Ending Youth Homelessness in Austin / Travis County March 2020 Mission LifeWorks is a fearless advocate for youth and families seeking their path to self-sufficiency. We are committed to innovative problem solving, shared accountability and a relentless focus on achieving real, sustainable and measurable results for the clients we serve. 10 programs: • Diversion • BSS+ Prevention • Street Outreach • Emergency Shelter • PORT (Permanency Through Outreach & Rapid Transitions) • Transitional Living Program • Young Parents Program • Rapid Rehousing • Permanent Supportive Housing • After Care Transition Services (ACTS) 5 programs: • Youth & Adult Counseling • Peer Support Services • Community-Based Counseling • Community-Based Psychiatry 5 programs: • Supported Employment & Education • GED/High School Equivalency • Life Skills Training • Teen Parent Services • Pregnancy Prevention • Resolution Counseling (REAL Talk) Measuring Success Including: Housing Employment Income Education Healthcare Coverage Mobility Mental Health Substance Use Legal Credit Life Skills Community Involvement Network Support Family Relationships Childcare …and 10 more domains 24 DOMAINS OF SELF- SUFFICIENCY LifeWorks Clients Served In 2019 1685 1167 Lifeworks overview: clients served in FY2019 4658* 2640 *unduplicated; does not include 864 clients served by Next Step (no longer offered) Housing Counseling Education & Workforce Austin’s Campaign to End Youth Homelessness • Build and sustain a community system that ensures that youth homelessness is rare, brief and non-recurring by 2020 • The system involves deep collaboration with dozens of nonprofit and public organizations with the planning co-led by LifeWorks and ECHO 6 Austin participates in Chapin Hall’s Voices of Youth Count Austin is selected as one of 10 communities nationwide to serve as HUD’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program site ECHO awards 3 grants to LW to implement priority strategies 25% reduction in youth homelessness; 56% reduction in unsheltered youth homelessness – PIT Count Austin reaches benchmarks for functional 0 July 2016 Nov. 2017 Oct. 2018 September 2019 June 2016 Jan. 2017 Mar. 2018 Feb. 2019 December 2020 Participates in the A Way Home America 100 Day Challenge to house 53 young people Austin’s coordinated community plan to end youth homelessness is approved by HUD Launch of PORT, Diversion and Rapid Re- Housing SAMHSA awards LW $4m to scale workforce services for this effort Team and Timeline 8 Key Elements of the System Diversion: Assists youth at imminent risk of homelessness with financial support and wraparound services. Youth remain connected to support systems, …
CITY OF AUSTIN COMMISSION FOR WOMEN REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 12:00 p.m. One Texas Center, Room 1300 505 Barton Springs Road Austin, Texas 78704 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES meeting on January 8, 2020. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Consider approval of the minutes from the Austin Commission for Women regular a. Discussion and possible action regarding the following working groups: 1. Economic equity 2. Sexual assault, violence prevention, and survivor experience 3. Access to quality and affordable healthcare 4. Women’s Hall of Fame b. Discussion and possible action regarding updates from the Joint Inclusion Committee. c. Updates, discussion, and possible action regarding adult entertainment club promotional wording. d. Discussion and possible action regarding the commission charter for 2020. e. Discussion and possible action regarding the recommendation for the City of Austin FY2021 budget. 3. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call April Shaw of the Human Resources Department at 512-974-2597, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Commission for Women, please contact April Shaw at 512-974-2597.
COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, February 5, 2020 REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, February 5, 2020 COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MINUTES The Commission for Women convened for a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Road, in Austin, Texas. Chair Austen called the Commission Meeting to order at 12:11 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Rebecca Austen, Chair Flannery Bope, Vice Chair Neva Fernandez Amanda Lewis Julia Cuba Lewis Dyana Limon-Mercado Commissioners Absent: Tanya Athar-Jogee Juliana Gonzales Sarah Tober Vacant: District 2 District 3 Staff in Attendance: April Shaw, Human Resources Department CITIZEN COMMUNICATION Maya Guevara, Office of Police Oversight, addressed the Commission regarding the APD Racial Profiling data. She invited the Commission to attend an event on Race and Policing in Austin on February 22, 2020 at the north Austin YMCA. She also introduced the new Community Police Review Commission. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes from the regular meeting of January 8, 2020 were approved on Vice Chair Bope’s motion, Commissioner Fernandez’ second on a vote of 6-0. Commissioners Athar- Jogee, Gonzalez, and Tober were absent. COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING MINUTES 2. OLD BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, February 5, 2020 a. Discussion and possible action regarding the following working groups: ii. Sexual assault, violence prevention, and survivor experience i. Economic equity Discussion was held. No action was taken. Discussion was held. No action was taken. iii. Access to quality and affordable healthcare Discussion was held. No action was taken. iv. Women’s Hall of Fame Discussion was held. The plan to proceed with August 19, 2020 as the date for the event, provided the Commission receives authorization to fund raise and sell tickets by the end of February 2020, was approved on Chair Austen’s motion, Vice-Chair Bope’s second, on a vote of 6-0. Commissioners Athar-Jogee, Gonzalez, and Tober were absent. b. Discussion and possible action regarding updates from the Joint Inclusion c. Updates, discussion, and possible action regarding adult entertainment club Committee. Discussion was held. No action was taken. promotional wording. Discussion was held. No action was taken. d. Discussion and possible action regarding the commission charter for 2020. Discussion was held. The Commission Charter for 2020 was approved on Chair Austen’s motion, Vice-Chair Bope’s second, on a vote of 6-0. Commissioners Athar-Jogee, Gonzalez, and Tober were absent. e. Discussion and possible action regarding the recommendation for the City of Austin FY2021 budget. WEDNESDAY, February 5, 2020 COMMISSION …
CITY OF AUSTIN COMMISSION FOR WOMEN REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 12:00 p.m. One Texas Center, Room 1300 505 Barton Springs Road Austin, Texas 78704 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Consider approval of the minutes from the Austin Commission for Women regular meeting on November 13, 2019. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Discussion and possible action regarding the following working groups: 1. Economic equity 2. Sexual assault, violence prevention, and survivor experience 3. Access to quality and affordable healthcare 4. Women’s Hall of Fame b. Discussion and possible action regarding updates from the Joint Inclusion Committee. c. Updates, discussion, and possible action regarding adult entertainment club promotional wording. d. Discussion and possible action regarding the commission charter for 2020. e. Discussion and possible action regarding the recommendation for the City of Austin FY2021 budget. 3. BRIEFINGS a. Presentation from Austin Public Health regarding women’s health in the City of Austin presented by Stephanie Hayden, Director of Austin Public Health. 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion and possible action regarding the presentation from Austin Public Health. 5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Vicky Nguyen of the Human Resources Department at 512-974-3292, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Commission for Women, please contact Vicky Nguyen at 512-974-3292.
COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, January 8, 2020 REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, January 8, 2020 COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MINUTES The Commission for Women convened for a regular meeting on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Road, in Austin, Texas. Chair Austen called the Commission Meeting to order at 12:09 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Rebecca Austen, Chair Flannery Bope, Vice Chair Tanya Athar-Jogee Julia Cuba Lewis Neva Fernandez Juliana Gonzales Dyana Limon-Mercado Commissioners Absent: Rossana Barrios Amanda Lewis Sarah Tober Vacant: District 3 Staff in Attendance: Vicky Nguyen, Human Resources Department April Shaw, Human Resources Department Bryan Dore, Human Resources Department Adrienne Sturrup, Austin Public Health Donna Sundstrom, Austin Public Health Stephanie Hayden, Austin Public Health CITIZEN COMMUNICATION None. COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING MINUTES 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES WEDNESDAY, January 8, 2020 The minutes from the regular meeting of November 13, 2019 were approved on Vice Chair Bope’s motion, Commissioner Athar-Jogee’s second on a 6-0 vote. Commissioners Barrios, Lewis, and Tober were absent. Commissioner Limon-Mercado was off the dais. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. Discussion and possible action regarding the following working groups: ii. Sexual assault, violence prevention, and survivor experience i. Economic equity Discussion was held. No action was taken. Discussion was held. No action was taken. iii. Access to quality and affordable healthcare Discussion was held. No action was taken. iv. Women’s Hall of Fame Discussion was held. No action was taken. b. Discussion and possible action regarding updates from the Joint Inclusion c. Updates, discussion, and possible action regarding adult entertainment club d. Discussion and possible action regarding the commission charter for 2020. e. Discussion and possible action regarding the recommendation for the City of Austin Committee. Discussion was held. No action was taken. promotional wording. Discussion was held. No action was taken. Discussion was held. No action was taken. FY2021 budget. Discussion was held. No action was taken. 3. BRIEFINGS a. Presentation from Austin Public Health regarding women’s health in the City of Austin presented by Stephanie Hayden, Director of Austin Public Health. Presentation was given by Stephanie Hayden, Donna Sundstrom, and Adrienne Sturrup. 4. NEW BUSINESS Health. a. Discussion and possible action regarding the presentation from Austin Public WEDNESDAY, January 8, 2020 COMMISSION FOR WOMEN MEETING MINUTES Discussion was held. No action was taken. 5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS a. Presentation in March from CAN Network about their dashboard. b. Presentation in March …
