WEBVTT 00:11:46.786 --> 00:11:54.166 - The short answer is MIMO has lots of funds and grants and lots of philanthropic support from MIMIDU. 00:11:54.166 --> 00:12:01.619 - Many of those dollars are already reserved for other uses. For example, we have a fund for people who 00:12:01.619 --> 00:12:09.438 - have already left shelter to help them maintain that. So all the same things, application fees, late rent, 00:12:09.794 --> 00:12:16.154 - utilities, those kinds of things. We could categorically pay for those kinds, but not for on-site shelter 00:12:16.154 --> 00:12:22.334 - and not for prevention. So that's why we're asking for these two populations. The other was a question 00:12:22.334 --> 00:12:28.574 - about whether we have cash reserves. The shortage is, yes, we have cash reserves for emergencies. We're 00:12:28.574 --> 00:12:34.814 - hoping to use BG to help us compensate for next year's shortfalls community-wide so that we can address 00:12:34.814 --> 00:12:39.614 - the increase in the name that we're going to see with people, especially people 00:12:40.034 --> 00:12:46.816 - who see drops in their ability to afford them after they've had for a long time because their subsidy 00:12:46.816 --> 00:12:53.465 - goes away or decreases. So this is not an emergency stopgap for us to keep the lights on. This is a 00:12:53.465 --> 00:13:00.380 - strategic move for the year to help us manage that increase demand, keep kids off the streets, and give 00:13:00.380 --> 00:13:07.162 - us time to readjust some of our other institutional gifts and build graphic partnerships to make sure 00:13:07.162 --> 00:13:09.822 - we can sustain this kind of prevention. 00:13:11.746 --> 00:13:19.679 - Thank you. Okay. Next up is, I'm sorry, do you have a specific question about the presentation tonight? 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:27.536 - Just very briefly, only one. Just very briefly, while you respond to the question about, tell us about 00:13:27.536 --> 00:13:35.317 - the results of Danny Clarkson, I want to ask, is there anything more? Could you amplify a bit on how, 00:13:35.317 --> 00:13:36.766 - especially getting 00:13:36.994 --> 00:13:44.240 - conditions in Bloomington, financial conditions for your own organization, what you particularly hope 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:51.414 - to learn with data collection this next period or the present period. That's very important for your 00:13:51.414 --> 00:13:58.660 - organization. What do you need to know? What we need to know is probably to separate from coming here 00:13:58.660 --> 00:14:03.774 - with these particular funds is a lot better, more accurate portrayal of 00:14:04.130 --> 00:14:10.914 - what is happening with prevention cases versus on-site or after care. We don't have a fund that is restricted 00:14:10.914 --> 00:14:17.143 - to prevention as such right now. So our data collection is important. So this will incentivize us to 00:14:17.143 --> 00:14:23.495 - say, okay, here's everybody, here's every cent that was spent. Let's compare that to how much it costs 00:14:23.495 --> 00:14:29.848 - to house someone in shelter, how many interventions we did for people on after care. So that will help 00:14:29.848 --> 00:14:30.526 - us map out 00:14:31.074 --> 00:14:39.250 - how much more we know that the production is more efficient than it would help us save a lot more clarity 00:14:39.250 --> 00:14:47.117 - to ourselves and to other funders and other people in the community, how much more effective it is to 00:14:47.117 --> 00:14:55.447 - the need that we adjust. Thank you. Appreciate it. Are there any other questions regarding the presentation 00:14:55.447 --> 00:14:59.998 - this evening from anyone on Zoom? So this is kind of a new 00:15:00.130 --> 00:15:07.443 - way that you would be using these phones is from like you said like maybe paying a security deposit 00:15:07.443 --> 00:15:14.756 - or things like that or is this something that you've done in the past but now it's just new for the 00:15:14.756 --> 00:15:22.143 - prevention side? This is a more focused and formal way to conceive of prevention. For a long time we 00:15:22.143 --> 00:15:27.262 - needed to be purely reactive just because we didn't have the capacity 00:15:27.522 --> 00:15:35.309 - to look upstream, legitimately reacted who was homeless and made plans. But we have found that it's 00:15:35.309 --> 00:15:43.096 - far more effective to look upstream, it's helping us improve our shelter capacity and do something. 00:15:43.096 --> 00:15:51.428 - So last year, we used some city arbiters to manage about $100,000 of climate support for these categories. 00:15:51.428 --> 00:15:52.830 - And in 12 months, 00:15:53.026 --> 00:16:00.787 - We expended, it's an 18 month grant, but we expended $91,000 for these same kinds of claims for prevention 00:16:00.787 --> 00:16:08.041 - on site clients, but not for aftercare. And it served 81 unique households. The average expense was 00:16:08.041 --> 00:16:15.366 - $517. The median was $112 with a lot of application for these small claims. And there's a little bit 00:16:15.366 --> 00:16:22.910 - more to break down. 53 households needed rent. 20 needed rental or readers. 28 needed security deposit. 00:16:23.234 --> 00:16:31.577 - So we think that based on that, that's the kind of information that needs to make this report. So no, 00:16:31.577 --> 00:16:39.921 - it's not a new kind of expense. It's not new to us to track the expense of those expenses to tie them 00:16:39.921 --> 00:16:48.346 - to good outcomes. It's just a new way to form losses, both sides of the spectrum. Any other questions? 00:16:48.346 --> 00:16:51.454 - OK, thank you very much. Thanks, Tom. 00:16:52.194 --> 00:17:01.120 - Move on. The next one is Beacon House or Beacon Incorporated. Hello. Yes. Hello. I'm Amy Kendall. I'm 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:10.133 - the development director at Beacon. And thank you so much for having me here tonight. I appreciate the 00:17:10.133 --> 00:17:15.646 - opportunity to share our work with you and your consideration. 00:17:16.866 --> 00:17:24.489 - Beacon is a solutions-driven anti-poverty organization dedicated to aiding and empowering people experiencing 00:17:24.489 --> 00:17:31.765 - extreme poverty, especially hunger and homelessness. We have five programs that address different stages 00:17:31.765 --> 00:17:39.249 - of homelessness anywhere from that first moment of crisis to helping house someone stably who's experienced 00:17:39.249 --> 00:17:45.278 - homelessness for years. We're the largest nonprofit housing provider in Monroe County, 00:17:45.378 --> 00:17:54.658 - And in 2025, we housed or prevented homelessness for 667 people. We are requesting $25,000 in funding 00:17:54.658 --> 00:18:03.938 - to support the operations of our overnight shelter, Friends Place. Friends Place has 40 beds and it's 00:18:03.938 --> 00:18:13.309 - an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness. And last year we served 297 people for over 00:18:13.309 --> 00:18:15.038 - 14,000 bed nights. 00:18:15.170 --> 00:18:23.297 - at Friends Place. The probably the most important thing about Friends Place that I can say is that it's 00:18:23.297 --> 00:18:31.112 - the largest, the area's largest women's shelter for that's year round for single women. We saw that 00:18:31.112 --> 00:18:39.004 - we used to be primarily for men but saw an increased need for women and so we responded to that need 00:18:39.004 --> 00:18:44.318 - and pretty much 90% of our people staying at our shelter are women. 00:18:45.058 --> 00:18:52.345 - We also prioritize Monroe County residents as well as people fleeing domestic violence. We also provide 00:18:52.345 --> 00:18:59.493 - casework at Friends Place, which is very important to us because we believe in permanent solutions to 00:18:59.493 --> 00:19:06.710 - homelessness. So people who stay there, it's more than just a bed, they're paired with case management 00:19:06.710 --> 00:19:14.558 - to help them search for apartments. There's also financial support for application fees and other startup costs 00:19:14.786 --> 00:19:23.907 - as it is expensive to move into a new apartment with those startup costs. Our median stay last year 00:19:23.907 --> 00:19:33.666 - at the shelter was 47 days, and we do strive to get people out as soon as possible. Our exits to permanent 00:19:33.666 --> 00:19:41.054 - housing, we have a 49 percent rate of our enrolled clients to permanent housing. 00:19:42.274 --> 00:19:50.627 - And homelessness is, we see it as consistently one of the biggest challenges for our city. On any given 00:19:50.627 --> 00:19:58.739 - night in Bloomington, according to this last year's point in time count, 373 people are experiencing 00:19:58.739 --> 00:20:05.406 - homelessness and 60% of those are adults without children in their care. To answer 00:20:05.506 --> 00:20:14.101 - Well, two of the questions from the committee. We are facing $45,000 less in funding from the previous 00:20:14.101 --> 00:20:22.530 - year, and that is due to the loss of Perry Township funds, which they are not granting to any agency 00:20:22.530 --> 00:20:30.958 - that was not a lack of reporting or any requirement like that, and loss of United Way funds. That is 00:20:30.958 --> 00:20:34.046 - because United Way is changing their 00:20:34.306 --> 00:20:42.976 - funding priorities and focusing more on Alice families. That's not as strong as we don't serve as many 00:20:42.976 --> 00:20:51.814 - of them in our population. We focus more on extreme poverty. If we're unable to make up for that funding 00:20:51.814 --> 00:20:57.790 - loss, we will shorten Friends Place's operating hours and or staffing. 00:20:58.050 --> 00:21:07.017 - This does not mean less shelter beds. This does not mean serving less people, but it would mean shortening 00:21:07.017 --> 00:21:15.566 - hours that were open and just having to lessen our amount of staff. To answer the other question that 00:21:15.566 --> 00:21:24.114 - was asked, one of the others was CDBG funds, if awarded, will cover the program director's salary and 00:21:24.114 --> 00:21:27.550 - or the case manager's salary would help. 00:21:27.746 --> 00:21:38.679 - cover those expenses. I appreciate your time and would love to hear any questions, any other questions 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:50.250 - you have for me. Are there any questions? Amy from the panel. Yes. Just one, thank you for your presentation 00:21:50.250 --> 00:21:54.814 - and I didn't say thank you to the previous 00:21:55.106 --> 00:22:05.060 - Thank you to everybody who is going to present. It is appreciated. My question, though, for Beacon, 00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:15.113 - for you, Amy. I read the materials on A9, and I assume this is the, I'll give you the reference if I 00:22:15.113 --> 00:22:18.398 - can, the agency details section. 00:22:18.530 --> 00:22:24.092 - talk about under the question, do you make any changes to your program based on your evaluation? And 00:22:24.092 --> 00:22:29.708 - you talk about the emphasis on case management and so forth. Let's give you an opportunity to say any 00:22:29.708 --> 00:22:35.325 - more there is to be said to be useful to the committee about what you hope to learn, what's important 00:22:35.325 --> 00:22:40.997 - to learn about the case management going forward. Given changes in the world, changes in your finances 00:22:40.997 --> 00:22:46.614 - and funding, what do you hope to continue to learn about the case management in addition to it simply 00:22:46.614 --> 00:22:47.550 - being important? 00:22:48.994 --> 00:22:58.116 - Absolutely. I would say that we're always looking to individualize case management services as much 00:22:58.116 --> 00:23:07.421 - as possible for our guests at the shelter because we realize that no two situations are the same. And 00:23:07.421 --> 00:23:11.070 - so staying up with current changes with 00:23:11.298 --> 00:23:21.418 - federal requirements and like Chase mentioned, there's been changes with Section 8, things like that. 00:23:21.418 --> 00:23:31.439 - Just staying up on recent developments to know what is best for our clients and making sure our case 00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:40.766 - managers are as equipped as possible to handle those different situations. We've been awarded 00:23:40.866 --> 00:23:50.898 - a grant in particular for some new data collecting software. We're really hoping to get more details 00:23:50.898 --> 00:24:00.931 - on all kinds of things, demographics, but also closer tracking of changes in income, improvements in 00:24:00.931 --> 00:24:04.606 - income, things like that. That would 00:24:04.898 --> 00:24:13.921 - We feel that that's important. I mean, just to gauge, we track things already, but it's by hand. And 00:24:13.921 --> 00:24:23.569 - so being able to have better equipment for that, we feel would help us improve our case management toolbox. 00:24:23.569 --> 00:24:32.681 - Thank you very much. Are there any other questions? Any questions from those on Zoom? Okay. Thank you 00:24:32.681 --> 00:24:34.110 - very much, Amy. 00:24:34.626 --> 00:24:41.254 - Thank you. Next up is Big Brothers, Big Sisters of South Central India. Thank you everyone. I'm Jennifer, 00:24:41.254 --> 00:24:47.632 - I'm CEO of Big Brothers, Big Sisters. And you're back here today to talk to you about our program and 00:24:47.632 --> 00:24:53.948 - just a little bit about our agency. So I want you guys to think about growing up, like what did that 00:24:53.948 --> 00:25:00.639 - look like for you? There's a lot to figure out, right? There's a lot of friendships to figure out, school, 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:03.390 - where do you fit in? Who wants to be alone? 00:25:03.586 --> 00:25:08.798 - So having somebody beside you to help you make those decisions and help you walk along that side of 00:25:08.798 --> 00:25:14.010 - life is what we do for Big Brothers Big Sisters. What we're looking for through this partnership is 00:25:14.010 --> 00:25:19.743 - the Call Mentor Up. This is a program where we want to be bigger in a bigger way. So we already traditionally 00:25:19.743 --> 00:25:25.007 - have our one-on-one mentoring. We have it in schools and the site community, different programs, but 00:25:25.007 --> 00:25:28.030 - we wanted to do that and elevate that in a group setting. 00:25:28.354 --> 00:25:33.549 - So still keeping our traditional one-on-one, but doing so in a group setting. We actually have a few 00:25:33.549 --> 00:25:38.743 - programs already launched in other counties. We have one small group here that's currently launched. 00:25:38.743 --> 00:25:44.349 - There's four bigs with four little brothers, and they didn't know each other prior to this program starting. 00:25:44.349 --> 00:25:49.544 - And so one of the things that we learned, which brought us to ask for this funding and to bring this 00:25:49.544 --> 00:25:51.550 - initiative forward, is that those kids 00:25:52.002 --> 00:25:56.852 - that didn't know each other, now created a friendship and a bond. So they get to start their first day 00:25:56.852 --> 00:26:01.748 - of school knowing one another that they previously didn't really have that friendship and relationship. 00:26:01.748 --> 00:26:06.739 - One of the things we really noted in that relationship and that whole board was having them come together 00:26:06.739 --> 00:26:11.542 - was great. We still do the one-on-one mentoring. They still have their one-on-one outings. They still 00:26:11.542 --> 00:26:16.344 - talk to each other outside of that, but they have a once a month setting where they come together and 00:26:16.344 --> 00:26:16.862 - talk more. 00:26:17.026 --> 00:26:22.071 - To me, what's more fun than mentoring? Doing it together, right? So that is something that we are really 00:26:22.071 --> 00:26:26.875 - looking at and wanting to do more of. One of the ways that this program will be even more impactful 00:26:26.875 --> 00:26:32.064 - is having planned activities. So in our Madison Jefferson County program, we have a curriculum, we actually 00:26:32.064 --> 00:26:37.061 - have a book that the kids pay for their science program that helps them build out their goals and their 00:26:37.061 --> 00:26:41.865 - expectations and just looking at if there's somebody that needs help with education or if they need 00:26:41.865 --> 00:26:46.718 - social emotional learning skills, they can build that together through the counselors at the school. 00:26:46.850 --> 00:26:52.657 - So we want to bring that out here a little bit more. We're already in the schools, but it's that one-on-one 00:26:52.657 --> 00:26:58.087 - setting. And we're not able to offer that support in a bigger setting. So that's what the purpose of 00:26:58.087 --> 00:27:03.786 - this funding will be. It will be a newer funding opportunity here in Wellington. And also, it will really 00:27:03.786 --> 00:27:09.485 - complement not just our current and new matches, but it's also an opportunity to complement our weighting 00:27:09.485 --> 00:27:12.926 - world. So we currently have over 80 littles on our weight list. 00:27:13.282 --> 00:27:18.273 - So this gives us an opportunity to engage them even further. So imagine if we had one big, either a 00:27:18.273 --> 00:27:23.314 - stack group or a paid volunteer or sorry, not paid volunteer, a volunteer that would help us come in 00:27:23.314 --> 00:27:28.605 - a group setting and we have 10 little brothers on a wait list that really want to learn basketball skills 00:27:28.605 --> 00:27:33.695 - or just soft skills on how to build a relationship or friendship. We can bring those littles that are 00:27:33.695 --> 00:27:39.036 - currently waiting for a big into the fold and to get them into our relationships now while they're waiting 00:27:39.036 --> 00:27:41.182 - to still be a big or waiting to get a big. 00:27:41.762 --> 00:27:47.422 - The funding itself will really help support our staff who are supporting those families. They're supporting 00:27:47.422 --> 00:27:52.821 - the mentors and they're just supporting all of us together in overlooking child safety. So for us, our 00:27:52.821 --> 00:27:58.167 - staff time really comes into child safety measures. We check in with the bigs and the littles and the 00:27:58.167 --> 00:28:03.460 - parents monthly in whatever program they are involved in. It's just one more opportunity to continue 00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:06.238 - that process to make sure that they're staying safe. 00:28:06.914 --> 00:28:11.845 - And, you know, I'm here today, I want to make sure to point out that our work isn't just supported by 00:28:11.845 --> 00:28:16.776 - our team, our volunteers, it's also by the members of our community and people that believe in us. So 00:28:16.776 --> 00:28:21.659 - with me is not only our board member, he's the Chief Deputy Superintendent and Chief Law Enforcement 00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:26.493 - Officer at IEPB and he has some experience and exposure as he goes to these sisters. So I wanted to 00:28:26.493 --> 00:28:28.862 - give him the floor, share a little bit about us. 00:28:29.442 --> 00:28:35.903 - I guess you want me to mess this up. Again, here to support Jennifer definitely appreciate it. My passion 00:28:35.903 --> 00:28:42.365 - for the Prospect Sisters comes from when I first started as a little bit of a program when I was younger. 00:28:42.365 --> 00:28:48.582 - But here we have Jennifer, she came to the office one day and had a program that she was doing and we 00:28:48.582 --> 00:28:54.922 - just kind of meshed from there and said, hey, let's kind of see what we can do. So we got an initiative 00:28:54.922 --> 00:28:57.726 - that we're working on called Bigs and Badges. 00:28:57.858 --> 00:29:04.457 - which is more of a site-based program which allows our officers or part-time officers who are students 00:29:04.457 --> 00:29:10.991 - as well to be able to connect with, you know, the community to use. One, to change the perspective of 00:29:10.991 --> 00:29:17.462 - law enforcement. And then two, just to see another aspect of the diversity that we have at IU and be 00:29:17.462 --> 00:29:23.932 - a part of that as well. So I'm passionate about it and know where I'm here to support whoever I need 00:29:23.932 --> 00:29:25.918 - to go through. You're welcome. 00:29:27.874 --> 00:29:37.258 - Are there any questions from the panel about the presentation this evening? Anybody on Zoom that had 00:29:37.258 --> 00:29:46.643 - a question? We have a panel member on Zoom? We do. Of course, members of the public are also open to 00:29:46.643 --> 00:29:55.934 - comments. Members of the public? Are there members of the public that would like to make a comment? 00:30:02.338 --> 00:30:08.457 - I have a question just about the program itself, the Big Brothers Big Sisters. Do you get a lot of IU 00:30:08.457 --> 00:30:14.516 - students? I remember when I was in college that there was a lot of IU students that were bigs in the 00:30:14.516 --> 00:30:20.695 - program. Is that still the case or is it? It is, we actually have an IU club on campus and so we found 00:30:20.695 --> 00:30:26.994 - students through there and we had a couple of tabling events and currently we have almost 50 bigs coming 00:30:26.994 --> 00:30:29.214 - through the process for IU students. 00:30:29.890 --> 00:30:38.542 - It's been a pretty fun experience. We try to match it up, excuse me, on our site-based program, because 00:30:38.542 --> 00:30:47.360 - it's closer to campus, so they don't have to worry about the transportation. So they'll go to the project 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:55.928 - school, or even Fairview, and do some homework, sorry. Any other questions? Okay, thank you very much. 00:30:55.928 --> 00:30:59.838 - And the next step is the Louisville Clubhouse. 00:31:00.034 --> 00:31:11.756 - Amazing. Could I share my screen on this? Should I send you a request? Yes, indeed. Perfect. We're new, 00:31:11.756 --> 00:31:23.026 - so we have a little presentation. Yeah. We love each other. That's great. Anyway, it's a little bit 00:31:23.026 --> 00:31:27.422 - awkward for me, too. Can you see this? 00:31:37.730 --> 00:31:45.172 - My name is Matthew Joseph. I'm with the Bloomington Clubhouse. I'm also here with other people. We never 00:31:45.172 --> 00:31:52.472 - go alone. This is Amber, Becky, Nancy. We're only four of about almost 20 volunteers that are destined 00:31:52.472 --> 00:31:59.559 - to make Bloomington Clubhouse a nonprofit in Bloomington. And the need underlying this is something 00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:06.789 - that I'm sure all of you will be very familiar to, and that is the mental illness prevalence of it in 00:32:06.789 --> 00:32:07.710 - Bloomington. 00:32:07.810 --> 00:32:13.564 - thousands of individuals with mental illness in Bloomington and hundreds with specifically severe mental 00:32:13.564 --> 00:32:19.100 - illness. And the experience of mental illness looks a lot like three things, and it looks a lot like 00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:24.635 - severe disintegration from society, specifically through a lack of community where these individuals 00:32:24.635 --> 00:32:30.170 - don't have a place where they feel comfortable or they can be themselves, often because of stigma or 00:32:30.170 --> 00:32:31.102 - inaccessibility. 00:32:31.234 --> 00:32:36.941 - And then second, a lack sense of purpose. Many of these individuals are either at home or on SSI where 00:32:36.941 --> 00:32:42.482 - they don't have something to contribute to outside of mainly just getting their everyday needs met. 00:32:42.482 --> 00:32:48.022 - And then also all their symptoms kind of hurt their skills and confidence to be able to reach their 00:32:48.022 --> 00:32:53.840 - goals, whether that be through getting educated or going back to school or going back to work, if that's 00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:58.494 - a goal of theirs. And when we look at the current landscape, right, there's so many 00:32:58.722 --> 00:33:03.947 - day centers, community centers in Bloomington and they're doing remarkable work, some of which are in 00:33:03.947 --> 00:33:09.070 - this room and I'm like honored to be here. But I will say like from the research that we've done in 00:33:09.070 --> 00:33:14.347 - Bloomington, there is a sort of like a lack, they sometimes lack the sort of positive uplifting nature 00:33:14.347 --> 00:33:19.009 - that is necessary for healing. And then the second thing is, you know, in most day centers 00:33:19.009 --> 00:33:24.337 - and the traditional models that when somebody comes in, they get maybe a meal, see a therapist and then 00:33:24.337 --> 00:33:25.054 - they're done. 00:33:25.218 --> 00:33:30.803 - in that community, they're not asked anything of them. And so they don't have an opportunity to share 00:33:30.803 --> 00:33:36.498 - their gifts, their talents with the world, and don't even think that they have any to give in the first 00:33:36.498 --> 00:33:42.357 - place. And so that ties in well with the fact that traditional treatment is often detached from a broader, 00:33:42.357 --> 00:33:47.942 - consistent community. Many of these individuals have a therapist, but do they have a friend? And that 00:33:47.942 --> 00:33:53.582 - is a really big difference between when it comes to actual treatment of mental illness. And so the way 00:33:53.582 --> 00:33:55.006 - that we address this need 00:33:55.234 --> 00:34:01.676 - is through a world-renowned evidence-based model called Clubhouse, and we're bringing it to Bloomington 00:34:01.676 --> 00:34:08.118 - as its own nonprofit. Clubhouse is a cooperative community center where individuals with mental illness 00:34:08.118 --> 00:34:14.312 - that we call members, not patients, voluntarily work together to manage the daily operations of the 00:34:14.312 --> 00:34:20.692 - Clubhouse. The underlying core values of it is that it's totally free, it's totally voluntary, meaning 00:34:20.692 --> 00:34:23.294 - there's no coercion, there's no have-tos, 00:34:23.490 --> 00:34:28.427 - No, they choose the work that they want to do there. And it's membership for life. Once you're a member, 00:34:28.427 --> 00:34:33.175 - you're always a member. There's no time limit to the program. We follow a work order day. So this is 00:34:33.175 --> 00:34:38.065 - non-residential. It's a place you can go throughout the day, throughout the nine to five minute through 00:34:38.065 --> 00:34:42.860 - Friday. Typically, this looks like when you walk in the clubhouse, you'll see members making food for 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:48.126 - each other. You'll see them on the phone calling members that are absent just to check in on how they're doing. 00:34:48.546 --> 00:34:54.092 - You'll see them doing landscaping, doing the gardening, making art and putting on the walls, writing 00:34:54.092 --> 00:35:00.133 - the newsletter. This is their space to make it their own and give to something that's bigger than themselves. 00:35:00.133 --> 00:35:05.624 - And this is important because it goes back to the three things that we talked about earlier, right? 00:35:05.624 --> 00:35:11.280 - It gives them that sense of community that is similar to them and as well as the sense of purpose that 00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:15.838 - they can engage in something that asks them to be a part of a collective identity. 00:35:16.290 --> 00:35:23.865 - So all the work on top of the community in the sense of purpose, all the work at the clubhouse looks 00:35:23.865 --> 00:35:31.739 - a lot like transitional employment. So we, in a sense, fill in those systemic potholes where individuals 00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:39.389 - with mental illness have trouble getting employment. So the clubhouse work is work experience. So for 00:35:39.389 --> 00:35:44.414 - people that don't have a job history or have gaps in their resume, 00:35:44.610 --> 00:35:50.364 - They can say, oh, I can work in your restaurant because I worked in the clubhouse. I've made food for 00:35:50.364 --> 00:35:56.117 - 200 people a day, et cetera. There's so many things that we do for employment, transportation, on and 00:35:56.117 --> 00:36:01.984 - off the job support, vetting employers, as well as guaranteeing coverage for employers. This will serve 00:36:01.984 --> 00:36:07.625 - individuals with mental illness, more specifically, severe mental illness and economic instability. 00:36:07.625 --> 00:36:10.558 - There's so much research about Clubhouse worldwide. 00:36:10.786 --> 00:36:16.652 - Key highlights here, increases well-being, and then also for the community, increased employment, decreased 00:36:16.652 --> 00:36:22.083 - hospitalizations, which we see a lot of in Bloomington. We did a lot of research prior to this with 00:36:22.083 --> 00:36:27.514 - about almost 20 nonprofits in Bloomington, and we found that our specific space is individuals with 00:36:27.514 --> 00:36:33.271 - treatment searching for community and empowerment. There's about 400 clubhouses across the world. There's 00:36:33.271 --> 00:36:38.430 - 12 in Indiana, and we're one of the biggest cities with that one. Starting about in this year, 00:36:41.058 --> 00:36:47.848 - Yeah, I have a few more slides, but I'm still getting angry. It's okay though. Yes. How many members 00:36:47.848 --> 00:36:54.571 - can a club where you're projected for the Bloomington Clubhouse accommodate? In this upcoming year, 00:36:54.571 --> 00:37:01.495 - we're just jamming. Well, yeah. So in this coming year, we are basing our projections based off of the 00:37:01.495 --> 00:37:08.285 - 12 other clubhouses that are in Indiana and center cities. And typically they project about, they've 00:37:08.285 --> 00:37:09.630 - shown to have about 00:37:09.922 --> 00:37:18.651 - 10 daily active members that come, 30 over a period of 90 days, 30 meaning they come at least once in 00:37:18.651 --> 00:37:27.208 - the last 90 days, and then about 75 in the whole year. And then that obviously expands. There's one 00:37:27.208 --> 00:37:35.851 - in Fort Wayne that has 30 to 40 active people that come every small day to the backups. It's nine of 00:37:35.851 --> 00:37:38.846 - them. Yeah, thank you. Absolutely. 00:37:39.490 --> 00:37:47.856 - Is there a staff person that is over this group that's all doing these various things? A hundred percent. 00:37:47.856 --> 00:37:56.065 - So yeah, it's very democratic, but we also don't want to make it, yes, alongside staff, all of the work 00:37:56.065 --> 00:38:03.958 - is happening. There's a director that oversees the data as well as the growth of the clubhouse. And 00:38:03.958 --> 00:38:08.062 - then there's typically at least a few general staff 00:38:08.386 --> 00:38:14.865 - One thing I want to note is that, and this was a slide and it's relevant to your question. We're more 00:38:14.865 --> 00:38:21.661 - inclined to use this money actually for salaries, for about fourth of the salary of the executive director 00:38:21.661 --> 00:38:28.140 - and a fourth of the salary of the general staff. In our current application, we have that we're going 00:38:28.140 --> 00:38:34.555 - to use some money for transportation and some member services, but I think it's a lot less necessary 00:38:34.555 --> 00:38:38.366 - than getting people to be in the playoffs every single day. 00:38:38.626 --> 00:38:45.439 - Um, so to that point, yes, there's staffing and that's going to go a little bit further. Other questions. 00:38:45.439 --> 00:38:52.123 - Are there others of volunteers that are there to help with what's going on? Sure. That's, that's always 00:38:52.123 --> 00:38:59.194 - something that, uh, the clubhouse is open to, although I will say the clubhouse is intentionally understaffed 00:38:59.194 --> 00:39:05.685 - because the idea is that the members themselves are the ones contributing. Cause again, I don't want 00:39:05.685 --> 00:39:07.742 - them, I don't want to say them. 00:39:07.842 --> 00:39:13.652 - I want to be able to tell them that we need you. And that the actual work needs to get done because 00:39:13.652 --> 00:39:19.462 - of the people that are here. So it's like a cultural thing as well. But so that's what I would say. 00:39:19.462 --> 00:39:25.447 - I have two questions. Are there any questions? Yeah. One, can we get the slides? Absolutely. Yes. I'll 00:39:25.447 --> 00:39:31.257 - send it to you. Send it to me and I'll listen. 100%. Thank you. And are any of the club houses also 00:39:31.257 --> 00:39:36.254 - residential? Do you know? No, no. Yeah, it's not a part of the model. OK. Yeah, yeah. 00:39:37.506 --> 00:39:44.359 - Because there's, I guess, there's power dynamics there with somebody living in the place. And then if 00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:51.146 - they, yeah, exactly. Yeah. There's a little bit there, but yeah, that's the blatant model. Any other 00:39:51.146 --> 00:39:58.134 - questions? Yes. I have two. I'll ask one and see if anybody else has that, if there's time for a second 00:39:58.134 --> 00:40:05.121 - there. In the materials that you put together, thank you again. You used the words and you've used them 00:40:05.121 --> 00:40:07.070 - today. Member-led community. 00:40:07.234 --> 00:40:14.025 - Absolutely. Is that inviting for people to see? Was that defined for the members in effect? You say, 00:40:14.025 --> 00:40:20.749 - okay, that's what it is. How is that information communicated to the participants? Absolutely. This 00:40:20.749 --> 00:40:27.472 - is what we address people as when we're walking the door. When we take people around the clubhouse, 00:40:27.472 --> 00:40:35.070 - when they first become a member, it is welcome to clubhouse. You're a member, you're a part of building this up. 00:40:35.330 --> 00:40:42.787 - And then just embedded in the programming is, I think it's 57 standards that Clubhouse International 00:40:42.787 --> 00:40:50.391 - has for every single clubhouse to abide by, to call themselves a clubhouse. And within those standards 00:40:50.391 --> 00:40:57.848 - are, there's so much language around it. And typically, actually, I went to the Terra Clubhouse just 00:40:57.848 --> 00:41:03.902 - recently. Every single day, they present a new, they present one of the standards 00:41:04.002 --> 00:41:09.652 - in front of the entire group, just to remind people of what we live by. And in all the standards, almost 00:41:09.652 --> 00:41:15.034 - every single one is the words members and not patients or clients, et cetera. So we want that to be 00:41:15.034 --> 00:41:20.738 - from the start, people knowing that that's the case, that they're not a patient here or a client. Because 00:41:20.738 --> 00:41:26.173 - I can see this in writing, in fact, not just of what's said. I saw all 57 standards on a giant wall, 00:41:26.173 --> 00:41:31.070 - and they could reference, the members could reference if it's still one of their favorite. 00:41:31.202 --> 00:41:38.590 - Which is so amazing. I love that. Me too. Is it okay? I can break it if someone else has a question. 00:41:38.754 --> 00:41:44.946 - just the only question went to I'm looking at the financial information material and because they asked 00:41:44.946 --> 00:41:50.960 - one of the questions go to one year or the two most recent financial audits another is dates covered 00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:56.914 - by the recent financial audit and because I have to pay attention to these things. Of course, yeah. 00:41:56.914 --> 00:42:02.868 - You said your response was the two most recent statement sets are account and compilations and then 00:42:02.868 --> 00:42:08.286 - obviously not applicable, no audit. So what are my understanding about them? Explain to me 00:42:09.218 --> 00:42:15.660 - Are there audits for other club houses? Formal, whatever the nature of it. I'm not looking to find your 00:42:15.660 --> 00:42:22.040 - points on it, but tell me and give me information about how other club houses manage other new audits, 00:42:22.040 --> 00:42:28.358 - other audits, financial audits, financial financial audits. For sure. And if this doesn't answer your 00:42:28.358 --> 00:42:35.358 - question, please let me know. Um, my understanding is every single club house has a board of directors that, um, 00:42:35.650 --> 00:42:42.756 - are responding to these concerns. Also, being a fiscal sponsor, having our fiscal agent be Clubhouse 00:42:42.756 --> 00:42:50.142 - Indiana, they've gone through this process many, many a times with federal dollars. Federal money coming 00:42:50.142 --> 00:42:57.389 - into the Clubhouse world and then having to manage that and get out of it and have to go through those 00:42:57.389 --> 00:43:00.062 - processes. But they had it from lots. 00:43:00.194 --> 00:43:07.893 - Yes. Thanks for helping me. I need it. We're still new. So yes, yes. They've gone through extensive 00:43:07.893 --> 00:43:15.747 - audits, in fact, on a federal level. And then also, they get audited by Clubhouse International, just 00:43:15.747 --> 00:43:23.600 - because of their programming as well. So it's embedded to have the infrastructure in place to address 00:43:23.600 --> 00:43:26.526 - these unimportant audits. Absolutely. 00:43:26.722 --> 00:43:41.935 - Ask a question. Please do. We also, at some point, we have somebody that also has a public comment piece. 00:43:41.935 --> 00:43:56.574 - Yeah. Are you a, has your nonprofit been raided by charities? What is it? I want to get 100% on that. 00:43:56.770 --> 00:44:03.628 - whatever that is, that sounds great. Sorry. It's, it's, it's stick my mind at the moment. Uh, 00:44:03.628 --> 00:44:11.070 - it's a charity, uh, that that's it. It's a group that looks at all different charities. It gives them 00:44:11.070 --> 00:44:18.147 - a rating. All charities are nonprofits. Like all charities, all charities give ratings. Oh yeah. 00:44:18.147 --> 00:44:23.838 - But you're, you consider yourself a charity or just a nonprofit, a nonprofit. 00:44:24.066 --> 00:44:32.229 - Okay, so I suppose. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, that's okay. I guess you probably don't have a rating that. 00:44:32.229 --> 00:44:40.393 - Yeah, sure. The charity group. Okay. Are you asking about maybe our like financial like disability as 00:44:40.393 --> 00:44:48.716 - well? No, they do straight up on the world. A lot of different branches. Sure. Any other questions from 00:44:48.716 --> 00:44:53.918 - anyone? Are there any members of the public that have a comment? 00:44:56.194 --> 00:45:03.497 - Yeah. And I just wanted to make a comment. I have a very vested interest in the clubhouse because my 00:45:03.497 --> 00:45:11.450 - son is 42. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 18 and a half and he has really, really struggled. 00:45:11.450 --> 00:45:19.042 - And this would be a wonderful place for him to go during the day, you know, meet more friends. Actually, 00:45:19.042 --> 00:45:25.694 - he met one friend lately and new apartments he moved into. Yay! He didn't have any friends. 00:45:25.858 --> 00:45:34.982 - Yeah, I was his world. So yeah, I'm just so, yeah, so looking forward to us opening. Oh my gosh. 00:45:34.982 --> 00:45:44.389 - And NAMI too. Yeah, and NAMI, I took the NAMI classes that they offer twice now. And so, yeah, once 00:45:44.389 --> 00:45:54.078 - like 20 years ago and then once recently a couple of years. And yeah, that's what got me, beard talks. 00:45:54.402 --> 00:46:01.169 - Clubhouse, I guess, to know. Yeah, because NAMI is like the backbone, kind of, or in the background 00:46:01.169 --> 00:46:08.071 - of Clubhouse. Yes, and Senator Stone, as well. And Senator Stone, too. Yes, yes, yes. So. Wow, how do 00:46:08.071 --> 00:46:15.109 - you do this? Imagine what it's like. And Senator Stone are both partners in this. Yeah. So I just think 00:46:15.109 --> 00:46:21.470 - it'd be a wonderful thing for my son, if he could develop some self-esteem, and yeah, is this 00:46:21.954 --> 00:46:30.877 - one of the groups in town that you would be getting referrals from? I understand we'll probably have 00:46:30.877 --> 00:46:40.419 - about 70% of our clients, 50 to 70% of our clients will come from San Francisco. Okay, any other questions? 00:46:40.419 --> 00:46:47.134 - Okay, we're ready to move on again. Thank you so much. It's an honor, yeah. 00:46:49.250 --> 00:46:57.390 - And next up is the community kitchen of Monroe County. Are they online or? On Zoom. I am here on Zoom. 00:46:57.390 --> 00:47:05.609 - Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. I apologize if there's any weird noise. I'm traveling and I've just grabbed 00:47:05.609 --> 00:47:10.430 - an exit off the interstate so that I could be here with you. 00:47:11.778 --> 00:47:17.994 - I am Vicki from Community Kitchen. We have appreciated past funding greatly and really appreciate the 00:47:17.994 --> 00:47:24.271 - opportunity to present again this evening. We are the largest provider of free meals in Monroe County, 00:47:24.271 --> 00:47:30.426 - serving dinner from two locations, six days a week, and additionally from mobile sites from our food 00:47:30.426 --> 00:47:36.520 - truck that goes to three, three days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday is in the city. And Tuesday, 00:47:36.520 --> 00:47:39.262 - Thursday, Saturday goes over to Ellitsville. 00:47:40.226 --> 00:47:46.286 - In addition to dinner, we have some outreach programs specifically for more vulnerable populations in 00:47:46.286 --> 00:47:52.227 - our community, primarily children, seniors, and folks who are chronically ill. We work with Area 10 00:47:52.227 --> 00:47:58.228 - on a home delivery program for seniors, work with IU Health Positive Link on a home delivery program 00:47:58.228 --> 00:48:04.228 - for folks who are HIV positive. And then we have several programs for children, specifically at-risk 00:48:04.228 --> 00:48:09.694 - and low-income children. We work with the childcare program at The Rise at Middleway House, 00:48:09.922 --> 00:48:16.595 - We work with Boys and Girls Clubs of Monroe County and also with the school system. We provide our backpack 00:48:16.595 --> 00:48:23.083 - buddies program. Those bags went out today. They go out on Thursdays to help families with their weekend 00:48:23.083 --> 00:48:29.756 - food needs. We serve 580 students across MCCSE and RBB today with food that'll help them and their families 00:48:29.756 --> 00:48:35.935 - with their food needs over the weekend. And then we provide lunches to children in 10 different low 00:48:35.935 --> 00:48:38.654 - income neighborhoods throughout the county. 00:48:38.754 --> 00:48:46.016 - in the summer from the day school MCCSE lets out until the day before they go back. So we've got a lot 00:48:46.016 --> 00:48:53.208 - of folks doing a lot of things. We rely on a lot of volunteer support and a lot of different areas of 00:48:53.208 --> 00:49:00.330 - funding and government funding as it tends to dwindle and continues to do that. Funding like CDBG is 00:49:00.330 --> 00:49:05.054 - very important to us. Something that we can count on consistently. 00:49:05.250 --> 00:49:11.575 - I think if you don't mind, since I have more questions than normal, I have already submitted those to 00:49:11.575 --> 00:49:17.838 - Cody in writing, but I'm going to go ahead and just sort of cover those and that way hopefully I can 00:49:17.838 --> 00:49:24.226 - make sure that we've got those really covered. So you had a question about documenting income and city 00:49:24.226 --> 00:49:26.334 - residency and some of my numbers. 00:49:26.466 --> 00:49:33.463 - We document income and city residency by surveys that we conduct with patrons. Those are anonymous surveys 00:49:33.463 --> 00:49:40.068 - because we are presumed to benefit as a soup kitchen and we don't have to ask names and track those. 00:49:40.068 --> 00:49:46.673 - So those surveys and that data gathered from them do meet HUD's documentation requirements. It's the 00:49:46.673 --> 00:49:53.474 - same surveys that we've been conducting for nearly 30 years and those have passed those HUD tests every 00:49:53.474 --> 00:49:56.286 - time that documentation has been reviewed. 00:49:57.058 --> 00:50:04.912 - You had a question specifically about our beneficiary percentages in terms of city residents and income 00:50:04.912 --> 00:50:12.767 - levels. I think section D is the section that you actually had questions about. And then I guess really 00:50:12.767 --> 00:50:20.319 - in question D two, the percentage that I referenced there would be numbers from 2025, the completed 00:50:20.319 --> 00:50:21.150 - year 2025. 00:50:21.410 --> 00:50:28.020 - But when I was looking at the answers for D3 through D6, it appeared to me that those questions were 00:50:28.020 --> 00:50:34.695 - about projecting for the current funding year. And so I answered those questions based on the numbers 00:50:34.695 --> 00:50:41.240 - that we have so far this year in 2026. It's not a complete year, but that's what those numbers look 00:50:41.240 --> 00:50:47.915 - like so far this year. So that's why those percentages from D2 don't necessarily match the ones in D3 00:50:47.915 --> 00:50:48.766 - through six. 00:50:49.538 --> 00:50:57.400 - hopefully that makes sense to you. We would actually and always have been able to do the required monthly 00:50:57.400 --> 00:51:05.040 - reports and document both our unduplicated clients and the demographic information. The way we do that 00:51:05.040 --> 00:51:12.531 - is we collect surveys every year in the summer when we hit June when the new funding year starts. We 00:51:12.531 --> 00:51:15.646 - consider everyone is new and so we try to 00:51:15.746 --> 00:51:22.019 - survey every patron who is around in June from both of our locations, both of our building locations. 00:51:22.019 --> 00:51:28.415 - And then from that point on, we are surveying just new people that appear to us. We know we don't catch 00:51:28.415 --> 00:51:34.749 - everyone, but we work to do that. So then when we do our monthly reports, we will gather the data from 00:51:34.749 --> 00:51:40.899 - those surveys for that month and we'll count those unduplicated folks that have not been previously 00:51:40.899 --> 00:51:44.158 - counted in another month. So that's how we do those. 00:51:45.314 --> 00:51:51.923 - I had a couple of clarifying questions about the budget numbers. Those columns don't match because there 00:51:51.923 --> 00:51:58.344 - are three different funding years, right? There's the previous funding year, the current funding year 00:51:58.344 --> 00:52:04.702 - and the upcoming application funding year. And so they're not gonna match exactly because the budget 00:52:04.702 --> 00:52:10.430 - is of course growing. There was a question specifically about our meal, our per meal cost. 00:52:10.722 --> 00:52:18.270 - The $4.03 cost per meal that I put in there, I did try to explain and maybe it wasn't clear enough, 00:52:18.270 --> 00:52:25.969 - but in question E4 that asked about that, when I figure our per meal cost, I actually figure our cash 00:52:25.969 --> 00:52:33.668 - per meal cost. So I take out any in-kind from our budget, but what is reflected in our budget section 00:52:33.668 --> 00:52:38.046 - is gonna be cash and in-kind. So what I took was the cash 00:52:38.242 --> 00:52:45.117 - per meal cost in 2025 and the cash per meal cost thus far in 2026. And then I averaged those. And the 00:52:45.117 --> 00:52:52.396 - reason I averaged those instead of counting exactly where we are right now is because we are heavy spending 00:52:52.396 --> 00:52:59.406 - in the summer with our kids program for lunches and our food spending tapers off some after the summer. 00:52:59.406 --> 00:53:06.281 - So that's where that number came from and why it might not look like if you multiply it out, it would 00:53:06.281 --> 00:53:07.966 - match our budget totals. 00:53:08.290 --> 00:53:13.603 - So I hope that makes sense. The question about the other categories, that's sort of a limit 00:53:13.603 --> 00:53:19.377 - of the application itself. You can't add text, you can't change the budget line item, and you can't 00:53:19.377 --> 00:53:25.210 - put any notes in. So I have three other categories. The first one of those is our food and beverage, 00:53:25.210 --> 00:53:30.984 - and it is only food and beverage that we're buying for our programs. The second of those line items 00:53:30.984 --> 00:53:31.966 - is gonna include 00:53:32.098 --> 00:53:38.985 - basically the other things that would be other in our budget. So technology services, bank fees, fundraising, 00:53:38.985 --> 00:53:45.309 - liability and workers comp insurance, as well as directors and officers insurance. And then the line 00:53:45.309 --> 00:53:51.820 - item in our budget that is actually other, which is only about $2,500. The third other category in this 00:53:51.820 --> 00:53:58.143 - budget is all of our in-kind expenditures. So that's going to be our in-kind labor, our in-kind food 00:53:58.143 --> 00:53:59.646 - donations and any other 00:53:59.842 --> 00:54:06.312 - donations of in kind that folks make to us. The audit is in fact uploaded. It was uploaded in the first 00:54:06.312 --> 00:54:12.782 - spot, but not the second one, but it is there and Cody and I verified that. You asked me about a couple 00:54:12.782 --> 00:54:19.128 - of typos. Your guess about those typos was correct. Unfortunately, word doesn't catch the spell check 00:54:19.128 --> 00:54:25.785 - if the word you spelled is actually really a word. So feed was supposed to be fee and routing was supposed 00:54:25.785 --> 00:54:26.718 - to be routine. 00:54:27.618 --> 00:54:34.711 - The other question was about our sample size. Because we do our surveys anonymously, we know we under 00:54:34.711 --> 00:54:41.873 - count. We always miss somebody. But additionally, we can only survey the folks who are on our premises 00:54:41.873 --> 00:54:48.965 - basically or at our food truck. We can't survey the people at Friends Place or at Boys and Girls Club 00:54:48.965 --> 00:54:55.710 - or at The Rise or at the school systems. So our sample size for 2025 was 163. So that's how many 00:54:55.842 --> 00:55:03.827 - patrons at our locations we were able to get surveys from. And then we get additional unduplicated counts 00:55:03.827 --> 00:55:11.435 - from all of those agencies we partner with. So we get those unduplicated client counts of folks that 00:55:11.435 --> 00:55:18.968 - we feed at Friends Place, at The Rise, at Boys and Girls Clubs, at MCCSC and RBB, as well as in our 00:55:18.968 --> 00:55:24.542 - program with IU Health Positive Link and with Area 10. We extrapolate the 00:55:24.802 --> 00:55:31.742 - demographic information that we get in our in-house surveys to that larger population because by and 00:55:31.742 --> 00:55:38.820 - large it tends to be very reflective of our community and of the folks we serve. So those are my quick 00:55:38.820 --> 00:55:46.172 - answers so I don't keep you all night to the questions that you had. If you have any additional questions, 00:55:46.172 --> 00:55:53.662 - I'm happy to try to answer those right here from the side of the road in Tennessee. Are there any questions? 00:55:53.890 --> 00:56:01.330 - I have your question. Do you guys serve meals on holidays? We absolutely do. We are open six days a 00:56:01.330 --> 00:56:09.069 - week all year round no matter what. We do not ever serve on Sunday, but we always serve on Thanksgiving 00:56:09.069 --> 00:56:17.104 - and if Christmas falls on any day but Sunday, we're open Christmas Day. Okay. Are there any other questions 00:56:17.104 --> 00:56:19.262 - or comments from the public? 00:56:22.722 --> 00:56:33.978 - questions from the panel. Okay. Thank you, Bernat. Thank you. We really appreciate your stopping along 00:56:33.978 --> 00:56:45.124 - the way to give us a presentation and we thank you. All right. Thank you so much. Moving on, the next 00:56:45.124 --> 00:56:52.446 - is the Hooger Hills Food Bank. Are they also online? Good evening. 00:56:52.706 --> 00:57:00.761 - Can you hear me? Yes. All right. I'm Giulio Alonso, Executive Director of Hoosier Hills Food Bank. And 00:57:00.761 --> 00:57:09.128 - we appreciate the opportunity to share the work of our food bank and to seek support from the CDBG program 00:57:09.128 --> 00:57:16.948 - tonight. Hoosier Hills Food Bank has been supporting food insecure neighbors in Bloomington and the 00:57:16.948 --> 00:57:19.998 - agencies that support them since 1982. 00:57:20.706 --> 00:57:28.780 - Rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted is our primary mission and the program we are seeking support 00:57:28.780 --> 00:57:33.534 - for tonight does that specifically in the city of Bloomington. 00:57:34.690 --> 00:57:41.949 - Our food rescue driver goes daily to about 12 regular retail donors in the city and collects food, which 00:57:41.949 --> 00:57:48.932 - then he delivers to about six agencies serving city residents, including Community Kitchen of Monroe 00:57:48.932 --> 00:57:54.878 - County, Beacon Incorporated, and the Bloomington Housing Authority Residence Council. 00:57:55.106 --> 00:58:03.080 - Our drivers food safety trained and certified and following appropriate procedures to get that food 00:58:03.080 --> 00:58:10.814 - safely picked up and delivered in our refrigerated vehicles. We anticipate once again delivering 00:58:11.074 --> 00:58:18.451 - through this program well over half a million pounds of food next year and that food is critical to 00:58:18.451 --> 00:58:25.901 - the food programs operated by our partner agencies. We also anticipate that it will become even more 00:58:25.901 --> 00:58:33.499 - critical as more low income neighbors in our community are removed from the SNAP and Medicaid programs 00:58:33.499 --> 00:58:40.286 - and forced to seek support from the network of the charitable food system agencies. We are, 00:58:41.570 --> 00:58:48.116 - proud to be a part of what we believe is a strong food assistance network in our community. Food insecurity 00:58:48.116 --> 00:58:54.238 - doesn't always get quite the level of attention that some other issues like homelessness do, in part 00:58:54.238 --> 00:59:00.299 - because it's not quite as visible. And we think that is in part due to the fact that we have such a 00:59:00.299 --> 00:59:06.421 - strong network of pantries, kitchens, and the food bank, and other agencies providing food to people 00:59:06.421 --> 00:59:10.846 - in our community here. And we're proud to be partners with all of those. 00:59:11.842 --> 00:59:21.335 - I also submitted answers to our questions in writing to Cody, but I'm happy to go through those now 00:59:21.335 --> 00:59:31.304 - with you if you would like or not, whatever is your preference. Are there other questions or did someone 00:59:31.304 --> 00:59:37.854 - wish to hear the answers to some questions they'd already submitted? 00:59:44.546 --> 00:59:54.879 - Are there any public comments, questions? Okay, I guess we're willing to move on again. Thank you so 00:59:54.879 --> 01:00:05.724 - much for your presentation. We appreciate your being here or being with us digitally and thank you again. 01:00:05.724 --> 01:00:10.430 - Absolutely, thank you for your consideration. 01:00:15.778 --> 01:00:22.687 - So our final presentation tonight, I believe, is from the Tandem Community Birth Center and Post Parking 01:00:22.687 --> 01:00:29.267 - Health. And are they also online? Yes, I'm online. Can you hear me okay? Yes, we can. So my name is 01:00:29.267 --> 01:00:34.334 - Julie Duhon. I'm one of Tandem's co-founders and I'm the executive director. 01:00:34.530 --> 01:00:42.367 - We're requesting $5,000 to help us restart our perinatal mental health one-on-one therapy services. 01:00:42.367 --> 01:00:50.205 - We launched our perinatal mental health program in January of 2023 with community catalyst funding, 01:00:50.205 --> 01:00:56.318 - a sub-award from IU Health that originated from FSSA. But since July of 2020, 01:00:56.706 --> 01:01:04.870 - We've been funded by IU Affinity Giving from the three groups, Women's Philanthropy, Queer Philanthropy, 01:01:04.870 --> 01:01:12.956 - and Black Philanthropy. Those allow us to run our mental health support groups and other doula-led peer 01:01:12.956 --> 01:01:20.809 - support groups that help facilitate mental health. Part of our partnership, the IU Affinity Grant is 01:01:20.809 --> 01:01:26.174 - also the foundation for our partnership with the IU Ursae Institute. 01:01:26.466 --> 01:01:34.856 - we've been working with the Ursa to do research with on the mental health impacts of our work, particularly 01:01:34.856 --> 01:01:42.858 - our support groups. So we have published on our website, not in a research journal yet, our first year 01:01:42.858 --> 01:01:50.782 - data results, a white paper on the work that we've done. And we believe that we've done some research 01:01:51.042 --> 01:01:58.698 - found some really groundbreaking things. So we think that a field shaping research question is whether 01:01:58.698 --> 01:02:06.354 - a universal access model like Tandems offers advantages for social capital formation. Basically saying 01:02:06.354 --> 01:02:13.936 - that everybody in the perinatal period, that includes pregnancy and postpartum, needs support. Mental 01:02:13.936 --> 01:02:20.254 - health concerns affect all income levels. They affect all socioeconomic backgrounds. 01:02:20.450 --> 01:02:27.797 - High education, no education, everything in the middle. We see on the national news platforms the impacts 01:02:27.797 --> 01:02:34.937 - of inadequate mental health support for our community. And so our work is showing that we are actually 01:02:34.937 --> 01:02:36.254 - able to within our 01:02:36.610 --> 01:02:44.424 - model create these cross-class connections that serve as protective factors for mental health. Overall, 01:02:44.424 --> 01:02:51.938 - all of Tandem's programs have, we always put a mental health lens on the work that we do. So we ran 01:02:51.938 --> 01:02:59.452 - one-on-one mental health services previously from January 23 until March of 25. And we paused those 01:02:59.452 --> 01:03:06.590 - services along with all of our other clinical services, midwifery services in March of 2025 to 01:03:07.682 --> 01:03:14.592 - to stabilize financially and make a strategy to reopen in 2027, which we're on track to do. We were 01:03:14.592 --> 01:03:21.501 - sort of forced by the pandemic. We incorporated in February 2020 and then the pandemic hit in March 01:03:21.501 --> 01:03:28.549 - of 2020. And that timeline forced us to completely, we shredded our original business plan and had to 01:03:28.549 --> 01:03:35.596 - completely pivot and try to do the clinical services and the one-on-one mental health services before 01:03:35.596 --> 01:03:36.702 - we were really, 01:03:36.866 --> 01:03:43.593 - organizationally mature enough. You know, now six and a half years later, we feel confident that we 01:03:43.593 --> 01:03:50.321 - can reenter this sphere of one-on-one clinical services. And so, and then I wanted to also announce 01:03:50.321 --> 01:03:57.183 - this is brand new news hot off the presses. We've just made it to phase two of an NIH challenge grant 01:03:57.183 --> 01:04:03.978 - program specific to maternal health. So we are participating in this challenge program with the hope 01:04:03.978 --> 01:04:05.054 - that, you know, 01:04:05.314 --> 01:04:11.397 - Soon we'll move to phase three, and we would get some prize money then, and then phase four, and then 01:04:11.397 --> 01:04:17.421 - at the end, it's intended to help community-based organizations write actual NIH grants. We would be 01:04:17.421 --> 01:04:23.504 - doing this in partnership with the RSA as well. They are so excited by their partnership with us that 01:04:23.504 --> 01:04:29.468 - they submitted an extended abstract to the American Sociological Association's national meeting and 01:04:29.468 --> 01:04:33.822 - got accepted. They presented our partnership in New York City this fall, 01:04:33.922 --> 01:04:41.722 - and it was very well received. So that's been really exciting. We were presented as an anonymous perinatal 01:04:41.722 --> 01:04:49.376 - center though, so nobody knows who we are from that presentation for the sake of protecting our clients' 01:04:49.376 --> 01:04:57.395 - privacy. So our initial years research data, we conducted a mental health impact survey that was administered 01:04:57.395 --> 01:04:59.582 - twice over a 90 day interval. 01:04:59.714 --> 01:05:06.683 - where 89.2% of the respondents said Tandem helps them build a sense of community, 59.5% said we help 01:05:06.683 --> 01:05:13.652 - them financially, 70.3% said we help improve their mental health, 64.9% said they feel less isolated 01:05:13.652 --> 01:05:20.898 - because of Tandem services. And then for those specifically participating in the in-person mental health 01:05:20.898 --> 01:05:28.350 - group, we do offer a virtual version. We asked how much they thought that their mental health had improved, 01:05:28.450 --> 01:05:36.771 - by attending this group specifically. And we had 36.4% say considerably and 54.5% say a great deal. 01:05:36.771 --> 01:05:45.424 - No one said not at all. We had like one person who said a little bit, but the aggregate of considerably 01:05:45.424 --> 01:05:54.327 - or a great deal is over 90% of the respondents. So to address and then tandem as a whole with our services 01:05:54.327 --> 01:05:58.238 - is serving over 600 families a year right now. 01:05:58.338 --> 01:06:08.061 - And we took over the Who's Your Diaper program last year and covered the bottoms of over 900 children, 01:06:08.061 --> 01:06:17.691 - unique children in the community. So I can answer your questions from the spreadsheet if you wanna do 01:06:17.691 --> 01:06:26.942 - that during the Q&A. I've also submitted those in writing. Okay, are there questions? Julie? Yes. 01:06:27.138 --> 01:06:34.969 - Just one, just from my education. Obviously, you just talked about the perinatal therapy section as 01:06:34.969 --> 01:06:42.956 - an essential part of what you're talking about here. Can you give me information about is the content 01:06:42.956 --> 01:06:51.100 - process protocol who develops that for each human? For each what? Each human, each person. Oh, for each 01:06:51.100 --> 01:06:53.214 - person? Yeah. How is that? 01:06:54.178 --> 01:07:01.996 - How is the model shaped in each and every time, if it's different, for different folks? Who creates 01:07:01.996 --> 01:07:10.127 - the model? For each person for how they receive our services? For each particular session. Oh, for each 01:07:10.127 --> 01:07:16.382 - therapy session? Yes, for each session. So, I mean, perinatal therapy is really 01:07:16.898 --> 01:07:23.275 - like any therapy, right? It's any one-on-one therapy that you might go to because you're having challenges 01:07:23.275 --> 01:07:29.653 - with anxiety or depression. But we're specifically focused on people who have symptoms that are considered 01:07:29.653 --> 01:07:35.971 - within the scope of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. And so that's primarily people who are pregnant 01:07:35.971 --> 01:07:42.169 - or postpartum within the first year postpartum. But we do also see people who might be, you know, years 01:07:42.169 --> 01:07:43.838 - postpartum, but they never, 01:07:44.034 --> 01:07:50.799 - But their challenges, their mental health challenges are still inherently based on their perinatal 01:07:50.799 --> 01:07:57.632 - experiences and are connected to those perinatal experiences. So we do work with PTSD for traumatic 01:07:57.632 --> 01:08:04.738 - births and traumatic postpartum experiences, anxiety. We're not typically working with people suffering 01:08:04.738 --> 01:08:11.913 - from extreme postpartum psychosis. We're usually working with a psychiatrist at that point in referrals. 01:08:11.913 --> 01:08:13.758 - They may still come to us. 01:08:13.954 --> 01:08:21.016 - But therapy is therapy, but so many therapists, the perinatal world is a very special world, I guess 01:08:21.016 --> 01:08:28.287 - I would say. And the kinds of challenges people experience and their needs and the context of that care 01:08:28.287 --> 01:08:35.559 - is very specific. And I can tell you from personal experience, I can tell you from what I've seen, when 01:08:35.559 --> 01:08:43.390 - you send somebody who has a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder to a therapist who is not specialized in PMADS, 01:08:44.194 --> 01:08:51.551 - they're not necessarily going to receive the care that they need. And so having this specialized care 01:08:51.551 --> 01:08:59.053 - is really important and it's very rare. There are not a lot of providers in our community who have PMAT 01:08:59.053 --> 01:09:04.318 - specializations in order to be able to serve this particular population. 01:09:04.450 --> 01:09:10.947 - And then because Tandem is this hub and we're just serving people from many different angles, whether 01:09:10.947 --> 01:09:17.699 - it's diaper support and free clothes or community building, you know, other groups and classes or staying 01:09:17.699 --> 01:09:24.196 - in the postpartum house or having in-home dual services, we're able to connect them into this broader 01:09:24.196 --> 01:09:30.821 - ecosystem of support, which is really essential in that perinatal period when, as we all know, it takes 01:09:30.821 --> 01:09:32.222 - a village. Thank you. 01:09:34.242 --> 01:09:40.852 - The question was asked about how many are we giving? The budget pays for 10 per client, but we have 01:09:40.852 --> 01:09:47.726 - quite a few clients who tend to be a bit more transient, who may leave town. So if we had a client come 01:09:47.726 --> 01:09:54.799 - in for this funding and come for four sessions and leave, then we would allocate those sessions to another 01:09:54.799 --> 01:09:59.294 - of our clients who might need more than the original 10 in funding. 01:10:03.202 --> 01:10:18.996 - Are there any other questions? Are there any questions from the public? Okay, thank you very much, Julie. 01:10:18.996 --> 01:10:28.830 - We appreciate your information. Thank you so much. I believe that 01:10:29.954 --> 01:10:38.716 - That concludes the presentations of all of the applicants. And so I guess we need to turn this back 01:10:38.716 --> 01:10:47.828 - over to you to talk about the important calendar dates and close the public hearing. Starting tomorrow, 01:10:47.828 --> 01:10:56.414 - all the agency questions that have been submitted to me will actually be submitted to all of you. 01:10:56.770 --> 01:11:03.367 - be emailed and make sure that everybody gets their fair shake and it's also something you can refer 01:11:03.367 --> 01:11:10.161 - to during the sporing process. The next big date that is there is actually next Thursday, which is the 01:11:10.161 --> 01:11:16.890 - review of sporing and allocation recommendations. From there, I don't believe we have this particular 01:11:16.890 --> 01:11:23.949 - meeting scheduled, but it will go to the Redevelopment Commission afterward for their approval. Basically, 01:11:23.949 --> 01:11:25.598 - the recommendations that 01:11:25.698 --> 01:11:33.077 - you all make. I believe the scoring is due by noon on the 29th so next Thursday so that way I can compile 01:11:33.077 --> 01:11:40.038 - everything and get it ready for 530 when we can meet again. If you all have any difficulties by all 01:11:40.038 --> 01:11:47.208 - means please let me know especially with the neighborhood system that we use I know there's been a few 01:11:47.208 --> 01:11:54.447 - questions here and there so I'm happy to try and take those as they come in make sure we get everything 01:11:54.447 --> 01:11:55.422 - answered that 01:11:55.746 --> 01:12:05.160 - Everybody gets everything in as they can. Of course, that's really the remainder. Yes, sir. Question 01:12:05.160 --> 01:12:14.481 - about the October 29th meeting. I think I've done this before, but I clearly stood at all times. In 01:12:14.481 --> 01:12:24.734 - terms of the parameters of the discussion and the questions on the table for that meeting, say a little more. 01:12:25.346 --> 01:12:33.244 - about the elements and the parameters for that meeting's purposes. So I'll be taking, oh sorry, I thought 01:12:33.244 --> 01:12:40.993 - I heard someone say something, sorry. Okay, so I'll be taking the scoring, of course, as it's presented 01:12:40.993 --> 01:12:48.593 - immediately, making sure that those are all averaged out appropriately, double checking their numbers 01:12:48.593 --> 01:12:52.766 - to make sure that every individual part is counted for, 01:12:52.898 --> 01:13:00.613 - Historically, we've had some pretty tight margins for some of the scoring in the past. From there, I 01:13:00.613 --> 01:13:08.405 - also make it as we've done for decades, I believe in this process, make it blind scoring. So that way 01:13:08.405 --> 01:13:16.579 - it's motivated purely based on the numbers that came out at the end when everything was averaged together. 01:13:16.579 --> 01:13:21.086 - Once we are in that meeting, the force reveal as we decide 01:13:21.538 --> 01:13:29.494 - kind of moving forward based on just the actual raw number scoring. What kind of funding goes where? 01:13:29.494 --> 01:13:37.529 - We have roughly, well, it's an estimate. We don't get our allocations until about April of that year. 01:13:37.529 --> 01:13:44.854 - So we want no allocations for 2027 officially until April of 2027. However, it's been fairly 01:13:44.854 --> 01:13:48.478 - close consistently year by year. We receive a 01:13:49.314 --> 01:13:56.177 - Let's say we receive a decrease, does it make sense? We get a decrease in funding or have historically 01:13:56.177 --> 01:14:02.839 - as well, just for our decisions at the federal level and the way that our formula plays out. So I'm 01:14:02.839 --> 01:14:09.635 - anticipating roughly about 116,000. It may not be that much, in which case one of the other decisions 01:14:09.635 --> 01:14:16.698 - that will be made by the committee will be whether or not, or how to divvy up funding if more is received 01:14:16.698 --> 01:14:18.430 - than what we anticipated. 01:14:18.658 --> 01:14:26.137 - or less. So it's like a scenario funding might be done by based on the dollar amount X, Y, or Z, 01:14:26.137 --> 01:14:33.848 - or X and Y, or whatever it might be. Yeah. Dollar amounts might differ. So that can be discussed at 01:14:33.848 --> 01:14:41.559 - the next meeting. Right. Within the 29th meeting. Yeah. In fact, we'll have to decide that before I 01:14:41.559 --> 01:14:46.494 - let you all out of here. So tell us some ideas if you have any. 01:14:46.722 --> 01:14:53.479 - well is that sort of like we would say oh we can use next percentage of the total that we're given towards 01:14:53.479 --> 01:14:59.983 - this one percentage towards this uh yeah the method can be completely decided by the committee uh last 01:14:59.983 --> 01:15:06.424 - year there was pretty extensive debate about it as there were different federal proposals at the time 01:15:06.424 --> 01:15:13.054 - slashing it or maintaining its current levels so they tried to account for a few different things but uh 01:15:14.626 --> 01:15:22.221 - It might be easier just to stick with, in some cases, percentages of the award, or it's, again, very 01:15:22.221 --> 01:15:30.267 - much up to the committee to decide. So whatever ideas you all have, then bring and find the most equitable 01:15:30.267 --> 01:15:38.013 - way to distribute this money. I'm sorry to listen in advance. One more question, respectfully offered, 01:15:38.013 --> 01:15:42.750 - but curious in some ways. I understand it's all good and loud. 01:15:43.458 --> 01:15:49.480 - But I've always been interested in that. And I understand why they're blind scoring that. Yes, that 01:15:49.480 --> 01:15:55.802 - makes sense. It was, I thought it made sense. But there's no way for the members to discuss what they're 01:15:55.802 --> 01:16:02.065 - thinking about before they individually score. And once the individual scores are there, they're locked 01:16:02.065 --> 01:16:08.990 - in. That's dumb. They're not changing their scores individually at the last meeting, as far as I understand. Yeah. 01:16:09.090 --> 01:16:16.230 - So I guess I'm just curious. I'm nowhere else to ask, having the meetings of the meetings we have. Was 01:16:16.230 --> 01:16:23.301 - that a conscious policy decision not to have meetings of the committee of people? I'm not saying it's 01:16:23.301 --> 01:16:30.511 - a good idea, but it's interesting to me that people could not kick around what they've heard and before 01:16:30.511 --> 01:16:34.046 - the final scores are done, before they'll do them. 01:16:34.594 --> 01:16:41.644 - I'm just interested in process for these things, that's all. I'm not complaining about anything, really. 01:16:41.644 --> 01:16:48.357 - I know it's been done that way since well before I got here, so I'm understanding the reasoning for 01:16:48.357 --> 01:16:55.071 - it, at least for people not promoting certain projects that they've been more passionate about over 01:16:55.071 --> 01:17:01.919 - others, even though certain aspects of other applications could technically be better. I suppose it's 01:17:01.919 --> 01:17:03.262 - the idea behind it. 01:17:03.490 --> 01:17:12.350 - I mean, I'm certainly myself not opposed to it, especially if that's the way the committee would prefer 01:17:12.350 --> 01:17:20.869 - to move, especially in the future. But I think it was primarily done just within the interest of, I 01:17:20.869 --> 01:17:29.899 - guess just more famous last time. I'm not trying to take a bunch of time. If you were going to ask people 01:17:29.899 --> 01:17:31.518 - what they thought, 01:17:31.650 --> 01:17:39.512 - I'd better ask people individually by emails about what they wanted to do rather than have a long discussion 01:17:39.512 --> 01:17:46.869 - right now, I guess. I think it was my impression that the overall scoring gave us a baseline where we 01:17:46.869 --> 01:17:54.082 - started our discussion on how we were gonna allocate the funding. And I think that that makes it, I 01:17:54.082 --> 01:18:00.862 - think that if we had any other method, it would take a considerable amount of additional time 01:18:02.498 --> 01:18:10.412 - Yeah, there definitely would probably be more meetings on the books, but again, should that be a decision 01:18:10.412 --> 01:18:17.877 - that committee wants to institute for next year or recommendation, then it's certainly to take into 01:18:17.877 --> 01:18:25.418 - consideration. So. Yeah, I know that's really all I had. Of course, sir, anything any questions from 01:18:25.418 --> 01:18:31.838 - anyone else? I know if not, we can close the public hearing and move to a government, 01:18:32.226 --> 01:18:52.425 - Give everybody the opportunity. So, especially if it goes online. Thank you everyone for attending. 01:18:52.425 --> 01:19:01.918 - Thank you. No real decisions being made today. 01:19:02.370 --> 01:19:09.310 - Thank you, everyone. Thank you.