BUT IT ON. WHAT'S UP? HELLO?
YEAH. LET'S GET YOUR HE WAS. OF
UH WELCOME
TO THE INAUGURAL HEARING OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON PLACED BASED
SYSTEMS OF COORDINATED CARE FOR
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. I AM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MIA BANTA AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE AND FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT
DISCUSSION TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO
INTRODUCE OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AS I BEGIN. I WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS ON AND ON THE GENERAL
COMMITTEE. WE HAVE
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DON ADDIS.
WANNA LONNIE'S LAURIE DAVIES.
MATT HANEY, LIZ ORTEGA, GAIL
PELLERIN, JAMES RAMOS, ELOISE
COMMERCE REYES AND BLANCA RUBIO.
AND I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO
THANK ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S DR COREY
JACKSON. UH DUBBED CHAIR FOR
BEING HERE WITH US. TODAY HE IS
THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE TWO ON HUMAN
SERVICES, CHURCH. JACKSON, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UM,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S I THINK I WOULD
NOT HAVE MISSED THIS FOR THE
WORLD. UH I THINK THAT THE DATA
IS BECOMING VERY CLEAR. THAT IF
WE DO NOT ACT AGGRESSIVELY SOME
OF THE DATA WE'RE SEEING IN
TERMS OF RISE OF POVERTY. IN
TERMS OF PEOPLE. BEING LOST IN
THE CRACKS. THAT UM, OVERALL,
WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE A LOT
MORE ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD. THAT
WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE IF WE BE
DISCIPLINED TODAY. UM AND SO I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE GREAT INFORMATION
THAT WILL BE PRESENTED. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. REMEMBER JACKSON.
ANNUALLY CALIFORNIA SPENDS OVER
$200 BILLION IN FEDERAL, STATE
AND LOCAL DOLLARS TOWARDS CASH
GRANTS, FOOD ASSISTANCE AND
OTHER CRUCIAL SERVICES FOR
CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
DESPITE THESE INVESTMENTS,
CALIFORNIANS HAVE STILL HAD THE
HIGHEST RATE OF POVERTY OF ANY
STATE IN THE U. S ACCORDING TO
THE U. S. CENSUS BUREAU TO IN
2022. THE SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY
MEASURE WAS 13.2% OF
CALIFORNIANS LIVED IN POVERTY
COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL
SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE
RATE OF 12.4. ACCORDING TO THE
PUBLIC POLICY IN STUDIO
INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA, 13.8%
OF CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY IN
OUR STATE AS EARLY AS 2023
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS AND
CRADLE TO CAREER INITIATIVES
EFFECTIVELY INCREASE THE RETURN
ON OUR INVESTMENTS BY PROVIDING
COORDINATED NEIGHBORHOOD AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES UP AND DOWN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I KNOW
THIS FROM EXPERIENCE. UH PLEASE
BASED WORK HAS BEEN A
CORNERSTONE OF MY OWN CAREER. I
STARTED OUT WORKING IN NEW HAVEN
, CONNECTICUT AND THROUGHOUT THE
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, USING A
PLACE BASED MODEL WITH AN
ORGANIZATION CALLED LEAP AND
ORGANIZATION THAT ONE OF OUR
GUESTS HERE GEOFFREY CANADA OF
THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE MIGHT
KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT BECAUSE HE
WAS A PART OF THAT WORK THROUGH
THEIR CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND.
WHEN WE STARTED THAT THE IDEA
THAT CHILDREN COULD TAKE CARE OF
CHILDREN THAT FAMILIES COULD
TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES AND THAT
WE COULD DO THAT BECAUSE WE WERE
ORGANIZED AROUND A COMMUNITY OF
CARE. AND IT WAS JUST A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO THAT I SERVED AS
THE CEO OF OAKLAND PROMISE A
PLACE BASED ANTI POVERTY
INITIATIVE THERE. I SAW THE WAYS
IN WHICH CROSS SECTOR
COLLABORATION MAKES A WORLD OF
DIFFERENCE. IT IS MY GOAL THAT
THROUGH THE SELECT COMMITTEE,
THE LEGISLATURE IN CALIFORNIA
WILL GREEN A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK THAT
CRADLE TO CAREER INITIATIVES.
Dð. AND HOW WE CAN BEST
UNDERSTAND THE WORK AND THE
SCALE OF INVESTMENTS CALIFORNIA
NEEDS TO MAKE MUST MAKE, IN FACT
, IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN THESE
EFFORTS. OPINION. A LIFE OUT.
WITH US TODAY WE HAVE A NATIONAL
LEADERS AND CRADLE TO CAREER AND
CRADLE TO CAREER EXPERTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WHO WILL HELP US TO
ACHIEVE THIS GOAL? WE HAVE AN
UPDATE TO THE AGENDA THIS
MORNING. MARISA TORRES FROM SBCS
IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE US TODAY.
MAKE IT WITH US TODAY BECAUSE OF
ILLNESS AND WE HOPE YOU WILL
FEEL BETTER SOON. I ALSO WANT TO
MAKE NOTE THAT WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
AFTER WE GET THROUGH OUR THREE
PANELS. THE COLIN NUMBER FOR
THIS HEARING IS 87769289. AND
THE ACCESS CODE IS 131543. YOU
CAN FIND THIS NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN. WITH THAT. I WANT TO
THANK EACH OF OUR PANELISTS WHO
ARE HERE TODAY FOR THEIR LIVED
EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE AND
ADVOCACY AND FOR CHAIR JACKSON
FOR BEING HERE IN PERSON AND FOR
MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
CERTAINLY FOLLOWING THE WORK
THAT WE WILL DO HERE TODAY. WE
WILL INITIATE OUR HEARING WITH
OUR FIRST PANEL ENTITLED
WHATEVER IT TAKES THE HARLEM
CHILDREN'S ZONE MODEL. IT IS
WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I GET
TO, UH, ESTABLISHED AND
RECOGNIZE AND HONOR AND
INTRODUCE GEOFFREY CANADA,
JEFFREY. MR CANADA IS REALLY THE
FOUNDER. HE'S THE FOUNDER AND
PRESIDENT OF THE HARLEM
CHILDREN'S ZONE, A WORLD
RENOWNED EDUCATION AND POVERTY
FIGHTING ORGANIZATION BASED IN
NEW YORK CITY, WHERE I GREW UP.
UNDER MR CANADA'S LEADERSHIP.
THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE
BECAME A MODEL OF PLACED BASED
INNOVATION FOR ORGANIZATIONS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE
WORLD. IN 2010 PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA CREATED THE PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE TO
REPLICATE THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S
ZONE WORK AND UNDER RESOURCED
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES. I'M DEEPLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO MR KENNEDY'S
REMARKS. I BELIEVE THEY WILL
DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
PLACED BASED CRADLE TO CAREER
INITIATIVES IS THROUGH THE
EXAMPLE OF THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S
ZONE. AND ALSO BECAUSE MR CANADA
IN MY ESTIMATION, IS ESSENTIALLY
THE GODFATHER OF PLACE BASED
WORK THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY AND
IS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO FOLLOW, SO IT IS A GREAT
PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIM
HERE TODAY. MR CANADA. WITH THAT
I WILL LEAVE THE FLOOR TO YOU TO
JOIN US BY UH, VIDEO. THANK YOU,
AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN HEAR
ME. OKAY YES, I HOPE OKAY, GREAT
. UM, LOOK, I AM REALLY EXCITED
TO BE HERE BECAUSE, UH, WHAT WE
WERE ABLE TO CREATE AND HARLEM
UH, I THINK IS A POTENTIAL
BLUEPRINT FOR STRUGGLING
COMMUNITIES ARE ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY. SO LET ME JUST SAY A
WORD ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE. UH WE
CREATED A ZONE WHEN HARLEM WAS
FALLING APART. EVERYBODY WAS
LEAVING HARLEM. NO ONE WANTED TO
STAY THERE. WE HAD THE WORST,
UH, READING SCORES. THE WORST
MATH SCORES THE HIGHEST AND
COSTS AERATION RATES. UH PEOPLE
JUST THOUGHT THAT HARLEM WAS A
PLACE WHERE CHILDREN COULD NOT
MAKE IT. WOW WE'VE BEEN AT THIS
NOVEL 21 YEARS TODAY, MY 10,000
CHILDREN WHO ARE PART OF MY ZONE
. WE CHOSE A 97 BLOCK AREA.
10,000 CHILDREN, UM WE HAVE
COMPLETELY ELIMINATED THE
ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN BLACK
AND WHITE AND BROWN CHILDREN. UH
IN MY 10,000 KIDS, WE HAVE CLOSE
TO 1000 KIDS RIGHT NOW IN
COLLEGE WHO COME FROM OUR ZONE,
UH, AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE
GRADUATED MORE THAN 1800
CHILDREN WITH COLLEGE DEGREES,
BUT IT'S MORE SO THOSE ARE THE
THINGS THAT SORT OF MADE ME SAY
YES. OUR KIDS CAN MAKE IT BY THE
WAY WE CHOOSE. THE POOREST KIDS
ARE FROM THE SORT OF WORST
ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE CAN FIND.
WE ARE TARGETING OUR HOUSING
PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO
NEED US TO MOST IN THOSE ARE THE
KIDS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
CLOSE THIS GAP WITH. BUT AS
IMPORTANTLY, THIS WORK IS ABOUT
A COMMUNITY REBUILDING ITSELF.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE MET WITH
OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENT. WE SAID
WE WANT TO BRING HARLEM BACK. WE
WANT TO CLEAN UP THE SORT OF
EMPTY LOGIC ELIMINATE THE
GRAFFITI. CREATE SAFE, UH, SORT
OF AVENUES FOR OUR CHILDREN TO
WALK THROUGH. UH AND HARLEM,
WHICH HAS HAD NOT WON NATIONAL
CHAIN 20 YEARS AGO BECAUSE
BUSINESSES DID NOT THINK YOU
COULD DO BUSINESS IN HARLEM,
TOO. POOR TO VIOLENT, UH, FOLKS
WANT REALLY MAKING IT. YOU
CANNOT NAME A NATIONAL CHAIN
RIGHT NOW. THAT'S NOT WORKING IN
HARLEM BECAUSE EVERYBODY
REALIZES COMMUNITY IS COMING
BACK. AH THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
BY THE WAY WE FACE HIS HARLEM
WAS GENTRIFYING SO QUICKLY, UH,
AND IF I HAD TO DO IT ALL OVER
AGAIN, I WOULD DO WHAT MAYBE THE
SOME OF THE FOLKS HAD MET HER
RIGHT THERE IN SAN FRANCISCO DID
AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR
PURCHASING LOW INCOME PLACES FOR
THEIR RESIDENTS SO YOU DON'T GET
PLACED OUT DURING GENTRIFICATION
? UH BUT WE STILL KNOW THAT FOR
OUR CHILDREN. WE HAVE CREATED AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE 20 YEARS AGO,
NO ONE AT HARLEM THOUGHT THEY
WERE GOING TO COLLEGE. TODAY YOU
ASK A YOUNG PERSON THEY THINK
EVERYBODY FROM HARLEM GOES TO
COLLEGE BECAUSE WE'VE CHANGED
WHAT IT MEANS TO GROW UP IN A
PLACE. THIS IS WHAT'S SO
IMPORTANT ABOUT A PLACE. PLACES
HAVE. IDENTITY. THE IDENTITY OF
HARLEM WAS IT WAS TOUGH. PLACE
IS A PLACE WHERE KIDS THINK. OH,
YOU CAN MAKE IT. YOU CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL IN HARLEM, UH, AND
ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME OUT OF
RETIREMENT WAS TO SUPPORT THE
WORK OF OTHER PLACE BASED
INITIATIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE
ASSEMBLY AND TO THIS PARTICULAR
HEARING CALIFORNIA IS A
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT PLACE
WHEN IT COMES TO PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY HAVE SOME OF
THE BEST ONES GOING THERE, NOT
JUST THE ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED
AND OAKLAND THAT NATIONAL
FOUNDATIONS ARE THINKING THAT
INVEST IN BUT YOU'VE GOT THE
FOLKS IN HAYWOOD AND THE FOLKS
IN SAN FRANCISCO HAD MET HER.
AND YOU JUST SEE ONE REALLY
SIGNIFICANT EFFORT AFTER THE
OTHER WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE
AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND THEY
ASKED ME, UH, WHICH STATE HAS
SORT OF THE BEST PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOODS. I POINT TO
CALIFORNIA. I KNOW THEY'RE
TRYING TO DO A PROMISE CITY AND
SAN FRANCISCO. UH AND WE ARE
VERY EXCITED THAT CALIFORNIA IS
LEADING THE COUNTRY IN THIS
PLACE BASED EFFORT. TO REBUILD
COMMUNITIES WHILE SUPPORTING
CHILDREN. FROM BIRTH THROUGH
COLLEGE IN GETTING THOSE YOUNG
PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THE LABOR
MARKET. THERE'S NO ROCKET
SCIENCE HERE. THIS IS TARGETING
A PLACE THAT HAS HISTORICALLY
BEEN, UH UNDER INVESTED IN
STAYING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
PROVIDING HEALTH AND MENTAL
HEALTH. OFF PHYSICAL HEALTH. UH
ODDS, CULTURE, SPORTS AND
QUALITY EDUCATION IS CONNECTING
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WITHIN
SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE OUTCOMES
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PROVIDED.
UH SO ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO? TO
SPUR THIS MOVEMENT ON IN
CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS PLAYING
THIS OUTSIZED ROLE IN THE
COUNTRY. BECAUSE NOW OTHER
STATES FLOUR DOUGH IS LOOKING AT
WHAT CALIFORNIA HAS DONE. I'LL
BE TALKING WITH THE GOVERNOR OF
MARYLAND ON WEDNESDAY. WHO'S
INTERESTED THAT CALIFORNIA IS
LEADING IN THIS PLACE SPACE
INITIATIVE, AND THEY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING STATEWIDE IN MARYLAND
ARE I THINK THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
BOTH WHAT HAS OCCURRED AND WHAT
COULD WOULD CONTINUE IN
CALIFORNIA IS REALLY CRITICAL.
HERE IS THE LAST THING I WANT TO
SAY, AND THEN I WANT TO STOP.
I'VE BEEN TEACHING AND HAVE BEEN
AN EDUCATOR FOR 47 YEARS.
BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE IMPACT.
THIS IS THE WORST EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT I'VE SEEN IN MY
ENTIRE CAREER. WE NEED TO DO
SOMETHING DRAMATIC AND
COMPREHENSIVE IF WE'RE GOING TO
STOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF ANY
QUALITY FROM HAPPENING AND OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER
INVESTED IN, IN PARTICULAR BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, AND SO
THIS IS A TIME TO ACT BOLDLY AND
WITH PURPOSE. AND ON THAT I'LL
BRING MY REMARKS TO A
CONCLUSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MR CANADA. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
IF YOU DON'T MIND STAYING WITH
US FOR A LITTLE BIT MY FIRST
QUESTION JUST RECOGNIZING THE
INCREDIBLE IMPACT THAT THE THAT
THE MODEL OF HARLEM CHILDREN'S
ZONE HAS HAD ON THE COUNTRY. UH
YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
ACROSS MANY STATES. WHAT THE
KIND OF ENABLING IN STATEWIDE
ENVIRONMENT IS FOR REALLY BEING
ABLE TO ESTABLISH PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOODS CRADLE TO CAREER
PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE STATE.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT
SOME OF THE ENABLERS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATE POLICY
AND A STATE FRAMEWORK THAT NEEDS
TO EXIST IN ORDER FOR PLACE
BASED INITIATIVES TO REALLY
THRIVE? SO IN THIS I THINK THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF KEY COMPONENTS
THAT WE FOUND. THE FIRST IS. HOW
DO WE USE DATA? UH THIS KIND OF
AN EFFORT NEEDS TO BE TARGETED
IN PLACES WHERE THIS
COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SUPPORT ARE
NECESSARY. SO THE FIRST THING WE
SAY IS, ARE YOU AWARE OF YOUR
DATA? AND ARE WE TARGETING THESE
RESOURCE IS DIRECTLY TO THE
COMMUNITIES THAT NEED THEM THE
MOST. THERE'S SOME PLACES TO BE
QUITE HONEST, THEY'RE DOING OKAY
. THE KIDS ARE DOING FINE. THEY
DON'T NEED UH, TARGETED PLACE
BASED, COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY
LIKE PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS, SO
THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES. THE
SECOND ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO
RECOGNIZE IS THESE ARE NOT A
SMALL PROJECTS THAT YOU THINK
ABOUT SORT OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF
RESOURCES TO DO THIS WORK. YOU
NEED TO FULLY FUND THESE PLACES.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE
BEEN FINDING AROUND THE COUNTRY,
UH, IS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF PLACES THAT HAVE PUT UP
SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS TO SUPPORT
THIS WORK BECAUSE THEY REALIZED
THIS IS NOT A $50,000 OR
$100,000 EFFORT. THIS IS GOING
TO TAKE SEVEN AND EIGHT FIGURES.
IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, AND SO ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT WE BROUGHT TO
STATE SAYS, ARE YOU PREPARED TO
DO THE INVESTMENTS NECESSARY?
AND HERE'S SOMETHING THAT I
BELIEVE IN VERY STRONGLY, UH AND
I WOULD SAY, I THINK YOU ALL
NEED TO CONSIDER THIS. WE
BELIEVE THIS WORKS BEST AS A
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. UH
WHERE YOU ARE TAKING PUBLIC
DOLLARS FROM THE STATE. UH AND
FINDING INVESTMENTS FROM
FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND
WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT
THESE EFFORTS SO THAT YOU'RE
MAXIMIZING THE RESOURCES AND BY
THE WAY, THE INVESTMENT UM OTHER
FOLKS IN THESE PLACES. WE THINK
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY AREAS
THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND THE
LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THIS
IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY. UH THESE
DOLLARS ARE FRESH. IS THERE
SIGNIFICANT? THEY'RE NECESSARY
AND WE HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR PRODUCING THE
RESULTS. UM THIS IS A RESULTS
DRIVEN SHUT OF ACTIVITIES AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN
PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE INVESTED, WE
CAN ARREST ASSURED THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HANDLE THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE'RE GOING
TO KNOW WHAT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE
HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THIS
INVESTMENT. SO THOSE ARE A FEW
OF THE AREAS I THINK ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THAT. I JUST HAD A QUESTION
AND IT'S MORE FOR THOSE WHO WANT
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS
. WHAT ARE THE KEY COMPONENTS?
AH TO A PLACE BASED APPROACH.
WHAT ARE THE KEY SERVICES THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE UM, ARE GIVEN TO BE
SURE THAT THEY ARE ON A
TRAJECTORY TO THRIVE. GREAT
HERE'S A GREAT QUESTION AND
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. AND HERE IS
SO THERE IS A PHRASE THAT PEOPLE
USE FROM CRADLE TO KOREA, AND I
DON'T WANT IT TO SOUND LIKE A
SLOGAN. SO I'M GOING TO JUST
WALK YOU THROUGH THE COMPONENTS
IN HARLEM. THEY DON'T NOT EVERY
COMMUNITY CAN DO THIS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENTLY. BUT THESE ARE THE
COMPONENTS. WE START WITH BABY
COLLEGE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM FOR
THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN, 0 TO 3.
WE TEACH THEM ABOUT BRAIN
DEVELOPMENT. WE TEACH THEM THE
PROPER WAY OF DISCIPLINING
CHILDREN. WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY
ARE AWARE OF THE NUTRITIONAL
NEEDS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE IN
THE HEALTH NEEDS THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVE THAT PROGRAM. WE
MAKE SURE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE START
OFF WITH ALL OF THE SCIENCE
ABOUT SINGING AND READING AND
TALKING AND COUNTING THE
CHILDREN. FROM THERE. OUR KIDS
GO INTO OUR PRE K PROGRAM FOR
THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD. IT'S A
FULL DAY PROGRAM. UH AND OUR
GOAL THERE IS TO MAKE SURE OUR
CHILDREN INTO KINDERGARTEN ON
GRADE LEVEL AND WE HAVE A SERIES
OF, UH, TEST THAT WE GIVE THAT
DEMONSTRATE WHERE OUR KIDS ARE
ABSOLUTELY ARE CONSTANTLY
ENSURING THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE
DOING WELL, AND WE'RE NOT, UM,
ONE OF THE BIG MISCONCEPTIONS
ABOUT THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE
IS PEOPLE THINK ALL OF OUR KIDS
ARE IN OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. THEY
ARE NOT. THEY ARE NOT OUT OF MY
10,000 KIDS 2000 OR IN OUR
CHARTER SCHOOL, THE OTHER 8000
ARE GOING TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. SO HERE WE CONNECT.
WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO
AND PROVIDING AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAM FOR KIDS ON THE WEEKENDS
DURING THE HOLIDAYS IN THE
SUMMER TIME THAT WORK IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL TO HELP PROVIDE THE KEY,
SUPPORT ACADEMICALLY AND
BEHAVIORALLY FOR CHILDREN, WE
HAVE A FULL SOCIAL WORK STAFF SO
YOU CAN'T SAVE KIDS IF THEIR
FAMILIES ARE FALLING APART. OH
AND WE FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE THE
HOUSING CONDITIONS SO THAT
FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH
ASTHMA AND MAY HAVE YOU KNOW TOO
MANY SORT OF VERMIN IN THEIR
HOUSE. WE'RE HELPING FOLKS
FIGURED OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH
THAT, UH, FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
. WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL
PROGRAMS THAT RUN, WHICH TEND TO
FOCUS ON ACADEMICS AND ARCH AND
SPORTS. AND THEN INTO OUR HIGH
SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHERE OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE WE MAKE SURE YOUNG PEOPLE
CAN FIND JOBS, ALL OF OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE OVER 15. WE TRY TO MAKE
SURE THEY CAN EARN A LITTLE
MONEY BECAUSE OF MY KIDS HAVE NO
WAY THESE ARE POOR KIDS. THEY
HAVE NO WAY TO EVEN AREN'T $20.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT IN THE
STREETS HUSTLING, TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO EARN SOME
MONEY, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
IT'S PART OF ALL THE WORK WE DO.
WE ALLOW YOUNG PEOPLE TO ALSO
LEARN HOW TO WORK. RIGHT THESE
ARE REAL JOBS THAT THEY HAVE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PRODUCING.
WHETHER THEY'RE WRITING FOR THE
NEWSPAPER OR PART OF OUR MUSIC
PROGRAM THEY HAVE TO PERFORM.
THEY KNOW THAT'S PART OF THEIR
DEAL AND THEN OUR ISSUES TO GET
OUR KIDS INTO COLLEGE. WE GET
ABOUT 99% OF OUR KIDS END UP
GOING TO COLLEGE. UH AND WELL,
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. THEY END
UP GETTING ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE
ABOUT 90% ENDED UP GOING
SOMETIMES KIDS ASIDE, I'VE BEEN
ACCEPTED. I DON'T WANT TO GO.
THAT'S FINE. WE HAVE A PROGRAM
THAT WORKS WITH THESE KIDS WHILE
THEY WERE IN COLLEGE BECAUSE
WHAT WE FOUND WHAT WE WERE
SENDING OUR KIDS TO COLLEGE, AND
THEN THEY WERE DROPPING OUT
AFTER BEING A YEAR OR TWO, AND
IT KIND OF MADE THINGS WORSE
THAN IF THEY DIDN'T GO. THEY
TOOK OUT LOANS NOW THEY DIDN'T
HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE. SO WE
HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH
OUR KIDS. ALL FOUR YEARS THERE
ARE IN COLLEGE OR FIVE OR SIX,
HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES TO GET
THEM OUT. AND THEN TRY TO
CONNECT THEM TO THE LABOR MARKET
. ONCE THEY GET OUT, WE ARE
DOING THAT WHILE I'M THE SAME
TIME DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF
VIOLENCE AND OUR COMMUNITY, THE
ISSUES OF PARKS AND PLAYGROUND
AND STREETSCAPES, SO WE'RE DOING
ALL OF THESE COMPREHENSIVE
SUPPORT WHILE SUPPORTING OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT WE DO IN
HARLEM. MOST FOLKS SIMPLY SAY,
CRADLE TO CAREER TARGETED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'VE SORT OF
GIVEN YOU MORE OF A PROGRAM BY
PROGRAM APPROACH OF WHAT THAT
REALLY LOOKS LIKE IN HOLLAND.
THANK YOU, MR CANADA AND
BUILDING ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UH YOU YOU USE THE TERM? WE UM
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE AND AS YOU MENTIONED,
THIS IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE EFFORT,
UM AND CERTAINLY IN THE HARLEM
CHILDREN'S ZONE AND THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY, AND I KNOW IN IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THESE
PLACE BASED INITIATIVES. HAVE
MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
PARTNERS UH, COLLABORATIONS. CAN
YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE
KIND OF COLLABORATION
OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT THAT
ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE, UM, AND
WHAT ARE THE MARKERS OF SUCCESS
OF A STRONG PLACED BASED
INITIATIVE? YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S A
GREAT QUESTION. UM THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE REALLY EXCELLED AND
CREATING THESE PLACE BASED
INITIATIVES AND GETTING
EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE AND
GETTING THEM ORGANIZED. STRIVE
TOGETHER IS ONE OF THE LEADING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THAT'S
AND THEY HAVE. PLACES THEY'RE
WORKING WITH, AND CALIFORNIA
WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS AND
PROGRAMS. UM SO THAT IS A
BACKBONE ENTITY THAT TAKES
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
COORDINATION OF THESE SERVICES.
BUT WE'VE SEEN ARE THE UNITED
WAYS THAT HAVE SOMETIMES TALKING
AS WE'VE SEEN OTHER, NOT FOR
PROFIT ORGANIZATION DECIDE
THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE
COMPREHENSIVE UMBRELLA UNDER
WHICH THESE PROGRAMS OPERATE. IN
EACH COMMUNITY. IT LOOKS
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT, BUT LET ME
TELL YOU SOME OF THE KEY. UH I
THINK PLAYERS THAT HAVE TO BE
INVOLVED. WE HAVE TO GET KATE AT
12 INVOLVED IN THIS WORLD. UH
YOU KNOW, UH, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE IS BEING
SUPPORTED. AND SO WE'VE BEEN
PUSHING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AS
ANOTHER ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT
CAN BE IN A PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT CONNECTS THOSE SCHOOLS AND
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, BUT WE
HAVE SEEN FOLKS JUST OR CAN
BEGIN TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, UH, AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF
SAFETY BUILDING A CONSENSUS ON
HOW WE'RE ALL GOING TO COME
TOGETHER AND WORK AS PARTNERS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND OF COURSE,
THERE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH I THINK ARE
CRITICAL THAT THEY ARE PART OF
THIS WORK AND THAT THEY HAVE
SERIOUS BUYING. IF THESE EFFORTS
ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL
AROUND THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU.
AND THIS IS, UH, PERHAPS A
LEADING QUESTION, BUT WHEN I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUT ON
THE TABLE, UM FOR YOUR 10,000
CHILDREN THAT YOU'VE BEEN
FOCUSED IN ON UM. WELL, I'LL SAY
THIS CALIFORNIA ANY STATE HAS A
CHALLENGE OF THINKING ABOUT, UH,
THEIR BUDGET OPPORTUNITIES AND
INVESTMENTS FROM A YEAR TO YEAR
APPROACH RIGHT ONE YEAR WILL
SUPPORT SOMETHING ONE TIME FUNDS
ANOTHER YEAR. WE WILL NOT, UM
AND YOU AND PLACE BASED WORK IS
REALLY FOCUSED IN ON THE LONG
HAUL, RIGHT? IT'S GENERATIONAL
WORK. CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A
SENSE OF THE SCALE OF INVESTING?
VESTMENT THAT WE NEED TO BE
THINKING ABOUT. AND THE
OPPORTUNITY COSTS WHEN WE DON'T
INVEST. YEAH I MEAN, IF THIS IS
A GREAT QUESTION, WE TELL FOLKS
THAT IT COSTS US ABOUT SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN $4500 ON TOP OF THE TOP
OF THE SCHOOL COST US TO PROVIDE
THESE WRAPAROUND, COMPREHENSIVE
SERVICES TO YOUNG FOLKS, UH AND
THAT'S A YEARLY COURSE RIGHT,
BECAUSE WE START WITH THEM AT
BABY COLLEGE AND WE STAY WITH
THESE KIDS. OVER THE COURSE OF
THE YEAR AND THERE ARE SOME
PLACES AND IDEAS SAY WHEN THE
BUDGETS ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER.
FOLKS WERE LOOKING AT THAT $2500
THINKING. CAN WE AFFORD TO DO
THIS? BUT IF I HAD, UH, THIS
ASSEMBLY AT HARLEM AT THE HARLEM
CHILDREN'S ZONE I WOULD BE
PUTTING UP MY MAP OF THE
INCARCERATION RATES IN
MANHATTAN. AND WHAT YOU WOULD
FIND IS THAT MY ZONE HAS BEEN
SENDING. HUNDREDS OF YOUNG
PEOPLE INTO OUR JAILS AND
PRISONS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS
EVERY YEAR. AND THE COST WHEN I
STARTED THIS FOR A YOUNG PERSON
GOING TO JAIL IN THE CITY WAS
ABOUT $100,000 A YEAR FOR THE
CITY IF YOU WENT TO JAIL OVER
$500,000 A YEAR RIGHT NOW I KNOW
THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT YOU
CAN GOOGLE IT AND SEE AND WHEN I
HAVE ARGUED THAT IT WE HAVE
SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UM,
ON A FAILED STRATEGY, WHICH IS
TO IGNORE THESE PROBLEMS TO LET
THESE CHILDREN FAIL AND THEN PUT
THEM IN JAILS. UH AND A MENTAL
HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND
UNEMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE AND ALL
OF THAT STUFF. MY KIDS ARE
COMING BACK PAYING TAXES. THEY
ARE GETTING JOBS. THEY ARE
CITIZENS WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO
I THINK IT'S CHEAP AND TO BE
TOTALLY HONEST WITH YOU. I THINK
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE
SPENDING AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING
BACK, UH, AND THE FACT THAT OUT
OF MY, YOU KNOW 1800 KIDS WHO'VE
GRADUATED MY 1000 KIDS WHO ARE
CURRENTLY IN CANON OF THEM. ARE
INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM. AND NOR WILL THEY BE,
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL GROW UP
AND BE CONTRIBUTING CITIZENS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A
GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT. I TELL
FOLKS THAT I TELL MY PARENTS
WHEN THEY START WITH ME AT ONE
AT SIX MONTHS THAT WE'RE GONNA
BE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES WHEN
THEIR KIDS ARE GOING INTO
COLLEGE. WE'RE GOING TO STILL BE
THERE. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS WORK
DIFFERENTLY. WE CAN TRY AND DO
THOSE SHORT TERM INVESTMENT.
THEY HAVE NEVER PAYING DOUBT YOU
WERE JUST THROWING A GOOD MONEY
AFTER BAD THESE KINDS OF EFFORTS
YOU NEED TO THINK IN FIVE AND 10
YEAR INCREMENTS. IF YOU'RE GOING
TO ALLOW THESE TO HAVE THE KIND
OF IMPACT THAT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
WELL WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO YOU,
MR CANADA FOR BEING ABLE TO JOIN
US. I BELIEVE YOU'RE IN NEW YORK
CITY RIGHT NOW, UH, AND SO
THANKFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR
FROM YOU, UM WE KNOW THAT YOU
ARE TRUE ADVOCATE OF THIS. WE'RE
THANKFUL THAT YOU CAME OUT OF
RETIREMENT, SO TO SPEAK,
ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T SEE YOU GO
ANYWHERE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF MODELS
SUPPORTED. UM, YOUR WORK IS
GOING TO CERTAINLY BE BROADCAST
MORE, CERTAINLY, AS WE GET TO
HEAR FROM OTHER PLACE BASED
INITIATIVES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND WE WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LIFETIME OF SERVICE
IN YOUR LIFETIME OF WORK AND
LEADERSHIP IN MAKING SURE THAT
WE HAVE, UM, THE HARLEM
CHILDREN'S ZONE TO BE ABLE TO
STAND BEHIND AND RECOGNIZE AND
UNDERSTAND. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU DO. WE'RE SO
THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH
US. THANK YOU. AND AS I LEAVE,
LET ME JUST SAY THIS. WE HAD THE
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE LIKE
WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON, ENTER TO
WE ARE COMMITTED TO CALIFORNIA.
WE ARE GOING TO BE IN CALIFORNIA
, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO HELP IN
CALIFORNIA AS MUCH AS HUMANLY
POSSIBLE. SO I WANNA THANK YOU
FOR THIS TIME AND SAY THAT
ANYTHING WE CAN DO, WE'RE
PREPARED TO BE HELPFUL. THANK
YOU. AND WITH THAT, UH, MR
CANADA BEING A PART OF THE NEWLY
FORMED UH OR RECENTLY FORMED
WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON INSTITUTE.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT
WITH HIM AND THE WORK THAT, UH,
THAT THEY ARE DOING TO SUPPORT
POLICE BASED INITIATIVES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I JUST
WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AS OUR
NEXT PANEL IS COMING UP. TO BE
ABLE TO FRAME A LITTLE BIT AND
DEFINE WHAT A PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOOD IS OR CRADLE TO
CAREER PARTNERSHIP, SO JUST SO
THAT WE GET GROUNDED A LITTLE
BIT, PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS AND
REGIONAL CRADLE TO CAREER
PARTNERSHIPS ARE CONSTRUCTED TO
REMEDY THE FACT THAT SOME
COMMUNITIES FACE HISTORIC
DISINVESTMENT AND FAMILIES
LIVING IN THESE PLACES, NEED
SYSTEMIC COORDINATION OF PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE STRATEGIES. TO MAKE
ANY PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL
EFFORTS STAND A CHANCE FOR
ENTIRE COMMUNITIES TO RISE OUT
OF POVERTY. BOTH APPROACHES
FORMALIZED AND STRENGTHEN HOW
ALL STAKEHOLDERS COME TOGETHER
AROUND A SHARED COMMUNITY VISION
, USE EVIDENCE AND DATA AS A
MEANS TO IMPROVE DELIVERY OF
SERVICES AND MEASURE PROGRESS
TOWARDS AGREED UPON TARGETS. AS
WELL AS LEVERAGING ALL AVAILABLE
RESOURCES TO MEET THAT VISION.
THESE APPROACHES INTENTIONALLY
CONSISTS OF CROSS SECTOR
ORGANIZATIONAL AND SYSTEM
LEADERS. EDUCATION BUSINESS
GOVERNMENT NONPROFITS, COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS,
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND
INDIVIDUALS. MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY LIVING TOGETHER TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGE. AS INTENDED THROUGH THIS
PLACE BASED MODEL. THESE
PRACTICES TAKE AN APPROACH,
WHICH CENTERS, A WHOLE CHILD AND
A WHOLE FAMILY AND D SILO
GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS TO ENSURE
THAT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
ARE MET WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE.
THESE APPROACHES UNIQUELY
SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS ASSUMING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN
UPWARD MOBILITY, WHILE
IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING
STRUCTURAL CHANGES NEEDED. THE
WORK IS CAN BE COMPLEX. BUT AT
THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS
INCREDIBLY SIMPLE. WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN IF WE WERE ABLE TO WRAP
OUR ARMS AROUND EVERY CHILD? AND
GET OUT OF OUR SILOS TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CHILD HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. FROM
THE TIME OF DAY WERE BORN. WITH
THAT WILL BE MOVING TO OUR
SECOND PANEL. WHICH IS IT TAKES
A VILLAGE DURING THE WORK OF
CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATION. AND
WITH THAT WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE SANDRA
ERNST. ACTUALLY IF WE COULD HAVE
ALL OF THE PANELISTS COME UP.
FOR THIS SECTION AT THIS TIME
WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH SO THIS
SECOND PANEL IS IT TAKES A
VILLAGE DOING THE WORK OF CROSS
SECTOR COLLABORATION WILL HAVE
THREE PANELISTS OR TO MISS
SANDRA ERNST. CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF OAKLAND PROMISE.
MARISA TORRES, VICE PRESIDENT OF
PROGRAM OPERATIONS FOR SBCS, SAN
DIEGO, GIULIETTA MARTINEZ,
PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
FOR HAYWARD PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THAT WE WILL
BEGIN WITH SENATOR ERNST AH!
SANDRA WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO INTRODUCE HERSELF. SHE IS A
PASSIONATE LEADER AND ADVOCATE
SHE HAS FOCUSED ON LEADING AN
EQUITY FOCUSED ORGANIZATION, AND
THIS IS SO CRITICAL TO THE WORK.
SHE'S DOING THIS IN 8018, THE MY
DISTRICT OF OAKLAND, ALAMEDA AND
EMERYVILLE IN OAKLAND, AND WE'RE
SO THANKFUL TO HAVE CENTER HERE
WHO HAS AH, LIFETIME OF WORK IN
BOTH COLLEGE ACCESS AND
COMPLETION AS WELL AS NOW
LEADING OAKLAND PROMISE WITH
THAT, MR ERNST. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BANTA ASSEMBLY
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE CHAIR AND
THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US
TODAY. I AM GOING TO TELL YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OAKLAND PROMISE
AND WHY WE EXIST. WE ARE A
CRADLE TO KOREA ORGANIZATION
PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON EDUCATION
AND ENSURING THAT OAKLAND
STUDENTS GET ACCESS TO EDUCATION
AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
ULTIMATELY SO THE PROBLEM
STATEMENT OF HOW WHY WE EXIST.
TOO FEW OF OUR STUDENTS IN
OAKLAND WERE MAKING IT TO POST
SECONDARY EDUCATION AT THE TIME
OAKLAND PROMISE WAS FORMED. 1/9
GRADER ONLY HAD A 10% CHANCE OF
COMPLETING POSTSECONDARY IN SIX
YEARS. AND THAT IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE. AND WHAT WE DO IS
ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE
ACCESS TO POSTSECONDARY BECAUSE
IF YOU HAVE A DEGREE, YOU HAVE
THE ABILITY OF EARNING 13% MORE
THAN SOMEONE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION. AND IF YOU HAVE A
FOUR YEAR DEGREE, YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EARN 40% MORE
BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3525 AND 34.
SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE
THAT WE GIVE THAT ACCESS TO OUR
STUDENTS. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BANTA. FIRST SAID THAT SHE WAS
AT OAKLAND PALMER'S SHE WAS THE
INAUGURAL CEO OUT OF OAKLAND
PRIMARIES AND AT OAKLAND PROMISE
SHE WAS ABLE TO SET UP THE
ORGANIZATION IN A WAY THAT
ALLOWED US TO GET ACCESS TO WAR
FUNDING. WHEN ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BANTER WAS AT OAKLAND, PROMISE
93% OF OUR BUDGET WAS PRIVATE
FOUNDATION, AND ONLY 7% WAS CITY
. BUT THROUGH HER EFFORTS, WE
WERE ABLE TO GET THE CHILDREN'S
INITIATIVE FUND. SO THAT IS A
MEASURE. IT IS A MUNICIPAL TAX
THAT GET ABOUT $700 PERSONAL TAX
FOR EVERY PARCEL IN AUCKLAND.
AND WE WERE THE IMPLEMENTATION
PARTNERS FOR THE COLLEGE ACCESS
PORTION. WHICH IS HUGE RIGHT
NOW, 65% OF OUR BUDGET IS
BECAUSE WE WERE SELECTED AS THE
IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER. SO WHEN
YOU HEAR ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BANTER MADE SURE THAT THAT
HAPPENED FOR OAKLAND PALMER'S IN
ADDITION WE HAVE A SET OF
COLLABORATIONS THAT WE TAKE THAT
WE ARE A PART OF OAKLAND
PALMER'S WE CANNOT DO ALL THE
WORK ALONE. SO WE HAVE THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL, ISHAN AND
THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS AGAIN,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BONTA WAS THE
INAUGURAL PERSON THAT STARTED
THIS COALITION. WE WERE ABLE TO
GO FOR A B 288. AND FOR THOSE OF
YOU, WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF A B
288 IS AN ASSEMBLY BILL TO
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT FOR
SCHOLARSHIP. WE ALL SCHOLARSHIP
ORGANIZATION PRIMARILY, WE GIVE
SCHOLARSHIPS TO FAMILIES AND
STUDENTS TO GO TO POST SECONDARY
AND MAYBE TO 88 PREVENTED THE
SCHOOLS FROM TAKING AWAY GRANTS.
FROM STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
VERY FEW STATES IN THE COUNTRY
HAVE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY. SO
THIS IS A WIND FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE FOUR CORE PROGRAMS. THE
FIRST ONE IS BRILLIANT, BABY.
BRILLIANT BABY IS FOR OUR
MEDICAL ELIGIBLE FAMILIES IN
AUCKLAND. THERE WAS ABOUT 1700
MEDICAL ELIGIBLE BABIES BORN A
YEAR. AND WE SEE THESE FAMILIES
WITH A $500 SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND
THROUGH THOSE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS,
WE ALSO OFFER FINANCIAL COACHING
FOR THEIR PARENTS. IT IS NOT
ENOUGH TO JUST ACTUALLY IT DOES
HELP TO GIVE THE MONEY TO
PARENTS BECAUSE IT DOES CHANGE
THE MINDSET THAT THEY HAVE MONEY
FOR THEIR STUDENTS, BUT IT IS
MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE TO PAIR IT
WITH FINANCIAL COACHING. SO OUR
FAMILIES GET FINANCIAL COACHING
AND A SEATED ACCOUNT AND GET
FAMILY CONNECTION AND TO THE
FAMILY COACHING TO THE TO THESE
CONNECTIONS WE HAVE DONE A 10
YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY. WE ARE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A 10 YEAR
LONGITUDINAL STUDY, AND IT SHOWS
THAT OUR PARENTS, I WOULD CARE
GIVERS ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER
HEALTH WHEN THEY PARTICIPATE IN
THE BRILLIANT BABY PROGRAM THAN
THE CONTROL TRACK THAN THE
CONTROL SAMPLE. OUR FAMILIES
ACCESS SOCIAL SERVICES MORE WHEN
THE OTHER PART OF THE PROGRAM
THAN WHEN THEY ARE NOT A PART OF
THE PROGRAM. SO THAT IS HOPE.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES IN
OAKLAND HAVE AND THEY HAVE
ASPIRATIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN
AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
GO TO POST SECONDARY. WE HAVE
ANOTHER PROGRAM CALLED
KINDERGARTEN TO COLLEGE. THE
KINDERGARTEN TO COLLEGE IS
SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SAY A
RISING TIDE LIFT LIFT ALL BOATS
BECAUSE ALL THE STUDENTS IN
OAKLAND ALL KINDERGARTNERS IN
OAKLAND, GET A $100 COLLEGE
SAVINGS ACCOUNT. BECAUSE WE WANT
TO START BUILDING THE IDENTITY.
THE IDENTITY THAT COLLEGE GOING
IS POOR FOR THE COURSE FOR A
CHILD IN OAKLAND JUST HAS YOUR
HEARD MR CANADA SEE THAT OUR
STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO COLLEGE. ULTIMATELY
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE WANT TO ENSURE EVERY KID IN
IN AUCKLAND REALIZES THAT, UH
THEY ARE COLLEGE BOUND. AND WE
HAVE OUR COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM.
IT CONTINUES TO BUILD ON THE
IDENTITY, BUT ALSO MAKE THEM DO
THE BEHAVIORS THAT MAKE THEM
ELIGIBLE TO GO TO POST SECONDARY
COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM HAS THE
MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE HIGH
SCHOOL READY. WE HEARD ABOUT
KINDERGARTEN READINESS, OUR
COLLEGE ACCESS ENSURE THEY HIGH
SCHOOL READY. THEY COMPLETE THE
FACE OR DREAM ACT AND THAT THEY
APPLY FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP AS
WELL. AND THROUGH THAT PROGRAM
LAST YEAR ALONE, WE GIVE 900
SCHOLARSHIP AT THE TUNE OF $3.7
MILLION SINCE INCEPTION. WE'VE
GOTTEN ALMOST WE'VE AWARDED
ABOUT 20,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. $25
MILLION. THIS IS A LOT. SO IT
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BANTER, WILLIE FOR ENSURING THAT
WE HAVE ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO THE PUBLIC
PARTNERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS AND
ULTIMATELY OUR LAST PROGRAM IS
OUR COLLEGE COMPLETION IN
COLLEGE COMPLETION. YOU HEARD MR
CANADA SAY THAT WE WERE SEEING
OUR KIDS NOT GO TO GO TO COLLEGE
AND ONE YEAR TO YEAR AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO SUCCEED. WE HAVE
MENTORING FOR OUR STUDENTS WE
HAVE ADVISING FOR OUR STUDENTS,
AND WE ALSO GIVE THEM THE
SCHOLARSHIP. BUT ALSO IT'S A
WRAP AROUND SUPPORT. WHEN OUR
KIDS LIKE WHEN THEY NEED MORE
MONEY. WE HAVE A FUND CALLED THE
DREAM KEEPER. ALSO THAT WAS
SOMETHING LEGACY FROM OUR
INAUGURAL SERIAL THAT WE CAN WE
CAN BRING THEM FOR. MAKING SURE
THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THEM. WHEN
COVID HAPPENED. WE COULD BRING
THEM HOME. THEY DIDN'T HAVE
MONEY TO GET ON THE PLANE, BUT
WE CAN GET THEM HOME, SO THEY
KNOW THEY HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY
CAN RELY ON. AND THE PSD
RESISTANCE IS THAT OUR STUDENTS
ARE GRADUATING AND A 54% RATE.
THAT FOR COMPARISON. 32% IS THE
GRADUATION WAIT FOR AN AUCKLAND
STUDENT OF THE SAME DEMOGRAPHIC.
SO OUR STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING
AT A 66% HIGHER RATE THAN THE
REST OF OAKLAND STUDENTS. AND
RECENTLY WE HEARD ABOUT PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE ON OUR WAY
TO BEING A PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WHEN I
COME BACK HERE WE WILL BE A
PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD. BEING
JEALOUS HERE FROM MY KNOW CO
PANELISTS WHO ARE BUT WE HAVE
RECENTLY BEEN AWARDED THE FULL
SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
BECAUSE WE KNOW PARTNERSHIP
WORKS. WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE.
OUR BIGGEST PARTNERS OR THE
SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOL, OAKLAND
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL
AS WELL AS THE CHARTER SCHOOL,
AND THIS IS A PLANNING GRANT.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BELIEVES
IN OUR WORK. AND WE WANT
CALIFORNIA TO BELIEVE IN OUR
WORK AS WELL. SO I WAS OAKLAND
STUDENTS THRIVE. WHEN GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY. WHILE OUR EFFORTS,
UH, VOTED IN THE LOCAL CONTEXT
EMPOWERING FAMILIES TO THRIVE
AND UPLIFT THEIR OUTCOMES.
IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR LOW INCOME
FAMILIES IN OAKLAND. THAT IS NOT
SOLELY ORIGINAL EFFORT. THAT'S A
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT THAT YOU
ARE DOING IN CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE
IF IT WORKS IN OAKLAND,
ULTIMATELY IT UPLIFTS THE WHOLE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE WORK IS
CREATING A POSITIVE RIPPLE
EFFECT. THAT EXTEND BEYOND OUR
BORDERS. AND AS OUR BOARD SHARE
ALWAYS SAY THIS IS NOT LOCAL
WORK. THIS IS NATION BUILDING
WORK. AND I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR
BERNSTEIN. THANK YOU FOR OUTING
ME, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS OUR
LIFE. COLLECTIVE LIFE WORKS AND
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SEE YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THE ORGANIZATION
THAT I HAVE CERTAINLY FEEL VERY
INVESTED IN WITH THIS WORK AS
WELL. WE WILL MOVE NOW TO OUR
NEXT PANELIST. MS. WHERE ARE WE?
SORRY, MISS JULIETA MARTINEZ.
ESTÁ JULIETA IS DATING IS A
DEDICATED PARENTS AND COMMUNITY
ADVOCATE BASED IN HAYWARD,
CALIFORNIA SHE CURRENTLY SERVES
AS A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SPELT
SPECIALIST AT TENNYSON HIGH
SCHOOL, WHICH IS ONE OF THREE
HIGH SCHOOLS SERVED BY HAYWARD
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS.
GIULIETTA BRINGS COMMUNITY VOICE
TO OUR HEARING TODAY. HAVING
ACCESS TO RESOURCES PROVIDED BY
HAYWARD PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS
SHE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN PROGRAMS
LIKE TUBER K¾T PERCIO BASS
VASQUEZ HEALTH CENTERS FROM
AUTHORITIES. THE SALOON TRAINING
CAL STATE EAST BASED COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE. SHE HAS
ALSO BEEN SERVING AS A DISTRICT
ENGLISH LEARNERS ADVOCACY
COMMITTEE AND THE LACK MEMBER
AND A PARENT AMBASSADOR AT
HAYWARD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT,
JULIA TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE AS WELL. AND I KNOW WE HAVE
EDGAR CHAVEZ HERE AS WELL FROM
HERE WOULD PROMISE. JUST TO
PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
AS NEEDED. THANK YOU, JULIETA.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE
FOR HAVING ME HERE. UM I WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE MY STORY SO YOU
CAN CONNECT WITH THEM HERE IN
THE WORK I DO. 23 YEARS AGO, I
IMMIGRATE FROM MEXICO TO THIS
COUNTRY. I BRING A BABY. SHE'S
NOW 23 YEARS OLD. PROBABLY
ALUMNI OF SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY, WHO THIS YEAR
RETURNED TO GIVE BACK TO HER
COMMUNITY AS PART OF HAYWARD
PROBLEMS. NEIGHBORHOODS TEAM
WORKING AS AN HOUR RISK
COORDINATOR. I ALSO BROUGHT WITH
ME A BIT OF COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
, THANKS TO MY EDUCATIONAL
VOLUNTEER WORK IN MARGINALIZED
RURAL COMMUNITIES IN OAXACA, MY
HOME STATE. BEING A YOUNG
MOTHER, AND BY THE TIME WITH
THAT SECOND CHILD WITH THAT
PASSION FOR LEARNING AND
IMPROVING MYSELF, I TOOK THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A
PROGRAM CALLED EVEN START FOR
FAMILIES AS THE ADULT SCHOOL,
WHICH GIVES PARENTS ACCESS TO
TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO CREATE A
LITERATE HOME ENVIRONMENT AND
ENHANCE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
OR CHILDREN. THAT STARTED TO
SEEM THE PLATFORM MY OWN KIDS TO
HAVE A PROMISING FUTURE. AT THAT
TIME. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA
THAT SOMETHING THAT BIG WAS IN
MY HANDS. AND NEITHER KNOW THAT
THERE WERE PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE.
I TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
EDUCATE MYSELF BEING MOTHER AND
WORKING AT ALL. WHILE I HAD TO
ADAPT TO A NEW COUNTRY EMBRACING
AND MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY
LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND
LANGUAGE AND EVENTUALLY
OBTAINING MY HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA. 12 YEARS OR
VOLUNTEERING BECAME MY PERSONAL
AND THEN PROFESSIONAL CAREER,
WHICH BEGAN IN MY CHILDREN'S
SCHOOLS AND EXTENDED TO
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM
WHICH I LEARNED AND PRACTICED
VERY USEFUL KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS. ALL OF THESE I MY OWN
PACE AND A DIFFERENT LEVELS TIME
BY TIME. AS A MEMBER OF MY
COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTOOD THE
IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
IN THAT BOOK, CÁC. AS A TRAIN
HILL PROMOTER, TORA. I BECAME A
REAL HERBAL SOURCE OF
INFORMATION AND PREVENTION
RESOURCES FOR MY COMMUNITY. IN
ADDITION TO NAVIGATING THE
COMPLEX HEALTH SYSTEM AS A
COUNSELOR FOR SURVIVORS OF
SEXUAL ABUSE. I UNDERSTOOD MOST
OF THE TRAUMAS THAT AFFECT
FAMILIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
PROMOTING SELF CARE AND MENTAL
HEALTH. AS A VOLUNTEER ON
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES, I GAVE
VOICE TO PARENTS OF ENGLISH
LEARNERS AND HIGHLIGHT THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING INVOLVED AND
INFORMED TO SUPPORT OUR
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. AND
AMBASSADOR LEAD I HELP OTHER
PARENTS TO GAIN LEADERSHIP
SKILLS AND BEING INVOLVED AT
THEIR SCHOOLS. THIS IS A PART OF
THIS IS OUR PARTNER PROGRAM
BETWEEN LA FAMILIA COMMUNITY
OUTREACH NUMBER OF IT
ORGANIZATION WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. IN WHICH PARENTS ARE
TRAINED IN BEING A BRIDGE
BETWEEN ASIA S D OTHER PARENTS
AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. I ALSO
WAS PART OF THE FIRST H P. N
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
IN WHICH MY OLDEST DAUGHTER AND
WAS ABLE TO JOIN TOO. I JOINED
THE SECOND CHANCE AT COLLEGE, A
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH ABOUT
COLLEGE THAT MEANT THEY
ENCOURAGE TO ENCOURAGE AND
SUPPORT US THE COMMUNITY TO GO
BACK TO COLLEGE TO PURSUE THEIR
EDUCATIONAL GOALS. THE CITY OF
HEY, WHEREAS ALSO BEEN PART OF
MY PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
THROUGH THE POLICE COMMUNITY
ACADEMY YEARS AGO. AND YEARS
LATER, WITH THE ADULT ENGLISH
CONVERSATION CIRCLES IN E S L
GRAMMAR CLASSES. THANKS TO MY
VOLUNTEER WORK. I HAD A STRONG
CONNECTION WITH MY COMMUNITY. I
GAIN ITS TRUST, THEY RELIED IN
WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON. I
UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THEY
FACE BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCED
THEM MYSELF. FROM THE COMPLEX,
COMPLEX CITY. I'M SORRY. SECOND
LANGUAGE. OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
TO THE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES,
MENTAL HEALTH. GUIDING OUR
CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN ACADEMIC
NEEDS BECAUSE I AM A SPECIAL AT
PARENT THAT I HAD TO ADVOCATE
FOR MY 19 YEARS OLD SON, WHO
MADE IT TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION, AND I'M PRETTY SURE
HE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE HIS OWN
DRIVING STORY, AND I STILL HAVE
WORK TO DO WITH MY HEAD WERE
PROMISED BABY WHO IS NOW THE
GREATER WE ALREADY KNOW THAT FOR
EVERY FAMILY IN THIS COUNTRY, IT
IS CRUCIAL TO HAVE ACCESS TO
INCLUSIVE BASIC NEEDS PROGRAMS,
RECREATION, EARLY CHILD
EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION
SERVICES, ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT, MENTAL, ACADEMIC
AND VOCATIONAL COUNSELING AND
OPPORTUNITIES. COLLEGE
PREPARATION IS ALSO HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE. AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER
. I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO
SEE HOW PARTNERSHIPS CAN ALIGN
SERVICES FOR KIDS AND THEIR
FAMILIES SINCE THAT JACKSON
TRIANGLE FIRST GRAND THE SECOND
ONE. I TELL HAYWARD AND DOWNTOWN
HAYWARD PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT'S JUST STARTED. OUR CREDIT
TO CAREER NETWORK HAS PUT TO THE
TEST WHEN WE FACE SOMETHING AS
THIS DEVASTATING AS THE PANDEMIC
WEST. I WITNESSED HOW EACH
AGENCY AND THE COMMUNITY ITSELF
ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT OUR
FAMILIES. WITH WHAT WAS
AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT. I WAS
PART OF THOSE EFFORTS BEING PART
OF T V. A C PROMOTE OR A STEAM.
AS A SCENE, THE COMMUNITY DOING
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ABOUT
COVID VACCINES, PREVENTIONS AND
SHIPPED AND SELF CARE.
DISTRIBUTING DIAPERS, CLEANING
SUPPLIES FOOD, ETCETERA. THANKS
TO A COLLABORATION WITH FORCES
IN COLLEGE. WE ALSO HELP
FAMILIES TO LEARN TO USE BASIC
TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWED TO KEEP
THEIR KIDS LEARNING FROM
DISTANCE. I HOPE MY STORY OF
VOCATION AND COMMITMENT HELPS TO
SEE HOW WORTHY AND NECESSARY IS
TO SUPPORT THIS NETWORKS THAT
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND TOOLS,
RESULTING IN A HUGE POSITIVE
IMPACT IN INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR
KIDS BECAUSE CHILDREN DESERVE TO
BOMB AND GROW HEALTHY LOVE AND
ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR DREAMS AS
PART OF A PRODUCTIVE AND
TRANSFORMATIVE SOCIETY. WE ARE.
WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HP N
HAVING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE
AND LEADERSHIP TEAMS THAT ARE
ABLE TO IMPLEMENT WHAT IS NEEDED
ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNITIES
THEY SERVE. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE THAT THIS 2023. I
FINALLY FELT READY TO STEP UP
AND STILL SUPPORT MY GREAT
COMMUNITY AS A FAMILY
ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH AND EQUITY
SPECIALIST AT TENNIS ON HIGH ONE
OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SERVED
BY HAYWARD PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JULIA TO
FOR THAT VERY FIRST PERSON
EXPERIENCE, AND WHENEVER I TALK
ABOUT MY CHILDREN, I ALWAYS HAVE
A HARD TIME. UH, NOT HAVING
TEARS COME FROM THEIR SUCCESSES,
AND IT'S SO THINK I'M THANKFUL
THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SHARE A
BIT OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, AND
THERE'S AS WELL UM, DID YOU WANT
TO JUST SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT
OKAY? BEEN HERE FROM THE
BEGINNING. SO, YEAH, PERFECT. I
THINK I WILL WILL FIRST JUST
GETTING, UH ASK. MR ERNST. A
COUPLE QUESTIONS? UM, UH, CAN
YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT THE, UM
THE NATURE OF THE COLLABORATION
CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY, I
WILL SAY OAKLAND PROMISES AN
INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION BUT YOU
THE WORK THAT HAPPENS FOR THIS
PLACE BASED INITIATIVES HAPPENS
WITH A LOT OF OTHER OTHER
PARTNERS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE
WORK THAT, UH, THAT THE WORK OF
PARTNERSHIP AND THE REQUIREMENT
OF PARTNERSHIP AND MAKING SURE
THAT EVERY CHILD HAS SERVED.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. THAT IS A MUSCLE THAT
WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT IS EXPANDING
TO SCALE A. WE KNOW THAT WE
CANNOT DO THE WORK ALONE. SO
PRIMARY PARTNER IS THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND OTHER PARTNERS ARE
WE CANNOT DO ALL EXCEPT WE DON'T
HAVE EXPERTISE IN ALL THE
DIFFERENT AREAS FROM THE CRADLE
TO KOREA, SO BRINGING FOLKS
TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH, LIKE
THE BEST SOLUTIONS AND THE BEST
WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THE
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. IS KEY,
SO WE DIDN'T NEED ASSESSMENT
ACTUALLY FOR THE FULL SERVICE
COMMUNITY GRANT, WE DID A NEEDS
ASSESSMENT AND LIFTED THE NEEDS
OF THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGH
THAT GATHERED THE PARTNERS WHO
WOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THE
OUTCOMES ARE NEEDED. SO THAT
COMES WITH A LOT OF WORK
PARTNERSHIP IS, UH, DIFFICULT
BECAUSE YOU NEED TO NURTURE THE
PARTNERSHIP. YOU NEED TO RESPECT
THE PARTNERSHIP, SO DOING
PARTNERSHIP WORK REQUIRES A LOT
OF INTENTION AND CARE. AND DOING
IT WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FROM
THE BEGINNING. WE WERE WITH THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT DOING IT
WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL,
WHICH IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARTERS, SO
IT'S NOT ALL UH, ONE AS Ó. USD
IS SO HAVING A LOT OF
INITIATIVES ACTUALLY UP
OPPORTUNITIES, I WOULD SAY. TO
GET TO UNDERSTAND THEM BETTER
THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK BETTER
BUT ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE. WE ALWAYS
SPONSOR FOR THE OUTCOME, BUT WE
HAVE TO GET OTHERS TO DO THE
WORK FOR WHICH WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUTCOME. SO
REALLY BUILDING RESULTS BASED
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES THAT WE
CAN ALL ABIDE TO IS VERY
IMPORTANT FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING. THANK YOU. AND UH
HUH. MS MARTINEZ, UH, CAN YOU
WHEN YOU YOU DURING YOUR
PRESENTATION, YOU OFFERED AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR ABOUT
THE IMPACT THAT BEING A PART OF
HAYWARD PROMISE HAS HAD NOT ONLY
ON YOUR CHILDREN, BUT ON YOU. I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
DON'T REALLY FOCUSING ON IS THAT
A PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD OR PLACE
SPACE INITIATIVE IS A UM, IT
AFFECTS THE CHILDREN AND THEIR
PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES. CAN YOU
SHARE A LITTLE BIT YOUR FIRST
POINT OF ENTRY? MAYBE IT WAS IT
WITH GETTING YOUR CHILDREN
INVOLVED AND THEN SOME OF THE
WAYS IN WHICH YOU HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE INVOLVED
IN THE EFFORTS OF HAYWARD
PROMISE TO MAKE IT A STRONGER
ORGANIZATION. YEAH I HAVE TO SAY
THAT, UM, PUT MY FROM MY
PARENTS. MY MOTHER ALWAYS. SAY
THAT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT. SO
THAT WAS IN MY MIND. AND MY
FATHER LOVES TO READ, SO I HAVE
THAT EXAMPLE. CAN EVERYONE HEAR
ME? AND WHEN I. I START TO
REALIZE IS BEING PART OF THOSE
PROGRAMS. I TOOK EARLY CHILD
DEVELOPMENT CLASSES. AND I
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS ABOUT
MY OWN INFANCY. HMM. AND MY
OLDEST DAUGHTER IS LIKE OOF! I
NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. SO I
START TO GETTING MORE INVOLVED.
BECAUSE IN MEXICO, IT IS A
SYSTEM ALREADY IN PLACE. THAT IS
WHAT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH. BUT
BEING HERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW
TO ASK SOME THINGS. AND I FEEL
EMBARRASSED TO ASK DUMB
QUESTIONS. BUT IT STARTED
LEARNING FROM OTHER LEADERS. AND
IT'S LIKE OH, CAN I CAN I ASK
HOW THIS WORKS? I DON'T
UNDERSTAND ABOUT SOPHOMORE
SENIORS. WHAT IS THAT? WE DON'T
USE THOSE TERMS. AND GRADING
RIGHT IN MEXICO. THE MAXIMUM
QUALIFICATION IS 10. AND HERE IS
AN A SO I START TO LINK LEARNING
BASIC THINGS. HOW BECAUSE I
STARTED TO GO TO MEETINGS
ACTIVITIES. EVERYTHING AT A
LOCAL. IN MY SCHOOL, JUST MY
SCHOOL. I DON'T WANT TO DO
ANYTHING ELSE. BUT WHEN I START
TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
YOUR INVOLVEMENT. YOUR KIDS IS
LIKE, OH, ENGLISH LIVING IN WHAT
IS THAT? WHY MY CHILDREN ARE
CLASSIFIED AS ENGLISH LEARNERS.
I MYSELF HAVE ENGLISH LEARNERS,
RIGHT? SO I START TO REALIZE
THAT I START TO INVOLVE AND AT
DISTRICT LEVEL. BUT IT'S LIKE
MANY THINGS BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE
TO WORK SO 12 YEARS IT TOOK 12
YEARS. TO START TO UNDERSTANDING
THAT PASO. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I
AND I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. I THINK
IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE EXPERIENCE
THAT NEWCOMERS HAVE INTO, UH
INTO THE U. S AND CALIFORNIA AND
THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO
A COMMUNITY. UH AND IT CERTAINLY
SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE ABLE TO
TURN YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE AND
KIND OF SEEING THINGS THAT
DIDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE A LOT OF
SENSE INTO ADVOCACY AND ASKING
ALL THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS. CAN YOU SPEAK A
LITTLE BIT SPECIFICALLY TO THE
PROBLEM STORIES PROGRAM THAT
YOUR INVOLVEMENT WHEN I, UM IT'S
FUNNY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE
THINK THAT THERE IS A WAY. TO GO
TO GET TO SOMEPLACE BUT FOR ME,
I START TO HAVE TO LEARN
VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH. I LEARNED
TO READ IN AND RIGHT, BUT FOR ME
WHAT'S DIFFICULT TO TALK? AND
WHEN I START MY EDUCATION. I
OBTAINED MY DIPLOMA WITH A
PROGRAM THAT. THAT I BRING ALL
THE THINGS THAT I GET AT MY
COUNTRY AND THAT I NEED TO
COMPLETE MY 2220 CREDITS. SO FOR
ME AH, I THINK I JUST NEED TO DO
20 CREDITS. BUT IN MY LIMITED
ENGLISH, I REMEMBER HAVING THE
BOOK THAT BE BOOKED FOR UM,
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OR UNITED
STATES HISTORY AND MY DICTIONARY
HERE. TO IN ORDER TO DO THE
TEST, AND THAT BUT I GET THEM
OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. BUT
AGAIN, THE CHALLENGE WAS TO
TALK. AND THANKS TO PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE PEOPLE
INVITE COMMUNITY TOO. DUE TO
TALK ABOUT IT, THEIR NEEDS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY PROVIDE
CHILDCARE SO I WAS ABLE TO BRING
MY LITTLE ONE WITH ME, AND THEY
PROVIDE TRANSLATION. I WAS
PREGNANT BEFORE IN FOR MANY
PEOPLE IS LIKE YOU NEED TO STAY
AT HOME, BUT I WENT TO LEARN. I
WANT TO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE.
AND THAT'S WHY I START TO DO
MANY THINGS. AH I KNOW ABOUT
MORE ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT
LEARNING ABOUT ADVOCACY. UM I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR
WITH PARENT VOICES. I CAME HERE
THAT DAY THAT IS STAND FOR
CHILDREN, RIGHT? I KNOW THAT YOU
NEED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS IN
ORDER TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU
NEED WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS
SO A DIFFERENT LEVEL, I START TO
BE INVOLVED IN MY OWN COMMUNITY.
AYE. I START TO KNOW WHAT IS,
UM, THE STRUCTURE. HOW THE
DISTRICT WORDS HOW OUR
GOVERNMENT WORKS. AND I REALIZED
THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE
INVOLVED. AND IF MY KIDS BORN
HERE THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE A VOICE RIGHT IF PARENTS
ARE SO BUSY WORKING, IT'S VALID.
THERE ARE PRIORITIES. BUT OUR.
KIDS NEEDS TO START FROM HERE.
LEE AGES TO UNDERSTAND THEIR
THEY HAVE BOYS. SO. COMING BACK
FROM THOSE YEARS. I WAS SO
YOUNG, YOUR MOTHER I JUST WANT
TO HAVE. EDUCATION AND TO HELP
MY KIDS TO TRACK AND I THINK I'M
DOING WELL. AND I CAN SAY IS
REALLY DIFFERENT FROM MY
ELECTRIC. IT'S WITH MY DAUGHTER.
I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE
THE SYSTEM. AND TAKING CARE OF
THEIR OF HER MENTAL HEALTH. IT
WAS SO HARD FOR HER. FOR MY SON
SPECIAL EDUCATION. I LEARNED
THAT I AM VERY. ON THE SAME DAY
AS HIM LEARNING AND FROM MY
LITTLE ONE FOR SHE, FOR HER WAS
REALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. I
START TO PRACTICE MY ENGLISH
WITH HER. AND I START TO AND I
START TO UNDERSTAND HOW A
ENGLISH LEARNERS BRING WORKS.
AND I WASN'T IN THE MIDDLE. I
WANT TO PRACTICE MY ENGLISH, BUT
I WANT HER TO BE BILINGUAL. IT'S
KIND OF DIFFICULT, BUT I
REALIZED THAT IT ARE MANY
THINGS. FOR FORGETTING THOSE
THINGS. BILINGUAL PROGRAMS,
RIGHT? I CAME TO SAY I LOVE TO
SPEAK IN SPANISH. I HAVE A
REALLY GOOD SPANISH, BUT MAYBE I
DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS TO TEACH
MY OWN KIDS, SO I HAVE TO LOOK
FOR ALL THOSE THINGS TOO. Tð.
HELP THEM TO GROWTH. AND HERE
YOU ARE IN THE STATE CAPITAL OF
CALIFORNIA. IN THE HEARING.
THANK YOU ADVOCATING FOR YOUR
CHILDREN AND ALL OF OUR
CHILDREN, SO THANK YOU. MR ERNST
, I'LL ASK A COUPLE MORE
QUESTIONS OF YOU. YOU THINK YOU
MENTIONED I KNOW ABOUT OBVIOUSLY
THE BRILLIANT BABY PROGRAM, THE
COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM. UH ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS
HARD FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, GRASP
AROUND PLACE BASED INITIATIVES
IS THE KIND OF THE LONGEVITY OF
THE WORK RIGHT? YOU'RE FOLLOWING
A CHILD FOR 1820 YEARS IN ORDER
TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, UM,
AND IT'S HARD TO DO THAT WITH
DATA AND WE WANT TO ALWAYS AT MR
CANADA'S POINT REALLY TALK ABOUT
THE IMPACT AND THE OUTCOMES.
IT'S IT'S WONDERFUL TO KIND OF
HEAR THE INPUTS, THE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
THAT WE CAN POUR INTO CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES. IT'S REALLY ALSO
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
OUTCOMES AND THE IMPACT OF THOSE
SERVICES FROM THE JUST SHARING A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT I KNOW, UM, THE
RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL THAT
BRILLIANT BABY IS DOING. CAN YOU
JUST REMIND US AGAIN OF THAT
PARTICULAR PROGRAM? THE
INTENTION OF IT AND SOME OF THE
INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE
RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL. YES SO
THE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CHILD
FOLLOWS OUR BABIES. ABOUT AND
THEN ALSO HAS A RANDOM SAMPLE
GROUP. A SAMPLE GROUP. WE WORK
WITH THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OUT
AS WELL AS LIKE CLINICA OR TWO
DIFFERENT HOSPITALS THAT WE WORK
WITH TO FOLLOW THE SAME BABIES.
SO WE ARE DOING THE 10 YEAR
TRIAL. WE DID THE 818 MONTHS WE
PORTS CAME OUT. AND SHOWED THAT
FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN THE
PROGRAM. ACCESS HEALTH CARE MORE
. THEY HAVE BETTER PARENT TO
HEALTH AND THEY HAVE GREAT
ASPIRATIONS FOR THEIR KIDS.
RIGHT NOW. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE 36 MONTHS AND WE ARE
GOING TO FOLLOW THOSE KIDS FOR
THE NEXT 10 YEARS. SO IT'S A BIG
THING THAT WE NOTICED WITH THAT
PROGRAM. WAS THAT JUST HAVING
THE C S A ACCOUNT IS HELPFUL.
BUT PAIRED WITH FINANCIAL
COACHING IS EVEN MORE HELPFUL,
AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BLACK
FAMILIES. THERE WAS A MUCH WIDER
GAP DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
SAMPLE POPULATION. VERSUS THE
CONTROL GROUP. MHM SO WE ARE
SEEING THAT TO BE VERY
BENEFICIAL FOR OUR BLACK
FAMILIES, AND, UH, WHEN WE CAN
WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE PARENTS
ACCESSING SOCIAL SERVICES MORE
IS BENEFICIAL FOR NOT ONLY THE
CHILD BUT ALSO FOR THE ENTIRE
FAMILY. BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS
TO MORE RESOURCES AND ACCESS TO
MORE RESOURCES MAKE YOU MENTALLY
AS WELL. THEY HAVE BETTER MENTAL
HEALTH FROM THAT AS WELL BECAUSE
THEY FEEL SUPPORTED. BRILLIANT
BABY. WE KNOW IT WORKS AND
ACTUALLY WILLIE ELLIOTT RECENTLY
HE IS THE AT UC BERKELEY. HE
ACTUALLY WANTS TO CITE OUR
REPORT FOR THE 10 YEAR FOR THE
LONGITUDINAL TRIAL. AND ALSO I
WANT I HAVE A QUOTE FROM HIM. I
BELIEVE THAT I WOULD IT DOWN.
BECAUSE. ACTUALLY, I DID NOT
WRITE IT DOWN. BUT I KNOW THAT
WILLIE ELLIOTT IS ACTUALLY
BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A VERY
THIS IS VERY EXCITING WORK THAT
WE ARE DOING AT OAKLAND PROMISE
AND WANTS TO SEE IT REPLICATED
OTHER PLACES AND WE ARE ACTUALLY
SELECTED BY THE STATE TO BE FOR
THE CSC ACCOUNT, WHICH ACTUALLY
WAS MODELED AFTER THE BRILLIANT
BABY PROGRAM, SO YEP. YOU'RE
REFERENCING CALIFORNIA'S
INVESTMENT AND EVERY CHILD TO
ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE
ABILITY TO ESTABLISH IT. COLLEGE
SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM, WHICH
IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, IT'S
SOME LEADERSHIP WORK THAT OUR
GOVERNOR HAS REALLY TAKEN. UM UH
, A SERIOUS INVESTMENT IN. WE
ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, THOSE
COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS RIGHT
NOW ARE BEING UNDER UNDER
UTILIZED AND UNDER ACCESS. AH
CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN ACTUAL
PROGRAM ON THE GROUND, ABLE TO
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND
ACCESSING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
THEY HAVE THOSE COLLEGE SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS? YES BECAUSE JUST
KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE THE
ACCOUNT SHOWS FROM THE STUDY IS,
UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR
FAMILIES TO GET TO FEEL MORE
HOPE AND OPTIMISM FOR THEIR
CHILDREN, AND WE ARE IN THE
OUTREACH PARTNER WITH THE STATE
WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT
CSC PROGRAM FOR THE STATE AND
OUR FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO GET
THE FINANCIAL COACHING ACTUALLY
HAVE ALLOWED OUR PARTICIPANTS TO
MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR
FINANCES THAT THEY WOULD NOT
OTHERWISE NOT HAVE DONE. WE
USUALLY THINK FINANCIAL COACHING
GOES LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY,
AND ACTUALLY IT WORKS WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE MONEY, SO IT WORKS
FOR YOU TO ACCESS MORE RESOURCES
. IT IT HELPS FOR YOU TO
UNDERSTAND. HOW DO YOU GET WHEN
DOES THAT MEAN CREDIT? WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW, BUYING A
HOUSE, ONE OF OUR BRILLIANT BABY
PARENTS ENDED UP BUYING A HOME
BECAUSE OF THE COACHING THAT SHE
RECEIVED FROM THE FINANCIAL
COACHES WENT, YOU KNOW, HER
CHILD WAS YOUNGER. AND THEN FIVE
YEARS LATER, SHE ENDS UP BUYING
A HOME BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTAND
HOW TO BUILD HER CREDIT. SO THIS
IS NOT FINANCIAL COACHING. ON
WHERE TO? IT'S NOT INVESTMENT
COACHING. THIS IS HOW TO DO YOUR
BASIC NEEDS WITH THE MONEY THAT
YOU HAVE. AND THEN I WANTED TO
JUST SWITCH OUR ATTENTION A
LITTLE BIT TO THE UPPER PART OF
THE KIND OF THE CAREER ORIENTED
PART OR THE COLLEGE TO CAREER
COMPONENT. MR CANADA MENTIONED
IN HIS REMARKS THAT ONE OF THE
CHALLENGES OF THE HARLEM
CHILDREN'S ZONE 10,000 STUDENTS
FACED OR THAT WE ALL FACE IS
THAT WE START COLLEGE. UM AND
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ABLE TO
FINISH IT AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE END UP
GETTING A BUNCH OF DEBT AND WE
DON'T END UP WITH A DEGREE. UM
AND PUTTING OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS IN OUR STUDENTS ARE
CHILDREN FURTHER IN A SITUATION
OF DESPAIR, AS OPPOSED TO A
PLACE OF PROMISE, CAN YOU SPEAK
A LITTLE BIT TO THE UH, THE
COLLEGE ACCESSING COMPLETION
PIPELINE OF YOUR MODEL AND WHAT
THE WHAT THE INTENTION IS AND
SOME OUTCOMES THAT YOU KNOW OUR
EXISTING WITH THE COLLEGE
COMPLETION COMPONENTS. YES. SO
RIGHT NOW, ABOUT IN OAKLAND, TWO
THIRDS OF THE STUDENTS
GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL END UP
GOING TO POST SECONDARY AND AT
AUCKLAND, PROMISE THE STUDENTS
THAT WE ACCEPT THE UNIVERSE OF
STUDENTS THAT IS LIKELY TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP IS
ABOUT 1700. BETWEEN 15 AND 1700.
THIS LAST YEAR WE AWARDED 900
SCHOLARSHIP THIS YEAR. WE ARE
AWARDING 1100 SCHOLARSHIPS AND
THESE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM
$1000 TO $16,000 AND THE SERVICE
THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE STUDENTS
IS NOT ONLY FOR EXAMPLE, I
TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY GET MAKING
SURE THAT THEY DO THE BEHAVIORS.
THAT GETS THEM TO SUCCEED IN
COLLEGE, SO THAT MEANS BEING ON
TIME. FILLING OUT YOUR FASTER OR
DREAM ACT, MAKING SURE THAT
YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR FINANCIAL
AID COUNSELOR AND THE BIG WHAT
WE WERE NOTICING WITH OUR
STUDENTS. WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE
SCHOLARSHIP AND THERE WOULD BE A
DROP OFF IN THE SUMMER. SO IT
WAS. IT'S CALLED SUMMER MELT. SO
THE STUDENT HAD EVERY INTENTION
TO GO TO POST SECONDARY AND DID
NOT END UP ENROLLING IN POST
SECONDARY, SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM
WITH OR USD WHERE WE ARE WORKING
TOGETHER TO TRACK THE STUDENTS.
SO THIS ALL THE STUDENTS IN OUR
PROGRAM, MAKING SURE ESPECIALLY
THE STUDENTS WHO WERE SUPPOSED
TO ENROLL IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
SO THOSE STUDENTS ARE WE WORK
COLLABORATIVELY. SO THAT IS ONE
COLLABORATION. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BANTER THAT WE DO VERY WELL WITH
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE
TRIAGE. WE SAY WE HAVE 300
STUDENTS SAYING THEY ARE GOING
TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. LET'S
ENSURE THAT THEY MAKE IT TO THE
DOOR. AND HOW WE SOMETIMES IT'S
A SIMPLE THING. IT COULD BE
LITERALLY $4 ON IF A STUDENT
TAKE A CLASS IN AT A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE, THEY MAY HAVE A HOLD ON
THE ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL
MAY NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHETHER YOUR STUDENT BEFORE OR
THE ONE YOUR STUDENT COMING INTO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THEY MAY
HAVE A HOLD ON THEIR ACCOUNT
BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE A
CONTINUING STUDENTS. AND NOT A
NEW STUDENT, SO BEING ABLE TO
REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS FOR THOSE
STUDENTS GREATLY INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND ROLLING
BECAUSE THEY WOULD LOSE HOPE IN
THE SUMMER BECAUSE NO ONE WAS
THERE TO HELP. NO ONE WAS ABLE
TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE SUMMER
BECAUSE THEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL
AND THEN THEY APPLY. AND THEN
NOW THEY ARE BEING ASKED ALL
THESE QUESTIONS, AND THEY HAVE
NO CLUE WHAT THESE QUESTIONS
MEAN. BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM
IN THE SUMMIT WITH OUR SUMMER
MELD INITIATIVE HAS REALLY
INCREASED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
GOING TO POST SECONDARY AND WE
HAVE MENTORS. WE THESE ARE
PROFESSIONALS, PEOPLE IN THEIR
CAREERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE
MENTORS IN THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE
ADVISERS. OUR ADVISORS ARE
TRAINED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS. WE
HAVE ALSO ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP
WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT
SUPPORTS US. IN THAT SUPPORTING
STUDENTS IN POST SECONDARY
BECAUSE WE KNOW THE MOST
CRITICAL TIME IS YEAR ONE AND
YEAR TWO. AND OUR STUDENTS ARE
GOING FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO
AT ALMOST 90% RATE. WHICH IS SO
WE NEED TO INCREASE THE YEAR
YEAR TWO TO YEAR THREE. BECAUSE
WE ARE SEEING THE DROP OFFS
HAPPEN NOW MORE AT THE 2 TO 3
YEARS, SO WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE DATA TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS
BETTER BUT YOU HEARD IT BEFORE
54% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE
GRADUATING POSTSECONDARY IN OUR
SIX YEAR OLD RAID AND THAT IS
66% HIGHER. THEN SIMILAR
DEMOGRAPHICS IN OAKLAND. THAT'S
GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND
AS WE WRAP UP THIS PANEL, I WILL
JUST ASK, UH UH, BOTH PANELISTS
TO JUST SHARE A FINAL THOUGHT
RELATED TO THIS. UH WE ALL WENT
THROUGH COVID COVID 19. HE WOULD
PROMISE. OAKLAND PROMISE HAYWARD
IN THIS CITY OF OAKLAND IN THE
CITY OF HAYWARD. BECAUSE OF
THESE PLACE BASED INITIATIVES
ALREADY HAD AN INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WAS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT. UM THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM EVERYONE HAD TO PIVOT DURING
COVID AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DURING
THAT TIME. CAN EACH OF YOU SPEAK
TO SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU
USED THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
OF YOUR ORGANIZATION OF HE WOULD
PROMISE AND OAKLAND PROMISE TO
BE ABLE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES
THROUGH COVID. SURE. UM. I WOULD
LIKE TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION
ABOUT THE PROMOTER REST PROGRAM.
OKAY. AH! THE PROMOTER WRIST
PROGRAM IS UM. A CURRICULUM THAT
IS, UH, WEST CREATED FOR PABLO
FRIDAY, AND IT'S BASED ON
POPULAR EDUCATION VERY EFFECTIVE
WITH ADULTS. AND. FOR THOSE
MOTORISTS OUT THERE. IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW ABOUT
RESOURCES FOR THEMSELVES, BUT
ALSO TO SHARE WITH THEIR
COMMUNITY. SO HE'S LIKE WHEN
SITUATION YOU CAN USE FOR
YOURSELF, BUT YOU CAN LET PEOPLE
KNOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
AND IN THAT PROCESS, YOU ARE
GETTING SKILLS. AS FOR ME, I
LEARNED TO FACILITATE AND
BECAUSE OF THAT, WHEN WE HAVE
THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE WE ARE. WE
WERE ABLE TO SET THAT CURRICULUM
TO DO A TRAINING ONLINE. BY SOON
, BUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE SOME
THINGS BECAUSE IT IS AH, THAT
POPULAR EDUCATION HAD SO MUCH
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES, AND IT'S
ABOUT REFLECTING ABOUT THEIR OWN
KNOWLEDGE AND SHARING. AND
LEARNING FROM EVERYONE. SO AT
THE PANDEMIC. FROM OUATTARA'S.
WE'RE READY BECAUSE THEY DID
OUTREACH. BUT NOW WE START TO DO
OUR RISK CALLING PEOPLE BUT
BECAUSE IT IS A NETWORK PROMOTER
, PART OF THE COMMUNITY THEY
ALREADY ARE KNOWN. FOR EVERYONE
IS LIKE, HEY, THIS IS JULIETA.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD NO, WE
HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH WE HAVE
SOME NEEDS. SO WE START TO DO
THAT. AND AT FIRST WHEN
EVERYTHING WAS STOP IT. SOMEONE
SAYS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
AND HOW ABOUT MOTORIST CALLING
THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE THE
DATA. ALREADY THOSE PARENTS ARE
PARTICIPATING FORCES PROGRAMS 0
TO 8 YEARS OLD OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT. I WAS PART OF THE LACK
SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW, PROMOTE
AURAS, AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. DO YOU
NEED HELP WITH THIS? DO YOU NEED
THAT? YOU NEED THOSE THINGS.
DIAPERS FOOD? OH NO. MY FAMILY
MEMBER IS HAS COVID. SO WHAT I
CAN DO AND WE DIRECT PEOPLE TO
THE RIGHT PLACE TO GET HELP. AND
. LIKE DOING MANY THINGS, NOT
JUST CALLS BUT DOING TO THE
DISTRIBUTIONS. DIAPERS, FOOD. UM
KNOCKING DOORS. TELLING THEM
THAT YOU NEED TO GET THE VACCINE
. OH DO YOU KNOW THAT DID THIS
CAN HAPPEN? OR DO YOU KNOW WHERE
IS THE PLACE TO GET THE VACCINE
OR TO BE TESTED AND ALL OF THOSE
STAFF PROMOTE AURAS WERE READY
FOR THAT. AND AGENCIES HAVE WHAT
YOU SAID ALREADY SOMETHING TO
START HELPING PEOPLE. THANK YOU.
OKAY YEAH, THE EFFECTS ARE WAS
YOU ON OUR KIDS? BECAUSE WHAT WE
WERE SEEING BEFORE WE WERE
SEEING THE SCHOLARSHIP TAKEN AT
LIKE A 90% RATE WHEN WE AWARDED
THE SCHOLARSHIP, AND NOW WE WERE
SEEING 75% OF THE STUDENTS WERE
ENROLLING IN POST SECONDARY, SO
IT WAS REALLY PROBLEMATIC TO SEE
THAT IN OUR STUDENTS WE HAD A
DRIVE FOR, LIKE GIVING UP
COMPUTERS TO STUDENTS. AND IT
WASN'T ENOUGH. THE COMPUTERS
WERE HELPFUL, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE
A HOME THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO
LEARNING IT WAS EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT. SO IT WENT. IT DID
OPEN. ALSO. OTHER DOORS, FOR
EXAMPLE, ALLOWED US TO HAVE MANY
MORE INTERVIEWS OF STUDENTS.
WHEN WE HAD FAMILY CONNECTION,
WE COULD HAVE IT THROUGH ZOOM
AND WAY MORE PARENTS ATTENDED.
ACTUALLY THE FAMILY CONNECTIONS
WHEN IT WAS TO ZOOM. THEN WHEN
WE HAD THEM IN PERSON. BUT WHEN
WE WERE INTERVIEWING STUDENTS,
FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP,
AND YOU SEE A STUDENT WHO IS
MODIFIED BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS
ARE LIKE CRAWLING ON THE GROUND
IN THE BACK, TRYING NOT TO BE
SEEN ON CAMERA. THEY'RE BROTHERS
WORKING WITHOUT A SHIRT ON IN
THE BACKGROUND, AND HERE THEY
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEW, AND THOSE
WERE THE EARLY DAYS WHERE THERE
WAS NO BLURRING AND THERE WAS
NOTHING THAT YOU COULD DO TO GET
RID OF. LIKE UNWANTED PEOPLE IN
YOUR BACKGROUND, SO THAT WAS
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, AND WE SAW
A BIG DIP IN OUR SCHOLARSHIP
UPTICK, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE FOR
THE FIRST TWO YEARS, RIGHT NOW,
WE ARE BACK ON SCHEDULE THIS
YEAR, BUT I WOULD SAY FOR TWO
YEARS, IT WAS PRETTY BAD. AND
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO OTHER
KINDS OF SUPPORT FOR OUR
STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR
DREAM KEEPER SCHOLARSHIPS, SO IT
WASN'T JUST FOR TUITION OR
ANYTHING RELATED TO SCHOOL. IT
WAS ANY KIND OF NEEDS WITH VERY
LITTLE, UH, NEED TO SHOW PROOF,
YOU KNOW FOR ACCESS? BECAUSE IF
YOU'RE GIVING A STUDENT YOU
KNOW, $500 IS NOT E. IT'S NOT A
HUGE THING FOR YOU, BUT WE KNOW
THAT, UH IN, FOR EXAMPLE, SAN
FRANCISCO I FORGOT WHICH IT WAS
A STUDY THAT SHOWED $500 CAN.
MAKE A STUDENT DROPPED OUT OF
POST SECONDARY AS LITTLE AS
$500. AND IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED
THAT THIS IS WHAT COULD GET
SOMEONE FROM HAVING A DEGREE OR
NOT. AND IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO
THANK THAT WE WOULD PREVENT
SOMEONE FROM SUCCEEDING BECAUSE
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GIVE THEM
$500. BUT THAT IS HOW LITTLE IT
IS SIMILARLY TO WHAT MR CANADA
SAID. AND IT TAKES $100,000 TO
$500,000 TO KEEP SOMEONE
INCARCERATED. AND IT TAKES $500
TO KEEP A KID IN COLLEGE. SO WE
REALLY NEED TO DO WHAT IT TAKES
TO REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS TO
ACCESS FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK
YOU TO BOTH OF OUR PANELISTS.
AND TO EDGAR IN SUPPORT. UM WE
KNOW A WELL I AM NOW SERVING AS
CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
ON HEALTH AND WE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME AND WILL SPEND A LOT OF
TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR HEALTH
CONCERNS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH. I THINK A LOT OF THE
WORK THAT HAPPENS, UM WITHIN OUR
PLACE BASED INITIATIVES REALLY
GO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT I
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. BOTH OF
THE PANELISTS KIND OF LIFTING UP
THE FACT THAT BECAUSE OF A MORE
HOLISTIC SENSIBILITY AROUND HOW
TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT CHILDREN
AND THEIR FAMILIES, IT ENDS UP
INCREASING HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR,
UH, FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND OUR WHOLE
COMMUNITY. SO WANTED TO LIFT
THAT UP. THANK YOU BOTH FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY, AND WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT
PANEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND OUR NEXT PANEL IS HOW TO
SUSTAIN CRADLE TO CAREER
NETWORKS IN CALIFORNIA. OUR
PANELISTS WILL BE EMERALD EVANS
FROM GRACE AND CHILD POVERTY,
CALIFORNIA AH, OUR RICHARD RYAN,
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER FOR THE
MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY, FELLOW MEADOWS MANAGING
DIRECTOR PORTFOLIO FOR THE BLUE
MERIDIAN AND JOSH DAVIS, VICE
PRESIDENT OF POLICY AND
PARTNERSHIPS WITH STRIVE
TOGETHER. SO IF WE'VE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE
HISTORY AND KIND OF AN ORIGINAL
MODEL OF PLACE BASED INITIATIVES
FROM MR CANADA AND THE FIRST
PANEL WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR IN
OUR SECOND PANEL, SOME OF THE
INTRICACIES OF THE PROGRAM BASED
WORK THAT LEADS TO REALLY
GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND
OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES. WITH THE PLACE BASED
APPROACH, WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO
A PANEL THAT FOCUSES MORE ON HOW
WE ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN.
THE CRADLE TO CAREER NETWORKS,
UH, IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND
WHAT KINDS OF INVESTMENTS WE
NEED TO MAKE, IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT, AND, QUITE
FRANKLY, AGAIN TOWARDS MR
CANADA'S OPENING REMARKS HOW WE
CAN ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIA
CONTINUES TO REMAIN A LEADER IN
ALL SPACES, BUT CERTAINLY THIS
ONE RELATED TO, UM UH, INVESTING
IN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THIS
PLACE BASED APPROACH. WE WILL
FIRST BEGIN WITH EMERALD EVANS.
EMERALD EVANS IS POLICY
ASSOCIATED GRACE AND CHILD
POVERTY CALIFORNIA SHE PROVIDES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND LEADS
THE CALIFORNIA CRADLE TO CAREER
COALITION IN THEIR POLICY
EFFORTS SEEKING RESOURCES AND
THE EXPANSION OF THEIR PROVEN
MODEL TO BE STATEWIDE, EMERALD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND FOR BEING WITH US
HERE TODAY, AND I ALL PAST MIKE
OVER TO YOU. YES THANK YOU
ACTUALLY STARTED MY INTRO FOR
ME, SO I'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT
INTO IT HERE AT GRACE. WE
ENVISION A LIBERATED FUTURE, UH,
FOR SYSTEMIC RACISM, FREE FROM
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POVERTY IN
WHICH ALL CHILDREN EXPERIENCED
CHILDHOODS OF ABUNDANCE, DIGNITY
, LOVE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
THRIVE. WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE
BACKBONE OF THE CALIFORNIA
CREDIT SECURE COALITION FOUNDED
IN 2020, DRIVING THEIR VISION TO
PUSH POLICIES. THAT BUILT THE
CRADLE TO CAREER MOVEMENT.
CREATE LONG LASTING COMMUNITY
SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT EVERYONE,
NO MATTER THEIR BACKGROUND,
THEIR SKIN COLOR THEY GENERATE
THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, THEIR
SEXUALITY, CLASS AGE OR ABILITY.
PLACE BASED, COORDINATED,
COMMUNITY DRIVEN ANTI POVERTY
SOLUTION STRATEGIES ARE A
CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE 2019
LEGISLATIVE PLAN TO LIVE
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OUT OF
POVERTY BY 2030. WE UNDERSTOOD
THEN AND EVEN MORE NOW,
FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC, THE
IMPORTANCE OF PLACE BASED
STRATEGIES FOR POVERTY
ALLEVIATION. THE CREDITS ARE
CAREER COALITION IS MADE UP OF
16 PARTNERS LOCATED ACROSS THE
STATE, INCLUDING AS FAR AS THE
NORTH AND MORE DOT COUNTIES TO
THE BAY AREA, THE CENTRAL VALLEY
AND ALL THE WAY DOWN IN SAN
DIEGO AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THEY ARE A GROUP OF COMMUNITY
LEADERS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SERVE CHILDREN AT EVERY STAGE OF
LIFE FROM BEFORE BIRTH THROUGH
COLLEGE AND CAREER. THESE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED
TO SEEK EQUITY AND MAKE ALL
COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA A
BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. AND THEY
DO THIS BY TRANSFORMING THE
SYSTEM THAT SERVES PEOPLE BY
SUPPORTING PEOPLE ACROSS THE
CRADLE TO CAREER CONTINUUM.
UNDERSTANDING THAT IT TAKES A
VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. THEY
INTEGRATE THAT PROVERB INTO
STRATEGY AND PRACTICES. THE
COALITION IS MADE OF FEDERAL
PARTNERS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND
REGIONAL CREDIT TO KOREA
NETWORKS. NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERS
ARE IMPLEMENTING PLACE BASED
CRADLE TO CAREER SERVICES
RANGING FROM NEWBORN HOME VISITS
TO PARENTING CLASSES. CHILDCARE
EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS,
TUTORING AFTER SCHOOL AND
ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, COLLEGE
READINESS PROGRAMS, HOUSING
SUPPORT TAX PREPARATION, FOOD
PANTRIES AND VACCINE OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION. CREDIT TO CAREER
REGIONAL NETWORKS. THEY FOCUS ON
THE SCALE OF SUCCESSFUL
APPROACHES ACROSS THE CITIES AND
COUNTIES TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES. ON
THE LARGEST SCALE TO CONVENING
CROSS SECTOR OF GROUPS TO CREATE
BLUEPRINTS AND ACHIEVE REGIONAL
EQUITY GOALS, FUNDING NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS AND COORDINATING
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
ACROSS COUNTIES AND REGIONS TO
ENSURE GREATER ACCESS TO HEALTH,
EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIO ECONOMIC
SUPPORT. BOTH OF THEIR CAPACITY
BUILDINGS RELY ON A COMMON
APPROACH, WHICH IS COMMUNITY
CENSORED AND RESULTS FOCUSED.
IT'S LEVERAGING CROSS SECTOR
PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLECTION
COLLECTIVE ACTIONS TO CHANGE
OUTCOMES. THEY'RE USING DATA TO
DRIVE DECISIONS AND THEN THEY'RE
ABETTING IT WITH AN
ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE. THE
CREDITS A CAREER MOVEMENT HAS
STARTED BECAUSE, LIKE MUCH OF
THE COUNTRY, CALIFORNIA HAS
DIVESTED FROM COMMUNITIES PEOPLE
HAVE IN PLACE THROUGH GINGER.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED PART
OF ME THROUGH GENTRIFICATION OF
URBAN CENTER COMMUNITIES AND
HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE ADEQUATE
RESOURCES TO THRIVE. AND WHAT IS
MISSING IN HIGH POVERTY
COMMUNITIES BUT YET PROVEN SO
SUCCESSFUL WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN
PILOTED IS A DEDICATED ENTITY
WORKING TO ENSURE THAT
INVESTMENTS MEANT TO FIGHT
POVERTY OR USED EFFECTIVELY
EQUITABLY AND REACH EVERY SINGLE
CHILD AND FAMILY WHOM THEY'RE
ATTENDED FOR HIM. COORDINATING
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, OUR
COMMUNITY AND DATA DRIVEN AND
THERE ARE IMPORTANT FOR
FOSTERING THRIVING COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE THEY EMPOWER FAMILIES,
THEY PROVIDE A TAILORED SOLUTION
TO THEIR LOCAL NEEDS. PROMOTING
INCLUSIVITY, ENCOURAGING CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT, OPTIMIZING
RESOURCES, FOSTERING CHANGE AND
ENHANCING SOCIAL RESILIENCE. OUR
COALITION STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT
POLICY AS A LEVER FOR SYSTEMS
CHANGE, AND AS SUCH, WE AIM TO
TAKE COLLECTIVE ACTION AND
SUPPORT SOLUTIONS THAT ADVANCE
POSITIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILY
OUTCOMES. ONE OF OUR COLLECTIVE
CHANGE EFFORT, LEVERS HAS BEEN
TO DEVELOP AN ADVOCATE FOR A
STATE LEVEL POLICY AGENDA THAT
WILL FINANCIALLY INVEST IN
CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING
TO IMPLEMENT THE PLACE BASED
CRADLE TO CAREER INITIATIVES.
THROUGH THESE EFFORTS. WE AIM TO
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL
YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN CALIFORNIA
, ENSURING A CHILD'S POTENTIAL,
REGARDLESS OF THE RACE, THEIR
ETHNICITY, THEIR ZIP CODE OR
EVEN CIRCUMSTANCE. THESE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROVIDING
SYSTEMS CHANGE WITH A UNIQUE
CAPACITY TO LEVERAGE $400
MILLION OVER THREE YEARS AND
EXISTING STATE INVESTMENTS TO
MAKE COLLECTIVE IMPACT,
INCLUDING TO CONVENE MULTI
SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS DECIDED
OWING FUNDING STREAMS, ENSURING
COORDINATION AND PREVENTION OF
DUPLICATION OF SERVICES,
COLLECTING DATA AND CAN AND
CONDUCTING EVALUATIONS. AND
INSTEAD OF IMPLEMENTING A ONE
SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION. THESE
PLACE BASED SYSTEMS TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE UNIQUE CONTEXT, THE
UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES OF A SPECIFIC
COMMUNITY OR GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IN
ADDITION THERE IMPLEMENTING
AGAIN MANY OF THE STATE PROGRAMS
UM, INCLUDING THE ACCESSIBILITY
OF THE ARRAY OF SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED
BY THE STATE. THESE PLACE BASED
INITIATIVES ARE DATA DRIVEN
SOLUTIONS YET AGAIN THAT HAVE
RESULTED IN FRESNO COUNTY,
LOWERING THEIR PRETERM BIRTH WAY
FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM 14.7
PER 100 INFANTS TO 8.2 FOR THOSE
WHO PARTICIPATED IN THEIR HOME
VISITING PROGRAMS MISSION
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD INCREASED
THEIR TARGETED SCHOOL GRADUATION
RATES FROM 68% TO 90. TRUE A
VISTA PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD
HAVING AN AVERAGE OF 91%
KINDERGARTEN READINESS RATE FOR
THE PAST SIX YEARS AND WITH
THEIR BASELINE, INCREASING FROM
77% IN 2014, SO 100% IN 2020.
OAKLAND PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD
THEIR COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES
AS SHE MENTIONED PLENTY OF TIMES
RESULTED 54% HIGHER THAN OTHER
SOCIO ECONOMIC LEE DISADVANTAGED
STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. MORAN
PROMISED PARTNERSHIP INCREASED
THEIR NINTH, THEIR PERCENTAGE OF
NINTH GRADERS BEING ON TRACK TO
MEET A THREE G REQUIREMENTS AT
TAM HIGH SCHOOL FROM 28% TO 58.
HAYWARD PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD
TARGETED SCHOOL TENNIS IN HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES FOR
BLACK STUDENTS ROSE FROM 63% TO
94% AND BLACK STUDENTS MEETING
THEIR UC CSU REQUIREMENTS FROM
15% TO 44. THESE STRONG RESULTS
DELIVERED BY THE NETWORKS WILL
ACHIEVE HIGH SOCIAL AND FISCAL
RETURN OF INVESTMENT IN BOTH
NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM. MORE
EVER STATE FUNDING FOR THESE
NETWORKS. IT'S A COST EFFECTIVE
WAY TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN
RECEIVE COORDINATED AND
EFFECTIVE RESOURCES. UM THAT
WILL YIELD TREMENDOUS RETURN OF
INVESTMENT. FOR AN EXAMPLE.
EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN A
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS GENERATES
A $6.12 RETURN. FOR REGIONAL
HUBS LIKE FRESNO, CRADLE TO
CAREER, THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED
AS HIGH AS A $12 RETURN. FOR THE
PAST THREE YEARS OF COALITION
HAS ADVOCATED FOR THE TAKES A
VILLAGE ACT, WHICH INCLUDED TWO
BILLS, MAYBE 1321 AND A B 2517
CHAMPIONED BY THE LOVELIEST
REMEMBER, AVANZA. THANK YOU
ALONGSIDE BUDGET REQUESTS. EVEN
THOUGH CREDIT TO CREATE NETWORKS
HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED BY HAVE NOT
BEEN FULLY FUNNY. FUNDED PART OF
ME. THE GOVERNOR INCLUDED $12
MILLION IN THE 2022 STATE BUDGET
FOR THE FOURTH CALIFORNIA
PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS
SWIFTLY MOVING INTO ACTION,
THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP AND
PARTNERSHIP, THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES, UM DIRECTOR KIM
JOHNSON AND HER TEAM WHO HAVE
QUICKLY AND SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENTED THESE INITIAL GRANTS
INTO THE FIELD. THE COALITION
WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PERMANENT
COMMITMENT FROM THE STATE,
BYPASSING THE IT TAKES A VILLAGE
ACT, AND THIS ACT WAS
ESTABLISHED A THREE YEAR
COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM TO
IMPLEMENT NEW AND STRENGTHENED
EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD BASED IN
REGIONAL BASED CREATORS OF
CAREER NETWORKS. HAVING HEARD
FROM OUR PARTNERS TODAY AND WILL
CONTINUE TO HEAR WE IMAGINE. CAN
WE IMAGINE WHAT THIS CAN DO FOR
21 MORE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
STATE TO PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABLE
GROWTH AND ENHANCE THE WHOLE
CHILD, WHOLE FAMILY? THESE
GRANTS WILL HELP CREATE. IT'S A
CAREER NETWORKS LINK LEVERAGE
AND ENHANCE THE WORK OF
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. SOCIAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS, WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS, COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS,
EMPLOYERS AND THOSE WHO PLAY A
CRITICAL ROLE IN ENHANCING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW INCOME
CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE
HAVE THE VISION THAT THIS WORK
WILL BE EXPANDED ACROSS THE
STATE AND THE NEED FOR THE
CALIFORNIA TO CONTINUE TO LEAD
THE WAY SO THAT WE CAN REBUILD
COMMUNITIES ENSURE CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES
TO GROW. TO LEARN TO PLAY TO
WORK TO LIVE IN TO THRIVE IN
COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE
PARTNERS HERE TODAY TO SPEAK
DIRECTLY ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MISS EVANS WAS VERY POWERFUL,
AND THAT WILL RETURN TO SOME OF
THOSE OUTCOMES THAT YOU RELAYED.
DOLLAR INVESTED LEADS TO $6.12
RETURN OR IN SOME INSTANCES, $12
CERTAINLY WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, AS WE MOVE
ON, AND CERTAINLY REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU LINING OUT SOME
OF THE EXISTING PLACE BASED
INITIATIVES. I WANTED TO ALSO
JUST MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE
BRIGHT FUTURES, MONTEREY COUNTY,
CHULA VISTA PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOODS CRADLE TO CAREER.
FRESNO COUNTY CRADLE TO CAREER,
SONOMA COUNTY, ELMONT PROMISED
FOUNDATION EVERETTE FREMONT,
EVERETT FREEMAN PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOODS ACCORDING PROMISE,
THE HAYWARD PROMISED. OBVIOUSLY
MARIN PROMISE YOU MENTIONED
MISSION PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS
WHICH WE'LL HEAR FROM
MOMENTARILY NORTH STATE TOGETHER
. OAKLAND PROMISE OPEN THRIVES,
DENNIS LESS CREATED TWO CAREER
PARTNERSHIP. UNITED WE STAND,
DIEGO. UM, SAN DIEGO PROMISE AND
ON AND ON AND HOPEFULLY MORE,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS
A SENSE OF THE BREATH OF THE
EXISTING WORK ALREADY WITH THAT
I WANTED TO MOVE OVER TO RICHARD
RYAN, WHO IS THE CHIEF STRATEGY,
OFFICER OF MISSION ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. META AS IT'S
KNOWN, HE LEADS METAS FIELD
BUILDING AND POLICY WORK BY
SHARING BEST PRACTICES FROM THE
AGENCY'S UNIQUE COMBINATION OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT,
SMALL BUSINESS LENDING AND
CRADLE TRICKIER PARTNERSHIPS.
PRIOR TO HIS CURRENT ROLE HE
DIRECTED MISSION, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES PLACE BASED
EDUCATION INITIATIVE. MISSION
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS M P N AND
HE NOW USES MPS CRADLE TO CAREER
APPROACH TO HELP DRIVE SYSTEM
CHANGE EFFORTS ACROSS THE CITY
OF SAN FRANCISCO, MOVING FROM A
PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD TO A
PROMISED CITY, WHICH WE'RE VERY
EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT.
PROMISE CITY INITIATIVE ALLIANCE
THE BEST PRACTICES FROM MISSION
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE
MAYOR'S COVID RECOVERY PLAN,
CREATING HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS IN
THE CITIES HARDEST HIT
NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S WONDERFUL TO
BE ABLE TO FEATURE ALL OF THE
GOOD WORK THAT IS HAPPENING IN
SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW, AND THE
VISION THAT THE MAYOR HAS, UH,
WITH YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO BUILD
OUT MISSION PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOODS TO A CITY WIDE
EFFORT. AND WITH THAT I'LL PASS
IT OVER TO YOU, MR RYAN. THANK
YOU. CHAIR BONTA. AND THANK YOU,
MISS EVANS. FOR THAT EXCELLENT
SUMMARY OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK
BOTH WITH YOUR COALITION AND
WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BATA, I CANNOT
TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO
HAVE SOMEONE OF YOUR STATURE OF
YOUR VOICE OF YOUR EXPERTISE.
CHAMPIONING THIS WORK IN
CALIFORNIA, SO THANK YOU. UM A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MISSION
DISTRICT BEFORE I JUMP INTO OUR
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD, AND AGAIN
I AM THE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
AT THE MISSION ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. THE MISSION
DISTRICT IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS
TRADITIONALLY BEEN A VIBRANT
GATEWAY COMMUNITY FOR WORKING
CLASS LATINO IMMIGRANTS AND A
HAVEN FOR ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS.
BUT BEGINNING WITH THE .COM
BOOM, WE SAW MORE THAN A THIRD
OF THE LATINO POPULATION
DISPLACED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S 10,000 LATINOS. WE USED
TO BE THE MAJORITY OF THE
COMMUNITY, BUT THAT IS NO LONGER
THE CASE. WORKING CLASS FAMILIES
FACED EXORBITANT HOUSING PRICES
WORKING MULTIPLE LOW WAGE SECTOR
SERVICE JOBS, SERVICE SECTOR
JOBS TO AFFORD RENT. THEY OFTEN
HAD HIGH LEVELS OF TRAUMA
STEMMING FROM IMMIGRATION STATUS
AND THEIR INABILITY TO BE HOME
WITH CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE
NEED TO WORK, AND THERE WERE
DISPARITIES IN EDUCATIONAL
OUTCOMES FOR LATINOS. OUR
COMMUNITY RESPONDED COLLECTIVELY
BY CREATING A PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOOD MISSION PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOOD INSPIRED BY THE
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE. WE
BELIEVED THAT OUR CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES HAD THE ABILITY
TO SUCCEED, GIVEN THE RIGHT
SUPPORT ALONG THE CRADLE TO
CAREER CONTINUUM. AND WE MADE A
PROMISE THAT WE WOULD HELP BRING
THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO
PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS. MISSION
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAN
FRANCISCO IS NOW THE QUARTERBACK
FOR A TEAM OF 15 COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING A WEB OF
SUPPORT FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
WE DO SO BY BRINGING TOGETHER
EARLY LEARNING CENTERS,
COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY ALL
ALIGNED AROUND A COMMON VISION.
TOGETHER. WE WORK ALONG THE
CRADLE TO CAREER CONTINUUM TO
CONNECT STUDENTS IN THEIR
FAMILIES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, JOB
TRAINING, SMALL BUSINESS LOANS,
TAX ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE AND,
OF COURSE, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
AND MORE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HELP
FAMILIES SECURE $5 MILLION IN
TAX REFUNDS IN THE LAST YEAR
ALONE. AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE
HELPED FAMILIES COMPLETE 32,000
AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICATIONS.
WE'VE PRESERVED OR DEVELOPED
2500 UNITS OF PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DOUBLE
THE NUMBER OF CHILDCARE SLOTS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH THIS WEB
OF SUPPORTS. WE SAW THE
PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES WITH THE
MEDICAL HOME JUMPED FROM 60% TO
80. THE KINDER READINESS RATE
INCREASED TO 71% COMPARED TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AVERAGE OF 47. AND
THE GRADUATION RATE INCREASED
FROM 68% TO 90% AS EMERALD
STATED. BUT WHEN COVID FIRST
ARRIVED, IT HIT OUR COMMUNITY
THE HARDEST, ALTHOUGH LATINOS
ONLY MADE UP 15% OF THE CITY'S
POPULATION, THERE WERE 50% OF
THE COVID POSITIVE CASES BECAUSE
OF THEIR CROWDED LIVING
CONDITIONS, REFLECTING THE
SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN THE COMMUNITY. AND BECAUSE
THEY'RE ESSENTIAL JOBS COULD NOT
BE DONE FROM HOME. THE TRUST
THAT ARE PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD
BUILT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE
NETWORKED APPROACH WE HAVE
DEVELOPED WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
PUT US IN A POSITION TO REACH
THESE FAMILIES AND TO WORK WITH
THE CITY AND STATE TO DISTRIBUTE
EMERGENCY RESOURCES TO THESE
HARD TO REACH FAMILIES.
INCLUDING $22 MILLION IN INCOME
REPLACEMENT FUNDS TO THOUSANDS
OF FAMILIES, ALLOWING RESIDENTS
TO QUARANTINE AT HOME WHEN
NEEDED. AND $16 MILLION IN
RELIEF FUNDS FOR 457 SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS. WE USED OUR
CRADLE TO CAREER INFRASTRUCTURE
TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY
OF VILLAGE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS WHO ARE IN GREATEST
NEED. THIS IS GOOD GOVERNMENT.
IT'S COMMUNITY DRIVEN,
COLLABORATIVE DATA, INFORMED
DATA AND FORMED AND ACCOUNTABLE
TO RESULTS. AS A RESULT, THE
GOVERNOR ADDED FOUR PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE STATE
BUDGET IN 2022. AND THAT IS A
RESULT OF THE COLLECTIVE
ADVOCACY OF, UH GRACE, THE END
CHILD POVERTY CAMPAIGN AND, OF
COURSE, ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S VONTAZE
LEADERSHIP. THIS FUNDING WAS
ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THESE
INITIATIVES HAD ALL TIMED OUT OF
THEIR FEDERAL GRANTS, WHICH LAST
ONLY FIVE YEARS THEY WERE ALL
FACING MASSIVE FISCAL CLIFFS AND
THEIR COMMUNITIES WERE FACING
THE SUDDEN LOSS OF VALUABLE
COLLABORATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT HAD BEEN BUILT UP OVER THE
YEARS. THIS LOSS COULD HAVE BEEN
PARTICULARLY DEVASTATING FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAD ALREADY
BEEN HIT HARDEST BY THE
PANDEMIC. THE STATE'S INVESTMENT
PREVENTED THIS LOSS, PROTECTED
THESE COMMUNITIES AND ENSURED
THE CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARDS
ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS
AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR
FAMILIES IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
THE STATE'S INVESTMENT IN
MISSION PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD
WAS MATCHED BY THE CITY AND
PHILANTHROPY. BECAUSE IN THE
SAME WAY THAT MULTIPLE SECTORS
HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO
IMPLEMENT A CRADLE TO CAREER
INITIATIVE. SO SHOULD THEY COME
TOGETHER TO FUND IT? EVERYONE
NEEDS TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME
FOR A TRULY COLLABORATIVE
APPROACH. CALIFORNIA YOU'VE
HEARD THIS THIS MORNING. ALREADY
CALIFORNIA IS LEADING THE WAY BY
INVESTING IN PLACE BASED CRADLE
TO CAREER NETWORKS, SUCH AS
MISSION PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS INVESTMENT IN SYSTEMS
COORDINATION PROVIDES SOLUTIONS
TO SOME OF THE LARGE SCALE
CHALLENGES WE SEE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS BY BRINGING
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE,
INNOVATE AND HOLD EACH OTHER
ACCOUNTABLE TO COMMON GOALS. AT
A TIME WHEN CALIFORNIANS ARE
LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS SUCCESSFUL
CREATED TWO CAREER NETWORKS SHOW
THAT THE SYSTEM CAN WORK. AND
THEY HELP RESTORE OUR FAITH IN
OUR DEMOCRACY. MY HOPE IS THAT
THE STATE WILL EXPAND THIS
APPROACH SO THAT IT IS NOT
LIMITED TO A FEW LUCKY
COMMUNITIES. BUT SCALED TO REACH
MORE OF OUR HARDEST HIT
COMMUNITIES. THIS NEW WAVE OF
CRADLE TO CAREER NETWORKS COULD
BE THE VANGUARD FOR A TRULY
EQUITABLE RECOVERY IN CALIFORNIA
, AND AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MR ARYA, AND I
COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. WE
HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
WHAT WE CAN DO HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AND WHAT KIND OF
IMPACT THAT THAT WILL HAVE ON,
UH, THERE IS KIND OF TAKING UP
THE CAUSE, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR FRAMING AROUND
IT REALLY TAKING A VILLAGE, SO
THANK YOU WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE
TO OUR NEXT PANELIST, WHICH, UH,
IS MR OTHELLO MEADOWS. MR
MEADOWS? UH SERVES AS THE
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PORTFOLIO
FOR BUSINESS FOR BLUE MERIDIANS.
HE PROVIDES STRATEGIC AND
EXECUTION, A LEADERSHIP ON
CRITICAL BUSINESS PRIORITIES AND
LEADS INNOVATION EFFORTS, WHICH
EXPAND BLUE MERIDIANS WORK AS
WELL. HE ALSO EXPLORES NEW
PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES LEADS DUE
DILIGENCE ON POTENTIAL BLUE
MERIDIAN. INVEST EASE AND
MANAGES RELATIONSHIPS WITH
CURRENT INVEST EASE WITH A FOCUS
ON PLACED MATTERS, AND I KNOW
FROM KNOWING MR MEADOWS. HE IS A
COMRADE IN ARMS IN THIS WORK,
HAVING LONG BEEN PART OF PLACE
BASED INITIATIVES AS WELL. SO IT
BRINGS THAT EXPERIENCE TO THE
TABLE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS
IT OVER TO MR MEADOWS. THANK YOU
CHAIR BONDS, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
THIS UM, WORKERS DEEPLY PERSONAL
TO ME AND IMMEDIATELY BEFORE
JOINING BLUE MERIDIAN. I WAS, UM
DOING THIS WORK AND THESE
STORIES ARE UM, BOTH
HEARTBREAKING THAT WE'RE HAVING
THE SAME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
RESOURCES AND ALLOCATIONS OF
FUNDING BUT ALSO UPLIFTING AND
WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND THE
SUCCESSES THAT PEOPLE ARE
HAVING. UM I'LL START A LITTLE
BIT WITH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS IS. BLUE
MERIDIAN IS A FUNDS AGGREGATOR
THAT RAISES CAPITAL FROM WEALTHY
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS,
UH, AND DEPLOYS THAT IN A WAY
THAT IS REALLY DATA DRIVEN AND
BACKED BY, UM, PRETTY INTENSE
DUE DILIGENCE, AND SOME OF OUR
INVESTORS HERE CAN PROBABLY
ATTEST TO, UM, BUT IT IS A LONG
GETTING TO KNOW YOU PROCESS. I
WILL ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS NO
COINCIDENCE THAT WE'RE IN
CALIFORNIA. THE WORK INVESTING
IN CALIFORNIA. THE WORK THAT'S
GOING ON HERE IS, UH, AS GOOD AS
ANY THAT WE'VE SEEN ANYWHERE IN
THE COUNTRY AND THE WORK THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, UH,
IS BEING FOLLOWED BY FOLKS
WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO ALREADY WHO
ARE WATCHING THIS AND EAGER TO
SEE WHAT CALIFORNIA DOES NEXT ON
THIS FRONT, UM, WE EMPLOY REALLY
A THREE PART STRATEGY. OUR GOAL
IS TO INCREASE ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL MOBILITY FOR THE FAMILIES
THAT HAVE BEEN DISADVANTAGED FOR
THE LONGEST, LARGELY BLACK AND
BROWN FAMILIES ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY. WE INVEST EVERYWHERE
FROM RHODE ISLAND TO OAKLAND,
RIGHT EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FROM, UH, THE MIDDLE OF
THE COUNTRY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
TEXAS. UM AND WE'RE SEEING AH,
HUGE IMPACTS AS PEOPLE TRY TO
REBOUND FROM COVID COVID.
RECOVERY IS ACTUALLY HOW WE GOT
TO THE BAY AND HOW WE, UH, FIRST
ENTERED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
WITH WITH OAKLAND AND NO SMALL
PART DUE TO MS SPONSORS
LEADERSHIP, UM, BUT WE EMPLOY A
THREE PART STRATEGY, WHICH IS
DEEP INVESTMENT IN PLACE BASED
PARTNERSHIP. SO THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HERE, UM, HAVE LONG
STRUGGLED TO HAVE THE FUNDING
THEY NEED. TO CARRY OUT THE WORK
THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO
EVERYDAY WERE ASKING TO DO, UH,
REALLY YEOMAN'S WORK. UH AND WE
GIVE THEM PEANUTS. UH SO WE
WANTED TO CHANGE THAT WE WANTED
TO GO DEEP AND INVEST IN THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS. THE SECOND PIECE
IS REALLY INVESTING IN TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE. WE CALL IT CATALYTIC
SUPPORTS, BUT IT REALLY IS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AROUND
SAYING, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES
THAT YOU'RE HAVING? WHAT ARE THE
THINGS THAT YOU NEED HELP WITH?
WHAT DOES THE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE THAT CAN TAKE YOU
FROM HERE TO HERE? UM WE CALL IT
CADILLAC SUPPORTS, BUT EVERYBODY
ELSE KNOWS THAT AS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE OR CONSULTANTS, UM,
AND THEN THE THIRD PART, WHICH
IS MAYBE MOST PROPOSED WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.
WE HOPE THAT OUR CAPITAL IS
CATALYTIC AND CADILLAC FROM THE
STANDPOINT OF UNLOCKING GREATER
PUBLIC RESOURCES AND PUBLIC
INVESTMENT, AS WELL AS
ADDITIONAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT,
BUT WE LIKE TO BE EARLY IN ON
THINGS, UH, HELP PROVE CONCEPT
AND THEN HELP MAKE THE CASE THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO
BE PERMANENT, RIGHT PERMANENT
FUNDING FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS
AND THE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS
WORK. UM SO THAT'S KIND OF THE
STRATEGY THAT WE EMPLOY ARE KIND
OF HOLY GRAIL OF SCALE AND WE
CAN'T GET TO SCALE WITHOUT
PUBLIC SECTOR DOLLARS, RIGHT?
BLUE MERIDIAN HAS A LOT OF MONEY
, RIGHT? BUT IN THE SCHOOL, LIKE
WHEN COMPARED TO THE SCOPE OF
THE PROBLEM, THE SCOPE OF WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE. IT IS
NOT EVEN A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF
WHAT'S NECESSARY, SO TO GET TO
OUR GOAL OF SCALE OF MOVING
THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
OUT OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY
, UH, WE HAVE TO PARTNER WITH
THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO IT AS EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. UM ONE
THING I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SORT
OF CALL ATTENTION TO THAT. WE UM
HAVE COME TO LEARN IN THIS WORK.
IS THAT WHAT WE THINK OF AS
CRADLE TO CAREER? UM IS MUCH
LARGER THAN I THINK THE WAY WE
TALKED ABOUT IT AMONGST EACH
OTHER, RIGHT? WE THINK ABOUT
CREDITOR CAREER AND WE THINK,
TYPICALLY IN TERMS OF, UM,
SCHOOL, RIGHT ACADEMIC OUTCOMES,
RIGHT? AND IT CERTAINLY IS THOSE
THINGS BUT CRADLE TO CAREER IN
OUR MIND IS EVERY SINGLE THING
THAT IMPACTS NEGATIVELY OR
POSITIVELY RIGHT, A CHILD OR A
FAMILY'S TRAJECTORY. SO THAT
INCLUDES HOUSING, RIGHT HOUSING
INSTABILITY THAT INCLUDES
FEELING SAFE IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT INCLUDES YOUR
PARENTS BEING ABLE TO FIND GOOD
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
ARE GOOD EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD. SO ALL THESE
THINGS ACT UPON WHAT WE CALL THE
COMPREHENSIVE FRAME, WHICH IS
BASICALLY HOW A CHILD MOVES DOWN
THAT PATH OF CREDIT TO KOREA.
RIGHT? SO EVERYTHING THAT ACTS
ON THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
INVEST IN. RIGHT NOW. WE LIKE TO
INVEST IN PARTNERSHIPS THAT THAT
ARE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON THAT. UM
WITH THAT I MOVED TO, YOU KNOW,
SORT OF SOME OF OUR BIGGEST
LEARNINGS THUS FAR RIGHT. WE'VE
BEEN AT THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID AT THE TOP
ARE MANAGER PORTFOLIO OF ALL
PLACE BASED INVESTMENTS. BLUE
MARINE DOES ALL KINDS OF
INVESTING OUR PORTFOLIO. MY
PORTFOLIO IS ALL ABOUT PLACE
BASED INVESTMENTS, BOTH AT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL AND AT THE
REGIONAL LEVEL. AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I THINK WAS ALLUDED
TO TODAY THAT I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT SO
COLLABORATION. RIGHT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE
STRUCTURES WITHIN THESE
PARTNERSHIPS, UH, IS BOTH THE
BIGGEST LEVER RIGHT OF CHANGE.
AND ALSO THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
WRITING GETTING THESE WORK. THIS
WORK DONE. SO THE PLACES THAT
WE'VE SEEN HAVE THE MOST SUCCESS
HAVE BEEN THE PLACES THAT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT.
HOW DO WE KEEP EVERYBODY AT THE
TABLE? RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT 15
OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT
YOU WORK WITH. HOW DO WE KEEP
EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE PUSHING
TOWARDS THE SAME GOALS IS THE
HARDEST IN MY OPINION, THE
SINGLE HARDEST THING TO DO IN
THIS WORK, BUT IT ALSO HAS THE
BIGGEST UPSIDE IF YOU DO IT
CORRECTLY. UM ONE THING THAT I
ANOTHER LEARNING THAT I
MENTIONED EARLIER THESE BACKBONE
OR QUARTERBACK ORGANIZATIONS,
DEPENDING ON KIND OF WHICH MODEL
YOU YOU SUBSCRIBE TO OUR
SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED, RIGHT? AND
SO EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU'RE DOING
THIS WORK AND CHAIR BONTA, I'M
SURE WHEN YOU WERE DOING THIS
WORK WHEN IT CAME TIME TO RAISE
MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR, AND YOUR
STAFF AND THE PEOPLE THAT
ACTUALLY GET THE WORK DONE.
RIGHT THAT'S A STRESSFUL THING,
AND EVERY SINGLE PLACE BASED
LEADER IN THE COUNTRY IS DEALING
WITH THAT SAME PROBLEM. RIGHT OF
HOW DO I MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE
WHAT I NEED TO GO PURSUE THE
OUTCOMES THAT ARE MOST CRITICAL
TO THIS COMMUNITY. UM SO WE'VE
GOT TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT
SUSTAINABLE. UM AND THEN THE
LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT
THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE SEE
HERE AND I'M I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW EXCITED I AM TO BE HERE
BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THIS ALL
THE TIME. POLITICAL WILL IN MY
MIND IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST
PREREQUISITE. RIGHT TO HAVING
ANY SHOT AT MAKING THIS THIS
THIS WORK. HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITY
FOR SUCCESS. WE GO TO A LOT OF
PLACES WHERE THERE ISN'T THE
POLITICAL WILL TO SAY WILL MAKE
THE HARD CHOICES WILL FIGHT THE
HARD FIGHTS. WE WILL PUT MONEY
WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, AND ACTUALLY
FUND THE THINGS THAT ARE SHOWING
RESULTS. UM AND SO WITHOUT THAT
POLITICAL WILL. I THINK YOU'RE
KIND OF DEAD IN THE WATER, SO
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
TODAY, TALKING ABOUT PERMANENT
ALLOCATIONS. PERMANENT FUNDING
FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THIS
KIND OF WORK AT A HIGH LEVEL. UM
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR
US. UM, A BIG GOAL OF OURS IS TO
FIND A WAY TO CREATE ENOUGH
PROOF OF CONCEPT. THEREFORE THE
PUBLIC SECTOR IT BECOMES A REAL
NO BRIGHTER RIGHT. IT BECOMES AN
EASY WIN TO GET BEHIND AND
SUPPORT THAT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT THING THAT
REQUIRES RISKIER CAPITAL RIGHT
AND TRY TO PROVE COPS UP THERE
AS WELL. SO SUPER EXCITED TO BE
HERE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER THAT
WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR
MEADOWS, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY GET
INTO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT
WILL SET US TO HAVE POLITICAL
WILL AROUND THIS WORK. UM UH, WE
WILL MOVE NOW TO, UH WE'LL MOVE
NOW TO OUR NEXT PANELIST WAS
JOSH DAVIS. JOSH DAVIS SERVES AS
VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY AND
PARTNERSHIPS FOR STRIVE TOGETHER
, HE PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND
STRATEGY FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S
POLICY, ADVOCACY AND
MOBILIZATION WORK WHILE ALSO
LEVERAGING NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS THROUGH
THE CRADLE TO CAREER NETWORK.
WE'RE CERTAINLY THANKFUL TO HAVE
MR DAVIS HERE TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THE LINKAGE BETWEEN WHAT
WE'RE DOING, UM, IN CALIFORNIA
AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER
STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THANK
YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BONTA.
THIS ALMOST FEELS LIKE HOME. UH
I LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI AND HAVE
FOR MY, UM ENTIRE ADULT LIFE,
BUT I HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY AND
PROFESSIONALLY COMMITTED TO
SUPPORTING A GROUP OF FRIENDS
AND COLLEAGUES FOR ABOUT 11 OR
12 YEARS, SO I'M VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE TO SPEAK AND SUPPORT.
THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HERE
IN CALIFORNIA. UM. STRIVE
TOGETHER IS TRULY A NATIONAL
NETWORK. THAT IS ABOUT 70
COMMUNITIES IN 29 STATES AND THE
ONE NORTH STAR THAT ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITIES HOLD IS REALLY TO
ELIMINATE THE PREDICTABILITY. OF
SUCCESS BASED ON THE COLOR
ETHNICITY OF CHARLES, UH, AND
FAMILIES. UM UH, DEMOGRAPHICS AS
WELL AS WHERE THEY LIVE AND
EMERALD SPOKE TO THIS. YOU KNOW,
THERE'S REALLY THE NORTH STAR.
HOW CAN WE ELIMINATE THE
PREDICTABILITY THAT BECAUSE
SOMEONE IS BLACK, HISPANIC
INDIGENOUS? LIVES IN A VERY,
REALLY REMOTE AND RURAL PART OF
THE COUNTRY THAT WE CAN PRETTY
WELL TO PREDICT HOW THEIR
LIKELIHOOD FOR SUCCESS, UH, WILL
SHAPE UP AND 20 PLUS YEARS AND
MOVING FORWARD. SO DESCRIBE
TOGETHER NETWORK SERVES ABOUT 14
MILLION CHILDREN NATIONWIDE. AND
THAT'S ABOUT 13% OF THE ENTIRE U
. S POPULATION BETWEEN THE AGES
OF ZERO AND 24. IN CALIFORNIA.
WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1.2
MILLION CHILDREN. AND BEFORE
COMING TO CALIFORNIA. UH JUST
BEEN A POOR BLACK KID FROM
MISSISSIPPI. THE ONLY IMAGE I
HAD OF CALIFORNIA WAS BEACHES.
UH AND, UM, I HAD NO IDEA OF THE
DIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF ITS
PEOPLE OF ITS GEOGRAPHY IN REAL
SPOKE TO THIS A LITTLE BIT. WE
HAVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE AS
FAR NORTH AS DILL NORT. HUMBOLDT
TRINITY. CISCO YOU, SHASTA. I'VE
BEEN TO THEM. THEY LOOK
EXTREMELY DIFFERENT. UM FROM THE
GEOGRAPHY AND THE PEOPLE AND THE
PLACES ON THE BORDER, CHULA
VISTA ALL UP AND DOWN THE COAST
AND EVEN OVER INTO THE SAND
WALKING VALLEY, UM, JUST
RECENTLY SPENT TIME WITH THE
YUROK TRIBAL COUNCIL. AND SO
I'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE AND
LEARN ABOUT. THE WAYS THAT
COMMUNITIES HAVE VERY SIMILAR
GOALS, BUT THE DIFFERENCES IN
THE WAYS THAT THEY GO ABOUT
ORGANIZING THEIR WORK SO THAT
THERE IS THIS COMPOUNDING EFFECT
OF ALL OF THE RESOURCES AND ALL
THE TALENT AND ALL THE INTERESTS
THAT ALIGNS IN WAYS THAT THEY
CAN MEASURE THEIR PROGRESS ALONG
THE WAY. SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY LET'S STRIVE
TOGETHER. WE NOT ONLY THINK
ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL
RESOURCES, BUT THE
SUSTAINABILITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND
THE CAPABILITIES, UM THESE
APPROACHES ARE NOT PROGRAMS IN
AND OF THEMSELVES. THESE ARE
APPROACHES REQUIRE PROGRAMS AND
SERVICE DELIVERY. TO ACTUALLY
MEET FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND
OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS WHERE
THEY ARE BUT IT'S MUCH, MUCH
MORE SO ABOUT A PROCESS THAT
CONTINUOUSLY NEEDS TO BE TENDED
TO AND IN ORDER TO DO THIS
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND
WITH IMPACT, THERE HAS TO BE
THIS CONTINUAL. UM KNOWLEDGE,
ACQUISITION AND SITTING ON THE
EDGE OF YOUR LEARNING COMPETENCY
AND SITTING ON THE EDGE OF YOUR
OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE AND
THINKING ABOUT THE REFINEMENT IN
WHAT'S NEW, AS WELL AS THE
CONTINUITY OF THE CAPACITIES
THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DRIVE THIS
RESULTS ORIENTED WORK FORWARD.
SO IT'S STRIVE TOGETHER. THE WAY
THAT WE HELP TO MEET
SUSTAINABILITY AND WORK TOWARDS
SUSTAINABILITY IS BASICALLY IN
FIVE WAYS. SO USE ARE CODED
WORDS AND THEN MOVED BACKWARDS.
IT'S THREE SEASON TWO EYES. WE
COACH WE CONVENE RATIFIED. AND
THEN WE ALSO FUNCTION IN TERMS
OF INFLUENCING AND INVESTING. SO
WHEN IT COMES TO COACHING WHAT
WE DO IS WE TAKE THE DECADE PLUS
10 YEAR OF KNOWLEDGE AROUND THE
FIELD OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT. AND
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE A
METHODOLOGY FOR COLLABORATIVE
IMPROVEMENT THAT WE COACH OUR
PARTNERSHIPS ON. AND WE ALSO
COACH GOVERNMENT ACTORS OVER THE
LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE
SUCCESS OF OUR STATE POLICY
COALITIONS. WE'VE SEEN POLICY
THAT'S BEEN ENACTED. THAT IS IN
THE INTERESTS OF OUR NETWORK
PARTNERS IN THEIR COALITIONS.
AND ONCE THAT POLICY MOVES FROM
DEVELOPMENT INTO ADVOCACY INTO
IMPLEMENTATION. WE DON'T STOP
THEIR INTERNATIONAL OFFICE. WE
SIT WITH GOVERNMENT ACTORS THAT
HOLD THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS
TYPE OF PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
AND HELP THEM TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT IS THE COLLABORATIVE
IMPROVEMENT METHODOLOGY THAT
ENSURES THAT THE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT
GEOFFREY CANADA SPOKE ABOUT
THESE REQUIRED. HOW DO WE MAKE
SURE THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THIS POLICY ENSURES THAT THERE
IS AN ABSOLUTE RETURN ON THIS
INVESTMENT, AND IT ACTUALLY
MEETS THE IMPACT FOR THOSE
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT ARE
MOST IN NEED OF THE TYPE OF
POLICIES THAT ARE BEING CALLED
FOR. WE CONVENE OUR NATIONAL
NETWORK AND OUR PARTNERS
TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE STRIVING
TOGETHER DOES NOT HOLD A CONTENT
EXPERTISE. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN IT
COMES TO HOUSING IN THE
INTEGRATION OF EDUCATION AND
HOUSING ENTERPRISE CORPORATION
PARTNERS IS ONE OF OUR NATIONAL
PARTNERS. WE LOOK TO THE
PRITZKER CHILDCARE INITIATIVE
THERE FOCUSES ON 0 TO 3 IS OUR
CONTENT EXPERTS TO HELP ENSURE
THAT WHEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE
CONSIDERING HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR
KINDERGARTEN READINESS, AND
THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE
FORMATIVE YEARS WERE CRITICAL.
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE
BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE. WE DON'T
HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE, BUT BECAUSE
OF OUR BREATH BECAUSE OF OUR
BRAND AND BECAUSE OF OUR
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND
ECONOMIC MOBILITY, WERE ABLE TO
PULL IN NATIONAL PARTNERS THAT
HAVE THE RIGHT CONTENT EXPERTISE
AND WE SERVE AS A CONVENER FOR
OUR PARTNERS IN NATIONAL EXPERT
PARTNERS TO LEARN TOGETHER AND
MOVE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF
STRATEGIES THAT MEET IMPACT.
WITH OUR CODIFICATION. WE ENSURE
THAT THOSE BEST PRACTICES
WHETHER THEY BE THE REST
PRACTICES THAT MOVE, UM, POLICY
FROM DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY
FROM OUR COALITIONS, OR WHETHER
THEY ARE THE BEST PRACTICES THAT
ENSURE THAT A ROADMAP FOR A
STATE TO FOCUS ON PRENATAL
OUTCOMES LIFTS AT WHAT YOU DO
FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND A
PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE. WE ENSURE
THAT THE CODIFICATION OF THOSE
LEARNINGS CRYSTALLIZED. SHARED
ACROSS OUR NETWORK ARE REALLY
BUILT BY OUR NETWORK, AND WE
CAPTURE THOSE LEARNINGS TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
DISSEMINATE AND SPREAD AND SCALE
THOSE LEARNINGS. THE IMPACT
INVESTING IS WHERE I REALLY GET
EXCITED. UM UH, IMPACT. I'M
SORRY. INFLUENCE AND INVESTING.
OUR INFLUENCE IS REALLY OUR
NEWEST BODY OF WORK OVER THE
LAST, SAY 4 TO 5 YEARS. THE
STRAP TOGETHER NETWORK
HISTORICALLY HAD FOCUSED ON
GETTING THE WORK RIGHT OF
COLLABORATIVE IMPROVEMENT. UM
THE FOCUS ON POLICY WAS MORE SO
OF AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT
POLICY PLAYED A ROLE IN ENSURING
THAT OUTCOMES WERE MET. BUT OVER
THE FIRST DECADE OF THE NETWORK,
THERE WAS REALLY THIS ADHERENCE
TO THE DEVELOPING A THEORY OF
ACTION. REFINING THAT THEORY OF
ACTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD HOW
THE PRACTICE OF THIS
COLLABORATIVE ACTION WAS IT
REALLY MOVING COMMUNITIES TO
BETTER OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES. AND SO IN OUR POLICY
WORK, WHICH WE DEFINE AS THE
INFLUENCE WE'VE BEGUN TO SUPPORT
THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATEWIDE
POLICY COALITIONS, PARTICULARLY
IN STATES, WHERE THERE IS A
DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY, SO IN URBAN
AND RURAL CONTINGENCY OF
CONSTITUENTS AH AS WELL AS WHERE
WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF
PARTNERSHIPS IN THE STATES SO
THAT THEY CAN PULL UP FROM THE
LOCAL NEEDS THAT THEY'RE
RECOGNIZING THAT NEED CHANGE AT
THE STATE LEVEL. AND COME
TOGETHER AND ADVOCATE FOR THOSE
BASED ON REAL LOCAL CHALLENGES
THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL
SOLUTIONS. AND OUR INVEST IS
ALSO ONE OF THE NEWER FACETS OF
STRIVE TOGETHER IN OUR 2023
STRATEGIC PLAN. WE GRANTED JUST
OVER $66 MILLION OUT TO OUR
NETWORK. AH WE WERE ABLE TO
AGGREGATE CAPITAL. WE WERE ABLE
TO REALLY, REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL
TO HAVE LARGE PHILANTHROPIC
FUNDERS. COME TO THE TABLE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE COULD SERVE
AS A VETTING MECHANISM BECAUSE
OF THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT ON
ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS. UH
REVIEW THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT
THAT THEY PROVIDE THAT SAYS THIS
IS WHERE THEY NEED HELP. THIS IS
WHERE THEY'RE HAVING SUCCESS.
AND BE ABLE TO SERVE AS A GOOD
PARTNER TO LARGE PHILANTHROPIC.
UH ORGANIZATIONS, DONORS AND
FUNDERS. 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN,
WHICH BEGINS IN 2024 MOVES
THROUGH 2030 WERE BASICALLY
DOUBLING DOWN ON THAT. OUR PLAN
CALLS FOR INVESTING $130 MILLION
INTO OUR NETWORK THAT SUPPORTS
BOTH THE PRACTICE AND THE POLICY
WORK FROM THE LOCAL LEVEL TO THE
STATE LEVEL AND ENSURING THAT
THERE IS A CONGRESSIONAL AND
PRESIDENTIAL AGENDA THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO INFLUENCE BASED ON THE
NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CONNECTED
AND TETHERED TO OUR LOCAL
PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEN CONNECT
WITH OUR NATIONAL OFFICE. SO I
THINK ABOUT THIS. SO WHAT? UM IF
THESE PARTNERSHIPS WE'RE NOT
HERE, UM. OH I WAS THINKING
ABOUT HOW TO ANSWER THAT,
BECAUSE THE WORK THAT THEY
PERFORM OUTSIDE OF A PROGRAM YOU
KNOW, YOU CAN'T GO AND DO IT
TOUR TO SEE HOW COORDINATION
TAKES PLACE IN THE BACKGROUND.
THIS WORK IS HIGHLY HIGHLY
INVISIBLE. THIS WORK INSURES
THAT THERE IS INTENTIONAL FOCUS
ON WHERE ARE THERE GAPS IN THIS
CONTINUUM? COLLEAGUE OTELLO
SPOKE ABOUT, UM, CRADLE TO
CAREER. CONSIDERS HOW TO SUPPORT
A CHILD AND AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY
OF CHILDREN FROM THE PRENATAL
STAGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH,
WORKFORCE. THAT'S NOBODY'S
MANDATE. GOVERNMENT DOES NOT
MANDATE THAT. EDUCATION. SAFETY.
TRANSPORTATION WORK TOGETHER.
THESE ARE ALL VERY SILO
FUNCTIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
PHILANTHROPY DOESN'T MANDATE
THIS. THE PEOPLE THAT MANDATE
THIS POOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT
RECOGNIZE THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY
CAN RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN WILL
THEIR OWN NEEDS AND THE DESIRES
THAT THEY HAVE. THERE ARE SO
MANY STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES.
THERE ARE SO MANY ENTITIES AND
PROGRAMS AND, UM, SYSTEMS THAT
NEED TO BE NAVIGATED. SO THIS IS
NOT A MANDATE THAT COMES DOWN
FROM GOVERNMENT. THESE COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS THAT OPERATE IN A
SPECIFIC PLACE AND THAT THINK
ABOUT THIS CONTINUUM FROM BIRTH
ALL THE WAY INTO THE WORKFORCE.
HAVE DONE SO BECAUSE OF THE CALL
IN THE WHEEL OF RESIDENTS,
COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES. THIS
IS A LOT OF WAYS SPRUNG UP AS A
VOLUNTEER EFFORT THAT IS EITHER
FUNDED BY PHILANTHROPY OR FUNDED
BY A SMALL SEED GRANT. AND SO
WITHOUT THESE PARTNERSHIPS
OPERATING, YOU WILL HAVE GAPS
AND CRACKS WHERE CHILDREN ARE
FALLING INTO THESE CRACKS AT
MAJOR TRANSITIONAL MOMENTS FROM
LEAVING A HOSPITAL AND NOT
SHOWING BACK UP INTO FORMAL
EDUCATION SETTINGS, SOMETIMES
UNTIL THEY REACH KINDERGARTEN.
MOVING FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
INTO JUNIOR HIGH. LEAVING A HIGH
SCHOOL AND NOT NECESSARILY
HAVING THE RIGHT SUPPORTS THAT
ARE UNDERSTOOD TO IMPACT
RETENTION IN COLLEGE OR MOVING
TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF A
CAREER CHOICE. THAT'S NOBODY'S
MANDATE. THIS IS THE ROLE THAT
THESE PLACED BASED PARTNERSHIPS
HOLD AS A CRADLE TO CAREER SORT
OF TOWARDS YOU ALSO SEE
DUPLICATION. RESOURCES THAT ARE
PROVIDED FOR PROGRAMMING NOT
EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY
BEING UTILIZED IN THE WAY THEY
REALLY GETS TO THE MOST USED OF
LIMITED RESOURCES WITH IMPACT.
AND DISTRUST. THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN'T MEASURE. WE HEARD
FROM OUR FRIENDS AND HAYWARD
ABOUT THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE
PRIMA TORTOISE. MRS ALSO A
STRATEGY THAT IS EMPLOYED UP AND
DOWN CALIFORNIA THAT CRITICAL
COMPONENT AS A COMMUNITY BROKER.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
PUT A PRICE ON. AND SO BECAUSE
THIS WORK IS SO HIGHLY
INVISIBLE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE. AND WE
KNOW, UM OUR PLACE BASED
PARTNERSHIPS WHO OPERATE FROM
CRADLE TO CAREER REALLY HELP TO
SOLVE FOR ALONG THIS CONTINUALLY
IN ALL HONESTY THEY HELP TO
SERVE. THE INTERESTS OF ALL
PUBLIC OBJECTIVES IN OUR PUBLIC
GOALS. I COULDN'T AGREE WITH
THAT FELLA MORE IN THINKING
ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF SAFETY,
TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH. UH
ECONOMIC MOBILITY, EVERYTHING
THAT OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE
WORKING TOWARD. THEY TOUCH ON
THESE FACETS OF THE PUBLIC'S
OBLIGATION TO CREATE AN
ECONOMICALLY VIABLE A SAFE
COMMUNITY AND EDUCATED CITIZENRY
. AND THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY,
UM, WE CONTINUE TO BE IN SUPPORT
OF THIS WORK IN CALIFORNIA. SO
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN COMING OUT
HERE FOR 11 YEARS NOW. I WAS
LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A GRANTEE OF
THE PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT
BACK IN 2012, ALONG WITH THEIR
FRIENDS FROM CHULA VISTA
ADMISSION AND SO FOR EIGHT YEARS
. I SAT WITH THEM AND LEARNED
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF HOW
TO MOVE FROM OPERATING A GRANT
TO REALLY STANDING ON. THE
WHEELS AND THE WISHES OF
FAMILIES THAT WERE INVESTED IN
THESE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE
INVESTED IN THESE ZIP CODES. THE
CENSUS TRACTS AND THINKING ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY IN THOSE WAYS OF
WESTERN KNOWLEDGE. THIS REQUIRED
THE CAPABILITIES THEY REQUIRED
ALONG WITH THE FUNDING. AND SO
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN THIS
ROLE, LET'S DRIVE TOGETHER. WE
HAVE BEEN SO INCREDIBLY, UM, UM,
EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS MADE
IN RECOGNIZING THAT IT HAS A
ROLE TO PLAY. NOBODY'S BEING
ASKED TO CARRY THIS ALONG.
EVERYBODY HAS A PLACE TO CHIP IN
. SO THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
BONTA FOR ALLOWING US TO COME
AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE
EFFORTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR
DAVIS AND YOU? I THINK WE'LL
TOUCH INTO TO SOME OF YOUR
FRAMING, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. I THINK ONE OF THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT I'VE
COME TO KNOW IN THIS PLACE BASED
INITIATIVE WORK IS THAT IT'S
VERY HARD TO DESCRIBE. IN UH, IN
IN TERMS OF HOW WHAT? WHAT THE
IMPACT OF THE WORK IS AND
ULTIMATELY KIND OF WHERE IT SITS
, HOW IT HAPPENS, WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT. BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT
OURSELVES IN THE MINDSET OF
BEING PROGRAM ORIENTED, RIGHT SO
THROUGH A SERIES OF PROGRAMS AND
INPUTS, WE WILL CREATE THE KIND
OF CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO SEE.
UM AND WE'RE VERY SHORTSIGHTED,
OFTEN IN OUR ALLOCATION OF
RESOURCES AROUND THOSE PROGRAMS.
SO I WANTED TO FIRST START WITH,
UM, LIKELY WITH, UH, RICHARD
RYAN. UM BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD THE
EXPERIENCE NOW OF BEING IN THE
SPACE OF GOING FROM AN
INITIATIVE THAT WAS PLACED BASED
IN THE MISSION TO THINKING ABOUT
WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN TO BUILDING
OUT AT SCALE FOR THE ENTIRE
CITY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE
APPROACH THAT YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN
AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT, AND I
ALSO WANT YOU TO TOUCH ON A
CRITICAL PIECE THAT YOU
MENTIONED AND THAT MR KENAN
MENTIONED WHICH IS THE ROLE OF
HOUSING IN IN THE WORK. YES SO
I'LL START WITH THE HOUSING
PIECE WHEN WE GOT OUR PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT 10 YEARS AGO
AND WE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY
ABOUT WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR
THEIR CHILDREN TO IMPROVE THEIR
ACADEMIC OUTCOMES? AH THE NUMBER
ONE PRIORITY THAT WE HEARD WAS
WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY
WERE LIVING IN OVERCROWDED
CONDITIONS OR IN CARS OR IN
GARAGES OR SHELTERS OR JUST
BEING DISPLACED OUT OF THE
COMMUNITY ALTOGETHER. SO THAT
BECAME A BIG PART OF OUR WORK.
WE ENDED UP WORKING WITH MANY OF
THESE FAMILIES, TOO. VISIT CITY
HALL AND LET OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS KNOW THAT WE NEEDED
SOME NEW POLICIES AROUND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PRESERVATION
AND CREATION, AND WE WERE
SUCCESSFUL IN PASSING SOME OF
THESE POLICIES, ONE OF THEM
BEING THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY
TO PURCHASE ACT, WHERE A LOT OF
OUR TENANTS IN APARTMENT
BUILDINGS NOW HAVE THE FIRST
RIGHT OF REFUSAL ON AN APARTMENT
BUILDING WHEN IT GOES ON ONTO
THE MARKET. FOR SALE. UM SO
HOUSING HAS BEEN CRITICAL. UM WE
ARE, OF COURSE, REFERRING TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES TO THE
CITY'S BELOW MARKET RATE RENTAL
PROGRAM. UM, BUT WE ARE ALSO
BUILDING NEW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AT THE SAME TIME, SO IT'S A
CRITICAL PART OF WHAT WE DO. UM
IN TERMS OF THE PROMISED CITY
INITIATIVE. WE HAVE STARTED TO
SEE THAT WHAT WORKED IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD NOT BE SOME
SORT OF, UH, BOUTIQUE PROJECT
FOR ONE LUCKY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT
RATHER THIS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE
THE NORMAL WAY. THAT OUR CITY
WORKS IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL
COMMUNITIES THAT LIKE OURS HAVE
A HISTORY OF BEING REDLINED. UH
MARGINALIZED, SEGREGATED, UM,
DISINVESTED, AND WE HAD THIS
IDEA WITH CITY AND SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND OTHER COMMUNITY
LEADERS THAT WHY DON'T WE
REPLICATE? THIS KIND OF
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE THAT WE
SEE IN THE MISSION. WHY DON'T WE
REPLICATE THAT IN OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS, OTHER HARD HIT
NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREATE A CITY
THAT THAT TAKES THIS APPROACH AS
A NORMAL WAY OF DOING BUSINESS.
UM AND IT WOULD BE AND WE COULD
CALL OURSELVES A PROMISE CITY IF
WE CAN PULL THIS OFF, SO THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. RIGHT
NOW. WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER
COMMUNITIES RESPECTING AND
HONORING THE LEADERSHIP AND
THOSE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
BECAUSE WE ARE FOCUSED ON OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MISSION
DISTRICT. WE'RE NOT GOING INTO
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS TO TAKE THE
LEAD. WE ARE SUPPORTING
LEADERSHIP AND OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS. TO CREATE THEIR
OWN, CREATED TWO CAREER PLACE
BASED PLANS FOR IMPROVING
ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. ADDRESSING
THE MANY OF THE SURROUNDING
ISSUES LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE,
ETCETERA, SO THAT'S OUR THAT'S
OUR VISION WITH PROMISE CITY. UM
AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE. WE'RE
IN THE MIDST OF THAT INITIATIVE
RIGHT NOW. APPRECIATE THAT AND,
UM, VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL
SEE THAT COME TOGETHER VERY SOON
, MISS EVANS. I WANTED TO TOUCH
ON SOMETHING THAT YOU RAISED
EARLIER AROUND THE NEED TO FOCUS
IN ON COORDINATED AND EFFECTIVE
RESOURCES WHEN YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT SOME OF THE RESULTS,
ADMISSION IN CHULA VISTA, OPIE
AND MORAN AND HAYWARD YOU WERE
ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME. REALLY UH,
PRETTY INCREDIBLE OUTCOMES
AROUND PRIMARILY ACADEMIC
SUCCESS WAS, I THINK ONE OF THE
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT YOU
FOCUSED IN ON, UM, CAN YOU
SHARE? UH YOUR RESPONSE TO THE
QUESTION OF HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT
WHO GETS CREDIT? SO YOU KNOW HOW
WE LIKE I SAID. I SAID THAT JUST
AS A PRACTITIONER, RIGHT? IT'S
ALWAYS KIND OF LIKE, WELL, YOU
KNOW, IF WE HADN'T DONE THAT,
THEN YOU KNOW, THEN WE WOULDN'T
HAVE THAT OUTCOME, AND THERE'S A
LOT OF, UM THERE'S A SCARCITY
MINDSET AROUND, UH, MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE PROVIDING BETTER
OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES AND I KNOW THAT ONE OF
THE CRITICAL THINGS IS MAKING
SURE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY THE
LEVEL OF ATTENTION PAID TO
COORDINATION AND EFFECTIVE
SERVICES. SO EITHER WITH THOSE
EXAMPLES ARE JUST SOME OF THE
WORK THAT, UM GRACE IS DOING.
WHAT'S YOUR SENSIBILITY AROUND
THAT? THAT IDEA OF ANSWERING
THAT QUESTION OF WHO GETS
CREDIT. UM THAT'S A I OPEN IT UP
FOR OTHER FOLKS ON OVER YAHOO!
UM YEAH, I WAS. I COULDN'T HELP
BUT LAUGH BECAUSE IT IS AT THE
CRUX OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER IN TERMS OF HOW HARD
PARTNERSHIP IS UM, AND THE IDEA
OF CAUSATION AND WHO DID WHAT?
UM YOU KNOW, TO ME OF SIGN OF A
GOOD PARTNERSHIP, AND WE SEE
THESE ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIKE
LITERALLY EVERYWHERE. SIGN OF A
GOOD PARTNERSHIP IS ONE THAT
DOESN'T CARE, RIGHT? UM AND
THAT'S RARE. IT'S REALLY RARE TO
FIND A PARTNERSHIP THAT
CELEBRATES THE WINS, UM, YOU
KNOW, TOGETHER AND MORE AS THE
LOSSES TOGETHER, UM, BUT WE
ALMOST LOOK AT THAT AS A BIT OF
A LITMUS TEST. UM OF THE
STRENGTH AND HEALTH OF A
PARTNERSHIP. AH BUT IT IS
SOMETHING AND I THINK JOSH WAS
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
NEEDED TO BE CONSTANTLY TENDED.
BUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ONE
OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE
CONSTANTLY ATTENDED. UM THERE
HAS TO BE THE ABILITY TO
DISAGREE. THERE HAS TO BE THE
ABILITY TO SPEAK FREELY AND
OPENLY TO YOUR PARTNERS WITHOUT
ANY FEAR OF RETRIBUTION OR OF
FALLOUT. THERE HAS TO BE THAT
LEVEL OF AUTHENTICITY AND
HONESTY. UM AND WHEN WE GO TO A
PLACE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT
AUTHENTICITY, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT
LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT SAYS
THAT THEY NEVER HAVE
DISAGREEMENTS AND THAT THERE'S
NEVER A BATTLE ABOUT WHO GETS
CREDIT. BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO STAY AT
THE TABLE TOGETHER AND KIND OF
WRESTLE THROUGH THAT. I DON'T
HAVE ANY ANSWER RIGHT FOR HOW
YOU DETERMINE WHO GETS CREDIT IN
A PRIOR LIFE. WE SPENT A LOT OF
MONEY WITH EVALUATORS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU MAKE THE
CASE THAT THE BACKBONE AND SO
JOSH WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS A
LOT? HOW DO YOU MAKE THE CASE?
THAT THE BACKBONE AND THAT
PARTNERSHIP IS WHAT ELEVATED
THESE THESE TEST SCORES OR
REDUCED THIS VIOLENCE RIGHT AND
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND
CONCRETE DATA THAT SAYS, BECAUSE
THIS COALITION OF PEOPLE IS
TOGETHER. AND THEY'RE SHARING
INFORMATION AND THEY'RE WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY. IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO DRAW A STRAIGHT
LINE FROM THAT TO THOSE OUTCOMES
, RIGHT. UM AND SO THERE'S A
LEVEL OF TRUST THAT PHILANTHROPY
HAS HAD TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH.
UM BUT I THINK THAT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE SHOULD
STOP TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO
TELL THE STORY OF HOW POWERFUL
THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE. UM BUT
IT'S DIFFICULT. IT'S DIFFICULT.
THERE ISN'T A THING THAT YOU CAN
SAY ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS THAT.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHAT
PEOPLE AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR LOOKING FOR, AND
IT'S UNTIL THEY SPEND SOME TIME
WITH PRACTITIONERS WITH FOLKS
DOING THE WORK THAT THEY REALIZE
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO SAY
BECAUSE OF THIS THAT HAPPENED,
SO I WISH I HAD A BETTER ANSWER.
YEAH LET MISS EVANS AND THEN, MR
DAVIS. YEAH YEAH, I WAS GONNA
SAY, UM YOU KNOW, AS WE KEEP
EMPHASIZING, THIS IS COMMUNITY
DRIVEN, AND I THINK WHEN WE
RECOGNIZE WHERE THESE, UM THE
NEEDS ARE IS DRIVING FROM THE
COMMUNITY, RIGHT AND I THINK WE
WERE JUST AT A TOUR AND GET
SAMARITAN HE MENTIONED, HE SAID,
THESE ARE THE THEORY OF CHANGE
OF THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT? LIKE
THIS IS COMMUNITY, UM, NEEDS
THAT ARE BEING UPLIFTED THAT
THEN THESE PARTNERS THEN COME
TOGETHER TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED
FOR AGAIN THE COMMUNITY SO
REALLY CENSORING IT IN THAT UM,
I THINK THEY GET THE CREDIT FOR
WORKING HARD FOR PARTICIPATING
IN SERVICES FOR ENGAGING
PROVIDING THEIR IMPACT. I MEAN
TO EVEN GIULIETTA BEING HERE TO
SPEAK TO HER WORK AND HOW MUCH
SHE IS ENGAGED TO BRING HER
LIVED EXPERIENCE TO UPLIFT THE
NEEDS BECAUSE SOMETIMES AGAIN,
YOU ARE SO HIGH LEVEL THAT
YOU'RE NOT RECOGNIZING WHAT'S
GOING ON THE GROUND AND WHAT'S
REALLY, REALLY NEEDED FOR
COMMUNITY. SO I THINK ALSO,
COMMUNITIES DESERVE SOME
RECOGNITION. AND, UM, YEAH, SO I
JUST WANT TO ADD THAT HMM. I'LL
JUST NAME THE OBVIOUS SINCE WE
ARE HERE. UH, IN A POLICY AND
POLITICAL BUILDING THE CREDIT
ONLY MATTERS BECAUSE OF THE
MONEY. UH AND SO I HOPE THAT
IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO SAY THAT
I'VE COME A LONG WAY TO BE HERE.
SO UM, THAT IS THE ONLY REASON
THE CREDIT MATTERS IS BECAUSE
PEOPLE'S JOBS ARE CONNECTED TO
THIS COORDINATION AND THE
DELIVERY. RIGHT AH, AGAIN. I WAS
ONE OF THESE KIDS. I WAS ONE OF
THESE FAMILIES. EVERYBODY ON
HERE FROM THIS PANEL WAS ONE OF
THOSE FAMILIES AND NEITHER OF
OUR MAMAS DADDIES ARE CARETAKERS
WOULD HAVE GIVEN A WHO GOT
CREDIT FOR HOW WE GOT HERE. IT'S
A FACT I GUARANTEE IT, AND SO
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IS TO
HELP US THINK ABOUT AND MOVE
INTO PLACE. HOW TO SOLVE WAS
SITTING AT THE CRUX OF THE
CREDIT, WHICH IS THE FUNDING.
THANK YOU. I'LL KEEP WITH THIS A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT PIECE. UM I IN WALKING
AROUND THE PIECES OF LEGISLATION
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FOCUS IN ON
THAT RELATED TO IT TAKES A
VILLAGE. UH AND SUPPORTING THIS
PLACE BASED WORK. I SIT ON
COUNTLESS, UH KIND OF
SUBCOMMITTEES OR THAT REALLY
LOOK AT AS YOU MENTIONED HOUSING
OR SILOS, DIFFERENT SILOS,
HEALTH FENTANYL CRISIS.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM EVERY
EVERY STEP WHERE WE GO, WE ARE
LOOKING AT THIS WORK FROM UH, A
TRANCHE OF VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS,
AND VERY RARELY DO WE ACTUALLY
GIVE OURSELVES THE OPPORTUNITY
TO THINK ABOUT WHOLE CHILD.
WHOLE FAMILY WHOLE COMMUNITY. UM
WHICH I BELIEVE, UH, YOU KNOW,
CREDIT DOES EQUAL RESOURCES.
IT'S THE IT'S THE PLAIN FACT OF
IT ALL, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO ONE
SUPPORTING THIS WORK MOVING
FORWARD. UM AND ALSO THE
GREATEST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE
HAVE FOR EVERY EVERY CHILD AND
EVERY FAMILY MEMBER IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. SO UH, FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE NEED TO
DO DIFFERENTLY AS A STATE IN OUR
POLICY MAKING IN OUR POLICY
AGENDA. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR
RECOMMENDATION AS PRACTITIONERS
AS PEOPLE WHO SEE THIS WORK? UM
IN THIS STATE ACROSS ALL OF THE
INITIATIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
HOW DO WE NEED TO REFRAME OUR
POLICY AGENDA? UH AND OUR
RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO BE ABLE
TO MOST FULLY SUPPORT THIS WORK.
I'LL TAKE IT FIRST, UM CRACK AT
THIS FOR FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO RESTRUCTURE
THE WAY THAT IT FUNDS.
PROGRAMMING SO RIGHT NOW, IT
FUNDS IN SILOS GOING BACK TO
WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH. A SYSTEM THAT DOES
NOT REWARD HOLISTIC APPROACHES.
IT ACTUALLY REWARDS SILOED
APPROACHES AND WE SEE THAT IN
THE WAY THAT WE ORGANIZE, UM NOT
ONLY OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE
DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT HOLISTICALLY
DESIGNED WHEN I SAID DEPARTMENTS
, I MEAN, OUR STATE DEPARTMENT'S
OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM SO WE
NEED TO ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT HOW
CAN WE UM, ALIGN SYSTEMS AT THE
HIGHEST LEVELS AND HAVE
COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS AND
THEN HAVE THE RESOURCES ACTUALLY
REFLECT THESE COLLABORATIVE
APPROACHES. AND SO I'LL JUST
GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. I THINK
WITH OUR PROMISE CITY INITIATIVE
WE ARE SEEING THAT WE HAVE TO
COMPETE WITH OUR PARTNERS FOR
CITY FUNDING WITH THE WAY THAT
FUNDING WORKS RIGHT NOW. UM, AND
THAT IS JUST NOT THAT'S THAT'S
ANTITHETICAL TO COLLABORATION.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT ONE OF OUR
END GOALS IS TO ACTUALLY, UM,
HAVE OUR CITY FIGURE OUT HOW TO
FUND COLLABORATION FUND A
HOLISTIC APPROACH. UM AND SO
THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF
CHANGING SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, JUST
CHANGING THE WAY THE GUIDELINES
ARE WRITTEN FOR HOW HOW MONEY IS
SPENT. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE
A TOUGH ONE TO CRACK. BUT THAT
IS OUR CHALLENGED.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S I MAY OFFER
THREE SUCCINCT, UH, IDEAS. YEAH.
ONE OBVIOUSLY THE LACK OF
FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR THIS TYPE
OF WORK. AH IS CRITICAL. THESE
PARTNERSHIPS ACT AS CONVENERS
AND CONNECTORS BETWEEN
COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES AND YOUTH
AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. LOCAL
INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL SYSTEMS.
THEY ACT IN A POLICY PERSPECTIVE
, BUT ENSURING THAT AS STATE AND
LOCAL POLICIES ARE DECIDED UPON
THAT THERE'S A FEEDBACK LOOP TO
LET YOU ALL KNOW. HOW THE
DECISIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE ARE
SHOWING UP IN COMMUNITY AND IN
REVERSE FASHION. WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE FACTORS THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED SO THAT THERE ARE NOT
POLICIES MADE IN THE ABSENCE OF
AN ACTUAL PROBLEM? UM AND DATA.
THAT IS THE OTHER CRITICAL ROLE
THAT THESE PLACE BASED
PARTNERSHIPS ARE PLAYING AND
THAT IS HELPING TO LIFT UP AND
MAKE MEANING OUT OF DATA. IN
THOSE SPACES WHERE THE PUBLIC UH
AND GOVERNMENTS NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING
PRODUCED AND HOW THEY SEE IT. SO
THIS LACK OF FLEXIBLE FUNDING TO
ALLOW PLACE BASED PARTNERSHIPS
TO SERVE THOSE ROLES AS A
CONVENER IN THE POLICY APPARATUS
OF THE STATE OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, AND THEN DATA AND
INSIGHT MAKING THE SECOND IS
INTEGRATED DATA. UM ACROSS
SYSTEMS. AND I THINK THAT THIS
IS A PLACE WHERE THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS ACTUALLY LEADING
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, THE
GOVERNOR AND THE STATE
LEGISLATURES INVESTMENTS IN THE
CRADLE TO CAREER LONGITUDE. NO
DATA SYSTEM, UH, IS ALLOWING FOR
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TO
UNDERSTAND, OBSERVE AND LEARN
FROM THESE CRITICAL LINKAGES
ACROSS. SYSTEMS OF WORKFORCE IN
EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES. HOW CAN YOU PREDICT
ACCURATELY. THE TYPE OF WORK
FORCE IS NECESSARY AND HOW YOUR
POPULATION YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR
STATE RESIDENTS ARE BEING
PREPARED AND SERVED SO THAT
THERE IS ECONOMIC VITALITY OF
THE ENTIRE STATE IN AN EQUITABLE
FASHION, AND I DO THINK THAT
CALIFORNIA IS LEADING THE WAY.
BUT THAT IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE
AND ANOTHER CRITICAL PIECE. AND
THIS THIRD IS AS A FUNCTION OF
GOVERNMENT. WE WERE SO IMPRESSED
BY THE STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE
BY ATTENDING, UH THE STRIVE
TOGETHER NATIONAL CONVENING BACK
IN SEPTEMBER AND SPEAKING OUT
REACHING OUT TO THE CALIFORNIA
CREDIBLY RED COALITION SAYING,
HEY, WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM CAL
KIDS AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE LEFT ON
THE TABLE. IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO
IDENTIFY AND SIGN UP CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES FOR THIS INCREDIBLE
BENEFIT THAT HAS AN EQUITY FOCUS
, SO SEEING THE STATE APPARATUS
OF GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED THAT
OUR PARTNERSHIPS PLAY A ROLE IN
BEING ABLE TO KNOW, IDENTIFY AND
HELP INFORM WITH TRUST. THIS
BENEFIT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE
AVAILABLE IS ONE OF THOSE OTHER
EXAMPLES. OF HOW THESE
PARTNERSHIPS REALLY IMPROVE THE
EFFICIENCY OF GOVERNMENT AND CAN
HELP TO MEET IMPACT. AND SO
THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT
I WOULD OFFER ARE THE
GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO LOOK TO
ESTABLISH FLEXIBLE FUNDING SO
THAT THE PARTNERSHIPS PLAY THOSE
THREE ROLLS CONVENER AS A PART
OF THE POLICY APPARATUS AND
DATA. INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEMS
AND HOW GOVERNMENT SERVES IN
ENSURING THAT THIS LONGITUDE NO
WAY OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE
INSIGHT AND MEANING TO ACT IN A
MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED,
PROACTIVE MANNER AND LOOKING TO
THESE PARTNERSHIPS TO SERVE AS
AN EMBEDDED FUNCTION OF
GOVERNMENT. OH ASK A QUESTION OF
MR MEADOWS. AND THEN I WOULD
LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU TO KIND OF
GIVE YOUR LAST. JUST OKAY. I'LL
GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE TO SAY
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. UM BUT,
UM, THE. ISSUE AROUND KIND OF
THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
AND FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
ENSURE THE ROLE OF PHILANTHROPY
VERSUS THE ROLE OF PUBLIC OF
PUBLIC DOLLARS IS INCREDIBLY
CRITICAL. YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY HAD A
LONG CAREER AND ARE NOW RUNNING
A PORTFOLIO THAT IS BASED ON THE
PREMISE THAT AH, WITH
PHILANTHROPY AND THIS CATALYTIC
FUNDING WILL BE ABLE TO ENSURE
THAT THERE IS THERE ARE PUBLIC
DOLLARS THAT COME FROM THAT. HOW
DO YOU ANTICIPATE OR EXPECT THE
PUBLIC? TO GOVERNMENT TO
ACTUALLY TUNE INTO. AH THE
CATALYTIC FUNDING AND
OPPORTUNITIES THAT AH! THAT
PHILANTHROPY IS OFFERING. IT'S A
GREAT QUESTION, AND WE SPENT A
LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THAT,
UM WHEN WE GO TO A PLACE, RIGHT?
THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
ARE SORT OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
IS THAT THE APPETITE FROM THE
PUBLIC SECTOR FOUR DOING
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UM AND WE
GET VERY YOU KNOW, KIND OF
RESPONSES OR DEGREES OF
WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE ON ON THAT
FRONT. TYPICALLY OUR APPROACHES
TO SHOW MUCH VERY SIMILAR WITH
JOSH SHOULD SAID RIGHT IS, YOU
KNOW WE ARE TYPICALLY TRYING TO
SHOW THAT WE ARE WILLING TO DE
RISK. A LOT OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS
RIGHT BY SAYING WE'LL GO IN
RIGHT TO THE THING THAT HASN'T
PROVEN ITSELF YET, RIGHT OR WE
THINK IT'S PROVEN ITSELF, BUT
MAYBE IT NEEDS MORE FOR YOU TO
REALLY BUY INTO IT. WE'RE
WILLING TO PROVIDE THOSE FUNDS,
RIGHT. WE'RE WILLING TO SAY
HERE'S A LONG RUNWAY TO PROVE
THIS CONCEPT. IF WE PROVE THIS
CONCEPT, ARE YOU WILLING TO WORK
WITH YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
SAY, MAN, WE CAN EITHER
REALLOCATE THESE FUNDS THAT WE
SPEND REALLY INEFFICIENTLY RIGHT
NOW, OR IS THERE ANOTHER
MECHANISM FOR US TO GET
ADDITIONAL FUNDS? WE'RE LOOKING
FOR THAT SORT OF PARTNERSHIP OR
AT LEAST OPENNESS TO IT. AN
EXAMPLE IS IN DALLAS. THERE'S UH
, YOU KNOW, TONS OF CCM OUR
DOLLARS TO GET LEFT ON THE TABLE
EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? AND THE ONLY
BARRIER REALLY TO ACCESSING THAT
WAS MUCH LIKE I SAID, HAVING AN
ORGANIZATION THAT COULD GO TO
THE SCHOOLS AND HELP THEM
UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DOLLARS
WERE THERE AND AVAILABLE RIGHT
BILLION DOLLARS TAXES. LOT OF
MONEY THAT'S JUST SITTING THERE.
THE ONLY BARRIER WAS THE FUNDING
NEEDED BY THE BACKBONE
ORGANIZATIONS TO GET OUT THERE
AND DO THE ACTUAL WORK. SO WHEN
WE GO AND WE TALKED TO FOLKS, WE
SAY, WE THINK THAT THAT'S A
PRETTY GOOD DEAL RIGHT IF WE GO
SPEND THE RISKY CAPITAL ON THE
FRONT END, WHICH SETS YOU UP. TO
COME IN AND SAY HERE'S THE THING
THAT ALREADY WORKS. WE'RE GOING
TO EXPAND IT. UM AND SO IT IS
PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WHEN WE GO AND WE INVEST IN THE
PLACE IF WE GO TO A PLACE AND
THERE'S SORT OF A NEGATIVE
ENVIRONMENT AROUND THAT CONCEPT
UM, WE'RE NOT AS INTERESTED,
RIGHT? AND THAT GOES BOTH WAYS.
WE'VE GONE TO BLUE STATES WHERE
THERE'S A THERE'S A STRONG
INTEREST GOING TO RED STATES
THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC
INTEREST RIGHT, BUT SOME COMMON
INTERESTS AROUND THE OVERALL
HEALTH OF THIS COMMUNITY. UM SO
FOR US, IT'S ALMOST A
PREREQUISITE. WE'RE NOT
INTERESTED IN GOING PLACES WHERE
WE DO ALL THE HARD WORK OR THE
OTHER FUNDERS THERE LOCALLY, DO
ALL THE HARD WORK AND THEN THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS YEAH, WE SEE
THAT THAT WORKS. BUT WE'RE GONNA
WE'RE GONNA FALL BACK. LOOK AT
THAT. ANY FINAL COMMENTS. WE'LL
START WITH MISS EVANS. YEAH, I
KNOW. AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S
PRETTY, YOU KNOW, COMPLICATED TO
KIND OF EXPLAIN THIS WORK,
ESPECIALLY IN THE LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS, AND SO WE JUST REALLY
ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE AND TO
CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY THIS WORK,
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO
ADVOCATE FOR THIS WORK. SO JUST
ONCE I THANK YOU. MR MEADOWS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING A
LOT. UH SO JUST THANKFUL TO BE
ON ON THIS PANEL, AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP
OF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE LEARNED A
LOT FROM THAT WE THEN TRY AND
TAKE THE OTHER PLACES AND HELP
THEM DO MUCH OF WHAT YOU GUYS
ARE DOING HERE. SO BLOOM READING
IS VERY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL
FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE
LEARNING THAT WE'RE DOING ALONG
THIS WAY. MR RAYA. YEAH, I'LL
JUST SAY THAT. YOU KNOW, I WAS
ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT MY FAMILY
WAS HOMELESS. WE HAD TO LIVE IN
OUR SHELTER. WE HAD TO LIVE IN
OUR CAR AT TIMES AND BOTH MY MOM
AND I ARE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS.
I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT, UM AND
I THINK IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE
THAT WAY. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT
DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. IT
JUST FELT LIKE THE SYSTEM WASN'T
REALLY SET UP TO SUPPORT US ON A
JOURNEY TOWARD ACADEMIC AND
ECONOMIC SUCCESS. SO THAT'S WHY
I GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS. AND
WHEN I DID GRADUATE FROM
BERKELEY AFTER GOING TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT MY WHOLE
MISSION HAS BEEN. HOW DO I HELP
THE SYSTEM SUPPORT OTHER
CHILDREN LIKE ME AND OTHER MOMS
LIKE MY MOM AND THE HARLEM
CHILDREN'S ZONE INSPIRED ME WHEN
I SAW IT. I WAS LIKE, YES,
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED SOMETHING
THAT CONNECTS THE DOTS,
SOMETHING THAT ORGANIZES THE
DIFFERENT PLAYERS AND FILLS IN
ALL THE GAPS. AND IN MY
EXPERIENCE WITH MISSION PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOOD. UM I HAVE SEEN
PROOF OF CONCEPT THIS IS YOU
KNOW, IT CAN BE A VERY
THEORETICAL THING TO TALK ABOUT
BACKBONE AGENCIES, COLLABORATION
RESULTS BASED ACCOUNTABILITY BUT
TO SEE IT IN PRACTICE. UM YOU
CAN FEEL THE POWER OF IT. AND SO
NOW THAT WE HAVE PROOF OF
CONCEPT, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR
US TO NORMALIZE THIS AS KIND OF
THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT
. THIS IS HOW GOVERNMENT CAN BE
MORE COLLABORATIVE, MORE
CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. MORE
DATA DRIVEN. UM AND SO I SEE US
IN THIS ROOM BEING PART OF THAT,
UM, THAT MISSION. I SEE YOU IN
PARTICULAR BEING A CHAMPION FOR
THAT. I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE A
PART OF THAT WITH ALL OF YOU AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE
WE TAKE THIS. MR DAVIS? YES
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S BAR
TO, UH THANK YOU PERSONALLY,
THIS IS YOUR SUCH A CHAMPION AND
THE CHAMPION LIKE WE'VE NOT HAD
IN THE PAST SO OUT ALL FOR THESE
REMARKS, NOT NECESSARILY TO YOU,
BUT TO YOUR ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES
IN THE ASSEMBLY. IN THE SENATE
AND IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION, I
WOULD SAY HELP US. HELP YOU.
WHAT WE DO IS NOT NOVEL. EVEN TO
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE
STATE IS MADE INCREDIBLE
INVESTMENTS. AND THE COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS MILE. SO THERE'S THIS
RECOGNITION THAT AT THIS
SMALLEST UNIT WHERE CHILDREN ARE
MET HAVE SO MANY OF THEIR NEEDS
MET SERVED THAT THERE'S
INVESTMENTS THERE. THE STATES
MADE INVESTMENTS IN SURF. SO
THERE'S THIS RECOGNITION THAT
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT REGIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS. THAT IS IMPACTFUL
AND SMART. WHEN IT COMES. TO
ORGANIZING STAKEHOLDERS TO
OPERATIONALIZE THE PROCESS ON
THE SHARED RESULT, THERE'S A GAP
FROM SCHOOLS. TO THESE REGIONS.
YOU'RE MISSING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND YOU'RE MISSING REGIONAL
COLLABORATIVE AND SO. AH WITH
OVER $2 TRILLION OVER $2
TRILLION THAT ARE COMING TO
COMMUNITIES AND THE NATIONAL
LEGISLATION THAT IS CHIPS, SOME
CONDUCTORS. BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE. ALRP WHICH IS
STILL UNSPENT. AND, UM INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT. THESE
PARTNERSHIPS HAVE ALREADY PROVED
THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO SIT AS A
PART OF THAT MECHANISM FOR
DEPLOYING THESE CAPITAL WHEN IT
COMES TO STATES IN A FORMULA
FUNDING OR HOW TO DRAW THESE
DOWN FROM A COMPETITIVE
STANDPOINT AND GET THESE DOLLARS
THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED AND
APPROPRIATED TO ENSURING THAT
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT
OUT FOREVER AND A DAY OR NOT
LEFT UP. SO I IMPLORE YOUR
COLLEAGUES. TO HELP US HELP YOU
SO THAT THIS HISTORICAL TYPE OF
INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE MADE
WILL NOT BYPASS. THE COMMUNITIES
WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THAT REALLY, REALLY NEED TO BE
INCLUDED IN THIS HISTORIC AND
TRANSFORMATIVE PERIOD IN OUR
LIFETIMES. WELL THANK YOU TO OUR
PANELISTS FOR HOLDING SPACE IN
THIS SECTION, AS WE REALLY THINK
ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY
THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US. I WANT
TO APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR COMING
FORWARD, AND WE'RE GONNA END
THIS PANEL NOW AND WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I
WILL OFFER SOME, UH, JUST
CLOSING REMARKS BEFORE PRIOR TO
PUBLIC COMMENT. THEY LOST THE
PAGE OF YOUR REGISTER. UM SO I
JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. ALL
OF THE PANELISTS TODAY FROM MR
CANADA WHO CAME FORWARD FROM
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE, AND THE
WILLIAM JULIUS WAS AN INSTITUTE.
MR ERNST, MS. MARTINEZ MR CHAVEZ
AS WELL AS MISS EVANS, MR RYAN,
MR MEADOWS AND MR DAVIS. AND
COMING FORWARD TO REALLY BE ABLE
TO PAINT A PICTURE OF WHAT IS
ACTUAL WORK THAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING FOR DECADES. UH PLACE
BASED INITIATIVES AND THIS IDEA
OF TAKING AN APPROACH THAT WOULD
ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH,
THOUGHTFUL. UH LONG TERM
HOLISTIC. APPROACH TO SUPPORTING
CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND
BY DOING SO UPLIFTING
COMMUNITIES, UH, IS NOT NEW TO
US. IT'S A DECADES OLD CONCEPT
THAT ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN
TRUEST FORM IN TERMS OF FUNDING
SUPPORT, UM IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DURING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, UH, WITH THE
PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS
INITIATIVES THAT WERE LAUNCHED
BEFORE THEN WE HAD COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS. WE HAD A LOT OF OTHER
WAYS. WHERE WE UH, WE'RE
PROVIDING RESOURCES
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL TO THIS IDEA
OF IT TAKES A VILLAGE. THE
REALITY IS THAT THIS CONCEPT OF
IT TAKES A VILLAGE HARKENS BACK
TO, UH, MY ANCESTRY IN THE
ANCESTRY OF MANY WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT THIS AFRICAN PROVERB OF IT
TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A
CHILD. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REALLY HAVE AND
INTERGENERATIONAL AND TO
POVERTY. THAT IS THE WORK THAT
THIS PLACE BASED INITIATIVES
APPROACH ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE ON. IT IS DAUNTING, BUT IT
IS COMPLETELY ACHIEVABLE. WE
HAVE THE EXAMPLES OF SO MANY OF
OUR POLICE BASED INITIATIVES
HERE ARE PARTNERS WHO WERE ABLE
TO PRESENT ON SOME OF THE
RESULTS SOME OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES SOME OF THE WAYS
IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
CREATE A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR
OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
THAT'S AN URBAN COMMUNITIES IN
THE MOST RURAL IN OUR IN OUR
HIGH NEEDS COMMUNITIES AND WHERE
THERE ARE POCKETS OF COMMUNITIES
WHO CONTINUE TO BE UNSERVED. NOT
UNDERSTOOD. AND WHO CAN BE
CONNECTED TO SO WITH THAT WE
WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. VERY BOLD
STRATEGY. THAT HAS BEEN TESTED.
THAT HAS BEEN TRUE AND IS THAT
HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE.
OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. AND
MOVING FORWARD WITH COORDINATED
CARE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
VERY LONG TITLE TO SAY WE CAN DO
IT. WE CAN DO IT. IF WE DO IT
TOGETHER. WE CAN DO IT IF WE
TAKE A VILLAGE. OR ANY. THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION,
YOUR EXPERTISE, BRINGING FORWARD
YOUR STORIES AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS WORK
FORWARD. I WILL CONTINUE TO
REMAIN DEEPLY COMMITTED TO
MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REFRAME THE WAY
THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WORK.
IT'S WORK. TO ELIMINATE POVERTY
FOR EVERYONE. AND THAT WE WILL
DO SO IN A WAY AS OUR PANELISTS
SHARED THAT IS CONNECTED THAT IS
DATA INFORMED. THAT IS FLEXIBLE
THAT PROVIDES A TRUE FUNCTION OF
GOVERNMENTS THAT BREAKS DOWN
SILOS AND BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE
ARE HERE TO SERVE. PEOPLE. AND
PEOPLE DON'T CARE IF WE ARE IN
THE HEALTH AGENCY. IN THE CDCR.
IN. AH, THE DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN'S SERVICES. THEY ONLY
CARE THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE
SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. SO I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WITH
THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC
COMMENT. AS A REMINDER. THE CALL
IN NUMBER FOR THE HEARING IS
877692. AND THE ACCESS CODE IS
131543. WE WILL START WITH ANY
WITNESSES IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD
DECIDE WHO WANT TO GIVE ANY
TESTIMONY. I THINK WE'RE
LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT TO TWO
MINUTES, SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND
FORM A LINE AT THE MICROPHONE
THERE. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO
PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE
TELEPHONE LINE. THANK YOU. YOU
CAN AS YOU'RE COMING UP TO THE
BANK. YOU CAN GIVE YOUR NAME. UH
AFFILIATION AND A BRIEF COMMENT
NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES. OKAY.
RADA HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS YEAH. HAIDA HERRERA.
HERRERA SOLANA FROM VENEZUELA. I
AM WITH MY DAUGHTER HERE. VERY
GRATEFUL. SO YOU'RE GONNA
MODERATE LEADER? I AM A MOTHER,
A LEADER OF PROMESA CONTENT THAT
THEY'RE DOING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE IN
THIS STATE AND THIS CITY, SOME
FRANCISCO WITH PROMESA. RECIPE
THOUGH MUTUAL I HAVE RECEIVED SO
MUCH SUPPORT, MAYBE IN THE HOME
AND PLAYER JOB, BENTO FOOD,
EUROPEAN MENTALITY AND, UM HELP
THERAPY. MENTAL HEALTH. OKAY
PIDO GETTING I THOUGHT. TO
CANADA, ASKING FOR YOU TO
CONTINUE PROVIDING HEALTH TO
THIS COMMUNITY. MM MATH, HELPED
ME TO BE A STRONG MOTHER WITH MY
DAUGHTER. PUBLIC COMENZÓ. AND
PUBLICLY I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM
FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE
AND HELP ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.
CONTINUE BEING STRONGER AND
CONTINUE HELPING US. THE PROGRAM
AND THEY CONTINUE HAVING THESE
TYPE OF PROGRAMS. HE WENT ON TO
HAPPEN. GRACIAS. HONESTLY, THANK
YOU. CRISIS FOR DONALDSON WAS IN
ESTÁ MEMENTO. WHEN I STARTED
THIS AFTERNOON. A. MEMBER HELEN.
WE ARE PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S
SORRY COMMITTEE. AH MEAN HOMBRES
ILIANA. MY NAME IS LIV ANA.
VIENNA, VIENNA. SORRY RINGO, THE
VENEZUELA I AM FROM VENEZUELA.
CAÑADA BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 16
YEARS OLD. UM. SORRY IN GRANDMA.
THE. COMMISSION I AM HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE PROMISE UP
PROGRAM. THE MISSION. A THIS
SUMMER I STARTED TO HANDLE I HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THEM
AND WORKING. MM E MEDICAL CAME.
A MAYOR GOUDIE. AND I FOUND OUT
AND I WAS VERY PROUD. A BATTLE,
HOPING TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION OF OUR US THE
YOUNG PEOPLE THEY TAKE. OUR
COMMENTS ARE STUFF INTO
CONSIDERATION. COSAS ESCAPING
SECOND HAMAS. HE OPENED THAT I
FEEL VERY PROUD BECAUSE I
LEARNED THINGS THAT I THOUGHT
THAT I WOULD NEVER LEARN. MÐI.
UM BANCO DE COMEDIA LIKE FOOD
BANKS. MÐI TAXES DO OUR TAXES.
COMO A. HOW TO HELP PEOPLE GET
HOMES THAT REALLY NEED THEM. E
AH, PARTY IDEAS, E G, AND THAT'S
AND THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED THAT
AS YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE AND
HOW WE CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE AS
WELL. AND WE HAVE A VOICE. D¯ÚI
ESTARÁ OPPORTUNITIES. THEY
COMMUNION. HOLINESS. THIS IS
LIKE A JOB FOR US. YOUNG PEOPLE.
EQUALLY, ER AM. HÌ VEINS AND BE
ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD THIS
WITH OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL
AND GIVE INFORMATION TO THE
COMMUNITY. MAINTAINING OUR.
HEART EARTH. YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO
HAVE A RIGHT TO WORK. YES, THEY
PRESSED YOUR SECOND IS THE YOU
ARE. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THIS
EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO HELP MY
FUTURE. YOUR SECOND MARIEL AND I
KNOW THAT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS I
SEE MYSELF TO YEARS. A COMIC
CHARACTER IS I WILL BE A
PSYCHOLOGIST LIKE YEAH. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GRACIAS. GOOD
AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU, SAM.
REMEMBER BONTA FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE? MY
NAME IS MIKE ESPINOZA, AND I'M,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CHILDREN'S MOVEMENT OF FRESNO
HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FRESNO
COUNTY, CRADLE TO CAREER. WE'RE
MAKING IT. IT TAKES A VILLAGE A
REALITY IN FRESNO COUNTY, PEOPLE
ARE OUT OF THEIR SILOS,
COLLABORATING SHARING DATA AND
COORDINATING RESOURCES,
INCLUDING COMMUNITY IN SETTLING
PRIORITIES AND DECISION MAKING
IS ALSO A HUGE PART OF THE WORK
AND THE CHILDREN'S MOVEMENT OF
FRESNO WORKS HAND IN HAND, WITH
FRESNO CRADLE TO CAREER TO
ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY VOICE IS
FRONT AND CENTER. THE FRESNO
CRADLE. FRESNO CRADLE TO CAREER
PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES 72 MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS 10 SECTORS
AND CONNECT EDUCATION, HEALTH.
HOUSING COUNTY AND CITY, UH,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO LOCAL
BUSINESS, COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND MORE WE ARE
LEAN, LEAN. EXCUSE ME. WE ARE
LEARNING IN REAL TIME THAT WHEN
WE WORK TOGETHER, WE CAN DO SO
MUCH MORE THAN ANYONE ONE OF US
CAN DO ALONE. I CAN SHARE A
COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. FIRST IS THE
COVID EQUITY PROJECT LAUNCHED IN
2020. IN THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
TO THE PANDEMIC. THE PARTNERS
INCLUDE THE FRESNO COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN
FRANCISCO. PRESIDENT CAMPUS AND
MORE THAN 18 COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZED INTO
THREE COALITIONS, IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE. AFRICAN AMERICAN AND
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, EACH
COALITION USING COMMUNITY HEALTH
WORKERS RECRUITED FROM AMONG THE
COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. PROVIDED
LANGUAGE SPECIFIC AND CULTURALLY
RESPECTFUL OUTREACH EDUCATION
TESTING. CONTACT TRACING AND
QUARANTINE SUPPORTS. AFTER
LAUNCHING IN JULY 2020 OPERATING
THE NEW SYSTEM WAS PLUG AND PLAY
READY FOR VACCINE DISTRIBUTION
TO HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS IN
EARLY 2021. AS A RESULT OF THE
WORK OF THE COVID EQUITY
PROJECT. FRESNO COUNTY HAD THE
HIGHEST VACCINATION RATE IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 30 SECONDS IN
CALIFORNIA AMONG FARM WORKERS,
LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, AND MOSTLY
THOSE OF COLOR RECEIVED
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION SUPPORT
IN THE AMOUNT OF MORE THAN $1.6
MILLION BY NOVEMBER, 2021. BASED
IN ON FRESNO COUNTY'S RESULT, A
STATE RFP WAS ISSUED TO SUPPORT
MORE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TYPE OF
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER. NETWORK
MODEL. THIS WORK REPRESENTS THE
RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT
EMERALD EVANS OF GRAYSON AND
CHILD POVERTY REFERENCED IN HER
COMMENTS EARLIER TODAY, AND ALSO
INDICATE DIRECT SAVINGS TO THE
LOCAL HOSPITAL SYSTEMS IN FRESNO
COUNTY. THE SECOND IS EXAMPLE IS
A COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE
LITERACY RATES FOR OUR FOSTER
YOUTH. WE CALL IT THE FOSTER
YOUTH NETWORK IMPROVEMENT
COMMUNITY. WE ARE LEVERAGING
STATE FUNDED CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT TEAM TEAMS IN THE
EDUCATION SECTOR TO HELP LEAD
THIS WORK. THIS COLLABORATIVE
PROJECT HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF
ACCESS ACROSS SECTOR
COORDINATION. PARTICIPANTS
INCLUDE FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT, FRESNO COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,
FRESNO COUNTY JUVENILE
DEPENDENCY, COURT, DISTRICT
ATTORNEY PROBATION DEPARTMENT
AND THE PUBLIC DEFENDER.
PRESIDENT COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS, FOSTER AND HOMELESS
EDUCATION SERVICES AND LITERACY
CONTENT. COACH COURT APPOINTED
SPECIAL SERVICES, MULTI
COMMUNITY BASED COMMUNITY, UH,
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY
FOR FOSTER YOUTH. AND, OF
COURSE, FOSTER YOUTH THEMSELVES.
THE EARLY DATA ON SCHOOL
STABILITY AND CHRONIC
ABSENTEEISM IS REMARKABLE AND
LITERACY IMPROVEMENT IS POSITIVE
. THE PROJECT IS BEING SCALED IN
2023 24, OUR COUNTY D S S SEEING
THE TREMENDOUS BENEFIT AH
BENEFITS. BRINGING EVERYONE IN
THE FOSTER YOUTH SYSTEM
TOGETHER, IS NOW HELPING TO FUND
THE WORK WITH TITLE FOR E
FEDERAL DOLLARS. NONE OF THIS
WOULD BE HAPPENING IN FRESNO
WITHOUT C TWO C, WEAVING IT ALL
TOGETHER BY BUILDING TRUST AND
RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS SECTORS
COLLECTING AND CONNECTING DATA
AND CREATING THE PLATFORM TO
LAUNCH INNOVATIVE IDEAS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR BONTA.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A CHAMPION
FOR CRADLE TO CAREER AND THE
PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL OF
HELPING THE WHOLE CHILD. WHOLE
FAMILY AND WHOLE COMMUNITY
THRIVE. MY NAME IS GREG.
HOPEFULLY I'M THE CEO OF
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA
CLARA COUNTY, WHERE FOR THE LAST
14 YEARS, WE WERE INSPIRED BY
GEOFFREY CANADA AND THE HARLEM
CHILDREN'S ZONE AND PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND THE EXPANSION OF
PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD. TO CREATE
OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD BASED
STRATEGY CALLED THE FRANKLIN
MCKINLEY CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE,
WHICH IS A COLLABORATIVE OF 30
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE
FRANKLIN MCKINLEY SCHOOL
DISTRICT, SANTA CLARA COUNTY
OFFICE OF ED, THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE, THE COUNTY 30 NONPROFITS,
BUSINESSES AND FOUNDATIONS. THE
BEAUTY OF IT IS WHEN FAMILIES
COME INTO PLACES LIKE EDUCATE
THEIR OR THE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHICH
ORGANIZATION THEY'RE TALKING TO,
OR HELPING THEM. ALL THEY KNOW
IS THEY'RE GETTING THE HELP THAT
THEY NEED, AND IN THE TIME THAT
THEY NEED IN THE WAY THAT'S
RESPECTFUL AND CARING. THE
BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING NOW IS THE FAMILIES
THEMSELVES ARE CO DESIGNING THE
SOLUTIONS WHEN WE STARTED, THE
MOM SAID, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE
SAFE GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
WE WANT THEM TO GET A QUALITY
EDUCATION, AND BY THE WAY WE
WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH AND BE
ABLE TO GET OUR OWN JOBS, AND
THEN WE WRAPPED OUR ARMS AROUND
THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY
IS LEADING US. SO I INVITE YOU
TO COME TO SAN JOSE. COME TO SEE
SANTY AND YOU CAN SEE A THRIVING
PROMISING NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. OH DON'T TOUCH
THAT. OKAY MY NAME IS ANNA
AVILA'S I AM A PARENT LEADER AT
SAN FRANCISCO. AND I ALSO WORK
PROFESSION. PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD
. I WAS ACTUALLY A CLIENT PRIOR
TO BEING A STAFF MEMBER THERE.
UM AND I TRULY BELIEVE IN THE
WORK BECAUSE LOOK WHERE I'M AT
STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL.
AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE NOT FOR
JUST MY CHILDREN, BUT ALL THE
CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
THEY ALL DESERVE. TO REACH THEIR
FULL POTENTIAL AND WORK IN
COLLABORATION, AND IT STARTS IN
THE PRENATAL STAGES, RIGHT
FAMILIES BEING INFORMED KNOWING
WHAT TO DO HOW TO DO IT,
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE FAMILIES
THAT DON'T HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS
IN THEIR COMMUNITY. BUT YOU
KNOW, WE ARE YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT?
AND SO, UM PRIOR TO BEING YOU
KNOW, I WAS EXTREME, UM, IN
POVERTY LIVED IN BELOW MARKET
RATE HOUSING WITH MY MOM. UM NOW
I CAN SAY THAT I AM. THE ONE
THAT BROUGHT, UM, JOHANNA AND
VIVIANA, AND IT'S JUST SO
POWERFUL TO SEE THAT THE
RESOURCES THAT I RECEIVED
HANDING IT OFF AND SHARING IT
WITH THEM, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE
TO COME AND SPEAK THEIR TRUTH,
THEIR VOICE AND YES, OUR YOUTH
AND OUR FAMILIES ARE THE CENTER
OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, AND THE
WORK THAT WE DO IS BECAUSE OF
THEM AND WITH THEM, NOT FOR
THEM, BUT WITH THEM RIGHT. AND
SO CO CREATION WITH OUR YOUTH CO
CREATING WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND
HAVING THEM LEAD THE WAY IT'S
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND I FEEL
THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO
HER FAMILY'S VOICES, BECAUSE
THEY'RE THE EXPERTS OF THEIR
LIVED EXPERIENCES, NOT US, AND
SO JUST CONTINUE TO BRING THAT
UP. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL
MOVE NOW TO THE PHONE LINES AT
AND T OPERATOR. IS THERE ANYONE
ON THE LINE WISHING TO SPEAK?
THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
YOU DO WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT.
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME
AGAIN. IT'S 10. AND GIVES US
JUST A MOMENT HERE WILL GO FIRST
TO LINE NUMBER 12. I AM I LINE
NUMBER 12. YES YOU ARE CAREER
HEARING FUN IN THE LEGISLATURE.
UM WELL, I'M CALLING TODAY AS A
MOTHER OF FOUR, AND I'VE BEEN
LISTENING FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW,
UM, TO A LOT OF INFORMATION IN
THIS HEARING, AND I COULD TAKE
MY COMMENT A NUMBER OF
DIRECTIONS, BUT IT'S THE COVID
PANDEMIC HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP
REPEATEDLY IN THIS HEARING BY
PANEL EXPERTS AND LAWMAKERS
ALIKE. UM I GUESS I'LL SPEAK TO
THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC.
CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY HAD THE
WORST. OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN
DURING THE COVID LOCKDOWN. OF
ALL OTHER STATES, RIGHT DOWN TO
THE LONGEST TIMES THAT CHILDREN
WERE DENIED ACCESS TO IN PERSON
EDUCATION. AND FRANKLY, IN THE
PROCESS OF THE DISASTER THAT WAS
THE HANDLING OF THE COVID
PANDEMIC. IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS
THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN MOST
HARMED. WHAT CALIFORNIANS AND
CALIFORNIA IS TRYING TO DO. UM
IS ACTUALLY NOT RECOVER FROM
COVID BUT RECOVER FROM THE COVID
POLICIES. THAT HAVE DESTROYED
THIS STATE OF THE HAND OF
ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND THAT
INCLUDES YOU, THE LEGISLATURE.
AS A RESULT OF THESE LOCKDOWNS
AND THE MISERABLE OUTCOMES FOR
ALL CHILDREN. WE'RE NOW SEEING
PARENTS PARTICIPATE MORE AND
MORE THROUGHOUT VARIOUS
COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA IN
PUBLIC LIFE AT SCHOOL BOARD
MEETINGS AND IN OTHER SECTORS
THAT PERTAIN DIRECTLY TO
CHILDREN AND AS A PARENT OF FOUR
CHILDREN MYSELF. I CAN TELL YOU
WITH CERTAINTY THAT I TRUSTED
NOTHING THAT YOU THE LEGISLATURE
DO NOTHING. MY CHILDREN ARE
ACTUALLY BEING HOMESCHOOLED AT
THIS POINT, BECAUSE EVERYTHING
YOU LAWMAKERS TOUCH IN
CALIFORNIA, YOU DESTROY. AND IN
NO WAY WILL I EVER AGREE TO YOU
HURTING MY CHILDREN ANY MORE
THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE. MY
HUSBAND IS ACTUALLY A PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHER WHO IS PLANNING
TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION BECAUSE
OF HOW PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN
DESTROYED AT THE LEVEL OF POLICY
AT THE HANDS OF THE
SUPERMAJORITY LAWMAKERS AND
THEIR OBEDIENCE TO AN EQUALLY
CORRUPT GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR WHO
KEPT THIS STATE LOCKED DOWN. FOR
OVER 1000 DAYS. A GOVERNOR WHO
DESTROYED SMALL BUSINESSES WHO
TOOK PARENTAL RIGHTS AWAY. THANK
YOU. PLEASE WRAP YOUR COMMENTS.
EXPERIMENTAL EU A VACCINE BEING
INJECTED INTO 40 MILLION PEOPLE
AND THIS IS AFTER THE LINE, 13.
THANK YOU. HI. YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. HI HI. I'M MY NAME IS
MARIE CALDWELL AND I'M, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WORK.
AND ALSO COORDINATE THE CRADLE
TO CAREER FOR A COUNTY NETWORK
AS PART OF THE NORTH STATE
TOGETHER REGIONAL CROSS SECTOR
CRADLE TO CAREER PARTNERSHIP I'M
ALSO PART WITH NORTH SET
TOGETHER THE CRADLE TO CAREER
CALIFORNIA COALITION. AS PART OF
THE 10 COUNTIES. WE COORDINATE
AND ALIGN WORK ACROSS ALL 10 OF
THOSE COUNTIES IN THE FAR
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION. WE
INVOLVE OVER 250 PARTNERS. WE
HAVE COUNTLESS SECTORS
REPRESENTED. GREAT TO CAREER
FUNDING IS IMPERATIVE TO ENSURE
THE PLACEMENT OF PROGRAMS AND
INITIATIVES THAT DIRECTLY TACKLE
THE PINCH POINT OF TRANSITION
BETWEEN ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE
HIGH SCHOOL IN POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATION, AS WELL AS
COORDINATING AND A WHINING
NETWORK WITH THEM. ENGLISH AND
MATH. TARGETS AT THIRD GRADE,
EIGHTH GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOL. UM
IN ADDITION TO THAT ENTRY POINT
OF KINDERGARTEN READINESS
TRANSITION. ONE EXAMPLE OF OUR
REGIONAL DEPLOYMENT THIS TYPE OF
WORK IS THE CASE. 16
COLLABORATIVE. WE HAVE FOUR KEY
ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE DEPLOYING
AND FOCUSED ON WHICH IS
TRANSITION TO POSTSECONDARY,
INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE INSTRUCTION
WITHIN CLASSROOMS, EARLY COLLEGE
CREDIT AND TECH HIGH TECH
COUNSELING. UM AND THIS IS TO
SUPPORT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
FOR AN UPWARD MOBILE AND
ECONOMIC SUCCESS THROUGH THIS
SYSTEM. WE'VE IMPACTED STUDENTS
EXPRESS. WE'VE SEEN A 46%
INCREASE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS
OF POST SECOND TERM MOMENT TO
COLLEGE. THIS IS DIRECTLY LINKED
TO OUR NORTH STATE TOGETHER
WORK. UM IN SISKIYOU COUNTY.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COORDINATE
AND ALIGN ALL OF THE CONSORTIUM
WORK, UM, TO FOCUS ON CAREER
TECHNICAL PLANNING AND
EDUCATION. AND CAREER ACTION
PLAN FOR EACH STUDENT. SO IN
ORDER TO COORDINATE AND HELP
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TAKE THAT
NEXT STEP AND ENSURE OUR
WORKFORCE IS READY AND WILLING
TO JUMP IN TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE
SMALL BUSINESSES AND BE PART OF
LARGE, UH ECONOMIC INCREASES
ACROSS OUR REGION, CRADLE TO
CAREER NETWORKS CAN REALLY
SUPPORT THAT WORK, ENSURING THAT
WE'RE ALIGNING AND COURTS
GETTING RATHER THAN DUPLICATING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND CURRENTLY NONE FURTHER IN
QUÊ. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH
WITH THAT WE WILL OFFER JUST
FINAL COMMENTS ONCE AGAIN. THANK
ALL OF THE PANELISTS FOR COMING
FORWARD AND, UH, WAS ALSO VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF HEARING THROUGH
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM FRESNO'S C
TWO C. FRANKLIN MCKINLEY
CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE, WHICH
I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN. AN EARLIER
VERSION OF UM AND, UM, HERE FROM
CISCO COUNTY AS WELL, UM, WE
KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PLACE
BASED CRADLE TO CAREER
COORDINATED INITIATIVES THAT ARE
HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH
THIS THOUGHT THIS LAST YEAR WE
WERE ABLE TO SECURE $12 MILLION
OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT PROMISED
NEIGHBORHOOD AT CRADLE TO CAREER
INITIATIVES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. ALSO THIS LAST YEAR,
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SPENT
$14.6 BILLION IN SUPPORTING OUR
PRISON SYSTEM. WHEN WE REALLY
THINK ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD INVEST
AND REALLOCATE OUR DOLLARS TO
ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE
ABILITY TO THRIVE THAT EVERY
COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS THE ABILITY
TO HAVE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY
WHERE ACADEMIC ACHIEVED
ACHIEVEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
WITHIN THE GRASP OF EVERY
INDIVIDUAL WHERE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE GRASP
OF EVERY FAMILY. WE HAVE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY HERE. I WANT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING
IN THIS HEARING. AND WITH THAT
WE WILL CONCLUDE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.