:36:14:00	BUDGET IS TWOFOLD.
00:36:14:00	00:36:15:00	FIRST, WE ARE INCREASING OUR
00:36:15:00	00:36:16:00	CITY INVESTMENT IN PROGRAMING
00:36:16:00	00:36:18:00	FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH THE
00:36:18:00	00:36:19:00	REORGANIZATION AND THE BUDGET
00:36:19:00	00:36:22:00	INVESTMENT MY TEAM DEDICATED TO
00:36:22:00	00:36:23:00	CITYWIDE PROGRAMING WILL GO
00:36:23:00	00:36:26:00	FROM FOUR PEOPLE TO NINE PEOPLE
00:36:26:00	00:36:26:00	.
00:36:26:00	00:36:27:00	WE WILL CONTINUE TO FUND OUR
00:36:27:00	00:36:31:00	TEN COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT RUN
00:36:31:00	00:36:31:00	SENIOR CENTER TYPE PROGRAMING
00:36:31:00	00:36:32:00	WITH ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
00:36:32:00	00:36:34:00	THOUSAND OF OUR OLDER AMERICANS
00:36:34:00	00:36:35:00	ACT FUNDING AND WE WILL
00:36:35:00	00:36:38:00	CONTINUE OUR EXPANDING
00:36:38:00	00:36:38:00	ENGAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM WHERE
00:36:38:00	00:36:41:00	WE USE OPERATING DOLLARS TO
00:36:41:00	00:36:42:00	TACKLE SOCIAL ISOLATION BY
00:36:42:00	00:36:43:00	GIVING LOW BARRIER GRANTS TO
00:36:43:00	00:36:46:00	DIVERSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
00:36:46:00	00:36:47:00	IN ADDITION, WE WILL CONTINUE
00:36:47:00	00:36:50:00	WORK STARTED THIS YEAR BY
00:36:50:00	00:36:51:00	WORKING MORE INTENTIONALLY WITH
00:36:51:00	00:36:54:00	OUR SISTER AGENCIES AND THE
00:36:54:00	00:36:55:00	HUMAN SERVICES CABINET IN NY.
00:36:55:00	00:36:57:00	TWENTY FOUR BY CYF HAS OVER
00:36:57:00	00:36:58:00	FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
00:36:58:00	00:37:00:00	FOR SENIOR PROGRAMING IN THEIR
00:37:00:00	00:37:01:00	BUDGET AND TOGETHER WE WILL
00:37:01:00	00:37:02:00	MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY
00:37:02:00	00:37:05:00	CENTERS ARE SERVING SENIORS IN
00:37:05:00	00:37:05:00	THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH UNMET
00:37:05:00	00:37:09:00	DEMAND AND WE WILL WORK IN
00:37:09:00	00:37:10:00	PARTNERSHIP TO BRING EVEN MORE
00:37:10:00	00:37:11:00	SENIOR PROGRAMING TO THE
00:37:11:00	00:37:13:00	LIBRARIES IN THE NY 24 LIBRARY
00:37:13:00	00:37:14:00	BUDGET.
00:37:14:00	00:37:16:00	THERE'S THE FIRST EVER STRONG
00:37:16:00	00:37:17:00	LIBRARIAN WHO WILL BE DEDICATED
00:37:17:00	00:37:20:00	TO PROGRAMING FOR OLDER PEOPLE
00:37:20:00	00:37:21:00	AND WILL BE HOUSED FOR THIS
00:37:21:00	00:37:24:00	FIRST WILL BE HOUSED IN THE
00:37:24:00	00:37:25:00	WEST ROXBURY BRANCH WHICH IN
00:37:25:00	00:37:28:00	BOSTON HAS THE HIGHEST
00:37:28:00	00:37:29:00	PERCENTAGE OF OLDER ADULTS PER
00:37:29:00	00:37:31:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:37:31:00	00:37:32:00	SECOND, OUR BUDGET INCLUDES
00:37:32:00	00:37:35:00	FUNDING FOR A CITYWIDE SENIOR
00:37:35:00	00:37:35:00	PROGRAMING NEEDS ASSESSMENT
00:37:35:00	00:37:39:00	WHICH WILL IDENTIFY PROJECTED
00:37:39:00	00:37:40:00	NUMBERS OF OLDER ADULTS WHERE
00:37:40:00	00:37:42:00	THEY ARE LIVING AND WHERE THERE
00:37:42:00	00:37:43:00	MIGHT BE THE NEED FOR
00:37:43:00	00:37:46:00	ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING.
00:37:46:00	00:37:47:00	THE STUDY WILL ENABLE THE CITY
00:37:47:00	00:37:48:00	TO MAKE INVESTMENTS BASED ON
00:37:48:00	00:37:50:00	NEED ENSURING THERE IS EQUITY
00:37:50:00	00:37:51:00	AND FAIRNESS IN THE PROCESS AND
00:37:51:00	00:37:54:00	FOCUSING ON UPLIFTING THE NEEDS
00:37:54:00	00:37:55:00	OF ALL OF THE CITY'S OLDER
00:37:55:00	00:37:57:00	ADULTS INCLUDING THOSE THAT
00:37:57:00	00:37:58:00	HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY
00:37:58:00	00:37:58:00	MARGINALIZED.
00:37:58:00	00:38:02:00	IT IS CLEAR THAT INVESTMENT IS
00:38:02:00	00:38:03:00	NEEDED IN SENIOR PROGRAMING,
00:38:03:00	00:38:03:00	WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING GIVEN
00:38:03:00	00:38:05:00	OUR AGING POPULATION.
00:38:05:00	00:38:06:00	I ACTUALLY THINK THE BABY
00:38:06:00	00:38:09:00	BOOMERS HAVE CHANGED EVERY
00:38:09:00	00:38:10:00	EVERY PLACE THEY'VE GONE
00:38:10:00	00:38:13:00	THROUGH RIGHT AS THEY'VE AGED
00:38:13:00	00:38:15:00	AND AS A CITY WE NEED TO HEED
00:38:15:00	00:38:17:00	THIS CALL.
00:38:17:00	00:38:18:00	BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT
00:38:18:00	00:38:19:00	TAKING A NEIGHBORHOOD BY
00:38:19:00	00:38:20:00	NEIGHBORHOOD APPROACH TO THIS
00:38:20:00	00:38:21:00	NEED WILL RESULT IN GREATER
00:38:21:00	00:38:25:00	INEQUITIES AND LEAD TO A COSTLY
00:38:25:00	00:38:26:00	, DUPLICATIVE PROCESS THAT
00:38:26:00	00:38:28:00	INCREASES COSTS FOR THE CITY AS
00:38:28:00	00:38:29:00	INCREASED TIME AND OPPORTUNITY
00:38:29:00	00:38:29:00	COSTS.
00:38:29:00	00:38:32:00	IN ADDITION TO EXAMINING
00:38:32:00	00:38:32:00	PROGRAMING NEEDS, THIS
00:38:32:00	00:38:33:00	ASSESSMENT THAT WE'VE PROPOSED
00:38:33:00	00:38:36:00	COULD ALSO IDENTIFY WHERE
00:38:36:00	00:38:37:00	ADDITIONAL SPACE MAY BE
00:38:37:00	00:38:37:00	REQUIRED TO MEET PROJECTED
00:38:37:00	00:38:40:00	NEEDS.
00:38:40:00	00:38:41:00	SO MANY, MANY EXCITING THINGS
00:38:41:00	00:38:45:00	TO COME AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
00:38:45:00	00:38:46:00	ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR
00:38:46:00	00:38:48:00	OFFICE AND FOR OUR OLDER
00:38:48:00	00:38:49:00	RESIDENTS.
00:38:49:00	00:38:51:00	YOU'RE ALL SO GOOD AROUND THAT
00:38:51:00	00:38:52:00	WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
00:38:52:00	00:38:53:00	OUR WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
00:38:53:00	00:38:56:00	ALL OF YOU AND WITH BOSTON'S
00:38:56:00	00:38:56:00	OLDER RESIDENTS AND I'D BE
00:38:56:00	00:38:59:00	HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
00:38:59:00	00:39:00:00	THAT YOU HAVE.
00:39:00:00	00:39:00:00	THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
00:39:00:00	00:39:03:00	I'D LIKE TO ASK MY
00:39:03:00	00:39:04:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IF THEY FEEL
00:39:04:00	00:39:05:00	THE NEED TO BREAK DOWN THE
00:39:05:00	00:39:08:00	BUDGET IN A SECONDARY
00:39:08:00	00:39:08:00	PRESENTATION FROM OUR BUDGET
00:39:08:00	00:39:11:00	ANALYST OR IF NOT, WE'LL JUST
00:39:11:00	00:39:13:00	PROCEED BY SHOW OF HANDS.
00:39:13:00	00:39:18:00	YES, YOU SURE DO YOU WANT A
00:39:18:00	00:39:18:00	COPY?
00:39:18:00	00:39:22:00	YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU?
00:39:22:00	00:39:22:00	YES.
00:39:22:00	00:39:25:00	I'LL VOTE IT.
00:39:25:00	00:39:25:00	SORRY .
00:39:25:00	00:39:26:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:39:26:00	00:39:29:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:39:29:00	00:39:30:00	SO WE'LL GO TO OUR FIRST ROUND
00:39:30:00	00:39:30:00	OF QUESTIONS.
00:39:30:00	00:39:33:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
00:39:33:00	00:39:34:00	FIVE MINUTES FOR YOUR
00:39:34:00	00:39:34:00	QUESTIONS.
00:39:34:00	00:39:37:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
00:39:37:00	00:39:37:00	YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
00:39:37:00	00:39:47:00	CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
00:39:47:00	00:39:48:00	RETIREMENT.
00:39:48:00	00:39:48:00	YOU CLEARLY WILL BE MISSED.
00:39:48:00	00:39:49:00	YES.
00:39:49:00	00:39:50:00	BIG SHOES TO FILL BUT THANK YOU
00:39:50:00	00:39:51:00	AND THANK YOU EMILY FOR THAT.
00:39:51:00	00:39:52:00	YOU KNOW A LOT OF THINGS YOU
00:39:52:00	00:39:52:00	TOUCHED ON.
00:39:52:00	00:39:54:00	I KNOW WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE
00:39:54:00	00:39:56:00	TO UPLIFT.
00:39:56:00	00:39:57:00	ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR A LOT
00:39:57:00	00:39:59:00	ABOUT IS THE TRANSPORTATION.
00:39:59:00	00:40:00:00	SO MAYBE YOU COULD TALK ABOUT
00:40:00:00	00:40:04:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE
00:40:04:00	00:40:05:00	ENOUGH IN THE BUDGET OR WE'RE
00:40:05:00	00:40:05:00	CONNECTING WITH MBT OR OTHER
00:40:05:00	00:40:08:00	SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
00:40:08:00	00:40:11:00	SENIORS ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE
00:40:11:00	00:40:12:00	EVENTS.
00:40:12:00	00:40:13:00	I KNOW SOMETIMES LIKE THE
00:40:13:00	00:40:14:00	SENIOR SHUTTLE IN SOUTH BOSTON
00:40:14:00	00:40:15:00	AND OTHER PLACES COMMUNITIES
00:40:15:00	00:40:16:00	HAVE STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT
00:40:16:00	00:40:19:00	WHICH IS GREAT AND NEEDED BUT
00:40:19:00	00:40:20:00	JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
00:40:20:00	00:40:20:00	PUTTING ENOUGH MONEY AND
00:40:20:00	00:40:23:00	RESOURCES TO THE TRANSPORTATION
00:40:23:00	00:40:24:00	PART WOULD BE GREAT.
00:40:24:00	00:40:24:00	SURE, SURE.
00:40:24:00	00:40:28:00	SO I CAN I CAN SPEAK TO THAT A
00:40:28:00	00:40:31:00	LITTLE BIT SO YOU KNOW, WE
00:40:31:00	00:40:32:00	PROBABLY WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH
00:40:32:00	00:40:33:00	MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO GET
00:40:33:00	00:40:35:00	EVERYBODY WHERE THEY NEED TO GO
00:40:35:00	00:40:36:00	ALL THE TIME.
00:40:36:00	00:40:39:00	BUT WE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWENTY
00:40:39:00	00:40:42:00	ONE DRIVER POSITIONS.
00:40:42:00	00:40:46:00	WE HAVE ONE UNFILLED CURRENTLY
00:40:46:00	00:40:47:00	WE HAVE DONE SOME WORK OVER THE
00:40:47:00	00:40:50:00	YEARS.
00:40:50:00	00:40:51:00	WE HAVE A LOT MORE PLANNED TO
00:40:51:00	00:40:54:00	DO AROUND OUR SHUTTLE AND WE
00:40:54:00	00:40:57:00	ACTUALLY HAVE A WOMAN WHO'S
00:40:57:00	00:40:59:00	GOING TO COME IN AND HELP US TO
00:40:59:00	00:41:00:00	LOOK AT SOME OF OUR
00:41:00:00	00:41:01:00	TRANSPORTATION.
00:41:01:00	00:41:02:00	JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WE
00:41:02:00	00:41:02:00	IMPLEMENTED NEW SCHEDULING
00:41:02:00	00:41:05:00	SOFTWARE AND WE THINK THAT THIS
00:41:05:00	00:41:09:00	NEW SCHEDULING SOFTWARE CAN
00:41:09:00	00:41:12:00	HELP US BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH
00:41:12:00	00:41:13:00	OUR SCHEDULING AND OUR OUR
00:41:13:00	00:41:13:00	PROGRAM.
00:41:13:00	00:41:16:00	SO AS WE KIND OF COME OUT POSTS
00:41:16:00	00:41:20:00	POST COVID WILL BE LOOKING AT
00:41:20:00	00:41:21:00	HOW WE MORE FULLY UTILIZE THAT
00:41:21:00	00:41:24:00	SOFTWARE.
00:41:24:00	00:41:27:00	IN ADDITION, WE WE WANT TO MAKE
00:41:27:00	00:41:32:00	SURE THAT WE WANT TO EXPAND THE
00:41:32:00	00:41:32:00	NUMBER OF PLACES THAT WE'RE
00:41:32:00	00:41:32:00	DRIVING.
00:41:32:00	00:41:35:00	SO RIGHT NOW WE PRIORITIZE
00:41:35:00	00:41:36:00	MEDICAL RIGHTS BUT WE KNOW THAT
00:41:36:00	00:41:38:00	THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER TYPES
00:41:38:00	00:41:39:00	OF RIDES THAT ARE REALLY
00:41:39:00	00:41:39:00	IMPORTANT AS WELL AND ACTUALLY
00:41:39:00	00:41:42:00	THAT SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT RIDES
00:41:42:00	00:41:46:00	HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON ON FOLKS
00:41:46:00	00:41:46:00	HEALTH AS WELL.
00:41:46:00	00:41:50:00	AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE
00:41:50:00	00:41:51:00	LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY SEEKING
00:41:51:00	00:41:54:00	OUTSIDE FUNDING POTENTIALLY
00:41:54:00	00:41:55:00	FROM HEALTH, HEALTH AND
00:41:55:00	00:41:58:00	HOSPITALS TO COVER SOME OF THE
00:41:58:00	00:41:58:00	MEDICAL RIDES THAT WE'RE DOING
00:41:58:00	00:42:01:00	IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXPAND IN
00:42:01:00	00:42:02:00	OTHER WAYS.
00:42:02:00	00:42:03:00	SO I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO TAKE
00:42:03:00	00:42:04:00	UP ALL YOUR TIME BUT I DON'T
00:42:04:00	00:42:05:00	SEE A LOT OF WORK IN THAT AREA.
00:42:05:00	00:42:06:00	BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT
00:42:06:00	00:42:09:00	YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT AND THEN
00:42:09:00	00:42:10:00	MAYBE LEANING ON OUR HOSPITALS
00:42:10:00	00:42:11:00	OR COMMUNITY CENTERS TO HELP
00:42:11:00	00:42:13:00	WITH THOSE RIDES THAT WOULD
00:42:13:00	00:42:14:00	FREE UP BECAUSE I DO HERE AND
00:42:14:00	00:42:15:00	YOU MENTIONED WHICH WE ALL KNOW
00:42:15:00	00:42:18:00	HERE THAT ISOLATION AT ALL AGE
00:42:18:00	00:42:20:00	GROUPS BUT IT IS A HELP AND
00:42:20:00	00:42:21:00	NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACT ON OUR
00:42:21:00	00:42:24:00	SENIORS AND GETTING THEM OUT
00:42:24:00	00:42:25:00	INTO EVENTS.
00:42:25:00	00:42:26:00	I KNOW THERE WHEN I SEE THEM AT
00:42:26:00	00:42:29:00	EVENTS THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE
00:42:29:00	00:42:32:00	GATHERING AND THEY ARE SO JUST
00:42:32:00	00:42:33:00	WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
00:42:33:00	00:42:35:00	ABLE TO TRANSPORT IF NEEDED IS
00:42:35:00	00:42:36:00	IMPORTANT.
00:42:36:00	00:42:39:00	AND YOU DID SPEAK ABOUT THE
00:42:39:00	00:42:40:00	DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS
00:42:40:00	00:42:41:00	WEST ROXBURY HAS THE MOST
00:42:41:00	00:42:44:00	SENIORS BUT NOT REALLY A
00:42:44:00	00:42:44:00	QUESTION BUT JUST DO APPRECIATE
00:42:44:00	00:42:47:00	THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT LENS,
00:42:47:00	00:42:48:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING
00:42:48:00	00:42:51:00	AT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS
00:42:51:00	00:42:52:00	THE CITY AND SENIORS WHO MAY
00:42:52:00	00:42:53:00	NOT IN COMMUNITIES THAT MAY NOT
00:42:53:00	00:42:55:00	BE OR EVEN KNOW TO SPEAK UP
00:42:55:00	00:42:56:00	THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
00:42:56:00	00:42:58:00	POPULATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE
00:42:58:00	00:42:59:00	SURE WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR IN
00:42:59:00	00:43:00:00	THE PROGRAMING.
00:43:00:00	00:43:03:00	I KNOW THAT MYSELF AND OTHERS
00:43:03:00	00:43:05:00	ADVOCATED IN THE SUPER FUNDS TO
00:43:05:00	00:43:06:00	HAVE PROGRAMING FOR SENIORS
00:43:06:00	00:43:07:00	SPECIFICALLY BUT MAKING SURE
00:43:07:00	00:43:10:00	THAT THAT CONTINUES THAT IT'S
00:43:10:00	00:43:11:00	NOT JUST AN OFFER THAT WE'RE
00:43:11:00	00:43:12:00	CONTINUING TO PUT THE
00:43:12:00	00:43:14:00	PROGRAMING INTO OUR BUDGETS.
00:43:14:00	00:43:15:00	YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS THE
00:43:15:00	00:43:18:00	MEMORY CAFE OVERGROW FALL LAST
00:43:18:00	00:43:19:00	WEEK WAS GREAT WITH THE SENIORS
00:43:19:00	00:43:22:00	AND YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW,
00:43:22:00	00:43:25:00	BOB QUICK CLOSE PROGRAMING AT
00:43:25:00	00:43:26:00	SO JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE
00:43:26:00	00:43:27:00	EXPANDING OUR PROGRAMING INTO
00:43:27:00	00:43:30:00	OUR DCF CENTERS WHICH WERE
00:43:30:00	00:43:31:00	ALWAYS BUILT IN MIND OF THE
00:43:31:00	00:43:34:00	INTO THE GENERATIONAL NOT JUST
00:43:34:00	00:43:35:00	OUR TEENS OR OUR YOUTH BUT THEY
00:43:35:00	00:43:38:00	WERE BUILT TO MAKE SURE OUR
00:43:38:00	00:43:39:00	SENIORS ALSO HAD PLACES TO
00:43:39:00	00:43:41:00	GATHER SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD
00:43:41:00	00:43:42:00	TO SUPPORTING YOU IN THAT.
00:43:42:00	00:43:42:00	THANK YOU.
00:43:42:00	00:43:45:00	THANK CHAIR.
00:43:45:00	00:43:46:00	THAT'S ALL.
00:43:46:00	00:43:46:00	THANK YOU.
00:43:46:00	00:43:47:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY,
00:43:47:00	00:43:49:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN.
00:43:49:00	00:43:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:43:53:00	00:43:54:00	I HAVE MAYBE ONE QUESTION ONE
00:43:54:00	00:43:56:00	COMMENT TO COMMISSIONER SHAY WE
00:43:56:00	00:44:00:00	HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
00:44:00:00	00:44:01:00	YEARS SCAMS THAT ARE TARGETING
00:44:01:00	00:44:03:00	OUR SENIORS.
00:44:03:00	00:44:07:00	UNFORTUNATELY SENIORS ARE
00:44:07:00	00:44:08:00	GETTING CALLS ON THE TELEPHONE
00:44:08:00	00:44:11:00	EVEN PRETENDING TO BE SENIORS A
00:44:11:00	00:44:12:00	LOVED ONE AS YOU KNOW, ASKING
00:44:12:00	00:44:15:00	ASKING FOR MONEY.
00:44:15:00	00:44:19:00	SOME SENIORS HAVE GONE TO THE
00:44:19:00	00:44:20:00	BANK AND TAKEN OUT CASH AND
00:44:20:00	00:44:25:00	SENT CASH TO SOMEONE THAT THEY
00:44:25:00	00:44:26:00	THOUGHT WAS A LOVED ONE BUT
00:44:26:00	00:44:29:00	REALLY WAS A PERSON TRYING A
00:44:29:00	00:44:32:00	SCAM A SENIOR VERY
00:44:32:00	00:44:36:00	DISCOURAGING, VERY PROBABLY THE
00:44:36:00	00:44:37:00	WORST WORST POSSIBLE THING YOU
00:44:37:00	00:44:40:00	COULD DO TO SOMEONE ESPECIALLY
00:44:40:00	00:44:41:00	A SENIOR ON FIXED INCOMES IS
00:44:41:00	00:44:46:00	STEAL OUR MONEY.
00:44:46:00	00:44:47:00	I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS.
00:44:47:00	00:44:50:00	I KNOW YOU'VE HAD PROGRAMS ON
00:44:50:00	00:44:50:00	US IN THE PAST.
00:44:50:00	00:44:54:00	WHAT WHAT ARE YOU FOCUSED ON IN
00:44:54:00	00:44:55:00	WHAT IS YOUR TEAM DOING ABOUT
00:44:55:00	00:44:58:00	THIS CHALLENGE FACING MANY
00:44:58:00	00:44:58:00	SENIORS?
00:44:58:00	00:44:59:00	YEAH.
00:44:59:00	00:44:59:00	THANK YOU.
00:44:59:00	00:45:01:00	THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT
00:45:01:00	00:45:02:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN.
00:45:02:00	00:45:05:00	I MEAN I THINK THAT SCAM'S IS A
00:45:05:00	00:45:06:00	HUGE ISSUE IN OUR SENIORITY
00:45:06:00	00:45:09:00	MAGAZINE.
00:45:09:00	00:45:10:00	WE MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THEM
00:45:10:00	00:45:11:00	IN IN EVERY ISSUE TO HIGHLIGHT
00:45:11:00	00:45:13:00	A DIFFERENT SCAM.
00:45:13:00	00:45:14:00	I KNOW WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE
00:45:14:00	00:45:17:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:45:17:00	00:45:18:00	THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE
00:45:18:00	00:45:18:00	OFFICERS DO A LOT
00:45:18:00	00:45:21:00	OF PRESENTATIONS AROUND SCAMS
00:45:21:00	00:45:25:00	AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A IN OUR
00:45:25:00	00:45:26:00	VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, OUR
00:45:26:00	00:45:29:00	VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN
00:45:29:00	00:45:30:00	THE AMERICORPS SENIORS PROGRAMS
00:45:30:00	00:45:32:00	FOR FOLKS 55 AND OVER.
00:45:32:00	00:45:33:00	WE HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS
00:45:33:00	00:45:37:00	THAT ARE TRAINED IN A PROGRAM
00:45:37:00	00:45:38:00	CALLED MONEY SMARTS FOR OLDER
00:45:38:00	00:45:42:00	ADULTS AND THAT IS A PROGRAM
00:45:42:00	00:45:45:00	THAT THEY GIVE A WORKSHOP THAT
00:45:45:00	00:45:46:00	THEY GIVE TO OLDER ADULTS IN
00:45:46:00	00:45:48:00	THE COMMUNITY AND A PIECE
00:45:48:00	00:45:49:00	OF THAT IS IS DEFINITELY AROUND
00:45:49:00	00:45:53:00	SCAM'S THAT FOLKS CAN GET
00:45:53:00	00:45:53:00	CAUGHT UP IN.
00:45:53:00	00:45:56:00	BUT I THINK YOU CRITICAL TO
00:45:56:00	00:46:00:00	CONTINUE THE WORK AROUND SCAM'S
00:46:00:00	00:46:01:00	AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
00:46:01:00	00:46:02:00	REACHING OUT TO EVERYBODY ABOUT
00:46:02:00	00:46:06:00	THAT.
00:46:06:00	00:46:07:00	THANK YOU, EMILY.
00:46:07:00	00:46:08:00	IN MY FINAL MY FINAL QUESTION
00:46:08:00	00:46:10:00	CERTAINLY DURING THE PANDEMIC
00:46:10:00	00:46:14:00	WE SAW A LOT OF SENIORS SEEKING
00:46:14:00	00:46:15:00	HELP SEEKING ASSISTANCE ON FOOD
00:46:15:00	00:46:18:00	ACCESS RELATED ISSUES.
00:46:18:00	00:46:19:00	I KNOW YOUR OFFICE WORK WITH SO
00:46:19:00	00:46:22:00	MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY.
00:46:22:00	00:46:23:00	CITY COUNCIL IS THE MAYOR'S
00:46:23:00	00:46:29:00	OFFICE BPA BUT ALSO OFFICE
00:46:29:00	00:46:30:00	OF FOOD ACCESS AND PERSONS WITH
00:46:30:00	00:46:31:00	DISABILITIES.
00:46:31:00	00:46:34:00	HOW IMPORTANT IS IT WORKING FOR
00:46:34:00	00:46:35:00	YOUR DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH
00:46:35:00	00:46:38:00	OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ON THESE
00:46:38:00	00:46:38:00	CRITICAL ISSUES?
00:46:38:00	00:46:39:00	YEAH, SURE.
00:46:39:00	00:46:42:00	I WOULD SAY RIGHT.
00:46:42:00	00:46:43:00	WE CAN ALL DO MORE IN
00:46:43:00	00:46:46:00	PARTNERSHIP.
00:46:46:00	00:46:47:00	IT'S I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S
00:46:47:00	00:46:50:00	HOW YOU GET THE WORK DONE AND I
00:46:50:00	00:46:51:00	WOULD SAY NOT ONLY IS IT
00:46:51:00	00:46:51:00	CRITICAL ACROSS CITY
00:46:51:00	00:46:54:00	DEPARTMENTS BUT THE WORK THAT
00:46:54:00	00:46:55:00	WE DO AROUND FOOD WE WORK WITH
00:46:55:00	00:46:57:00	A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON
00:46:57:00	00:47:01:00	AS WELL THE LARGEMOUTH YORTY
00:47:01:00	00:47:02:00	OF OUR FEDERAL OLDER AMERICANS
00:47:02:00	00:47:05:00	ACT DOLLARS ARE ACTUALLY
00:47:05:00	00:47:06:00	DEDICATED TO NUTRITION TO THE
00:47:06:00	00:47:10:00	MEALS ON WHEELS AND COMMUNITY
00:47:10:00	00:47:13:00	CAFE PROGRAM AND WE WORK WITH
00:47:13:00	00:47:13:00	COMMUNITY PARTNERS AROUND
00:47:13:00	00:47:14:00	AROUND THOSE FUNDS THAT KIND
00:47:14:00	00:47:18:00	OF COME TO US THINK AND GO OUT
00:47:18:00	00:47:19:00	TO THEM AND WE HAVE A FUNDING
00:47:19:00	00:47:21:00	AND MONITORING ROLE AROUND
00:47:21:00	00:47:21:00	THAT.
00:47:21:00	00:47:25:00	BUT YES, VERY IMPORTANT TO WORK
00:47:25:00	00:47:26:00	ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
00:47:26:00	00:47:26:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:26:00	00:47:29:00	THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
00:47:29:00	00:47:30:00	THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
00:47:30:00	00:47:31:00	THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB.
00:47:31:00	00:47:33:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:47:33:00	00:47:36:00	THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT ONE
00:47:36:00	00:47:37:00	COUNCIL BREADON YOU HAVE A
00:47:37:00	00:47:37:00	FLOOR.
00:47:37:00	00:47:40:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:47:40:00	00:47:41:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:41:00	00:47:42:00	PRESIDENT FLYNN IS AS ALREADY
00:47:42:00	00:47:44:00	ASKED OF MY QUESTIONS WITH
00:47:44:00	00:47:51:00	REGARD TO THE SCAM'S AND I
00:47:51:00	00:47:55:00	REALLY OUR ELDERS ARE SO
00:47:55:00	00:47:56:00	VULNERABLE AND WE HAVE HAD
00:47:56:00	00:47:59:00	SEVERAL INSTANCES OF FOLKS YOU
00:47:59:00	00:48:01:00	KNOW THE IDEA OF FISHING THE
00:48:01:00	00:48:04:00	CHECKS OUT OF THE MAILBOX AND
00:48:04:00	00:48:04:00	PEOPLE HAVING THOUSANDS
00:48:04:00	00:48:07:00	OF DOLLARS TRANSFERRED OUT
00:48:07:00	00:48:08:00	OF THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS.
00:48:08:00	00:48:10:00	THAT'S A VERY PREVALENT PROBLEM
00:48:10:00	00:48:11:00	THAT NOT JUST ELDERS ARE
00:48:11:00	00:48:16:00	VULNERABLE BUT ELDERS TEND TO
00:48:16:00	00:48:16:00	BE MORE VULNERABLE BECAUSE THEY
00:48:16:00	00:48:18:00	TEND TO BE THE FOLKS THAT WRITE
00:48:18:00	00:48:19:00	THE CHECK AND PUT IT IN THE
00:48:19:00	00:48:19:00	MAIL.
00:48:19:00	00:48:22:00	I WAS WONDERING ABOUT, YOU
00:48:22:00	00:48:23:00	KNOW, THE EXTENT OF THE
00:48:23:00	00:48:26:00	FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM
00:48:26:00	00:48:30:00	BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE
00:48:30:00	00:48:31:00	INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE WITH
00:48:31:00	00:48:34:00	SCAMS AND YOU REVERSE MORTGAGE
00:48:34:00	00:48:38:00	PACKAGES THAT ARE SIGNED TOO
00:48:38:00	00:48:39:00	GOOD TO BE TRUE BECAUSE THEY
00:48:39:00	00:48:40:00	PROBABLY ARE TOO GOOD TO BE
00:48:40:00	00:48:42:00	TRUE AND WHAT TO WHAT EXTENT
00:48:42:00	00:48:43:00	WE'RE ABLE TO SCAFFOLDED THAT
00:48:43:00	00:48:46:00	OUT AND THE OTHER AREA THAT IS
00:48:46:00	00:48:46:00	VERY PREVALENT IS IS THE
00:48:46:00	00:48:50:00	COMMUNITY ELECTRICITY THE
00:48:50:00	00:48:51:00	AGGREGATION THE BOSTON
00:48:51:00	00:48:52:00	COMMUNITY CHOICE PROGRAM IS A
00:48:52:00	00:48:55:00	VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO LOWER
00:48:55:00	00:48:56:00	YOUR YOUR ENERGY COSTS AND THE
00:48:56:00	00:48:56:00	CITY.
00:48:56:00	00:48:59:00	BUT OUR ELDERS AND OUR FOLKS
00:48:59:00	00:49:00:00	WHOSE ENGLISH IS NOT THE FIRST
00:49:00:00	00:49:02:00	LANGUAGE OF VULNERABLE TO SCAMS
00:49:02:00	00:49:05:00	AND I WONDER HOW WE ADDRESSING
00:49:05:00	00:49:07:00	THAT IN AND THROUGH OUR WORK
00:49:07:00	00:49:09:00	WITH ELDERS IN THE
00:49:09:00	00:49:10:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN ALSO
00:49:10:00	00:49:14:00	WITH REGARD TO THE THE RIDES, I
00:49:14:00	00:49:18:00	DON'T KNOW JUST AND IN BRIGHTON
00:49:18:00	00:49:21:00	HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE DO WE HAVE
00:49:21:00	00:49:25:00	A DO WE HAVE A VAN AND WHAT IS
00:49:25:00	00:49:26:00	THE USE IN THE UTILITY OF THAT?
00:49:26:00	00:49:29:00	HOW MANY FOLKS ARE USING IT?
00:49:29:00	00:49:30:00	THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION YOU
00:49:30:00	00:49:32:00	CAN'T ANSWER TODAY BUT IT'S NOT
00:49:32:00	00:49:33:00	JUST MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS BUT
00:49:33:00	00:49:36:00	INCREASINGLY OUR ELDERS ARE
00:49:36:00	00:49:37:00	HAVING TO TRAVEL A DISTANCE TO
00:49:37:00	00:49:41:00	GET ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE FOOD.
00:49:41:00	00:49:42:00	WE HAVE FOOD DESERTS IN OUR
00:49:42:00	00:49:44:00	CITY AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON OR AS
00:49:44:00	00:49:48:00	SOMEONE I THINK CONGRESSWOMAN
00:49:48:00	00:49:49:00	PRESLEY TALKS ABOUT FOOD TO
00:49:49:00	00:49:52:00	PROVIDE THERE'S A WONDERFUL
00:49:52:00	00:49:53:00	WHOLE FOODS ACROSS THE STREET
00:49:53:00	00:49:54:00	BUT OUR ELDERS CAN'T AFFORD TO
00:49:54:00	00:49:56:00	BUY THERE.
00:49:56:00	00:50:02:00	SO I KNOW WHEN I GO I'VE SEEN
00:50:02:00	00:50:04:00	YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN VANS FROM
00:50:04:00	00:50:07:00	BROOKLINE IN WALTHAM WITH HER
00:50:07:00	00:50:08:00	SENIOR THERE THEY'RE THEY'RE
00:50:08:00	00:50:11:00	BRINGING THEIR SENIORS TO WALK
00:50:11:00	00:50:12:00	THEM TO MARKET BASKET.
00:50:12:00	00:50:15:00	SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT
00:50:15:00	00:50:16:00	WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
00:50:16:00	00:50:16:00	BECAUSE INEVITABLY WE NEED TO
00:50:16:00	00:50:19:00	HAVE AFFORDABLE FOOD IN THE
00:50:19:00	00:50:20:00	NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OUR FOLKS AND
00:50:20:00	00:50:24:00	THEN ALSO THE OTHER ISSUE IT'S
00:50:24:00	00:50:24:00	MORE OF AN ADVOCACY ISSUE I
00:50:24:00	00:50:27:00	THINK AROUND THOSE WHO ARE
00:50:27:00	00:50:28:00	FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OWN THEIR
00:50:28:00	00:50:31:00	OWN HOMES.
00:50:31:00	00:50:32:00	VERY OFTEN THEY'RE SEEING AN
00:50:32:00	00:50:32:00	INCREDIBLE INCREASE IN THE
00:50:32:00	00:50:35:00	VALUE OF THEIR HOMES AND THEN
00:50:35:00	00:50:36:00	THE KNOCK ON EFFECT OF THAT IS
00:50:36:00	00:50:39:00	AN INCREASE IN THE REAL ESTATE
00:50:39:00	00:50:39:00	TAXES.
00:50:39:00	00:50:41:00	BUT THEY'RE LIVING ON A FIXED
00:50:41:00	00:50:43:00	INCOME.
00:50:43:00	00:50:44:00	I'VE HAD SEVERAL CASES RECENTLY
00:50:44:00	00:50:46:00	OF FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING ON
00:50:46:00	00:50:46:00	TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
00:50:46:00	00:50:47:00	DOLLARS.
00:50:47:00	00:50:50:00	THEY'RE THEIR REAL ESTATE TAXES
00:50:50:00	00:50:51:00	ARE GOING UP EVERY YEAR AND
00:50:51:00	00:50:54:00	THEY'RE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY
00:50:54:00	00:50:58:00	DIFFICULT TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
00:50:58:00	00:51:02:00	AND THE CONSEQUENCE IS AS
00:51:02:00	00:51:03:00	MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY THEY
00:51:03:00	00:51:05:00	DON'T HAVE THE VERY FEW OPTIONS
00:51:05:00	00:51:06:00	THEIR HOUSES THEY'RE CONSTANTLY
00:51:06:00	00:51:09:00	UNDER A BARRAGE OF FOLKS
00:51:09:00	00:51:10:00	SEEKING TO BUY THEIR HOMES.
00:51:10:00	00:51:11:00	BUT THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE
00:51:11:00	00:51:13:00	NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THEM TO LIVE.
00:51:13:00	00:51:14:00	SO THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE
00:51:14:00	00:51:18:00	CHALLENGE AND THEN THE KNOCK ON
00:51:18:00	00:51:18:00	EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED
00:51:18:00	00:51:20:00	VALUE ON THEIR HOUSING, THEY
00:51:20:00	00:51:21:00	BECOME INELIGIBLE FOR THE TAX
00:51:21:00	00:51:25:00	AND THE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND
00:51:25:00	00:51:28:00	WE WERE WONDERING IF WE COULD
00:51:28:00	00:51:29:00	ADVOCATE MORE STRONGLY FOR AN
00:51:29:00	00:51:32:00	INCREASE IN THE THRESHOLD TO
00:51:32:00	00:51:33:00	WHICH FOLKS BECOME INELIGIBLE
00:51:33:00	00:51:37:00	FOR THE CIRCUIT BREAKER IF YOUR
00:51:37:00	00:51:37:00	HOUSE YOU KNOW, VERY OFTEN
00:51:37:00	00:51:40:00	THEY'RE LIVING IN HOMES THAT
00:51:40:00	00:51:41:00	THEY HAVE PUT, YOU KNOW, THE
00:51:41:00	00:51:44:00	HOME THEY HAVEN'T INVESTED MANY
00:51:44:00	00:51:45:00	TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
00:51:45:00	00:51:49:00	IMPROVING THEIR HOME BUT THE
00:51:49:00	00:51:49:00	VALUE HAS GONE UP NONETHELESS
00:51:49:00	00:51:51:00	BECAUSE OF OUR VERY HOT REAL
00:51:51:00	00:51:55:00	ESTATE MARKET AND YOU KNOW,
00:51:55:00	00:51:56:00	IT'S AN INCREASING SOURCE
00:51:56:00	00:52:00:00	OF DISTRESS FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO
00:52:00:00	00:52:00:00	ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
00:52:00:00	00:52:04:00	ACTUALLY LIVE AND LIVE IN THEIR
00:52:04:00	00:52:05:00	OWN HOME IN THE COMMUNITY.
00:52:05:00	00:52:08:00	SO THOSE ARE REALLY JUST SORT
00:52:08:00	00:52:10:00	OF TOP LEVEL QUESTIONS AND YOU
00:52:10:00	00:52:11:00	MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TODAY
00:52:11:00	00:52:12:00	BUT LET ME LET ME SEE WHAT I
00:52:12:00	00:52:15:00	CAN DO WITH US ALL SO THAT I
00:52:15:00	00:52:19:00	HAVE MENTIONED MONEY SMARTS FOR
00:52:19:00	00:52:20:00	OLDER ADULTS PROGRAM THAT THAT
00:52:20:00	00:52:23:00	WE ARE ROLLING OUT ACROSS THE
00:52:23:00	00:52:27:00	CITY GIVEN THAT COVID COVID
00:52:27:00	00:52:30:00	REALLY I CHALLENGED I WOULD SAY
00:52:30:00	00:52:31:00	AH AMERICORPS SENIORS PROGRAMS
00:52:31:00	00:52:34:00	AND WE ARE BUT WE'VE BEEN
00:52:34:00	00:52:35:00	BUILDING OUR VOLUNTEER CORPS
00:52:35:00	00:52:38:00	BACK UP AND SO WE HOPE TO DO
00:52:38:00	00:52:39:00	YOU KNOW WE'RE CURRENTLY
00:52:39:00	00:52:42:00	RECRUITING IF ANYONE OUT THERE
00:52:42:00	00:52:43:00	WANTS TO BE A VOLUNTEER AND WE
00:52:43:00	00:52:45:00	HOPE TO DO MORE OF THOSE
00:52:45:00	00:52:46:00	PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY, I
00:52:46:00	00:52:47:00	THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:52:47:00	00:52:49:00	BUT I WILL ALSO JUST FLAG THAT
00:52:49:00	00:52:53:00	FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUGHT IN
00:52:53:00	00:52:57:00	SCAMS OR FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION
00:52:57:00	00:52:58:00	THAT THERE IS ELDER PROTECTIVE
00:52:58:00	00:53:01:00	SERVICES PROGRAM THAT WE SHOULD
00:53:01:00	00:53:02:00	BE REPORTING THOSE CASES TO AND
00:53:02:00	00:53:05:00	AND SO WHEN WE SEND THE
00:53:05:00	00:53:06:00	COUNCILOR INFORMATION WE CAN
00:53:06:00	00:53:06:00	ACTUALLY FORWARD THAT
00:53:06:00	00:53:09:00	INFORMATION TO THE
00:53:09:00	00:53:10:00	COUNCILOR AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO
00:53:10:00	00:53:10:00	TALK MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AT
00:53:10:00	00:53:12:00	ANY TIME.
00:53:12:00	00:53:13:00	BUT IT'S FOR ABUSE, NEGLECT,
00:53:13:00	00:53:16:00	FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION FOR OUR
00:53:16:00	00:53:20:00	OLDER ADULTS AROUND THAT VANN'S
00:53:20:00	00:53:21:00	WE DO DO SOME GROCERY SHOPPING
00:53:21:00	00:53:24:00	TRIPS AS FAR AS WE'RE ABLE TO
00:53:24:00	00:53:28:00	WITH OUR STRONG SCHEDULE.
00:53:28:00	00:53:29:00	SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR
00:53:29:00	00:53:31:00	BUILDING THAT YOU THINK WOULD
00:53:31:00	00:53:32:00	NEED A RIDE TO A MORE
00:53:32:00	00:53:35:00	AFFORDABLE GROCERY STORE, YOU
00:53:35:00	00:53:36:00	MAY BE ABLE TO ARRANGE
00:53:36:00	00:53:36:00	SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:53:36:00	00:53:37:00	AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE
00:53:37:00	00:53:39:00	DOING SOME WORK OVER THE NEXT
00:53:39:00	00:53:42:00	YEAR OR TWO TO REALLY SEE IF WE
00:53:42:00	00:53:43:00	CAN EXPAND THE WORK THAT WE'RE
00:53:43:00	00:53:46:00	DOING WITH OUR SCHEDULE
00:53:46:00	00:53:46:00	HOPEFULLY EXTERNAL FUNDS AND
00:53:46:00	00:53:50:00	MORE EFFICIENCY IN IN OUR
00:53:50:00	00:53:51:00	SCHEDULING AND THEN FINALLY FOR
00:53:51:00	00:53:58:00	REAL ESTATE TAXES PART OF THAT
00:53:58:00	00:53:59:00	A FEW THINGS PART OF THE
00:53:59:00	00:54:02:00	TRANSFER TAX HOME WILL PETITION
00:54:02:00	00:54:03:00	THAT I KNOW THE COUNCIL WILL
00:54:03:00	00:54:04:00	PASS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT IS
00:54:04:00	00:54:06:00	A SENIOR PROPERTY TAX PIECE AND
00:54:06:00	00:54:10:00	SO THAT LEGISLATION IF PASSED
00:54:10:00	00:54:11:00	AT THE STATE HOUSE WOULD
00:54:11:00	00:54:14:00	INCREASE THE INCOME LEVEL AND
00:54:14:00	00:54:16:00	THE AMOUNT OF THE FORTY ONE SEE
00:54:16:00	00:54:18:00	ELDERLY EXEMPTION FOR THE
00:54:18:00	00:54:19:00	SENIOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TAX
00:54:19:00	00:54:22:00	CREDIT WHICH IS ANOTHER
00:54:22:00	00:54:23:00	FABULOUS CREDIT THAT PEOPLE
00:54:23:00	00:54:25:00	SHOULD BE APPLYING FOR.
00:54:25:00	00:54:26:00	I THINK IT'S VERY UNDERUTILIZED
00:54:26:00	00:54:27:00	OUT THERE THAT IS A STATE TAX
00:54:27:00	00:54:29:00	CREDIT SO WE'D NEED TO ADVOCATE
00:54:29:00	00:54:30:00	FOR THE STATE WITH THE STATE
00:54:30:00	00:54:33:00	FOR EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY
00:54:33:00	00:54:33:00	AROUND THAT.
00:54:33:00	00:54:37:00	I THINK THE SOME OF THE TAX
00:54:37:00	00:54:38:00	PROPOSALS AT THE STATE LEVEL
00:54:38:00	00:54:41:00	ARE LOOKING TO DOUBLE THAT
00:54:41:00	00:54:41:00	CREDIT.
00:54:41:00	00:54:42:00	BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING
00:54:42:00	00:54:45:00	EXPANDING THE ELIGIBILITY FOR
00:54:45:00	00:54:45:00	THAT.
00:54:45:00	00:54:46:00	AND THEN FINALLY I WOULD JUST
00:54:46:00	00:54:49:00	REMIND FOLKS THAT WE HAVE A
00:54:49:00	00:54:53:00	FABULOUS PROPERTY TAX WORK OFF
00:54:53:00	00:54:54:00	PROGRAM THAT OLDER ADULTS CAN
00:54:54:00	00:54:55:00	TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHERE THEY
00:54:55:00	00:54:57:00	CAN VOLUNTEER IN A CITY
00:54:57:00	00:54:58:00	DEPARTMENT IF THEY QUALIFY FOR
00:54:58:00	00:55:01:00	THE PROGRAM THEY CAN VOLUNTEER
00:55:01:00	00:55:02:00	AND A CITY DEPARTMENT UP TO ONE
00:55:02:00	00:55:05:00	HUNDRED HOURS WORK OFF UP TO
00:55:05:00	00:55:05:00	FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
00:55:05:00	00:55:08:00	OF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
00:55:08:00	00:55:09:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:09:00	00:55:09:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:09:00	00:55:10:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:10:00	00:55:12:00	VOLUNTEER COUNSELOR YOU HAVE
00:55:12:00	00:55:14:00	FOUR OH SORRY COUNSELOR MEJIA
00:55:14:00	00:55:22:00	YOU HAVE FOR THANK YOU CHAIR
00:55:22:00	00:55:23:00	YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT YOU'RE
00:55:23:00	00:55:26:00	NOT FORGETTABLE YOU KNOW THAT'S
00:55:26:00	00:55:27:00	RIGHT GIRL AND I WILL NEVER LET
00:55:27:00	00:55:29:00	THAT HAPPEN.
00:55:29:00	00:55:31:00	I WORK TOO HARD TO GET UP IN
00:55:31:00	00:55:31:00	THE SEAT.
00:55:31:00	00:55:33:00	ALL RIGHT SO THANK YOU
00:55:33:00	00:55:34:00	COMMISSIONER.
00:55:34:00	00:55:37:00	SO I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
00:55:37:00	00:55:38:00	I'M CURIOUS AND
00:55:38:00	00:55:39:00	COUNCILOR BREDON HAS ASKED SOME
00:55:39:00	00:55:42:00	OF MY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO
00:55:42:00	00:55:43:00	THE FIXED INCOME ISSUES THAT WE
00:55:43:00	00:55:45:00	KNOW A LOT OF OUR ELDERS HAVE
00:55:45:00	00:55:46:00	BROUGHT UP TO US.
00:55:46:00	00:55:49:00	SO WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOU
00:55:49:00	00:55:49:00	ARE INTERACTING WITH OTHER
00:55:49:00	00:55:50:00	DEPARTMENTS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR
00:55:50:00	00:55:54:00	ELDERS AND THEY DO REACH OUT TO
00:55:54:00	00:55:54:00	YOU.
00:55:54:00	00:55:55:00	WHAT DOES THAT COORDINATION
00:55:55:00	00:55:55:00	LOOK LIKE?
00:55:55:00	00:55:57:00	I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU CAN
00:55:57:00	00:55:58:00	TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
00:55:58:00	00:56:01:00	CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE
00:56:01:00	00:56:02:00	PROGRAMING BOTH FOR LGBTQ PLUS
00:56:02:00	00:56:05:00	SENIORS AND RECENT ARRIVALS.
00:56:05:00	00:56:08:00	I KNOW THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
00:56:08:00	00:56:09:00	THOSE WHO ARE IMMIGRATING TO
00:56:09:00	00:56:10:00	BOSTON WE USUALLY JUST THINK
00:56:10:00	00:56:13:00	ABOUT YOUNGER PARENTS AND
00:56:13:00	00:56:14:00	CHILDREN BUT WE ALSO HAVE
00:56:14:00	00:56:17:00	ELDERS THAT ARE COMING IN.
00:56:17:00	00:56:18:00	SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW
00:56:18:00	00:56:19:00	YOU WRAPPING YOUR ARMS AROUND
00:56:19:00	00:56:21:00	SOME OF OUR RECENT ARRIVALS WHO
00:56:21:00	00:56:22:00	ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER.
00:56:22:00	00:56:25:00	I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN JUST
00:56:25:00	00:56:26:00	TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:56:26:00	00:56:27:00	YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HEARING
00:56:27:00	00:56:29:00	FROM SOME ELDERS AROUND
00:56:29:00	00:56:30:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES AND
00:56:30:00	00:56:32:00	I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE HEARD
00:56:32:00	00:56:36:00	OF ANY OF THAT LITTLE UPTICK
00:56:36:00	00:56:37:00	AND CURIOUS AND I'M NOT SURE
00:56:37:00	00:56:40:00	HOW MUCH OF IT HAS TO DO WITH
00:56:40:00	00:56:41:00	COVID BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING
00:56:41:00	00:56:44:00	FROM SOME ELDERS WHO ARE
00:56:44:00	00:56:45:00	EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
00:56:45:00	00:56:45:00	AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT
00:56:45:00	00:56:49:00	THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT
00:56:49:00	00:56:50:00	TO MONITOR AND KEEP AN EYE ON
00:56:50:00	00:56:54:00	AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
00:56:54:00	00:56:56:00	THERE IS A LINE IN THE BUDGET
00:56:56:00	00:57:00:00	WHERE WE'RE SPENDING I BELIEVE
00:57:00:00	00:57:04:00	A MEASURE IT SAYS TWO MILLION
00:57:04:00	00:57:05:00	FOR CONTRACT SERVICES THAT CAN
00:57:05:00	00:57:07:00	YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND
00:57:07:00	00:57:08:00	WHAT TYPE OF CONTRACT SERVICES
00:57:08:00	00:57:12:00	YOU ARE REFERRING TO AND
00:57:12:00	00:57:13:00	THERE'S A THIRTEEN THOUSAND
00:57:13:00	00:57:16:00	ALLOWANCE FOR CLOTHING THAT I
00:57:16:00	00:57:19:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
00:57:19:00	00:57:20:00	HAVE THAT RIGHT.
00:57:20:00	00:57:24:00	UM, AND THEN IF YOU COULD JUST
00:57:24:00	00:57:27:00	TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
00:57:27:00	00:57:27:00	YOUR COLLABORATION WITH THE
00:57:27:00	00:57:28:00	BOSTON COMMUNITY YOUTH AND
00:57:28:00	00:57:30:00	FAMILIES COMMUNITY CENTERS
00:57:30:00	00:57:31:00	WHICH ONES ASIDE FROM MILDRED
00:57:31:00	00:57:34:00	ARE THERE OTHER OTHERS THAT
00:57:34:00	00:57:35:00	YOU'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND AND
00:57:35:00	00:57:36:00	WHAT DOES THAT PROGRAM LOOK
00:57:36:00	00:57:38:00	LIKE?
00:57:38:00	00:57:39:00	OK, ALL RIGHT.
00:57:39:00	00:57:42:00	LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
00:57:42:00	00:57:46:00	SO SO CERTAINLY OUR
00:57:46:00	00:57:46:00	COLLABORATION WITH CITY
00:57:46:00	00:57:47:00	DEPARTMENTS AROUND ECONOMIC
00:57:47:00	00:57:50:00	SECURITY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
00:57:50:00	00:57:50:00	WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
00:57:50:00	00:57:54:00	PUT TOGETHER AN ELDER A PLAN
00:57:54:00	00:57:57:00	FOR ELDER FINANCIAL SECURITY
00:57:57:00	00:57:58:00	THAT WILL BE ROLLING OUT OVER
00:57:58:00	00:57:58:00	THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
00:57:58:00	00:58:01:00	IT'S A CRITICAL AREA.
00:58:01:00	00:58:02:00	WE HAVE SEVENTY FOUR PERCENT
00:58:02:00	00:58:06:00	OF OUR PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER
00:58:06:00	00:58:07:00	LIVING ALONE WHO CAN'T MAKE
00:58:07:00	00:58:10:00	ENDS MEET BASED ON THEIR INCOME
00:58:10:00	00:58:10:00	WITHOUT ACCESSING BENEFITS AND
00:58:10:00	00:58:13:00	PROGRAMS AND FORTY FORTY FOUR
00:58:13:00	00:58:13:00	PERCENT OF OUR ELDER COUPLES.
00:58:13:00	00:58:17:00	SO WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THAT
00:58:17:00	00:58:17:00	AREA.
00:58:17:00	00:58:18:00	CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
00:58:18:00	00:58:19:00	ABOUT WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS
00:58:19:00	00:58:21:00	GOING TO LOOK LIKE?
00:58:21:00	00:58:24:00	YEAH, SO SO I WOULD SAY IT'S
00:58:24:00	00:58:25:00	ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY
00:58:25:00	00:58:28:00	TO MAKE SOME CHANGES SO FOR
00:58:28:00	00:58:32:00	EXAMPLE WE COULD THERE'S A LOT
00:58:32:00	00:58:32:00	OF DIFFERENT PIECES TO IT AND
00:58:32:00	00:58:36:00	I'D BE HAPPY TO BRIEF THE
00:58:36:00	00:58:39:00	COUNCIL AT ANOTHER POINT BUT IN
00:58:39:00	00:58:40:00	OUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE
00:58:40:00	00:58:41:00	INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF WORK
00:58:41:00	00:58:43:00	THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND
00:58:43:00	00:58:44:00	BENEFITS ENROLLMENT.
00:58:44:00	00:58:48:00	THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT WE
00:58:48:00	00:58:58:00	WANT TO DO ADVOCACY WORK THAT
00:58:58:00	00:58:59:00	WE WANT TO DO AROUND, YOU KNOW,
00:58:59:00	00:59:00:00	THE PROPERTY TAX, PROPERTY
00:59:00:00	00:59:01:00	TAXES OR OTHER WAYS HEALTH
00:59:01:00	00:59:02:00	INSURANCE LIKE OTHER COSTS THAT
00:59:02:00	00:59:03:00	WE CAN BRING DOWN FOR OLDER
00:59:03:00	00:59:06:00	ADULTS THINK IN TERMS
00:59:06:00	00:59:07:00	CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE
00:59:07:00	00:59:07:00	PROGRAMING.
00:59:07:00	00:59:10:00	WE DO THIS IN A NUMBER
00:59:10:00	00:59:11:00	OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
00:59:11:00	00:59:12:00	SO AS I SAID AS WE'RE THINKING
00:59:12:00	00:59:15:00	ABOUT INCREASING THE AMOUNT
00:59:15:00	00:59:18:00	OF PROGRAMING ACROSS THE CITY,
00:59:18:00	00:59:19:00	WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY
00:59:19:00	00:59:22:00	COGNIZANT OF AND OUR PLAN WILL
00:59:22:00	00:59:26:00	TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT
00:59:26:00	00:59:26:00	POPULATION, WHAT LANGUAGES WE
00:59:26:00	00:59:29:00	NEED TO BE PROVIDING PROGRAMING
00:59:29:00	00:59:31:00	IN AS WE LOOK ACROSS THE CITY
00:59:31:00	00:59:34:00	AND ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I
00:59:34:00	00:59:34:00	THINK THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL.
00:59:34:00	00:59:37:00	WE TRY TO DO PROGRAMING IN
00:59:37:00	00:59:38:00	DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT
00:59:38:00	00:59:41:00	LANGUAGES AS NEEDED WITH THE
00:59:41:00	00:59:42:00	PROGRAMING THAT WE DO RIGHT NOW
00:59:42:00	00:59:45:00	AND WE ALSO DO OUR BEST TO
00:59:45:00	00:59:46:00	PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT END TO
00:59:46:00	00:59:49:00	FUND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
00:59:49:00	00:59:49:00	THAT CAN DO SOME OF THAT
00:59:49:00	00:59:53:00	PROGRAMING AS WELL AND KIND BE
00:59:53:00	00:59:54:00	AN EXTENSION OF THE WORK THAT
00:59:54:00	00:59:56:00	WE DO SO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LA
00:59:56:00	01:00:00:00	ALIANZA HISPANA AND CHINESE
01:00:00:00	01:00:00:00	WILL NEED CENTER AIDE.
01:00:00:00	01:00:03:00	WE'RE FUNDING THEM TO DO
01:00:03:00	01:00:04:00	PROGRAMING WITH OLDER ADULTS
01:00:04:00	01:00:08:00	AND IN THE LANGUAGES THAT THEY
01:00:08:00	01:00:12:00	SERVE WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
01:00:12:00	01:00:12:00	ISSUES.
01:00:12:00	01:00:13:00	THINKING ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS
01:00:13:00	01:00:13:00	SENIORS.
01:00:13:00	01:00:16:00	YES, SO WE DO SOME PROGRAMING
01:00:16:00	01:00:19:00	WITH LGBTQ PLUS SENIORS WILL BE
01:00:19:00	01:00:23:00	WE HAVE A PRIDE EVENT THAT WILL
01:00:23:00	01:00:24:00	BE COMING UP IN JUNE THAT YOU
01:00:24:00	01:00:27:00	ALL WILL GET AN INVITATION TO.
01:00:27:00	01:00:30:00	WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET BUT WE
01:00:30:00	01:00:31:00	DO A LARGE PRIDE EVENT AT THE
01:00:31:00	01:00:35:00	AT VERNITA EVERY YEAR WE WILL
01:00:35:00	01:00:42:00	BE WE'RE FUNDING TROLLY FOR
01:00:42:00	01:00:43:00	FOLKS TO RIDE IN THE PARADE
01:00:43:00	01:00:46:00	ASIDE FROM PROGRAMING WHICH I
01:00:46:00	01:00:47:00	THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I'M
01:00:47:00	01:00:47:00	JUST CURIOUS ABOUT MORE A
01:00:47:00	01:00:50:00	DEEPER IMPACT AROUND
01:00:50:00	01:00:50:00	SOCIALIZING AND BUILDING
01:00:50:00	01:00:51:00	RELATIONSHIPS AROUND LGBTQ PLUS
01:00:51:00	01:00:55:00	SENIORS BECAUSE THEY ALSO FEEL
01:00:55:00	01:00:55:00	ISOLATED.
01:00:55:00	01:00:56:00	SO ASIDE FROM EVENTS, CAN YOU
01:00:56:00	01:00:59:00	TALK TO ME TO ME A LITTLE BIT
01:00:59:00	01:01:00:00	MORE ABOUT DEEPA WORK WITH THAT
01:01:00:00	01:01:01:00	COMMUNITY?
01:01:01:00	01:01:02:00	YEAH, SO SO IN TERMS OF DEEPER
01:01:02:00	01:01:06:00	PROGRAMING WORK, I ONLY HAVE A
01:01:06:00	01:01:06:00	PROGRAMING STAFF OF FOUR THAT'S
01:01:06:00	01:01:09:00	PROGRAMING FOR THE WHOLE CITY
01:01:09:00	01:01:10:00	SO WE'RE NOT DOING VERY DEEP
01:01:10:00	01:01:10:00	WORK.
01:01:10:00	01:01:14:00	I WOULD SAY AROUND AROUND THAT
01:01:14:00	01:01:14:00	POPULATION SPECIFICALLY IN
01:01:14:00	01:01:21:00	TERMS OF PROGRAMING WE DO HAVE
01:01:21:00	01:01:22:00	AND WE DO HAVE A ONE OF OUR
01:01:22:00	01:01:26:00	ADVOCATES WHO IS A LIAISON TO
01:01:26:00	01:01:29:00	THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND SO
01:01:29:00	01:01:30:00	WE ARE BUILDING THOSE BRIDGES
01:01:30:00	01:01:33:00	AND MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS
01:01:33:00	01:01:34:00	AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT
01:01:34:00	01:01:37:00	POPULATION FEELS COMFORTABLE
01:01:37:00	01:01:38:00	KIND OF ACCESSING ALL OF OUR
01:01:38:00	01:01:40:00	OTHER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
01:01:40:00	01:01:41:00	THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND LINKING
01:01:41:00	01:01:45:00	INTO KIND OF EVERYTHING THAT
01:01:45:00	01:01:46:00	WE'RE DOING.
01:01:46:00	01:01:47:00	WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
01:01:47:00	01:01:49:00	STAFF IS SPECIFICALLY TRAINED
01:01:49:00	01:01:52:00	IN BEING LGBT DUPLASS FRIENDLY
01:01:52:00	01:01:53:00	SO THAT KIND OF ALL OF THE
01:01:53:00	01:01:56:00	EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE DO
01:01:56:00	01:01:57:00	HOPEFULLY PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME
01:01:57:00	01:02:01:00	WITH AND AND THAT WE'RE
01:02:01:00	01:02:01:00	BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
01:02:01:00	01:02:05:00	BUT I WOULD SAY FOR KIND OF ANY
01:02:05:00	01:02:06:00	POPULATION WE'RE NOT DOING
01:02:06:00	01:02:09:00	IN-DEPTH ONGOING PROGRAMING
01:02:09:00	01:02:09:00	BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT THE
01:02:09:00	01:02:12:00	STAFFING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
01:02:12:00	01:02:13:00	THANK YOU FOR THE CONTRACTED
01:02:13:00	01:02:17:00	SERVICES FOR THE CLOTHING LINE.
01:02:17:00	01:02:21:00	WE DO HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS IN
01:02:21:00	01:02:22:00	OUR UNION CONTRACTS FOR FOR
01:02:22:00	01:02:29:00	CLOTHING OR ALL DRIVERS FOR THE
01:02:29:00	01:02:30:00	SHUTTLE.
01:02:30:00	01:02:32:00	I REQUIRE TO BE UNIFORMED SO WE
01:02:32:00	01:02:37:00	BUY THAT ALL STUFF ARE REQUIRED
01:02:37:00	01:02:38:00	TO WEAR A UNIFORM TO GO TO
01:02:38:00	01:02:40:00	EVENTS AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE
01:02:40:00	01:02:41:00	FOR THAT.
01:02:41:00	01:02:42:00	SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE
01:02:42:00	01:02:44:00	SEEING FOR THOSE VERY SPECIFIC
01:02:44:00	01:02:48:00	THINGS AND WE ALSO BUY FOR
01:02:48:00	01:02:49:00	NONUNION STUFF.
01:02:49:00	01:02:52:00	YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT A BAG
01:02:52:00	01:02:53:00	FULL OF THANK YOU AT THE TIME.
01:02:53:00	01:02:54:00	BUT I ALSO WANTED TO GRADUATE
01:02:54:00	01:02:55:00	JANUARY TIME AND THE TWO
01:02:55:00	01:02:56:00	MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACTS WITH
01:02:56:00	01:02:58:00	MY SECOND ROUND.
01:02:58:00	01:03:02:00	OK, THANK YOU CUSSLER LUCJA AND
01:03:02:00	01:03:06:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR WE'LL GO
01:03:06:00	01:03:07:00	SHORTLY IF THERE ARE ANY
01:03:07:00	01:03:10:00	PROBLEMS THIS MORNING SO IF
01:03:10:00	01:03:13:00	THERE ARE ANY PEOPLE HERE OR ON
01:03:13:00	01:03:14:00	FURCH ON VIRTUALLY THEY WANT TO
01:03:14:00	01:03:17:00	TESTIFY WE'LL GO TO THAT NEXT
01:03:17:00	01:03:21:00	FOR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR I
01:03:21:00	01:03:22:00	THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR
01:03:22:00	01:03:24:00	DEDICATION TO OUR ILDA
01:03:24:00	01:03:25:00	RESIDENTS AND THANK YOU
01:03:25:00	01:03:28:00	DIRECTOR FOR ALL OF THE WORK
01:03:28:00	01:03:29:00	THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN AND YOUR
01:03:29:00	01:03:30:00	COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND
01:03:30:00	01:03:32:00	CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
01:03:32:00	01:03:32:00	RETIREMENT.
01:03:32:00	01:03:36:00	I HAVE A CLARIFICATION
01:03:36:00	01:03:37:00	QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
01:03:37:00	01:03:40:00	YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT POOR
01:03:40:00	01:03:41:00	NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THE HIGHEST
01:03:41:00	01:03:43:00	NUMBER OF SENIORS AND I THINK I
01:03:43:00	01:03:44:00	MAY HAVE MISSED THE SENTENCE
01:03:44:00	01:03:45:00	THAT CAME BEFORE THAT OR THEIR
01:03:45:00	01:03:47:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:03:47:00	01:03:48:00	COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY JUST FOR
01:03:48:00	01:03:49:00	THE RECORDS THAT I HAVE IT?
01:03:49:00	01:03:49:00	YES.
01:03:49:00	01:03:51:00	SURE.
01:03:51:00	01:03:52:00	SO WHAT I SAID WAS WEST ROXBURY
01:03:52:00	01:03:55:00	HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
01:03:55:00	01:03:59:00	OF SENIORS DORCHESTER AS ALWAYS
01:03:59:00	01:04:00:00	HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF OF
01:04:00:00	01:04:02:00	OLDER ADULTS.
01:04:02:00	01:04:03:00	OK, IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.
01:04:03:00	01:04:06:00	THANK YOU.
01:04:06:00	01:04:07:00	QUESTION ABOUT OK AND THIS IS
01:04:07:00	01:04:11:00	ALSO JUST A GENERAL QUESTION.
01:04:11:00	01:04:11:00	YOU HAVE YOUR TOTAL
01:04:11:00	01:04:12:00	APPROPRIATED BUDGET AT JUST
01:04:12:00	01:04:15:00	ABOVE SIX MILLION DOLLARS.
01:04:15:00	01:04:16:00	WHEN WILL WE KNOW IF YOU'VE
01:04:16:00	01:04:19:00	USED AN ENTIRE OPERATION OR ARE
01:04:19:00	01:04:20:00	YOU ON TRACK TO USE THAT ENTIRE
01:04:20:00	01:04:20:00	APPROPRIATION?
01:04:20:00	01:04:23:00	ARE GOING TO COME UNDER YOU
01:04:23:00	01:04:25:00	COME RIGHT AT IT A LITTLE OVER
01:04:25:00	01:04:25:00	.
01:04:25:00	01:04:30:00	WE WILL BE CLOSE I THINK.
01:04:30:00	01:04:30:00	YES.
01:04:30:00	01:04:30:00	YEAH.
01:04:30:00	01:04:34:00	SO WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS
01:04:34:00	01:04:37:00	THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING A
01:04:37:00	01:04:41:00	BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING A
01:04:41:00	01:04:45:00	REORGANIZATION AND THE CLASS
01:04:45:00	01:04:46:00	COMP REVIEW AND REGRADING ALL
01:04:46:00	01:04:49:00	OF OUR AND REDOING ALL OF OUR
01:04:49:00	01:04:51:00	JOB DESCRIPTIONS, WE HAVE A
01:04:51:00	01:04:53:00	NUMBER OF STAFFING POSITIONS
01:04:53:00	01:04:54:00	THAT ARE HELD UP BY THAT
01:04:54:00	01:04:56:00	PROCESS BECAUSE THAT NEEDS TO
01:04:56:00	01:04:57:00	BE IMPLEMENTED FIRST.
01:04:57:00	01:05:01:00	SO BECAUSE OF THAT WE HAVE A
01:05:01:00	01:05:02:00	NUMBER OF OPEN STAFF POSITION.
01:05:02:00	01:05:05:00	WE HAVE A WE HAVE SOME MONEY
01:05:05:00	01:05:09:00	THAT HASN'T BEEN SPENT BECAUSE
01:05:09:00	01:05:09:00	OF THAT.
01:05:09:00	01:05:12:00	HOWEVER, WE ARE WE HAVE DONE
01:05:12:00	01:05:13:00	SOME WORK TO KIND OF GET THAT
01:05:13:00	01:05:16:00	BACK SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE
01:05:16:00	01:05:16:00	FUNDING OUR EXPANDING
01:05:16:00	01:05:17:00	ENGAGEMENT GRANTS THAT WE'RE
01:05:17:00	01:05:20:00	CURRENTLY DOING.
01:05:20:00	01:05:21:00	WE HAVE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
01:05:21:00	01:05:22:00	THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WILL BE
01:05:22:00	01:05:24:00	GOING OUT IN COMMUNITY GRANTS
01:05:24:00	01:05:25:00	THAT WILL BE THAT WAS NOT IN
01:05:25:00	01:05:28:00	OUR BUDGET BUT WE'LL BE
01:05:28:00	01:05:29:00	UTILIZING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
01:05:29:00	01:05:32:00	UTILIZE BECAUSE OF THAT THE
01:05:32:00	01:05:32:00	UNSPENT FUNDS.
01:05:32:00	01:05:33:00	SO 360000 DOLLARS THAT YOU'LL
01:05:33:00	01:05:35:00	BE USING IN THE FORM OF MANY
01:05:35:00	01:05:36:00	GRANTS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE
01:05:36:00	01:05:39:00	FISCAL YEAR IN THE NEXT MONTH
01:05:39:00	01:05:39:00	AND A HALF.
01:05:39:00	01:05:40:00	CORRECT.
01:05:40:00	01:05:41:00	WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THAT
01:05:41:00	01:05:43:00	APPLICATION IN DUE DATE HAS
01:05:43:00	01:05:44:00	PASSED AND WE'RE REVIEWING
01:05:44:00	01:05:44:00	APPLICATIONS AND THOSE WILL BE
01:05:44:00	01:05:47:00	GOING OUT THE DOOR.
01:05:47:00	01:05:47:00	GREAT.
01:05:47:00	01:05:48:00	I ASK BECAUSE YOUR BUDGET
01:05:48:00	01:05:49:00	REQUEST INCREASE WHICH I REALLY
01:05:49:00	01:05:51:00	LIKE BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE
01:05:51:00	01:05:52:00	SURE THAT YOU ARE USING WHAT'S
01:05:52:00	01:05:53:00	BEEN APPROPRIATED TO YOU SO
01:05:53:00	01:05:55:00	THAT WE CAN BE THE FISCAL
01:05:55:00	01:05:56:00	STEWARDS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO
01:05:56:00	01:05:59:00	BE AND HAVE THE CORRECT
01:05:59:00	01:06:02:00	OVERSIGHT AND SO I JUST WANT TO
01:06:02:00	01:06:03:00	SAY THAT I AM ENCOURAGED BY THE
01:06:03:00	01:06:04:00	INCREASE ESPECIALLY REGARDING
01:06:04:00	01:06:07:00	PROGRAMING THE INCREASE
01:06:07:00	01:06:08:00	OF NEARLY 50 PERCENT AS YOU
01:06:08:00	01:06:09:00	KNOW IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
01:06:09:00	01:06:11:00	ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO OUR
01:06:11:00	01:06:12:00	BUT MY OFFICE FOUGHT FOR
01:06:12:00	01:06:13:00	ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ACTIVE
01:06:13:00	01:06:14:00	SENIOR PROGRAMING.
01:06:14:00	01:06:15:00	WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE HUNDRED
01:06:15:00	01:06:15:00	THOUSAND DOLLARS ALLOCATED.
01:06:15:00	01:06:16:00	I KNOW I COULD HAVE SENT THIS
01:06:16:00	01:06:18:00	TO YOU VIA EMAIL, BUT CAN YOU
01:06:18:00	01:06:19:00	TELL US FOR THE RECORD WHAT WE
01:06:19:00	01:06:20:00	DID WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS
01:06:20:00	01:06:22:00	SPECIFICALLY?
01:06:22:00	01:06:22:00	SURE.
01:06:22:00	01:06:23:00	SURE.
01:06:23:00	01:06:26:00	SO SO WE HAVE NOT SPENT ALL
01:06:26:00	01:06:27:00	OF THOSE FUNDS AND AND A PIECE
01:06:27:00	01:06:29:00	OF THAT IS A PIECE OF THAT IS
01:06:29:00	01:06:33:00	THAT WE ARE DIRECTOR POSITION
01:06:33:00	01:06:34:00	FOR OUR EVENTS AND PROGRAMS IS
01:06:34:00	01:06:38:00	IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND WILL BE
01:06:38:00	01:06:41:00	FILLED AFTER ITS REGRADED.
01:06:41:00	01:06:42:00	BUT BUT WE HAVE STARTED A BUNCH
01:06:42:00	01:06:45:00	OF PLANNING WORK AROUND THAT
01:06:45:00	01:06:46:00	WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED
01:06:46:00	01:06:46:00	ABOUT.
01:06:46:00	01:06:49:00	SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS
01:06:49:00	01:06:50:00	THAT ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH ACROSS
01:06:50:00	01:06:53:00	THE CITY.
01:06:53:00	01:06:54:00	WE ARE DOING A NUMBER
01:06:54:00	01:06:56:00	OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN HYDE
01:06:56:00	01:07:00:00	PARK.
01:07:00:00	01:07:01:00	WE AT THE HYDE PARK COMMUNITY
01:07:01:00	01:07:04:00	CENTER THERE I'M LOOKING FOR MY
01:07:04:00	01:07:05:00	BECAUSE I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT
01:07:05:00	01:07:06:00	INFORMATION AND I THINK I'M NOT
01:07:06:00	01:07:07:00	FINDING IT'S OKAY,
01:07:07:00	01:07:08:00	COMMISSIONER.
01:07:08:00	01:07:12:00	I'M JUST I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE
01:07:12:00	01:07:12:00	SAID AN EMAIL BUT I'M GOING TO
01:07:12:00	01:07:13:00	MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE
01:07:13:00	01:07:15:00	CHAIR THAT YOU GIVE US THE
01:07:15:00	01:07:16:00	COUNTING OF THAT MONEY IN THE
01:07:16:00	01:07:17:00	BALANCE AND HOW MUCH HAS BEEN
01:07:17:00	01:07:19:00	SPENT JUST THAT WE AND I KNOW
01:07:19:00	01:07:20:00	THAT YOU HAVE A LONGER A LONGER
01:07:20:00	01:07:23:00	TAIL TO SPEND THAT MONEY WHICH
01:07:23:00	01:07:24:00	IS GREAT.
01:07:24:00	01:07:25:00	SO WE'RE NOT ON THE SAME TIME
01:07:25:00	01:07:28:00	PRESSURE AS WE ARE BUT I'D LIKE
01:07:28:00	01:07:28:00	TO GET AN ACCOUNTING JUST LET
01:07:28:00	01:07:30:00	ME KNOW WHEN WE CAN TALK TO THE
01:07:30:00	01:07:31:00	REALLY THE ELDERS OUR OTHER
01:07:31:00	01:07:35:00	RESIDENTS AT FOLEY BUILDING IN
01:07:35:00	01:07:35:00	DORCHESTER, THE ONES WHO
01:07:35:00	01:07:36:00	BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION
01:07:36:00	01:07:39:00	AND MADE ADVOCATE FOR IT.
01:07:39:00	01:07:40:00	SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM AN
01:07:40:00	01:07:40:00	ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THEIR
01:07:40:00	01:07:43:00	ADVOCACY DID AND SO THEY WOULD
01:07:43:00	01:07:43:00	APPRECIATE AN UPDATE FROM YOU.
01:07:43:00	01:07:46:00	AND SO I GUESS TO THAT QUESTION
01:07:46:00	01:07:50:00	IS THERE GOING TO BE A
01:07:50:00	01:07:51:00	SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION BECAUSE
01:07:51:00	01:07:51:00	OF AN INCREASED BUDGET?
01:07:51:00	01:07:53:00	AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUES STATED
01:07:53:00	01:07:54:00	AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT
01:07:54:00	01:07:57:00	OF ADVOCACY FROM OUR LGBTQ
01:07:57:00	01:07:58:00	ELDERS ESPECIALLY AROUND
01:07:58:00	01:07:59:00	VIRTUAL PROGRAMING SO MORE
01:07:59:00	01:08:02:00	ASSISTANCE THERE AND A LOT
01:08:02:00	01:08:06:00	OF ATTENTION ESPECIALLY TO OUR
01:08:06:00	01:08:09:00	ELDER MIGRANT IMMIGRANT
01:08:09:00	01:08:10:00	POPULATIONS I THINK IS REALLY
01:08:10:00	01:08:11:00	IMPORTANT AS WELL.
01:08:11:00	01:08:13:00	I JUST WANTED TO PUT A FEW
01:08:13:00	01:08:14:00	THINGS ON THE RECORD THAT I'VE
01:08:14:00	01:08:15:00	HEARD IN COMMUNITY A BIG ISSUE
01:08:15:00	01:08:17:00	FOR SOME OF OUR OLDER VETERANS
01:08:17:00	01:08:21:00	AND FROM OTHERS GENERALLY IS
01:08:21:00	01:08:21:00	ADULT DIAPERS.
01:08:21:00	01:08:24:00	I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE CAN OR
01:08:24:00	01:08:25:00	HOW WE CAN BE MORE THOUGHTFUL
01:08:25:00	01:08:27:00	AND INTENTIONAL GETTING THAT AS
01:08:27:00	01:08:28:00	A RESOURCE OR AN HYGENIC
01:08:28:00	01:08:29:00	PRODUCTS FOR OUR ELDERS.
01:08:29:00	01:08:32:00	SO IF THERE'S MONEY THAT WE GET
01:08:32:00	01:08:35:00	APPROPRIATE VIA THE BUDGET OR
01:08:35:00	01:08:36:00	ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE
01:08:36:00	01:08:37:00	ACCESS TO HYGENIC PRODUCTS FOR
01:08:37:00	01:08:40:00	OUR ELDERS MORE ACCESSIBLE, I
01:08:40:00	01:08:41:00	WANT TO DEFINITELY BE A
01:08:41:00	01:08:41:00	CHAMPION AND SUPPORT THAT
01:08:41:00	01:08:44:00	ESPECIALLY FOR OUR VETERANS.
01:08:44:00	01:08:45:00	AND THEN I THINK
01:08:45:00	01:08:48:00	COUNCILOR BREDON SPOKE TO
01:08:48:00	01:08:49:00	SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HAS
01:08:49:00	01:08:49:00	BEEN REALLY INTERESTED IN
01:08:49:00	01:08:51:00	BECAUSE ABRADING HAS BEEN IN A
01:08:51:00	01:08:52:00	WHILE AS WELL.
01:08:52:00	01:08:53:00	OUR SENIORS WE WANT TO AGE IN
01:08:53:00	01:08:55:00	PLACE WITH DIGNITY BUT FOR
01:08:55:00	01:08:56:00	WHATEVER REASON CAN'T PAY THE
01:08:56:00	01:08:59:00	PROPERTY TAXES OR DON'T HAVE
01:08:59:00	01:09:00:00	SOMEONE TO PASS THE PROPERTY ON
01:09:00:00	01:09:03:00	TO WORKING WITH COMMUNITY LAND
01:09:03:00	01:09:06:00	TRUST AS A WAY TO TRANSITION
01:09:06:00	01:09:07:00	OWNERSHIP OR TO THINK
01:09:07:00	01:09:08:00	OF ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR
01:09:08:00	01:09:08:00	OWNERSHIP.
01:09:08:00	01:09:12:00	SO THAT OUR ELDERS CAN AGE IN
01:09:12:00	01:09:12:00	PLACE AND SO WE CAN PROTECT OUR
01:09:12:00	01:09:15:00	COMMUNITIES FROM GENTRIFICATION
01:09:15:00	01:09:15:00	.
01:09:15:00	01:09:16:00	I'VE HEARD THAT FROM A NUMBER
01:09:16:00	01:09:17:00	OF ELDERS WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW
01:09:17:00	01:09:19:00	THAT THERE'S A THIRD OPTION.
01:09:19:00	01:09:20:00	YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL BACK THE
01:09:20:00	01:09:21:00	DEVELOPER THAT IS CONSTANTLY
01:09:21:00	01:09:23:00	SENDING YOU LETTERS CALLING
01:09:23:00	01:09:24:00	YOUR HOME LIKE THEY'RE DOING TO
01:09:24:00	01:09:25:00	MY PARENTS ALL THE TIME TO
01:09:25:00	01:09:25:00	SELL, SELL, SELL.
01:09:25:00	01:09:26:00	THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES AND I
01:09:26:00	01:09:27:00	JUST WANT US TO BE MORE
01:09:27:00	01:09:28:00	INTENTIONAL.
01:09:28:00	01:09:29:00	IT'S A LOT FOR YOUR OFFICE THAT
01:09:29:00	01:09:31:00	ISN'T REALLY JUST ABOUT HOUSING
01:09:31:00	01:09:32:00	BUT AT THE NEXUS OF THE ISSUES
01:09:32:00	01:09:34:00	THAT OUR ELDERS JUST WANT TO
01:09:34:00	01:09:35:00	HELP THAT WE CAN HAVE YOUR
01:09:35:00	01:09:36:00	SUPPORT AND SORT OF BRAINSTORM
01:09:36:00	01:09:39:00	AND THINK ABOUT WHAT A PROJECT
01:09:39:00	01:09:39:00	LIKE THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
01:09:39:00	01:09:42:00	GREAT AND COUNCILOR , I WOULD
01:09:42:00	01:09:43:00	JUST ADD IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE
01:09:43:00	01:09:46:00	THAT IS LOOKING FOR ADULT
01:09:46:00	01:09:47:00	DIAPERS OR HYGIENIC PRODUCTS,
01:09:47:00	01:09:49:00	SOME OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE
01:09:49:00	01:09:50:00	PAID FOR THROUGH HEALTH
01:09:50:00	01:09:51:00	INSURANCE DEPENDING ON THE
01:09:51:00	01:09:53:00	HEALTH INSURANCE SOMEBODY HAS
01:09:53:00	01:09:54:00	TO FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM OUR
01:09:54:00	01:09:55:00	WAY TO OUR OFFICE AND WE'LL TRY
01:09:55:00	01:09:58:00	AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE.
01:09:58:00	01:09:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:09:59:00	01:10:00:00	THANK YOU, MADAM JOEL, I HAVE
01:10:00:00	01:10:01:00	TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION FOR
01:10:01:00	01:10:02:00	SORRY NO GO WE'LL COME BACK.
01:10:02:00	01:10:03:00	OH YES.
01:10:03:00	01:10:06:00	SECOND ROUND OK OF COURSE ONLY
01:10:06:00	01:10:10:00	BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEONE ENOUGH
01:10:10:00	01:10:10:00	WITH PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THEN
01:10:10:00	01:10:11:00	TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO LET'S
01:10:11:00	01:10:14:00	JUST GET THROUGH THIS AND THEN
01:10:14:00	01:10:15:00	WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU THE I
01:10:15:00	01:10:17:00	JUST WANTED TO ON RECORD READ A
01:10:17:00	01:10:20:00	LETTER FROM COUNCILOR BRYAN
01:10:20:00	01:10:21:00	MONROE DEAR CHAIR FOR LUNCH
01:10:21:00	01:10:25:00	ANDERSON COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I
01:10:25:00	01:10:26:00	WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE UNABLE TO
01:10:26:00	01:10:28:00	ATTEND TODAY'S HEARING.
01:10:28:00	01:10:29:00	MY STAFF WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE
01:10:29:00	01:10:30:00	AND WILL REVIEW THE VIDEO FOR
01:10:30:00	01:10:33:00	HEARING OF THE HEARING WHEN IT
01:10:33:00	01:10:36:00	COMES TO AVAILABLE SINCERELY
01:10:36:00	01:10:37:00	COUNCILOR BRYAN MONROE.
01:10:37:00	01:10:41:00	ALSO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR
01:10:41:00	01:10:43:00	YOU FOR THE STRONG DEPARTMENT.
01:10:43:00	01:10:47:00	THERE ARE SOME IN THE PROGRAM
01:10:47:00	01:10:48:00	PARTNERSHIPS AREA YOU HAD THE
01:10:48:00	01:10:51:00	LARGEST INCREASE OF SPENDING
01:10:51:00	01:10:52:00	OVER TIME BY PROGRAM SINCE TWO
01:10:52:00	01:10:56:00	THOUSAND TWENTY ONE FI TWENTY
01:10:56:00	01:10:56:00	ONE IN COMPARISON TO
01:10:56:00	01:10:59:00	ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS AND
01:10:59:00	01:11:00:00	TRANSPORTATION.
01:11:00:00	01:11:04:00	WHAT ARE I GUESS COULD YOU
01:11:04:00	01:11:04:00	BREAK THAT DOWN IN TERMS
01:11:04:00	01:11:06:00	OF NEED AND WHY THAT IS
01:11:06:00	01:11:11:00	INCREASE IN PROGRAMING AND
01:11:11:00	01:11:11:00	PROGRAMING PARTNERSHIPS SENDS
01:11:11:00	01:11:14:00	TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE IT'S THE
01:11:14:00	01:11:15:00	LARGEST INCREASE OVERALL.
01:11:15:00	01:11:19:00	LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FOUR
01:11:19:00	01:11:23:00	HUNDRED WE'RE GOING TO
01:11:23:00	01:11:27:00	PARTNERSHIPS REALLY MOSTLY
01:11:27:00	01:11:30:00	ABOUT THE EVENTS MONEY EVENTS,
01:11:30:00	01:11:34:00	EVENTS, MONEY SO PROGRAMS AND
01:11:34:00	01:11:34:00	PARTNERSHIPS MOSTLY EVENTS.
01:11:34:00	01:11:39:00	YES, THAT'S WHERE HE FALLS INTO
01:11:39:00	01:11:42:00	A FIVE TO NINE.
01:11:42:00	01:11:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:11:42:00	01:11:45:00	YEAH.
01:11:45:00	01:11:46:00	IS THAT IS THAT IT.
01:11:46:00	01:11:49:00	I POTENTIALLY I THINK WILL ALSO
01:11:49:00	01:11:50:00	I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GO BACK
01:11:50:00	01:11:53:00	AND KIND OF LOOK EXACTLY WHAT
01:11:53:00	01:11:54:00	FALLS UNDER THAT SO THAT WE CAN
01:11:54:00	01:11:57:00	MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING
01:11:57:00	01:11:58:00	MISSING ANYTHING SO COULD
01:11:58:00	01:12:00:00	SUBMIT TO YEAH.
01:12:00:00	01:12:01:00	NO PROBLEMS IT'S HE SOUNDS VERY
01:12:01:00	01:12:04:00	SURE OK YEAH NO EVENTS.
01:12:04:00	01:12:08:00	I'VE BEEN TO EVENTS THEY'RE BIG
01:12:08:00	01:12:11:00	EVENTS PLEASE I GUESS ELABORATE
01:12:11:00	01:12:12:00	IN WRITING.
01:12:12:00	01:12:13:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:13:00	01:12:14:00	THE PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS
01:12:14:00	01:12:16:00	MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A
01:12:16:00	01:12:17:00	REGULAR ASSESSMENT PERFORMED TO
01:12:17:00	01:12:20:00	ASSESS THE NEEDS OF BOSTON
01:12:20:00	01:12:21:00	OLDER ADULTS AND CREATING
01:12:21:00	01:12:24:00	BOSTON'S AREA PLAN FOR PEOPLE
01:12:24:00	01:12:25:00	OVER TO SIXTY I GUESS
01:12:25:00	01:12:28:00	SPECIFICALLY CAN YOU ELABORATE
01:12:28:00	01:12:29:00	ON HOW THIS ASSESSMENT IS DONE
01:12:29:00	01:12:32:00	OR HOW OFTEN YOU'RE SO WE DO
01:12:32:00	01:12:33:00	THE ASSESSMENT EVERY FOUR YEARS
01:12:33:00	01:12:40:00	AND IT'S VERY DRIVEN BY WHAT
01:12:40:00	01:12:41:00	THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES
01:12:41:00	01:12:43:00	OF US BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A
01:12:43:00	01:12:44:00	REQUIREMENT FOR THE FEDERAL
01:12:44:00	01:12:48:00	FUNDS AND SO WE WORK WITH OUR
01:12:48:00	01:12:51:00	STATE PARTNERS AROUND THAT
01:12:51:00	01:12:51:00	ASSESSMENT.
01:12:51:00	01:12:54:00	IT INVOLVES ON THE GROUND A
01:12:54:00	01:12:58:00	WHOLE BUNCH OF COMMUNITY FOCUS
01:12:58:00	01:13:02:00	GROUPS INVOLVES A SURVEY.
01:13:02:00	01:13:03:00	IT INVOLVES LOOKING AT DATA.
01:13:03:00	01:13:06:00	IT INVOLVES GATHERING
01:13:06:00	01:13:07:00	INFORMATION FROM OUR PARTNER
01:13:07:00	01:13:09:00	ORGANIZATIONS.
01:13:09:00	01:13:10:00	SO THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
01:13:10:00	01:13:11:00	PIECES TO IT AND TOGETHER THEY
01:13:11:00	01:13:14:00	COME INTO WHAT'S CALLED AN AREA
01:13:14:00	01:13:17:00	PLAN THAT WOULD REQUIRE TO
01:13:17:00	01:13:18:00	SUBMIT TO THE STATE AND THEN
01:13:18:00	01:13:19:00	THEY KIND OF COMPILE FOR THE
01:13:19:00	01:13:22:00	STATE AND SUBMIT TO THE FEDERAL
01:13:22:00	01:13:22:00	GOVERNMENT.
01:13:22:00	01:13:23:00	I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE A
01:13:23:00	01:13:28:00	VISION OF EXPANDING THE WAY
01:13:28:00	01:13:28:00	THAT WE DO THAT.
01:13:28:00	01:13:32:00	SO IT'S A MORE USEFUL PLAN FOR
01:13:32:00	01:13:35:00	OUR OFFICE AND FOR THE CITY AND
01:13:35:00	01:13:36:00	OUR NEW DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE
01:13:36:00	01:13:39:00	AND KIND OF CAPACITY WITHIN
01:13:39:00	01:13:40:00	THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US THE
01:13:40:00	01:13:43:00	ABILITY TO BE A LITTLE MORE
01:13:43:00	01:13:44:00	EXPANSIVE, EXPANSIVE WITH THE
01:13:44:00	01:13:44:00	WAY THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
01:13:44:00	01:13:46:00	OUR PLANNING.
01:13:46:00	01:13:47:00	SURE.
01:13:47:00	01:13:48:00	I GUESS INTERESTS
01:13:48:00	01:13:50:00	OF ELABORATING IN TERMS OF THE
01:13:50:00	01:13:51:00	BOSTON AREA PLAN, COULD YOU
01:13:51:00	01:13:52:00	SUBMIT A COPY OF THE LAST ONE
01:13:52:00	01:13:55:00	OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR OR THE
01:13:55:00	01:13:56:00	MOST RECENT ONE YOU HAVE AND
01:13:56:00	01:13:59:00	THEN IN TERMS OF NEED FOR ELDER
01:13:59:00	01:14:01:00	SPACE SPACES?
01:14:01:00	01:14:02:00	I KNOW THAT I PASSED A
01:14:02:00	01:14:03:00	RESOLUTION ASKING FOR ELDER
01:14:03:00	01:14:06:00	RECREATIONAL NOT JUST BINGO AND
01:14:06:00	01:14:10:00	I DON'T KNOW MEETING SPACE OR
01:14:10:00	01:14:14:00	EATING SPACE OR READING SPACE
01:14:14:00	01:14:14:00	BUT ACTUALLY LIKE A
01:14:14:00	01:14:16:00	RECREATIONAL CENTER WHERE
01:14:16:00	01:14:17:00	ELDERS CAN AGAIN RETIRE WITH
01:14:17:00	01:14:21:00	DIGNITY, BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN
01:14:21:00	01:14:22:00	ACTIVITIES OR EXERCISE OR
01:14:22:00	01:14:25:00	PHYSICAL HEALTH.
01:14:25:00	01:14:29:00	AND I KNOW THAT I MYSELF HAS
01:14:29:00	01:14:30:00	SURVEYED MY COMMUNITY, MY
01:14:30:00	01:14:32:00	DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY TO
01:14:32:00	01:14:33:00	UNDERSTAND THIS AND I PARTNERED
01:14:33:00	01:14:33:00	WITH NORTHEASTERNER STUDENTS
01:14:33:00	01:14:37:00	WHO CANVAS D7 AND TOOK AN
01:14:37:00	01:14:40:00	INVENTORY OF THIS NEED AND
01:14:40:00	01:14:41:00	THERE'S A THERE'S A HUGE NEED
01:14:41:00	01:14:42:00	AND ALTHOUGH WEST ROXBURY MAY
01:14:42:00	01:14:47:00	HAVE THE LARGEST OR HIGHEST
01:14:47:00	01:14:49:00	NUMBER OF SENIORS NOT TO WE
01:14:49:00	01:14:52:00	DON'T OBVIOUSLY TO YOUR POINT,
01:14:52:00	01:14:53:00	COMMISSIONER, WE DON'T WANT TO
01:14:53:00	01:14:56:00	ARGUE THE POINT OF WHO DESERVES
01:14:56:00	01:14:57:00	OR WHO NEEDS IT WHO TAKES
01:14:57:00	01:14:57:00	PRIORITY.
01:14:57:00	01:15:00:00	BUT IN GENERALLY GENERALLY
01:15:00:00	01:15:01:00	BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
01:15:01:00	01:15:01:00	DISENFRANCHIZED HISTORICALLY
01:15:01:00	01:15:04:00	DISENFRANCHIZED COMMUNITIES
01:15:04:00	01:15:05:00	OBVIOUSLY HAVE A GREATER NEED
01:15:05:00	01:15:08:00	IN TERMS OF THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC
01:15:08:00	01:15:08:00	CLASS OF HAVING LESS PROGRAMS,
01:15:08:00	01:15:12:00	LESS FUNDING OR LESS SUPPORTS
01:15:12:00	01:15:13:00	FOR OUR SENIORS.
01:15:13:00	01:15:16:00	SO I GUESS ENCOURAGE ONE THAT
01:15:16:00	01:15:17:00	YOU SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE AND I
01:15:17:00	01:15:20:00	SHARE WHAT I HAVE AND HOPEFULLY
01:15:20:00	01:15:24:00	AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT TO DO
01:15:24:00	01:15:25:00	THE ACTUAL STUDY TO BE ABLE TO
01:15:25:00	01:15:28:00	ASSESS THE NEED ACROSS THE
01:15:28:00	01:15:29:00	BOARD INSTEAD OF US JUST
01:15:29:00	01:15:31:00	SAYING, YOU KNOW, HERE HERE WE
01:15:31:00	01:15:32:00	KNOW THAT THERE IS A BUNCH
01:15:32:00	01:15:33:00	OF SENIORS BUT THERE MAY BE
01:15:33:00	01:15:36:00	THAT THAT COMMUNITY HAS MORE
01:15:36:00	01:15:37:00	RESOURCES OR THIS COMMUNITY AND
01:15:37:00	01:15:40:00	AGAIN WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
01:15:40:00	01:15:43:00	MY NEXT QUESTION IS MORE ABOUT
01:15:43:00	01:15:44:00	YOUR YOUR STAFFING AND I GUESS
01:15:44:00	01:15:47:00	BECAUSE YOU'RE A MAJORITY I
01:15:47:00	01:15:51:00	WOULD SAY A MAJORITY BY I DON'T
01:15:51:00	01:15:52:00	LIKE THAT TERM HONESTLY BECAUSE
01:15:52:00	01:15:56:00	IT DOESN'T IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE
01:15:56:00	01:15:59:00	JUST MISSING SOMEONE AND I JUST
01:15:59:00	01:16:00:00	DON'T LIKE TERMS PERIOD LIKE
01:16:00:00	01:16:01:00	WHO CAME UP WITH THE WORD BLACK
01:16:01:00	01:16:03:00	OR PEOPLE OF COLOR COLORED
01:16:03:00	01:16:06:00	ANYTHING SO BUT IN TERMS
01:16:06:00	01:16:07:00	OF SPECIFICALLY THAT
01:16:07:00	01:16:07:00	DEMOGRAPHICS THE PEOPLE THAT
01:16:07:00	01:16:10:00	ARE HISTORICALLY
01:16:10:00	01:16:11:00	DISENFRANCHIZED YOUR DEPARTMENT
01:16:11:00	01:16:15:00	ACTUALLY HAS A HIGHER
01:16:15:00	01:16:15:00	PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION
01:16:15:00	01:16:19:00	BUT IN YOUR MANAGERIAL YOU HAVE
01:16:19:00	01:16:21:00	A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE.
01:16:21:00	01:16:23:00	WE KNOW WHY BECAUSE WE TAKE
01:16:23:00	01:16:26:00	CARE OF BUSINESS BUT WE BUT A
01:16:26:00	01:16:27:00	HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF WHITE
01:16:27:00	01:16:29:00	POPULATION.
01:16:29:00	01:16:30:00	AND SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANY
01:16:30:00	01:16:33:00	PROGRAMING IN TERMS OF LIKE
01:16:33:00	01:16:34:00	CAREER OR UPPER MOBILITY PLAN
01:16:34:00	01:16:38:00	FOR YOUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO
01:16:38:00	01:16:38:00	GET INTO MANAGEMENT?
01:16:38:00	01:16:39:00	YEAH, SURE.
01:16:39:00	01:16:42:00	SO I MEAN I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S
01:16:42:00	01:16:44:00	REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE'RE
01:16:44:00	01:16:45:00	REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSITY
01:16:45:00	01:16:50:00	OF BOSTON ACROSS ALL LEVELS
01:16:50:00	01:16:53:00	OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND THAT IS
01:16:53:00	01:16:54:00	AN AREA THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT
01:16:54:00	01:16:57:00	OF FOCUS IN THE TWELVE YEARS
01:16:57:00	01:16:57:00	THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
01:16:57:00	01:17:01:00	WE WE'VE DONE A NUMBER
01:17:01:00	01:17:03:00	OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHICH I'M
01:17:03:00	01:17:04:00	NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THE
01:17:04:00	01:17:10:00	DETAIL BUT ONE OF THEM BEING
01:17:10:00	01:17:11:00	BRINGING FOLKS IN ON THE GROUND
01:17:11:00	01:17:12:00	LEVEL, PROVIDING A LOT
01:17:12:00	01:17:15:00	OF TRAINING AND PROMOTING FROM
01:17:15:00	01:17:22:00	WITHIN SO WE'VE WE HAVE THREE
01:17:22:00	01:17:23:00	DIRECTORS OF COLOR, ONE
01:17:23:00	01:17:24:00	OF WHICH ACTUALLY WAS IN SCHOOL
01:17:24:00	01:17:27:00	AND HAS LEFT US AND NOW HAS AN
01:17:27:00	01:17:28:00	EVEN BETTER JOB.
01:17:28:00	01:17:30:00	BUT TWO OF OUR DIRECTORS
01:17:30:00	01:17:32:00	OF COLOR NOW STARTED I KIND
01:17:32:00	01:17:35:00	OF I WOULD SAY ENTRY LEVEL
01:17:35:00	01:17:36:00	POSITIONS IN OUR OFFICE AND
01:17:36:00	01:17:36:00	WORKED THEIR WAY UP INTO
01:17:36:00	01:17:39:00	DIRECTOR LEVEL POSITIONS WHICH
01:17:39:00	01:17:40:00	I THINK IS IS REALLY CRITICAL.
01:17:40:00	01:17:42:00	SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S AN AREA
01:17:42:00	01:17:43:00	OF FOCUS FOR US AND WE CAN
01:17:43:00	01:17:46:00	ALWAYS DO BETTER BUT BUT IT'S
01:17:46:00	01:17:50:00	AN AREA WE FOCUS ON.
01:17:50:00	01:17:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:17:50:00	01:17:53:00	YOUR ANSWER SOUNDS LIKE YOU
01:17:53:00	01:17:54:00	GAVE ME NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
01:17:54:00	01:17:57:00	OF COLOR IN MANAGERIAL BUT I
01:17:57:00	01:17:58:00	SEE THAT HERE IN THIS RESPONSE
01:17:58:00	01:18:01:00	I GUESS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
01:18:01:00	01:18:11:00	PLAN SPECIFICALLY AND HOW TO
01:18:11:00	01:18:13:00	TRAIN OR BRING PEOPLE FROM YOUR
01:18:13:00	01:18:13:00	60 PERCENTILE BY POPULATION TO
01:18:13:00	01:18:14:00	MANAGERIAL BECAUSE THE THE
01:18:14:00	01:18:16:00	RESPONSE THEN I WOULD SAY WELL
01:18:16:00	01:18:17:00	YOU HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE WHITE
01:18:17:00	01:18:20:00	PEOPLE IN MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT
01:18:20:00	01:18:22:00	AND YOU HAVE THREE BIPAC WITH
01:18:22:00	01:18:24:00	ONE RETIRING.
01:18:24:00	01:18:25:00	SO I GUESS YOU KNOW, I'D BE
01:18:25:00	01:18:28:00	INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION
01:18:28:00	01:18:29:00	ABOUT LOOKING AT ASARE, JUST
01:18:29:00	01:18:32:00	LOOKING AT THE RESPONSES,
01:18:32:00	01:18:36:00	LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY ARE
01:18:36:00	01:18:36:00	THERE PEOPLE THAT ARE
01:18:36:00	01:18:37:00	INTERESTED IN MOVING TO
01:18:37:00	01:18:40:00	MANAGEMENT AND THEN IF THERE'S
01:18:40:00	01:18:41:00	ANY PROGRAMING OR SPACE FOR
01:18:41:00	01:18:44:00	TRAINING OR COULD WE PAY FOR
01:18:44:00	01:18:48:00	TRAINING FOR FOLKS TO MOVE UP?
01:18:48:00	01:18:49:00	YEAH, FOR SURE.
01:18:49:00	01:18:51:00	WE I DO HAVE TWO DEPUTY
01:18:51:00	01:18:55:00	COMMISSIONERS OF COLOR AND AN
01:18:55:00	01:18:59:00	ADDITIONAL THREE AT LEAST THREE
01:18:59:00	01:19:02:00	DIRECTORS OF COLOR BUT BUT YES
01:19:02:00	01:19:06:00	TRAINING IS IS CRITICAL AND WE
01:19:06:00	01:19:07:00	DO PAY FOR TRAINING AND WILL
01:19:07:00	01:19:08:00	CONTINUE TO PAY FOR OUR
01:19:08:00	01:19:10:00	TRAINING BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT
01:19:10:00	01:19:11:00	THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT ONLY ON
01:19:11:00	01:19:14:00	THE GROUND TRAINING BUT ALSO
01:19:14:00	01:19:15:00	KIND OF MORE FORMALIZED
01:19:15:00	01:19:19:00	TRAINING AND SO WE DO SEEK TO
01:19:19:00	01:19:21:00	PROVIDE THAT FOR FOLKS.
01:19:21:00	01:19:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:19:22:00	01:19:27:00	SORRY THE THE GRAPH THAT I GOT
01:19:27:00	01:19:27:00	LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU
01:19:27:00	01:19:31:00	JUST TOLD ME BUT YOU WOULD KNOW
01:19:31:00	01:19:34:00	BETTER NOW I CAN'T FIND THE
01:19:34:00	01:19:38:00	PAGE BUT THERE'S A GRAPH THAT
01:19:38:00	01:19:43:00	DOING SORRY PAGE SIXTEEN SIX
01:19:43:00	01:19:43:00	STILL HAS GRAPHS.
01:19:43:00	01:19:44:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:19:44:00	01:19:45:00	YEAH HERE WE GO.
01:19:45:00	01:19:50:00	YEAH IT LOOKS LIKE THREE TO
01:19:50:00	01:19:53:00	THREE IN COMPARISON TO FOR
01:19:53:00	01:19:56:00	COMPARISON TO SEVEN BUT
01:19:56:00	01:19:57:00	WHATEVER I GUESS YOU ARE
01:19:57:00	01:20:03:00	UPDATING WHATEVER YOU SENT ME
01:20:03:00	01:20:08:00	EMPLOYEE IN TOP EARNERS I GUESS
01:20:08:00	01:20:11:00	TOP EARNERS BUT NOT INCLUDING I
01:20:11:00	01:20:12:00	SEE I'M JUST GOING BY THE
01:20:12:00	01:20:15:00	NUMBERS YOU GAVE ME ELEVEN
01:20:15:00	01:20:16:00	TOTAL PEOPLE TOP EARNERS YEAH.
01:20:16:00	01:20:20:00	USUALLY THEY DO THE TOP TEN FOR
01:20:20:00	01:20:21:00	THAT THEY THEY PULLED THAT
01:20:21:00	01:20:23:00	INFORMATION I'M JUST SAYING
01:20:23:00	01:20:24:00	FROM FROM IT'S A LARGER NUMBER
01:20:24:00	01:20:27:00	THAN FROM THE DIRECTORS THAT WE
01:20:27:00	01:20:30:00	HAVE OUR DIRECTOR LEVEL WE HAVE
01:20:30:00	01:20:31:00	THREE DIRECTORS OF COLOR AND WE
01:20:31:00	01:20:32:00	HAVE TWO DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS
01:20:32:00	01:20:35:00	OF COLOR I UNDERSTAND NOW THANK
01:20:35:00	01:20:35:00	YOU.
01:20:35:00	01:20:36:00	THANK YOU.
01:20:36:00	01:20:39:00	YOU'RE DEPARTMENT CERTAINLY
01:20:39:00	01:20:42:00	DOES AMAZING WORK.
01:20:42:00	01:20:45:00	I SAW FIRSTHAND AT AN EVENT
01:20:45:00	01:20:47:00	WHERE IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS LIKE
01:20:47:00	01:20:50:00	SOME SORT OF LIKE SYNCHRONIZED
01:20:50:00	01:20:53:00	SWIMMING GOING ON IN THE BACK
01:20:53:00	01:20:54:00	OF THE CURTAINS AND EVERYONE
01:20:54:00	01:20:57:00	WORKED SO BEAUTIFULLY TOGETHER
01:20:57:00	01:20:58:00	AND OBVIOUSLY BUT I DID NOTICE
01:20:58:00	01:21:05:00	THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF FOLKS,
01:21:05:00	01:21:06:00	PARTICULARLY CAPE VERDEAN WOMEN
01:21:06:00	01:21:09:00	THAT WORKED WITHIN YOUR
01:21:09:00	01:21:13:00	DEPARTMENT AND WE AS AS AN
01:21:13:00	01:21:14:00	AFRICAN WOMAN WE HAVE A LARGE
01:21:14:00	01:21:17:00	EMBED IN OUR CULTURE AND OUR
01:21:17:00	01:21:18:00	TRADITION TO TAKE CARE OF OUR
01:21:18:00	01:21:21:00	ELDERS AND WHEN I SAW THAT I
01:21:21:00	01:21:22:00	WENT TO THE BACK AND I WAS LIKE
01:21:22:00	01:21:23:00	TALKING TO THEM AND EVERYTHING
01:21:23:00	01:21:25:00	AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A
01:21:25:00	01:21:26:00	BEAUTIFUL THING THAT EVERYONE
01:21:26:00	01:21:29:00	SORT OF JUST KNEW TO SUPPORT
01:21:29:00	01:21:30:00	EACH OTHER AND HELP EACH OTHER.
01:21:30:00	01:21:31:00	SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
01:21:31:00	01:21:31:00	YOU DO.
01:21:31:00	01:21:32:00	I DO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT I
01:21:32:00	01:21:33:00	WILL YIELD MY TIME TO BE FAIR
01:21:33:00	01:21:34:00	TO MY COLLEAGUES.
01:21:34:00	01:21:40:00	I LIKE TO CALL DAVID ARNSTEIN
01:21:40:00	01:21:44:00	TO TESTIFY AT THIS TIME.
01:21:44:00	01:21:45:00	WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT
01:21:45:00	01:21:45:00	HERE.
01:21:45:00	01:21:46:00	YES.
01:21:46:00	01:21:47:00	SIR.
01:21:47:00	01:21:48:00	I'M SAYING IF YOU COULD STATE
01:21:48:00	01:21:51:00	YOUR NAME AFFILIATION RESIDENTS
01:21:51:00	01:21:52:00	FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE A FEW
01:21:52:00	01:21:52:00	MINUTES.
01:21:52:00	01:21:52:00	YES.
01:21:52:00	01:21:55:00	MY NAME IS DAVID EHRENSTEIN.
01:21:55:00	01:21:59:00	I LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN, 70
01:21:59:00	01:22:03:00	YEARS OLD, A VOLUNTEER LEADER
01:22:03:00	01:22:07:00	OF A NEW ORGANIZATION CALLED
01:22:07:00	01:22:08:00	OUTSTANDING LIFE WHERE A
01:22:08:00	01:22:11:00	VIRTUAL SENIOR CENTER FOR LGBT
01:22:11:00	01:22:15:00	Q OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON I WANT
01:22:15:00	01:22:16:00	TO SAY THAT AGE STRONG HAS BEEN
01:22:16:00	01:22:19:00	VERY SUPPORTIVE OF A NUMBER
01:22:19:00	01:22:23:00	OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS TO REACH
01:22:23:00	01:22:27:00	OUT TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND
01:22:27:00	01:22:28:00	NUMBER OF COUNSELORS ABOUT
01:22:28:00	01:22:35:00	ABOUT THE NEED FOR SUCH A THING
01:22:35:00	01:22:36:00	AND WE'RE MEETING WITH
01:22:36:00	01:22:39:00	PRESIDENT FLYN AND COUNSELOR
01:22:39:00	01:22:42:00	COLLETTA THIS WEEK ALSO THIS
01:22:42:00	01:22:46:00	REALLY IS ABOUT AND IS AN
01:22:46:00	01:22:47:00	EQUITY ISSUE.
01:22:47:00	01:22:50:00	I THINK THE CITY DOES INVEST IN
01:22:50:00	01:22:54:00	BRICKS AND MORTAR SENIOR
01:22:54:00	01:22:58:00	CENTERS AND PROGRAMS AND AT CYF
01:22:58:00	01:23:02:00	AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION.
01:23:02:00	01:23:06:00	HOWEVER, LGBT SENIORS REALLY DO
01:23:06:00	01:23:07:00	NOT FOR THE MOST PART FEEL
01:23:07:00	01:23:10:00	COMFORTABLE ATTENDING EVENTS AT
01:23:10:00	01:23:14:00	AT NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTERS.
01:23:14:00	01:23:15:00	THE LGBT POPULATION IS
01:23:15:00	01:23:18:00	DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY
01:23:18:00	01:23:21:00	AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD SO IT
01:23:21:00	01:23:22:00	WOULDN'T ACTUALLY PROBABLY MAKE
01:23:22:00	01:23:25:00	SENSE TO HAVE ONE SENIOR CENTER
01:23:25:00	01:23:27:00	FOR LGBT PEOPLE AT THIS POINT
01:23:27:00	01:23:30:00	BECAUSE WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD
01:23:30:00	01:23:30:00	IT BE IN AND HOW ACCESSIBLE IT
01:23:30:00	01:23:31:00	WOULD BE?
01:23:31:00	01:23:34:00	SO WE'RE CREATING A VIRTUAL
01:23:34:00	01:23:34:00	SENIOR CENTER.
01:23:34:00	01:23:38:00	THE IDEA IS THAT IT DOES
01:23:38:00	01:23:41:00	ADDRESS THE ISOLATION AND
01:23:41:00	01:23:42:00	LONELINESS ISSUES THAT A NUMBER
01:23:42:00	01:23:45:00	OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
01:23:45:00	01:23:46:00	WE HAVE PROGRAMING THAT
01:23:46:00	01:23:49:00	INCLUDES TECH HELP, HEALTH AND
01:23:49:00	01:23:53:00	WELLNESS SERIES SUPPORT GROUPS
01:23:53:00	01:23:54:00	, LEGAL PLANNING AUTHOR
01:23:54:00	01:23:57:00	READINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
01:23:57:00	01:24:01:00	RELEVANT TO OLDER LGBT FOLK.
01:24:01:00	01:24:01:00	WE'RE DOING OUTREACH TO THE
01:24:01:00	01:24:05:00	TRANS COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S
01:24:05:00	01:24:05:00	REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT OUR
01:24:05:00	01:24:09:00	PLATFORM ALSO IS THAT MEMBERS
01:24:09:00	01:24:13:00	WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE THEIR
01:24:13:00	01:24:17:00	OWN INTENTIONAL SPACES SO WE
01:24:17:00	01:24:18:00	MAY NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ALL
01:24:18:00	01:24:20:00	ABOUT GARDENING BUT IF THERE IS
01:24:20:00	01:24:21:00	A MEMBER WHO IS EXCITED ABOUT
01:24:21:00	01:24:22:00	GARDENING THEY CAN CREATE A
01:24:22:00	01:24:25:00	SPACE AND CREATE A DISCUSSION
01:24:25:00	01:24:28:00	WITH THEIR THEIR FELLOW MEMBERS
01:24:28:00	01:24:28:00	.
01:24:28:00	01:24:32:00	SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IN THE
01:24:32:00	01:24:36:00	BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS THAT AN
01:24:36:00	01:24:37:00	AMENDMENT CAN BE MADE TO
01:24:37:00	01:24:40:00	SUPPORT OUTSTANDING LIFE OR AN
01:24:40:00	01:24:44:00	LGBT SENIOR VIRTUAL SENIOR
01:24:44:00	01:24:44:00	CENTER.
01:24:44:00	01:24:47:00	SO THE MY EMPHASIS HERE IS THAT
01:24:47:00	01:24:52:00	BRICKS AND MORTAR VERSUS THE
01:24:52:00	01:24:53:00	BRICKS AND MORTAR AND
01:24:53:00	01:24:55:00	TRANSPORTATION THAT'S NEEDED TO
01:24:55:00	01:24:56:00	MAKE SENIOR CENTERS WORK IS
01:24:56:00	01:24:59:00	EXPENSIVE.
01:24:59:00	01:25:00:00	A VIRTUAL SENIOR CENTER IS NOT
01:25:00:00	01:25:03:00	EXPENSIVE IN COMPARISON AND HAS
01:25:03:00	01:25:07:00	A BROAD REACH BEYOND SPECIFIC
01:25:07:00	01:25:07:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:25:07:00	01:25:09:00	SO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
01:25:09:00	01:25:12:00	ABOUT US WE'RE W W W
01:25:12:00	01:25:15:00	OUTSTANDING LIFE FOR AND I
01:25:15:00	01:25:16:00	APPRECIATE THE COUNCILORS WHO
01:25:16:00	01:25:19:00	EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS
01:25:19:00	01:25:23:00	AMENDMENT AND HOPE THAT WE'LL
01:25:23:00	01:25:24:00	BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
01:25:24:00	01:25:27:00	THIS IN THE COMING YEAR.
01:25:27:00	01:25:28:00	SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
01:25:28:00	01:25:31:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR ARNSTEIN
01:25:31:00	01:25:35:00	FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
01:25:35:00	01:25:39:00	I APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY FOR
01:25:39:00	01:25:46:00	THE LGBTQ SENIORS AND IN BOSTON
01:25:46:00	01:25:46:00	.
01:25:46:00	01:25:47:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING
01:25:47:00	01:25:50:00	MORE ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM.
01:25:50:00	01:25:51:00	I'M VERY INTERESTED ESPECIALLY
01:25:51:00	01:25:55:00	BECAUSE IN THE LGBTQ POPULATION
01:25:55:00	01:25:58:00	PLUS POPULATION THERE'S LIKE
01:25:58:00	01:26:02:00	ALL OF THIS RACISM BUT THEN
01:26:02:00	01:26:03:00	WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELDER
01:26:03:00	01:26:06:00	POPULATION IT'S EVEN WORSE
01:26:06:00	01:26:07:00	BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE SOME
01:26:07:00	01:26:11:00	UNWORKED STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE
01:26:11:00	01:26:13:00	REVEALED AND WORKED ON SOME
01:26:13:00	01:26:14:00	HEALING TO DO WHAT AN AMAZING
01:26:14:00	01:26:15:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME
01:26:15:00	01:26:19:00	RECONCILIATE AND FOR SOME
01:26:19:00	01:26:21:00	HEALING.
01:26:21:00	01:26:22:00	AND I CAN IMAGINE ESPECIALLY
01:26:22:00	01:26:25:00	LIKE WITH OLDER SENIORS HOW
01:26:25:00	01:26:26:00	LIKE FEELING SAFE ESPECIALLY
01:26:26:00	01:26:30:00	WITH RELIGIOUS POPULATIONS.
01:26:30:00	01:26:34:00	HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT BEING OPEN
01:26:34:00	01:26:36:00	TO THE LGBTQ PLUS POPULATION
01:26:36:00	01:26:37:00	BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND BUT ALSO
01:26:37:00	01:26:41:00	SORT OF CREATING THAT CROSS
01:26:41:00	01:26:41:00	CULTURE OPPORTUNITY FOR
01:26:41:00	01:26:44:00	LEARNING BETWEEN PEOPLE
01:26:44:00	01:26:48:00	OF COLOR LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE
01:26:48:00	01:26:52:00	OF COLOR AND LGBTQ PLUS WHITES
01:26:52:00	01:26:53:00	.
01:26:53:00	01:26:53:00	SO I THINK IT'S AMAZING
01:26:53:00	01:26:56:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALING
01:26:56:00	01:26:57:00	CERTAINLY PRESENTS SOME
01:26:57:00	01:26:58:00	CONFLICTS AND I BELIEVE
01:26:58:00	01:27:01:00	CONFLICTS ARE OPPORTUNITIES.
01:27:01:00	01:27:02:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING
01:27:02:00	01:27:05:00	ABOUT THAT.
01:27:05:00	01:27:05:00	I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
01:27:05:00	01:27:08:00	WHOLE VIRTUAL IDEA ALTHOUGH I
01:27:08:00	01:27:09:00	SEE THAT SOME SENIOR SENIORS
01:27:09:00	01:27:12:00	LIKE TO BE IN PERSON BUT THE
01:27:12:00	01:27:12:00	ACCESSIBILITY COMPONENT OF IT
01:27:12:00	01:27:14:00	IS BEAUTIFUL.
01:27:14:00	01:27:19:00	THANK YOU AGAIN COUNSELOR
01:27:19:00	01:27:23:00	BREADON, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
01:27:23:00	01:27:27:00	SAVED FOR THE REST OF MY
01:27:27:00	01:27:30:00	COLLEAGUE'S QUESTIONS EACH.
01:27:30:00	01:27:31:00	I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF BECAUSE
01:27:31:00	01:27:34:00	I KNOW WE'RE WATCHING OUR TIME
01:27:34:00	01:27:34:00	.
01:27:34:00	01:27:35:00	I WANT TO THANK DAVID FOR
01:27:35:00	01:27:36:00	COMING IN AND MAKING A
01:27:36:00	01:27:38:00	PRESENTATION ON BEHALF
01:27:38:00	01:27:39:00	OF OUTSTANDING GUYS I DID MEET
01:27:39:00	01:27:42:00	WITH WITH THE FOLKS FROM
01:27:42:00	01:27:43:00	OUTSTANDING LIFE AND IT REALLY
01:27:43:00	01:27:47:00	DOES SEEM TO ME A CRITICAL NEED
01:27:47:00	01:27:50:00	TO A VIRTUAL SENIOR CENTER FOR
01:27:50:00	01:27:51:00	LGBT.
01:27:51:00	01:27:54:00	Q PLUS ELDERS IS REALLY
01:27:54:00	01:27:57:00	IMPORTANT NOT EVERYBODY CAN WE
01:27:57:00	01:27:58:00	SCATTERED ALL ACROSS WE I CUT
01:27:58:00	01:28:01:00	MYSELF AMONG THOSE GROUP THIS
01:28:01:00	01:28:02:00	GROUP WE'RE SCATTERED ALL
01:28:02:00	01:28:05:00	ACROSS THE CITY DIVERSE
01:28:05:00	01:28:08:00	CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS AND I DO
01:28:08:00	01:28:09:00	KNOW THAT MANY ELDERS WHO
01:28:09:00	01:28:12:00	IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ DO FEEL
01:28:12:00	01:28:16:00	FEARFUL ABOUT ESPECIALLY
01:28:16:00	01:28:17:00	THERE'S AN INCREASING LEVEL
01:28:17:00	01:28:20:00	OF INTOLERANCE OF OF LGBTQ
01:28:20:00	01:28:25:00	FOLKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
01:28:25:00	01:28:25:00	MANY OF OUR ELDERS FEEL
01:28:25:00	01:28:29:00	THREATENED AND FEEL LIKE THEY
01:28:29:00	01:28:30:00	HAVE TO GO BACK INTO THE CLOSET
01:28:30:00	01:28:30:00	AGAIN AND IT'S NOT A STILL
01:28:30:00	01:28:31:00	THING SAFE.
01:28:31:00	01:28:33:00	SO I THINK SUPPORT FOR A
01:28:33:00	01:28:33:00	VIRTUAL SENIOR CENTER IS
01:28:33:00	01:28:36:00	SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY WOULD
01:28:36:00	01:28:37:00	BE GIVE US A LOT OF BANG FOR
01:28:37:00	01:28:40:00	OUR BUCK IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:28:40:00	01:28:41:00	AND AS BOSTON WE DO LEAD WE
01:28:41:00	01:28:41:00	STEP OUT.
01:28:41:00	01:28:44:00	WE'RE AHEAD.
01:28:44:00	01:28:45:00	WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN
01:28:45:00	01:28:46:00	MANY WAYS AND I THINK THIS
01:28:46:00	01:28:48:00	WOULD BE AN INITIATIVE THAT
01:28:48:00	01:28:49:00	WOULD HELP CONTINUE THAT
01:28:49:00	01:28:49:00	TRADITION OF BEING INNOVATIVE
01:28:49:00	01:28:52:00	AND SUPPORTIVE NEW IDEAS.
01:28:52:00	01:28:56:00	AND I JUST WANT MY SUPPORT TO
01:28:56:00	01:28:59:00	THIS THIS REQUEST.
01:28:59:00	01:29:03:00	LET'S SEE WHERE MY NOTES ARE.
01:29:03:00	01:29:08:00	THE I'D LOVE TO KNOW A LITTLE
01:29:08:00	01:29:11:00	MORE ABOUT THE THE THE HOARDING
01:29:11:00	01:29:14:00	PROGRAM AND WHO WE PARTNER WITH
01:29:14:00	01:29:15:00	FOR THAT.
01:29:15:00	01:29:16:00	I THINK IT'S WE HAVE DEALT WITH
01:29:16:00	01:29:16:00	IT AGAIN.
01:29:16:00	01:29:19:00	WE'VE DEALT WITH A FEW CASES
01:29:19:00	01:29:20:00	OF FOLKS WHO WERE IN DANGER
01:29:20:00	01:29:22:00	OF LOSING THEIR HOMES BECAUSE
01:29:22:00	01:29:23:00	THEY HAD A HOARDING PROBLEM
01:29:23:00	01:29:24:00	BECAUSE THEIR HOUSE WAS FILLED
01:29:24:00	01:29:27:00	WITH FLAMMABLE MATERIALS AND
01:29:27:00	01:29:30:00	THEIR THEIR LANDLORD WAS
01:29:30:00	01:29:31:00	SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO
01:29:31:00	01:29:33:00	THIS ANYMORE AND IT IS A MENTAL
01:29:33:00	01:29:34:00	HEALTH ISSUE.
01:29:34:00	01:29:35:00	BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME MORE.
01:29:35:00	01:29:38:00	COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU SO AND
01:29:38:00	01:29:39:00	SO WE ARE HOPING TO CREATE A
01:29:39:00	01:29:41:00	MORE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTING
01:29:41:00	01:29:42:00	PROGRAM BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY IS
01:29:42:00	01:29:46:00	A PROBLEM.
01:29:46:00	01:29:47:00	WE DID IT SOME WORK WITH
01:29:47:00	01:29:47:00	PARTNERS.
01:29:47:00	01:29:50:00	WE PUT OUT ACTUALLY TO OUR PS
01:29:50:00	01:29:51:00	AND HAD NO ONE BID ON THEM
01:29:51:00	01:29:53:00	WHICH IS WHY WE'VE ENGAGED A
01:29:53:00	01:29:53:00	CONSULTANT.
01:29:53:00	01:29:56:00	THEIR NAME IS AIRBUS CONSULTING
01:29:56:00	01:29:57:00	AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE
01:29:57:00	01:30:01:00	CAN HOW A PROGRAM CAN WORK IN
01:30:01:00	01:30:02:00	THE CITY, WHO THE PARTNERS
01:30:02:00	01:30:05:00	MIGHT BE AND AND WHAT THE
01:30:05:00	01:30:09:00	AMOUNT OF FUNDING IS GOING
01:30:09:00	01:30:10:00	NEEDS TO BE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
01:30:10:00	01:30:10:00	A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
01:30:10:00	01:30:20:00	I WOULD SAY AT THE CURRENT TIME
01:30:20:00	01:30:21:00	THERE ARE MANY HOARDING CASES
01:30:21:00	01:30:22:00	AND WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH
01:30:22:00	01:30:22:00	OUR INSPECTION SERVICES
01:30:22:00	01:30:23:00	DEPARTMENT WITH THE MAYOR'S
01:30:23:00	01:30:23:00	OFFICE OF HOUSING, WITH OUR
01:30:23:00	01:30:24:00	PARTNERS KIND OF OUR OUR
01:30:24:00	01:30:28:00	PARTNERS AT OUR IN THE
01:30:28:00	01:30:32:00	COMMUNITY AND WITH THE ADULT
01:30:32:00	01:30:32:00	PROTECTIVE SERVICES PROGRAM TO
01:30:32:00	01:30:36:00	SUPPORT PEOPLE AS BEST WE CAN
01:30:36:00	01:30:36:00	WITH THAT.
01:30:36:00	01:30:38:00	BUT WE NEED TO CREATE A PROGRAM
01:30:38:00	01:30:40:00	IN BOSTON HAS A CLINICAL
01:30:40:00	01:30:44:00	COMPONENT TO IT SO THAT SO THAT
01:30:44:00	01:30:44:00	WE CAN STOP RECIDIVISM.
01:30:44:00	01:30:45:00	VERY GOOD.
01:30:45:00	01:30:45:00	THANK YOU.
01:30:45:00	01:30:48:00	THANK YOU.
01:30:48:00	01:30:49:00	THANK YOU SO VERY COMES FROM
01:30:49:00	01:30:51:00	HERE BEFORE MADAM CHAIR I'M
01:30:51:00	01:30:52:00	JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT TWO
01:30:52:00	01:30:55:00	MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACTURAL
01:30:55:00	01:30:56:00	SERVICES AND IF YOU CAN ALSO
01:30:56:00	01:30:59:00	TELL ME HOW ARE YOU ALLOCATING
01:30:59:00	01:31:00:00	THOSE DOLLARS FOR MINORITY
01:31:00:00	01:31:04:00	OWNED BUSINESSES AND WOMEN JUST
01:31:04:00	01:31:06:00	KIND OF GIVE ME A LANDSCAPE
01:31:06:00	01:31:06:00	VIEW.
01:31:06:00	01:31:07:00	SURE.
01:31:07:00	01:31:10:00	LET ME TRY AND REMEMBER WHAT
01:31:10:00	01:31:11:00	WHAT IS MADE UP IN OUR
01:31:11:00	01:31:12:00	CONTRACTED SERVICES LINE
01:31:12:00	01:31:12:00	BECAUSE IT'S A BUNCH
01:31:12:00	01:31:18:00	OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
01:31:18:00	01:31:19:00	WE HAVE A LARGE PART OF THAT
01:31:19:00	01:31:23:00	LINE I THINK ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED
01:31:23:00	01:31:23:00	AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
01:31:23:00	01:31:25:00	WHICH IS BEHAVIORAL FOR
01:31:25:00	01:31:26:00	BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMUNITY
01:31:26:00	01:31:30:00	GRANTS.
01:31:30:00	01:31:31:00	THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FY
01:31:31:00	01:31:34:00	TWENTY THREE IS THE FIRST YEAR
01:31:34:00	01:31:35:00	THAT THAT MONEY WAS IN THE
01:31:35:00	01:31:37:00	BUDGET AND WE ARE ACTUALLY
01:31:37:00	01:31:41:00	ABOUT TO ISSUE GRANTS AND WILL
01:31:41:00	01:31:42:00	BE DOING THE SAME THING NEXT
01:31:42:00	01:31:44:00	YEAR.
01:31:44:00	01:31:52:00	IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE A
01:31:52:00	01:31:53:00	BUNCH OF OUR EVENTS AND
01:31:53:00	01:31:53:00	PROGRAMS.
01:31:53:00	01:31:58:00	MONEY IS ALSO IN THAT LINE.
01:31:58:00	01:31:59:00	SORRY PRINCE I'M BLINKING ON
01:31:59:00	01:32:05:00	WHAT IT IS TO SOME RENT
01:32:05:00	01:32:09:00	OF TENTS ALL INCLUDING ONLINE.
01:32:09:00	01:32:11:00	YEAH SO SO LIKE ALL OF THE
01:32:11:00	01:32:14:00	BUSSES THAT WE TAKE THAT WE
01:32:14:00	01:32:15:00	TRANSPORT PEOPLE TO TO EVENTS
01:32:15:00	01:32:19:00	AND ACTUALLY THAT WAS A LARGE
01:32:19:00	01:32:23:00	COST INCREASE FOR US THIS YEAR
01:32:23:00	01:32:24:00	AND CAN JUST BEFORE MY TIME GET
01:32:24:00	01:32:24:00	GOES UP.
01:32:24:00	01:32:25:00	I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER AROUND
01:32:25:00	01:32:26:00	HOW YOU'RE ALLOCATING THOSE
01:32:26:00	01:32:30:00	RESOURCES TO MINORITY WOMEN
01:32:30:00	01:32:31:00	OWNED BUSINESSES.
01:32:31:00	01:32:32:00	HOW DO YOU SHARE THE WEALTH?
01:32:32:00	01:32:33:00	SURE.
01:32:33:00	01:32:34:00	SURE.
01:32:34:00	01:32:38:00	SO WHEN WE SO THE MAJORITY
01:32:38:00	01:32:39:00	OF FUNDING THAT WE GIVE OUT WE
01:32:39:00	01:32:45:00	GIVE OUT THROUGH GRANTS OR ARE
01:32:45:00	01:32:46:00	OLDER AMERICANS ACT DOLLARS ARE
01:32:46:00	01:32:50:00	OUR DOLLARS AND WE HAVE A
01:32:50:00	01:32:54:00	NUMBER OF A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS
01:32:54:00	01:32:55:00	THAT WE CONTRACT WITH THAT WE
01:32:55:00	01:32:56:00	HAVE FOR A LONG TIME THAT ARE
01:32:56:00	01:32:57:00	MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED
01:32:57:00	01:32:57:00	BUSINESSES.
01:32:57:00	01:32:58:00	I THINK I'VE MENTIONED SOME
01:32:58:00	01:33:01:00	OF THEM BEFORE IN THIS I'LL
01:33:01:00	01:33:02:00	JUST ADD TO THE LIST KIND
01:33:02:00	01:33:03:00	OF MASS ASSOCIATION FOR THE
01:33:03:00	01:33:05:00	BLIND VISUALLY IMPAIRED DEAF
01:33:05:00	01:33:05:00	INC THANK YOU.
01:33:05:00	01:33:09:00	BUT WE'RE SEEKING THOSE
01:33:09:00	01:33:09:00	WHENEVER WE CAN.
01:33:09:00	01:33:10:00	I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE
01:33:10:00	01:33:13:00	MY TIME GOES.
01:33:13:00	01:33:14:00	WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
01:33:14:00	01:33:14:00	SURVEYED ELDERS IN REGARDS TO
01:33:14:00	01:33:17:00	YOUR SERVICES AND JUST WANTED
01:33:17:00	01:33:18:00	TO GO ON THE RECORD ALSO IN
01:33:18:00	01:33:20:00	SUPPORT OF THE OUTSTANDING
01:33:20:00	01:33:21:00	VIRTUAL COMMUNITY AS YOU CAN
01:33:21:00	01:33:25:00	SEE BY MY OPENING REMARKS, MY
01:33:25:00	01:33:26:00	LINE OF QUESTIONS I AM ALREADY
01:33:26:00	01:33:28:00	ALL IN.
01:33:28:00	01:33:32:00	SO THE LAST TIME THAT WE
01:33:32:00	01:33:33:00	SURVEYED SO SO WAS DURING THE
01:33:33:00	01:33:36:00	LAST TIME WE DID OUR AREA PLAN
01:33:36:00	01:33:39:00	AND THAT WAS UNFORTUNATELY
01:33:39:00	01:33:40:00	DURING THE PANDEMIC WE HAD TO
01:33:40:00	01:33:41:00	SURVEY THAT WAS A REAL
01:33:41:00	01:33:43:00	CHALLENGE.
01:33:43:00	01:33:44:00	WE HAD TO DO A LOT BY PHONE AND
01:33:44:00	01:33:47:00	IT WAS IT WAS HARD BUT I THINK
01:33:47:00	01:33:51:00	THAT WAS TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY
01:33:51:00	01:33:51:00	ONE.
01:33:51:00	01:33:54:00	ARE THOSE DETAILS OR ARE THEY
01:33:54:00	01:33:55:00	AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC?
01:33:55:00	01:33:58:00	YOUR FINDINGS.
01:33:58:00	01:33:59:00	YEAH YEAH I'D LOVE TO SEE YEAH
01:33:59:00	01:34:02:00	I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT KIND
01:34:02:00	01:34:02:00	QUESTIONS YOU ASK.
01:34:02:00	01:34:05:00	YEAH FOR SURE THE THE SURVEYING
01:34:05:00	01:34:09:00	I THINK WAS DONE IN THE FALL
01:34:09:00	01:34:10:00	OF TWENTY ONE AND THE PLAN WAS
01:34:10:00	01:34:11:00	SUBMITTED IN MARCH OF TWENTY
01:34:11:00	01:34:13:00	TWO.
01:34:13:00	01:34:14:00	THANK YOU.
01:34:14:00	01:34:17:00	THAT WILL BE ALL
01:34:17:00	01:34:17:00	COUNCILOR CHAIR MADAM MADAM
01:34:17:00	01:34:18:00	CHAIR THANK YOU.
01:34:18:00	01:34:18:00	THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
01:34:18:00	01:34:21:00	THANK TO YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR
01:34:21:00	01:34:21:00	HARD WORK.
01:34:21:00	01:34:22:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR HERE
01:34:22:00	01:34:25:00	COMMISSIONERSHIP DO YOU MIND
01:34:25:00	01:34:29:00	PROVIDING BREAKDOWN IN WRITING
01:34:29:00	01:34:30:00	OF YOUR MP CONTRACTORS PLEASE.
01:34:30:00	01:34:32:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR LUJÁN AND
01:34:32:00	01:34:33:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:34:33:00	01:34:36:00	OH THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
01:34:36:00	01:34:37:00	THANK YOU AGAIN COMMISSIONER
01:34:37:00	01:34:40:00	FOR ALL OF YOUR ANSWERS.
01:34:40:00	01:34:43:00	LIKE I SAID EARLIER AND THANK
01:34:43:00	01:34:44:00	YOU WANT TO THANK DAVID FOR
01:34:44:00	01:34:45:00	YOUR TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT
01:34:45:00	01:34:48:00	OF THE VIRTUAL SENIOR CENTER IN
01:34:48:00	01:34:51:00	THE PROGRAMING LIKE THE CHAIR
01:34:51:00	01:34:52:00	STATED, WE KNOW THAT OUR
01:34:52:00	01:34:55:00	SENIORS LIKE TO GATHER IN
01:34:55:00	01:34:56:00	PERSON BUT ALSO AS
01:34:56:00	01:34:59:00	COUNCILOR BREADON STATED, OUR Q
01:34:59:00	01:35:00:00	PLUS SENIORS ARE SCATTERED
01:35:00:00	01:35:03:00	REALLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
01:35:03:00	01:35:04:00	EVEN WHEN THEY WERE
01:35:04:00	01:35:05:00	CONCENTRATED IN A CERTAIN AREA
01:35:05:00	01:35:07:00	IT WAS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY
01:35:07:00	01:35:08:00	TALKING ABOUT WHITE LGBTQ PLUS
01:35:08:00	01:35:11:00	RESIDENTS AND SO REALLY I THINK
01:35:11:00	01:35:12:00	THIS IS A PHENOMENAL IDEA AND
01:35:12:00	01:35:15:00	SUPPORT WAS ON UPLIFT THE WORK
01:35:15:00	01:35:16:00	THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO
01:35:16:00	01:35:18:00	SUPPORT THE PRIDE IN HYDE PARK
01:35:18:00	01:35:19:00	AND LGBTQ PLUS FRIENDLY
01:35:19:00	01:35:19:00	BUILDING.
01:35:19:00	01:35:20:00	SO AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AND
01:35:20:00	01:35:23:00	WILL CONTINUE DOING SO WHATEVER
01:35:23:00	01:35:24:00	WE CAN DO ON THIS COUNCIL TO
01:35:24:00	01:35:25:00	FURTHER SUPPORT.
01:35:25:00	01:35:27:00	I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAD IS
01:35:27:00	01:35:27:00	ACTUALLY JUST A BRAINSTORMING
01:35:27:00	01:35:31:00	QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE
01:35:31:00	01:35:32:00	YOU DO SO MUCH GREAT WORK AND
01:35:32:00	01:35:35:00	YOU ALLUDED AND ALMOST EVERY
01:35:35:00	01:35:36:00	SPACE BY HOW YOU SHOW UP FOR
01:35:36:00	01:35:38:00	OUR SENIORS AND YOU ALSO KNOW
01:35:38:00	01:35:39:00	THOSE SENIORS PROBABLY MORE
01:35:39:00	01:35:43:00	MOST INTIMATELY THE STRUGGLES
01:35:43:00	01:35:44:00	THAT THEY FACE ON A DAY TO DAY
01:35:44:00	01:35:45:00	BASIS, HOW SO MANY OF THEM
01:35:45:00	01:35:46:00	LIVED TO LIVE ON A FIXED
01:35:46:00	01:35:46:00	INCOME.
01:35:46:00	01:35:48:00	AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR
01:35:48:00	01:35:50:00	JURISDICTION OR JURISDICTION AS
01:35:50:00	01:35:51:00	BOSTON BUT SOMETIMES I DON'T
01:35:51:00	01:35:53:00	BELIEVE IN JURISDICTIONS IF YOU
01:35:53:00	01:35:54:00	IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU
01:35:54:00	01:35:55:00	COULD DO OR A POLICY CHANGE OR
01:35:55:00	01:35:58:00	RESOURCE CHANGE THEN MAYBE YOU
01:35:58:00	01:35:59:00	ARE NOT IN FULL CONTROL LAW.
01:35:59:00	01:36:01:00	BUT THAT WOULD REALLY BE
01:36:01:00	01:36:02:00	TRANSFORMATIVE IN THE LIVES
01:36:02:00	01:36:03:00	OF OUR SENIORS BASED ON THE
01:36:03:00	01:36:06:00	CALLS THAT YOU GET, WHETHER
01:36:06:00	01:36:06:00	IT'S BASED ON FINANCES OR
01:36:06:00	01:36:09:00	RESOURCES OR INTERACTION WITH
01:36:09:00	01:36:10:00	SSI OR WHATEVER IT IS LIKE WHAT
01:36:10:00	01:36:14:00	WOULD THAT ONE ONE POLICY
01:36:14:00	01:36:15:00	CHANGE BE THAT WOULD HAVE IT
01:36:15:00	01:36:15:00	LIKE TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT ON
01:36:15:00	01:36:18:00	THE LIVES OF OUR SENIORS?
01:36:18:00	01:36:18:00	OH BOY.
01:36:18:00	01:36:21:00	AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE
01:36:21:00	01:36:22:00	OF ONE BUT PART OF IT IS
01:36:22:00	01:36:23:00	BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE THINK
01:36:23:00	01:36:25:00	THINGS AREN'T WITHIN OUR
01:36:25:00	01:36:25:00	PURVIEW AND WORKING IN
01:36:25:00	01:36:26:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR STATE AND
01:36:26:00	01:36:29:00	FEDERAL OFFICIALS OR JUST
01:36:29:00	01:36:30:00	CREATING SPACE FOR
01:36:30:00	01:36:30:00	BRAINSTORMING CAN HELP US.
01:36:30:00	01:36:33:00	WE WANT FULL RESEARCH RIGHT
01:36:33:00	01:36:33:00	NOW.
01:36:33:00	01:36:34:00	OH MY GOSH.
01:36:34:00	01:36:37:00	I'M GOING TO I KNOW HE SAID ONE
01:36:37:00	01:36:38:00	BUT I MIGHT DO TO TWO REALLY
01:36:38:00	01:36:41:00	QUICK ONES I THAT ARE POSSIBLE
01:36:41:00	01:36:42:00	I THINK RIGHT NOW THERE'S
01:36:42:00	01:36:45:00	PROBABLY A THOUSAND OTHERS THAT
01:36:45:00	01:36:48:00	WE CAN THINK OF BUT THE TWO
01:36:48:00	01:36:49:00	LARGEST PART OF AN OLDER ADULTS
01:36:49:00	01:36:52:00	BUDGET ARE HOUSING AND HEALTH
01:36:52:00	01:36:52:00	CARE.
01:36:52:00	01:36:53:00	AND SO I THINK IN HOUSING
01:36:53:00	01:36:56:00	GETTING THIS TRANSFER TAX
01:36:56:00	01:36:57:00	PASSED IS GOING TO GIVE SO MUCH
01:36:57:00	01:37:00:00	MONEY FOR HOUSING WHICH WE NEED
01:37:00:00	01:37:04:00	MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
01:37:04:00	01:37:05:00	OLDER ADULTS AND WE ALSO NEED
01:37:05:00	01:37:09:00	TO TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE A LARGER
01:37:09:00	01:37:12:00	NUMBER OF FOLKS ELIGIBLE FOR
01:37:12:00	01:37:13:00	THE ELDERLY EXEMPTION.
01:37:13:00	01:37:14:00	SO I THINK THAT WOULD DO BOTH
01:37:14:00	01:37:16:00	THOSE THINGS IN THE HEALTH CARE
01:37:16:00	01:37:20:00	REALM ARE MASSINA ACTION
01:37:20:00	01:37:21:00	COUNCIL FRIENDS HAVE BEEN
01:37:21:00	01:37:23:00	ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES TO THE
01:37:23:00	01:37:24:00	MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAMS THAT
01:37:24:00	01:37:31:00	IS I CAN'T IT BE HARD FOR ME TO
01:37:31:00	01:37:32:00	SPEAK TO LIKE HOW IMPACTFUL
01:37:32:00	01:37:35:00	SOME OF THE CHANGES ARE
01:37:35:00	01:37:36:00	ADVOCATING FOR WOULD BE FOR
01:37:36:00	01:37:37:00	THOSE PROGRAMS AND THEY'RE ALSO
01:37:37:00	01:37:39:00	STARTING TO ADVOCATE FOR TO
01:37:39:00	01:37:42:00	MAKE TO BRING EQUITY TO THE
01:37:42:00	01:37:46:00	MASS HEALTH ELIGIBILITY FOR
01:37:46:00	01:37:47:00	OLDER ADULTS AND FOR PEOPLE
01:37:47:00	01:37:47:00	UNDER 65.
01:37:47:00	01:37:51:00	SO FOR PEOPLE OVER 65 THERE'S A
01:37:51:00	01:37:54:00	TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR ASSET LIMIT
01:37:54:00	01:37:54:00	.
01:37:54:00	01:37:55:00	TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IS JUST
01:37:55:00	01:37:56:00	INCREDIBLY LOW AND FOR PEOPLE
01:37:56:00	01:37:58:00	UNDER 65 THERE'S NO ASSET
01:37:58:00	01:37:58:00	LIMIT.
01:37:58:00	01:37:59:00	SO YOU COULD BE ON MASS HEALTH
01:37:59:00	01:38:02:00	ONE DAY AND THE NEXT DAY BE OFF
01:38:02:00	01:38:03:00	MASS HEALTH IF YOU TURN 65
01:38:03:00	01:38:06:00	WHICH I DON'T THINK IS VERY
01:38:06:00	01:38:06:00	FAIR.
01:38:06:00	01:38:09:00	AND FOR THAT MEDICARE SAVINGS
01:38:09:00	01:38:13:00	PROGRAMS THEY WOULD HELP PEOPLE
01:38:13:00	01:38:14:00	COVER THE MEDICARE PART B
01:38:14:00	01:38:18:00	PREMIUM AND IT COULD
01:38:18:00	01:38:18:00	COVER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
01:38:18:00	01:38:19:00	OF HEALTH CARE COSTS IF WE CAN
01:38:19:00	01:38:22:00	JUST EXPAND THAT ELIGIBILITY.
01:38:22:00	01:38:23:00	THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER AND
01:38:23:00	01:38:26:00	THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK
01:38:26:00	01:38:27:00	ON BEHALF OF OUR OLDER
01:38:27:00	01:38:27:00	RESIDENTS.
01:38:27:00	01:38:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM.
01:38:28:00	01:38:29:00	THANK YOU.
01:38:29:00	01:38:30:00	I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
01:38:30:00	01:38:31:00	WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY MY
01:38:31:00	01:38:33:00	COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLAHERTY
01:38:33:00	01:38:34:00	AND COUNCILOR COUNCILOR
01:38:34:00	01:38:36:00	FLAHERTY AND COUNCILOR WE'VE
01:38:36:00	01:38:37:00	WHEN WE WERE WRAPPING UP I'LL
01:38:37:00	01:38:41:00	GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES EACH FOR
01:38:41:00	01:38:42:00	QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BECAUSE
01:38:42:00	01:38:45:00	ALREADY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TAKE
01:38:45:00	01:38:46:00	MANCHUS.
01:38:46:00	01:38:46:00	WE JUST DEALING WITH THE STRONG
01:38:46:00	01:38:49:00	ARE WE DEALING WITH JUST
01:38:49:00	01:38:49:00	PROJECT.
01:38:49:00	01:38:50:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
01:38:50:00	01:38:53:00	YOU TO THE COMMISSIONER AND
01:38:53:00	01:38:54:00	BUDGET DIRECTOR AS WELL AS
01:38:54:00	01:38:57:00	OBVIOUSLY GUSTIER EXECUTIVE
01:38:57:00	01:38:58:00	DIRECTOR VALDÉS AND EXECUTIVE
01:38:58:00	01:39:00:00	DIRECTOR MCSWEEN FOR THE WORK
01:39:00:00	01:39:01:00	THAT YOU GUYS DO IN YOUR
01:39:01:00	01:39:03:00	RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS JUST
01:39:03:00	01:39:05:00	WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD IN
01:39:05:00	01:39:08:00	SUPPORT OF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
01:39:08:00	01:39:09:00	THIS OBVIOUSLY THE PAST WE HAD
01:39:09:00	01:39:11:00	A VERY GOOD HEARING THAT BOTH
01:39:11:00	01:39:12:00	COUNCIL OF LA AND I HAD
01:39:12:00	01:39:12:00	CO-SPONSORED ALONG WITH OUR
01:39:12:00	01:39:15:00	COLLEAGUES WITH RESPECT TO A
01:39:15:00	01:39:16:00	SENIOR CENTER OVER IN WEST
01:39:16:00	01:39:16:00	ROXBURY.
01:39:16:00	01:39:17:00	IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS
01:39:17:00	01:39:19:00	THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION
01:39:19:00	01:39:20:00	OF SENIORS AND WHAT HAVE WE CAN
01:39:20:00	01:39:22:00	DO TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION
01:39:22:00	01:39:24:00	AND GET THAT INTO THE CAPITAL?
01:39:24:00	01:39:27:00	I HAVE IT HAS MY FULL SUPPORT
01:39:27:00	01:39:31:00	ON THAT AND ALSO I HEARD
01:39:31:00	01:39:32:00	TESTIMONY AND I'VE MET WITH THE
01:39:32:00	01:39:35:00	FOLKS FROM FROM THE LGBT WITH
01:39:35:00	01:39:39:00	RESPECT TO ASK WHICH FROM THE
01:39:39:00	01:39:40:00	IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IT'S GOING
01:39:40:00	01:39:43:00	TO BE FROM PARTICIPATORY
01:39:43:00	01:39:44:00	BUDGETING SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
01:39:44:00	01:39:46:00	SO I OUTSTANDING LIFE, GREAT
01:39:46:00	01:39:50:00	ORGANIZATION AND THEY'VE GOT
01:39:50:00	01:39:51:00	LONG TIME TENTACLES INTO I
01:39:51:00	01:39:51:00	THINK ETHOS AND OTHER
01:39:51:00	01:39:51:00	ORGANIZATIONS.
01:39:51:00	01:39:54:00	I AM CONFIDENT THAT THEY KNOW
01:39:54:00	01:39:55:00	WHAT TO DO AND I THINK THERE'LL
01:39:55:00	01:39:58:00	BE A GREAT COMPLEMENT TO THE
01:39:58:00	01:39:59:00	WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AT AGE
01:39:59:00	01:40:02:00	STRONG AND THEN A QUICK
01:40:02:00	01:40:03:00	QUESTION ON OUR SENIOR EVENTS
01:40:03:00	01:40:04:00	IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS IT
01:40:04:00	01:40:06:00	TRANSMITTED AND THEN IS THERE
01:40:06:00	01:40:07:00	SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO GIVE YOU
01:40:07:00	01:40:11:00	THOSE RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN
01:40:11:00	01:40:11:00	ACTUALLY HAVE MORE EVENTS FOR
01:40:11:00	01:40:12:00	THE SENIORS?
01:40:12:00	01:40:12:00	I KNOW THAT THEY ENJOY GETTING
01:40:12:00	01:40:14:00	OUT AND THERE'S A NUMBER
01:40:14:00	01:40:15:00	OF EVENTS THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY
01:40:15:00	01:40:18:00	AND YOUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER FOR
01:40:18:00	01:40:19:00	OUR SENIORS BUT ALWAYS SEEMS TO
01:40:19:00	01:40:20:00	BE THAT IT'S SORT
01:40:20:00	01:40:22:00	OF TRANSPORTATION IS THE THE
01:40:22:00	01:40:23:00	LINCHPIN WHEREBY WE COULD
01:40:23:00	01:40:25:00	POTENTIALLY MAYBE INVITE MORE
01:40:25:00	01:40:26:00	SENIORS TO ATTEND IF WE HAD
01:40:26:00	01:40:29:00	MORE TRANSPORTATION AND WE
01:40:29:00	01:40:30:00	COULD HAVE MORE EVENTS IF WE
01:40:30:00	01:40:31:00	HAD MORE TRANSPORTATION.
01:40:31:00	01:40:34:00	SO WANTED TO JUST ASK AND THEN
01:40:34:00	01:40:37:00	WHAT IF ANYTHING DID WITH THE
01:40:37:00	01:40:38:00	OPERA FUNDS GOING AWAY, WILL
01:40:38:00	01:40:41:00	THAT PUT ANY PROGRAMS THAT
01:40:41:00	01:40:42:00	YOU'VE PUT FORTH OVER THE LAST
01:40:42:00	01:40:45:00	COUPLE OF YEARS IN JEOPARDY?
01:40:45:00	01:40:48:00	YEAH, THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT
01:40:48:00	01:40:48:00	COUNCILOR .
01:40:48:00	01:40:50:00	AND I KNOW WE DID WE DID SPEAK
01:40:50:00	01:40:50:00	A LITTLE BIT.
01:40:50:00	01:40:53:00	I DID SPEAK IN OUR OPENING
01:40:53:00	01:40:54:00	STATEMENT TO KIND OF EVENTS AND
01:40:54:00	01:40:57:00	PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY.
01:40:57:00	01:40:58:00	WE KNOW THAT THE INVESTMENT
01:40:58:00	01:41:00:00	THERE, THE NEED FOR INVESTMENT
01:41:00:00	01:41:01:00	IS IS REALLY CRITICAL WHICH
01:41:01:00	01:41:05:00	ISN'T UNEXPECTED GIVEN THAT OUR
01:41:05:00	01:41:06:00	BABY, THE OLDEST BABY BOOMERS
01:41:06:00	01:41:09:00	ARE NOW SEVENTY SEVEN AND AND
01:41:09:00	01:41:13:00	THERE'S MONEY IN THIS BUDGET TO
01:41:13:00	01:41:16:00	BRING MY PROGRAMING TEAM
01:41:16:00	01:41:17:00	CITYWIDE PROGRAMING TEAM FROM
01:41:17:00	01:41:20:00	FOUR PEOPLE TO NINE PEOPLE ALSO
01:41:20:00	01:41:24:00	TO DO A CITYWIDE ASSESSMENT
01:41:24:00	01:41:25:00	OF WHERE SENIORS ARE LIVING,
01:41:25:00	01:41:29:00	WHAT PROGRAMING IS NEEDED KIND
01:41:29:00	01:41:32:00	OF THE MAKE UP AND MIX OF ALL
01:41:32:00	01:41:33:00	THE SENIORS AND ALL THE
01:41:33:00	01:41:34:00	DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO
01:41:34:00	01:41:37:00	CREATE A PLAN A CITYWIDE PLAN
01:41:37:00	01:41:41:00	FOR HOW WE INVEST IN PROGRAMING
01:41:41:00	01:41:41:00	ACROSS THE CITY WHICH WE THINK
01:41:41:00	01:41:45:00	IS REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE THE
01:41:45:00	01:41:45:00	SOUTH WEST ROXBURY HAS THE
01:41:45:00	01:41:48:00	HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OLDER
01:41:48:00	01:41:49:00	ADULTS BUT A LOT
01:41:49:00	01:41:52:00	OF NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY HAVE
01:41:52:00	01:41:52:00	MORE OLDER ADULTS IN WEST
01:41:52:00	01:41:56:00	ROXBURY AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT
01:41:56:00	01:41:59:00	I MEAN WE NEED TO GIVE WEST
01:41:59:00	01:42:00:00	ROXBURY WHAT THEY NEED.
01:42:00:00	01:42:03:00	WE ALSO AND WE NEED TO GIVE THE
01:42:03:00	01:42:04:00	LGBTQ COMMUNITY WHAT THEY NEED
01:42:04:00	01:42:08:00	BUT WE ACTUALLY WE NEED TO PLAN
01:42:08:00	01:42:09:00	FOR THE WHOLE CITY SO THAT WE
01:42:09:00	01:42:11:00	CAN WE CAN REALLY THINK
01:42:11:00	01:42:12:00	CRITICALLY ABOUT ABOUT HOW WE
01:42:12:00	01:42:15:00	MAKE THOSE THOSE INVESTMENTS
01:42:15:00	01:42:16:00	AND THEN IN TERMS OF OUR
01:42:16:00	01:42:20:00	FIEDLER'S IN THE CITY, OUR
01:42:20:00	01:42:24:00	DOLLARS, THE WE KIND OF HIT WE
01:42:24:00	01:42:27:00	HAD ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE
01:42:27:00	01:42:27:00	THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THOSE
01:42:27:00	01:42:32:00	INVESTMENTS ONE HUNDRED
01:42:32:00	01:42:32:00	THOUSAND FOR CITYWIDE
01:42:32:00	01:42:33:00	PROGRAMING AND TWENTY FIVE
01:42:33:00	01:42:36:00	THOUSAND FOR THE NAZARRO
01:42:36:00	01:42:36:00	CENTER.
01:42:36:00	01:42:37:00	SO THOSE WILL BE SPENT BY THE
01:42:37:00	01:42:40:00	END OF JUNE AND AND HOPEFULLY
01:42:40:00	01:42:43:00	WILL BE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
01:42:43:00	01:42:44:00	PROGRAMING INVESTMENTS MOVING
01:42:44:00	01:42:48:00	FORWARD THAT SO THAT WON'T BE
01:42:48:00	01:42:51:00	TOO BIG OF AN IMPACT IN TERMS
01:42:51:00	01:42:52:00	OF OUR OLDER AMERICANS ACT
01:42:52:00	01:42:52:00	FUNDS.
01:42:52:00	01:42:55:00	THERE WERE A SIGNIFICANT WE HAD
01:42:55:00	01:42:56:00	MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF OLDER
01:42:56:00	01:42:59:00	AMERICANS ACT FUNDS THAT WENT
01:42:59:00	01:43:00:00	OUT TO PARTNER AGENCIES WITH
01:43:00:00	01:43:03:00	THAT AND THOSE WILL BE RAMPING
01:43:03:00	01:43:06:00	DOWN IN THE END OF THE END
01:43:06:00	01:43:07:00	OF SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY
01:43:07:00	01:43:10:00	FOUR WE SHOULDN'T SEE WE'LL
01:43:10:00	01:43:14:00	PROBABLY SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT
01:43:14:00	01:43:15:00	MAYBE A YEAR LATER BECAUSE
01:43:15:00	01:43:15:00	WE'LL HAVE SOME CARRYOVER FUNDS
01:43:15:00	01:43:18:00	THAT WILL HELP TO BRIDGE AND
01:43:18:00	01:43:22:00	WE'RE WE'RE WORKING AT THE
01:43:22:00	01:43:23:00	FEDERAL LEVEL TO ADVOCATE FOR
01:43:23:00	01:43:23:00	ADDITIONAL OLDER AMERICANS ACT
01:43:23:00	01:43:26:00	DOLLARS WHICH WILL BE NEEDED AS
01:43:26:00	01:43:27:00	WE MOVE FORWARD.
01:43:27:00	01:43:30:00	OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
01:43:30:00	01:43:30:00	COMMISSIONER.
01:43:30:00	01:43:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:43:31:00	01:43:33:00	THANK YOU, CASTLEFORD
01:43:33:00	01:43:34:00	CANCELLARA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:43:34:00	01:43:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:43:34:00	01:43:37:00	CHAIR.
01:43:37:00	01:43:38:00	I DON'T THINK THE THREE MINUTES
01:43:38:00	01:43:39:00	IS ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO ASK MY
01:43:39:00	01:43:41:00	QUESTION SO I'M JUST GOING TO
01:43:41:00	01:43:42:00	FORWARD MY QUESTIONS OFF THE
01:43:42:00	01:43:45:00	RECORD TO A STRONG SUBMIT THEM
01:43:45:00	01:43:49:00	TO TO ME THE CHAIR AND I AM
01:43:49:00	01:43:50:00	HAPPY TO GET THEM TO YOU AS
01:43:50:00	01:43:52:00	WELL.
01:43:52:00	01:43:53:00	WE ARE GOING TO PROBABLY WRAP
01:43:53:00	01:43:56:00	UP AT THIS TIME.
01:43:56:00	01:43:57:00	UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TWO OTHER
01:43:57:00	01:44:02:00	DEPARTMENTS AND IT LOOKS LIKE
01:44:02:00	01:44:06:00	TIME IS IT?
01:44:06:00	01:44:07:00	YEAH, WE ONLY HAVE AN HOUR AND
01:44:07:00	01:44:10:00	A HALF TO DEPARTMENT SO WE'LL
01:44:10:00	01:44:11:00	WRAP UP HERE.
01:44:11:00	01:44:12:00	COUNCILOR , DO YOU THINK FIVE
01:44:12:00	01:44:14:00	MINUTES IS ENOUGH?
01:44:14:00	01:44:15:00	FIVE MINUTES IS BETTER?
01:44:15:00	01:44:15:00	YEAH.
01:44:15:00	01:44:25:00	OK, CUT IT OUT MIKE YOU GUYS
01:44:25:00	01:44:26:00	HAVE THE SAME QUESTION.
01:44:26:00	01:44:26:00	YES.
01:44:26:00	01:44:27:00	YOU GET TWO MORE MINUTES WE'LL
01:44:27:00	01:44:28:00	WRAP UP.
01:44:28:00	01:44:30:00	OK, LET'S WRAP UP TWO MINUTES
01:44:30:00	01:44:31:00	AND THEN GO BACK TO YOU FIVE
01:44:31:00	01:44:33:00	MINUTES AND ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW
01:44:33:00	01:44:36:00	THAT YOU FILED SOMETHING AND
01:44:36:00	01:44:37:00	THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
01:44:37:00	01:44:41:00	YOU SO BUT YOU DID COME
01:44:41:00	01:44:44:00	EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR TWO
01:44:44:00	01:44:45:00	THINGS THAT THE COMMISSIONER
01:44:45:00	01:44:48:00	OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SEEN AN
01:44:48:00	01:44:49:00	INCREASE IN THE ADULT DAYCARE
01:44:49:00	01:44:53:00	CENTERS POPPING UP IN DIFFERENT
01:44:53:00	01:44:53:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:44:53:00	01:44:54:00	I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SORT
01:44:54:00	01:44:55:00	OF PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS
01:44:55:00	01:44:56:00	.
01:44:56:00	01:44:57:00	IT IS AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT
01:44:57:00	01:44:57:00	YOU HAVE THE ABILITY OBVIOUSLY
01:44:57:00	01:45:00:00	AS THE AS THE COMMISSIONER
01:45:00:00	01:45:01:00	OF TRYING TO CREATE SOME
01:45:01:00	01:45:04:00	PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE ADULT
01:45:04:00	01:45:04:00	KIDS.
01:45:04:00	01:45:05:00	THEY DO GREAT WORK.
01:45:05:00	01:45:07:00	THEY'RE VERY POPULAR
01:45:07:00	01:45:08:00	PARTICULARLY FOR OUR SENIORS
01:45:08:00	01:45:12:00	WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY ONE TO
01:45:12:00	01:45:16:00	PARTICIPATE IN THE NECESSARY
01:45:16:00	01:45:19:00	PAPERWORK I GUESS TO JOIN SO
01:45:19:00	01:45:20:00	AND THEN THOSE OUTFITS
01:45:20:00	01:45:21:00	OBVIOUSLY HAVE TRANSPORTATION
01:45:21:00	01:45:24:00	CAPACITY AS WELL TO POTENTIALLY
01:45:24:00	01:45:25:00	MAYBE BRING SOME OF THOSE
01:45:25:00	01:45:27:00	SENIORS TO SOME OF THE CITYWIDE
01:45:27:00	01:45:28:00	EVENTS OR MAYBE EVEN
01:45:28:00	01:45:32:00	PARTICIPATE IN WHEN THEY DROP
01:45:32:00	01:45:33:00	OFF SENIORS FROM THEIR ADULT
01:45:33:00	01:45:33:00	DAY CARE CENTER.
01:45:33:00	01:45:35:00	THEY AND MAYBE ASSIST IN
01:45:35:00	01:45:36:00	GETTING SOME OTHER SEEING SOME
01:45:36:00	01:45:39:00	AGAIN, MY HEAD'S SORT
01:45:39:00	01:45:39:00	OF SPINNING TO FIND WAYS TO
01:45:39:00	01:45:43:00	CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
01:45:43:00	01:45:44:00	OUR SENIORS IN THE CITY.
01:45:44:00	01:45:45:00	SO JUST A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF SO
01:45:45:00	01:45:47:00	HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THESE THE
01:45:47:00	01:45:48:00	INCREASE IN THE ADULT DAYCARE
01:45:48:00	01:45:50:00	CENTERS AND DO WE HAVE ANY TYPE
01:45:50:00	01:45:51:00	OF PARTNERSHIP AND OR IS THE
01:45:51:00	01:45:51:00	TIME TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP
01:45:51:00	01:45:54:00	WITH THEM MORE QUICKLY QUICKLY
01:45:54:00	01:45:58:00	ANSWER THAT.
01:45:58:00	01:45:59:00	SO I LOVE ADULT DAY HEALTH
01:45:59:00	01:45:59:00	CENTERS.
01:45:59:00	01:46:01:00	I STARTED MY CAREER IN ADULT
01:46:01:00	01:46:02:00	HEALTH WHEN I WAS EIGHTEEN
01:46:02:00	01:46:05:00	DOING ACTIVITIES MY FIRST JOB
01:46:05:00	01:46:06:00	WORKING WITH OLDER ADULTS.
01:46:06:00	01:46:09:00	WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM IN THE
01:46:09:00	01:46:09:00	COMMUNITY.
01:46:09:00	01:46:10:00	THOSE THERE'S THOSE ARE
01:46:10:00	01:46:13:00	LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT
01:46:13:00	01:46:14:00	OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND FUNDED BY
01:46:14:00	01:46:17:00	MASS HEALTH AND OTHER
01:46:17:00	01:46:21:00	INSURANCES AND PRIVATE PAY.
01:46:21:00	01:46:22:00	AND SO THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL
01:46:22:00	01:46:23:00	OF NEED MEDICAL NEED THAT YOU
01:46:23:00	01:46:25:00	NEED TO HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR AN
01:46:25:00	01:46:28:00	ADULT HEALTH PROGRAM AND AND
01:46:28:00	01:46:32:00	THE FUNDING IS IS KIND
01:46:32:00	01:46:33:00	OF INSURANCE BASED AND PRIVATE
01:46:33:00	01:46:36:00	PAY.
01:46:36:00	01:46:37:00	I THINK THEY'RE GREAT.
01:46:37:00	01:46:38:00	THEY SERVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE
01:46:38:00	01:46:40:00	KIND OF IN THE SPECTRUM
01:46:40:00	01:46:41:00	OF PROGRAMS BUT NOT EVERYBODY
01:46:41:00	01:46:42:00	QUALIFIES FOR THEM AND VERY
01:46:42:00	01:46:44:00	INTERESTING IDEA TO LEVERAGE
01:46:44:00	01:46:45:00	THEIR TRANSPORTATION IN OFF
01:46:45:00	01:46:48:00	HOURS.
01:46:48:00	01:46:49:00	SO YEAH.
01:46:49:00	01:46:49:00	INTERESTING.
01:46:49:00	01:46:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:46:50:00	01:46:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:46:50:00	01:46:55:00	THANK YOU MARSHA.
01:46:55:00	01:46:56:00	IS THAT IS IT ALL RIGHT.
01:46:56:00	01:46:57:00	ALL RIGHT.
01:46:57:00	01:47:02:00	COUNSELOR LAURA, YOU HAVE THE
01:47:02:00	01:47:02:00	FLOOR.
01:47:02:00	01:47:03:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
01:47:03:00	01:47:04:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER
01:47:04:00	01:47:06:00	AND THE FOLKS FOR BEING HERE
01:47:06:00	01:47:06:00	TODAY.
01:47:06:00	01:47:07:00	I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN IN
01:47:07:00	01:47:08:00	CONVERSATION OBVIOUSLY ABOUT
01:47:08:00	01:47:10:00	THE SENIOR CENTER, THE
01:47:10:00	01:47:10:00	SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR CENTER.
01:47:10:00	01:47:13:00	I KNOW THAT OUR HEARING ORDER
01:47:13:00	01:47:14:00	WHEN IT WAS FILED VERY EARLY ON
01:47:14:00	01:47:17:00	LAST YEAR FOCUSED ON WEST
01:47:17:00	01:47:17:00	ROXBURY.
01:47:17:00	01:47:18:00	BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT IT WAS
01:47:18:00	01:47:19:00	MEANT TO BE A SOUTHWEST BOSTON
01:47:19:00	01:47:20:00	SENIOR CENTER BECAUSE JAMAICA
01:47:20:00	01:47:22:00	PLAIN, ROSLINDALE AND HYDE PARK
01:47:22:00	01:47:23:00	ALSO DON'T HAVE ANY SENIOR
01:47:23:00	01:47:23:00	CENTERS.
01:47:23:00	01:47:25:00	AND ALTHOUGH I'M VERY AWARE
01:47:25:00	01:47:26:00	THAT THERE IS A LARGER AMOUNT
01:47:26:00	01:47:27:00	OF SENIORS IN OTHER
01:47:27:00	01:47:27:00	NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LET'S SAY
01:47:27:00	01:47:30:00	DORCHESTER, THEY HAVE TWO
01:47:30:00	01:47:30:00	SENIOR CENTERS AND I THINK THEY
01:47:30:00	01:47:33:00	MIGHT NEED A THIRD ACTUALLY.
01:47:33:00	01:47:34:00	BUT I IN CONVERSATION WITH MY
01:47:34:00	01:47:35:00	CONSTITUENTS AND THE FOLKS IN
01:47:35:00	01:47:37:00	THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ACTUALLY
01:47:37:00	01:47:38:00	REALLY EXCITED THAT THEIR
01:47:38:00	01:47:41:00	ADVOCACY HAS LED TO PLAN FOR A
01:47:41:00	01:47:42:00	LARGER STUDY ACROSS THE CITY TO
01:47:42:00	01:47:45:00	REALLY FIGURE OUT WHERE WE NEED
01:47:45:00	01:47:46:00	SENIOR RESOURCES AND WHERE WE
01:47:46:00	01:47:48:00	NEED SPACE.
01:47:48:00	01:47:49:00	AND I AM CONFIDENT, AS ARE
01:47:49:00	01:47:52:00	THEY, THAT SOUTHWEST BOSTON HAS
01:47:52:00	01:47:56:00	A GAP AND THAT THAT THAT STUDY
01:47:56:00	01:47:57:00	IS GOING TO SHOW THAT THERE'S A
01:47:57:00	01:47:58:00	GAP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT
01:47:58:00	01:47:59:00	WILL END UP WITH SOMETHING
01:47:59:00	01:48:00:00	THERE EVENTUALLY.
01:48:00:00	01:48:00:00	AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE MADE WITH
01:48:00:00	01:48:01:00	ETHOS AND THE FUNDING THAT
01:48:01:00	01:48:02:00	WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE
01:48:02:00	01:48:04:00	STATE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO MAKE
01:48:04:00	01:48:05:00	SURE THAT AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT
01:48:05:00	01:48:08:00	TWO YEARS THEY DO HAVE A
01:48:08:00	01:48:12:00	LOCATION AND DAYS WHERE THEY'RE
01:48:12:00	01:48:12:00	GOING TO HAVE THEY'RE GOING TO
01:48:12:00	01:48:13:00	BE ABLE TO CENTRALIZE THEIR
01:48:13:00	01:48:15:00	PROGRAMING.
01:48:15:00	01:48:17:00	AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
01:48:17:00	01:48:19:00	COUNCILOR FLAHERTY FOR LIFTING
01:48:19:00	01:48:20:00	THAT UP AS MY CO-SPONSOR.
01:48:20:00	01:48:23:00	SO I WOULDN'T THE QUESTIONS
01:48:23:00	01:48:24:00	THAT I HAVE THOUGH IS THAT
01:48:24:00	01:48:26:00	THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE
01:48:26:00	01:48:27:00	BUDGET FOR EIGHT STRONG AND
01:48:27:00	01:48:28:00	THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT
01:48:28:00	01:48:30:00	WHILE WE ARE DOING THE CITYWIDE
01:48:30:00	01:48:31:00	STUDY, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS
01:48:31:00	01:48:32:00	THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE
01:48:32:00	01:48:35:00	THAT THE CURRENT PROGRAMING
01:48:35:00	01:48:35:00	THAT EXIST IS ACCESSIBLE.
01:48:35:00	01:48:38:00	WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
01:48:38:00	01:48:39:00	BEING ONE OF THEM AND SO CAN
01:48:39:00	01:48:40:00	YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
01:48:40:00	01:48:43:00	WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN TERMS
01:48:43:00	01:48:43:00	OF TRANSPORTATION AND
01:48:43:00	01:48:44:00	PROGRAMING FOR SENIORS AND HOW
01:48:44:00	01:48:46:00	WE CAN TAP INTO THAT?
01:48:46:00	01:48:47:00	BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT IT IS
01:48:47:00	01:48:48:00	MEANT TO BE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
01:48:48:00	01:48:50:00	OUTSIDE WEST ROXBURY AS WELL.
01:48:50:00	01:48:51:00	AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE AT THE
01:48:51:00	01:48:54:00	ELKS LODGE, THE ELKS IS PRETTY
01:48:54:00	01:48:55:00	MUCH AT THE BOTTOM LINE.
01:48:55:00	01:48:56:00	AND SO WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE
01:48:56:00	01:48:56:00	FROM VPI.
01:48:56:00	01:48:58:00	WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE FROM
01:48:58:00	01:48:58:00	RWANDA.
01:48:58:00	01:48:59:00	WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE FROM
01:48:59:00	01:49:02:00	HYDE PARK TO THIS CENTER THERE
01:49:02:00	01:49:02:00	.
01:49:02:00	01:49:03:00	YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
01:49:03:00	01:49:04:00	WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF BUMP
01:49:04:00	01:49:06:00	INTO THIS ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE
01:49:06:00	01:49:07:00	IN TERMS OF THE LOCATION OF THE
01:49:07:00	01:49:08:00	WITH A PLACE WHERE WE ARE NOW.
01:49:08:00	01:49:09:00	SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
01:49:09:00	01:49:10:00	ABOUT TRANSPORTATION?
01:49:10:00	01:49:13:00	YEAH, SO SO THAT'S A THAT'S A
01:49:13:00	01:49:14:00	REALLY GOOD POINT, COUNSELOR.
01:49:14:00	01:49:17:00	AND CERTAINLY WE ARE HEARING
01:49:17:00	01:49:17:00	ABOUT THE NEED FOR
01:49:17:00	01:49:18:00	TRANSPORTATION TO SENIOR
01:49:18:00	01:49:21:00	PROGRAMING ACROSS THE CITY AND
01:49:21:00	01:49:22:00	IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE I
01:49:22:00	01:49:24:00	THINK A KEY PIECE OF THIS PLAN
01:49:24:00	01:49:25:00	BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT
01:49:25:00	01:49:35:00	PEOPLE CAN'T GET TOO.
01:49:35:00	01:49:36:00	YOU'RE RIGHT.
01:49:36:00	01:49:37:00	I DID SPEAK A LITTLE BIT IN OUR
01:49:37:00	01:49:37:00	OPENING STATEMENT ABOUT SOME
01:49:37:00	01:49:38:00	OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE HOPING
01:49:38:00	01:49:40:00	TO DO AROUND OUR STRONG SHUTTLE
01:49:40:00	01:49:40:00	SEEKING POTENTIALLY OTHER
01:49:40:00	01:49:44:00	SOURCES OF INCOME FOR OUR
01:49:44:00	01:49:45:00	MEDICAL RIDES AND BEING ABLE TO
01:49:45:00	01:49:47:00	KIND OF EXPAND OUR CAPACITY
01:49:47:00	01:49:48:00	THAT WAY TO DO SOME KIND
01:49:48:00	01:49:52:00	OF SOCIAL PROGRAMING, MORE
01:49:52:00	01:49:53:00	SOCIAL PROGRAMING RIDES THAT IS
01:49:53:00	01:49:56:00	OUR OUR HOPE IN THE FUTURE WE
01:49:56:00	01:49:57:00	CAN DO IT IN A VERY LIMITED WAY
01:49:57:00	01:50:00:00	RIGHT NOW IS THE LIMITATIONS
01:50:00:00	01:50:03:00	BECAUSE OF FUNDING.
01:50:03:00	01:50:04:00	SO SO THE LIMITATIONS ARE
01:50:04:00	01:50:07:00	BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT CAPACITY
01:50:07:00	01:50:08:00	AND WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP TO
01:50:08:00	01:50:11:00	THE RIDE?
01:50:11:00	01:50:12:00	SO WE HELP PEOPLE WE CAN HELP
01:50:12:00	01:50:17:00	PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE RIDE.
01:50:17:00	01:50:18:00	THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF NEED
01:50:18:00	01:50:19:00	TO APPLY FOR THE RIDE BUT WE
01:50:19:00	01:50:21:00	CAN CERTAINLY HELP PEOPLE APPLY
01:50:21:00	01:50:22:00	FOR THE RIDE.
01:50:22:00	01:50:23:00	WE ALSO HAVE A VOLUNTEER
01:50:23:00	01:50:25:00	PROGRAM THAT SERVES AS TRAVEL
01:50:25:00	01:50:26:00	TRAINERS.
01:50:26:00	01:50:29:00	OUR RSVP VOLUNTEER SERVICE
01:50:29:00	01:50:30:00	TRAVEL TRAINERS AND HELP PEOPLE
01:50:30:00	01:50:33:00	LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE PUBLIC
01:50:33:00	01:50:36:00	TRANSPORTATION AND WE ARE
01:50:36:00	01:50:37:00	WORKING TO MODERNIZE OUR OUR
01:50:37:00	01:50:38:00	CITY'S TAXI COUPON PROGRAM IN
01:50:38:00	01:50:41:00	COLLABORATION WITH DO IT.
01:50:41:00	01:50:42:00	SO WE HAVE A NUMBER
01:50:42:00	01:50:43:00	OF DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE
01:50:43:00	01:50:45:00	MOVING ON TRANSPORTATION BUT
01:50:45:00	01:50:48:00	THE THE THE NEED FOR
01:50:48:00	01:50:49:00	TRANSPORTATION TO ALL ALL
01:50:49:00	01:50:52:00	DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS A CITY
01:50:52:00	01:50:53:00	IS ONLY GOING TO GROW AS OUR
01:50:53:00	01:50:56:00	OUR OLDER AS OUR POPULATION
01:50:56:00	01:50:57:00	AGES.
01:50:57:00	01:50:57:00	COUNCILOR MAJI AND
01:50:57:00	01:51:00:00	COUNCILOR ARROYO AND I HELD A
01:51:00:00	01:51:01:00	BUDGET ASSEMBLY FOR THE LATINO
01:51:01:00	01:51:02:00	COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY AND ONE
01:51:02:00	01:51:04:00	OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD
01:51:04:00	01:51:05:00	THERE PARTICULARLY ABOUT THESE
01:51:05:00	01:51:05:00	BOSTON SENIOR CENTER WAS THAT
01:51:05:00	01:51:06:00	THEY WERE LIKE WE HAVE THIS
01:51:06:00	01:51:09:00	BEAUTIFUL SENIOR CENTER BUT WE
01:51:09:00	01:51:09:00	THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM OUR
01:51:09:00	01:51:10:00	NEIGHBORHOOD WHO CANNOT GET TO
01:51:10:00	01:51:12:00	IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUDGET
01:51:12:00	01:51:12:00	FOR THESE BOSTON SENIOR CENTER
01:51:12:00	01:51:15:00	HAS DROPPED.
01:51:15:00	01:51:20:00	SO SO SO I THINK WHAT'S SHOWN
01:51:20:00	01:51:23:00	IN IN SOME THAT THAT
01:51:23:00	01:51:24:00	INFORMATION IS EXTERNAL FUNDS
01:51:24:00	01:51:28:00	COMING INTO THE WAY THAT THAT
01:51:28:00	01:51:29:00	IS BOSTON SENIOR CENTER WAS
01:51:29:00	01:51:31:00	CREATED BEING OFFICES IS WITH
01:51:31:00	01:51:31:00	MASSPORT FUNDING AND THAT
01:51:31:00	01:51:35:00	FUNDING COMES IN EVERY OTHER
01:51:35:00	01:51:39:00	YEAR BASED ON THE AD BASED ON
01:51:39:00	01:51:42:00	THEM HITTING CERTAIN YET
01:51:42:00	01:51:47:00	CERTAIN THRESHOLDS IN THE WORK
01:51:47:00	01:51:47:00	THAT THEY'RE DOING IS BECAUSE
01:51:47:00	01:51:48:00	IT WAS A COMMUNITY MITIGATION
01:51:48:00	01:51:51:00	GREAT SO THAT NO WILL FLUCTUATE
01:51:51:00	01:51:52:00	DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FUNDING
01:51:52:00	01:51:52:00	IS COMING FROM THIS PORTAL TO
01:51:52:00	01:51:53:00	RIGHT.
01:51:53:00	01:51:54:00	OK, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS
01:51:54:00	01:51:55:00	THAT I HAVE.
01:51:55:00	01:51:56:00	I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK
01:51:56:00	01:51:56:00	NOTE IN SUPPORT OF OUTSTANDING
01:51:56:00	01:51:58:00	LIFE AS YOU CAN SEE THE MY
01:51:58:00	01:51:59:00	CONSTITUENTS THIS YEAR IN MY
01:51:59:00	01:52:02:00	DISTRICT ARE REALLY ACTIVE AND
01:52:02:00	01:52:03:00	I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE WORKING
01:52:03:00	01:52:06:00	WITHOUT ENDING LIFE ON THIS
01:52:06:00	01:52:07:00	AMENDMENT FOR THE POSSIBILITY
01:52:07:00	01:52:09:00	OF THIS ONLINE VIRTUAL LGBTQ
01:52:09:00	01:52:13:00	KIND OF ACCESS TO SENIOR
01:52:13:00	01:52:13:00	PROGRAMING.
01:52:13:00	01:52:14:00	AND I'M CURIOUS, DOES AGE TRUMP
01:52:14:00	01:52:17:00	HAVE ANY PLACES FOR GRANT
01:52:17:00	01:52:17:00	MAKING?
01:52:17:00	01:52:18:00	DO YOU HAVE ANY IS THERE ANY
01:52:18:00	01:52:21:00	LINE ITEM PROGRAM MAKING
01:52:21:00	01:52:21:00	OUTSIDE OF IT STRONG?
01:52:21:00	01:52:22:00	YEAH.
01:52:22:00	01:52:25:00	SO SO WE WE DO HAVE A GRANT
01:52:25:00	01:52:26:00	MAKING PROGRAM.
01:52:26:00	01:52:28:00	WE ACTUALLY APPLICATIONS CLOSED
01:52:28:00	01:52:32:00	MAY 1ST FOR OUR NEXT SET
01:52:32:00	01:52:36:00	OF KIND OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
01:52:36:00	01:52:37:00	GRANTS AND FOLKS ARE CURRENTLY
01:52:37:00	01:52:40:00	READING PROPOSALS.
01:52:40:00	01:52:41:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:52:41:00	01:52:44:00	NO FURTHER QUESTIONS I'M SURE.
01:52:44:00	01:52:48:00	NO PROBLEM TO
01:52:48:00	01:52:48:00	COUNCILOR FLAHERTY AND
01:52:48:00	01:52:49:00	COUNCILOR , I DON'T KNOW YOUR
01:52:49:00	01:52:50:00	REASONS FOR BEING LATE.
01:52:50:00	01:52:52:00	THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
01:52:52:00	01:52:53:00	I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT YOU
01:52:53:00	01:52:53:00	WERE SUPER LATE.
01:52:53:00	01:52:54:00	I THINK I WAS MAKING LIGHT OUT
01:52:54:00	01:52:56:00	OF THE SITUATION.
01:52:56:00	01:52:57:00	YOU COULD HAVE HAD ANYTHING
01:52:57:00	01:52:57:00	IMPORTANT AND WE ALL HAVE
01:52:57:00	01:52:58:00	IMPORTANT THINGS AND I KNOW
01:52:58:00	01:53:00:00	THAT I'M CERTAINLY LATE ALL THE
01:53:00:00	01:53:01:00	TIME WITH OUR BUSY SCHEDULE.
01:53:01:00	01:53:04:00	SO I DO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE WHEN
01:53:04:00	01:53:05:00	WE MAKE MISTAKES PUBLICLY WE
01:53:05:00	01:53:08:00	SHOULD CORRECT THEM PUBLICLY.
01:53:08:00	01:53:09:00	SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.
01:53:09:00	01:53:11:00	HOPEFULLY YOU'LL FORGIVE ME AND
01:53:11:00	01:53:12:00	WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE EIGHT
01:53:12:00	01:53:15:00	STRONG DEPARTMENT.
01:53:15:00	01:53:19:00	MR THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH
01:53:19:00	01:53:20:00	FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION
01:53:20:00	01:53:23:00	AND HAPPY RETIREMENT
01:53:23:00	01:53:23:00	COMMISSIONER.
01:53:23:00	01:53:28:00	WE WOULD LIKE TO DISMISS YOU AT
01:53:28:00	01:53:28:00	THIS TIME UNLESS YOU WANT TO
01:53:28:00	01:53:29:00	HANG AROUND WITH US.
01:53:29:00	01:53:31:00	THANK OK.
01:53:31:00	01:53:34:00	ALL RIGHT.
01:53:34:00	01:53:35:00	WE'LL TAKE ONE TWO MINUTE
01:53:35:00	01:53:39:00	RECESS.
01:53:39:00	01:53:40:00	I JUST WANT TO STRETCH AND GRAB
01:53:40:00	01:53:41:00	A CUP OF WATER.
01:53:41:00	01:58:10:00	WE'LL BE BACK AS WELL AND WE'RE
01:58:10:00	01:58:13:00	BACK IN SESSION.
01:58:13:00	01:58:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:58:16:00	01:58:17:00	YEAH.
01:58:17:00	01:58:20:00	YEAH.
01:58:20:00	01:58:28:00	SORRY WE'RE BACK AND NEXT WE'LL
01:58:28:00	01:58:32:00	GO TO THE OFFICE OF EARLY
01:58:32:00	01:58:36:00	CHILDHOOD.
01:58:36:00	01:58:42:00	THE FORMAT REMAINS THE SAME TO
01:58:42:00	01:58:42:00	MY COSO COLLEAGUES.
01:58:42:00	01:58:43:00	YOU'LL BE GIVEN FIVE MINUTES
01:58:43:00	01:58:46:00	FOR QUESTIONING AND THEN SECOND
01:58:46:00	01:58:47:00	ROUND IS THREE MINUTES WITH
01:58:47:00	01:58:52:00	PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN BETWEEN
01:58:52:00	01:58:56:00	JUST FOR THE PUBLIC PEOPLE WHO
01:58:56:00	01:58:57:00	ARE WATCHING FROM HOME.
01:58:57:00	01:58:58:00	IF YOU PLAN ON COMING IN TO
01:58:58:00	01:59:01:00	CITY HALL, WE ARE HAVING ISSUES
01:59:01:00	01:59:04:00	WITH THAT ELEVATOR SO IF YOU
01:59:04:00	01:59:08:00	HAVE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES WE
01:59:08:00	01:59:12:00	YOU CAN SIGN UP TO TESTIFY
01:59:12:00	01:59:12:00	VIRTUALLY TO THE EXACT SAME
01:59:12:00	01:59:16:00	THING AS IF IT WAS A VIRTUAL
01:59:16:00	01:59:16:00	HEARING.
01:59:16:00	01:59:18:00	SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO
01:59:18:00	01:59:20:00	SWITCH TO ALL VIRTUAL SO PLEASE
01:59:20:00	01:59:24:00	SIGN UP VIRTUALLY IF YOU HAVE
01:59:24:00	01:59:25:00	ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AND YOU
01:59:25:00	01:59:26:00	PLAN TO COMING INTO CITY HALL
01:59:26:00	01:59:28:00	PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA.
01:59:28:00	01:59:29:00	THE ELEVATORS ARE NOT WORKING
01:59:29:00	01:59:31:00	TODAY.
01:59:31:00	01:59:31:00	ALL RIGHT.
01:59:31:00	01:59:37:00	FOR THE OFFICE OF EARLY
01:59:37:00	01:59:41:00	CHILDHOOD, WE'RE JOINED TODAY
01:59:41:00	01:59:45:00	BY KIRSTEN MCSWEEN, DIRECTOR
01:59:45:00	01:59:45:00	EARLY CHILDHOOD.
01:59:45:00	01:59:46:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR YOUR
01:59:46:00	01:59:49:00	PRESENTATION.
01:59:49:00	01:59:50:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR AND
01:59:50:00	01:59:51:00	THANK YOU TO THE COUNCILORS FOR
01:59:51:00	01:59:53:00	HAVING US HERE TODAY TO TALK
01:59:53:00	01:59:54:00	ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE
01:59:54:00	01:59:54:00	OFFICE.
01:59:54:00	01:59:55:00	I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP MY
01:59:55:00	01:59:57:00	COMMENTS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE
01:59:57:00	01:59:58:00	SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO
01:59:58:00	02:00:00:00	ASK QUESTIONS.
02:00:00:00	02:00:01:00	SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE
02:00:01:00	02:00:02:00	OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
02:00:02:00	02:00:04:00	LAUNCHED IN APRIL OF TWENTY
02:00:04:00	02:00:05:00	TWENTY TWO.
02:00:05:00	02:00:06:00	I THINK THE LAST TIME I WAS
02:00:06:00	02:00:08:00	HERE WITH YOU I'D BEEN IN THE
02:00:08:00	02:00:09:00	OFFICE FOR A WEEK SO I FEEL A
02:00:09:00	02:00:12:00	LITTLE MORE PREPARED THIS TIME
02:00:12:00	02:00:13:00	AROUND AND WE HAD A SET
02:00:13:00	02:00:16:00	OF AMBITIOUS GOALS TO MAKE
02:00:16:00	02:00:17:00	BOSTON FIRST FOR FAMILIES BY
02:00:17:00	02:00:19:00	MAKING SURE THAT ALL FAMILIES
02:00:19:00	02:00:20:00	HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES
02:00:20:00	02:00:23:00	AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO
02:00:23:00	02:00:24:00	BE THEIR CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER
02:00:24:00	02:00:27:00	HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE AND
02:00:27:00	02:00:28:00	CONVENIENT EARLY EDUCATION AND
02:00:28:00	02:00:28:00	CARE.
02:00:28:00	02:00:31:00	AND LASTLY PUBLIC SPACES THAT
02:00:31:00	02:00:32:00	ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE
02:00:32:00	02:00:35:00	HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN AND
02:00:35:00	02:00:39:00	AMONG FAMILIES OVER THE COURSE
02:00:39:00	02:00:40:00	THIS YEAR WE'VE ADDED TWO
02:00:40:00	02:00:41:00	ADDITIONAL STAFF AND ARE ON
02:00:41:00	02:00:44:00	TRACK TO ADD A THIRD TOGETHER
02:00:44:00	02:00:47:00	WE HAVE OVER THIRTY EIGHT YEARS
02:00:47:00	02:00:48:00	OF EXPERIENCE IN EARLY
02:00:48:00	02:00:50:00	CHILDHOOD AND OPERATIONS AS
02:00:50:00	02:00:51:00	WELL AS LANGUAGE CAPACITY IN
02:00:51:00	02:00:54:00	SPANISH AND IN ARABIC.
02:00:54:00	02:00:56:00	I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK
02:00:56:00	02:00:56:00	THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO AND
02:00:56:00	02:00:59:00	ALSO THE WORK THAT WE'RE WE'VE
02:00:59:00	02:01:00:00	DONE THIS PAST YEAR COMBINING A
02:01:00:00	02:01:03:00	LITTLE BIT OF OUR OPERATIONAL
02:01:03:00	02:01:03:00	BUDGET AND OUR ARPA FUNDING
02:01:03:00	02:01:06:00	BECAUSE TOGETHER THAT HAS
02:01:06:00	02:01:07:00	HELPED US TO CREATE OUR
02:01:07:00	02:01:08:00	STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT WITH
02:01:08:00	02:01:09:00	COMMUNITY.
02:01:09:00	02:01:10:00	THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK
02:01:10:00	02:01:11:00	ABOUT HIS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN
02:01:11:00	02:01:14:00	THAT AREA OF OUR GOALS WE'VE
02:01:14:00	02:01:15:00	DONE TWO PRIMARY THINGS THIS
02:01:15:00	02:01:15:00	YEAR.
02:01:15:00	02:01:18:00	ONE IS PARTNER WITH FAMILIES
02:01:18:00	02:01:19:00	FIRST TO BE REALLY WORKING
02:01:19:00	02:01:22:00	CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY,
02:01:22:00	02:01:25:00	PARTICULARLY THE ORGANIZATIONS
02:01:25:00	02:01:26:00	WHO ENGAGE PARENTS AS LEADERS
02:01:26:00	02:01:30:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
02:01:30:00	02:01:31:00	SO OVER THE PAST YEAR WE
02:01:31:00	02:01:31:00	ENGAGED WITH THIRTY INDIVIDUALS
02:01:31:00	02:01:34:00	FIFTEEN OF THEM PARENTS AND
02:01:34:00	02:01:35:00	REALLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT
02:01:35:00	02:01:38:00	SHOULD BE THE FRAMEWORK FOR
02:01:38:00	02:01:39:00	FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR
02:01:39:00	02:01:39:00	OFFICE.
02:01:39:00	02:01:42:00	HOW SHOULD WE BE GETTING
02:01:42:00	02:01:42:00	INFORMATION OUT?
02:01:42:00	02:01:43:00	HOW SHOULD WE BE COLLECTING
02:01:43:00	02:01:46:00	FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS AND HOW
02:01:46:00	02:01:47:00	SHOULD WE BE MOVING FORWARD
02:01:47:00	02:01:49:00	THIS NEXT MONTH WILL BE
02:01:49:00	02:01:52:00	PUBLISHING THAT FRAMEWORK
02:01:52:00	02:01:54:00	REALLY RELIES ON BOTH HAVING A
02:01:54:00	02:01:57:00	AN ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE
02:01:57:00	02:01:58:00	OFFICE MADE UP OF BOTH FAMILIES
02:01:58:00	02:02:01:00	SERVING ORGANIZATION BUT ALSO
02:02:01:00	02:02:05:00	PARENT LEADERS A SERIES OF WAYS
02:02:05:00	02:02:06:00	THAT WE ENGAGE THROUGH SURVEY
02:02:06:00	02:02:09:00	FOCUS GROUP WITH FAMILIES WRIT
02:02:09:00	02:02:10:00	LARGE ACROSS THE CITY.
02:02:10:00	02:02:12:00	AND THEN LASTLY A SET OF PARENT
02:02:12:00	02:02:13:00	CAFES THAT WILL HOST OVER THE
02:02:13:00	02:02:17:00	COURSE OF THE YEAR THROUGHOUT
02:02:17:00	02:02:18:00	DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY IN
02:02:18:00	02:02:18:00	COLLABORATION WITH
02:02:18:00	02:02:21:00	ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK DEEPLY
02:02:21:00	02:02:22:00	WITH FAMILIES.
02:02:22:00	02:02:23:00	SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY A PIECE
02:02:23:00	02:02:24:00	OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE
02:02:24:00	02:02:25:00	THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE HOPING TO
02:02:25:00	02:02:28:00	BUILD ON IN THE COMING YEAR IN
02:02:28:00	02:02:29:00	TERMS OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
02:02:29:00	02:02:32:00	FAMILIES FIRST AS AN ORGANIZED
02:02:32:00	02:02:33:00	NATION WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO
02:02:33:00	02:02:36:00	SPONSOR THREE FAMILY LEADERS
02:02:36:00	02:02:37:00	WHO ARE WORKING WITH US TO
02:02:37:00	02:02:40:00	COMPLETE A SIX MONTH COMMUNITY
02:02:40:00	02:02:41:00	IMPACT PROJECT.
02:02:41:00	02:02:42:00	I THINK THIS REALLY GETS TO
02:02:42:00	02:02:44:00	SOME OF WHAT COUNCILOR MARIA
02:02:44:00	02:02:45:00	WAS ASKING ABOUT IN TERMS
02:02:45:00	02:02:48:00	OF HOW WE GET THE WORD OUT.
02:02:48:00	02:02:49:00	THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE FOCUSED
02:02:49:00	02:02:49:00	ON.
02:02:49:00	02:02:50:00	HOW DO WE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE
02:02:50:00	02:02:53:00	OUT TO FAMILIES AND SO THEY ARE
02:02:53:00	02:02:53:00	GOING TO BE DOING THEIR
02:02:53:00	02:02:57:00	RESEARCH AND COMING BACK TO US
02:02:57:00	02:02:57:00	WITH THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE
02:02:57:00	02:02:59:00	DOING THAT WORK.
02:02:59:00	02:03:00:00	AND THEN THEY HAVE A SENIOR
02:03:00:00	02:03:03:00	FAMILY LEADER AS THEIR MENTOR.
02:03:03:00	02:03:04:00	THE OTHER PIECE OF OUR FAMILY
02:03:04:00	02:03:07:00	ENGAGEMENT WORK HAS REALLY BEEN
02:03:07:00	02:03:08:00	WORKING IN COORDINATION IN
02:03:08:00	02:03:11:00	COLLABORATION WITH COUNTDOWN TO
02:03:11:00	02:03:12:00	KINDERGARTEN WHICH AS YOU KNOW
02:03:12:00	02:03:13:00	IS BASED AT BOSTON PUBLIC
02:03:13:00	02:03:15:00	SCHOOLS BUT DURING COVID REALLY
02:03:15:00	02:03:18:00	RETRACTED A LOT OF THEIR WORK
02:03:18:00	02:03:19:00	IN FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FOCUSED ON
02:03:19:00	02:03:23:00	OTHER THINGS AND ARE LOOKING
02:03:23:00	02:03:24:00	THIS YEAR AGAIN AT HOW THEY CAN
02:03:24:00	02:03:26:00	WORK ON REENGAGING FAMILIES,
02:03:26:00	02:03:27:00	THINKING ABOUT PLAYGROUPS AND
02:03:27:00	02:03:31:00	HOW TO HOST THEM, WHERE TO HOST
02:03:31:00	02:03:32:00	THEM AND MATERIALS FOR
02:03:32:00	02:03:35:00	PLAYGROUPS IN THE COMING YEAR
02:03:35:00	02:03:36:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH
02:03:36:00	02:03:38:00	THEM TO LAUNCH A BOOK CALLED
02:03:38:00	02:03:38:00	MADE TO PLAY.
02:03:38:00	02:03:41:00	IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN TEN
02:03:41:00	02:03:42:00	LANGUAGES.
02:03:42:00	02:03:45:00	IT IS A COMMON MARKETING
02:03:45:00	02:03:46:00	PROJECT FROM A GROUP
02:03:46:00	02:03:49:00	OF STUDENTS AT NORTHEASTERN WHO
02:03:49:00	02:03:50:00	CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
02:03:50:00	02:03:51:00	EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS AND
02:03:51:00	02:03:54:00	IT REALLY TAKES PARENTS THROUGH
02:03:54:00	02:03:55:00	SOME THINGS THAT THEY CAN SOME
02:03:55:00	02:03:58:00	DEVELOPMENTAL TOYS THAT THEY
02:03:58:00	02:03:58:00	CAN MAKE WITH RECYCLABLES AT
02:03:58:00	02:04:02:00	HOME AND IT GIVES THEM A SET
02:04:02:00	02:04:02:00	OF ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN DO
02:04:02:00	02:04:03:00	WITH THEIR YOUNG PERSON TO MAKE
02:04:03:00	02:04:06:00	SURE THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING
02:04:06:00	02:04:06:00	APPROPRIATELY AT DIFFERENT
02:04:06:00	02:04:10:00	STAGES FROM BIRTH TO THREE AND
02:04:10:00	02:04:11:00	WE'LL BE HANDING THOSE OUT AND
02:04:11:00	02:04:14:00	WORKING WITH THEM IN OUR
02:04:14:00	02:04:15:00	PLAYGROUPS AND THEN THEY'LL BE
02:04:15:00	02:04:16:00	A TAKE HOME FOR PARENTS TO BE
02:04:16:00	02:04:18:00	USING WITH THEIR CHILDREN WHEN
02:04:18:00	02:04:18:00	THEY'RE AT HOME.
02:04:18:00	02:04:19:00	SO THAT'S REALLY ON THE FAMILY
02:04:19:00	02:04:22:00	ENGAGEMENT SIDE ON THE
02:04:22:00	02:04:25:00	SUPPORTING HIGH QUALITY
02:04:25:00	02:04:26:00	AFFORDABLE EARLY EDUCATION AND
02:04:26:00	02:04:26:00	CARE.
02:04:26:00	02:04:30:00	THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF OUR ARPA
02:04:30:00	02:04:31:00	MONEY HAS GONE BUT IT IS ALSO
02:04:31:00	02:04:32:00	WHERE OUR OPERATING BUDGET HAS
02:04:32:00	02:04:33:00	A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
02:04:33:00	02:04:36:00	WE ARE LOOKING AT THREE
02:04:36:00	02:04:37:00	DIFFERENT WAYS OF SUPPORTING
02:04:37:00	02:04:38:00	CHILD CARE.
02:04:38:00	02:04:41:00	THE FIRST IS THROUGH OUR WORK
02:04:41:00	02:04:42:00	WITH FAMILY CHILD CARE AND
02:04:42:00	02:04:44:00	WE'VE BEEN BUILDING OUT WHAT
02:04:44:00	02:04:45:00	STARTED IN MOER AS THE CHILD
02:04:45:00	02:04:46:00	CARE ENTREPRENEUR FUND TO
02:04:46:00	02:04:49:00	REALLY BE AN ENTIRE SET
02:04:49:00	02:04:50:00	OF INITIATIVES THAT ARE OFFERED
02:04:50:00	02:04:53:00	TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BE
02:04:53:00	02:04:54:00	DOING FAMILY CHILD CARE.
02:04:54:00	02:04:56:00	AS YOU ALL KNOW IT IS PRIMARILY
02:04:56:00	02:05:00:00	A FEMALE DRIVEN SET OF SOCIAL
02:05:00:00	02:05:00:00	ENTREPRENEURS.
02:05:00:00	02:05:01:00	MANY OF THEM ARE IMMIGRANTS TO
02:05:01:00	02:05:04:00	THIS COUNTRY AND MANY OF THEM
02:05:04:00	02:05:05:00	ARE PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS
02:05:05:00	02:05:08:00	WOMEN OF COLOR.
02:05:08:00	02:05:09:00	AND SO WE'VE DONE FOUR
02:05:09:00	02:05:09:00	DIFFERENT THINGS.
02:05:09:00	02:05:10:00	FIRST, AS WE'VE INVESTED
02:05:10:00	02:05:12:00	FUNDING AND RECRUITING 75 NEW
02:05:12:00	02:05:13:00	FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS TO
02:05:13:00	02:05:16:00	THE CITY, WE'VE DONE OUR FIRST
02:05:16:00	02:05:17:00	COHORT OF FIFTEEN AND ARE
02:05:17:00	02:05:20:00	WORKING ON OUR NEXT COHORT AND
02:05:20:00	02:05:21:00	WILL BE DOING THOSE OVER THE
02:05:21:00	02:05:23:00	NEXT TWO YEARS WITH OUR FUNDING
02:05:23:00	02:05:23:00	.
02:05:23:00	02:05:24:00	ONCE YOU'VE ESTABLISHED YOUR
02:05:24:00	02:05:27:00	BUSINESS AND GONE THROUGH THAT
02:05:27:00	02:05:28:00	LICENSING PROGRAM AND GOTTEN
02:05:28:00	02:05:31:00	SETTLED, WE OFFER A FINANCIAL
02:05:31:00	02:05:32:00	TRAINING BECAUSE A LOT
02:05:32:00	02:05:32:00	OF PEOPLE WHO ENTER FAMILY
02:05:32:00	02:05:35:00	CHILD CARE ENTER IT WITH A LOT
02:05:35:00	02:05:36:00	OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE
02:05:36:00	02:05:38:00	AND MAYBE NOT AS MUCH BUSINESS
02:05:38:00	02:05:39:00	EXPERIENCE.
02:05:39:00	02:05:42:00	SO HOW DO WE HELP SET YOU BE
02:05:42:00	02:05:43:00	SET YOU UP TO BE SUCCESSFUL
02:05:43:00	02:05:44:00	WITH SIX WEEKS OF FINANCIAL
02:05:44:00	02:05:46:00	TRAINING AND COACHING AND THEN
02:05:46:00	02:05:47:00	A MINI GRANT WHEN YOU'VE
02:05:47:00	02:05:50:00	SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THAT YOU
02:05:50:00	02:05:51:00	CAN USE TO INVEST IN YOUR
02:05:51:00	02:05:54:00	BUSINESS WHAT WE'VE ALSO SEEN
02:05:54:00	02:05:55:00	FROM THAT FIRST GROUP
02:05:55:00	02:05:56:00	OF ENTREPRENEURS AND WE'VE
02:05:56:00	02:05:59:00	TRAINED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
02:05:59:00	02:06:02:00	INDIVIDUALS OVER THE PAST FOUR
02:06:02:00	02:06:03:00	YEARS IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND
02:06:03:00	02:06:07:00	IN MANDARIN IS THAT THEY NEED A
02:06:07:00	02:06:10:00	LITTLE BIT MORE AFTER THAT
02:06:10:00	02:06:11:00	INITIAL FINANCIAL COACHING.
02:06:11:00	02:06:14:00	AND SO WITH OUR ARPA FUNDING WE
02:06:14:00	02:06:15:00	LAUNCHED A MARKETING AND
02:06:15:00	02:06:15:00	COMMUNICATIONS MODULE.
02:06:15:00	02:06:18:00	IT IS ALSO SIX WEEKS.
02:06:18:00	02:06:22:00	IT IS ALSO WITH COACHING.
02:06:22:00	02:06:23:00	IT COMES WITH A COMPUTER NOT A
02:06:23:00	02:06:27:00	CHROMEBOOK BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE
02:06:27:00	02:06:27:00	ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SETTING UP
02:06:27:00	02:06:29:00	YOUR OWN WEBSITE YOU ACTUALLY
02:06:29:00	02:06:30:00	NEED A LITTLE MORE COMPUTING
02:06:30:00	02:06:33:00	POWER AND SO EACH PARTICIPANT
02:06:33:00	02:06:34:00	RECEIVES A LAPTOP WHEN THEY ARE
02:06:34:00	02:06:38:00	DONE THEY WILL HAVE COMPLETED
02:06:38:00	02:06:38:00	THEIR OWN WEBSITE.
02:06:38:00	02:06:39:00	I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR
02:06:39:00	02:06:42:00	WEBSITE AND CHECK THEM OUT.
02:06:42:00	02:06:43:00	THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND EACH
02:06:43:00	02:06:45:00	OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS HAS
02:06:45:00	02:06:46:00	REALLY TAKEN WHAT'S UNIQUE
02:06:46:00	02:06:50:00	ABOUT THEIR FAMILY CHILD CARE
02:06:50:00	02:06:51:00	AND PUT IT UP FOR PARENTS AND
02:06:51:00	02:06:54:00	OTHER CAREGIVERS TO BE ABLE TO
02:06:54:00	02:06:55:00	SEE A PIECE OF WHAT WE KNOW IS
02:06:55:00	02:06:57:00	REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FAMILY.
02:06:57:00	02:06:58:00	CHILD CARE IS BEING ABLE TO
02:06:58:00	02:07:01:00	FIND FAMILIES.
02:07:01:00	02:07:02:00	WE EITHER HAVE FAMILY CHILD
02:07:02:00	02:07:03:00	CARE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE A LONG
02:07:03:00	02:07:06:00	LIST OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'VE
02:07:06:00	02:07:10:00	BEEN BECOME POPULAR FOR THE
02:07:10:00	02:07:10:00	LAST NUMBER OF YEARS IN
02:07:10:00	02:07:11:00	COMMUNITY AND SO THEY HAVE A
02:07:11:00	02:07:14:00	WAIT LIST AND THEN WE HAVE
02:07:14:00	02:07:14:00	OTHER FAMILY CHILD CARE
02:07:14:00	02:07:15:00	PROVIDERS WHO ARE JUST STARTING
02:07:15:00	02:07:17:00	WHO MAYBE ARE STRUGGLING TO
02:07:17:00	02:07:20:00	FIND THAT LIST OF FAMILIES AND
02:07:20:00	02:07:22:00	SO THE THE WEBSITES ARE ONE WAY
02:07:22:00	02:07:24:00	OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE
02:07:24:00	02:07:25:00	FULL BOTH FOR THEIR OWN
02:07:25:00	02:07:28:00	FINANCIAL BOTTOM LINE BUT ALSO
02:07:28:00	02:07:29:00	FOR THE SERVICE THAT NEEDS TO
02:07:29:00	02:07:30:00	HAPPEN AND FOR OUR FAMILIES
02:07:30:00	02:07:32:00	ACROSS BOSTON.
02:07:32:00	02:07:33:00	THE LAST PIECE THAT WE'RE
02:07:33:00	02:07:36:00	REALLY FOCUSING ON WITH OUR
02:07:36:00	02:07:37:00	FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS IS
02:07:37:00	02:07:38:00	QUALITY AND SO WE HAVE A
02:07:38:00	02:07:40:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOSTON
02:07:40:00	02:07:40:00	PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND
02:07:40:00	02:07:41:00	CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHICH IS
02:07:41:00	02:07:45:00	INVESTING IN OUR FAMILY CHILD
02:07:45:00	02:07:46:00	CARE PROVIDERS TALKING ABOUT
02:07:46:00	02:07:48:00	NUTRITION AND ALSO MOVEMENT.
02:07:48:00	02:07:52:00	SO EACH OF THOSE COURSES IS
02:07:52:00	02:07:52:00	TAUGHT IN ENGLISH AND IN
02:07:52:00	02:07:55:00	SPANISH AND IS FOCUSED ON BOTH
02:07:55:00	02:07:56:00	CREATING A PLAN FOR HOW YOU
02:07:56:00	02:07:57:00	IMPROVE NUTRITION AND FOOD
02:07:57:00	02:08:00:00	ACCESS WITHIN YOUR FAMILY CHILD
02:08:00:00	02:08:01:00	CARE PROGRAM AS WELL AS HOW YOU
02:08:01:00	02:08:04:00	INCREASE MOVEMENT REALLY
02:08:04:00	02:08:04:00	THINKING ABOUT LOCAL
02:08:04:00	02:08:08:00	PLAYGROUNDS, PLACES TO GO
02:08:08:00	02:08:09:00	OF PARTICULAR THINGS TO DO IN
02:08:09:00	02:08:09:00	OUR WINTER MONTHS SO THAT OUR
02:08:09:00	02:08:12:00	YOUNG PEOPLE STAY HEALTHY AND
02:08:12:00	02:08:12:00	ESTABLISH GOOD PATTERNS WHEN
02:08:12:00	02:08:16:00	THEY'RE YOUNG.
02:08:16:00	02:08:17:00	THE OTHER PIECE IS LOOKING FOR
02:08:17:00	02:08:17:00	AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE
02:08:17:00	02:08:19:00	WHICH IS A DEVELOPMENTAL
02:08:19:00	02:08:20:00	QUESTIONNAIRE AND TEACHING OUR
02:08:20:00	02:08:21:00	FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS HOW
02:08:21:00	02:08:24:00	TO DO THAT AND USE THAT
02:08:24:00	02:08:25:00	INFORMATION IN THEIR FAMILY
02:08:25:00	02:08:28:00	CHILD CARE SETTING SO THAT THEY
02:08:28:00	02:08:29:00	CAN BE WORKING WITH OUR YOUNG
02:08:29:00	02:08:31:00	PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED SOME
02:08:31:00	02:08:32:00	ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN DIFFERENT
02:08:32:00	02:08:42:00	AREAS AND SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO
02:08:42:00	02:08:42:00	BE CONNECTING FAMILIES WHO MAY
02:08:42:00	02:08:43:00	NEED A FURTHER EVALUATION BASED
02:08:43:00	02:08:44:00	ON THOSE RESULTS SO THAT WE'RE
02:08:44:00	02:08:45:00	CATCHING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AS
02:08:45:00	02:08:46:00	THEY NEED SUPPORT AS EARLY AS
02:08:46:00	02:08:47:00	POSSIBLE.
02:08:47:00	02:08:48:00	THAT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY CHILD
02:08:48:00	02:08:50:00	CARE SPACE IN THE CENTER SPACE
02:08:50:00	02:08:50:00	.
02:08:50:00	02:08:51:00	THAT'S WHERE A LARGE PART
02:08:51:00	02:08:54:00	OF OUR ARPA FUNDING HAS BEEN
02:08:54:00	02:08:54:00	CENTERED.
02:08:54:00	02:08:55:00	WE HAVE DONE WAGE SUPPORT.
02:08:55:00	02:08:58:00	WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH
02:08:58:00	02:08:59:00	CENTERS THROUGH TRAINING AND
02:08:59:00	02:09:00:00	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
02:09:00:00	02:09:02:00	INCREASE THEIR SALARY TO TWENTY
02:09:02:00	02:09:06:00	TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR BY TWENTY
02:09:06:00	02:09:07:00	TWENTY FIVE AND ALSO TO HAVE A
02:09:07:00	02:09:10:00	COMPENSATION PLAN THAT SCALES
02:09:10:00	02:09:11:00	THAT UP FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN
02:09:11:00	02:09:13:00	THERE LONGER AND ALSO TAKES
02:09:13:00	02:09:17:00	INTO ACCOUNT OUR TEACHER
02:09:17:00	02:09:18:00	CLASSROOM SUPPORT FOLKS WHO
02:09:18:00	02:09:18:00	MAYBE MAKE LESS SO THAT THEY
02:09:18:00	02:09:21:00	HAVE A COMPENSATION PLAN
02:09:21:00	02:09:22:00	CENTERED ON TWENTY TWO DOLLARS
02:09:22:00	02:09:23:00	AN HOUR AND A SUSTAINABILITY
02:09:23:00	02:09:26:00	PLAN FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
02:09:26:00	02:09:26:00	MAINTAIN THAT MOVING FORWARD
02:09:26:00	02:09:27:00	WHEN OUR ARPA FUNDING IS NO
02:09:27:00	02:09:29:00	LONGER AVAILABLE WE HOPEFULLY
02:09:29:00	02:09:33:00	YOU WILL HAVE SEEN ON THE TI
02:09:33:00	02:09:34:00	AND IN OUR BUS STOPS OUR
02:09:34:00	02:09:37:00	RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN ONE OF THE
02:09:37:00	02:09:37:00	BIGGEST PAIN POINTS WE HEAR
02:09:37:00	02:09:38:00	FROM OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD
02:09:38:00	02:09:42:00	PROVIDERS RIGHT NOW IS THEY
02:09:42:00	02:09:42:00	CANNOT OPEN ALL OF THEIR
02:09:42:00	02:09:45:00	CLASSROOMS OR THEY CAN'T FULLY
02:09:45:00	02:09:46:00	OPEN A CLASSROOM THAT THEY DO
02:09:46:00	02:09:49:00	HAVE OPEN BECAUSE OF THEIR HUGE
02:09:49:00	02:09:49:00	STAFFING CONSTRAINTS.
02:09:49:00	02:09:52:00	AND SO WE ARE REALLY WORKING
02:09:52:00	02:09:53:00	WITH THEM TO TRY AND BRING IN
02:09:53:00	02:09:56:00	THE WORKFORCE THAT IS NECESSARY
02:09:56:00	02:09:57:00	FOR THEM TO OPEN UP ALL
02:09:57:00	02:09:59:00	OF THEIR CLASSROOMS.
02:09:59:00	02:10:00:00	WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
02:10:00:00	02:10:01:00	PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO BE
02:10:01:00	02:10:04:00	ABLE TO GET TO WORK BUT YOU CAN
02:10:04:00	02:10:04:00	ONLY BE FULLY OPENED IF YOU
02:10:04:00	02:10:05:00	ACTUALLY HAVE THE STAFF THAT
02:10:05:00	02:10:08:00	YOU NEED TO BE AT CAPACITY.
02:10:08:00	02:10:12:00	AND SO PART OF IS NOT ONLY THE
02:10:12:00	02:10:12:00	RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN BUT WE
02:10:12:00	02:10:15:00	ALSO USED OUR FUNDING TO BUY
02:10:15:00	02:10:18:00	800 CREDENTIALS FOR INDIVIDUALS
02:10:18:00	02:10:19:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON OR WHO
02:10:19:00	02:10:23:00	WILL COMMIT TO WORKING IN THE
02:10:23:00	02:10:27:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO PARTICIPATE.
02:10:27:00	02:10:28:00	THE LAST THING AND THIS IS THE
02:10:28:00	02:10:30:00	BIGGEST INCREASE YOU WILL SEE
02:10:30:00	02:10:31:00	IN THE REQUESTS FOR THE OFFICE
02:10:31:00	02:10:32:00	OF EARLY CHILDHOOD IS FOUR
02:10:32:00	02:10:34:00	MILLION FOR OUR UK PROGRAM.
02:10:34:00	02:10:37:00	AS YOU KNOW, YUP'IK PORFOLIO
02:10:37:00	02:10:38:00	PROGRAM.
02:10:38:00	02:10:41:00	SO A BIG PIECE OF IT IS IN BAPS
02:10:41:00	02:10:42:00	OR KAZUHIRO IN OUR K1
02:10:42:00	02:10:43:00	CLASSROOMS BUT ANOTHER PORTION
02:10:43:00	02:10:46:00	HAS BEEN THROUGH OUR MIXED
02:10:46:00	02:10:46:00	DELIVERY SYSTEM.
02:10:46:00	02:10:47:00	SO IN OUR COMMUNITY BASED
02:10:47:00	02:10:50:00	SETTING AND THAT'S WHERE THIS
02:10:50:00	02:10:51:00	FOUR MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE
02:10:51:00	02:10:53:00	SPENT.
02:10:53:00	02:10:54:00	WE WILL ADD CAPACITY FOR
02:10:54:00	02:10:54:00	ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED AND
02:10:54:00	02:10:57:00	THIRTY FIVE CHILDREN.
02:10:57:00	02:11:01:00	IT'LL ADD TEN CLASSROOMS ADD
02:11:01:00	02:11:01:00	COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
02:11:01:00	02:11:05:00	ACROSS THE CITY AND THAT I IT'S
02:11:05:00	02:11:09:00	A BID SO IT'S NOT AN RFP.
02:11:09:00	02:11:11:00	I DON'T WANT TO GET THE LETTERS
02:11:11:00	02:11:13:00	WRONG BUT IT'S AN I I KEEP
02:11:13:00	02:11:16:00	FORGETTING IT CLOSED ON LAST
02:11:16:00	02:11:20:00	FRIDAY IT'S AN IRB MAYBE THAT'S
02:11:20:00	02:11:24:00	CLOSED ANYWAY SO THAT CLOSED.
02:11:24:00	02:11:25:00	IT ALSO ADDS FAMILY CHILD CARE
02:11:25:00	02:11:28:00	FOR THE FIRST TIME TO OUR
02:11:28:00	02:11:29:00	PORTFOLIO WE'VE BEEN WORKING
02:11:29:00	02:11:32:00	OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH BOTH
02:11:32:00	02:11:36:00	THE DIRECTOR YUPPY AS WELL AS
02:11:36:00	02:11:37:00	20 FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
02:11:37:00	02:11:40:00	WHO HELPED US DESIGN WHAT THE
02:11:40:00	02:11:41:00	BID WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT OUR
02:11:41:00	02:11:43:00	QUALITY CRITERIA WAS FOR
02:11:43:00	02:11:44:00	INCLUDING FAMILY CHILD CARE
02:11:44:00	02:11:47:00	THINGS LIKE EXPERIENCE, LEVEL
02:11:47:00	02:11:51:00	EDUCATION LEVEL, THE KINDS
02:11:51:00	02:11:52:00	OF ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE
02:11:52:00	02:11:56:00	HAPPENED OR WILL HAPPEN IN THE
02:11:56:00	02:11:56:00	FAMILY CHILD CARE SPACE KNOWING
02:11:56:00	02:11:59:00	THAT IT IS A MIXED AGE GROUP
02:11:59:00	02:12:00:00	AND NOT LIKE WE HAVE IN OUR
02:12:00:00	02:12:03:00	BAPS SYSTEM OR EVEN IN OUR
02:12:03:00	02:12:03:00	COMMUNITY BASED SYSTEM WHERE
02:12:03:00	02:12:06:00	YOU HAVE EITHER A CLASSROOM
02:12:06:00	02:12:07:00	OF THREE YEAR OLDS OR A
02:12:07:00	02:12:08:00	CLASSROOM OF FOUR YEAR OLDS
02:12:08:00	02:12:10:00	REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE
02:12:10:00	02:12:11:00	UNIQUENESS OF OUR FAMILY CHILD
02:12:11:00	02:12:14:00	CARE SPACE AND THEN THE LAST
02:12:14:00	02:12:15:00	THING THAT WE WILL BE DOING IS
02:12:15:00	02:12:18:00	INCLUDING A PILOT FOR TWO
02:12:18:00	02:12:22:00	INCLUSION CLASSROOMS.
02:12:22:00	02:12:23:00	WE HEAR A LOT FROM PARENTS THAT
02:12:23:00	02:12:26:00	INCLUSION IN THE COMMUNITY
02:12:26:00	02:12:27:00	SPACE WOULD BE OF VALUE TO THEM
02:12:27:00	02:12:29:00	AND SO WITH PROVIDERS WE'RE
02:12:29:00	02:12:30:00	THINKING THROUGH WHAT THAT
02:12:30:00	02:12:31:00	MIGHT LOOK LIKE, HOW WE COULD
02:12:31:00	02:12:33:00	THINK ABOUT SUPPORTING
02:12:33:00	02:12:37:00	CLASSROOMS IN A COMMUNITY SPACE
02:12:37:00	02:12:38:00	BEFORE YOUNG PEOPLE MOVE INTO
02:12:38:00	02:12:41:00	THE K-12 SYSTEM.
02:12:41:00	02:12:42:00	OUR THIRD GOAL AS I MENTIONED
02:12:42:00	02:12:45:00	BEFORE, IS THINKING ABOUT
02:12:45:00	02:12:46:00	HEALTHY CONNECTIONS ACROSS ALL
02:12:46:00	02:12:49:00	OF OUR COMMUNITY SPACES AND IN
02:12:49:00	02:12:49:00	THAT SPACE WE'RE DOING TWO
02:12:49:00	02:12:53:00	PRIMARY THINGS THIS YEAR.
02:12:53:00	02:12:54:00	ONE IS YOU'LL SEE IN THE CHILD
02:12:54:00	02:12:56:00	CARE SURVEY THAT GOES OUT WITH
02:12:56:00	02:12:57:00	THE CENSUS THAT THIS YEAR WE'VE
02:12:57:00	02:12:58:00	ASKED ABOUT PUBLIC SPACES WE
02:12:58:00	02:13:01:00	WANT OUR FAMILIES TO BE
02:13:01:00	02:13:01:00	WEIGHING IN ON.
02:13:01:00	02:13:05:00	DO THEY HAVE PROXIES TO OUR
02:13:05:00	02:13:06:00	LIBRARIES, OUR PLAYGROUNDS, OUR
02:13:06:00	02:13:09:00	PARKS AND RBC WIFE CENTERS?
02:13:09:00	02:13:09:00	ARE THEY APPROPRIATELY
02:13:09:00	02:13:13:00	PROGRAMED DO THEY FEEL CLEAN
02:13:13:00	02:13:14:00	AND SAFE SO THAT WE CAN BE
02:13:14:00	02:13:17:00	USING THAT INFORMATION AS WE
02:13:17:00	02:13:17:00	BUILD OUT OUR POLICY
02:13:17:00	02:13:18:00	INITIATIVES IN THOSE SPACES IN
02:13:18:00	02:13:20:00	THE COMING YEAR?
02:13:20:00	02:13:21:00	AND THEN THE SECOND IS WE'VE
02:13:21:00	02:13:24:00	BEEN STEWARDING THE MAYOR'S
02:13:24:00	02:13:27:00	COMMITMENT TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
02:13:27:00	02:13:29:00	I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN
02:13:29:00	02:13:29:00	BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO YOUNG
02:13:29:00	02:13:31:00	CHILDREN BUT THAT BY THE TIME
02:13:31:00	02:13:32:00	THEY'RE EIGHT WE SHOULD BE
02:13:32:00	02:13:35:00	PROVIDING THE RESOURCES THAT
02:13:35:00	02:13:36:00	YOUNG CHILDREN CAN LEARN TO
02:13:36:00	02:13:39:00	SWIM, THEY CAN LEARN TO BIKE,
02:13:39:00	02:13:40:00	THEY CAN PLAY A SPORT OR
02:13:40:00	02:13:43:00	EMPHASIS ON PLAYING.
02:13:43:00	02:13:43:00	THEY CAN HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO
02:13:43:00	02:13:47:00	PARTICIPATE IN THE ARTS.
02:13:47:00	02:13:48:00	AND LASTLY, WE CAN BE GROWING A
02:13:48:00	02:13:48:00	GREEN GENERATION.
02:13:48:00	02:13:51:00	SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW
02:13:51:00	02:13:52:00	ARE OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND OUR
02:13:52:00	02:13:55:00	PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PROVIDING
02:13:55:00	02:13:55:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO
02:13:55:00	02:13:59:00	DO THOSE ACTIVITIES AND FOR
02:13:59:00	02:14:00:00	YOUNG CHILDREN TO LEARN THEM BY
02:14:00:00	02:14:02:00	THE TIME THEY'RE IN THIRD GRADE
02:14:02:00	02:14:03:00	.
02:14:03:00	02:14:04:00	AND SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT
02:14:04:00	02:14:05:00	THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE
02:14:05:00	02:14:06:00	ARE PRESSED FOR TIME AND YOU
02:14:06:00	02:14:06:00	WILL SURELY HAVE QUESTIONS.
02:14:06:00	02:14:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:14:07:00	02:14:10:00	THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
02:14:10:00	02:14:13:00	COUNCILOR BREADON OR
02:14:13:00	02:14:16:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE FOUR
02:14:16:00	02:14:18:00	YOUR CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR
02:14:18:00	02:14:21:00	YOUR UPDATE.
02:14:21:00	02:14:22:00	MY GOODNESS YOU DID SUCH A GOOD
02:14:22:00	02:14:25:00	JOB I DON'T EVEN ANSWER A LOT
02:14:25:00	02:14:26:00	OF MY QUESTIONS.
02:14:26:00	02:14:27:00	I THINK THAT WAS VERY
02:14:27:00	02:14:29:00	INTENTIONAL.
02:14:29:00	02:14:30:00	LET'S JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT
02:14:30:00	02:14:32:00	MORE THOUGH I HAVE A PARTICULAR
02:14:32:00	02:14:36:00	INTEREST FOR IMMIGRANT OWNED
02:14:36:00	02:14:37:00	CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AND REALLY
02:14:37:00	02:14:40:00	EXPANDING THIS WHOLE NOTION
02:14:40:00	02:14:41:00	LIKE BACK IN THE DAY BEING
02:14:41:00	02:14:44:00	BILINGUAL WAS LIKE OH MY GOD,
02:14:44:00	02:14:45:00	DON'T TELL ANYBODY YOU SPEAK A
02:14:45:00	02:14:46:00	DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
02:14:46:00	02:14:48:00	NOT EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR KIDS
02:14:48:00	02:14:49:00	TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK TWO
02:14:49:00	02:14:50:00	LANGUAGES BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN
02:14:50:00	02:14:52:00	STUDIES THAT SHOW THE BRAIN
02:14:52:00	02:14:53:00	DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IMPORTANT
02:14:53:00	02:14:53:00	THAT IS.
02:14:53:00	02:14:56:00	SO CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME A
02:14:56:00	02:14:57:00	LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EFFORTS
02:14:57:00	02:14:57:00	YOU'RE MAKING AS YOU CONTINUE
02:14:57:00	02:15:00:00	TO EXPAND YOUR ROLE OUT THESE
02:15:00:00	02:15:00:00	PROGRAMS?
02:15:00:00	02:15:04:00	HOW ARE SUPPORTING NON ENGLISH
02:15:04:00	02:15:05:00	SPEAKING CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
02:15:05:00	02:15:08:00	TO BE ABLE TO GROW AND EXPAND
02:15:08:00	02:15:08:00	THEIR SERVICES?
02:15:08:00	02:15:09:00	SURE.
02:15:09:00	02:15:11:00	SO RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE COURSES
02:15:11:00	02:15:12:00	THAT WE'RE OFFERING FOR ENTRY
02:15:12:00	02:15:15:00	LEVEL FOR FAMILY CHILD CARE ARE
02:15:15:00	02:15:16:00	AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND
02:15:16:00	02:15:16:00	SPANISH.
02:15:16:00	02:15:19:00	WE'VE ASKED FOR THEM ALSO TO BE
02:15:19:00	02:15:23:00	AVAILABLE IN HAITIAN CREOLE AND
02:15:23:00	02:15:26:00	WE DID TRY TO PROVIDE THEM IN
02:15:26:00	02:15:26:00	PORTUGUESE.
02:15:26:00	02:15:31:00	WE DID NOT ACTUALLY HAVE ANY
02:15:31:00	02:15:34:00	RESPONSE TO THAT REQUEST.
02:15:34:00	02:15:35:00	MOST OF THE REQUESTS WE GOT
02:15:35:00	02:15:39:00	FROM FOUR PORTUGUESE CAME FROM
02:15:39:00	02:15:40:00	SOUTH OF THE CITY AND SO SINCE
02:15:40:00	02:15:43:00	ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE FOCUSED
02:15:43:00	02:15:44:00	ON THE CITY OF BOSTON, THAT
02:15:44:00	02:15:45:00	WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE MOVED
02:15:45:00	02:15:47:00	TOWARD WITH.
02:15:47:00	02:15:48:00	BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR
02:15:48:00	02:15:51:00	PROVIDER REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
02:15:51:00	02:15:51:00	HAITIAN COMMUNITY AND HOW WE
02:15:51:00	02:15:54:00	CAN BE HELPING TO EXPAND IN
02:15:54:00	02:15:54:00	SPACE.
02:15:54:00	02:15:58:00	SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ENTRY
02:15:58:00	02:15:59:00	INTO THE SPACE.
02:15:59:00	02:16:00:00	ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
02:16:00:00	02:16:02:00	REALLY THINKING ABOUT AND
02:16:02:00	02:16:03:00	SUPPORTING IN THE FAMILY CHILD
02:16:03:00	02:16:05:00	CARE SPACE IS CONTINUING WITHIN
02:16:05:00	02:16:06:00	LANGUAGE SUPPORTS FOR FAMILIES
02:16:06:00	02:16:10:00	THAT WANT TO HAVE THEIR
02:16:10:00	02:16:10:00	CHILDREN AND PARTICULARLY THE
02:16:10:00	02:16:14:00	INFANTS AND TODDLERS IN A A
02:16:14:00	02:16:17:00	HOME OR FAMILY LANGUAGE
02:16:17:00	02:16:18:00	PRIMARILY AT THAT AGE THEN
02:16:18:00	02:16:22:00	WE'RE ALSO BEGINNING TO THINK
02:16:22:00	02:16:23:00	IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BE YOU AND
02:16:23:00	02:16:26:00	YOU SPEAK ABOUT WHEN DO WE
02:16:26:00	02:16:26:00	START INTEGRATING BILINGUAL
02:16:26:00	02:16:29:00	EDUCATION AT WHAT POINT AND HOW
02:16:29:00	02:16:30:00	DO WE THEN THINK ABOUT THAT
02:16:30:00	02:16:33:00	TRANSITION INTO BPAS AND INTO
02:16:33:00	02:16:37:00	OUR OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAMS.
02:16:37:00	02:16:38:00	SO I DON'T HAVE FULL DETAILS ON
02:16:38:00	02:16:38:00	THAT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING
02:16:38:00	02:16:40:00	THAT WE'RE JUST BEGINNING TO
02:16:40:00	02:16:41:00	THINK ABOUT.
02:16:41:00	02:16:41:00	GREAT.
02:16:41:00	02:16:42:00	AND WHAT IS THE PARTNERSHIP
02:16:42:00	02:16:44:00	BETWEEN THE OFFICE EARLY
02:16:44:00	02:16:45:00	CHILDHOOD ON THE BCI OF CHILD
02:16:45:00	02:16:49:00	CARE AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME
02:16:49:00	02:16:49:00	SERVICES?
02:16:49:00	02:16:50:00	ARE THERE ANY PARTNERSHIPS DO
02:16:50:00	02:16:53:00	YOU FIND WAYS TO COLLABORATE?
02:16:53:00	02:16:54:00	ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES THERE
02:16:54:00	02:16:57:00	SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT
02:16:57:00	02:16:58:00	OF OPPORTUNITIES MOVING
02:16:58:00	02:16:58:00	FORWARD.
02:16:58:00	02:17:00:00	I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
02:17:00:00	02:17:00:00	COMMISSIONER RIVERA
02:17:00:00	02:17:05:00	PARTICULARLY AROUND THE BIKING
02:17:05:00	02:17:06:00	THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS
02:17:06:00	02:17:08:00	SUMMER BUT THEN THAT HAS LED US
02:17:08:00	02:17:09:00	INTO YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE
02:17:09:00	02:17:12:00	THINKING ABOUT AFTER SCHOOL AND
02:17:12:00	02:17:15:00	HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT SOME
02:17:15:00	02:17:16:00	OF OUR CENTERS BECAUSE NOT ONLY
02:17:16:00	02:17:19:00	DO WE HAVE THE CENTER HERE BUT
02:17:19:00	02:17:20:00	SOME OF OUR OTHER CHILD CARE
02:17:20:00	02:17:23:00	CENTERS, THEY ARE A PARTNERSHIP
02:17:23:00	02:17:24:00	THAT B.C. WIFE HAS WITH THE
02:17:24:00	02:17:27:00	NONPROFIT.
02:17:27:00	02:17:28:00	AND SO HOW ARE WE THINKING
02:17:28:00	02:17:30:00	ABOUT WORKING IN THOSE PLACES
02:17:30:00	02:17:32:00	THINKS AND CAN YOU JUST TALK TO
02:17:32:00	02:17:34:00	US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW
02:17:34:00	02:17:35:00	YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR
02:17:35:00	02:17:36:00	DOLLARS ARE SPECIFICALLY IN THE
02:17:36:00	02:17:38:00	BUDGET?
02:17:38:00	02:17:39:00	THERE IS ONLY PERSONNEL AND NON
02:17:39:00	02:17:42:00	PERSONAL EXPENSES LISTED.
02:17:42:00	02:17:43:00	SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IS THERE
02:17:43:00	02:17:44:00	ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ACCESS THE
02:17:44:00	02:17:46:00	SPECIFICS OF EITHER CATEGORY?
02:17:46:00	02:17:47:00	I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE IN THE
02:17:47:00	02:17:50:00	BUDGET AND YOU KNOW, IT'D BE
02:17:50:00	02:17:51:00	HELPFUL TO KNOW IN TERMS
02:17:51:00	02:17:54:00	OF PROGRAMING.
02:17:54:00	02:17:55:00	I MEAN LASTLY I KNOW OUR OFFICE
02:17:55:00	02:17:58:00	ESTABLISHED A LITERACY TASK
02:17:58:00	02:17:59:00	FORCE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT
02:17:59:00	02:18:02:00	ADULT LITERACY IN THE SCHOOL TO
02:18:02:00	02:18:03:00	PRISON PIPELINE AND YOU ARE
02:18:03:00	02:18:06:00	LOOKING LITERACY IN THE EARLY
02:18:06:00	02:18:07:00	FUNDAMENTAL YEARS.
02:18:07:00	02:18:09:00	SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
02:18:09:00	02:18:10:00	ABOUT THAT WORK?
02:18:10:00	02:18:10:00	YES.
02:18:10:00	02:18:14:00	SO WE'RE ACTUALLY PARTNERING
02:18:14:00	02:18:15:00	WITH BAPS AND THE EARLY
02:18:15:00	02:18:17:00	CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT TO BE
02:18:17:00	02:18:21:00	THINKING ABOUT TWO THINGS AND
02:18:21:00	02:18:22:00	THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
02:18:22:00	02:18:22:00	BEHIND THAT.
02:18:22:00	02:18:25:00	I WOULD LIKE.
02:18:25:00	02:18:26:00	SO PLEASE IF THIS DOESN'T SOUND
02:18:26:00	02:18:27:00	LIKE A GOOD PLAN, THE PLAN IS
02:18:27:00	02:18:29:00	STILL IN PROCESS.
02:18:29:00	02:18:30:00	WE ARE THINKING ABOUT ONE.
02:18:30:00	02:18:33:00	HOW DO WE STRUCTURE COMMUNITY
02:18:33:00	02:18:34:00	CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT'S
02:18:34:00	02:18:37:00	ALREADY HAPPENING IN THE EARLY
02:18:37:00	02:18:38:00	CHILDHOOD YEARS AROUND LITERACY
02:18:38:00	02:18:42:00	BOTH THE FOCUS CURRICULUM AND
02:18:42:00	02:18:42:00	THEN MOVING OUT OF THE FOCUS
02:18:42:00	02:18:45:00	CURRICULUM INTO THE OLDER
02:18:45:00	02:18:46:00	GRADES IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE
02:18:46:00	02:18:47:00	ALIGN AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE
02:18:47:00	02:18:52:00	TRYING TO DO BOTH AROUND
02:18:52:00	02:18:53:00	FIDELITY OF OF IMPLEMENTATION
02:18:53:00	02:18:57:00	AS WELL AS EXPANDING
02:18:57:00	02:19:00:00	IMPLEMENTATION FOCUS IS NOT IN
02:19:00:00	02:19:01:00	EVERY SCHOOL.
02:19:01:00	02:19:02:00	IT'S IN A LOT OF THEM.
02:19:02:00	02:19:03:00	IT'S NOT IN ALL OF THEM.
02:19:03:00	02:19:05:00	AND SO HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT
02:19:05:00	02:19:06:00	THE RESEARCH THAT HAS COME OUT
02:19:06:00	02:19:08:00	OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF FOCUS
02:19:08:00	02:19:09:00	AND WHAT IT MEANS THAT WE NEED
02:19:09:00	02:19:11:00	TO DO FOR LITERACY MOVING
02:19:11:00	02:19:12:00	FORWARD?
02:19:12:00	02:19:12:00	SO WE'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING
02:19:12:00	02:19:15:00	TIME WITH HER WITH COMMUNITY
02:19:15:00	02:19:16:00	TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY
02:19:16:00	02:19:19:00	ALREADY KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAS
02:19:19:00	02:19:20:00	WORKED THE AREAS THAT WE KNOW
02:19:20:00	02:19:23:00	NEED TO BE IMPROVED AND THE
02:19:23:00	02:19:24:00	PLAN FOR GETTING THERE SO THAT
02:19:24:00	02:19:24:00	WE ARE DOING THAT IN
02:19:24:00	02:19:27:00	PARTNERSHIP.
02:19:27:00	02:19:27:00	THANK YOU.
02:19:27:00	02:19:31:00	AND YOUR TIRELESS SORRY .
02:19:31:00	02:19:31:00	THANK YOU.
02:19:31:00	02:19:32:00	THANK YOU COUNSELOR.
02:19:32:00	02:19:35:00	AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:19:35:00	02:19:36:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
02:19:36:00	02:19:38:00	YOU DIRECTOR MCSWEEN FOR ALL
02:19:38:00	02:19:39:00	OF YOUR WORK ESPECIALLY MOST
02:19:39:00	02:19:42:00	RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE GETTING A
02:19:42:00	02:19:43:00	BUNCH OF QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS
02:19:43:00	02:19:45:00	IN WEST ROXBURY THE WAY IN
02:19:45:00	02:19:46:00	WHICH YOU RESPONDED RAPIDLY AND
02:19:46:00	02:19:47:00	ALSO LIKE WE JUST SOMETIMES GOT
02:19:47:00	02:19:50:00	TO GET BETTER COMMUNICATION.
02:19:50:00	02:19:51:00	WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS AND WE
02:19:51:00	02:19:54:00	HAVE PLANS JUST COMMUNICATING
02:19:54:00	02:19:54:00	THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT IT LOOKS
02:19:54:00	02:19:56:00	LIKE FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL
02:19:56:00	02:19:57:00	YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT
02:19:57:00	02:20:00:00	FORTY FORTY EIGHT HUNDRED SEATS
02:20:00:00	02:20:01:00	PICK UP SEATS AVAILABLE TO
02:20:01:00	02:20:05:00	FAMILIES DOES MEET THE FULL
02:20:05:00	02:20:06:00	NEED AND HOW MANY SEATS WOULD
02:20:06:00	02:20:08:00	MEET THE FULL NEED IF NOT SO I
02:20:08:00	02:20:09:00	KNOW THAT YOU'VE ASKED THIS
02:20:09:00	02:20:10:00	QUESTION AND WE'RE GOING TO
02:20:10:00	02:20:12:00	PREPARE A RESPONSE FOR YOU IN
02:20:12:00	02:20:12:00	WRITING.
02:20:12:00	02:20:13:00	THANK YOU.
02:20:13:00	02:20:14:00	I THINK THERE'S THERE'S THIS
02:20:14:00	02:20:17:00	QUESTION OF WHAT DEMAND IS AND
02:20:17:00	02:20:21:00	WHERE DEMAND IS BECAUSE WHAT WE
02:20:21:00	02:20:25:00	SEE NOW IN OUR CLASSROOMS ARE
02:20:25:00	02:20:26:00	FOUR YEAR OLDS IS THAT ON THE
02:20:26:00	02:20:26:00	ONE HAND WE HEAR FROM PARENTS
02:20:26:00	02:20:29:00	THAT THEY CAN'T GET A FOUR YEAR
02:20:29:00	02:20:30:00	OLD SOFT SPOT AND ON THE OTHER
02:20:30:00	02:20:32:00	HAND WE'RE ONLY AT ABOUT NINETY
02:20:32:00	02:20:33:00	FIVE PERCENT FULL.
02:20:33:00	02:20:36:00	SO RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANTED A
02:20:36:00	02:20:38:00	SEAT FOR A FOUR YEAR OLD IN THE
02:20:38:00	02:20:40:00	CITY OF BOSTON, I COULD GET YOU
02:20:40:00	02:20:41:00	ONE BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE WHERE
02:20:41:00	02:20:44:00	YOU WANT IT TO BE AND SO THOSE
02:20:44:00	02:20:45:00	ARE THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO
02:20:45:00	02:20:46:00	FIGURE OUT IN TERMS OF NEED.
02:20:46:00	02:20:47:00	WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ABOUT
02:20:47:00	02:20:48:00	TWELVE THOUSAND THREE AND FOUR
02:20:48:00	02:20:51:00	YEAR OLDS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:20:51:00	02:20:55:00	AND SO WE'RE SERVING ABOUT A
02:20:55:00	02:20:56:00	QUARTER OF THEM AND SO WE'RE
02:20:56:00	02:20:59:00	GOING TO GET YOU BETTER OFF IN
02:20:59:00	02:21:00:00	TERMS OF OUR BEST GUESS IN
02:21:00:00	02:21:03:00	TERMS OF HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
02:21:03:00	02:21:03:00	I WOULD BE.
02:21:03:00	02:21:04:00	THANK YOU DR. MCSWAIN AND BAPS
02:21:04:00	02:21:08:00	I MADE A JOKE LAST YEAR DURING
02:21:08:00	02:21:08:00	BUDGET SEASON ABOUT WE THERE
02:21:08:00	02:21:10:00	ARE MORE SEATS AVAILABLE THAN
02:21:10:00	02:21:11:00	PARENTS THINK ARE AVAILABLE AND
02:21:11:00	02:21:14:00	HOW THE IDEA OF WHENEVER A BABY
02:21:14:00	02:21:15:00	IS BORN IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:21:15:00	02:21:18:00	AND GIVING THEM A ONESIE AS YOU
02:21:18:00	02:21:19:00	SPEAK OR EARLY CHILDHOOD
02:21:19:00	02:21:22:00	EDUCATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE, I
02:21:22:00	02:21:23:00	ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S A PRETTY
02:21:23:00	02:21:24:00	GOOD MARKETING IDEA AND COMMON
02:21:24:00	02:21:24:00	IDEA.
02:21:24:00	02:21:26:00	I THINK WE DON'T DO A GOOD
02:21:26:00	02:21:27:00	ENOUGH JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING WHAT
02:21:27:00	02:21:30:00	WE'RE DOING WELL, I HAD THE
02:21:30:00	02:21:33:00	PLEASURE OF VISITING THE EARLY
02:21:33:00	02:21:34:00	LEARNING CENTER AND REALLY
02:21:34:00	02:21:34:00	LEARNING FROM THE PROVIDERS.
02:21:34:00	02:21:41:00	THEY'RE BOTH CLASSROOM
02:21:41:00	02:21:42:00	ASSISTANTS, THE FAMILY
02:21:42:00	02:21:45:00	NAVIGATORS JUST ABOUT THE
02:21:45:00	02:21:48:00	NONSTOP WORK THAT THEY DO AND
02:21:48:00	02:21:49:00	HOW I APPLY TO YOU TALKING
02:21:49:00	02:21:50:00	ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE WE NEED TO
02:21:50:00	02:21:53:00	PAY PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THAT
02:21:53:00	02:21:54:00	WORK WHO COULD BE DOING WORK
02:21:54:00	02:21:57:00	THAT REQUIRES LESS USE OF THEIR
02:21:57:00	02:21:58:00	BRAIN, LESS FULL OF THE USE
02:21:58:00	02:22:00:00	OF THEIR FULL ATTENTION
02:22:00:00	02:22:01:00	ELSEWHERE.
02:22:01:00	02:22:02:00	BUT WE NEED FOLKS IN THIS
02:22:02:00	02:22:04:00	EDUCATION SPACE SO WHATEVER WE
02:22:04:00	02:22:05:00	CAN DO TO HELP THESE EARLY
02:22:05:00	02:22:08:00	CHILDHOOD CENTERS PROVIDE MORE
02:22:08:00	02:22:09:00	PAY AND MORE INCENTIVES TO
02:22:09:00	02:22:13:00	PEOPLE SO THEY NOT ONLY CAN GET
02:22:13:00	02:22:14:00	THESE JOBS BUT STAY IN THESE
02:22:14:00	02:22:16:00	JOBS I THINK IS INCREDIBLY
02:22:16:00	02:22:16:00	IMPORTANT.
02:22:16:00	02:22:18:00	SO SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR
02:22:18:00	02:22:19:00	EDUCATORS THE GOALPOST
02:22:19:00	02:22:20:00	CONTINUES TO MOVE RIGHT.
02:22:20:00	02:22:21:00	SO THE GOALPOSTS AT ONE POINT
02:22:21:00	02:22:21:00	WAS UNIVERSAL PRE-K.
02:22:21:00	02:22:24:00	WE GET THERE BUT THEN IT NEEDS
02:22:24:00	02:22:25:00	TO START EARLY IF WE'RE REALLY
02:22:25:00	02:22:28:00	TRYING TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATION
02:22:28:00	02:22:31:00	HOME OF OUR YOUNG KIDS
02:22:31:00	02:22:32:00	BEGINNING AT THE AGE BEFORE
02:22:32:00	02:22:33:00	THEY EVEN ONE YEARS OLD AND SO
02:22:33:00	02:22:36:00	IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY
02:22:36:00	02:22:36:00	BE INVESTING IN EARLY
02:22:36:00	02:22:37:00	CHILDHOOD.
02:22:37:00	02:22:38:00	WE KNOW THAT CHILDHOOD AND
02:22:38:00	02:22:39:00	CHILD CARE IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
02:22:39:00	02:22:40:00	IT ALLOWS OUR FAMILIES.
02:22:40:00	02:22:43:00	IT ALLOWS A PARTICULAR WOMAN TO
02:22:43:00	02:22:44:00	BE ABLE TO HAVE CAREERS, WOMEN
02:22:44:00	02:22:45:00	OF COLOR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
02:22:45:00	02:22:47:00	CAREERS.
02:22:47:00	02:22:48:00	AND SO WE BOTH SERVE AS
02:22:48:00	02:22:51:00	FAMILIES AND SERVE OUR YOUNG
02:22:51:00	02:22:52:00	PEOPLE, OUR YOUNGEST PEOPLE
02:22:52:00	02:22:55:00	WHEN WE INVEST IN EARLY
02:22:55:00	02:22:55:00	CHILDHOOD IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
02:22:55:00	02:22:56:00	CARE.
02:22:56:00	02:22:59:00	YOU THIS HEARING HAS BEEN
02:22:59:00	02:23:00:00	WONDERFUL SO FAR BECAUSE WE'VE
02:23:00:00	02:23:02:00	BEEN ADDRESSING OUR OLDEST
02:23:02:00	02:23:03:00	ADULTS AND OUR YOUNGEST ONES
02:23:03:00	02:23:05:00	AND WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW
02:23:05:00	02:23:06:00	INCREDIBLE COUNTDOWN TO
02:23:06:00	02:23:07:00	KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMING HAS
02:23:07:00	02:23:10:00	BEEN IN TERMS OF GETTING THE
02:23:10:00	02:23:11:00	WORD OUT.
02:23:11:00	02:23:12:00	I REALLY LIKE ARE WE DOING
02:23:12:00	02:23:14:00	ENOUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT
02:23:14:00	02:23:14:00	EVERY COUNT DOWN TO
02:23:14:00	02:23:15:00	KINDERGARTEN EVENT I MEET
02:23:15:00	02:23:18:00	FAMILIES FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS,
02:23:18:00	02:23:18:00	ALL NEIGHBORHOODS WHO SPEAK ALL
02:23:18:00	02:23:19:00	LANGUAGES AND I JUST WANT TO
02:23:19:00	02:23:22:00	GIVE A CREDIT WHEN CREDIT'S
02:23:22:00	02:23:22:00	DUE.
02:23:22:00	02:23:23:00	WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT MORE
02:23:23:00	02:23:26:00	WORK TO DO AND BOTH PRE-K AND
02:23:26:00	02:23:27:00	EARLY CHILDHOOD BUT I WANTED TO
02:23:27:00	02:23:30:00	PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
02:23:30:00	02:23:31:00	ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I
02:23:31:00	02:23:33:00	THINK YOU SPOKE TO THIS AS WELL
02:23:33:00	02:23:34:00	FOR NEW FAMILIES IS FINDING THE
02:23:34:00	02:23:35:00	AVAILABLE CHILD CARE AND EARLY
02:23:35:00	02:23:37:00	CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CARE
02:23:37:00	02:23:38:00	OPTIONS ARE AND IT IS ONE
02:23:38:00	02:23:41:00	OF THE MORE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
02:23:41:00	02:23:42:00	THAT WHEN I GET IN MY OFFICE
02:23:42:00	02:23:43:00	IT'S LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A
02:23:43:00	02:23:45:00	CENTRALIZED PLACE WHERE WE CAN
02:23:45:00	02:23:46:00	SEND FOLKS TO BOTH LOOK FOR
02:23:46:00	02:23:49:00	EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILD
02:23:49:00	02:23:50:00	CARE OR SUMMER CAMP OPTIONS OR
02:23:50:00	02:23:53:00	THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
02:23:53:00	02:23:54:00	WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BETTER
02:23:54:00	02:23:54:00	CENTRALIZE HOW WE CENTRALIZE
02:23:54:00	02:23:57:00	INFORMATION, OFFER IT TO OUR
02:23:57:00	02:23:58:00	FAMILIES?
02:23:58:00	02:23:58:00	IS THERE A COMMON APP?
02:23:58:00	02:23:59:00	IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
02:23:59:00	02:24:00:00	USE LIKE COLLEGES TO MAKE IT
02:24:00:00	02:24:01:00	MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MORE AND
02:24:01:00	02:24:04:00	LESS COMPETITIVE?
02:24:04:00	02:24:05:00	WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S
02:24:05:00	02:24:05:00	INFORMATION ASYMMETRY FOR
02:24:05:00	02:24:08:00	FAMILIES WITH MORE MEANS AND
02:24:08:00	02:24:08:00	RESOURCES.
02:24:08:00	02:24:09:00	YES.
02:24:09:00	02:24:10:00	SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
02:24:10:00	02:24:12:00	THINGS I DIDN'T COVER IN MY
02:24:12:00	02:24:13:00	COMMENT AND IT'S PRIMARILY IN
02:24:13:00	02:24:16:00	OUR ARPA FUNDING SO WE HAVE TWO
02:24:16:00	02:24:17:00	MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE IN
02:24:17:00	02:24:18:00	OUR ARPA FUNDING TO CREATE A
02:24:18:00	02:24:20:00	ONE STOP ENROLLMENT PROGRAM
02:24:20:00	02:24:24:00	PLATFORM AND YOU KNOW, WE TOOK
02:24:24:00	02:24:25:00	THIS PAST YEAR TO DO A LOT
02:24:25:00	02:24:28:00	OF THE DISCOVERY WORK BECAUSE
02:24:28:00	02:24:29:00	THERE ARE THREE PLATFORMS, NONE
02:24:29:00	02:24:32:00	OF WHICH FULLY DO THE THE JOB
02:24:32:00	02:24:36:00	AND THEY'RE ALL OWNED BY
02:24:36:00	02:24:37:00	DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
02:24:37:00	02:24:40:00	SO ONE IS OWNED BY BOSTON
02:24:40:00	02:24:44:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE WELCOME
02:24:44:00	02:24:44:00	CENTER.
02:24:44:00	02:24:47:00	ONE IS YOU BECAUSE FOR JUST
02:24:47:00	02:24:48:00	THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD AND
02:24:48:00	02:24:49:00	THEN ONE IS THE STATES.
02:24:49:00	02:24:51:00	AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING
02:24:51:00	02:24:52:00	TO DO IS WORK WITH BOTH OUR
02:24:52:00	02:24:55:00	PROVIDERS AND THOSE THREE
02:24:55:00	02:24:56:00	ENTITIES TO OUTLINE THE SPECS
02:24:56:00	02:24:58:00	BECAUSE THOSE SYSTEMS ALSO
02:24:58:00	02:24:59:00	SOMETIMES ARE CAUSING OUR
02:24:59:00	02:25:02:00	PROVIDERS TO REENTER THE SAME
02:25:02:00	02:25:03:00	INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAME
02:25:03:00	02:25:06:00	CHILD IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES
02:25:06:00	02:25:06:00	.
02:25:06:00	02:25:07:00	SO WHILE I THOUGHT WE WERE
02:25:07:00	02:25:08:00	GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT
02:25:08:00	02:25:11:00	VERY QUICKLY THIS YEAR, IT'S
02:25:11:00	02:25:11:00	ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING MUCH
02:25:11:00	02:25:13:00	MORE OF A PROCESS IN DISCOVERY
02:25:13:00	02:25:14:00	BECAUSE WHATEVER WE CREATE
02:25:14:00	02:25:15:00	NEEDS TO BOTH SERVE THE NEEDS
02:25:15:00	02:25:18:00	OF OUR FAMILIES BUT ALSO OF OUR
02:25:18:00	02:25:18:00	PROVIDERS.
02:25:18:00	02:25:21:00	AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY
02:25:21:00	02:25:22:00	BE ISSUING AN RFP SOON THAT
02:25:22:00	02:25:25:00	OUTLINES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
02:25:25:00	02:25:26:00	CRITERIA THAT WE WANT FROM THAT
02:25:26:00	02:25:26:00	SYSTEM.
02:25:26:00	02:25:29:00	BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING TO
02:25:29:00	02:25:30:00	KNOW IS THAT THE ONLINE SYSTEM
02:25:30:00	02:25:32:00	IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH RIGHT
02:25:32:00	02:25:33:00	.
02:25:33:00	02:25:34:00	IT NEEDS TO BE COUPLED WITH THE
02:25:34:00	02:25:35:00	THINGS THAT OUR FAMILY
02:25:35:00	02:25:37:00	ENGAGEMENT IS TELLING US ABOUT
02:25:37:00	02:25:38:00	HOW FAMILIES FIND INFORMATION.
02:25:38:00	02:25:41:00	SOME OF THEM FIND IT ON
02:25:41:00	02:25:42:00	WHATSAPP, SOME OF THEM FIND IT
02:25:42:00	02:25:46:00	AT THE LIBRARY, SOME OF THEM.
02:25:46:00	02:25:47:00	SO WHAT'S OUR HOLISTIC PLAN TO
02:25:47:00	02:25:49:00	ENSURE THAT I FIND THE
02:25:49:00	02:25:50:00	INFORMATION AND THEN KNOW THAT
02:25:50:00	02:25:52:00	I CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND
02:25:52:00	02:25:53:00	THAT I HAVE THE TOOLS AVAILABLE
02:25:53:00	02:25:54:00	TO ME OR I CAN FIND THE TOOLS
02:25:54:00	02:25:57:00	AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE
02:25:57:00	02:25:58:00	TO MANEUVER THROUGH THOSE
02:25:58:00	02:25:58:00	SYSTEMS.
02:25:58:00	02:26:00:00	SO IT IS COMING WE ARE WORKING
02:26:00:00	02:26:01:00	WE JUST HAVE MOVED A LITTLE
02:26:01:00	02:26:02:00	MORE SLOWLY SO THAT WE CAN
02:26:02:00	02:26:03:00	ACTUALLY GET IT RIGHT.
02:26:03:00	02:26:07:00	THANK COUNCILOR YOU HAVE FOR
02:26:07:00	02:26:08:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
02:26:08:00	02:26:12:00	YOU DIRECTOR FOR ALL OF YOUR
02:26:12:00	02:26:12:00	WORK.
02:26:12:00	02:26:17:00	I SO A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS ARE
02:26:17:00	02:26:20:00	PARTICULARLY CENTERED AROUND
02:26:20:00	02:26:20:00	SURROUND CARE WHICH IS THE
02:26:20:00	02:26:23:00	CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE
02:26:23:00	02:26:24:00	ULTIMATELY BEEN HAVING AT LEAST
02:26:24:00	02:26:28:00	OUR OFFICES HAVING AROUND BAPS.
02:26:28:00	02:26:32:00	SO ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE
02:26:32:00	02:26:32:00	QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
02:26:32:00	02:26:33:00	TO STABILIZATION GRANT AND SO
02:26:33:00	02:26:35:00	ON AND SO FORTH SO I WILL I
02:26:35:00	02:26:36:00	WILL ASK THOSE TWO.
02:26:36:00	02:26:39:00	SO THERE'S NEIGHBORHOOD CHILD
02:26:39:00	02:26:43:00	CARE CENTER THAT'S LIKE RAN
02:26:43:00	02:26:44:00	CALLED FIRST STEPS CHILD CARE
02:26:44:00	02:26:46:00	IN WEST ROXBURY.
02:26:46:00	02:26:47:00	IT'S RUN BY A REALLY INCREDIBLE
02:26:47:00	02:26:50:00	CONSTITUENT PERSIAN WOMAN AND A
02:26:50:00	02:26:54:00	LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE
02:26:54:00	02:26:55:00	HAVING I THINK ARE ABOUT WHERE
02:26:55:00	02:26:56:00	THESE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'VE
02:26:56:00	02:26:58:00	OUTLINED ARE GOING TO SUPPORT
02:26:58:00	02:26:59:00	AT HOME CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
02:26:59:00	02:27:03:00	NOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW FROM
02:27:03:00	02:27:05:00	THE SURVEY IS THAT 92 PERCENT
02:27:05:00	02:27:06:00	OF THE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE ARE
02:27:06:00	02:27:10:00	WOMEN AND 62 PERCENT OF THEM
02:27:10:00	02:27:10:00	ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 39
02:27:10:00	02:27:13:00	OF THE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE ARE
02:27:13:00	02:27:14:00	WOMEN WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS.
02:27:14:00	02:27:18:00	SO WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IN BOSTON
02:27:18:00	02:27:18:00	IS THAT WOMEN ARE STILL MAKING
02:27:18:00	02:27:19:00	70 CENTS TO THE DOLLAR THAN
02:27:19:00	02:27:21:00	EVERYBODY.
02:27:21:00	02:27:22:00	AND SO I KNOW THAT THESE GRANTS
02:27:22:00	02:27:24:00	FUNDS ARE GOING TO THESE
02:27:24:00	02:27:25:00	BUSINESSES.
02:27:25:00	02:27:28:00	ARE WE DOING ANY WORK TO KIND
02:27:28:00	02:27:29:00	OF INCREASE THAT WAGE LIKE TO
02:27:29:00	02:27:32:00	FILL IN THE WAGE GAP FOR CHILD
02:27:32:00	02:27:33:00	CARE WORKERS?
02:27:33:00	02:27:34:00	ARE YOU TALKING SPECIFICALLY
02:27:34:00	02:27:36:00	ABOUT CENTER WORKERS OR FAMILY
02:27:36:00	02:27:37:00	CHILD CARE?
02:27:37:00	02:27:40:00	I THINK BOTH SO ON THE FAMILY
02:27:40:00	02:27:41:00	CHILD CARE SPACE, A LOT OF OUR
02:27:41:00	02:27:43:00	WORK IS ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON
02:27:43:00	02:27:44:00	THEIR FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
02:27:44:00	02:27:47:00	SO TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE
02:27:47:00	02:27:48:00	BUSINESS BUILDING, BUSINESS
02:27:48:00	02:27:49:00	BUILDING BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE
02:27:49:00	02:27:51:00	ARE YOU FULL?
02:27:51:00	02:27:52:00	ARE YOU ACTUALLY INVOICING YOUR
02:27:52:00	02:27:55:00	FAMILIES ON TIME?
02:27:55:00	02:27:56:00	SO A PIECE OF WHAT HAPPENS IN
02:27:56:00	02:27:58:00	THAT SPACE IS SOMETIMES AND WE
02:27:58:00	02:28:02:00	MIGHT GENERALIZE THIS FOR WOMEN
02:28:02:00	02:28:03:00	BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE A LITTLE
02:28:03:00	02:28:04:00	BIT MORE FORGIVING IF PEOPLE
02:28:04:00	02:28:07:00	DON'T TELL EXACTLY WHEN THEY'RE
02:28:07:00	02:28:07:00	COMING AND GOING OR IF THEY
02:28:07:00	02:28:10:00	DON'T TELL US EXACTLY IF THEY
02:28:10:00	02:28:11:00	DON'T PAY US ON TIME
02:28:11:00	02:28:13:00	NECESSARILY WE GIVE A LITTLE
02:28:13:00	02:28:14:00	MORE GRACE PERHAPS SO REALLY
02:28:14:00	02:28:17:00	WORKING WITH OUR ENTREPRENEURS
02:28:17:00	02:28:18:00	ON THOSE SKILLS AND BUILDING
02:28:18:00	02:28:22:00	THEIR OWN CAPACITY TO BE ABLE
02:28:22:00	02:28:22:00	TO ADDRESS THOSE KINDS
02:28:22:00	02:28:23:00	OF ISSUES.
02:28:23:00	02:28:23:00	SO THAT'S WHAT THE CHILD CARE
02:28:23:00	02:28:26:00	ENTREPRENEUR FUND 101 DOES.
02:28:26:00	02:28:26:00	SCOTT, DID YOU INCLUDE
02:28:26:00	02:28:27:00	QUESTIONS ABOUT WAGES IN THIS
02:28:27:00	02:28:30:00	SURVEY IN THE CHILD CARE SURVEY
02:28:30:00	02:28:34:00	THAT GOES OUT IN THE FOR THE
02:28:34:00	02:28:34:00	FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS,
02:28:34:00	02:28:35:00	THE SURVEY FOR THE FAMILY CHILD
02:28:35:00	02:28:37:00	CARE PROVIDERS.
02:28:37:00	02:28:38:00	SO THAT IS A CHILD CARE SURVEY
02:28:38:00	02:28:39:00	THAT GOES OUT IN THE CITY
02:28:39:00	02:28:41:00	CENSUS TO FAMILIES.
02:28:41:00	02:28:41:00	GOT IT.
02:28:41:00	02:28:42:00	SO IT DOESN'T GO TO THE
02:28:42:00	02:28:45:00	PROVIDERS, CORRECT.
02:28:45:00	02:28:46:00	OK, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
02:28:46:00	02:28:46:00	SO WE DON'T HAVE GENERALIZED
02:28:46:00	02:28:48:00	INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROVIDERS
02:28:48:00	02:28:49:00	.
02:28:49:00	02:28:53:00	WE HAVE SOME ANECDOTAL WHEN WE
02:28:53:00	02:28:54:00	RUN AN RFP PROCESS OR WHEN WE
02:28:54:00	02:28:56:00	WANT A GRANT PROCESS WE ASK
02:28:56:00	02:28:58:00	THEM A SET OF QUESTIONS BUT WE
02:28:58:00	02:28:58:00	HAVEN'T TO THE WHOLE FOUR
02:28:58:00	02:29:01:00	HUNDRED AND SEVENTY GIVEN THEM
02:29:01:00	02:29:01:00	THE SAME SET OF SURVEY
02:29:01:00	02:29:02:00	QUESTIONS PRIMARILY BECAUSE
02:29:02:00	02:29:05:00	WHAT WE EXPERIENCED DURING
02:29:05:00	02:29:06:00	COVID IS THAT THEY FEEL OVER
02:29:06:00	02:29:08:00	SURVEYED BY ALL OF THEIR
02:29:08:00	02:29:09:00	DIFFERENT FUNDING MECHANISMS.
02:29:09:00	02:29:12:00	WE DO KNOW SOME THINGS FROM THE
02:29:12:00	02:29:16:00	STATE BUT WE COULD WE COULD BE
02:29:16:00	02:29:17:00	PROBABLY ASKING THEM MORE THAN
02:29:17:00	02:29:20:00	WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND IN THE
02:29:20:00	02:29:21:00	SURVEY THAT YOU SENT OUT TO THE
02:29:21:00	02:29:21:00	FAMILIES, YOU MENTIONED THAT
02:29:21:00	02:29:22:00	YOU WERE NOW ASKING QUESTIONS
02:29:22:00	02:29:24:00	ABOUT KIND OF THE PUBLIC THIRD
02:29:24:00	02:29:24:00	SPACES.
02:29:24:00	02:29:25:00	CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU FOUND
02:29:25:00	02:29:28:00	IN LIKE WHAT WHAT WERE THE WHAT
02:29:28:00	02:29:29:00	WERE THE FINDINGS OF THE
02:29:29:00	02:29:29:00	SURVEYS?
02:29:29:00	02:29:30:00	DO YOU FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE
02:29:30:00	02:29:30:00	CONNECTED?
02:29:30:00	02:29:31:00	ARE THEY AWARE OF ARE THEY
02:29:31:00	02:29:32:00	USING THEM?
02:29:32:00	02:29:33:00	SO THAT SURVEY WENT OUT WITH
02:29:33:00	02:29:35:00	THE BOSTON CENSUS FIRST STARTS
02:29:35:00	02:29:35:00	IN JANUARY.
02:29:35:00	02:29:39:00	I THINK I GOT MINE LAST WEEK.
02:29:39:00	02:29:40:00	SO THEY ARE ON THAT RULING BUT
02:29:40:00	02:29:43:00	WE ALSO HAVE CREATED A SET
02:29:43:00	02:29:43:00	OF BOOKMARKS AND DISTRIBUTED
02:29:43:00	02:29:44:00	THEM TO LIBRARIES.
02:29:44:00	02:29:46:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING THEM
02:29:46:00	02:29:47:00	TO BE CYF SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
02:29:47:00	02:29:50:00	ACTUALLY GO ONLINE.
02:29:50:00	02:29:51:00	IT HAS A QR CODE AND YOU CAN
02:29:51:00	02:29:55:00	SCAN IT AND IT'S AVAILABLE IN
02:29:55:00	02:29:55:00	ALL OF OUR CITY LANGUAGES THAT
02:29:55:00	02:29:56:00	YOU CAN RESPOND TO IT.
02:29:56:00	02:29:58:00	IT CLOSE IN SEPTEMBER.
02:29:58:00	02:29:59:00	SO IF YOU ALL HAVE EVENTS AND
02:29:59:00	02:30:03:00	YOU'D LIKE TO PASS THEM OUT, WE
02:30:03:00	02:30:03:00	CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU SOME
02:30:03:00	02:30:04:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE
02:30:04:00	02:30:06:00	SAME COFFEE HOURS JUST TO SEE
02:30:06:00	02:30:06:00	IF WE CAN GET A BETTER RESPONSE
02:30:06:00	02:30:07:00	RATE.
02:30:07:00	02:30:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:30:09:00	02:30:10:00	AND SO MY LAST QUESTION IS
02:30:10:00	02:30:10:00	ABOUT SURROUND CARE
02:30:10:00	02:30:13:00	PARTICULARLY FOR STUDENTS WITH
02:30:13:00	02:30:13:00	SPECIAL NEEDS.
02:30:13:00	02:30:14:00	I KNOW THAT TYPICALLY IF YOU
02:30:14:00	02:30:17:00	HAVE A DIAGNOSIS YOU GO FROM
02:30:17:00	02:30:18:00	EARLY INTERVENTION INTO KARZI
02:30:18:00	02:30:18:00	RELAPSE.
02:30:18:00	02:30:21:00	YOU HAVE A SEAT AND I KNOW THAT
02:30:21:00	02:30:22:00	AS A PARENT BECAUSE MY MY CHILD
02:30:22:00	02:30:25:00	GOT A SEAT IN KAZUHIRO BUT A
02:30:25:00	02:30:26:00	LOT OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER
02:30:26:00	02:30:28:00	CARE THAT WE SEE BPS COMES
02:30:28:00	02:30:29:00	THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH
02:30:29:00	02:30:32:00	COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
02:30:32:00	02:30:33:00	AND OTHER NONPROFITS THAT
02:30:33:00	02:30:33:00	PROVIDE IT.
02:30:33:00	02:30:36:00	THERE IS A GAP THERE WHERE
02:30:36:00	02:30:37:00	THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE
02:30:37:00	02:30:37:00	BEFORE AND AFTER CARE
02:30:37:00	02:30:40:00	PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNGER
02:30:40:00	02:30:41:00	ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BUT
02:30:41:00	02:30:41:00	DON'T PROVIDE IT FOR STUDENTS
02:30:41:00	02:30:44:00	WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
02:30:44:00	02:30:45:00	SO I DON'T KNOW AND THIS MIGHT
02:30:45:00	02:30:48:00	NOT EVEN BE UNDER YOUR PURVIEW
02:30:48:00	02:30:49:00	BUT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
02:30:49:00	02:30:52:00	ABOUT HOW SOME OF THIS EARLY
02:30:52:00	02:30:53:00	CHILD CARE EDUCATION FUNDING IS
02:30:53:00	02:30:56:00	GOING TO FAMILIES AND PLACES
02:30:56:00	02:30:57:00	THAT REALLY SERVICE STUDENTS
02:30:57:00	02:30:57:00	AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN
02:30:57:00	02:30:58:00	WITH SPECIAL NEEDS?
02:30:58:00	02:31:00:00	SURE, SO IN BPS THE BEFORE AND
02:31:00:00	02:31:05:00	AFTER CARE IS DONE THROUGH BPS.
02:31:05:00	02:31:06:00	SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
02:31:06:00	02:31:08:00	PARTNER WITH THEM ON THE BEFORE
02:31:08:00	02:31:08:00	AND AFTER CARE ISSUE BECAUSE
02:31:08:00	02:31:11:00	RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT
02:31:11:00	02:31:12:00	OF DIFFERENTIATION ACROSS OUR
02:31:12:00	02:31:16:00	SEVENTY FOUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
02:31:16:00	02:31:17:00	YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE THREE AND
02:31:17:00	02:31:19:00	FOUR YEAR OLD IN THEM BETWEEN
02:31:19:00	02:31:23:00	WHO HAS ACCESS TO CARE EVEN IF
02:31:23:00	02:31:24:00	THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AND WHO
02:31:24:00	02:31:25:00	DOESN'T.
02:31:25:00	02:31:25:00	THERE ARE MANY SCHOOLS THAT
02:31:25:00	02:31:27:00	WHERE IT IS NOT ACTUALLY
02:31:27:00	02:31:28:00	AVAILABLE SO OUR FIRST STEP IS
02:31:28:00	02:31:31:00	ACTUALLY BEEN TRYING TO FIND
02:31:31:00	02:31:32:00	OUT WHO HAS IT AVAILABLE EVEN
02:31:32:00	02:31:35:00	IF YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
02:31:35:00	02:31:36:00	IS IT OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL OR
02:31:36:00	02:31:37:00	IS IT OFFERED BY A COMMUNITY
02:31:37:00	02:31:38:00	PARTNER?
02:31:38:00	02:31:40:00	A BARRIER FOR FOR MANY OF THOSE
02:31:40:00	02:31:42:00	PROGRAMS IS LICENSING OUR
02:31:42:00	02:31:43:00	BUILDINGS STILL HAVE LEAD PAINT
02:31:43:00	02:31:47:00	IN THEM AND SO WE'RE PUTTING
02:31:47:00	02:31:50:00	TOGETHER A PLAN TO REMEDIATE
02:31:50:00	02:31:51:00	THAT CHALLENGE SO THAT THOSE
02:31:51:00	02:31:52:00	SPACES CAN BE LICENSED BEFORE
02:31:52:00	02:31:55:00	AND AFTER SCHOOL.
02:31:55:00	02:31:56:00	RIGHT NOW THERE ARE MANY PLACES
02:31:56:00	02:31:56:00	WHERE THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
02:31:56:00	02:31:59:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON.
02:31:59:00	02:32:01:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR MADAM CHAIR
02:32:01:00	02:32:03:00	, I'M SORRY I HAD TO STEP OUT
02:32:03:00	02:32:04:00	EARLIER TO TALK TO A
02:32:04:00	02:32:06:00	CONSTITUENT.
02:32:06:00	02:32:10:00	LET ME SEE LANDLORDS THE FAMILY
02:32:10:00	02:32:14:00	DAYCARE.
02:32:14:00	02:32:15:00	WE HAVE MANY FAMILIES WHO WOULD
02:32:15:00	02:32:18:00	BE INTERESTED IN DOING IT BUT
02:32:18:00	02:32:19:00	THEY HIT THE BARRIER THAT THEIR
02:32:19:00	02:32:22:00	LANDLORD IS NOT HAPPY TO HAVE A
02:32:22:00	02:32:25:00	DAYCARE IN THEIR BUILDING.
02:32:25:00	02:32:26:00	WHAT SORT OF PROGRESS WE ARE
02:32:26:00	02:32:29:00	MAKING IN THAT SPACE.
02:32:29:00	02:32:30:00	SO WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES
02:32:30:00	02:32:33:00	OF HIRING SOMEONE AND THAT IS
02:32:33:00	02:32:34:00	GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY
02:32:34:00	02:32:35:00	FUNCTION OF THEIR JOB TO BE
02:32:35:00	02:32:37:00	THINKING ABOUT SUPPORTING
02:32:37:00	02:32:38:00	FAMILY CHILD CARE AND WORKING
02:32:38:00	02:32:42:00	WITH PROPERTY MANAGERS AND
02:32:42:00	02:32:42:00	LANDLORDS AROUND WHY FAMILY
02:32:42:00	02:32:45:00	CHILD CARE IS ACTUALLY AN ASSET
02:32:45:00	02:32:46:00	FOR YOUR BUILDING, WHAT THE
02:32:46:00	02:32:49:00	ACTUAL THERE'S A SET
02:32:49:00	02:32:53:00	OF PERCEIVED CHALLENGES IS THAT
02:32:53:00	02:32:54:00	PROPERTY MANAGERS BRING IN
02:32:54:00	02:32:57:00	AROUND CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT
02:32:57:00	02:32:58:00	COME UP AND SO MANY OF THEM
02:32:58:00	02:33:02:00	DEFAULT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD
02:33:02:00	02:33:02:00	OF SAYING WE'RE GOING TO HELP
02:33:02:00	02:33:05:00	THEM GET TO YES AND THAT'S
02:33:05:00	02:33:06:00	GOING TO BE WHAT THIS NEW
02:33:06:00	02:33:09:00	EMPLOYEES JOB IS GOING TO BE
02:33:09:00	02:33:10:00	WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
02:33:10:00	02:33:11:00	B.J. IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
02:33:11:00	02:33:14:00	OF HOUSING, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE
02:33:14:00	02:33:14:00	OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
02:33:14:00	02:33:15:00	COMPANIES WHO'VE SAID THAT THEY
02:33:15:00	02:33:17:00	WOULD HELP US IF WE DEVELOP A
02:33:17:00	02:33:17:00	TRAINING FOR THEIR MANAGERS
02:33:17:00	02:33:21:00	AROUND HOW TO MAKE FAMILY CHILD
02:33:21:00	02:33:25:00	CARE ACTUALLY AN ASSET AND
02:33:25:00	02:33:28:00	WELCOME IN OUR BUILDINGS.
02:33:28:00	02:33:29:00	AND ALSO ARE YOU WORKING WITH
02:33:29:00	02:33:33:00	BPA ON YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE
02:33:33:00	02:33:33:00	NEW DEVELOPMENTS LIKE
02:33:33:00	02:33:36:00	RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
02:33:36:00	02:33:37:00	ONE ONE ISSUE I BRING UP IS
02:33:37:00	02:33:40:00	THEY WANT TO HAVE THEY WANT
02:33:40:00	02:33:41:00	HAVE COMMERCIAL SPACE RETAIL
02:33:41:00	02:33:41:00	SPACE.
02:33:41:00	02:33:47:00	OK, YOU HAVE ALL THESE FOLKS
02:33:47:00	02:33:48:00	WHO AND THE OTHER THING WE'RE
02:33:48:00	02:33:49:00	WORKING ON IS TRYING TO PUSH
02:33:49:00	02:33:51:00	THEM TO BUILD TWO AND THREE
02:33:51:00	02:33:52:00	BEDROOM UNITS WHERE YOU COULD
02:33:52:00	02:33:55:00	ACTUALLY RAISE A FAMILY.
02:33:55:00	02:33:56:00	YOU CAN'T RAISE A FAMILY IN A
02:33:56:00	02:33:59:00	STUDIO I'M SORRY TO SAY YOU
02:33:59:00	02:34:00:00	COULD TRY BUT IT'S NOT A HAPPY
02:34:00:00	02:34:00:00	SITUATION.
02:34:00:00	02:34:04:00	SO WELCOME THE BEPAID TO TRY
02:34:04:00	02:34:05:00	AND YOU KNOW, REALLY FLAG UP
02:34:05:00	02:34:08:00	THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A
02:34:08:00	02:34:08:00	FIFTEEN MINUTE SORT
02:34:08:00	02:34:11:00	OF ACCESSIBLE SUPPORT OF NEARBY
02:34:11:00	02:34:12:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY
02:34:12:00	02:34:14:00	ACROSS THE CITY FOR FAMILIES
02:34:14:00	02:34:15:00	AND THAT INCLUDES THAT INCLUDES
02:34:15:00	02:34:19:00	PRAYER SPACES, APPROPRIATELY
02:34:19:00	02:34:20:00	SIZED APARTMENTS AND THEN
02:34:20:00	02:34:23:00	AVAILABILITY OF DAYCARE.
02:34:23:00	02:34:27:00	I KNOW WHEN ALSTYNE YARD WAS
02:34:27:00	02:34:28:00	BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT WE DID
02:34:28:00	02:34:31:00	ADVOCATE BECAUSE RIGHT AT A T
02:34:31:00	02:34:32:00	STATION TO HAVE HAVE A DAYCARE
02:34:32:00	02:34:36:00	FACILITY AND FOLKS ON THE WAY
02:34:36:00	02:34:37:00	TO THE T COULD DROP THE KIDS IN
02:34:37:00	02:34:38:00	THE DAYCARE AND PICK THEM UP ON
02:34:38:00	02:34:38:00	THE WAY BACK.
02:34:38:00	02:34:42:00	BUT YEAH.
02:34:42:00	02:34:43:00	SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE
02:34:43:00	02:34:43:00	WORKING WITH PPTA ON ANOTHER
02:34:43:00	02:34:46:00	PART OF THIS PERSON'S ROLE IS
02:34:46:00	02:34:47:00	GOING TO ACTUALLY BE THINKING
02:34:47:00	02:34:49:00	ABOUT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:34:49:00	02:34:50:00	GUIDELINES THAT SUPPORT EARLY
02:34:50:00	02:34:54:00	CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT THINKING
02:34:54:00	02:34:54:00	FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A
02:34:54:00	02:34:57:00	FIFTEEN MINUTE CITY AND HOW YOU
02:34:57:00	02:34:58:00	HAVE ACCESS TO PLAY SPACES TO
02:34:58:00	02:35:01:00	FOOD, TO MEDICAL, TO SCHOOLS
02:35:01:00	02:35:02:00	REALLY EVERYTHING THAT MAKES IT
02:35:02:00	02:35:06:00	A VIABLE VIBRANT COMMUNITY FOR
02:35:06:00	02:35:06:00	YOUNG FAMILIES AS WELL AS
02:35:06:00	02:35:09:00	FAMILIES WHO HAVE WE'RE ALL
02:35:09:00	02:35:09:00	HOPEFULLY GROWING OLDER EVERY
02:35:09:00	02:35:10:00	DAY.
02:35:10:00	02:35:13:00	AND SO AS YOU'RE MOVING INTO
02:35:13:00	02:35:14:00	TEENAGE AND BEYOND, WHAT WHAT
02:35:14:00	02:35:15:00	ARE THOSE COMMUNITY SET UPS AND
02:35:15:00	02:35:15:00	SUPPORTS?
02:35:15:00	02:35:17:00	LOOK BUT THAT WILL BE ANOTHER
02:35:17:00	02:35:18:00	PORTION OF THIS GOOD.
02:35:18:00	02:35:19:00	AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I
02:35:19:00	02:35:21:00	HAD WAS JUST ABOUT BUNCH TODAY
02:35:21:00	02:35:25:00	FULL DAY CARE AND THE SENSE
02:35:25:00	02:35:25:00	OF NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO
02:35:25:00	02:35:28:00	LIKE BEFORE AND AFTER CARE BUT
02:35:28:00	02:35:30:00	IN FAMILY DAYCARES THEY TEND TO
02:35:30:00	02:35:30:00	BE SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO
02:35:30:00	02:35:33:00	ACTUALLY DO PROVIDE DAYCARE IS
02:35:33:00	02:35:34:00	THERE BECAUSE I DO I DO HEAR
02:35:34:00	02:35:37:00	THAT THERE'S GAPS IN THAT
02:35:37:00	02:35:38:00	SYSTEM OR WHAT'S THE SORT
02:35:38:00	02:35:40:00	OF STATUS ON THAT, YOU KNOW,
02:35:40:00	02:35:44:00	DROP OFF PICK UP THE WHOLE DAY
02:35:44:00	02:35:45:00	SO SOME FOLKS ONLY DO A HALF A
02:35:45:00	02:35:48:00	DAY AND THAT'S THAT'S NOT
02:35:48:00	02:35:48:00	ENOUGH FOR FAMILIES.
02:35:48:00	02:35:52:00	SO IN SCHOOLS WHAT WE'RE DOING
02:35:52:00	02:35:53:00	IS SIX POINT FIVE HOURS WHICH
02:35:53:00	02:35:55:00	IS NOT ENOUGH AND SO THAT'S WHY
02:35:55:00	02:35:56:00	WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:35:56:00	02:35:59:00	THERE'S BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL
02:35:59:00	02:36:00:00	CARE THAT'S LICENSED AND ALL
02:36:00:00	02:36:00:00	OF OUR BUILDINGS FOR YOUNG
02:36:00:00	02:36:01:00	CHILDREN.
02:36:01:00	02:36:03:00	SO THAT THAT'S SORT OF ONE
02:36:03:00	02:36:04:00	PIECE THE PIECE THAT WE'VE GOT
02:36:04:00	02:36:07:00	IN OUR COMMUNITY BASED SPACE IS
02:36:07:00	02:36:08:00	THAT THAT'S WHERE THE STAFFING
02:36:08:00	02:36:09:00	CRISIS IS WHEN I TALK TO FOLKS
02:36:09:00	02:36:11:00	WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS RIGHT NOW,
02:36:11:00	02:36:14:00	THEY CAN ONLY STAFF NINE TO
02:36:14:00	02:36:14:00	FOUR.
02:36:14:00	02:36:15:00	THEY THEY CANNOT THEY HAVE NOT
02:36:15:00	02:36:19:00	BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK TO THEIR
02:36:19:00	02:36:20:00	PRE COVERED HOURS BECAUSE THEY
02:36:20:00	02:36:22:00	DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING AND SO
02:36:22:00	02:36:23:00	IT'S IT'S BOTH NUMBER
02:36:23:00	02:36:26:00	OF CLASSROOMS OPEN NUMBER
02:36:26:00	02:36:27:00	OF KIDS IN A CLASSROOM AND THEN
02:36:27:00	02:36:30:00	THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT
02:36:30:00	02:36:31:00	THEY'RE ABLE TO BE OPEN AND
02:36:31:00	02:36:32:00	SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT
02:36:32:00	02:36:32:00	BETTER.
02:36:32:00	02:36:33:00	SOME OF THEM LIKE EIGHT THIRTY
02:36:33:00	02:36:35:00	TO FOUR BUT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO
02:36:35:00	02:36:36:00	DO THAT FULL SPECTRUM NEVER
02:36:36:00	02:36:38:00	MIND ARE NONTRADITIONAL SHIFT
02:36:38:00	02:36:38:00	HOURS.
02:36:38:00	02:36:41:00	SO SO THAT IS THE PIECE WE'RE
02:36:41:00	02:36:42:00	WORKING ON THEM WITH AND THEN
02:36:42:00	02:36:45:00	FOR FAMILY CHILD CARE IT'S JUST
02:36:45:00	02:36:46:00	MAKING SURE THERE'S MORE OF IT
02:36:46:00	02:36:47:00	WHICH IS WHY WE'VE INVESTED IN
02:36:47:00	02:36:49:00	BRINGING ON NEW ENTREPRENEURS
02:36:49:00	02:36:50:00	BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO
02:36:50:00	02:36:51:00	ARE FILLING THAT GAP IN
02:36:51:00	02:36:53:00	FAMILIES.
02:36:53:00	02:36:54:00	AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON HOW
02:36:54:00	02:36:57:00	MANY YOU KNOW, YOU SAID
02:36:57:00	02:36:58:00	INCREASED YOU HAVE ABOUT A
02:36:58:00	02:36:59:00	PIPELINE OF ANOTHER SEVENTY
02:36:59:00	02:37:01:00	FIVE NEW FOLKS.
02:37:01:00	02:37:02:00	WHAT'S SORT OF IN AGGREGATE HOW
02:37:02:00	02:37:05:00	MANY NEW PEOPLE HAVE WE BROUGHT
02:37:05:00	02:37:06:00	IN IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO IN
02:37:06:00	02:37:09:00	THE LAST YEAR OR TWO WE'VE
02:37:09:00	02:37:10:00	BROUGHT IN TWENTY SEVEN NEW
02:37:10:00	02:37:12:00	FAMILY CHILD CARE.
02:37:12:00	02:37:13:00	WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE
02:37:13:00	02:37:16:00	OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
02:37:16:00	02:37:17:00	AND OPPORTUNITY ON THE SPACE
02:37:17:00	02:37:18:00	GRANTS TO HELP SOME OF OUR
02:37:18:00	02:37:21:00	FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
02:37:21:00	02:37:21:00	BECOME CENTERS.
02:37:21:00	02:37:24:00	MANY OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO DO
02:37:24:00	02:37:25:00	THAT SO THE SPACE GRANT WILL
02:37:25:00	02:37:27:00	WALK THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS
02:37:27:00	02:37:28:00	AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
02:37:28:00	02:37:29:00	DOCUMENTING IT SO THAT WE CAN
02:37:29:00	02:37:31:00	THEN USE THAT INFORMATION WITH
02:37:31:00	02:37:32:00	OTHER FAMILY CHILD CARE
02:37:32:00	02:37:33:00	PROVIDERS TO HELP THEM GO
02:37:33:00	02:37:35:00	THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
02:37:35:00	02:37:36:00	WE'RE ALSO STILL WORKING WITH
02:37:36:00	02:37:39:00	BPA IN THE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE
02:37:39:00	02:37:40:00	THE INCREASING DAY CARE
02:37:40:00	02:37:41:00	FACILITIES LANGUAGE TO MAKE
02:37:41:00	02:37:41:00	SURE THAT THAT IS HAPPENING AS
02:37:41:00	02:37:43:00	WELL.
02:37:43:00	02:37:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:43:00	02:37:44:00	VERY GOOD.
02:37:44:00	02:37:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:37:44:00	02:37:47:00	THANK COUNCILOR .
02:37:47:00	02:37:48:00	YOU'RE WELCOME.
02:37:48:00	02:37:54:00	LET ME HAVE IT FOR YEAH.
02:37:54:00	02:37:58:00	I THINK MY OPENING REMARKS I
02:37:58:00	02:38:02:00	ASKED ABOUT THE OUTREACH AND
02:38:02:00	02:38:02:00	ENGAGEMENT AND I THINK THAT
02:38:02:00	02:38:03:00	COUNCIL LOUISON YOU KNOW,
02:38:03:00	02:38:06:00	PROMPTED A LITTLE BIT MORE
02:38:06:00	02:38:06:00	OF THAT.
02:38:06:00	02:38:08:00	BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO
02:38:08:00	02:38:09:00	BECAUSE I FIND THAT AND I'M
02:38:09:00	02:38:13:00	GOING TO FOCUS A ON RECENT
02:38:13:00	02:38:14:00	ARRIVALS PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST
02:38:14:00	02:38:14:00	COME TO THIS COUNTRY, THEY'RE
02:38:14:00	02:38:17:00	STILL TRYING TO ACCLIMATE AND
02:38:17:00	02:38:18:00	LEARN ABOUT THE AMERICAN
02:38:18:00	02:38:20:00	EDUCATION SYSTEM.
02:38:20:00	02:38:21:00	SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT KIND
02:38:21:00	02:38:21:00	OF OUTREACH YOU'RE DOING TO
02:38:21:00	02:38:24:00	THAT VERY SPECIFIC POPULATION.
02:38:24:00	02:38:24:00	SURE.
02:38:24:00	02:38:25:00	TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE
02:38:25:00	02:38:28:00	WORKING WITH THAT SPECIFIC
02:38:28:00	02:38:28:00	POPULATION.
02:38:28:00	02:38:29:00	ONE IS THROUGH COUNTDOWN TO
02:38:29:00	02:38:30:00	KINDERGARTEN AND OUR
02:38:30:00	02:38:32:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
02:38:32:00	02:38:33:00	I THINK THAT YOU HAD TO STEP
02:38:33:00	02:38:36:00	OUT DURING MY INITIAL COMMENTS
02:38:36:00	02:38:37:00	AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
02:38:37:00	02:38:38:00	WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM IS NOT
02:38:38:00	02:38:40:00	ONLY RECRUITING AND
02:38:40:00	02:38:40:00	REESTABLISHING OUR PLAYGROUPS
02:38:40:00	02:38:41:00	ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE A LOT
02:38:41:00	02:38:43:00	OF THEM HAD TO CLOSE DURING
02:38:43:00	02:38:44:00	COVID BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT
02:38:44:00	02:38:48:00	USING THOSE SPACES WE'RE GOING
02:38:48:00	02:38:49:00	TO BE PUBLISHING IN PARTNERSHIP
02:38:49:00	02:38:52:00	WITH COUNTDOWN AND NORTHEASTERN
02:38:52:00	02:38:56:00	UNIVERSITY A CAPSTONE PROJECT
02:38:56:00	02:38:57:00	SOME STUDENTS DID WHICH IS A
02:38:57:00	02:38:57:00	BOOK CALLED MADE TO PLAY.
02:38:57:00	02:39:00:00	IT'LL BE IN TEN LANGUAGES AND
02:39:00:00	02:39:01:00	IT REALLY IS DEVELOPMENTAL
02:39:01:00	02:39:03:00	ACTIVITIES THAT FAMILIES CAN
02:39:03:00	02:39:04:00	DO.
02:39:04:00	02:39:04:00	THEY'LL GET INTRODUCED TO IT IN
02:39:04:00	02:39:07:00	THE PLAYGROUP AND THEN I'LL
02:39:07:00	02:39:08:00	HAVE IT AS A TAKE HOME TO BE
02:39:08:00	02:39:09:00	ABLE TO DO AT HOME.
02:39:09:00	02:39:11:00	SO THAT'S SORT OF ONE OF THE
02:39:11:00	02:39:12:00	PIECES OF ENTRY.
02:39:12:00	02:39:13:00	AND THEN THE OTHER IS WE'VE
02:39:13:00	02:39:14:00	BEEN WORKING WITH FAMILIES
02:39:14:00	02:39:19:00	FIRST AND SO WE ARE HOSTING
02:39:19:00	02:39:20:00	THREE FAMILY LEADERS WHO ARE
02:39:20:00	02:39:23:00	WORKING ON A SIX MONTH
02:39:23:00	02:39:23:00	COMMUNITY IMPACT PROJECT AND SO
02:39:23:00	02:39:27:00	THEIR PROJECT THAT THEY CHOSE
02:39:27:00	02:39:27:00	WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW
02:39:27:00	02:39:30:00	WE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT
02:39:30:00	02:39:31:00	SERVICES TO PARTICULARLY
02:39:31:00	02:39:34:00	IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.
02:39:34:00	02:39:35:00	I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I
02:39:35:00	02:39:38:00	KNOW WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO
02:39:38:00	02:39:41:00	MAKE ENDS MEET YOU DON'T HAVE
02:39:41:00	02:39:42:00	THE LUXURY OF GOING TO A
02:39:42:00	02:39:52:00	PLAYGROUP RIGHT NOW AT THE TIME
02:39:52:00	02:39:53:00	OR THE IN MANY WAYS THAT'S A
02:39:53:00	02:39:53:00	LOW PRIORITY.
02:39:53:00	02:39:54:00	SO YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR
02:39:54:00	02:39:55:00	THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING
02:39:55:00	02:39:56:00	A CAPSTONE.
02:39:56:00	02:39:57:00	BUT BEYOND THAT, WHAT WHAT DATA
02:39:57:00	02:39:58:00	WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU KNOW
02:39:58:00	02:40:00:00	ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES
02:40:00:00	02:40:01:00	OF TECHNIQUES FOR RECENT
02:40:01:00	02:40:05:00	ARRIVALS LIKE TO ENGAGE THOSE
02:40:05:00	02:40:08:00	WHO HAVE JUST ARRIVED HERE LIKE
02:40:08:00	02:40:09:00	A COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN
02:40:09:00	02:40:13:00	HAPPENS AT A VERY SPECIFIC
02:40:13:00	02:40:13:00	TIME.
02:40:13:00	02:40:16:00	THESE FOLKS ARE COMING IN AFTER
02:40:16:00	02:40:17:00	THE ENROLLMENT SEASON.
02:40:17:00	02:40:18:00	SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT
02:40:18:00	02:40:20:00	THAT CATCHMENT AREA.
02:40:20:00	02:40:21:00	I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE OPEN
02:40:21:00	02:40:24:00	TO ANY SUGGESTIONS IN THAT AREA
02:40:24:00	02:40:25:00	BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONE THAT WE'RE
02:40:25:00	02:40:25:00	DOING WELL RIGHT NOW.
02:40:25:00	02:40:28:00	YEAH, THERE IS I THINK THE
02:40:28:00	02:40:31:00	ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT YOU'VE
02:40:31:00	02:40:32:00	CREATED WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
02:40:32:00	02:40:36:00	PROVIDE US SOME INPUT IN TERMS
02:40:36:00	02:40:37:00	OF ALLOCATING SOME RESOURCES UH
02:40:37:00	02:40:40:00	TO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR MORE
02:40:40:00	02:40:43:00	NEWLY ARRIVED FAMILIES BECAUSE
02:40:43:00	02:40:45:00	THE MORE WE SEE PEOPLE IN THE
02:40:45:00	02:40:48:00	MIGRATION SITUATION, THESE ARE
02:40:48:00	02:40:49:00	THE FOLKS WHO ARE COMING
02:40:49:00	02:40:50:00	SOMETIMES THEY ARE GIVING BIRTH
02:40:50:00	02:40:51:00	ON THEIR WAY HERE.
02:40:51:00	02:40:52:00	RIGHT.
02:40:52:00	02:40:53:00	SO I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S
02:40:53:00	02:40:54:00	SOMETHING FOR US TO GET AHEAD
02:40:54:00	02:40:55:00	OF AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK
02:40:55:00	02:40:56:00	WITH YOUR OFFICE AROUND HOW DO
02:40:56:00	02:40:59:00	WE ENGAGE THE SPECIFIC
02:40:59:00	02:41:00:00	POPULATION BECAUSE I SEE SO
02:41:00:00	02:41:03:00	MANY MOMS WHO ARE YOUNG AND
02:41:03:00	02:41:04:00	HAVE NO IDEA THAT THEY HAVE,
02:41:04:00	02:41:07:00	YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO THIS AS AN
02:41:07:00	02:41:10:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILD CARE THAT
02:41:10:00	02:41:11:00	WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
02:41:11:00	02:41:12:00	WE ALSO WILL BE COMING TO YOU
02:41:12:00	02:41:14:00	PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER WITH AN
02:41:14:00	02:41:15:00	ACCEPTANCE PLAN REQUEST WE I ON
02:41:15:00	02:41:18:00	A PRESS OFFICE WAS ABLE TO GET
02:41:18:00	02:41:19:00	US A MILLION DOLLAR EARMARK IN
02:41:19:00	02:41:22:00	LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND THAT
02:41:22:00	02:41:25:00	MONEY IS TO USE PRIMARILY FOR
02:41:25:00	02:41:26:00	HOMELESS FAMILIES TO ENSURE
02:41:26:00	02:41:30:00	THAT THEY RECEIVE THE FUNDING
02:41:30:00	02:41:31:00	THAT THEY NEED IMMEDIATELY TO
02:41:31:00	02:41:33:00	PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN EARLY
02:41:33:00	02:41:33:00	CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS.
02:41:33:00	02:41:34:00	IT TAKES ABOUT THIRTY DAYS TO
02:41:34:00	02:41:37:00	GET A VOUCHER PROCESSED EVEN
02:41:37:00	02:41:38:00	THOUGH OUR HOMELESS FAMILIES
02:41:38:00	02:41:41:00	ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
02:41:41:00	02:41:42:00	AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE
02:41:42:00	02:41:42:00	WORKING WITH A GROUP
02:41:42:00	02:41:45:00	OF PROVIDERS TO TRY AND MATCH
02:41:45:00	02:41:46:00	FAMILIES AS THEY ARRIVE AND
02:41:46:00	02:41:49:00	THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE'RE
02:41:49:00	02:41:49:00	GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME
02:41:49:00	02:41:52:00	EXTRA FEDERAL FUNDING ABLE TO
02:41:52:00	02:41:52:00	FOCUS.
02:41:52:00	02:41:53:00	I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
02:41:53:00	02:41:54:00	WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE
02:41:54:00	02:41:56:00	EDUCATION SPACE IS THAT THOSE
02:41:56:00	02:42:00:00	WHO HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION
02:42:00:00	02:42:01:00	ARE ALWAYS THE ONES WHO GET ALL
02:42:01:00	02:42:02:00	THOSE RESOURCES AND THOSE WHO
02:42:02:00	02:42:04:00	NEED IT THE MOST ARE THE LAST
02:42:04:00	02:42:05:00	TO FIND OUT.
02:42:05:00	02:42:08:00	SO THIS IS AN AREA OF INTEREST
02:42:08:00	02:42:09:00	FOR ME AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK
02:42:09:00	02:42:10:00	ALONGSIDE YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP
02:42:10:00	02:42:11:00	AMPLIFY.
02:42:11:00	02:42:11:00	THANK YOU.
02:42:11:00	02:42:12:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
02:42:12:00	02:42:14:00	REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
02:42:14:00	02:42:18:00	PARTNERSHIP.
02:42:18:00	02:42:19:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA
02:42:19:00	02:42:20:00	COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE
02:42:20:00	02:42:26:00	BEFORE THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:42:26:00	02:42:27:00	YOU HAVE COME A LONG LIST
02:42:27:00	02:42:29:00	OF THINGS HERE.
02:42:29:00	02:42:33:00	THE AGAIN I THINK IS BACK TO
02:42:33:00	02:42:34:00	THAT SORT OF IDEA ABOUT IT
02:42:34:00	02:42:37:00	ABOUT HOW WE HAVE THIS TAPESTRY
02:42:37:00	02:42:38:00	OF OF LET'S CALL IT A
02:42:38:00	02:42:41:00	ACQUAINTANCE MORE OF A QUILT,
02:42:41:00	02:42:42:00	THE TAPESTRY OF OF SERVICES
02:42:42:00	02:42:45:00	ACROSS THE CITY AND ONE THING
02:42:45:00	02:42:46:00	IS THAT INTERSECTION BETWEEN
02:42:46:00	02:42:49:00	BAPS AND BCU FUND AND THEN
02:42:49:00	02:42:50:00	EARLY EARLY CHILDHOOD AND THEN
02:42:50:00	02:42:53:00	THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR OUR
02:42:53:00	02:42:56:00	PROVIDERS IS THERE ARE THERE
02:42:56:00	02:42:57:00	WAYS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY
02:42:57:00	02:43:00:00	IMPROVE THE SORT OF I FROM HERE
02:43:00:00	02:43:02:00	TALKS A LOT ABOUT WE HAVE A LOT
02:43:02:00	02:43:02:00	OF RESOURCES BUT WE DON'T HAVE
02:43:02:00	02:43:05:00	A LOT OF CONNECTIVITY.
02:43:05:00	02:43:06:00	IS THERE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN
02:43:06:00	02:43:08:00	ACTUALLY SORT OF MAKE IT A MORE
02:43:08:00	02:43:09:00	SEAMLESS PROCESS?
02:43:09:00	02:43:10:00	I KNOW THERE'S CHALLENGES BUT
02:43:10:00	02:43:13:00	ARE ARE YOU ARE WE WORKING ON
02:43:13:00	02:43:15:00	TRYING TO MAKE A MORE MORE
02:43:15:00	02:43:16:00	NAVIGABLE SPACE FOR FOUR
02:43:16:00	02:43:19:00	FAMILIES?
02:43:19:00	02:43:20:00	SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE
02:43:20:00	02:43:21:00	WORKING ON THE NAVIGATION IS
02:43:21:00	02:43:24:00	DEFINITELY WITH OUR ENROLLMENT
02:43:24:00	02:43:24:00	PLATFORM.
02:43:24:00	02:43:27:00	WE ALSO HAVE PUT ON OUR WEBSITE
02:43:27:00	02:43:28:00	ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CITY
02:43:28:00	02:43:29:00	RESOURCES FROM A FAMILY
02:43:29:00	02:43:32:00	PERSPECTIVE AND THIS IS WHERE
02:43:32:00	02:43:35:00	THE ADVISORY GROUP THAT
02:43:35:00	02:43:36:00	COUNCILOR HAD JUST REFERENCED
02:43:36:00	02:43:36:00	WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
02:43:36:00	02:43:37:00	THEY HELPED US THINK ABOUT WHAT
02:43:37:00	02:43:39:00	ARE ALL THE CITY THINGS THAT AS
02:43:39:00	02:43:40:00	A PARENT OR CAREGIVER I MIGHT
02:43:40:00	02:43:43:00	WANT TO FIND ONE PLACE AND THEN
02:43:43:00	02:43:46:00	POINT TO THEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T
02:43:46:00	02:43:47:00	HAVE TIME WHEN YOU HAVE YOUNG
02:43:47:00	02:43:51:00	CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR TO BE
02:43:51:00	02:43:51:00	CURATING YOUR OWN SET
02:43:51:00	02:43:52:00	OF RESOURCES.
02:43:52:00	02:43:55:00	SO IF YOU GO SOMEWHERE WHERE
02:43:55:00	02:43:56:00	THEY'VE BEEN CURATED FOR YOU OR
02:43:56:00	02:43:59:00	AT LEAST THE ONES THAT ARE THE
02:43:59:00	02:43:59:00	MOST IMPORTANT SO HOUSING,
02:43:59:00	02:44:02:00	EDUCATION, MEDICAL CARE, THINGS
02:44:02:00	02:44:06:00	LIKE CAR SEAT INSTALLING, YOU
02:44:06:00	02:44:06:00	KNOW THE THINGS THAT THE
02:44:06:00	02:44:09:00	FAMILIES HAVE TOP OF MIND.
02:44:09:00	02:44:10:00	SO WE'VE TRIED TO START
02:44:10:00	02:44:11:00	CURATING THAT AND THEN THAT'S
02:44:11:00	02:44:13:00	REALLY WHAT THIS FAMILY'S FIRST
02:44:13:00	02:44:15:00	GROUP OF FOLKS IS GOING TO HELP
02:44:15:00	02:44:16:00	US WITH, WHICH IS WHAT ARE THE
02:44:16:00	02:44:18:00	KINDS OF THINGS THAT FAMILIES
02:44:18:00	02:44:19:00	NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO?
02:44:19:00	02:44:21:00	HOW DO WE TELL THEM ABOUT THEM
02:44:21:00	02:44:22:00	AND PUT THEM IN ONE PLACE SO
02:44:22:00	02:44:23:00	THAT THEY CAN FIND THEM AND
02:44:23:00	02:44:26:00	THEN COME BACK TO IT AS THEIR
02:44:26:00	02:44:27:00	NEEDS CHANGE BECAUSE YOUR NEEDS
02:44:27:00	02:44:29:00	AS A FAMILY DO CHANGE OVER TIME
02:44:29:00	02:44:30:00	.
02:44:30:00	02:44:30:00	SOMETIMES WE WE HAVE YOUNG
02:44:30:00	02:44:33:00	PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.
02:44:33:00	02:44:34:00	SOMETIMES OUR CHILDREN JUST GET
02:44:34:00	02:44:34:00	OLDER LIKE THINGS CHANGE AND SO
02:44:34:00	02:44:37:00	YOU NEED DIFFERENT RESOURCES.
02:44:37:00	02:44:38:00	AND THEN THE OTHER THE OTHER
02:44:38:00	02:44:41:00	QUESTION I HAD WAS RELATED TO
02:44:41:00	02:44:41:00	CULTURE.
02:44:41:00	02:44:42:00	THERE IS QUESTION ABOUT, YOU
02:44:42:00	02:44:44:00	KNOW, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
02:44:44:00	02:44:44:00	NEEDS, CHILDREN WITH
02:44:44:00	02:44:48:00	DISABILITIES IN TERMS OF ACCESS
02:44:48:00	02:44:50:00	TO PLAYGROUPS AND AND JUST SO
02:44:50:00	02:44:52:00	THAT THEY ARE NOT TREATED AS
02:44:52:00	02:44:53:00	OTHER THAT THEY ARE A MORE
02:44:53:00	02:44:56:00	INTEGRATED MODEL.
02:44:56:00	02:44:57:00	ARE WE SORT OF FOCUSED YOU
02:44:57:00	02:45:00:00	KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
02:45:00:00	02:45:00:00	SMALLER GROUP OBVIOUSLY.
02:45:00:00	02:45:01:00	BUT HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT
02:45:01:00	02:45:01:00	ISSUE?
02:45:01:00	02:45:04:00	YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING
02:45:04:00	02:45:05:00	WITH COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN
02:45:05:00	02:45:07:00	AND THE OFFICE OF EARLY
02:45:07:00	02:45:08:00	CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION
02:45:08:00	02:45:11:00	WHICH IS ITS OWN SPECIAL UNIT
02:45:11:00	02:45:12:00	AT BAPS TO BE THINKING ABOUT
02:45:12:00	02:45:15:00	KOLOK PLAYGROUPS SO THAT
02:45:15:00	02:45:16:00	CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME SPACES
02:45:16:00	02:45:19:00	TO BEGIN PLAYING TOGETHER.
02:45:19:00	02:45:20:00	AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE
02:45:20:00	02:45:23:00	WORKING ON BUILDING OUT AN
02:45:23:00	02:45:24:00	INCLUSION PATHWAY WITHIN OUR
02:45:24:00	02:45:27:00	COMMUNITY BASED SETTING.
02:45:27:00	02:45:28:00	SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT
02:45:28:00	02:45:28:00	KEEPING YOUNG PEOPLE IN
02:45:28:00	02:45:30:00	COMMUNITY IF THAT'S THE CHOICE
02:45:30:00	02:45:31:00	THAT THEIR PARENTS WOULD LIKE
02:45:31:00	02:45:34:00	TO MAKE THEIR INITIAL STEPS,
02:45:34:00	02:45:35:00	OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE
02:45:35:00	02:45:36:00	NOT AS FULLY DEVELOPED AS WE
02:45:36:00	02:45:39:00	WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE BUT WE'RE
02:45:39:00	02:45:39:00	BEGINNING TO HAVE THOSE
02:45:39:00	02:45:40:00	CONVERSATIONS AND BEGIN TO WALK
02:45:40:00	02:45:42:00	DOWN THAT VERY GOOD.
02:45:42:00	02:45:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:45:43:00	02:45:44:00	THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT
02:45:44:00	02:45:44:00	WORK.
02:45:44:00	02:45:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:45:44:00	02:45:46:00	YEAH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:45:46:00	02:45:49:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR THANK
02:45:49:00	02:45:50:00	YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:45:50:00	02:45:53:00	MY ONLY QUESTION I THINK WE IN
02:45:53:00	02:45:54:00	THE VEIN OF THE SURROUND CARE
02:45:54:00	02:45:57:00	FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.
02:45:57:00	02:45:58:00	I KIND OF HEARD A LITTLE BIT
02:45:58:00	02:45:59:00	ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING IN
02:45:59:00	02:46:01:00	TERMS OF THE DELETING AND WHAT
02:46:01:00	02:46:02:00	ARE SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL
02:46:02:00	02:46:03:00	THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.
02:46:03:00	02:46:04:00	BUT PROGRAMING WISE, IS THERE
02:46:04:00	02:46:05:00	ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON
02:46:05:00	02:46:05:00	THE PROGRAMING LEVEL ASIDE FROM
02:46:05:00	02:46:08:00	WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED TO
02:46:08:00	02:46:09:00	COUNCILOR BREEDEN'S ANSWER?
02:46:09:00	02:46:12:00	SO I INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THERE'S
02:46:12:00	02:46:13:00	THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
02:46:13:00	02:46:14:00	PROGRAM WISE BUT THERE'S
02:46:14:00	02:46:17:00	NOTHING THAT IS SORT OF FULL
02:46:17:00	02:46:20:00	SYSTEM BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY
02:46:20:00	02:46:21:00	WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:46:21:00	02:46:21:00	PEOPLE HAVE THE PROGRAMING
02:46:21:00	02:46:24:00	AVAILABLE TO THEM WHICH RIGHT
02:46:24:00	02:46:25:00	NOW IS NOT EQUITABLY
02:46:25:00	02:46:25:00	DISTRIBUTED.
02:46:25:00	02:46:26:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:26:00	02:46:28:00	AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS
02:46:28:00	02:46:28:00	WORK PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES
02:46:28:00	02:46:32:00	TO FAMILY CARE PROVIDERS AND
02:46:32:00	02:46:33:00	EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
02:46:33:00	02:46:36:00	PARTICULARLY IS NOT ALL AT THE
02:46:36:00	02:46:36:00	CITY LEVEL.
02:46:36:00	02:46:38:00	CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT
02:46:38:00	02:46:40:00	ABOUT WHAT IS LEGISLATIVELY AT
02:46:40:00	02:46:40:00	THE STATE LEVEL WHAT WHAT
02:46:40:00	02:46:43:00	YOU'RE WORKING ON?
02:46:43:00	02:46:44:00	SO THERE'S TWO THINGS
02:46:44:00	02:46:45:00	LEGISLATIVELY AT THE STATE
02:46:45:00	02:46:47:00	LEVEL WE'VE PARTNERED WITH
02:46:47:00	02:46:51:00	MARJORIE DECKER TO BE FOCUSED
02:46:51:00	02:46:52:00	ON INCREASING ACCESS FOR
02:46:52:00	02:46:52:00	HOMELESS FAMILIES.
02:46:52:00	02:46:55:00	SO THERE'S THE FUNDING THAT
02:46:55:00	02:46:55:00	WE'RE GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL
02:46:55:00	02:46:56:00	GOVERNMENT TO EXPEDITE THAT
02:46:56:00	02:46:56:00	PROCESS.
02:46:56:00	02:46:59:00	BUT WE'RE ALSO REALLY WORKING
02:46:59:00	02:47:00:00	WITH THE STATE HOUSE AND WITH
02:47:00:00	02:47:03:00	THE SEE TO ACTUALLY REMOVE
02:47:03:00	02:47:06:00	THOSE PROCEDURAL BARRIERS SO
02:47:06:00	02:47:07:00	THAT FAMILIES ARE GETTING
02:47:07:00	02:47:10:00	ACCESS TO CARE THAT IT IS
02:47:10:00	02:47:11:00	EASIER TO GET THAT IT FEELS
02:47:11:00	02:47:14:00	THAT'S MEANT TO CUT DOWN THAT
02:47:14:00	02:47:15:00	THAT'S MEANT TO CUT DOWN
02:47:15:00	02:47:15:00	EXACTLY.
02:47:15:00	02:47:18:00	EXACTLY.
02:47:18:00	02:47:19:00	AND IT'S MEANT TO INCLUDE
02:47:19:00	02:47:20:00	FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT JUST
02:47:20:00	02:47:21:00	SHOWING UP IN OUR EMERGENCY
02:47:21:00	02:47:22:00	SHELTERS AND IN OUR HOSPITALS
02:47:22:00	02:47:23:00	BUT ALSO FAMILIES THAT ARE
02:47:23:00	02:47:26:00	DOUBLED UP.
02:47:26:00	02:47:27:00	SO FAMILIES THAT MEET THE
02:47:27:00	02:47:30:00	REQUIREMENTS THE MCKINNEY VENTO
02:47:30:00	02:47:31:00	DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS.
02:47:31:00	02:47:31:00	ALL RIGHT.
02:47:31:00	02:47:33:00	NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
02:47:33:00	02:47:34:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:47:34:00	02:47:36:00	THANK YOU.
02:47:36:00	02:47:41:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
02:47:41:00	02:47:41:00	DIRECTOR.
02:47:41:00	02:47:45:00	I THINK THAT OUR TIME HERE IS
02:47:45:00	02:47:46:00	UP IF MY COLLEAGUES DON'T HAVE
02:47:46:00	02:47:48:00	ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'D LIKE
02:47:48:00	02:47:52:00	TO RELIEVE YOU AND MOVE ON TO
02:47:52:00	02:47:53:00	WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT TO MY
02:47:53:00	02:47:56:00	COLLEAGUES.
02:47:56:00	02:47:57:00	DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY FINAL
02:47:57:00	02:48:00:00	QUESTIONS THIS THANK YOU OLE
02:48:00:00	02:48:01:00	MISS MCSWAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH
02:48:01:00	02:48:03:00	FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
02:48:03:00	02:48:04:00	LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
02:48:04:00	02:48:04:00	YOU.
02:48:04:00	02:48:07:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
02:48:07:00	02:48:11:00	WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THEIR NEED
02:48:11:00	02:48:12:00	FOR A BREAK.
02:48:12:00	02:48:12:00	WE'RE GOOD.
02:48:12:00	02:48:13:00	ALL RIGHT.
02:48:13:00	02:48:18:00	TO THE CITY OF BOSTON WOMEN'S
02:48:18:00	02:48:22:00	ADVANCEMENT.
02:48:22:00	02:48:26:00	WE ARE JOINED BY HUNDRED
02:48:26:00	02:48:26:00	OF THIS.
02:48:26:00	02:48:28:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR A
02:48:28:00	02:48:36:00	PRESENTATION.
02:48:36:00	02:48:37:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:48:37:00	02:48:37:00	MY REMARKS THIS MORNING.
02:48:37:00	02:48:39:00	BUT NOW I HAVE TO CHANGE TO
02:48:39:00	02:48:42:00	ACTUALLY SMELL OF GOOD MORNING
02:48:42:00	02:48:42:00	.
02:48:42:00	02:48:46:00	YOU.
02:48:46:00	02:48:47:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN
02:48:47:00	02:48:50:00	ANDERSON AND ALL THE COUNCILORS
02:48:50:00	02:48:51:00	WHO ARE HERE PRESENT AS MY
02:48:51:00	02:48:52:00	PLEASURE TODAY TO BE HERE TODAY
02:48:52:00	02:48:54:00	AND PRESENT AND SPECIFICALLY
02:48:54:00	02:48:55:00	TALK ABOUT MALHA AND OUR F.I.
02:48:55:00	02:48:58:00	24 AND FOR THOSE AT HOME, MOALA
02:48:58:00	02:48:59:00	STANDS FOR MAYOR'S OFFICE A
02:48:59:00	02:49:02:00	WOMAN'S ADVANCEMENT AS YOU WILL
02:49:02:00	02:49:02:00	HEAR ME SAY THOSE ACRONYMS
02:49:02:00	02:49:04:00	THROUGHOUT MY PRESENTATION WANT
02:49:04:00	02:49:05:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT I STATE AT
02:49:05:00	02:49:08:00	THE BEGINNING WHAT THEY STAND
02:49:08:00	02:49:08:00	FOR.
02:49:08:00	02:49:12:00	I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
02:49:12:00	02:49:13:00	MOMENT TO THANK MY TEAM FOR THE
02:49:13:00	02:49:16:00	OVERALL SUPPORT OF PUTTING THIS
02:49:16:00	02:49:17:00	BUDGET TOGETHER AND MOST OF ALL
02:49:17:00	02:49:18:00	EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO TO MAKE
02:49:18:00	02:49:20:00	SURE THAT WE ARE RUNNING EVERY
02:49:20:00	02:49:21:00	SINGLE DAY AND FOR ALL OF YOU
02:49:21:00	02:49:22:00	AND OUR MAYOR FOR CONTINUED
02:49:22:00	02:49:25:00	SUPPORT IN OUR OFFICE THIS YEAR
02:49:25:00	02:49:27:00	OUR OFFICE HAS TAKEN A NEW
02:49:27:00	02:49:28:00	FOCUS WHICH I WILL GO A LITTLE
02:49:28:00	02:49:29:00	BIT INTO DEATH A LITTLE BIT
02:49:29:00	02:49:32:00	LATER AS I GET INTO THE DETAIL
02:49:32:00	02:49:33:00	SPECIFICALLY ON HEALTH WHICH
02:49:33:00	02:49:35:00	I'M SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY
02:49:35:00	02:49:37:00	EXCITED ABOUT.
02:49:37:00	02:49:41:00	ALL I SEE IS WORK.
02:49:41:00	02:49:45:00	I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT
02:49:45:00	02:49:46:00	INTO OUR INITIATIVES.
02:49:46:00	02:49:50:00	A LOT OF OUR WORK IN OUR OFFICE
02:49:50:00	02:49:51:00	IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR
02:49:51:00	02:49:53:00	DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
02:49:53:00	02:49:54:00	OUR BUCKETS OF WORK COME FROM
02:49:54:00	02:49:57:00	ECONOMIC EQUITY REPRESENTATION
02:49:57:00	02:49:58:00	, HEALTH AND SAFETY.
02:49:58:00	02:49:59:00	I WILL START OFF WHAT ARE OUR
02:49:59:00	02:50:02:00	ECONOMIC EQUITY BUCKET AND I
02:50:02:00	02:50:03:00	WILL DO A VERY SHORT SUMMARY
02:50:03:00	02:50:06:00	OF EACH TO MOVE ON TO LEAVE
02:50:06:00	02:50:06:00	ENOUGH TIME FOR ALL OF YOU TO
02:50:06:00	02:50:09:00	ASK ANY QUESTIONS AS
02:50:09:00	02:50:10:00	SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON A
02:50:10:00	02:50:13:00	SALARY NEGOTIATIONS THERE IS A
02:50:13:00	02:50:13:00	LOT OF QUESTIONS A BEGINNING
02:50:13:00	02:50:14:00	AND SPECIFIC A LOT OF FOCUS ON
02:50:14:00	02:50:17:00	THIS ISSUE.
02:50:17:00	02:50:17:00	MOA'S CONTINUES EFFORTS TO
02:50:17:00	02:50:20:00	FINANCIALLY EMPOWER AND EDUCATE
02:50:20:00	02:50:21:00	AND TRAIN WOMEN FROM ALL YEAR
02:50:21:00	02:50:22:00	THIS FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE
02:50:22:00	02:50:25:00	PARTNERED WITH A WORKER
02:50:25:00	02:50:25:00	EMPOWERMENT COVENANT TO
02:50:25:00	02:50:26:00	CONTINUE TO ELEVATE OUR
02:50:26:00	02:50:28:00	WORKSHOPS AND OFFER ONE IN
02:50:28:00	02:50:29:00	PERSON AND THROUGH VIRTUAL WAGE
02:50:29:00	02:50:30:00	NEGOTIATION WORKSHOPS THIS
02:50:30:00	02:50:33:00	SPRING WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
02:50:33:00	02:50:36:00	WE ARE CONTINUING TO HOST AND
02:50:36:00	02:50:37:00	WE HAVE HOSTED IN THE PAST
02:50:37:00	02:50:38:00	CREATIVE BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND
02:50:38:00	02:50:40:00	A RETIREMENT WORKSHOP A CENTER
02:50:40:00	02:50:41:00	FOR WORKING FAMILIES AS WE
02:50:41:00	02:50:45:00	CONTINUE TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE
02:50:45:00	02:50:46:00	WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING OUR
02:50:46:00	02:50:48:00	DEVELOPING EDUCATION PROGRAM TO
02:50:48:00	02:50:49:00	ENSURE THAT WE ARE EDUCATING
02:50:49:00	02:50:51:00	OUR RESIDENTS AND JUST TO DOVE
02:50:51:00	02:50:53:00	A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO OUR
02:50:53:00	02:50:53:00	SALARY NEGOTIATION WORKSHOPS
02:50:53:00	02:50:56:00	AND OUR LAST BUDGET CYCLE.
02:50:56:00	02:50:57:00	ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOCUS
02:50:57:00	02:50:58:00	A LOT ON I SPOKE OF WAS I
02:50:58:00	02:51:00:00	REALLY WANTED TO LOOK INTO WHAT
02:51:00:00	02:51:01:00	IT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR US TO
02:51:01:00	02:51:01:00	BREAK THE CEILING NEGOTIATIONS
02:51:01:00	02:51:04:00	DOWN INTO SECTORS AND
02:51:04:00	02:51:05:00	SPECIFICALLY FOCUS AND HOW DO
02:51:05:00	02:51:08:00	WE LOOK INTO THOSE WHO ARE
02:51:08:00	02:51:09:00	GOING FROM THAT SECOND JOB I
02:51:09:00	02:51:11:00	CONSIDER HERE ASKED EARLIER AND
02:51:11:00	02:51:12:00	THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING INTO A
02:51:12:00	02:51:15:00	SECOND TYPE OF CAREER PATH AND
02:51:15:00	02:51:15:00	THAT'S EXACTLY THE WORK THAT
02:51:15:00	02:51:16:00	WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
02:51:16:00	02:51:19:00	BUT THE THE CABINET WORKER
02:51:19:00	02:51:20:00	EMPOWERMENT IS HOW DO WE LOOK
02:51:20:00	02:51:21:00	AT THAT AND HOW DO WE BREAK
02:51:21:00	02:51:23:00	DOWN SITE NEGOTIATIONS WHERE
02:51:23:00	02:51:24:00	THEY'RE VERY MUCH TAILORED BY
02:51:24:00	02:51:26:00	SECTORS AND SPECIFICALLY
02:51:26:00	02:51:27:00	FOCUSED ON NOT JUST SOLARIA
02:51:27:00	02:51:30:00	WORKERS BUT ALSO HOURLY WAGES
02:51:30:00	02:51:31:00	AS WELL AS WE KNOW THAT NOT
02:51:31:00	02:51:34:00	EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HAVE A
02:51:34:00	02:51:35:00	SALARY BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE
02:51:35:00	02:51:36:00	SURE THAT BECAUSE YOU DO NOT
02:51:36:00	02:51:38:00	HAVE A SALARY IS NOT A REASON
02:51:38:00	02:51:39:00	WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE TAKING
02:51:39:00	02:51:42:00	ONE OF THE TRAININGS AND ALSO
02:51:42:00	02:51:43:00	HAS TO SAY LANGUAGE IS A BIG
02:51:43:00	02:51:44:00	FOCUS AS WELL TO MAKING SURE
02:51:44:00	02:51:46:00	THAT LANGUAGE IS NOT A BARRIER
02:51:46:00	02:51:47:00	FOR ANYONE TO NOT TAKE ONE
02:51:47:00	02:51:49:00	OF OUR CLASSES AND OUR FOCUS
02:51:49:00	02:51:54:00	SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE AN AMAZING
02:51:54:00	02:51:55:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOSTON
02:51:55:00	02:51:57:00	WOMEN'S WORKFORCE
02:51:57:00	02:51:58:00	COUNCIL SCHäFER BWC WHICH IS A
02:51:58:00	02:52:01:00	PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP CONTINUE TO
02:52:01:00	02:52:02:00	ALLOW ENGAGEMENT WITH PRIVATE
02:52:02:00	02:52:05:00	EMPLOYERS AND THEN THIS YEAR
02:52:05:00	02:52:09:00	ALONE WE THE BWC HAS BEEN ABLE
02:52:09:00	02:52:13:00	TO SIGN A LITTLE BIT OVER 200
02:52:13:00	02:52:14:00	JUST IN TOTAL OVER 200
02:52:14:00	02:52:14:00	EMPLOYERS NOT JUST GIVE SOME
02:52:14:00	02:52:17:00	VERY HIGH LEVEL NUMBERS THAT
02:52:17:00	02:52:18:00	THEY SHARED WITH US IN
02:52:18:00	02:52:20:00	PREPARATION FOR THE HEARING
02:52:20:00	02:52:21:00	COMPARISON IS AS OF JULY 1ST,
02:52:21:00	02:52:25:00	2022 TO JUNE 30TH, 2022, A
02:52:25:00	02:52:28:00	TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND
02:52:28:00	02:52:29:00	FIFTEEN EMPLOYEES AND I'LL
02:52:29:00	02:52:32:00	BREAK IT DOWN BY SECTOR
02:52:32:00	02:52:36:00	OF COMPANIES TECHNOLOGY
02:52:36:00	02:52:37:00	SALARIED COM HAS IS A NEW
02:52:37:00	02:52:38:00	COMPAQ CENTER WHICH HAS A
02:52:38:00	02:52:40:00	HUNDRED FIFTEEN EMPLOYEES
02:52:40:00	02:52:41:00	PUBLIC SECTOR COMMONWEALTH
02:52:41:00	02:52:44:00	CORPORATION MASS COMMISSION ON
02:52:44:00	02:52:45:00	THE STATUS OF WOMEN
02:52:45:00	02:52:48:00	MASSACHUSETTS POLITICAL CAUCUS
02:52:48:00	02:52:48:00	FINANCE BAIN CAPITAL ARCHITECT
02:52:48:00	02:52:52:00	A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER IN REAL
02:52:52:00	02:52:56:00	ESTATE PAID TO KEEP THE
02:52:56:00	02:52:57:00	BLOWFISH COMPANIES AND OVERALL
02:52:57:00	02:53:00:00	WERE A TOTAL OF ELEVEN NEW
02:53:00:00	02:53:03:00	COMPACT SENIORS REPRESENTING
02:53:03:00	02:53:04:00	TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND
02:53:04:00	02:53:05:00	FORTY FOUR EMPLOYEES ACROSS
02:53:05:00	02:53:07:00	FIVE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
02:53:07:00	02:53:08:00	THE REASON WHY I LISTED IT AND
02:53:08:00	02:53:11:00	WANTED TO GO INTO DETAIL WAS
02:53:11:00	02:53:12:00	BECAUSE THIS YEAR IS A DATA
02:53:12:00	02:53:13:00	REPORTING YEAR FOR THE BOSTON
02:53:13:00	02:53:15:00	WOMAN'S WORK COUNCIL WHERE A
02:53:15:00	02:53:16:00	LOT OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE
02:53:16:00	02:53:19:00	GOING TO BE SHARING THEIR DATA
02:53:19:00	02:53:19:00	ANONYMOUSLY TO HELP THE BOSTON
02:53:19:00	02:53:23:00	WOMEN'S WORKFORCE
02:53:23:00	02:53:24:00	COUNCIL CALCULATE THE GENDER
02:53:24:00	02:53:24:00	WAGE GAP FOR NEXT YEAR.
02:53:24:00	02:53:27:00	MAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
02:53:27:00	02:53:28:00	WE LOOK AT ALSO INTO THE ASPECT
02:53:28:00	02:53:29:00	OF ALL THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS
02:53:29:00	02:53:31:00	ASSIGN IS COMPACT TO SAY THAT
02:53:31:00	02:53:32:00	WE ARE HERE WE'RE SERVING THE
02:53:32:00	02:53:34:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
02:53:34:00	02:53:35:00	WE ARE PLEDGING TO BE ABLE TO
02:53:35:00	02:53:38:00	PAY WOMEN EQUALLY IN OUR CITY.
02:53:38:00	02:53:39:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
02:53:39:00	02:53:40:00	SEEING THE NUMBERS ONCE ALL THE
02:53:40:00	02:53:41:00	DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED AT THE
02:53:41:00	02:53:45:00	END OF THE YEAR MOVING INTO OUR
02:53:45:00	02:53:48:00	BUCKET OF WORK AND HEALTH WHERE
02:53:48:00	02:53:49:00	THIS IS THE NEW SORT OF EYE
02:53:49:00	02:53:52:00	COLOR, OUR NEW BUCKET OF WORK
02:53:52:00	02:53:53:00	THAT OUR OFFICE HAS ENABLED OUR
02:53:53:00	02:53:56:00	FOCUS ON OUR POSTPARTUM
02:53:56:00	02:53:56:00	INEDUCATION SUPPORT GROUP THAT
02:53:56:00	02:53:59:00	WAS JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED AND
02:53:59:00	02:54:00:00	IS THIS IS THIS PROGRAM IS
02:54:00:00	02:54:04:00	BEING FACILITATED BY LOVE YOUR
02:54:04:00	02:54:05:00	MANSES, WHICH IS A LOCAL
02:54:05:00	02:54:05:00	NONPROFIT IN THE CITY AND THE
02:54:05:00	02:54:08:00	FOCUS A LOT ON POSTPARTUM
02:54:08:00	02:54:08:00	HEALTH EDUCATION AS WELL AS
02:54:08:00	02:54:11:00	MEDICAL EDUCATION IN BOSTON
02:54:11:00	02:54:12:00	ALSO INTERNATIONAL AS WELL.
02:54:12:00	02:54:15:00	THE PROGRAM IS SUPPORT AND
02:54:15:00	02:54:16:00	SPECIFICALLY TO EDUCATE BARSA
02:54:16:00	02:54:16:00	RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY BLACK
02:54:16:00	02:54:19:00	AND BROWN WOMEN WHO HAVE
02:54:19:00	02:54:19:00	RECENTLY GIVEN BIRTH OR
02:54:19:00	02:54:22:00	EXPECTING TO GIVE BIRTH AND IS
02:54:22:00	02:54:23:00	THERE TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE
02:54:23:00	02:54:24:00	FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
02:54:24:00	02:54:26:00	PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM.
02:54:26:00	02:54:28:00	I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN
02:54:28:00	02:54:29:00	OF THE CURRENT PARTICIPANTS
02:54:29:00	02:54:31:00	THAT WE HAVE IN THE PILOT
02:54:31:00	02:54:35:00	MAINLY FROM DORCHESTER PARK
02:54:35:00	02:54:35:00	MATTAPAN IN GOP PRIMARY BLACK
02:54:35:00	02:54:39:00	OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HISPANIC
02:54:39:00	02:54:42:00	OR ASIAN 55 OF THE PARTICIPANT
02:54:42:00	02:54:43:00	ARE CURRENTLY PREGNANT 55
02:54:43:00	02:54:44:00	PERCENT SORRY AND 45 PERCENT
02:54:44:00	02:54:47:00	ARE IN THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD.
02:54:47:00	02:54:48:00	EVERY WEEK IS A DIFFERENT TOPIC
02:54:48:00	02:54:50:00	THIS IS ABOUT HEALTHY EATING IN
02:54:50:00	02:54:54:00	HEALTHY PRACTICE.
02:54:54:00	02:54:55:00	LAST WEEK IT FOCUSED VERY MUCH
02:54:55:00	02:54:58:00	ON SLEEPING PATTERNS AND THE
02:54:58:00	02:54:59:00	WEEK BEFORE IT WAS FOCUSED A
02:54:59:00	02:55:02:00	LOT ON SELF CARE AND HOW TO
02:55:02:00	02:55:03:00	MOVE FORWARD AND FIND SUPPORT
02:55:03:00	02:55:03:00	SYSTEM.
02:55:03:00	02:55:06:00	WE ARE REALLY MUCH LOOKING
02:55:06:00	02:55:06:00	FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK
02:55:06:00	02:55:07:00	IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
02:55:07:00	02:55:08:00	STARTING NEW BARBARIA WE HAVE
02:55:08:00	02:55:10:00	RECEIVED A LOT OF GREAT
02:55:10:00	02:55:11:00	FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND
02:55:11:00	02:55:13:00	MOVING ON TO OUR REPRESENTATION
02:55:13:00	02:55:17:00	FOCUS OUR EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN
02:55:17:00	02:55:18:00	WHICH WE DO EVERY YEAR DURING
02:55:18:00	02:55:19:00	WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND I
02:55:19:00	02:55:19:00	THINK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL YOUR
02:55:19:00	02:55:21:00	SUPPORT DURING EVENT AND DURING
02:55:21:00	02:55:22:00	THAT WHOLE MONTH AS WELL THIS
02:55:22:00	02:55:25:00	YEAR IN MARCH WE RECEIVED OVER
02:55:25:00	02:55:26:00	200 NOMINATIONS FROM RESIDENTS
02:55:26:00	02:55:29:00	AND OVER FIFTY NOMINEES WERE
02:55:29:00	02:55:30:00	SELECTED FROM VARIOUS
02:55:30:00	02:55:30:00	NEIGHBORHOOD INDUSTRIES AND
02:55:30:00	02:55:33:00	BACKGROUNDS TO HIGHLIGHT IT AND
02:55:33:00	02:55:34:00	CELEBRATE OUR FIRST ANNUAL
02:55:34:00	02:55:37:00	EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN EVENT IN
02:55:37:00	02:55:37:00	THE CITY.
02:55:37:00	02:55:38:00	AND ALMOST EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
02:55:38:00	02:55:41:00	WAS REPRESENTED THAT EVERY
02:55:41:00	02:55:41:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:55:41:00	02:55:42:00	BUT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT
02:55:42:00	02:55:45:00	THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NOT
02:55:45:00	02:55:46:00	REPRESENTED WITH A VILLAGE
02:55:46:00	02:55:48:00	BEACON HILL OF DOWNTOWN WESTERN
02:55:48:00	02:55:49:00	AND AND THE REASON WHY I WAS
02:55:49:00	02:55:50:00	THERE WAS NO NOMINATION FORMS
02:55:50:00	02:55:52:00	FROM RESIDENTS.
02:55:52:00	02:55:56:00	THIS IS ALL A NOMINATION DRIVEN
02:55:56:00	02:55:57:00	AND WE HAD THE CHANCE TO ALSO
02:55:57:00	02:56:00:00	HOST A WOMAN'S ROUNDTABLE WHICH
02:56:00:00	02:56:01:00	WAS SO AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO
02:56:01:00	02:56:04:00	CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
02:56:04:00	02:56:05:00	AND JUST TALK ABOUT EVERYDAY
02:56:05:00	02:56:07:00	ISSUES WOMEN FACE IN OUR CITY
02:56:07:00	02:56:08:00	AND MAIN TOPICS IN
02:56:08:00	02:56:08:00	CONVERSATIONS INCLUDING MENTAL
02:56:08:00	02:56:11:00	HEALTH, CHILD CARE AND SAFETY
02:56:11:00	02:56:15:00	AND THEN TO FINISH OUR WORK
02:56:15:00	02:56:16:00	IT'S OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
02:56:16:00	02:56:19:00	TRAINING FOR VET CLINICS.
02:56:19:00	02:56:20:00	THIS WAS A LINE ITEM THAT WAS
02:56:20:00	02:56:22:00	IN OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR AND
02:56:22:00	02:56:23:00	QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AS TO WHAT
02:56:23:00	02:56:24:00	WHAT ARE WE FOCUSING ON WHEN IT
02:56:24:00	02:56:27:00	COMES TO A SPECIFIC FUNDING.
02:56:27:00	02:56:28:00	I AM HAPPY TO COME AND REPORT
02:56:28:00	02:56:31:00	THAT THE FUNDING ARE BEING
02:56:31:00	02:56:31:00	USED, THAT WE ARE PARTNERING
02:56:31:00	02:56:32:00	WITH THE OFFICE OF ANIMAL CARE
02:56:32:00	02:56:34:00	AND CONTROL.
02:56:34:00	02:56:35:00	WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING IN
02:56:35:00	02:56:36:00	OUR ONE ON SITE TRAINING TO
02:56:36:00	02:56:39:00	ASSIST VETERINARIANS AND STAFF
02:56:39:00	02:56:39:00	TO UNDERSTAND POTENTIALLY
02:56:39:00	02:56:42:00	RECOGNIZE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
02:56:42:00	02:56:43:00	VETERINARY CLINICAL SETTINGS
02:56:43:00	02:56:46:00	AND CONNECT THEM WITH SAFETY
02:56:46:00	02:56:47:00	AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
02:56:47:00	02:56:48:00	SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
02:56:48:00	02:56:50:00	DOING THOSE TRAININGS BEFORE
02:56:50:00	02:56:53:00	THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR OR
02:56:53:00	02:56:54:00	THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
02:56:54:00	02:56:55:00	SURE THAT NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE
02:56:55:00	02:56:58:00	INCREASING SERVICES BUT ALSO
02:56:58:00	02:56:58:00	FOCUSING ON THE AMOUNT
02:56:58:00	02:56:59:00	OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
02:56:59:00	02:57:02:00	SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON BEDS AND
02:57:02:00	02:57:05:00	CLINICS AND I WILL STOP THERE
02:57:05:00	02:57:06:00	AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
02:57:06:00	02:57:07:00	QUESTIONS.
02:57:07:00	02:57:10:00	THANK YOU FOR THIS.
02:57:10:00	02:57:11:00	COUNCILOR RAIDEN, YOU HAVE THE
02:57:11:00	02:57:17:00	FLOOR IF WE GO IN THERE I THANK
02:57:17:00	02:57:18:00	YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
02:57:18:00	02:57:21:00	PRESENTATION.
02:57:21:00	02:57:21:00	I HAD A PARTICULAR QUESTION
02:57:21:00	02:57:24:00	REALLY ABOUT THE POSTPARTUM
02:57:24:00	02:57:25:00	EDUCATE AND KNOW THIS IS A
02:57:25:00	02:57:28:00	PILOT THIS IS A PILOT WORKSHOP
02:57:28:00	02:57:33:00	THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING THE ARE
02:57:33:00	02:57:37:00	WE WORKING WITH YOU KNOW, THE
02:57:37:00	02:57:41:00	BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
02:57:41:00	02:57:45:00	AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP
02:57:45:00	02:57:46:00	WITH INPUT ON THAT BECAUSE WE
02:57:46:00	02:57:47:00	DO HERE YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THESE
02:57:47:00	02:57:49:00	EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARILY
02:57:49:00	02:57:53:00	TRAGIC INCIDENTS OF WOMEN WITH
02:57:53:00	02:57:53:00	POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION WHO
02:57:53:00	02:57:56:00	COMMIT SUICIDE AND ALSO BRING
02:57:56:00	02:57:56:00	THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEM WHEN
02:57:56:00	02:58:00:00	THEY GO ON THAT DOING THAT HOW
02:58:00:00	02:58:01:00	WHAT SORT OF PARTNERSHIPS DO WE
02:58:01:00	02:58:04:00	HAVE AND THEN THE OTHER
02:58:04:00	02:58:05:00	QUESTION WAS REALLY WHETHER AN
02:58:05:00	02:58:07:00	INCREDIBLE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
02:58:07:00	02:58:08:00	WE HAD A RECENT CONVERSATION
02:58:08:00	02:58:14:00	ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND
02:58:14:00	02:58:15:00	COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN RELATION
02:58:15:00	02:58:18:00	TO PILOTS WITH ALL THESE AND
02:58:18:00	02:58:19:00	MEDS IN OUR CITY.
02:58:19:00	02:58:22:00	ARE WE EXPLORING WAYS TO
02:58:22:00	02:58:23:00	PARTNER WITH WITH MEDICAL
02:58:23:00	02:58:26:00	INSTITUTIONS TO HELP BOLSTER
02:58:26:00	02:58:26:00	THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF SUPPORT
02:58:26:00	02:58:30:00	FOR WOMEN POSTPARTUM PRE
02:58:30:00	02:58:34:00	POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND THEN ALSO
02:58:34:00	02:58:38:00	THOSE EARLY DAYS WHEN A YOUNG
02:58:38:00	02:58:42:00	MOM HAS HER YOUNG CHILD AT HOME
02:58:42:00	02:58:43:00	CAN SEEM OVERWHELMING AND AND
02:58:43:00	02:58:45:00	FOLLOW UP CARE.
02:58:45:00	02:58:46:00	WE DON'T HAVE A MODEL FOR WHAT
02:58:46:00	02:58:49:00	WE CALL A HEALTH VISITOR IN
02:58:49:00	02:58:50:00	BOSTON OR AND IT'S SORT OF RARE
02:58:50:00	02:59:01:00	AND WE'RE THE WITH THE CARE
02:59:01:00	02:59:02:00	WOULD FOLLOW THE MOM HOME FOR A
02:59:02:00	02:59:03:00	PERIOD OF A MONTH OR TWO TO
02:59:03:00	02:59:03:00	MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOING
02:59:03:00	02:59:04:00	WELL AND THEN ALSO WELL BABY
02:59:04:00	02:59:05:00	SCREENING ETC. FOR US WE TEND
02:59:05:00	02:59:06:00	TO FOCUS A LOT OF THAT IN THE
02:59:06:00	02:59:09:00	IN THE PEDIATRIC OFFICE BUT
02:59:09:00	02:59:10:00	IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET
02:59:10:00	02:59:12:00	ACCESS TO PEDIATRIC CARE AND
02:59:12:00	02:59:13:00	PRIMARY CARE OF ALL SORTS AT
02:59:13:00	02:59:13:00	THE MOMENT.
02:59:13:00	02:59:16:00	SO YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
02:59:16:00	02:59:18:00	YEAH, NO OF COURSE I WILL START
02:59:18:00	02:59:18:00	WITH YOUR FIRST QUESTION AND
02:59:18:00	02:59:20:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH BP.
02:59:20:00	02:59:24:00	SEE WE THIS IS A BEFORE WE EVEN
02:59:24:00	02:59:25:00	INITIATED THE PILOT WE MAKE
02:59:25:00	02:59:28:00	SURE THAT WE CONNECTED IN
02:59:28:00	02:59:29:00	MEETINGS AND I WILL PARTNER
02:59:29:00	02:59:31:00	WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
02:59:31:00	02:59:32:00	ARE ALIGNED TOGETHER AND WHAT
02:59:32:00	02:59:33:00	WE'RE OFFERING AND THE SERVICE
02:59:33:00	02:59:35:00	BEING OFFERED SINCE WE KNOW
02:59:35:00	02:59:36:00	THAT BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
02:59:36:00	02:59:36:00	COMMISSION ALSO HAVE HEALTHY
02:59:36:00	02:59:37:00	BABIES INITIATIVES AND WE
02:59:37:00	02:59:40:00	WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
02:59:40:00	02:59:40:00	ALIGNED.
02:59:40:00	02:59:43:00	SO YES TO THE TO THAT ANSWER
02:59:43:00	02:59:44:00	THAT WE ARE CONNECTED IN
02:59:44:00	02:59:45:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOSTON
02:59:45:00	02:59:47:00	HEALTH COMMISSION AND THEN TO
02:59:47:00	02:59:48:00	THE OTHER COMMENT IT'S
02:59:48:00	02:59:50:00	SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
02:59:50:00	02:59:51:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH BOSTON
02:59:51:00	02:59:54:00	MEDICAL SPECIFICALLY WHETHER
02:59:54:00	02:59:55:00	THERE AND THEN THERE MYTHILI,
02:59:55:00	02:59:56:00	YOU KNOW THAT NOW THEY'RE
02:59:56:00	02:59:58:00	OFFERING A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY
02:59:58:00	02:59:59:00	FOR BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN IN
02:59:59:00	03:00:02:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO GET DOULA
03:00:02:00	03:00:03:00	SERVICES AND CARES AND WE
03:00:03:00	03:00:06:00	INITIATED CONVERSATIONS WITH
03:00:06:00	03:00:07:00	THEM AS WELL AS OTHER GROUPS.
03:00:07:00	03:00:08:00	I FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ON
03:00:08:00	03:00:10:00	YOUR POINT AND OFFERING THOSE
03:00:10:00	03:00:10:00	SERVICES AND HAVING
03:00:10:00	03:00:11:00	OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO
03:00:11:00	03:00:14:00	HAVE THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM.
03:00:14:00	03:00:15:00	SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
03:00:15:00	03:00:15:00	EXPLORING.
03:00:15:00	03:00:16:00	WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS TO
03:00:16:00	03:00:18:00	SEE HOW WE AS A CITY AND AS AN
03:00:18:00	03:00:19:00	OFFICE CAN SUPPORT THOSE
03:00:19:00	03:00:22:00	SERVICES BUT BETTER HOW ARE WE
03:00:22:00	03:00:22:00	LOOKING AND INVOLVING OURSELVES
03:00:22:00	03:00:25:00	TO PROVIDE THOSE ABILITY FOR
03:00:25:00	03:00:26:00	FOR THOSE EARLY DAYS OR EVEN
03:00:26:00	03:00:29:00	THOSE POSTPARTUM AS WELL AND
03:00:29:00	03:00:33:00	SEE.
03:00:33:00	03:00:34:00	OH YES, THE WAGE INEQUITY LIKE
03:00:34:00	03:00:37:00	ARE WE MAKING ANY PROGRESS ON I
03:00:37:00	03:00:38:00	KNOW IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE
03:00:38:00	03:00:39:00	THIS COMPACT WITH WITH THESE
03:00:39:00	03:00:43:00	PRIVATE EMPLOYERS.
03:00:43:00	03:00:44:00	ARE WE WHAT ARE WE AT IN TERMS
03:00:44:00	03:00:47:00	OF THE WAGE COMPARISONS FOR MEN
03:00:47:00	03:00:51:00	AND WOMEN AND THEN ALSO WOMEN
03:00:51:00	03:00:54:00	OF COLOR IN WHAT ARE WE AT
03:00:54:00	03:00:58:00	PROGRESS AND NOT RIGHT.
03:00:58:00	03:01:02:00	I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
03:01:02:00	03:01:03:00	EVERY DAY AND I AND I MAKE IT A
03:01:03:00	03:01:04:00	LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE CONTACT
03:01:04:00	03:01:06:00	CENTERS BECAUSE A LOT
03:01:06:00	03:01:07:00	OF PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS HOLD A
03:01:07:00	03:01:10:00	LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO WORK
03:01:10:00	03:01:11:00	IN THEM AND THE IMPORTANCE TO
03:01:11:00	03:01:14:00	BE WHAT A SURE THAT WE ARE
03:01:14:00	03:01:15:00	ENGAGING AND ACTUALLY
03:01:15:00	03:01:18:00	DIVERSIFYING BY SECTOR TO
03:01:18:00	03:01:19:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
03:01:19:00	03:01:19:00	DIFFERENT FOCUSES ON DIFFERENT
03:01:19:00	03:01:22:00	SECTORS AND COMPANIES ARE
03:01:22:00	03:01:23:00	ASSIGNING TO BE COMPACT SIGNERS
03:01:23:00	03:01:27:00	THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
03:01:27:00	03:01:27:00	JUST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
03:01:27:00	03:01:30:00	BOSTON WORKFORCE COUNCIL BUT
03:01:30:00	03:01:31:00	EVERY EQUITY COMPANY AS A
03:01:31:00	03:01:31:00	WHOLE.
03:01:31:00	03:01:32:00	WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS
03:01:32:00	03:01:34:00	TO WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO IN TO
03:01:34:00	03:01:35:00	FOCUS ON THE GENDER RACIAL WAGE
03:01:35:00	03:01:38:00	GAP ALSO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO
03:01:38:00	03:01:38:00	CLOSE THAT RIGHT?
03:01:38:00	03:01:41:00	WE CAN FOCUS ON HOSTING OUR
03:01:41:00	03:01:42:00	SITE NEGOTIATION CLASSES AND
03:01:42:00	03:01:42:00	FOCUSING ON EDUCATING RESIDENTS
03:01:42:00	03:01:45:00	AND PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION
03:01:45:00	03:01:46:00	AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
03:01:46:00	03:01:49:00	BUILDING OUR RESIDENTS AND
03:01:49:00	03:01:50:00	BUILDING THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS
03:01:50:00	03:01:51:00	WOMEN TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE
03:01:51:00	03:01:53:00	THE POWER IN THEIR HANDS TO
03:01:53:00	03:01:54:00	NEGOTIATE THEIR SALARIES TO
03:01:54:00	03:01:55:00	HELP US CLOSE THAT WAGE GAP BUT
03:01:55:00	03:01:57:00	ALSO LOOKING OVERALL, WHAT ARE
03:01:57:00	03:01:57:00	EMPLOYERS DOING TO HELP US ALSO
03:01:57:00	03:01:58:00	DO THIS?
03:01:58:00	03:02:00:00	SO I THINK THERE'S ALSO A
03:02:00:00	03:02:01:00	BROADER CONVERSATION AS TO HOW
03:02:01:00	03:02:02:00	DO WE BRING IN EMPLOYERS TO THE
03:02:02:00	03:02:05:00	TABLE TO ALSO HAVE THESE
03:02:05:00	03:02:05:00	CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
03:02:05:00	03:02:08:00	WE'RE IN A VERY TIGHT, TIGHT
03:02:08:00	03:02:09:00	LABOR MARKET AT THE MOMENT SO
03:02:09:00	03:02:12:00	PEOPLE ARE REALLY SICK OF GOING
03:02:12:00	03:02:13:00	TO LOOKING FOR STAFF ALL OVER
03:02:13:00	03:02:16:00	THE PLACE.
03:02:16:00	03:02:17:00	YOU KNOW, ARE WE HAVING A
03:02:17:00	03:02:18:00	CONVERSATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE
03:02:18:00	03:02:19:00	KEY ISSUES IS CHILDCARE AND
03:02:19:00	03:02:20:00	MANY WOMEN REDUCE THEIR HOURS
03:02:20:00	03:02:23:00	BECAUSE OF CHILDCARE
03:02:23:00	03:02:24:00	COMMITMENTS.
03:02:24:00	03:02:27:00	ARE WE GOING TALKING TO
03:02:27:00	03:02:28:00	EMPLOYERS ABOUT PROVIDING
03:02:28:00	03:02:31:00	ONSITE CHILDCARE IN THERE IF
03:02:31:00	03:02:31:00	THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER
03:02:31:00	03:02:34:00	OF WOMEN IN THEIR WORKFORCE AND
03:02:34:00	03:02:35:00	WE HAVE SOME EMPLOYERS THAT WE
03:02:35:00	03:02:38:00	HAVE BEEN PICKING THEIR BRAINS
03:02:38:00	03:02:39:00	FROM THE COMPACT SEINERS THAT
03:02:39:00	03:02:42:00	ACTUALLY DO OFFER CHILDCARE
03:02:42:00	03:02:43:00	ONSITE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT
03:02:43:00	03:02:43:00	WE'RE VERY MUCH EXPLORING AND
03:02:43:00	03:02:46:00	SEE THE DIFFERENCE IF AN
03:02:46:00	03:02:47:00	EMPLOYER DOES OFFER CHILD CARE,
03:02:47:00	03:02:48:00	DOES THAT INCREASE THE AMOUNT
03:02:48:00	03:02:51:00	OF WOMEN WHO APPLY OR WHO ARE
03:02:51:00	03:02:51:00	IN OTHER POSITIONS IN THEIR
03:02:51:00	03:02:51:00	COMPANY?
03:02:51:00	03:02:52:00	SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING
03:02:52:00	03:02:54:00	THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
03:02:54:00	03:02:54:00	VERY GOOD.
03:02:54:00	03:02:55:00	THANK YOU.
03:02:55:00	03:02:55:00	THANK YOU.
03:02:55:00	03:02:57:00	THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
03:02:57:00	03:02:58:00	THANK YOU.
03:02:58:00	03:02:59:00	THANK YOU.
03:02:59:00	03:02:59:00	THANK YOU.
03:02:59:00	03:03:00:00	NO PROBLEM BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR
03:03:00:00	03:03:02:00	YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU
03:03:02:00	03:03:04:00	ALEX FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
03:03:04:00	03:03:05:00	IT IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED.
03:03:05:00	03:03:09:00	I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU CAN
03:03:09:00	03:03:09:00	EXPLAIN WHY THE ANALYTICS TEAM
03:03:09:00	03:03:13:00	DID NOT SUBMIT ENOUGH WHY
03:03:13:00	03:03:13:00	TWENTY THREE PROJECTIONS OR FBI
03:03:13:00	03:03:17:00	TWENTY FOUR TARGETS FOR THESE
03:03:17:00	03:03:18:00	MEASURES IT WAS THERE FOR WHICH
03:03:18:00	03:03:21:00	MEASURES I'M SORRY FOR SOME
03:03:21:00	03:03:24:00	OF THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS
03:03:24:00	03:03:25:00	ABOUT IN REGARDS TO LIKE THE
03:03:25:00	03:03:29:00	SPECIFICS AROUND SOME OF THE
03:03:29:00	03:03:32:00	THE THE LINES OF WELL WHY DON'T
03:03:32:00	03:03:36:00	YOU TELL ME THIS HOW DID YOU
03:03:36:00	03:03:37:00	HOW DID HOW DID YOU COME UP
03:03:37:00	03:03:39:00	WITH YOUR BUDGET LIKE WHO WITH
03:03:39:00	03:03:40:00	THE ANALYTICS TEAM WHO WORKED
03:03:40:00	03:03:44:00	WITH YOU ON THAT?
03:03:44:00	03:03:47:00	SO IT'S A TEAM EFFORT FROM OBM
03:03:47:00	03:03:49:00	TO THE CABINET AS A WHOLE AND
03:03:49:00	03:03:52:00	US AS AN INDIVIDUAL OFFICE.
03:03:52:00	03:03:53:00	THAT'S HOW WE WORK ALL YEAR
03:03:53:00	03:03:56:00	LONG WITH BUDGET ANALYSTS AND
03:03:56:00	03:03:57:00	OBM TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH
03:03:57:00	03:03:59:00	THIS BUDGET.
03:03:59:00	03:04:00:00	SO OBVIOUSLY IS DEFINITELY A
03:04:00:00	03:04:00:00	COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
03:04:00:00	03:04:03:00	DO YOU GET INPUT FROM
03:04:03:00	03:04:03:00	COMMUNITY?
03:04:03:00	03:04:07:00	SO YEAH, WE HOSTED OUR SERIES
03:04:07:00	03:04:08:00	OF LISTENING SESSIONS IN THE
03:04:08:00	03:04:11:00	FALL TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE
03:04:11:00	03:04:12:00	FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
03:04:12:00	03:04:14:00	AS TO WHAT WHAT DO THEY THINK
03:04:14:00	03:04:18:00	FROM OUR CURRENT STACK OF WORK
03:04:18:00	03:04:18:00	?
03:04:18:00	03:04:19:00	WHAT CAN WE DO?
03:04:19:00	03:04:20:00	WHAT CAN WE BE DOING BETTER?
03:04:20:00	03:04:22:00	WHAT NEW INITIATIVES CAN WE DO?
03:04:22:00	03:04:23:00	AND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE
03:04:23:00	03:04:26:00	WORK FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON OUR
03:04:26:00	03:04:27:00	BUCKET OF HEALTH AND THEY'RE
03:04:27:00	03:04:27:00	REARRANGING OUR SITE
03:04:27:00	03:04:30:00	NEGOTIATIONS CAME FROM ONE
03:04:30:00	03:04:33:00	OF THE THINGS THAT I GET IN MY
03:04:33:00	03:04:34:00	OPINION THAT WE THINK OF AS WE
03:04:34:00	03:04:37:00	DID HOST WE DID SHARE A SURVEY
03:04:37:00	03:04:37:00	CITYWIDE.
03:04:37:00	03:04:41:00	THE SURVEY ONLY RECEIVED A
03:04:41:00	03:04:42:00	LITTLE BIT OVER 500 RESPONSES
03:04:42:00	03:04:43:00	IN MY OPINION IT WAS NOT VERY
03:04:43:00	03:04:45:00	MUCH REFLECTIVE OF ANYONE WHO
03:04:45:00	03:04:48:00	IDENTIFY AS A WOMAN AS THE
03:04:48:00	03:04:48:00	CITY.
03:04:48:00	03:04:49:00	SO WE ARE GOING TO BE
03:04:49:00	03:04:50:00	RELAUNCHING THAT.
03:04:50:00	03:04:51:00	THAT'S TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE
03:04:51:00	03:04:53:00	THAT WE ARE GETTING ENOUGH DATA
03:04:53:00	03:04:53:00	TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT THE
03:04:53:00	03:04:56:00	PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
03:04:56:00	03:04:56:00	OFFICE.
03:04:56:00	03:04:57:00	THAT'S GREAT.
03:04:57:00	03:04:57:00	THAT'S GREAT.
03:04:57:00	03:04:58:00	CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US A
03:04:58:00	03:05:01:00	LITTLE BIT ABOUT I USED TO BE
03:05:01:00	03:05:01:00	ON THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
03:05:01:00	03:05:04:00	IS THAT STILL FUNCTIONING?
03:05:04:00	03:05:05:00	UNFORTUNATELY, NO IT'S NOT OK.
03:05:05:00	03:05:06:00	I DIDN'T THAT'S NOT MY FAULT.
03:05:06:00	03:05:11:00	I JUST WANT TO BUT I AM CURIOUS
03:05:11:00	03:05:15:00	ABOUT JUST IN TERMS OF WHO ARE
03:05:15:00	03:05:15:00	YOUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN TERMS
03:05:15:00	03:05:18:00	OF WHAT'S TRENDING AND HOW YOU
03:05:18:00	03:05:19:00	DEFINE WHAT YOUR GOALS AND
03:05:19:00	03:05:19:00	OBJECTIVES ARE.
03:05:19:00	03:05:20:00	I KNOW YOU HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT
03:05:20:00	03:05:23:00	BUT I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE
03:05:23:00	03:05:24:00	AREAS THAT ARE NOT SO
03:05:24:00	03:05:27:00	TRADITIONAL LIKE I THINK ABOUT
03:05:27:00	03:05:27:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
03:05:27:00	03:05:30:00	I THINK ABOUT ISSUES OF NOT
03:05:30:00	03:05:34:00	JUST FINANCIAL LITERACY BUT
03:05:34:00	03:05:35:00	ALSO KIND OF LIKE STABILITY,
03:05:35:00	03:05:39:00	SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, YOU
03:05:39:00	03:05:39:00	KNOW, WELLBEING.
03:05:39:00	03:05:43:00	WHAT ARE YOU DOING AROUND SOME
03:05:43:00	03:05:43:00	OF THOSE ISSUES?
03:05:43:00	03:05:46:00	YEAH, THIS IS WHY I'M MAKING
03:05:46:00	03:05:47:00	SURE THAT WE ARE PARTNERING
03:05:47:00	03:05:48:00	WITH A LOT OF NON-PROFITS AND A
03:05:48:00	03:05:49:00	LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE
03:05:49:00	03:05:50:00	DOING THIS WORK IS SO ESSENTIAL
03:05:50:00	03:05:53:00	CONVERSATIONS LIKE WITH THE
03:05:53:00	03:05:54:00	IMMANENCY IS A SOCIAL GOOD
03:05:54:00	03:05:55:00	FRIEND FROM REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY
03:05:55:00	03:05:58:00	NOW AND ALSO FOCUSING ON
03:05:58:00	03:06:01:00	PARTNERS LIKE THE BOSTON HEALTH
03:06:01:00	03:06:02:00	COMMISSION AND OTHER INTERNAL
03:06:02:00	03:06:03:00	PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS SO
03:06:03:00	03:06:04:00	IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE
03:06:04:00	03:06:05:00	CONVERSATIONS.
03:06:05:00	03:06:06:00	AND THERE ARE SO MANY AREAS
03:06:06:00	03:06:09:00	THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY START
03:06:09:00	03:06:09:00	THINKING AND FOCUSING FROM.
03:06:09:00	03:06:10:00	THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
03:06:10:00	03:06:13:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ONLY
03:06:13:00	03:06:14:00	NOW NOT JUST DOING THE WORK BUT
03:06:14:00	03:06:15:00	ALSO LISTENING RIGHT AND THEN
03:06:15:00	03:06:16:00	THINKING HOW WE'RE GOING TO
03:06:16:00	03:06:17:00	DEVELOP THAT AND DEVELOP
03:06:17:00	03:06:19:00	PROGRAMING AROUND IT AND HOW
03:06:19:00	03:06:20:00	ARE YOU MEASURING YOUR IMPACT
03:06:20:00	03:06:21:00	LIKE WHAT'S YOUR METRICS LIKE
03:06:21:00	03:06:24:00	HOW ARE YOU HOW MANY WOMEN ARE
03:06:24:00	03:06:24:00	YOU SERVING?
03:06:24:00	03:06:26:00	WHAT IS THAT RETURN ON THE
03:06:26:00	03:06:27:00	INVESTMENT?
03:06:27:00	03:06:28:00	HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT SUCCESS
03:06:28:00	03:06:29:00	LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU?
03:06:29:00	03:06:32:00	CAN YOU DEFINE THAT FOR US?
03:06:32:00	03:06:33:00	YEAH I WILL START SPECIFICALLY
03:06:33:00	03:06:36:00	WHAT OUR TRAINING SUCCESS FOR
03:06:36:00	03:06:37:00	ME WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE
03:06:37:00	03:06:37:00	NUMBER OF WOMEN THAT WE ARE
03:06:37:00	03:06:38:00	ABLE TO TRAIN THROUGH THIS AND
03:06:38:00	03:06:39:00	NEGOTIATION WORKSHOPS.
03:06:39:00	03:06:40:00	AS YOU ALL KNOW OUR SAT
03:06:40:00	03:06:43:00	NEGOTIATION WORKSHOPS HAVE
03:06:43:00	03:06:46:00	BASICALLY THEY SORT OF BEEN
03:06:46:00	03:06:47:00	SLOWED DOWN SINCE THE PANDEMIC
03:06:47:00	03:06:48:00	SINCE WE SWITCHED AND WE ARE NO
03:06:48:00	03:06:51:00	LONGER WITH THE FIRST INITIAL
03:06:51:00	03:06:55:00	PARTNER THAT INITIATED THE WORK
03:06:55:00	03:06:56:00	NOW IS BASICALLY THAT WE ARE
03:06:56:00	03:06:59:00	STARTING TO REVAMPED UP SO A
03:06:59:00	03:06:59:00	SUCCESS SPECIFICALLY ON THAT
03:06:59:00	03:07:00:00	LINE WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE
03:07:00:00	03:07:02:00	NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO ARE ABLE TO
03:07:02:00	03:07:03:00	TRAIN BY THE END OF THIS CAUSES
03:07:03:00	03:07:06:00	SPECIFICALLY ON OUR NEW SECTOR
03:07:06:00	03:07:07:00	OF HEALTH IN OUR POSTPARTUM
03:07:07:00	03:07:10:00	WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
03:07:10:00	03:07:10:00	PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
03:07:10:00	03:07:11:00	OFFER AND THE AMOUNT OF WOMEN
03:07:11:00	03:07:12:00	THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP AND
03:07:12:00	03:07:14:00	SUPPORT AS WELL AS WHEN IT
03:07:14:00	03:07:18:00	COMES TO OUR WORK WITH THE A
03:07:18:00	03:07:19:00	WOMAN'S WORKFORCE COUNCIL .
03:07:19:00	03:07:20:00	IT WILL BE ALSO THE NUMBER
03:07:20:00	03:07:22:00	OF COMPACT'S PARTNERS ARE ABLE
03:07:22:00	03:07:23:00	TO COME IN AND SIGN EVERY YEAR
03:07:23:00	03:07:26:00	AND I'VE TAKEN A PLEDGE TO SAY
03:07:26:00	03:07:27:00	THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
03:07:27:00	03:07:28:00	TO PAY WOMEN EQUALLY WHO
03:07:28:00	03:07:29:00	DESERVE A NURSE NURSING LOVE IT
03:07:29:00	03:07:31:00	A MORE QUESTION BEFORE MY TIME
03:07:31:00	03:07:31:00	IS OFF.
03:07:31:00	03:07:32:00	CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME A
03:07:32:00	03:07:33:00	LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE
03:07:33:00	03:07:34:00	SUPPORTING RECENT ARRIVALS IN
03:07:34:00	03:07:35:00	IMMIGRANT WOMEN WHO ARE COMING
03:07:35:00	03:07:38:00	TO AMERICA NEEDING TO LEARN HOW
03:07:38:00	03:07:39:00	TO ACCLIMATE AND NAVIGATE THE
03:07:39:00	03:07:42:00	SPACE?
03:07:42:00	03:07:43:00	WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES ARE THEY
03:07:43:00	03:07:43:00	GETTING?
03:07:43:00	03:07:45:00	YEAH, IT'S SO DIRECTLY FROM US
03:07:45:00	03:07:46:00	SERVICES AS IN DIRECT OFFERS.
03:07:46:00	03:07:47:00	OUR OFFICE CURRENTLY DOES NOT
03:07:47:00	03:07:49:00	HAVE A DIRECT SERVICE BUT WE
03:07:49:00	03:07:50:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH
03:07:50:00	03:07:51:00	INVOLVED WITH THE OFFICE
03:07:51:00	03:07:53:00	OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND
03:07:53:00	03:07:54:00	ALL THE OTHER TEAMS ARE TO MAKE
03:07:54:00	03:07:55:00	SURE THAT IF OUR HELP IS NEEDED
03:07:55:00	03:07:57:00	AND OUR FOCUS IS NEEDED WHICH
03:07:57:00	03:07:58:00	HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY WE HELPED
03:07:58:00	03:07:58:00	AROUND PROVIDING MENSTRUAL
03:07:58:00	03:08:02:00	PRODUCTS, CREATING KIDS THAT WE
03:08:02:00	03:08:02:00	ARE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
03:08:02:00	03:08:04:00	I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
03:08:04:00	03:08:05:00	FOCUS THAT YOU ARE DOING ON
03:08:05:00	03:08:08:00	WOMEN OF LATER AGE.
03:08:08:00	03:08:09:00	THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
03:08:09:00	03:08:10:00	THINK SLIPS THROUGH THE CRACKS.
03:08:10:00	03:08:13:00	THANK THANK YOU CANCELLARA.
03:08:13:00	03:08:17:00	YOU HAVE FOR THANK YOU MADAM
03:08:17:00	03:08:18:00	CHAIR AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR
03:08:18:00	03:08:20:00	OF THIS WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK
03:08:20:00	03:08:20:00	YOU ABOUT.
03:08:20:00	03:08:23:00	YES.
03:08:23:00	03:08:24:00	WELL ACTUALLY I HAVE TWO THINGS
03:08:24:00	03:08:27:00	NOW JUST MOSTLY BECAUSE IN YOUR
03:08:27:00	03:08:28:00	INITIATIVES ECONOMIC EQUITY IS
03:08:28:00	03:08:31:00	ONE OF YOUR FOCUSES AND I'M
03:08:31:00	03:08:32:00	REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SALARY AND
03:08:32:00	03:08:35:00	YOUR WAGE NEGOTIATION, THE
03:08:35:00	03:08:36:00	WOMEN'S WORKFORCE COUNCIL ,
03:08:36:00	03:08:36:00	EVEN THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN.
03:08:36:00	03:08:39:00	BUT WHAT I FIND AND WHAT I
03:08:39:00	03:08:40:00	FOUND AT LEAST WHEN I WAS A
03:08:40:00	03:08:41:00	YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AS A WOMAN
03:08:41:00	03:08:42:00	WAS THAT A LOT OF THESE BASES
03:08:42:00	03:08:43:00	THAT WERE MEANT FOR ECONOMIC
03:08:43:00	03:08:46:00	EQUITY OR LIKE ECONOMIC
03:08:46:00	03:08:47:00	ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR WOMEN
03:08:47:00	03:08:50:00	WERE FOCUSED ON WOMEN THAT WERE
03:08:50:00	03:08:51:00	MAYBE ALREADY IN THE WORKFORCE
03:08:51:00	03:08:51:00	AND ALREADY CONNECTED.
03:08:51:00	03:08:52:00	AND SO I FIND MYSELF BEING
03:08:52:00	03:08:55:00	LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY PERSON
03:08:55:00	03:08:55:00	FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS
03:08:55:00	03:08:55:00	THING.
03:08:55:00	03:08:58:00	AND SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS HOW
03:08:58:00	03:08:59:00	WE REACH WOMEN.
03:08:59:00	03:09:02:00	WE'VE BEEN HAVING A
03:09:02:00	03:09:03:00	CONVERSATION ABOUT A BASIC
03:09:03:00	03:09:03:00	INCOME.
03:09:03:00	03:09:04:00	YOUR OFFICE WAS A PART OF THIS
03:09:04:00	03:09:05:00	AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
03:09:05:00	03:09:06:00	FOUND THE DATA WE PULLED WAS
03:09:06:00	03:09:09:00	THAT THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION
03:09:09:00	03:09:10:00	OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING UNDER
03:09:10:00	03:09:11:00	THE POVERTY LINE ARE WOMEN
03:09:11:00	03:09:14:00	BETWEEN AGES 18 TO 35.
03:09:14:00	03:09:15:00	AND SO HOW ARE WE REACH IN
03:09:15:00	03:09:18:00	WOMEN WHO LIVE IN PUBLIC
03:09:18:00	03:09:18:00	HOUSING, WOMEN WHO ARE POOR AND
03:09:18:00	03:09:19:00	WORKING CLASS WOMEN WHO MAYBE
03:09:19:00	03:09:22:00	ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THESE
03:09:22:00	03:09:24:00	PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS OF WOMEN
03:09:24:00	03:09:26:00	WHO ARE KIND OF LIKE YOU KNOW,
03:09:26:00	03:09:26:00	ON THE ALREADY ON THE UPWARD
03:09:26:00	03:09:29:00	MOBILITY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
03:09:29:00	03:09:29:00	ECONOMIC EQUITY.
03:09:29:00	03:09:30:00	YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
03:09:30:00	03:09:33:00	I MEAN I GOALS ALSO FOCUS ON
03:09:33:00	03:09:33:00	HOW MUCH WE'RE ENGAGING IN OUR
03:09:33:00	03:09:34:00	COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS AND
03:09:34:00	03:09:36:00	DOING THAT NONTRADITIONAL ROUTE
03:09:36:00	03:09:38:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
03:09:38:00	03:09:41:00	GO NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD
03:09:41:00	03:09:41:00	AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION
03:09:41:00	03:09:44:00	AND AS WELL FOCUSING ON YOUNG
03:09:44:00	03:09:45:00	INTRAPRENEURS AS WELL,
03:09:45:00	03:09:49:00	SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE HAS
03:09:49:00	03:09:50:00	BEEN LOOKING FOR IS TO HOW ARE
03:09:50:00	03:09:52:00	WE ENGAGING WITH A LOT OF NEW
03:09:52:00	03:09:53:00	INITIATIVES ARE COMING FOR
03:09:53:00	03:09:53:00	ENTREPRENEURS AND HOW WE ARE
03:09:53:00	03:09:56:00	INSERTING OURSELVES AND THAT'S
03:09:56:00	03:09:57:00	IMPORTANT ARE LOOKING AND HOW
03:09:57:00	03:09:58:00	DO WE ENGAGE WITH THE OFFICE
03:09:58:00	03:10:00:00	OF SMALL BUSINESS BUT ALSO
03:10:00:00	03:10:01:00	WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND
03:10:01:00	03:10:02:00	ALLOWING US TO BE IN THOSE
03:10:02:00	03:10:03:00	SPACES.
03:10:03:00	03:10:05:00	I THINK US ENGAGING IN THAT
03:10:05:00	03:10:07:00	EARLY AGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE
03:10:07:00	03:10:08:00	HAVE NOT GOTTEN THERE YET BUT
03:10:08:00	03:10:11:00	DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO
03:10:11:00	03:10:12:00	LOOK INTO WHAT IT WOULD BE TO
03:10:12:00	03:10:13:00	BE INVOLVED IN THAT SPACE AS
03:10:13:00	03:10:13:00	WELL.
03:10:13:00	03:10:16:00	AND PLEASE COUNT ME AND WE'D
03:10:16:00	03:10:17:00	LOVE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS
03:10:17:00	03:10:19:00	ABOUT HOW TO KIND OF REACH THAT
03:10:19:00	03:10:19:00	FOCUS.
03:10:19:00	03:10:20:00	AND SO HEALTH HEALTH EQUITY IS
03:10:20:00	03:10:21:00	REALLY THE CONVERSATION THAT I
03:10:21:00	03:10:24:00	WANT ABOUT AS AS YOU KNOW, I AM
03:10:24:00	03:10:27:00	A HOME BIRTHING MOTHER AND I
03:10:27:00	03:10:30:00	HAVE REALLY THROUGH MY WORK AT
03:10:30:00	03:10:31:00	BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION
03:10:31:00	03:10:32:00	WITH THE COALITION AND NOW WITH
03:10:32:00	03:10:34:00	THE NEIGHBORHOOD BURN CENTER,
03:10:34:00	03:10:35:00	I'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY TRYING
03:10:35:00	03:10:35:00	TO PUSH THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT
03:10:35:00	03:10:38:00	BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH, INFANT
03:10:38:00	03:10:39:00	MORTALITY IN THE CITY
03:10:39:00	03:10:39:00	OF BOSTON.
03:10:39:00	03:10:42:00	YOU CAME TO VISIT THE FUTURE
03:10:42:00	03:10:43:00	LOCATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
03:10:43:00	03:10:44:00	BURN CENTER WHICH I WAS REALLY
03:10:44:00	03:10:46:00	EXCITED ABOUT.
03:10:46:00	03:10:47:00	BUT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT A LOT
03:10:47:00	03:10:49:00	OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE
03:10:49:00	03:10:50:00	HERE IS FOR YOUR OWN
03:10:50:00	03:10:51:00	PROGRAMING.
03:10:51:00	03:10:52:00	DO YOU HAVE ANY LINE ITEM FOR
03:10:52:00	03:10:54:00	PROGRAMING THAT WOULD OFFER
03:10:54:00	03:10:55:00	GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT
03:10:55:00	03:10:57:00	ARE WORKING ON BLACK MATERNAL
03:10:57:00	03:11:01:00	HEALTH AND INFANT MORTALITY IN
03:11:01:00	03:11:02:00	THE CITY CURRENTLY THAT IS NOT
03:11:02:00	03:11:05:00	IN LINE ITEM IN MY BUDGET BUT
03:11:05:00	03:11:06:00	IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT
03:11:06:00	03:11:07:00	OUR OFFICE IS LOOKING TO
03:11:07:00	03:11:09:00	EXPLORE AND IN TERMS
03:11:09:00	03:11:10:00	OF CAPACITY WITH STAFFING,
03:11:10:00	03:11:13:00	WOULD IT LOOK LIKE WHAT WHAT IS
03:11:13:00	03:11:14:00	YOUR CAPACITY?
03:11:14:00	03:11:15:00	I KNOW YOU HAVE FIVE EMPLOYEES
03:11:15:00	03:11:18:00	SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
03:11:18:00	03:11:19:00	ABOUT WHAT THOSE FIVE HAVE TO
03:11:19:00	03:11:21:00	COVER AND IF YOU WANTED AND
03:11:21:00	03:11:22:00	MAYBE HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM THAT
03:11:22:00	03:11:23:00	CAME OUT OF THE OFFICE OF WOMEN
03:11:23:00	03:11:26:00	ADVANCEMENT FOR THESE KIND
03:11:26:00	03:11:26:00	OF ORGANIZATIONS, WHAT WOULD
03:11:26:00	03:11:27:00	YOU NEED IN TERMS OF STAFFING?
03:11:27:00	03:11:29:00	YEAH, CURRENTLY I'LL DO A QUICK
03:11:29:00	03:11:32:00	RUNDOWN OF OUR FTE.
03:11:32:00	03:11:33:00	WE HAVE AN OFFICE MANAGER LOBBY
03:11:33:00	03:11:37:00	WHICH RIGHT NOW SHE IS ON
03:11:37:00	03:11:37:00	MATERNITY LEAVE.
03:11:37:00	03:11:40:00	WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR HER.
03:11:40:00	03:11:41:00	WE HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND
03:11:41:00	03:11:41:00	OUTREACH MANAGER.
03:11:41:00	03:11:44:00	WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING WE'RE
03:11:44:00	03:11:45:00	LOOKING AT RESUMES RIGHT NOW
03:11:45:00	03:11:48:00	FOR OUR POLICY DIRECTOR AND WE
03:11:48:00	03:11:49:00	HAVE A JOB POSTING PLEASE CHEER
03:11:49:00	03:11:52:00	FOR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR OUR
03:11:52:00	03:11:52:00	OFFICE AND THEN ME.
03:11:52:00	03:11:56:00	SO THAT'S OUR FOCUS AS OUR
03:11:56:00	03:11:57:00	OFFICE TACKLES ON MORE ISSUES
03:11:57:00	03:11:59:00	AND MORE INITIATIVES.
03:11:59:00	03:12:00:00	OF COURSE OUR SCOPE OF WORK AND
03:12:00:00	03:12:04:00	SCOPE OF NEEDING MORE HELP WILL
03:12:04:00	03:12:04:00	EXPAND.
03:12:04:00	03:12:07:00	SO ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO
03:12:07:00	03:12:08:00	SEE HOW THAT GOES AND WHAT NEW
03:12:08:00	03:12:09:00	WORK THAT WE CAN THINK OF AND
03:12:09:00	03:12:11:00	IF THAT WILL MEAN US EXPANDING
03:12:11:00	03:12:12:00	A NUMBER OF TEAMS.
03:12:12:00	03:12:12:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:12:00	03:12:14:00	THAT'S THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
03:12:14:00	03:12:16:00	I THINK FOR FOR ME THE MOST
03:12:16:00	03:12:16:00	IMPORTANT PART OF HAVING THIS
03:12:16:00	03:12:18:00	CONVERSATION IS THAT ONE BLACK
03:12:18:00	03:12:19:00	AND BROWN WOMEN HAVE AN
03:12:19:00	03:12:23:00	INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WISDOM
03:12:23:00	03:12:26:00	WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDBIRTH AND
03:12:26:00	03:12:27:00	PARTICULARLY WHAT THEY NEED
03:12:27:00	03:12:28:00	KNOWING THE EXPERIENCE THAT
03:12:28:00	03:12:30:00	THEY HAVE IN HOSPITAL BIRTH.
03:12:30:00	03:12:31:00	BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT
03:12:31:00	03:12:32:00	OF INFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT
03:12:32:00	03:12:35:00	WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR
03:12:35:00	03:12:35:00	THEM IN TERMS OF OUT
03:12:35:00	03:12:39:00	OF HOSPITAL BIRTH AND THERE IS
03:12:39:00	03:12:40:00	IF WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE RIGHT
03:12:40:00	03:12:42:00	LIKE THERE'S A LOT
03:12:42:00	03:12:43:00	OF CONVERSATION THAT SAYS THAT
03:12:43:00	03:12:44:00	IF WE BUILD IT THEY'LL COME
03:12:44:00	03:12:44:00	RIGHT.
03:12:44:00	03:12:45:00	THERE'S GOING TO BE A FIRST
03:12:45:00	03:12:47:00	FREESTANDING NEIGHBORHOOD BIRTH
03:12:47:00	03:12:48:00	CENTER AND THAT MEANS THAT THE
03:12:48:00	03:12:48:00	BLACK AND BROWN IS GOING TO BE
03:12:48:00	03:12:49:00	IN ROXBURY.
03:12:49:00	03:12:50:00	THE BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN
03:12:50:00	03:12:51:00	OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO GO BUT
03:12:51:00	03:12:52:00	THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT WE
03:12:52:00	03:12:53:00	HAVE TO DO PROGRAMING WISE TO
03:12:53:00	03:12:54:00	KIND OF SHIFT THE NARRATIVE
03:12:54:00	03:12:55:00	AROUND OUT OF HOSPITAL BIRTH.
03:12:55:00	03:12:58:00	AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN
03:12:58:00	03:12:58:00	OPPORTUNITY HERE PARTICULARLY
03:12:58:00	03:12:59:00	WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
03:12:59:00	03:13:02:00	POSTPARTUM EDUCATION, THE
03:13:02:00	03:13:02:00	SUPPORT GROUP TO ADD SOME
03:13:02:00	03:13:05:00	PROGRAMING THAT REALLY FOCUSES
03:13:05:00	03:13:06:00	ON SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS ABOUT
03:13:06:00	03:13:09:00	BIRTH AND BIRTHING FOR BIRTHING
03:13:09:00	03:13:10:00	PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
03:13:10:00	03:13:10:00	I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
03:13:10:00	03:13:13:00	THANK YOU.
03:13:13:00	03:13:13:00	THANK YOU.
03:13:13:00	03:13:17:00	COUNCILOR JENNIFER.
03:13:17:00	03:13:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
03:13:18:00	03:13:19:00	THANK YOU, DIRECTOR VALDÉS FOR
03:13:19:00	03:13:21:00	ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
03:13:21:00	03:13:25:00	I MY FIRST QUESTION REALLY WAS
03:13:25:00	03:13:26:00	JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
03:13:26:00	03:13:27:00	THE WORK THAT YOU DO ESPECIALLY
03:13:27:00	03:13:29:00	AROUND MENTAL EQUITY.
03:13:29:00	03:13:30:00	AS YOU KNOW, CLARA AND I HELD A
03:13:30:00	03:13:33:00	HEARING ABOUT HOW WE CAN
03:13:33:00	03:13:34:00	CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THAT WORK
03:13:34:00	03:13:37:00	AND PROVIDE MORE PRODUCTS IN
03:13:37:00	03:13:38:00	OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS IN OUR
03:13:38:00	03:13:40:00	SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS MENSTRUAL
03:13:40:00	03:13:40:00	EQUITY TO ADDRESS PERIOD
03:13:40:00	03:13:41:00	POVERTY.
03:13:41:00	03:13:41:00	LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOUR
03:13:41:00	03:13:44:00	OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING WITH LOVE
03:13:44:00	03:13:44:00	YOUR MENTEES.
03:13:44:00	03:13:46:00	SO CAN YOU TALK A BIT ABOUT HOW
03:13:46:00	03:13:48:00	THAT BUDGET EXPANDS, HOW THIS
03:13:48:00	03:13:49:00	BUDGET EXPANDS UPON THAT WORK
03:13:49:00	03:13:52:00	OF PROVIDING MORE MENTAL
03:13:52:00	03:13:52:00	PRODUCTS IN OUR MUNICIPAL
03:13:52:00	03:13:53:00	BUILDINGS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
03:13:53:00	03:13:55:00	ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT
03:13:55:00	03:13:56:00	PERIOD POVERTY IN LOW INCOME
03:13:56:00	03:14:00:00	BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS
03:14:00:00	03:14:00:00	OF COURSE.
03:14:00:00	03:14:01:00	SO CURRENTLY WE ARE STILL
03:14:01:00	03:14:04:00	WORKING ON THE END NOW OF SORT
03:14:04:00	03:14:05:00	OF WHAT THE PILOT WILL LOOK
03:14:05:00	03:14:08:00	LIKE AND WORKING WITH LOVE YOUR
03:14:08:00	03:14:11:00	MUNSIE SO WE RIGHT NOW THAT
03:14:11:00	03:14:14:00	PART IS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR IN
03:14:14:00	03:14:15:00	OUR NEW AND OUR NY 24 BUT
03:14:15:00	03:14:18:00	GETTING AS AS WE'RE LOOKING TO
03:14:18:00	03:14:19:00	LAUNCH THE PROGRAM AND GATHER
03:14:19:00	03:14:22:00	DATA TO SEE HOW IT GOES IF WE
03:14:22:00	03:14:23:00	ARE IN THE NEEDS OF LOOKING FOR
03:14:23:00	03:14:26:00	MORE FUNDING FOR THAT SPECIFIC
03:14:26:00	03:14:27:00	PROGRAM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
03:14:27:00	03:14:29:00	ARE ALWAYS LOOKING LEAVE AND
03:14:29:00	03:14:30:00	LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
03:14:30:00	03:14:31:00	OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING
03:14:31:00	03:14:34:00	IN MORE FUNDING FOR THIS
03:14:34:00	03:14:34:00	SPECIFIC AREA.
03:14:34:00	03:14:35:00	BUT ONCE WE LAUNCHED A PROGRAM
03:14:35:00	03:14:38:00	WE GATHER DATA AND FOCUS ON
03:14:38:00	03:14:38:00	WHAT IS NEEDED.
03:14:38:00	03:14:39:00	THEN WE WILL THINK OF WHAT IT
03:14:39:00	03:14:40:00	WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR US TO BE
03:14:40:00	03:14:42:00	ABLE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR
03:14:42:00	03:14:42:00	MORE FUNDING FOR THAT SPECIFIC
03:14:42:00	03:14:43:00	THANK YOU.
03:14:43:00	03:14:45:00	AND DO YOU HAVE A DATA ON ONE
03:14:45:00	03:14:46:00	YOU'RE THINKING TO LAUNCH WE'RE
03:14:46:00	03:14:48:00	EXPECTING WITH THEM I DON'T
03:14:48:00	03:14:49:00	WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT DATE
03:14:49:00	03:14:50:00	BUT FAIRLY SOON WHICH IS THAT
03:14:50:00	03:14:53:00	WE'RE TYING SOME SOME KNOTS ON
03:14:53:00	03:14:57:00	DELIVERIES ON INSTALLATION THAT
03:14:57:00	03:14:57:00	WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
03:14:57:00	03:14:58:00	THEY'RE READY TO GO BEFORE WE
03:14:58:00	03:15:00:00	DO A FULL ON.
03:15:00:00	03:15:01:00	OK, SO SOON BUT NOT SOON ENOUGH
03:15:01:00	03:15:02:00	FOR IT TO BE A BUDGET.
03:15:02:00	03:15:04:00	ASK I'M SORRY .
03:15:04:00	03:15:05:00	SO YOU'RE GOING TO LAUNCH IT
03:15:05:00	03:15:05:00	SOON BUT NOT SOON ENOUGH FOR IT
03:15:05:00	03:15:08:00	TO BE A BUDGET IN THIS FISCAL
03:15:08:00	03:15:08:00	YEAR AND THIS FISCAL YEAR.
03:15:08:00	03:15:12:00	SO IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING
03:15:12:00	03:15:12:00	THAT YOU WOULD LAUNCH IN THIS
03:15:12:00	03:15:13:00	CALENDAR YEAR FOR EXAMPLE
03:15:13:00	03:15:14:00	BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN
03:15:14:00	03:15:15:00	THE BUDGET.
03:15:15:00	03:15:16:00	SO WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO BE
03:15:16:00	03:15:19:00	ABLE TO DO IT NOW FROM THE
03:15:19:00	03:15:20:00	PREVIOUS FROM THE PREVIOUS YES.
03:15:20:00	03:15:21:00	OK, OK.
03:15:21:00	03:15:21:00	ALL RIGHT.
03:15:21:00	03:15:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:15:22:00	03:15:23:00	AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE
03:15:23:00	03:15:27:00	THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING
03:15:27:00	03:15:28:00	FOR VET CLINICS, I THINK THAT'S
03:15:28:00	03:15:29:00	AMAZING.
03:15:29:00	03:15:31:00	YOU KNOW WE UPLIFTED THE WORK
03:15:31:00	03:15:32:00	OF A LOT OF OUR NONPROFITS
03:15:32:00	03:15:35:00	DOING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORK
03:15:35:00	03:15:38:00	LIKE KAZAMI AND SHARQIYA STORY
03:15:38:00	03:15:39:00	REPRESENTATION WOMEN OF BOSTON,
03:15:39:00	03:15:43:00	A LOT OF COALITION TO PREVENT
03:15:43:00	03:15:44:00	GUN VIOLENCE, A LOT OF GREAT
03:15:44:00	03:15:44:00	ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING
03:15:44:00	03:15:47:00	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OFFICE
03:15:47:00	03:15:47:00	THINK THAT THIS IS CRITICAL
03:15:47:00	03:15:50:00	THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE TACKLE
03:15:50:00	03:15:51:00	THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE
03:15:51:00	03:15:51:00	GENERALLY.
03:15:51:00	03:15:52:00	OFTENTIMES THE ROOT CAUSE IS
03:15:52:00	03:15:55:00	WHEN YOU LOOK AT DOMESTIC
03:15:55:00	03:15:55:00	VIOLENCE.
03:15:55:00	03:15:56:00	SO CAN YOU CAN YOU LOOK AT CAN
03:15:56:00	03:15:57:00	YOU TALK TO US A BIT MORE ABOUT
03:15:57:00	03:15:58:00	WHAT THIS TRAINING IS GOING TO
03:15:58:00	03:15:59:00	LOOK LIKE?
03:15:59:00	03:15:59:00	YEAH.
03:15:59:00	03:16:02:00	AND WHETHER OR SOMETHING THAT
03:16:02:00	03:16:03:00	THE WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT OFFICE
03:16:03:00	03:16:03:00	HAS DONE IN PRIOR YEARS.
03:16:03:00	03:16:06:00	SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
03:16:06:00	03:16:07:00	WE HAVE DONE AND THAT'S WHAT I
03:16:07:00	03:16:08:00	THOUGHT.
03:16:08:00	03:16:10:00	SO YEAH, I VERY EXCITED TO HEAR
03:16:10:00	03:16:11:00	ABOUT THIS AND THAT YOU'RE
03:16:11:00	03:16:11:00	DOING THIS WORK.
03:16:11:00	03:16:14:00	IT WAS A LINE ITEM THAT WAS IN
03:16:14:00	03:16:14:00	OUR BUDGET FROM THAT NOT
03:16:14:00	03:16:15:00	MISTAKEN FROM A COUPLE BUDGET
03:16:15:00	03:16:17:00	TO GO FROM HAVING CONVERSATIONS
03:16:17:00	03:16:21:00	WITH OUR ANIMAL CARE UNIT AND
03:16:21:00	03:16:22:00	SOME VETERINARIANS AND
03:16:22:00	03:16:22:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE
03:16:22:00	03:16:25:00	REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
03:16:25:00	03:16:26:00	WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THE THE
03:16:26:00	03:16:28:00	FUNDING REALLY GOOD TO USE THIS
03:16:28:00	03:16:29:00	SPECIFICALLY HOW DO WE TRAIN
03:16:29:00	03:16:30:00	THE VETS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
03:16:30:00	03:16:32:00	THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON
03:16:32:00	03:16:32:00	DETERMINING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
03:16:32:00	03:16:36:00	VIA OUR PETS?
03:16:36:00	03:16:37:00	WE ARE STILL FINALIZING FINAL
03:16:37:00	03:16:38:00	DETAILS WITH OUR ANIMAL CARE
03:16:38:00	03:16:40:00	UNITS, VETERINARIANS
03:16:40:00	03:16:41:00	SPECIFICALLY WE RECEIVED A LOT
03:16:41:00	03:16:44:00	OF QUESTIONS ON LICENSE GOING
03:16:44:00	03:16:44:00	ON.
03:16:44:00	03:16:45:00	HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKING SURE
03:16:45:00	03:16:48:00	THAT THIS COUNTS TOWARDS
03:16:48:00	03:16:49:00	LICENSING FOR NEW VETS THAT ARE
03:16:49:00	03:16:52:00	COMING IN AS WELL?
03:16:52:00	03:16:53:00	SO THOSE ARE STILL
03:16:53:00	03:16:53:00	CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE
03:16:53:00	03:16:54:00	FINALIZING TO MOVE FORWARD AND
03:16:54:00	03:16:56:00	SCHEDULE THE TRAININGS FOR THE
03:16:56:00	03:16:57:00	VETERINARIANS.
03:16:57:00	03:16:57:00	THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
03:16:57:00	03:17:00:00	BUT AS I LOOK FORWARD TO US
03:17:00:00	03:17:00:00	EXPANDING OUR PILOT GENERALLY
03:17:00:00	03:17:01:00	BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S
03:17:01:00	03:17:03:00	IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL WORK
03:17:03:00	03:17:04:00	THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE'VE BEEN
03:17:04:00	03:17:05:00	DOING REALLY TO REALLY HELP
03:17:05:00	03:17:07:00	SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
03:17:07:00	03:17:08:00	REALLY ADDRESSING DOMESTIC
03:17:08:00	03:17:09:00	VIOLENCE AND SEEING HOW WE CAN
03:17:09:00	03:17:11:00	BE MORE USEFUL THE RESOURCES
03:17:11:00	03:17:12:00	THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO
03:17:12:00	03:17:15:00	SAY ON THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
03:17:15:00	03:17:16:00	BEEN DOING IS WHETHER YOUR
03:17:16:00	03:17:19:00	OFFICE HAS DONE ANY WORK WITH
03:17:19:00	03:17:20:00	THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO OR
03:17:20:00	03:17:21:00	THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION
03:17:21:00	03:17:22:00	WITH RESPECT TO CRISIS
03:17:22:00	03:17:23:00	PREGNANCY CENTERS AND RELATED
03:17:23:00	03:17:26:00	TO THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE
03:17:26:00	03:17:27:00	DOING TO MAKE YOU KNOW, WE HAD
03:17:27:00	03:17:28:00	THE HEARING IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
03:17:28:00	03:17:30:00	BE ABOUT MENTAL PRODUCTS AND
03:17:30:00	03:17:31:00	ABOUT ABORTION CARE, ACCESS TO
03:17:31:00	03:17:34:00	ABORTION MEDICATION, ANY WORK
03:17:34:00	03:17:35:00	THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING
03:17:35:00	03:17:38:00	IN THAT AREA I'D LOVE FOR US TO
03:17:38:00	03:17:39:00	GET AN UPDATE AS SPECIFICALLY
03:17:39:00	03:17:39:00	THAT WE HAVE NOW.
03:17:39:00	03:17:42:00	BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING
03:17:42:00	03:17:43:00	WE WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE.
03:17:43:00	03:17:44:00	OK, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE SAME
03:17:44:00	03:17:46:00	POSITION WE HAD DURING THE
03:17:46:00	03:17:47:00	HEARING SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
03:17:47:00	03:17:47:00	CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE
03:17:47:00	03:17:49:00	OFFICE WHEN IT COMES, YOU KNOW,
03:17:49:00	03:17:50:00	ENSURING THAT WE ARE ACTIVE
03:17:50:00	03:17:54:00	DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE
03:17:54:00	03:17:55:00	ABORTION CARE REALLY FOR MORE
03:17:55:00	03:17:58:00	OF OUR FAMILIES AND TO GET UP
03:17:58:00	03:17:58:00	THE ISSUE OF DECEPTIVE
03:17:58:00	03:18:01:00	PRACTICES BY OUR CPCS WHICH WE
03:18:01:00	03:18:02:00	ALSO FILED A HEARING ORDER ON
03:18:02:00	03:18:03:00	AND HAVE THEM WORKING WITH THE
03:18:03:00	03:18:12:00	STATE.
03:18:12:00	03:18:13:00	SO WE'D LOVE TO REALLY WORK
03:18:13:00	03:18:13:00	WITH YOUR OFFICE TO WORK OUT
03:18:13:00	03:18:14:00	WHAT WE CAN DO HERE IN THE CITY
03:18:14:00	03:18:15:00	OF BOSTON.
03:18:15:00	03:18:16:00	THANK YOU, DR. DIRECTOR
03:18:16:00	03:18:16:00	OF OTHERS.
03:18:16:00	03:18:17:00	I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON JUST
03:18:17:00	03:18:19:00	JUST NUMBERS.
03:18:19:00	03:18:20:00	MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY SOME
03:18:20:00	03:18:23:00	DISCREPANCIES THAT I FOUND IN
03:18:23:00	03:18:25:00	THE BUDGET, I GUESS WHY IS
03:18:25:00	03:18:28:00	THERE A SEVEN TO TWO HUNDRED
03:18:28:00	03:18:29:00	SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DECREASE
03:18:29:00	03:18:32:00	FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICE
03:18:32:00	03:18:36:00	SPENDING I GUESS FROM NY 22 ALL
03:18:36:00	03:18:37:00	THE WAY TO FOIA TWENTY FOUR.
03:18:37:00	03:18:39:00	YEAH.
03:18:39:00	03:18:40:00	SO AS YOU CAN REMEMBER OUR
03:18:40:00	03:18:43:00	CHILD CARE WORK WAS MOVED OVER
03:18:43:00	03:18:44:00	WHICH LIVED UNDER CONTRACTED
03:18:44:00	03:18:48:00	SERVICES SO THAT WAS WHAT MADE
03:18:48:00	03:18:50:00	THE DECREASE ON OUR CONTRACTED
03:18:50:00	03:18:55:00	SERVICES SPECIFICALLY AND AND
03:18:55:00	03:18:55:00	THEN CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY
03:18:55:00	03:18:59:00	THERE'S AN INCONSISTENCY IN
03:18:59:00	03:19:00:00	OPERATING BUDGET FROM FOIA 21
03:19:00:00	03:19:03:00	TO FOIA TWENTY FOUR IF YOU IF
03:19:03:00	03:19:04:00	THIS WAS ANYTHING PREVIOUS TO
03:19:04:00	03:19:07:00	YOUR TIME OBVIOUSLY PLEASE
03:19:07:00	03:19:08:00	ENLIGHTEN ME GIVEN THAT IT WENT
03:19:08:00	03:19:11:00	FROM 460 SIX THOUSAND THREE
03:19:11:00	03:19:12:00	HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS
03:19:12:00	03:19:15:00	UP TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY
03:19:15:00	03:19:18:00	NINE DOLLARS AND SORRY FORTY
03:19:18:00	03:19:19:00	NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND
03:19:19:00	03:19:22:00	EIGHT DOLLARS THEN BACK TO FOUR
03:19:22:00	03:19:26:00	HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE TO AND
03:19:26:00	03:19:29:00	NOW FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO
03:19:29:00	03:19:31:00	IN TERMS OF OPERATING IS THIS
03:19:31:00	03:19:31:00	IN DECREASE AND INCREASE
03:19:31:00	03:19:34:00	OF STAFFING OR MOVING
03:19:34:00	03:19:34:00	OF PROGRAMS.
03:19:34:00	03:19:38:00	YEAH IT'S MORE MAINLY ON MOVING
03:19:38:00	03:19:39:00	OF PROGRAMS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
03:19:39:00	03:19:42:00	LAST YEAR'S BUDGET THERE IS A
03:19:42:00	03:19:43:00	HUGE DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE
03:19:43:00	03:19:45:00	PROGRAM MOVING OVER AND THEN
03:19:45:00	03:19:46:00	NOW SORT OF WHEN WE'RE AT A
03:19:46:00	03:19:50:00	BALANCE AT A STABLE BUDGET BUT
03:19:50:00	03:19:51:00	I AM SORRY I CAN'T SPEAK ON
03:19:51:00	03:19:54:00	THREE MORE FOIA 21 AND 22 BUT
03:19:54:00	03:19:57:00	FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
03:19:57:00	03:19:58:00	AT LEAST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
03:19:58:00	03:20:01:00	TWO AND A HALF YEARS IT HAS
03:20:01:00	03:20:02:00	BEEN DUE TO PROGRAM MOVING OUT
03:20:02:00	03:20:03:00	OF OUR OFFICE INTO A NEW
03:20:03:00	03:20:05:00	CREATION OF OUR NEW OFFICE.
03:20:05:00	03:20:05:00	THANK YOU.
03:20:05:00	03:20:08:00	AND THEN YOUR BUDGET FOR FIVE
03:20:08:00	03:20:08:00	YEARS.
03:20:08:00	03:20:09:00	BUT CAN YOU TELL ME CURRENTLY
03:20:09:00	03:20:12:00	PRESENTLY HOW MANY DO YOU
03:20:12:00	03:20:16:00	ACTUALLY HAVE CURRENTLY WE
03:20:16:00	03:20:17:00	WITHOUT LAW JUST ONE ON LEAVE.
03:20:17:00	03:20:20:00	SO AS OF RIGHT NOW IS MYSELF
03:20:20:00	03:20:21:00	AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND
03:20:21:00	03:20:24:00	OUTREACH MANAGER AND WE ARE
03:20:24:00	03:20:25:00	HIRING FOR TWO POSITIONS.
03:20:25:00	03:20:26:00	SO YOU DO HAVE THREE
03:20:26:00	03:20:28:00	TECHNICALLY.
03:20:28:00	03:20:29:00	YEAH, EXCEPT IF WE COUNT THAT
03:20:29:00	03:20:32:00	ONE IS ON MATERNALLY BUT
03:20:32:00	03:20:33:00	BUDGETED OBVIOUSLY GETTING
03:20:33:00	03:20:33:00	PAID.
03:20:33:00	03:20:36:00	YES OF COURSE YEAH.
03:20:36:00	03:20:38:00	AND SO WHAT ARE THE
03:20:38:00	03:20:41:00	DEMOGRAPHICS OF YOUR THREE NOW.
03:20:41:00	03:20:44:00	SO BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHIC
03:20:44:00	03:20:48:00	DATA WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY
03:20:48:00	03:20:49:00	OBVIOUSLY ONE OF IDENTIFIES WHO
03:20:49:00	03:20:53:00	IDENTIFIES LATINA AND THEN WE
03:20:53:00	03:20:53:00	ALWAYS IDENTIFY BLACK AND
03:20:53:00	03:20:55:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
03:20:55:00	03:20:56:00	THAT'S SORT OF THE MIDDLE
03:20:56:00	03:21:00:00	OF OUR OF OUR MIX BUT WE'RE
03:21:00:00	03:21:00:00	DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO
03:21:00:00	03:21:03:00	SEE IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO HIRE
03:21:03:00	03:21:04:00	THOSE WHO REPRESENT OUR CITY AS
03:21:04:00	03:21:05:00	MORE SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD
03:21:05:00	03:21:08:00	TO SEE HOW THOSE NEW EFFORTS
03:21:08:00	03:21:09:00	COME IN AND CAN CONTINUE TO
03:21:09:00	03:21:11:00	REPRESENT OUR RESIDENTS.
03:21:11:00	03:21:12:00	NO PROBLEM.
03:21:12:00	03:21:12:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:12:00	03:21:13:00	IN YOUR PROGRAMING OR
03:21:13:00	03:21:15:00	INITIATIVES YOU ENCOMPASS
03:21:15:00	03:21:16:00	ECONOMIC EQUITY REPRESENTATION,
03:21:16:00	03:21:19:00	SAFETY AND HEALTH.
03:21:19:00	03:21:21:00	CAN YOU TELL ME HOW YOU REACHED
03:21:21:00	03:21:23:00	THAT CONCLUSION THAT THOSE ARE
03:21:23:00	03:21:24:00	THE FOUR PRIORITIES FOR NOW?
03:21:24:00	03:21:27:00	YEAH, SO PREVIOUS TO ME COMING
03:21:27:00	03:21:28:00	IN A LOT OF IT A LOT OF THESE
03:21:28:00	03:21:31:00	PRIORITIES ARE ESTABLISHING OUR
03:21:31:00	03:21:32:00	OFFICE WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
03:21:32:00	03:21:35:00	OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT ECONOMIC
03:21:35:00	03:21:36:00	EQUITY SPECIFICALLY BROKEN DOWN
03:21:36:00	03:21:36:00	TO OUR SALARY NEGOTIATION
03:21:36:00	03:21:39:00	WORKSHOP AND OUR PARTNERSHIP
03:21:39:00	03:21:40:00	WITH THE WOMEN'S WORKFORCE
03:21:40:00	03:21:40:00	COUNCIL THAT'S SORT
03:21:40:00	03:21:43:00	OF EMBEZZLES OUR ECONOMIC
03:21:43:00	03:21:43:00	EQUITY AND ALSO HOW WE'RE
03:21:43:00	03:21:46:00	TEACHING SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON
03:21:46:00	03:21:47:00	FOCUS ON TEACHING WOMEN THOSE
03:21:47:00	03:21:48:00	IDENTIFY AS ONE OF THE
03:21:48:00	03:21:51:00	IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC EQUITY
03:21:51:00	03:21:51:00	IN OUR CITY.
03:21:51:00	03:21:53:00	HEALTH CAME OUT OF A LOT OF THE
03:21:53:00	03:21:55:00	CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD DURING
03:21:55:00	03:21:56:00	OUR LISTENING SESSIONS, PART
03:21:56:00	03:21:58:00	OF OUR SURVEYS AND ALSO
03:21:58:00	03:21:59:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT
03:21:59:00	03:22:00:00	COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
03:22:00:00	03:22:03:00	ORGANIZATIONS THAT SORT OF AND
03:22:03:00	03:22:04:00	OUR FOCUS ON POSTPARTUM
03:22:04:00	03:22:06:00	EDUCATION AROUND AS WELL AS
03:22:06:00	03:22:09:00	MENSTRUAL EQUITY AND IRANA WORK
03:22:09:00	03:22:10:00	REPRESENTATION IS REALLY
03:22:10:00	03:22:11:00	FOCUSED ON HOW ARE WE REALLY
03:22:11:00	03:22:14:00	UPLIFTING EVERYDAY WOMEN IN OUR
03:22:14:00	03:22:15:00	CITY AND REPRESENTING THEM AND
03:22:15:00	03:22:16:00	MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING
03:22:16:00	03:22:18:00	UPLIFTED IN OUR CITY IN THE
03:22:18:00	03:22:19:00	SAME FOR SAFETY, WHICH IS WHY
03:22:19:00	03:22:20:00	IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO THE
03:22:20:00	03:22:22:00	MESSAGE VIOLIN'S OUR
03:22:22:00	03:22:23:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOSTON
03:22:23:00	03:22:26:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CEASE.
03:22:26:00	03:22:27:00	SO THAT'S SORT OF THE WAY BUT
03:22:27:00	03:22:28:00	IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT LIKE I
03:22:28:00	03:22:29:00	MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE REALLY
03:22:29:00	03:22:30:00	LOOKING INTO RELAUNCHING THAT
03:22:30:00	03:22:33:00	SURVEY AND REFOCUSING IRS AND
03:22:33:00	03:22:34:00	MAKING SURE THAT THESE BUCKETS
03:22:34:00	03:22:35:00	OF WORK ARE BEING
03:22:35:00	03:22:37:00	REPRESENTATIVE BY THOSE THAT
03:22:37:00	03:22:38:00	COME IN NEW BASED ON THE
03:22:38:00	03:22:40:00	RESPONSE ALSO GOING TO BE FULLY
03:22:40:00	03:22:41:00	REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RESIDENTS
03:22:41:00	03:22:42:00	WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY.
03:22:42:00	03:22:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:22:45:00	03:22:46:00	YOU SORT OF ANSWERED THIS
03:22:46:00	03:22:50:00	SECOND PART I GUESS IF YOU ARE
03:22:50:00	03:22:52:00	DOING SURVEYS THAT IS THERE A
03:22:52:00	03:22:54:00	NEED TO DO A NEW ONE AND THEN
03:22:54:00	03:22:56:00	OBVIOUSLY WHO DO THEY
03:22:56:00	03:22:56:00	REPRESENT?
03:22:56:00	03:23:00:00	SO COLLECTING DEMOGRAPHICS
03:23:00:00	03:23:01:00	OF THE PEOPLE ANSWERING THE
03:23:01:00	03:23:02:00	SURVEYS OF COURSE ECONOMIC
03:23:02:00	03:23:05:00	EQUITY, HEALTH, SAFETY AND
03:23:05:00	03:23:08:00	REPRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT.
03:23:08:00	03:23:09:00	IT WOULD SEEM THAT THESE ARE
03:23:09:00	03:23:12:00	TOP ISSUES THAT ARE BEING
03:23:12:00	03:23:13:00	LOBBIED AND A MAJORITY
03:23:13:00	03:23:13:00	OF PEOPLE REPRESENTING THOSE
03:23:13:00	03:23:17:00	ISSUES ALSO MAY NOT ENCOMPASS
03:23:17:00	03:23:20:00	ALL OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OR
03:23:20:00	03:23:20:00	REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL
03:23:20:00	03:23:23:00	DEMOGRAPHICS IN BOSTON.
03:23:23:00	03:23:24:00	SO THERE ARE THERE ARE VERY
03:23:24:00	03:23:27:00	CRITICAL ISSUES THAT IMPACT A
03:23:27:00	03:23:28:00	BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN THAT I
03:23:28:00	03:23:32:00	THINK ARE NOT ALWAYS AT THE
03:23:32:00	03:23:32:00	VERY TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST
03:23:32:00	03:23:35:00	IN OUR LOBBYISTS.
03:23:35:00	03:23:40:00	AND I I GUESS I ENCOURAGE THAT
03:23:40:00	03:23:41:00	OR SERVING AND BEING VERY
03:23:41:00	03:23:45:00	DETAIL ABOUT WHO IT REPRESENTS
03:23:45:00	03:23:45:00	AS WELL.
03:23:45:00	03:23:46:00	I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.
03:23:46:00	03:23:49:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IF IF IF
03:23:49:00	03:23:52:00	IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN SUPPORT
03:23:52:00	03:23:53:00	IN TERMS OF MY DISTRICT BUT
03:23:53:00	03:23:56:00	OVERALL WITH THAT CONVERSATION
03:23:56:00	03:23:59:00	OF THAT WORK HAPPY TO TO DO
03:23:59:00	03:24:00:00	THAT.
03:24:00:00	03:24:03:00	AND I GUESS IN TERMS
03:24:03:00	03:24:04:00	OF ECONOMIC EQUITY, HAVE WE
03:24:04:00	03:24:08:00	SURVEYED OR HAVE WE DO WE HAVE
03:24:08:00	03:24:12:00	A STUDY OF I GUESS THE CURRENT
03:24:12:00	03:24:15:00	STUDY THAT SHOWS THE PAY FOR
03:24:15:00	03:24:19:00	THE CITY EMPLOYEES SO WE
03:24:19:00	03:24:22:00	PERSONALLY HAVE NOT THAN AN
03:24:22:00	03:24:23:00	INTERNAL SURVEY BUT I DO KNOW
03:24:23:00	03:24:27:00	THAT BASED ON METRICS IN OUR
03:24:27:00	03:24:31:00	OUR CITY DASHBOARDS THE
03:24:31:00	03:24:31:00	INFORMATION ARE THERE BUT WE
03:24:31:00	03:24:33:00	HAVE BEEN DEFINITELY HAVE
03:24:33:00	03:24:34:00	CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S
03:24:34:00	03:24:35:00	CABINET EARLY ON IN THE YEAR AS
03:24:35:00	03:24:38:00	TO WHAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR US
03:24:38:00	03:24:39:00	TO WORK TOGETHER AND TACKLE
03:24:39:00	03:24:39:00	SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND
03:24:39:00	03:24:41:00	SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
03:24:41:00	03:24:42:00	NOT SURE IF YOU'VE HEARD BUT
03:24:42:00	03:24:43:00	THERE'S BEEN A DECLINE
03:24:43:00	03:24:46:00	OF PEOPLE COLOR AND
03:24:46:00	03:24:46:00	PARTICULARLY WOMEN BLACK WOMEN
03:24:46:00	03:24:49:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON EITHER
03:24:49:00	03:24:50:00	GETTING FIRED OR LAID OFF AND
03:24:50:00	03:24:53:00	WONDERING IN DIFFERENT
03:24:53:00	03:24:53:00	DEPARTMENTS.
03:24:53:00	03:24:57:00	I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL
03:24:57:00	03:24:58:00	COMPLAINTS AND ISSUES OVER THE
03:24:58:00	03:25:01:00	YEAR ACTUALLY WHEN I FIRST
03:25:01:00	03:25:04:00	STARTED AND UP TO NOW OF FOLKS
03:25:04:00	03:25:08:00	FEELING UNFAIRLY LET GO OR JUST
03:25:08:00	03:25:09:00	JUST DIFFERENT LEVELS OF I
03:25:09:00	03:25:10:00	GUESS COMMUNICATION.
03:25:10:00	03:25:12:00	THERE'S A CITY IMPLEMENT
03:25:12:00	03:25:13:00	ANYTHING TO SUPPORT WOMEN
03:25:13:00	03:25:16:00	OF COLOR IN MITIGATING OR
03:25:16:00	03:25:21:00	INTERVENING IN SITUATIONS WHERE
03:25:21:00	03:25:21:00	THERE'S CONFLICT.
03:25:21:00	03:25:24:00	I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
03:25:24:00	03:25:25:00	I MEAN I PERSONALLY DON'T DO
03:25:25:00	03:25:26:00	NOT WANT TO GIVE THE CURRENT
03:25:26:00	03:25:28:00	WRONG INFORMATION.
03:25:28:00	03:25:29:00	I WOULD DEFINITELY THINK TO
03:25:29:00	03:25:30:00	SOMETHING THEY WERE HAPPY TO GO
03:25:30:00	03:25:32:00	BACK AND TALK TO OUR PEOPLES
03:25:32:00	03:25:33:00	CABINET AND IT'S HARD TO SEE IF
03:25:33:00	03:25:36:00	THERE IS SOMETHING THERE IS
03:25:36:00	03:25:37:00	PROGRAM THAT IS BEING OFFERED
03:25:37:00	03:25:37:00	CURRENTLY.
03:25:37:00	03:25:38:00	DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A
03:25:38:00	03:25:40:00	DECLINE IN OR LOW RETENTION FOR
03:25:40:00	03:25:44:00	PEOPLE OR PEOPLE OF COLOR,
03:25:44:00	03:25:45:00	BLACK PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR IN
03:25:45:00	03:25:46:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
03:25:46:00	03:25:48:00	DEPARTMENTS HAVEN'T HEARD THAT?
03:25:48:00	03:25:49:00	NOT NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE AS
03:25:49:00	03:25:50:00	OF RIGHT NOW.
03:25:50:00	03:25:52:00	BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
03:25:52:00	03:25:52:00	INFORMATION.
03:25:52:00	03:25:56:00	AND SO YEAH, I GUESS JUST
03:25:56:00	03:25:57:00	SHARING THAT WITH YOU AND
03:25:57:00	03:26:00:00	INTERESTED IF YOU ARE DOING
03:26:00:00	03:26:03:00	EQUITY ECONOMIC EQUITY WORK
03:26:03:00	03:26:04:00	THEN HITTING IN ALL OF THIS
03:26:04:00	03:26:08:00	SALARY NEGOTIATION, HOW ARE WE
03:26:08:00	03:26:08:00	BEING PREVENTATIVE AND HOW ARE
03:26:08:00	03:26:11:00	WE LOOKING AT AFTER OUR OWN
03:26:11:00	03:26:12:00	HERE IN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS
03:26:12:00	03:26:16:00	LOOKING AT THE PAY SCALE AND
03:26:16:00	03:26:16:00	EVERYTHING ELSE?
03:26:16:00	03:26:20:00	IF WE IF YOU IF YOU HAVE THAT
03:26:20:00	03:26:21:00	OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE A YOU SAID
03:26:21:00	03:26:23:00	YOU DON'T HAVE IS THERE AN
03:26:23:00	03:26:24:00	INTEREST TO DO THAT WORK SO YOU
03:26:24:00	03:26:27:00	CAN FIND OUT HOW WHAT'S WHAT
03:26:27:00	03:26:27:00	THE NUMBERS ARE.
03:26:27:00	03:26:28:00	YEAH I WOULD LOVE TO I MEAN
03:26:28:00	03:26:32:00	FOCUSING ON OUR OWN INTERNALLY
03:26:32:00	03:26:34:00	IS AN AREA OF POLICY THAT WE'RE
03:26:34:00	03:26:35:00	DEFINITELY VERY INTERESTED IN
03:26:35:00	03:26:36:00	AS WE EXPAND CAPACITY AND WE
03:26:36:00	03:26:39:00	BRING IN OUR POLICY DIRECTOR IS
03:26:39:00	03:26:39:00	DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE
03:26:39:00	03:26:42:00	ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED TO
03:26:42:00	03:26:43:00	TALK AND FOCUS ON.
03:26:43:00	03:26:46:00	CAN YOU BREAK DOWN IN CONTRACTS
03:26:46:00	03:26:50:00	WHAT EXACTLY YOU SPEND ON THAT
03:26:50:00	03:27:02:00	SECOND AS I PULL UP IF I'M NOT
03:27:02:00	03:27:03:00	MISTAKEN IN OUR CONTRACT GOODS
03:27:03:00	03:27:06:00	SERVICES RIGHT NOW THERE SHOULD
03:27:06:00	03:27:10:00	BE A TOTAL IF NOT BUDGETED WE
03:27:10:00	03:27:10:00	HAVE AVAILABLE ONE HUNDRED AND
03:27:10:00	03:27:13:00	THREE THOUSAND NINETY ONE
03:27:13:00	03:27:16:00	DOLLARS THAT WE ARE ON TRACK
03:27:16:00	03:27:17:00	OF SPENDING AND FOCUSING ON
03:27:17:00	03:27:21:00	THAT ONE IN THREE I WAS
03:27:21:00	03:27:24:00	PREVIOUSLY INVESTED 50000 IS
03:27:24:00	03:27:25:00	THAT FOCUSING AND THERE ARE
03:27:25:00	03:27:26:00	SOME PENDING CHARGES ON THAT AS
03:27:26:00	03:27:29:00	WELL ON OUR WAGE GAP CALCULATOR
03:27:29:00	03:27:30:00	THAT IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
03:27:30:00	03:27:32:00	THE WOMEN'S WORKFORCE
03:27:32:00	03:27:33:00	COUNCIL TO HELP US CREATE A
03:27:33:00	03:27:35:00	TOOL HOW WE CAN GET MORE
03:27:35:00	03:27:36:00	COMPANIES AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT
03:27:36:00	03:27:39:00	COMPETITORS TO HELP CALCULATE
03:27:39:00	03:27:40:00	THEIR DATA AND THEIR EMPLOYERS
03:27:40:00	03:27:43:00	AND THEN THE THE REST OF THE
03:27:43:00	03:27:44:00	FUNDING IS SPECIFICALLY GOING
03:27:44:00	03:27:48:00	TO FOCUS ON THE CREATION OF THE
03:27:48:00	03:27:49:00	NEW SALARY NEGOTIATION CLASSES
03:27:49:00	03:27:52:00	AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR
03:27:52:00	03:27:55:00	THAT AS WELL AS WE FINISH OUR
03:27:55:00	03:27:56:00	FISCAL YEAR AND THE INTEREST
03:27:56:00	03:27:59:00	OF YOUR MISSION TO ADVANCE AND
03:27:59:00	03:28:03:00	ADVOCATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND
03:28:03:00	03:28:07:00	EQUITY THEN WOULD YOU WOULD YOU
03:28:07:00	03:28:08:00	SAY THAT THAT'S SUFFICIENT IN
03:28:08:00	03:28:11:00	TERMS OF LOOKING DIFFERENT
03:28:11:00	03:28:12:00	PROGRAM IDEAS TO BUILD EQUITY
03:28:12:00	03:28:15:00	FOR WOMEN ADVANCEMENT?
03:28:15:00	03:28:16:00	YEAH, OUR BUDGET DEFINITELY
03:28:16:00	03:28:18:00	REFLECTS THE WORK THAT WE'RE
03:28:18:00	03:28:19:00	DOING NOW TO GET TO YOUR
03:28:19:00	03:28:22:00	QUESTION, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING
03:28:22:00	03:28:23:00	INTO DIFFERENT WAYS
03:28:23:00	03:28:23:00	OF EXPANDING IN DIFFERENT WORK
03:28:23:00	03:28:26:00	TO GET INTO.
03:28:26:00	03:28:27:00	SO AS THAT GROWS OF COURSE OUR
03:28:27:00	03:28:30:00	BUDGET WILL GROW AS WELL.
03:28:30:00	03:28:30:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR .
03:28:30:00	03:28:32:00	DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
03:28:32:00	03:28:36:00	MADAM CHAIR?
03:28:36:00	03:28:37:00	WELL, DIRECTOR VALDÉS, THANK
03:28:37:00	03:28:40:00	YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING
03:28:40:00	03:28:40:00	WORK.
03:28:40:00	03:28:44:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO ANY FEEDBACK
03:28:44:00	03:28:45:00	FOR US AS WELL IN TERMS OF HOW
03:28:45:00	03:28:47:00	WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND
03:28:47:00	03:28:48:00	SUPPORT YOU.
03:28:48:00	03:28:48:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:28:48:00	03:29:27:00	HEARING IS ADJOURNED.