Special Called Meeting of the Community Development Commission - This regular meeting of the CDC will follow a hybrid format - remote and in-person. Please see agenda for details.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT: 2020 FOOD ASSISTANCE DEMOGRAPHICS 2020 FOOD ASSISTANCE BY THE NUMBERS • Number of households assisted with food: 3,409 • Average number of household members: 3.19 • Total number of food assistances provided: 5,334 • Total food deliveries (March-July): 1,251 RACE AND ETHNICITY Race & Ethnicity 1% 1% 2% 48% 36% 12% Asian Black or African American Caucasian Hispanic Middle Eastern Other *Based on demographic data for food pantry services and HOPE clients ASSISTANCES BY ZIP ZIP Codes 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 78753 78741 78744 78758 78702 78723 78752 Series 1 FOOD ASSISTANCES BY ZIP CODE ZIP Codes 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 78753 78741 78744 78758 78702 78723 78752 Deliveries Pantry Services + HOPE Mass Distributions
PROJECT CONNECT: COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE 11 1 Background • City Council, Capital Metro Board created framework for the “Project Connect Community Advisory Committee” • The committee will advise the City and ATP on $300M anti- displacement investments, equity assessment tool, equity key performance indicators, and Equitable TOD study • Recommendations by the Advisory Committee must be heard by either the City, Capital Metro, or Austin Transit Partnership 2 Membership Considerations • 11 community members • 6 community members appointed by an open application process • 5 community members appointed from within existing City and Capital Metro Boards and Commissions • Members must be a resident of Austin or the Capital Metro Service area and they cannot cannot have a contract for property, goods or services with the City, Capital Metro or Austin Transit Partnership • Membership term is 2 years, with anticipated monthly meetings 3 6 Open-Application Seats • Council and Board want a diverse group of participants from a wide array of topic areas, and representing many different communities and demographics in Austin • Residents do not have to have transportation/mobility-related experience • Application open to the public through February 28 • Nominating Committee will review applications and make a recommendation to the full Council and Board for consideration 4 Timeline • Public application for 6 seats open through February 28 • Appointments from the three City of Austin Boards and Commissions, and two Capital Metro Committees has begun already and is ongoing • Nominating Committee reviews applications and conducts interviews, if needed, between March 1 - 19 • Nominating committee makes recommendation to Council and Board for appointment by March 22 • March 25 City Council Meeting • March 29 Capital Metro Board Meeting • This timeline allows the first meeting of the committee to occur in April 2021 5 Additional Information • Webpage: ProjectConnect.com/Get-Involved • Please share! • Questions? 6
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) Special Called Meeting February 26, 2021 – 5:30pm - 9:30pm APPROVED MINUTES CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Amit Motwani, Chair Public Sector Appointee Karen Paup, Vice Chair Private Sector Appointee Bertha Delgado East Austin Joe Deshotel Public Sector Appointee Fisayo Fadelu Public Sector Appointee Kendra Garrett St. John’s Tandera Louie North Austin Alberto Mejia Dove Springs Shavone Otero Private Sector Appointee Julia Woods South Austin Raymond Young Public Sector Appointee Heidi Sloan Public Sector Appointee VACANT Rosewood-Zaragosa/Blackland Madra Mays Montopolis Michael Tolliver Colony Park Please visit https://austintexas.gov/cdc for more information about the Community Development Commission. Members Absent: Fisayo Fadelu Tandera Louie Alberto Mejia Shavone Otero Madra Mays Staff Members in Attendance: Erica Leak Angel Zambrano Jesse Gutierrez Lisa G. Rodriguez CALL TO ORDER Chair Motwani called the meeting to order at 5:51pm with 9 members present. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up by noon the day prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Speakers signed up to address specific items on the agenda may also be called upon to speak at this time. No members of the public signed up to speak. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the January 12, 2021, Community Development Commission meeting minutes This item was tabled until a future meeting due to time constraints. 2. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG) Briefing and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health) Angel Zambrano briefed the board. 3. NEW BUSINES a) Briefing from DAWA Heals (Jonathan “Chaka” Mahone, DAWA Fund representative) b) Briefing on Family Independence Initiative (Ivanna Neri, Partnership Director, Family This item was postponed until a future meeting. Independence Initiative) This item was postponed until a future meeting. Management, Austin Energy) Drema Gross briefed the CDC. c) Briefing on Austin Energy Plus 1 Program (Drema Gross, Director, Customer Services d) Discussion and possible action on a recommendation related to basic needs and critical utility (and other) services for residents of Austin's disadvantaged communities in light of the crisis brought on by winter storm Uri (CDC member discussion) Discussion was held regarding a draft recommendation for a future meeting. e) Internal discussion and possible action on vaccination effort (CDC member discussion) The City of Austin is committed to compliance with …
Versión en español a continuación COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) Meeting February 9, 2021 The Community Development Commission meeting to be held February 9, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications. Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (February 8, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the February 9, 2021 Community Development Commission meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-974-1606 or jesse.gutierrez@austintexas.gov no later than noon, February 8, 2021. The following information required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). •Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to jesse.gutierrez@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Reunión del COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) 9 de febrero 2021 La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social. Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (8 de febrero antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del publico deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de junta en 512-974-1606 o jesse.gutierrez@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, dirección de correo electrónico (opcional) y un número de teléfono (debe ser el número que se utilizará para llamar ). la • Una vez que se haya realizado una solicitud para …
Community Services Block Grant Programmatic/Financial Report February 9, 2021 The Community Services Block Grant funds the delivery of services to low income Texas residents in all 254 counties. These funds support a variety of direct services in addition to helping maintain the core administrative elements of community action agencies. For the City of Austin, the grant provides funding for the delivery of basic needs, case management, preventive health and employment support services through the City’s six (6) Neighborhood Centers and the three (3) Outreach Sites. ◼ Basic Needs (food, clothing, information and referral, notary services, transportation, car safety education and car seats, tax preparation, Blue Santa applications, fans, Thanksgiving food baskets and other seasonal activities); ◼ Preventive Health (screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar including a1C, and cholesterol; pregnancy testing; health promotion presentations, coordination and participation in health fairs, immunizations, coordination of wellness activities, linkages to medical home providers and diabetes case management); ◼ Case Management (individual/family support counseling, advocacy, self-sufficiency case management, crisis intervention, linkages with employers, educational opportunities and training, and working with individuals on quality of life issues); ◼ Employment Support (intake, assessment and goal setting, job readiness training, job placement assistance, and job retention services) Expenditures Categories 2020 Contract Budget % of Total Cumulative Expenditures as of 12/31/20 Personnel Fringe Benefits Other Total $693,764.20 $394,116.34 $14,225.46 $1,102,106 $682,677.81 $319,513.38 $5,357 $1,007,548.19 98.4% 81.1% 38% 91.4% 1 SRV 3O 4 4E 4E 5 5B 5D 4C 4C 4I 5A 5JJ 7A 7B 7D 7N Austin Public Health Report on PY19 Community Action Plan Transition Out of Poverty Goal Goal Achieved TOP Individuals who transitioned out of poverty 43 25 Success Rate% 58% MISSION: To prevent disease, promote health, and protect the well-being of our community. TOP 5 NEEDS: Housing; Health; Employment; Basic Needs; Education Report Date December 2020 FNPI Outcome Description Target #Enrolled #Achieved Success Rate % #Enrolled #Achieved Success Rate % 79% Housing Households who avoided eviction Households who avoided eviction (CARES ACT) Health and Social/Behavioral Development Individuals who demonstrated improved physical health and well being Individuals who improved skills related to the adult role of parents/caregivers Service Description Tax Preparation Programs Rent Payments Rent Payments (Cares Act) Utility Payments Immunizations Food Distribution Case Management Eligibility Determinations Transportation Emergency Clothing 500 1200 15 50 915 264 103 7 Number Served 339 915 264 291 370 25,725 1,726 54 78 87 1,607 915 264 81 5 3A.1 …
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT: 2020 FOOD ASSISTANCE DEMOGRAPHICS 2020 FOOD ASSISTANCE BY THE NUMBERS • Number of households assisted with food: 3,409 • Average number of household members: 3.19 • Total number of food assistances provided: 5,334 • Total food deliveries (March-July): 1,251 RACE AND ETHNICITY Race & Ethnicity 1% 1% 2% 48% 36% 12% Asian Black or African American Caucasian Hispanic Middle Eastern Other *Based on demographic data for food pantry services and HOPE clients ASSISTANCES BY ZIP ZIP Codes 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 78753 78741 78744 78758 78702 78723 78752 Series 1 FOOD ASSISTANCES BY ZIP CODE ZIP Codes 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 78753 78741 78744 78758 78702 78723 78752 Deliveries Pantry Services + HOPE Mass Distributions
Program: Plus 1 – Austin Energy Program start date FY2006; COVID relief funds added 4/9/2020 Target Recipient Populations COA Utilities residential customers experiencing temporary financial difficulty Funding Source(s) Community Benefit Charge (CBC), Operational Reserve Funds, Donations Total Funding Amount Total Funding Expended to date FY20 - $2.3M + $10M COVID relief FY21 - $2.3M + ~$4.6M carryover FY20 - $7.4M FY21 - $4.5M through Jan 31 Expiration on Funding (if applicable) FY21 Self-Assessment of Performance (Grade A-D) A Additional Notes Data from 4/10/2020-11/30/2020
Affordable Housing + Transit Map Series These maps show how Austin’s affordable housing relates to the future public transit expansion. Link: https://arcg.is/1bXTqG0
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) January 12, 2021 – 5:30pm - 9:30pm DRAFT MINUTES Members Absent: Michael Tolliver City of Austin Staff in Attendance: Erica Leak (Housing and Planning) Jesse Gutierrez (Housing and Planning) Lisa Rodriguez (Housing and Planning) Angel Zambrano (Austin Public Health) Mandy DeMayo (Housing and Planning) Zachary Stern (Housing and Planning) Letitia Brown (Housing and Planning) ATTENDANCE: Members in Attendance: Amit Motwani (Chair) Karen Paup (Vice Chair) Bertha Delgado Joe Deshotel Fisayo Fadelu Kendra Garrett Tandera Louie Madra Mays Alberto Mejia Shavone Otero Heidi Sloan Julia Woods Raymond Young Please visit https://austintexas.gov/cdc for more information about the Community Development Commission. Purpose: The purpose of the board is to advise the Council in the development and implementation of programs designed to serve the poor and the community at large with an emphasis on federally funded programs. CALL TO ORDER: DRAFT MINUTES Chair Motwani called the meeting to order at 5:35pm with 11 members present. Commissioner Sloan joined at 5:45pm; Commissioner Delgado joined at 5:48pm. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up by noon the day prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Speakers signed up to address specific items on the agenda may also be called upon to speak at this time. No speakers signed up. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the December 4, 2020, Community Development Commission meeting minutes. Following a motion to approve by Commissioner Mejia, seconded by Commissioner Deshotel, the December 4, 2020, minutes were approved unanimously. Commissioner Louie abstained due to her excused absence at the December meeting. 2. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG) a) Briefing and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health) Angel Zambrano presented. b) Briefing regarding demographics of population served by APH through CARES and CSBG (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health) Angel Zambrano presented. 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 by calling 512-974-1606 at least 2 days prior to the meeting date. TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on …
Trust and Invest In families. Our Vision Across the United States, families and communities living in low income are recognized, trusted and invested in, so they may achieve their goals and dreams. Our Mission We trust and invest in low-income families across the nation so they can work individually and collectively to achieve prosperity. History ● FII was founded in 2001 in Oakland, California by social innovator Mauricio Lim Miller ● In 2010, Michelle and Barack Obama recognized FII’s work and appointed Miller to their White House Council for Community Solutions. ● The New York Times, New America Foundation, Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Stanford Social Innovation Review have published FII’s work. The Problem Current system blames the person for their situation ● ● ● ● ● Current system is failing $400B spent annually on fighting the War on Poverty Poverty rates have not changed significantly in the last 50 years Social capital exchanges and and yet community led solutions are largely unrecognized and underinvested in Majority of funds go to a deficit based model of programs and services, rather than investing directly into community The Reality ● ● ● ● Deficit-Based System 50M people live at or below the poverty line in the US* 75% 39% move above the poverty line in just 4 years do not access Federal Subsidies 50% fall back under the poverty line in 5 years * What contributes to this system of inequality? Federal poverty line Median Household Income Benefits decrease as income increases for communities with low income, but benefits increase for the upper class s t fi e n e B s d l o h e s u o H f o r e b m u N | | $20K $38K | $61K | $100K Our approach Strength-Based Approach UNRESTRICTED CAPITAL COMMUNITY CHOICE Unrestricted cash or cash equivalent investments directly in an individual or household. People do not have to show their “neediness” in order to receive investment. Incentivize and promote social capital exchanges present in communities, where people rely on each other and increase their social and economic mobility. Individuals and families have full agency over their decisions and how they utilize their direct investments in order to achieve mobility. A technology platform for the exchange of financial and social capital Users MEMBERS PARTNERS ● Hard-working, low-income individuals across the ● Philanthropic, government, or academic sectors United States ● …
PROJECT CONNECT: COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE 11 1 Background • City Council, Capital Metro Board created framework for the “Project Connect Community Advisory Committee” • The committee will advise the City and ATP on $300M anti- displacement investments, equity assessment tool, equity key performance indicators, and Equitable TOD study • Recommendations by the Advisory Committee must be heard by either the City, Capital Metro, or Austin Transit Partnership 2 Membership Considerations • 11 community members • 6 community members appointed by an open application process • 5 community members appointed from within existing City and Capital Metro Boards and Commissions • Members must be a resident of Austin or the Capital Metro Service area and they cannot cannot have a contract for property, goods or services with the City, Capital Metro or Austin Transit Partnership • Membership term is 2 years, with anticipated monthly meetings 3 6 Open-Application Seats • Council and Board want a diverse group of participants from a wide array of topic areas, and representing many different communities and demographics in Austin • Residents do not have to have transportation/mobility-related experience • Application open to the public through February 28 • Nominating Committee will review applications and make a recommendation to the full Council and Board for consideration 4 Timeline • Public application for 6 seats open through February 28 • Appointments from the three City of Austin Boards and Commissions, and two Capital Metro Committees has begun already and is ongoing • Nominating Committee reviews applications and conducts interviews, if needed, between March 1 - 19 • Nominating committee makes recommendation to Council and Board for appointment by March 22 • March 25 City Council Meeting • March 29 Capital Metro Board Meeting • This timeline allows the first meeting of the committee to occur in April 2021 5 Additional Information • Webpage: ProjectConnect.com/Get-Involved • Please share! • Questions? 6
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) December 4, 2020, 10:30am MEETING VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Amit Motwani, Chair Public Sector Appointee Fisayo Fadelu (absent) Public Sector Appointee Alberto Mejia (absent) Dove Springs Julia Woods South Austin Karen Paup, Vice Chair Private Sector Appointee Shavone Otero Private Sector Appointee Raymond Young Public Sector Appointee Bertha Delgado East Austin Joe Deshotel Public Sector Appointee Heidi Sloan Public Sector Appointee VACANT Rosewood-Zaragosa/Blackland Madra Mays (absent) Montopolis Michael Tolliver Colony Park Kendra Garrett (not yet eligible) St. John’s Tandera Louie (absent) North Austin Staff Members in Attendance: Rebecca Giello - Housing and Planning Department (HPD) Erica Leak (HPD) Kim Freeman (HPD) Jesse Gutierrez (HPD) Lisa Rodriguez (HPD) Angel Zambrano - Austin Public Health (APH) Neil Hackett (APH) Akeisha Johnson-Smothers (APH) Cindy Gamez – (APH) Chris Schreck – Ecomonic Development Department (EDD) Sam Sargent – Capital Metro Adrienne Sturrup (HECE) CALL TO ORDER: DRAFT MINUTES Chair Motwani called the meeting to order with 9 members present. Commissioners Mejia, Mays, Louie and Fadelu were absent. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up by noon the day prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Speakers signed up to address specific items on the agenda may also be called upon to speak at this time. Stephanie Thomas (Adapt Texas volunteer) addressed the CDC regarding accessibility for persons with disabilities in all affordable housing developments. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the November 10, 2020, Community Development Commission meeting minutes. On Commissioner Young’s motion, Commissioner Tolliver’s second, the November 10, 2020, meeting minutes were unanimously approved. 2. PUBLIC HEARING a) Briefing on the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Action Plan Amendments to incorporate additional Coronavirus Relief Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Rebecca Giello, Housing and Planning gave the briefing. C Gamez (APH) and Chris Schreck (EDD) answered questions regarding their specific areas. b) Conduct a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Action Plan Amendments A public hearing was opened; Stephanie Thomas addressed the CDC, requesting that priority be given to persons with diabilities in the deployment of programs outlined within the 2019-2020 Action Plan Amendments. c) Discussion and possible action on the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Action Plan Amendments On Commissioner Paup’s motion, Commissioner Delgado’s second, the CDC voted to support the Fiscal …
Versión en español a continuación COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) Meeting January 12, 2021 The Community Development Commission meeting to be held January 12, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications. Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (January 11, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the January 12, 2021 Community Development Commission meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-974-1606 or jesse.gutierrez@austintexas.gov no later than noon, January 11, 2021. The following information required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). •Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to jesse.gutierrez@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Reunión del COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social. 12 de enero 2021 Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (11 de enero antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del publico deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de junta en 512-974-1606 o jesse.gutierrez@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, dirección de correo electrónico (opcional) y un número de teléfono (debe ser el número que se utilizará para llamar ). la • Una vez que se haya realizado una solicitud para …
Community Services Block Grant Programmatic/Financial Report January 12, 2021 The Community Services Block Grant funds the delivery of services to low income Texas residents in all 254 counties. These funds support a variety of direct services in addition to helping maintain the core administrative elements of community action agencies. For the City of Austin, the grant provides funding for the delivery of basic needs, case management, preventive health and employment support services through the City’s six (6) Neighborhood Centers and the three (3) Outreach Sites. ◼ Basic Needs (food, clothing, information and referral, notary services, transportation, car safety education and car seats, tax preparation, Blue Santa applications, fans, Thanksgiving food baskets and other seasonal activities); ◼ Preventive Health (screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar including a1C, and cholesterol; pregnancy testing; health promotion presentations, coordination and participation in health fairs, immunizations, coordination of wellness activities, linkages to medical home providers and diabetes case management); ◼ Case Management (individual/family support counseling, advocacy, self-sufficiency case management, crisis intervention, linkages with employers, educational opportunities and training, and working with individuals on quality of life issues); ◼ Employment Support (intake, assessment and goal setting, job readiness training, job placement assistance, and job retention services) Expenditures 2020 Contract Cumulative % of Total Categories Budget Expenditures as of Personnel Fringe Benefits Other Total $693,764.20 $394,116.34 $14,225.46 $1,102,106 11/30/20 $626,911.86 $294,451.43 $5,357 $926,720.29 90.4% 75% 38% 84% 1 SRV 3O 4 4E 4E 5 5B 5D 4C 4I 5A 5JJ 7A 7B 7D 7N Austin Public Health Report on PY19 Community Action Plan Transition Out of Poverty Goal Goal Achieved TOP Individuals who transitioned out of poverty 43 25 Success Rate% 58% MISSION: To prevent disease, promote health, and protect the well-being of our community. TOP 5 NEEDS: Housing; Health; Employment; Basic Needs; Education Report Date November 2020 FNPI Outcome Description Target #Enrolled #Achieved Success Rate % Housing Households who avoided eviction Households who avoided eviction (Revised Target) Health and Social/Behavioral Development Individuals who demonstrated improved physical health and well being Individuals who improved skills related to the adult role of parents/caregivers 500 1200 15 50 915 915 103 7 Service Description Number Served #Enrolled #Achieved Success Rate % 915 339 271 366 23,860 1,454 52 78 87 1,524 Tax Preparation Programs Rent Payments Utility Payments Immunizations Food Distribution Case Management Eligibility Determinations Transportation Emergency Clothing 3A.1 Total number of volunteer hours donated to the Agency Programmatic/Administrative Updates …
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20210112-3D Date: January 12, 2021 Recommendation: Subject: The Importance of Consistent Community Development Commission (CDC) Evening Meeting Time Slots The CDC recognizes and deeply appreciates the hard work of city leaders, policymakers, and especially City Clerk staff for their arduous work in ensuring that the machinery of democracy, namely the convening of the City’s Boards and Commissions, continue to operate despite the manifold disruptive obstacles that the pandemic has introduced. It is also clear that the rapid adaptation of our meeting medium from physical to virtual has resulted in varying meeting times, shorter meetings, limitations in citizen communication, and an understandable reduction in all-around flexibility and predictability as related to meeting schedules. One of the key challenges is that meeting times are no longer fixed every month but often vary subject to the priorities at hand. In our commission’s example, this means that a meeting that typically happens during an evening time slot might suddenly be changed to a daytime slot, nearly exclusively prohibiting attendance from commissioners who don’t have the privileged flexibility to parse out large sections of the business/work day to fulfill their commission obligations. On this note, the CDC would like to point out the following: • Austin is infamously known (anecdotally and empirically) for being a city of exaggerated social, economic, and health disparities, many having resulted from explicitly racist municipal policy. • We are at a point where nearly 1 in 2 households are considered below Median Family Income (MFI) and at least 1 in 3 households are considered well below MFI. This is not an “us and them” situation: economic disparity has many faces, it can affect any of us, and it is doing so. • These disparities include income, despite working the same jobs, flexibility in schedules (or lack thereof), access to resources like childcare, transportation, social capital and the networking it produces, access to job training or related supportive services, and access to technology. • These disparities have only been magnified by the COVID pandemic which has demonstrated that race, ethnicity, zip code, primary language, and income, often as a result of many corresponding variables are the strongest correlating determinants in social, economic, and health outcomes of Austin residents. • Board members are liaisons who represent and advocate for low-income communities, and it must not be lost that they are members of those same communities: many members of …
