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AFTERNOON.[EBRP Human Services Consortium]
FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND IT'S CERTAINLY A PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE YOU ALONGSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S HUMAN SERVICES TASK FORCE.SO TOGETHER, UH, WE MARK A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN OUR ONGOING MISSION TO BETTER SERVE THE PEOPLE OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
JOINING US TODAY ARE MANY OF OUR TASK FORCE MEMBERS, INCLUDING COUNCILWOMAN CAROLYN COLEMAN, GEORGE BELL, WITH THE CAPITAL AREA, UNITED WAY, DEAN OF CHRISTIE WITH FAMILY ROAD OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, PASTOR DONNIE WILKINSON WITH BROADMOOR UNITED METHODIST.
JAN ROSS WITH THE WILSON FOUNDATION, CLAY YOUNG WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION, MICHAEL EL CADO WITH ST.
UH, JAN BERNARD AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THE OTHER COUNCILMAN.
AND, AND, UM, SIDNEY COFFEY, DARRELL GLE, AND BERNADINE MABRY WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.
SO TODAY I AM THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HUMAN SERVICES CONSORTIUM.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, THIS CONSORTIUM BRINGS TOGETHER LEADERS FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER BATON ROUGE FAITH GROUPS, BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND PHILANTHROPIC ENTITIES.
EACH MEMBER BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
NOW, THE CONSORTIUM WILL SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY, ASSISTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES IN CONNECTING FAMILIES TO THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
BY FOSTERING COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION, WE AIM TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
ONE OF THE KEY TASKS OF THIS CONSORTIUM WILL BE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS PLAN WILL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY, UH, WITH PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES REPORTED TO THE PUBLIC, ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
OUR CONSORTIUM MEMBERS WILL TAKE ON ROLES AS ADVOCATES, ANALYSTS, EXPERTS, AND COLLABORATORS, MONITORING THE PLANS LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES, AND WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ACHIEVE THEM.
THIS INITIATIVE IS ONE OF THE MANY OUTCOMES OF OUR HUMAN SERVICES TASK FORCE, WHICH HAS DILIGENTLY RESEARCHED BEST PRACTICES IN SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY IN THEIR VISITS TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA, AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THIS PAST YEAR, THE TASK FORCE LEARNED INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF SERVICES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THESE BEST PRACTICES WILL ENHANCE THE DELIVERY OF SOCIAL SERVICES RIGHT HERE IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, ADDRESSING THE DAILY CHALLENGES FACED BY OUR MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES.
OUR TASK FORCE LEARNED FROM VISITING THESE OTHER CITIES, THAT STRONGER COLLABORATION ALLOWS THEM TO ESTABLISH A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.
THIS RESULTS IN QUICKER REFERRALS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF SERVICES, AND ENSURES THAT WE ARE CONNECTING WITH THOSE WHO NEED THE MOST.
THIS ENDEAVOR IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST IMPROVING SERVICES.
IT'S ABOUT TRANSFORMING LIVES.
IT'S ABOUT RAISING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY AND EMPOWERING THE WORKING POOR TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND BENEFIT FROM OUR ECONOMY.
BY DOING SO, WE STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE HEAD OF DHDS, BERNADINE MABRY FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND VISION.
BERNADINE HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE BEAUTY OF THIS EFFORT WORKING IN CONCERT SHARING SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY, AND IMPROVING OUR ABILITY TO TRACK INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS.
THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH WILL ADDRESS NEEDS AND PRODUCE POSITIVE, LONG LASTING OUTCOMES.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, ACCEPTING THE RESPONSIBILITY ALSO TO, UH, SERVE, UH, ON OUR, UH, CONSORTIUM AND WITH OUR CONSORTIUM, OUR, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, PASTOR DONALD HUNTER AND, UH, JESSICA LEWIS, WHO WORKS WITH OUR HOMELESS POPULATION RIGHT HERE IN CITY PARISH.
SO, TOGETHER WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE THIS CONSORTIUM A REALITY.
YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK ARE THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE WILL ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM ME.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO TOOK THESE TRIPS WHO ARE, UH, WORKING
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ON OUR BEST PRACTICES IN OUR CONSORTIUM MODEL.FIRST, YOU WILL HEAR FROM GEORGE BELL WITH THE CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY, UH, DEAN OF CHRISTIE, UH, FAMILY ROAD OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, AND PASTOR DONNIE WILKINSON OF BROADMOOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
WELL, WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, WHILE I WAS ASKED TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, THIS TASK FORCE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HARD TO SAY NO, UH, FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, BECAUSE THE MAYOR BROOME ASKED, AND NUMBER TWO, THIS IS A TOPIC AND A SUBJECT THAT I BELIEVE DEEPLY IN, UH, AS I LEAD AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A, A NEARLY A HUNDRED, 100 YEAR HISTORY IN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE REALIZED IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED IS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THERE IS ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVING WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A DIVERSE GROUP OF, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
AND WE ALL HAVE A, A BURNING DESIRE TO IMPROVE ON THE DELIVERY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT ARE, UH, THAT EXIST OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT OUR COLLECTIVE WORK, AS GOOD AS IT HAS BEEN, IS NOT ENOUGH.
SO WE HAVE TO ALWAYS LOOK FOR WAYS TO BETTER IMPROVE, BETTER COORDINATE THE DELIVERY OF THESE, UH, SERVICES TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST IN NEED.
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT, UH, UH, COMES TO MIND IS JUST GETTING THIS GROUP TOGETHER AND COMING UP WITH A VERY EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF WHO'S DOING WHAT.
UH, THAT AWARENESS ALONE HELPS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL, UH, AWARENESS AND DELIVERY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, AND IT HELPS US TO BETTER COORDINATE, UH, THOSE ACTIVITIES.
NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE LEARNED, UH, IN OUR TRAVELS.
UH, I ATTENDED THE TRIP WHERE WE WENT TO SAN ANTONIO AND SAW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
BUT I WAS ALSO ASSURED AND, AND, UH, REALLY REASSURED THAT, UH, THE WORK AND THE JOURNEY THAT WE'VE STARTED ON IS INDEED THE RIGHT UH, APPROACH.
SO THIS WORK IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE.
IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, THOROUGH.
IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK TO, UM, REALLY TRY AND CONNECT THE DOTS ON THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ALREADY BEING PROVIDED AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE UPON THE RESOURCES AND THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TODAY.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS, UH, 2 1 1, UH, SERVES AS A, A CONNECTOR OF, UH, PEOPLE IN NEED TO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO GO BEYOND THAT.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE MAKE ACCESSING THOSE SERVICES AS EASY AND EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE? AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS COMMITTED TO DOING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CHECK ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE, AND USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN AND ALSO TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF THOSE SERVICES.
SO, I'LL WELCOME THE CHALLENGE.
I THANK MAYOR BRU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND IN THE INTEREST OF SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AT THE RIGHT TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WELL, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA EXPRESS, UM, OUR GRATEFULNESS TO BERNADINE AND TO THE MAYOR FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AS AGENCIES.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, FAMILY ROAD OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 25 YEARS AND WE'VE WORKED WITH EVERYONE, UM, BEHIND US, IN FRONT OF US, UM, EVERYWHERE AS A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION TO HELP WITH COORDINATION.
SO BEING ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY LOOK AT THE INFORMATION, PROVIDE RESOURCES AND REFERRALS THAT ARE NEEDED, AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES IS SO VERY CRITICAL OF FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AREA.
AS A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN SERVICES CONSORTIUM, WE LOOK NOT ONLY AT YOUR BASIC NEEDS, BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT MANY AREAS THAT IMPACT FAMILIES.
THAT CAN BE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THAT COULD BE VIOLENCE, UM, IN THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY.
THAT COULD BE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ISSUES.
UH, THAT COULD BE ISSUES, UH, DEALING WITH YOUTH, UH, THAT COULD BE ISSUES DEALING WITH PARENTING.
SO MANY TOPICS AND SO MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN REACH PEOPLE THAT THIS CONSORTIUM WILL
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PULL TOGETHER SO THAT WHEN A MOTHER OR A FATHER OR SOMEONE CALLS AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER AND WE HAVE THE FOLLOW UP NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE THE STEPS, IN ORDER TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES, AS WELL AS HAVE AN IMPACT ON LIVES OF OTHERS, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE A WRONG DOOR.UM, THERE ARE SO MANY WRONG DOORS AND PEOPLE LOSE HOPE WHEN YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
AND YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU MAY BE, OR I MAY BE THE LAST TIME THAT I REACH OUT TO SOMEONE FOR HELP.
SO, BEING ABLE TO BE UNDERSTANDING, BEING ABLE TO HAVE OPEN ARMS AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK INTO SOMEONE'S EYES TO SAY, I'M HERE FOR YOU.
I MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I WILL FIND THE ANSWER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONSORTIUM IS ABOUT.
FINDING THE ANSWER AND HAVING SOLUTIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES.
AS AGENCIES, WE MUST COME TOGETHER ON MANY TOPICS.
IT PLAGUES INDIVIDUALS, IT PLAS PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF COMMUNITY.
AND FOR US, BEING ABLE TO HAVE OUR ORGANIZATIONS LIFTING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW UP, AS WELL AS PROVIDE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO OUR COUNSELORS, TO OUR ORGANIZATIONS, UH, LIKE THE, UM, FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, UH, THE YWCA, IRIS BUTTERFLY, LIFTING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS UP TO COME TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAFETY NET FOR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE AS PARENTS, WE AS CITIZENS, HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN EDUCATING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO OUR CHILDREN.
VIOLENCE STARTS RIGHT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE IN THE HOME OR AS WELL IN SCHOOL, NOT BEING ABLE TO INTERACT IN A WAY THAT'S HEALTHY FOR EITHER OF 'EM.
AS A CONSORTIUM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES TO HAVE NEW WAYS OF DEALING WITH PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM IN GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED SO THAT VIOLENCE IS NOT THE END RESULT.
SO WITH THE CONSORTIUM, OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT WE PROVIDE EDUCATION, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT, BUT WE PROVIDE OPTIONS SO THAT PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE NO OPTION, AND THEN CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT COULD REALLY CHANGE, UH, THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR CHILDREN.
SO AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR WHO HAS ESTABLISHED A MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CONSORTIUM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE ROOT CAUSES, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT START RIGHT IN THE WOMB ALL THE WAY UNTIL THAT CHILD IS IN PRESCHOOL, PROVIDING THE SUPPORT NECESSARY, NOT ONLY FOR THE CHILD, BUT FOR THE PARENTS.
UH, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN BE A CONSORTIUM THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, BUT WE NEED THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
WE NEED YOUR INTEREST, AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE CAN SERVE YOU BETTER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.
IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS CONSORTIUM.
I WANNA THANK MAYOR BROOM AND BERNADINE MAYOR AS INVITING US ALL TO BE A PART OF THIS.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR FAITH COMMUNITIES TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? UH, OUR CITY IS ONE TOWN, BUT IT'S ALSO MADE UP OF HUNDREDS OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE ARE ONE OR MORE COMMUNITIES OF FAITH.
AND NO MATTER WHETHER THEY ARE CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM OR JEWISH OR BAHAI, AT THE CORE, WE ALL HOLD IN THE DEEP TRUTH THAT WE ARE OUR BROTHERS KEEPER, THAT WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE AS GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IN THIS CONSORTIUM WORK, REACHING OUT TO THE FAITH COMMUNITIES, IS DISCOVERING WHAT ARE THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ALREADY DOING? THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND, AND THE COMMUNITIES OF FAITH ALREADY DOING THAT ARE SHARING, UH, SHOWING COMPASSION AND LOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, AND THEN HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE EVEN MORE? SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I WAS A PART OF A CHURCH THAT STARTED A, UH, MINISTRY, UH, DOING LAUNDRY FOR PEOPLE AT A LOCAL LAUNDROMAT, UH, ONCE A MONTH.
AND AS WE PREPARED FOR THAT, I, I WENT INTO THE LAUNDROMAT TO MEET THE OWNER AND TO TALK WITH HIM TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE OKAY.
AND AS I WALKED IN, I SAW HIS, HIS PRAYER MAT BACK BEHIND THE DESK, AND I GOT A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS GOING UP.
I DID NOT KNOW, HE DID NOT KNOW ME.
I DID NOT KNOW HE, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT SORT OF RESPONSE WE WOULD HAVE, BUT WHEN I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT WE WERE WANTING TO DO TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THAT INDIVIDUALS AND PARTICULARLY KIDS COULD HAVE CLEAN CLOTHES TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, HE GOT A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE THAT HE SAID, MY BROTHER, YOU ARE WELCOME HERE WHENEVER YOU WANT.
WE WANT THE SAME THING, WHICH IS TO HELP
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PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE GOODNESS OF THIS LIFE AND TO EXPERIENCE THE GOODNESS OF GOD.WE ARE PARTNERS AND WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING, WHICH IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO FLOURISH.
AND BY WORKING TOGETHER AND PUTTING OUR FAITH INTO ACTION, WE CAN HELP RENEW THE LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP BATON ROUGE, UH, BECOME THE TRUE, A TREMENDOUS PLACE FOR LOVE AND FOR GROWTH, AND FOR THIS FAMILIES TO GROW THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HUMAN SERVICES CONSORTIUM, UM, MEMBERS.
AND, UH, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE OUTCOMES OF, UH, THIS TASK FORCE, UM, AND OUR CONSORTIUM.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, ANY QUESTIONS? MM-HMM,
UM, ANYBODY WHO WENT ON SOME OF THE TRIPS AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT MAYBE ONE OR TWO OF THE BEST PRACTICES, PLEASE COME AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
UH, BAR DO BERNINE MA, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW WAS COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT.
UM, THEY DIDN'T DO, UM, TRANSACTIONAL SERVICE.
THEY CONNECTED, UH, 'CAUSE UH, FAMILIES TO ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT MEANS THEY HAD TO BE COLLABORATION AMONG THE PARTNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE DO GREAT WORK IN SILOS.
WE ARE GONNA DO EVEN GREATER WORK WORKING TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY AS A COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PLACE ANY SERVICES THAT'S ALREADY BEING PROVIDED.
WE ARE JUST TRYING TO EXPAND OUR REACH SO THAT WE CAN SERVE MORE.
UM, SINCE COMING BACK FROM BOTH OF OUR TRIPS, WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT PRO PROCESS AND THAT'S ACTUALLY TAKEN THE SERVICES TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE RATHER THAN EXPECTATION THAT THEY COME TO OUR OFFICE.
SO YOU'LL BE HEARING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE YEAR, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN, UM, CONVENING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, UM, EXPLAINING THE SPECIFICS OF SERVICES, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, BUT WE ARE TAKING THE WORK TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT EXPECTING THEM TO COME TO US.
YOU KNOW, UNITED WAY PROVIDES A LOT OF SERVICES AND A LOT OF RESOURCES BOTH THROUGH OTHER NONPROFITS AS WELL AS DIRECTLY, UH, THROUGH OUR INITIATIVES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALIZED WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING TO CITIZENS, UH, WHERE THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY LIVE IN, ABOUT THOSE SERVICES.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HIRED SOMEONE WHO'S SOLE JOB IS TO GET OUT INTO COMMUNITIES AND SPREAD THOSE WORDS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNITY CENTERS TO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, CHURCHES, TO, TO CAMPS, WHEREVER PEOPLE ARE.
UH, WE ARE GOING IN AND SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY BEING PROVIDED THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN, UH, UH, BENEFIT FROM.
AND, UM, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE REPORT THAT WAS DONE.
LET'S TAKE A BIG PHOTO, GUYS, RIGHT BEHIND THIS PODIUM.
SO Y'ALL COME ON RIGHT UP HERE.
WE'LL HAVE MAYOR RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.