WEBVTT 00:00:09.794 --> 00:00:16.713 - funds and grants, and lots of philanthropic support from Pimadu. Many of those dollars are already reserved 00:00:16.713 --> 00:00:23.568 - for other uses. For example, we have a fund for people who have already left shelter to help them maintain 00:00:23.568 --> 00:00:30.102 - that. So all the same things, application fees, late rent, utilities, those kinds of things, we could 00:00:30.102 --> 00:00:36.573 - categorically pay for those kinds, but not for our on-site shelter and not for prevention. So that's 00:00:36.573 --> 00:00:37.726 - why we're asking. 00:00:38.242 --> 00:00:44.381 - for these two populations. The other was a question about whether we have cash reserves. The shortage 00:00:44.381 --> 00:00:50.581 - is, yes, we have cash reserves for emergencies. We're hoping to use CBG to help us compensate for next 00:00:50.581 --> 00:00:56.660 - year's shortfalls community-wide so that we can address the increase in the need that we're going to 00:00:56.660 --> 00:01:02.739 - see with people, especially people who see drops in their ability to afford a method that had felt a 00:01:02.739 --> 00:01:06.110 - long time because their subsidy goes away or decreases. 00:01:06.690 --> 00:01:15.156 - So this is not an emergency stopgap for us to keep the lights on. This is a strategic move for the year 00:01:15.156 --> 00:01:23.458 - to help us manage that increased demand, keep kids off the streets, and give us time to readjust some 00:01:23.458 --> 00:01:31.761 - of our other institutional gifts and build graphic partnerships to make sure we can sustain this kind 00:01:31.761 --> 00:01:34.366 - of prevention. Thank you. Okay. 00:01:35.010 --> 00:01:41.885 - Next up is, I'm sorry, do you have a specific question about the presentations tonight? Only one, just 00:01:41.885 --> 00:01:48.560 - very briefly. While you respond to the question about, tell us about the results of Danny Clarkson, 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:55.368 - I want to ask, is there anything more? Could you amplify a bit on how, especially given conditions in 00:01:55.368 --> 00:02:02.110 - Bloomington, financial conditions for your own organization, what do you particularly hope to learn? 00:02:02.274 --> 00:02:10.424 - the data collection this next period or from the present period. That's very important for your organization. 00:02:10.424 --> 00:02:17.981 - What do you need to know? What we need to know is, what we'll probably discover from coming here with 00:02:17.981 --> 00:02:25.761 - these particular funds, is a lot better and more accurate portrayal of what is happening with prevention 00:02:25.761 --> 00:02:31.614 - cases versus on-site or after care. We don't have a fund that is restricted to 00:02:31.906 --> 00:02:37.450 - prevention as such right now. So our date collection is important. So this will incentivize us to say, 00:02:37.450 --> 00:02:42.887 - okay, here's everybody, here's every cent that was spent. Let's compare that to how much it costs to 00:02:42.887 --> 00:02:48.323 - house someone in shelter, how many interventions we did for people who need care. So that would help 00:02:48.323 --> 00:02:53.813 - us map out how much more, if we know that prevention is more efficient than normal, but it would help 00:02:53.813 --> 00:02:59.196 - us save a lot more clarity to ourselves and to other funders and other people in the community, how 00:02:59.196 --> 00:03:01.726 - much more effective it is to them if we adjust 00:03:02.018 --> 00:03:12.381 - Thank you. Appreciate it. Are there any other questions regarding the presentation this evening from 00:03:12.381 --> 00:03:22.847 - anyone on Zoom? So this is kind of a new way that you would be using these phones as far as like, you 00:03:22.847 --> 00:03:28.798 - said maybe paying a security deposit or things like that. 00:03:28.930 --> 00:03:35.859 - Or is this something that you've done in the past, but now it's just new for the prevention side? This 00:03:35.859 --> 00:03:43.191 - is a more focused and formal way to exceed our prevention. For a long time, we needed to be purely reactive, 00:03:43.191 --> 00:03:49.919 - just because we didn't have the capacity to look upstream. Legitimately reactive, it was on us now, 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:56.982 - and make plans. But we have found that it's far more effective to look upstream, it's helping us improve 00:03:56.982 --> 00:03:58.462 - our shelter capacity, 00:03:58.626 --> 00:04:06.154 - some system. Last year we used some city arba dollars to manage about a hundred thousand dollars of 00:04:06.154 --> 00:04:14.058 - chronic support for these categories and in 12 months we expended it's an 18-month grant but we expended 00:04:14.058 --> 00:04:21.811 - 91,000 dollars for these same kinds of claims for prevention on one-site clinics but not for aftercare 00:04:21.811 --> 00:04:24.446 - and it served 81 unique households 00:04:25.346 --> 00:04:33.037 - The average expense was $517, the median was $112, a lot of application for these small things. And 00:04:33.037 --> 00:04:40.882 - there's a little bit more to break down, 53 households needed rent, 20 needed rent over the years, 28 00:04:40.882 --> 00:04:48.958 - needed security deposit. So we think that based on that, that's the kind of information that we can see. 00:04:49.122 --> 00:04:58.803 - to make this proposal. No, it's not a new kind of expense. It's not new to us to track the expense of 00:04:58.803 --> 00:05:08.484 - those expenses to tie them to good outcomes. It's just a new way to form losses. Any other questions? 00:05:08.484 --> 00:05:17.406 - Okay, thank you very much. We move on. The next one is a beacon house or beacon incorporated. 00:05:19.042 --> 00:05:26.922 - Hello. Yes, hello, I'm Amy Kendall. I'm the development director at Beacon. And thank you so much for 00:05:26.922 --> 00:05:34.957 - having me here tonight. I appreciate the opportunity to share our work with you and your consideration. 00:05:34.957 --> 00:05:43.455 - Beacon is a solutions-driven anti-poverty organization dedicated to aiding and empowering people experiencing 00:05:43.455 --> 00:05:47.550 - extreme poverty, especially hunger and homelessness. 00:05:48.194 --> 00:05:55.290 - We have five programs that address different stages of homelessness anywhere from that first moment 00:05:55.290 --> 00:06:02.528 - of crisis to helping house someone stably who's experienced homelessness for years. We're the largest 00:06:02.528 --> 00:06:10.334 - nonprofit housing provider in Monroe County. And in 2025, we housed or prevented homelessness for 667 people. 00:06:11.330 --> 00:06:21.037 - We are requesting $25,000 in funding to support the operations of our overnight shelter, Friends Place. 00:06:21.037 --> 00:06:30.651 - Friends Place has 40 beds and it's an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness. And last 00:06:30.651 --> 00:06:37.278 - year we served 297 people for over 14,000 bed nights at Friends Place. 00:06:37.890 --> 00:06:45.883 - Probably the most important thing about Friends Place that I can say is that it's the largest, the area's 00:06:45.883 --> 00:06:53.575 - largest women's shelter, that's year-round for single women. We used to be primarily for men, but saw 00:06:53.575 --> 00:07:01.493 - an increased need for women, and so we responded to that need, and pretty much 90% of our people staying 00:07:01.493 --> 00:07:03.454 - at our shelter are women. 00:07:04.226 --> 00:07:11.506 - We also prioritize Monroe County residents as well as people fleeing domestic violence. We also provide 00:07:11.506 --> 00:07:18.645 - casework at Friends Place, which is very important to us because we believe in permanent solutions to 00:07:18.645 --> 00:07:25.855 - homelessness. So people who stay there, it's more than just a bed, they're paired with case management 00:07:25.855 --> 00:07:33.694 - to help them search for apartments. There's also financial support for application fees and other startup costs 00:07:33.954 --> 00:07:43.075 - as it is expensive to move into a new apartment with those startup costs. Our median stay last year 00:07:43.075 --> 00:07:52.834 - at the shelter was 47 days, and we do strive to get people out as soon as possible. Our exits to permanent 00:07:52.834 --> 00:08:00.222 - housing, we have a 49 percent rate of our enrolled clients to permanent housing. 00:08:01.442 --> 00:08:09.784 - And homelessness is, we see it as consistently one of the biggest challenges for our city. On any given 00:08:09.784 --> 00:08:17.885 - night in Bloomington, according to this last year's point in time count, 373 people are experiencing 00:08:17.885 --> 00:08:24.542 - homelessness and 60% of those are adults without children in their care. To answer 00:08:24.866 --> 00:08:33.404 - Well, two of the questions from the committee. We are facing $45,000 less in funding from the previous 00:08:33.404 --> 00:08:41.775 - year, and that is due to the loss of Perry Township funds, which they are not granting to any agency 00:08:41.775 --> 00:08:50.147 - that was not a lack of reporting or any requirement like that, and loss of United Way funds. That is 00:08:50.147 --> 00:08:53.214 - because United Way is changing their 00:08:53.474 --> 00:09:02.144 - funding priorities and focusing more on Alice families. That's not as strong as we don't serve as many 00:09:02.144 --> 00:09:10.982 - of them in our population. We focus more on extreme poverty. If we're unable to make up for that funding 00:09:10.982 --> 00:09:16.958 - loss, we will shorten Friends Place's operating hours and or staffing. 00:09:17.186 --> 00:09:26.214 - This does not mean less shelter beds. This does not mean serving less people, but it would mean shortening 00:09:26.214 --> 00:09:34.821 - hours that were open and just having to lessen our amount of staff. To answer the other question that 00:09:34.821 --> 00:09:43.259 - was asked, one of the others was CDBG funds if awarded will cover the program director's salary and 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:46.718 - or the case manager's salary would help. 00:09:46.914 --> 00:09:58.969 - cover those expenses. So I appreciate your time and would love to hear any questions, any other questions 00:09:58.969 --> 00:10:10.570 - you have for me. Are there any questions? Yes. Just one, thank you for your presentation and I didn't 00:10:10.570 --> 00:10:13.982 - say thank you to the previous 00:10:14.274 --> 00:10:23.996 - Thank you, everybody who is going to present. I appreciate it. My question, though, for Beacon, 00:10:23.996 --> 00:10:34.224 - for you, Amy, I read the materials on A9, and I assume this is the, I'll give you the reference if I 00:10:34.224 --> 00:10:37.566 - can, the agency details section. 00:10:37.698 --> 00:10:43.260 - talk about under the question, do you make any changes to your program based on your evaluation? And 00:10:43.260 --> 00:10:48.876 - you talk about the emphasis on case management and so forth. Let's give you an opportunity to say any 00:10:48.876 --> 00:10:54.493 - more there is to be said to be useful to the committee about what you hope to learn, what's important 00:10:54.493 --> 00:11:00.165 - to learn about the case management going forward. Given changes in the world, changes in your finances 00:11:00.165 --> 00:11:05.782 - and funding, what do you hope to continue to learn about the case management in addition to it simply 00:11:05.782 --> 00:11:06.718 - being important? 00:11:07.970 --> 00:11:17.197 - Absolutely. I would say that we're always looking to individualize case management services as much 00:11:17.197 --> 00:11:26.515 - as possible for our guests at the shelter because we realize that no two situations are the same and 00:11:26.515 --> 00:11:30.206 - so staying up with current changes with 00:11:30.466 --> 00:11:40.586 - federal requirements and like Chase mentioned, there's been changes with Section 8, things like that. 00:11:40.586 --> 00:11:50.607 - Just staying up on recent developments to know what is best for our clients and making sure our case 00:11:50.607 --> 00:11:59.934 - managers are as equipped as possible to handle those different situations. We've been awarded 00:12:00.034 --> 00:12:10.066 - a grant in particular for some new data collecting software. We're really hoping to get more details 00:12:10.066 --> 00:12:20.099 - on all kinds of things, demographics, but also closer tracking of changes in income, improvements in 00:12:20.099 --> 00:12:23.774 - income, things like that. That would 00:12:24.034 --> 00:12:34.083 - We feel that that's important. We track things already, but it's by hand. Being able to have better 00:12:34.083 --> 00:12:44.133 - equipment for that, we feel would help us improve our case management toolbox. Thank you very much. 00:12:44.133 --> 00:12:53.278 - Are there any other questions? Any questions from those on Zoom? Thank you very much, Amy. 00:12:53.794 --> 00:13:00.536 - Thank you. Next up is Big Brothers, Big Sisters of South Central India. Thank you, everyone. I'm Jennifer. 00:13:00.536 --> 00:13:06.963 - I'm CEO of Big Brothers, Big Sisters. And you're back here today to talk to you about our program and 00:13:06.963 --> 00:13:13.327 - just a little bit about our agency. So I want you guys to think about growing up. What did that look 00:13:13.327 --> 00:13:19.754 - like for you? There's a lot to figure out, right? There's a lot of friendships to figure out, school, 00:13:19.754 --> 00:13:22.526 - where do you fit in? Who wants to be alone? 00:13:22.722 --> 00:13:27.941 - So having somebody beside you to help you make those decisions and help you walk along that side of 00:13:27.941 --> 00:13:33.160 - life is what we do for Big Brothers Big Sisters. What we're looking for through this partnership is 00:13:33.160 --> 00:13:38.900 - the Call Mentor Up. This is a program where we want to be bigger in a bigger way. So we already traditionally 00:13:38.900 --> 00:13:44.171 - have our one-on-one mentoring. We have it in schools and the site community, different programs, but 00:13:44.171 --> 00:13:47.198 - we wanted to do that and elevate that in a group setting. 00:13:47.522 --> 00:13:52.799 - So still keeping our traditional one-on-one, but doing so in a group setting. We actually have a few 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:58.075 - programs already launched in other counties. We have one small group here that's currently launched. 00:13:58.075 --> 00:14:03.770 - There's four bigs, but four little brothers, and they didn't know each other prior to this program starting. 00:14:03.770 --> 00:14:09.307 - And so one of the things that we learned with Travis to ask for this funding and to bring this initiative 00:14:09.307 --> 00:14:10.718 - forward is that those kids 00:14:11.170 --> 00:14:16.029 - that didn't know each other, now created a friendship and a bond. So they get to start their first day 00:14:16.029 --> 00:14:20.935 - of school knowing one another that they previously didn't really have that friendship and relationship. 00:14:20.935 --> 00:14:25.888 - One of the things we really noted in that relationship and that full board was having them come together 00:14:25.888 --> 00:14:30.699 - was great. We still do the one-on-one mentoring. They still have their one-on-one outings. They still 00:14:30.699 --> 00:14:35.511 - talk to each other outside of that, but they have a once a month setting where they come together and 00:14:35.511 --> 00:14:36.030 - talk more. 00:14:36.194 --> 00:14:41.239 - To me, what's more fun than mentoring? Doing it together, right? So that is something that we are really 00:14:41.239 --> 00:14:46.043 - looking at and wanting to do more of. One of the ways that this program will be even more impactful 00:14:46.043 --> 00:14:51.232 - is having planned activities. So in our Madison Jefferson County program, we have a curriculum, we actually 00:14:51.232 --> 00:14:56.229 - have a book that the kids pay for their science program that helps them build out their goals and their 00:14:56.229 --> 00:15:01.033 - expectations and just looking at if there's somebody that needs help with education or if they need 00:15:01.033 --> 00:15:05.886 - social emotional learning skills, they can build that together through the counselors at the school. 00:15:06.018 --> 00:15:11.849 - 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 00:15:11.849 --> 00:15:17.301 - setting, and we're not able to offer that support in a bigger setting. So that's what the purpose of 00:15:17.301 --> 00:15:22.754 - this funding would be. It would be a newer funding opportunity here in Wellington. And also, it will 00:15:22.754 --> 00:15:28.315 - really complement not just our current and new matches, but it's also an opportunity to complement our 00:15:28.315 --> 00:15:32.094 - waiting rules. So we currently have over 80 littles on our wait list. 00:15:32.450 --> 00:15:37.435 - So this gives us an opportunity to engage them even further. So imagine if we had one big, either a 00:15:37.435 --> 00:15:42.471 - stack group or a paid volunteer or sorry, not paid volunteer, a volunteer that would help us come in 00:15:42.471 --> 00:15:47.755 - a group setting and we have 10 little brothers on a wait list that really want to learn basketball skills 00:15:47.755 --> 00:15:52.840 - or just soft skills on how to build a relationship or friendship. We can bring those littles that are 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:58.174 - currently waiting for a big into the fold and to get them into our relationships now while they're waiting 00:15:58.174 --> 00:16:00.318 - to still be a big or waiting to get a big. 00:16:00.898 --> 00:16:06.530 - The funding itself will really help support our staff. We are supporting those families. They're supporting 00:16:06.530 --> 00:16:11.901 - the mentors and they're just supporting all of us together in overlooking child safety. So for us, our 00:16:11.901 --> 00:16:17.219 - staff time really comes into child safety measures. We check in with the bigs and the littles and the 00:16:17.219 --> 00:16:22.642 - parents monthly in whatever program they are involved in. This is just one more opportunity to continue 00:16:22.642 --> 00:16:25.406 - that process to make sure that they're staying safe. 00:16:26.082 --> 00:16:31.469 - And, you know, I'm here today. I want to make sure to point out that our work isn't just supported by 00:16:31.469 --> 00:16:36.750 - our team or volunteers. It's also about the members of our community and people that believe in us. 00:16:36.750 --> 00:16:42.243 - So with me is not only our board member, he's the chief deputy superintendent and chief law enforcement 00:16:42.243 --> 00:16:47.736 - officer at IEPB, and he has some experience and exposure as he goes to the sisters. So I wanted to give 00:16:47.736 --> 00:16:53.598 - him the floor to share a little bit about us. Well, I guess you want me to rest this little bit. I'm so sorry. 00:16:53.698 --> 00:16:59.076 - Well, again, here to support Jennifer, definitely appreciate it. My passion for the Prospect Sisters 00:16:59.076 --> 00:17:04.827 - comes from when I first started as a little bit of a program out of younger, so. But here we have Jennifer, 00:17:04.827 --> 00:17:10.206 - she came to the office one day and had a program that she was doing that we just kind of meshed from 00:17:10.206 --> 00:17:15.584 - there and said, hey, let's kind of see what we can do. So we got an initiative that we're working on 00:17:15.584 --> 00:17:16.862 - called Bigs and Badges. 00:17:17.026 --> 00:17:23.632 - which is more of a site-based program which allows our officers or part-time officers who are students 00:17:23.632 --> 00:17:30.174 - as well to be able to connect with, you know, the community to use. One, to change the perspective of 00:17:30.174 --> 00:17:36.652 - law enforcement. And then two, just to see another aspect of the diversity that we have at IU and be 00:17:36.652 --> 00:17:43.130 - a part of that as well. So I'm passionate about it and know where I'm here to support whoever I need 00:17:43.130 --> 00:17:45.118 - to go through. You're welcome. 00:17:47.042 --> 00:17:56.426 - Are there any questions from the panel about the presentation this evening? Anybody on Zoom that had 00:17:56.426 --> 00:18:05.811 - a question? We have a panel member on Zoom? We do. Of course, members of the public are also open to 00:18:05.811 --> 00:18:15.102 - comments. Members of the public? Are there members of the public that would like to make a comment? 00:18:21.474 --> 00:18:27.421 - I have a question just about the program itself, the Big Brothers Big Sisters. Do you get like a lot 00:18:27.421 --> 00:18:33.309 - of IU students? I remember when I was in college that there was a lot of IU students that were bigs 00:18:33.309 --> 00:18:39.256 - in the program. Is that still the case or is it? It is, we actually have an IU club on campus and so 00:18:39.256 --> 00:18:45.320 - we found our students through there and we had a couple of tabling events and currently we have almost 00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:48.382 - 50 bigs coming through the process for IU students. 00:18:49.026 --> 00:18:57.618 - It's been a pretty fun experience. We try to match it up, excuse me, on our site-based program because 00:18:57.618 --> 00:19:06.377 - it's closer to campus so they don't have to worry about the transportation. So they'll go to the project 00:19:06.377 --> 00:19:15.053 - school or even Fairview and do some modeling, actually. Any other questions? Okay, thank you very much. 00:19:15.053 --> 00:19:18.974 - And the next step is the Louisville Clubhouse. 00:19:19.202 --> 00:19:30.972 - Amazing. Could I share my screen on this? Should I send you a request? Yes, indeed. Perfect. We're new, 00:19:30.972 --> 00:19:43.082 - so we have a little presentation. Yeah. We love the shows. That's great. Anyway, it's a little bit awkward 00:19:43.082 --> 00:19:46.590 - for me, too. Can you see this? 00:19:56.866 --> 00:20:04.325 - My name is Matthew Joseph. I'm with the Bloomington Clubhouse. I'm also here with other people we never 00:20:04.325 --> 00:20:11.713 - go alone. This is Amber, Becky, Nancy. We're only four of about almost 20 volunteers that are destined 00:20:11.713 --> 00:20:18.957 - to make Bloomington Clubhouse a nonprofit in Bloomington. The need underlying this is something that 00:20:18.957 --> 00:20:26.846 - I'm sure all of you will be very familiar to, and that is the mental illness prevalence of it in Bloomington. 00:20:26.978 --> 00:20:32.732 - Thousands of individuals with mental illness in Bloomington and hundreds with specifically severe mental 00:20:32.732 --> 00:20:38.268 - illness. And the experience of mental illness looks a lot like three things, and it looks a lot like 00:20:38.268 --> 00:20:43.803 - severe disintegration from society, specifically through a lack of community where these individuals 00:20:43.803 --> 00:20:49.338 - don't have a place where they feel comfortable or they can be themselves, often because of stigma or 00:20:49.338 --> 00:20:50.270 - inaccessibility. 00:20:50.402 --> 00:20:56.156 - And then second, a lack sense of purpose. Many of these individuals are either at home or on SSI where 00:20:56.156 --> 00:21:01.742 - they don't have something to contribute to outside of mainly just getting their everyday needs met. 00:21:01.742 --> 00:21:07.328 - And then also all their symptoms kind of hurt their skills and confidence to be able to reach their 00:21:07.328 --> 00:21:12.970 - goals, whether that be to get them educated or going back to school or going back to work, if that's 00:21:12.970 --> 00:21:17.662 - a goal of theirs. And when we look at the current landscape, right, there's so many 00:21:17.890 --> 00:21:23.457 - day centers, community centers in Bloomington, and they're doing remarkable work, some of which are 00:21:23.457 --> 00:21:29.469 - in this room, and I'm honored to be here. But I will say, from the research that we've done in Bloomington, 00:21:29.469 --> 00:21:35.203 - there is a lack, they sometimes lack the positive, uplifting nature that is necessary for healing. And 00:21:35.203 --> 00:21:40.993 - then the second thing is, in most day centers and traditional models, that when somebody comes in, they 00:21:40.993 --> 00:21:44.222 - get maybe a meal, see a therapist, and then they're done. 00:21:44.386 --> 00:21:50.172 - In that community, they're not asked anything of them. They don't have an opportunity to share their 00:21:50.172 --> 00:21:56.187 - gifts, their talents with the world, and don't even think that they have any to give in the first place. 00:21:56.187 --> 00:22:02.144 - That ties in well with the fact that traditional treatment is often detached from a broader, consistent 00:22:02.144 --> 00:22:08.045 - community. Many of these individuals have a therapist, but do they have a friend? That is a really big 00:22:08.045 --> 00:22:14.174 - difference between when it comes to actual treatment of mental illness. The way that we address this need, 00:22:14.402 --> 00:22:20.791 - is to a world-renowned evidence-based model called Clubhouse, and we're bringing it to Bloomington as 00:22:20.791 --> 00:22:27.117 - its own nonprofit. Clubhouse is a cooperative community center where individuals with mental illness 00:22:27.117 --> 00:22:33.380 - that we call members, not patients, voluntarily work together to manage the daily operations of the 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:39.831 - Clubhouse. The underlying core values of it is that it's totally free, it's totally voluntary, meaning 00:22:39.831 --> 00:22:42.462 - there's no coercion, there's no have-dos, 00:22:42.658 --> 00:22:47.579 - No, they choose the work that they want to do there. And it's membership for life. Once you're a member, 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:52.312 - you're always a member. There's no time limit to the program. We follow a work order day. So this is 00:22:52.312 --> 00:22:57.233 - non-residential. It's a place you can go throughout the day, throughout the nine to five, Monday through 00:22:57.233 --> 00:23:02.013 - Friday. Typically, this looks like when you walk in the clubhouse, you'll see members making food for 00:23:02.013 --> 00:23:07.262 - each other. You'll see them on the phone calling members that are absent just to check in on how they're doing. 00:23:07.714 --> 00:23:13.254 - You'll see them doing landscaping, doing the gardening, making art and putting on the walls, writing 00:23:13.254 --> 00:23:19.287 - the newsletter. This is their space to make it their own and give to something that's bigger than themselves. 00:23:19.287 --> 00:23:24.772 - And this is important because it goes back to the three things that we talked about earlier, right? 00:23:24.772 --> 00:23:30.422 - It gives them that sense of community that is similar to them and as well as the sense of purpose that 00:23:30.422 --> 00:23:34.974 - they can engage in something that asks them to be a part of a collective identity. 00:23:35.458 --> 00:23:43.200 - So all the work on top of the community in the sense of purpose, all the work at the clubhouse looks 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:51.250 - a lot like transitional employment. So we, in a sense, fill in those systemic potholes where individuals 00:23:51.250 --> 00:23:59.069 - with mental illness have trouble getting employment. So the clubhouse work is work experience. So for 00:23:59.069 --> 00:24:05.278 - people that don't have a job history or have gaps in their resume, they can say, 00:24:05.378 --> 00:24:10.881 - can work in your restaurant because I worked in the clubhouse. I've made food for 20 people a day, 00:24:10.881 --> 00:24:16.718 - et cetera. There's so many things that we do for employment, transportation, on and off the job support, 00:24:16.718 --> 00:24:22.277 - vetting employers, as well as guaranteeing coverage for employers. This will serve individuals with 00:24:22.277 --> 00:24:28.225 - mental illness, more specifically severe mental illness and economic instability. There's so much research 00:24:28.225 --> 00:24:29.726 - about Clubhouse worldwide. 00:24:29.954 --> 00:24:35.831 - Key highlights here, increase as well-being, and then also for the community, increase employment, decrease 00:24:35.831 --> 00:24:41.273 - hospitalizations, which we see a lot of in Bloomington. We did a lot of research prior to this with 00:24:41.273 --> 00:24:46.715 - about almost 20 nonprofits in Bloomington, and we found that our specific space is individuals with 00:24:46.715 --> 00:24:52.483 - treatment searching for community and empowerment. There's about 400 clubhouses across the world. There's 00:24:52.483 --> 00:24:57.598 - 12 in Indiana, and we're one of the biggest cities for that one. Starting about in this year, 00:25:00.194 --> 00:25:07.078 - Yeah, I have a few more slides, but I'm still getting the hang of it. It's okay. Yes. How many members 00:25:07.078 --> 00:25:13.828 - can a club, when you're projecting for the Bloomington Clubhouse accommodate? In this upcoming year, 00:25:13.828 --> 00:25:20.711 - we're just jamming. Well, yeah. So in this coming year, we are basing our projections based off of the 00:25:20.711 --> 00:25:27.461 - 12 other clubhouses that are in Indiana and center cities. And typically they project about, they've 00:25:27.461 --> 00:25:28.798 - shown to have about 00:25:29.090 --> 00:25:37.819 - 10 daily active members that come, 30 over a period of 90 days, 30 meaning they come at least once in 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:46.376 - the last 90 days, and then about 75 in the whole year. And then that obviously expands. There's one 00:25:46.376 --> 00:25:55.532 - in Fort Wayne that has 30 to 40 active people that come every small day to the backups. It's not themself. 00:25:55.532 --> 00:25:58.014 - Yeah, thank you. Absolutely. 00:25:58.626 --> 00:26:06.986 - Is there a staff person that is over this group that's all doing these various things? 100%. So yeah, 00:26:06.986 --> 00:26:15.920 - it's very democratic, but we also don't want to make it, yes, alongside staff, all of the work is happening. 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:24.853 - There's a director that oversees the data as well as the growth of the clubhouse. And then there's typically 00:26:24.853 --> 00:26:27.230 - at least a few general staff 00:26:27.522 --> 00:26:35.091 - One thing I want to note is that, and this is a slide that is relevant to your question, we are more 00:26:35.091 --> 00:26:43.110 - inclined to use this money actually for salaries, for about fourth of the salary of the executive director 00:26:43.110 --> 00:26:46.782 - and a fourth of the salary of the general staff. 00:26:46.914 --> 00:26:53.424 - In our current application, we have that we're going to use some money for transportation and some member 00:26:53.424 --> 00:26:59.811 - services, but I think it's a lot less necessary than getting people to be in the clubhouse every single 00:26:59.811 --> 00:27:06.444 - day. So to that point, yes, there's staffing and that's going to be a load of work for us. Other questions, 00:27:06.444 --> 00:27:12.708 - are there other volunteers that are there to help with what's going on? Sure, that's always something 00:27:12.708 --> 00:27:15.902 - that the clubhouse is open to, although I will say, 00:27:16.514 --> 00:27:22.898 - The clubhouse is intentionally understaffed because the idea is that the memories themselves are the 00:27:22.898 --> 00:27:29.471 - ones contributing. Because again, I don't want to say them. I want to be able to tell them that we need 00:27:29.471 --> 00:27:36.298 - you and that the actual work needs to get done because of the people that are here. So it's like a cultural 00:27:36.298 --> 00:27:42.682 - thing as well. So that's what I would say. I have two questions. Are there any questions? Yeah. One, 00:27:42.682 --> 00:27:44.894 - can we get the slides? Absolutely. 00:27:45.058 --> 00:27:52.171 - Yes, I'll send it to you. Send it to me and I'll listen. A hundred percent. Thank you. Are any of the 00:27:52.171 --> 00:27:59.423 - clubhouses also residential? Do you know? No, no, no. It's not a part of the model. Okay. Yeah. Because 00:27:59.423 --> 00:28:06.745 - there's, I guess, there's power dynamics there with somebody living in the place and then if they, yeah, 00:28:06.745 --> 00:28:14.206 - exactly. Yeah. There's a little bit there, but yeah, that's typically the model. Any other questions? Yes. 00:28:14.402 --> 00:28:20.663 - I have two. I'll ask one and see if anybody else has that, if there's time for a second there. In the 00:28:20.663 --> 00:28:26.863 - materials that you put together, and thank you again, you used the words, and you've used them today 00:28:26.863 --> 00:28:33.002 - already. Member-led community. Absolutely. Is that inviting for people to see? Was that defined for 00:28:33.002 --> 00:28:39.202 - the members, in effect, to say, okay, that's what it is? How is that information communicated to the 00:28:39.202 --> 00:28:40.798 - participants? Absolutely. 00:28:41.186 --> 00:28:47.928 - Um, this is what we address people as when I walk in the door. Um, when we take people around the clubhouse, 00:28:47.928 --> 00:28:54.112 - when they first become a member, it is welcome to clubhouse. Like you're a member, you're a part of 00:28:54.112 --> 00:29:00.359 - building this up from the start. And then just embedded in the programming is a, uh, is I think it's 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:06.791 - 57 standards that clubhouse international has for every single clubhouse to abide by to call themselves 00:29:06.791 --> 00:29:09.822 - a clubhouse. And within those standards are, um, 00:29:10.050 --> 00:29:16.138 - There's so much language around it. And typically, actually, I went to the Terra House just recently. 00:29:16.138 --> 00:29:22.227 - Every single day, they present a new, they present one of the standards in front of the entire group, 00:29:22.227 --> 00:29:28.494 - just to remind people of what we live by. And in all the standards, almost every single one is the words 00:29:28.494 --> 00:29:34.523 - members and not patients or clients, et cetera. So we want that to be from the start, people knowing 00:29:34.523 --> 00:29:39.358 - that that's the case, that they're not a patient or a client. As I can see this, 00:29:39.458 --> 00:29:45.942 - and writing the effect, not just of what's said. I saw all 57 standards on a giant wall, and they could 00:29:45.942 --> 00:29:52.426 - reference, the members could reference which film was their favorite. Which was so amazing. Absolutely. 00:29:52.426 --> 00:29:57.726 - I love that. Now, me too. Is it okay? I can break it if someone else has a question. 00:29:57.890 --> 00:30:04.089 - just the only question went to I'm looking at the financial information material and because they asked 00:30:04.089 --> 00:30:10.109 - one of the questions go to one year or the two most recent financial audits another is dates covered 00:30:10.109 --> 00:30:16.069 - by the recent financial audit and because I have to pay attention to these things. Of course, yeah. 00:30:16.069 --> 00:30:22.030 - You said your response was the two most recent statement sets are account and compilations and then 00:30:22.030 --> 00:30:27.454 - obviously not applicable, no audit. So what are my understanding about them? Explain to me 00:30:28.386 --> 00:30:34.937 - Are there audits for other club houses? Formal, whatever the nature of it. I'm not looking to find her 00:30:34.937 --> 00:30:41.615 - points on it, but tell me and give me information. About how other club houses manage. Other new audits, 00:30:41.615 --> 00:30:48.548 - other audits, financial audits, actual financial audits. For sure. And if this doesn't answer your question, 00:30:48.548 --> 00:30:54.526 - please let me know. My understanding is every single club house has a board of directors that 00:30:54.818 --> 00:31:02.905 - are responding to these concerns. Also, having our fiscal agent be Clubhouse Indiana, they've gone through 00:31:02.905 --> 00:31:10.463 - this process many, many a times with federal dollars. Federal money coming into the Clubhouse world 00:31:10.463 --> 00:31:18.172 - and then having to manage that and get out of it and have to go through those processes. But they had 00:31:18.172 --> 00:31:19.230 - it from lots. 00:31:19.330 --> 00:31:25.469 - Yes. That's what I'm asking about. I'm helping you be clear with me. Thank you for helping me. 00:31:25.469 --> 00:31:32.060 - I need it. We're still new. So yes, yes. They've gone through extensive audits, in fact, on a federal 00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:38.521 - level. And then also, they get audited by Clubhouse International just because of their programming 00:31:38.521 --> 00:31:45.694 - as well. So it's embedded to have the infrastructure in place to address these unimportant audits. Absolutely. 00:31:45.890 --> 00:31:58.407 - Ask a question, please do. We also at some point we have somebody that also the public comment piece. 00:31:58.407 --> 00:32:09.820 - Yeah. Are you? Are you a have you? Has your nonprofit been braided by charities? What is it? 00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:15.710 - What is that? I want to get a question on that. 00:32:15.938 --> 00:32:22.947 - whatever that is, that sounds great. Sorry. It's, it's, it's stick my mind at the moment. Uh, 00:32:22.947 --> 00:32:30.479 - it's a charity, uh, that it's a group that looks at all different charities. It gives them a rating. 00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:38.085 - Uh, all charities or nonprofits, like all charities, all charities give ratings. Oh yeah. But you're, 00:32:38.085 --> 00:32:43.006 - you consider yourself a charity or just a nonprofit, a nonprofit. 00:32:43.234 --> 00:32:51.665 - Okay, so I suppose it's possible. Yeah, for sure. I would guess you probably don't have a rating, 00:32:51.665 --> 00:33:00.354 - but yeah, the charity group. Okay. Are you asking about maybe our financial feasibility as well? No, 00:33:00.354 --> 00:33:09.043 - they do straight up overall. A lot of different branches. Any other questions from anyone? Are there 00:33:09.043 --> 00:33:13.086 - any members of the public that have a comment? 00:33:15.330 --> 00:33:22.483 - Yeah, and I just wanted to make a comment. I have a very vested interest in the clubhouse because my 00:33:22.483 --> 00:33:30.202 - son is 42. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 18 and a half and he has really, really struggled 00:33:30.202 --> 00:33:37.638 - and this would be a wonderful place for him to go during the day. You know, meet more friends. Actually, 00:33:37.638 --> 00:33:44.862 - he met one friend lately and new apartments he moved into. Yay, he didn't have any friends from that. 00:33:44.994 --> 00:33:54.190 - Yeah, I was his world. So yeah, I'm just so, yeah, so looking forward to us opening. Oh my gosh. 00:33:54.190 --> 00:34:03.671 - And NAMI too. Yeah, and NAMI. I took the NAMI classes that they offer twice now. And so, yeah, once 00:34:03.671 --> 00:34:13.246 - like 20 years ago and then once recently a couple years. And yeah, that's what got me geared towards 00:34:13.570 --> 00:34:18.702 - Clubhouse, I guess, to know. Yeah, because NAMI is like the backbone kind of, or in the background of 00:34:18.702 --> 00:34:23.733 - Clubhouse. Yes, and Senator Stone, as well. And Senator Stone, too. Yes, yes, yes. So. Wow, I just. 00:34:23.733 --> 00:34:28.865 - The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The 00:34:28.865 --> 00:34:33.594 - next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. 00:34:33.594 --> 00:34:38.726 - The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The next one. The 00:34:38.726 --> 00:34:40.638 - next one. The next one. The next one. 00:34:41.122 --> 00:34:50.460 - one of the groups in town that you would be getting referrals from? We'll probably have about 70% of 00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:59.798 - our clients, 50 to 70% of our clients will come from San Francisco. Okay, any other questions? Okay, 00:34:59.798 --> 00:35:06.270 - we're ready to move on again. Thank you so much. It's an honor, yeah. 00:35:08.386 --> 00:35:16.538 - And next up is the community kitchen of Monroe County. Are they online or? On Zoom. I am here on Zoom. 00:35:16.538 --> 00:35:24.770 - Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. I apologize if there's any weird noise. I'm traveling and I've just grabbed 00:35:24.770 --> 00:35:29.598 - an exit off the interstate so that I could be here with you. 00:35:30.914 --> 00:35:37.151 - I am Vicki from Community Kitchen. We have appreciated past funding greatly and really appreciate the 00:35:37.151 --> 00:35:43.449 - opportunity to present again this evening. We are the largest provider of free meals in Monroe County, 00:35:43.449 --> 00:35:49.625 - serving dinner from two locations, six days a week, and additionally from mobile sites from our food 00:35:49.625 --> 00:35:55.740 - truck that goes to three, three days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday is in the city. And Tuesday, 00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:58.430 - Thursday, Saturday goes over to Ellisville. 00:35:59.394 --> 00:36:05.454 - In addition to dinner, we have some outreach programs specifically for more vulnerable populations in 00:36:05.454 --> 00:36:11.395 - our community, primarily children, seniors, and folks who are chronically ill. We work with Area 10 00:36:11.395 --> 00:36:17.396 - on a home delivery program for seniors, work with IU Health Positive Link on a home delivery program 00:36:17.396 --> 00:36:23.396 - for folks who are HIV positive. And then we have several programs for children, specifically at-risk 00:36:23.396 --> 00:36:28.862 - and low-income children. We work with the childcare program at The Rise at Middleway House, 00:36:29.058 --> 00:36:35.997 - We work with Boys and Girls Clubs of Monroe County and also with the school system. We provide our backpack 00:36:35.997 --> 00:36:42.744 - buddies program. Those bags went out today, they go out on Thursdays to help families with their weekend 00:36:42.744 --> 00:36:49.170 - food needs. We served 580 students across MCCSE and RBB today with food that'll help them and their 00:36:49.170 --> 00:36:52.318 - families with their food needs over the weekend. 00:36:52.706 --> 00:36:59.588 - And then we provide lunches to children in 10 different low income neighborhoods throughout the county 00:36:59.588 --> 00:37:06.469 - in the summer from the day school MCCSE lets out until the day before they go back. So we've got a lot 00:37:06.469 --> 00:37:13.284 - of folks doing a lot of things. We rely on a lot of volunteer support and a lot of different areas of 00:37:13.284 --> 00:37:20.032 - funding and government funding as it tends to dwindle and continues to do that. Funding like CDBG is 00:37:20.032 --> 00:37:21.502 - very important to us. 00:37:22.050 --> 00:37:28.157 - something that we can count on consistently. I think if you don't mind, since I have more questions 00:37:28.157 --> 00:37:34.326 - than normal, I have already submitted those to Cody in writing, but I'm gonna go ahead and just sort 00:37:34.326 --> 00:37:40.433 - of cover those. And that way, hopefully I can make sure that we've got those really covered. So you 00:37:40.433 --> 00:37:45.502 - had a question about documenting income and city residency and some of my numbers. 00:37:45.634 --> 00:37:52.631 - We document income and city residency by surveys that we conduct with patrons. Those are anonymous surveys 00:37:52.631 --> 00:37:59.236 - because we are presumed to benefit as a soup kitchen and we don't have to ask names and track those. 00:37:59.236 --> 00:38:05.841 - So those surveys and that data gathered from them do meet HUD's documentation requirements. It's the 00:38:05.841 --> 00:38:12.642 - same surveys that we've been conducting for nearly 30 years and those have passed those HUD tests every 00:38:12.642 --> 00:38:15.454 - time that documentation has been reviewed. 00:38:16.226 --> 00:38:24.155 - You had a question specifically about our beneficiary percentages in terms of city residents and income 00:38:24.155 --> 00:38:32.084 - levels. I think section D is the section that you actually had questions about. And then I guess really 00:38:32.084 --> 00:38:40.318 - in question D2, the percentage that I referenced there would be numbers from 2025, the completed year 2025. 00:38:40.546 --> 00:38:47.164 - But when I was looking at the answers for D3 through D6, it appeared to me that those questions were 00:38:47.164 --> 00:38:53.847 - about projecting for the current funding year. And so I answered those questions based on the numbers 00:38:53.847 --> 00:39:00.399 - that we have so far this year in 2026. It's not a complete year, but that's what those numbers look 00:39:00.399 --> 00:39:07.082 - like so far this year. So that's why those percentages from D2 don't necessarily match the ones in D3 00:39:07.082 --> 00:39:07.934 - through six. 00:39:08.706 --> 00:39:16.558 - hopefully that makes sense to you. We would actually and always have been able to do the required monthly 00:39:16.558 --> 00:39:24.189 - reports and document both our unduplicated clients and the demographic information. The way we do that 00:39:24.189 --> 00:39:31.671 - is we collect surveys every year in the summer when we hit June when the new funding year starts. We 00:39:31.671 --> 00:39:34.782 - consider everyone is new and so we try to 00:39:34.914 --> 00:39:41.180 - survey every patron who is around in June from both of our locations, both of our building locations. 00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:47.568 - And then from that point on, we are surveying just new people that appear to us. We know we don't catch 00:39:47.568 --> 00:39:53.895 - everyone, but we work to do that. So then when we do our monthly reports, we will gather the data from 00:39:53.895 --> 00:40:00.038 - those surveys for that month and we'll count those unduplicated folks that have not been previously 00:40:00.038 --> 00:40:03.294 - counted in another month. So that's how we do those. 00:40:04.482 --> 00:40:11.091 - I had a couple of clarifying questions about the budget numbers. Those columns don't match because there 00:40:11.091 --> 00:40:17.512 - are three different funding years, right? There's the previous funding year, the current funding year 00:40:17.512 --> 00:40:23.870 - and the upcoming application funding year. And so they're not gonna match exactly because the budget 00:40:23.870 --> 00:40:29.598 - is of course growing. There was a question specifically about our meal, our per meal cost. 00:40:29.858 --> 00:40:37.415 - The $4.03 cost per meal that I put in there, I did try to explain and maybe it wasn't clear enough, 00:40:37.415 --> 00:40:45.123 - but in question E4 that asked about that, when I figure our per meal cost, I actually figure our cash 00:40:45.123 --> 00:40:52.831 - per meal cost. So I take out any in-kind from our budget, but what is reflected in our budget section 00:40:52.831 --> 00:40:57.214 - is gonna be cash and in-kind. So what I took was the cash 00:40:57.410 --> 00:41:04.285 - per meal cost in 2025 and the cash per meal cost thus far in 2026. And then I averaged those. And the 00:41:04.285 --> 00:41:11.564 - reason I averaged those instead of counting exactly where we are right now is because we are heavy spending 00:41:11.564 --> 00:41:18.574 - in the summer with our kids program for lunches and our food spending tapers off some after the summer. 00:41:18.574 --> 00:41:25.449 - So that's where that number came from and why it might not look like if you multiply it out, it would 00:41:25.449 --> 00:41:27.134 - match our budget totals. 00:41:27.458 --> 00:41:32.900 - So I hope that makes sense. The question about the other categories, that's sort of a limit 00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:38.815 - of the application itself. You can't add text, you can't change the budget line item, and you can't 00:41:38.815 --> 00:41:44.789 - put any notes in. So I have three other categories. The first one of those is our food and beverage, 00:41:44.789 --> 00:41:50.704 - and it is only food and beverage that we're buying for our programs. The second of those line items 00:41:50.704 --> 00:41:51.710 - is gonna include 00:41:51.810 --> 00:41:58.595 - basically the other things that would be other in our budget. So technology services, bank fees, fundraising, 00:41:58.595 --> 00:42:04.947 - liability and workers' comp insurance, as well as directors and officers' insurance, and then the line 00:42:04.947 --> 00:42:11.362 - item in our budget that is actually other, which is only about $2,500. The third other category in this 00:42:11.362 --> 00:42:18.085 - budget is all of our in-kind expenditures. So that's gonna be our in-kind labor, our in-kind food donations, 00:42:18.085 --> 00:42:21.662 - and any other donations of in-kind that folks make to us. 00:42:22.594 --> 00:42:28.867 - The audit is in fact uploaded. It was uploaded in the first spot, but not the second one, but it is 00:42:28.867 --> 00:42:35.329 - there and Cody and I verified that. You asked me about a couple of typos. Your guess about those typos 00:42:35.329 --> 00:42:41.979 - was correct. Unfortunately, word doesn't catch the spell check if the word you spelled is actually really 00:42:41.979 --> 00:42:48.566 - a word. Feed was supposed to be fee and routing was supposed to be routine. The other question was about 00:42:48.566 --> 00:42:51.326 - our sample size. Because we do our surveys, 00:42:51.810 --> 00:42:58.917 - Anonymously, we know we under count. We always miss somebody. But additionally, we can only survey the 00:42:58.917 --> 00:43:05.816 - folks who are on our premises basically or at our food truck. We can't survey the people at Friends 00:43:05.816 --> 00:43:12.785 - Place or at Boys and Girls Club or at the Rise or at the school systems. So our sample size for 2025 00:43:12.785 --> 00:43:17.822 - was 163. So that's how many patrons at our locations we were able to get 00:43:17.922 --> 00:43:25.710 - surveys from. And then we get additional unduplicated counts from all of those agencies we partner with. 00:43:25.710 --> 00:43:33.424 - So we get those unduplicated client counts of folks that we feed at Friends Place, at The Rise, at Boys 00:43:33.424 --> 00:43:41.138 - and Girls Clubs, at MCCSC and RBB, as well as in our program with IU Health Positive Link and with Area 00:43:41.138 --> 00:43:47.294 - 10. We extrapolate the demographic information that we get in our in-house surveys 00:43:47.522 --> 00:43:54.623 - to that larger population because by and large, it tends to be very reflective of our community and 00:43:54.623 --> 00:44:01.724 - of the folks we serve. So those are my quick answers so I don't keep you all night to the questions 00:44:01.724 --> 00:44:08.895 - that you had. If you have any additional questions, I'm happy to try to answer those right here from 00:44:08.895 --> 00:44:14.718 - the side of the road in Tennessee. Are there any questions? I have your question. 00:44:14.946 --> 00:44:23.241 - Do you guys serve meals on holidays? We absolutely do. We are open six days a week all year round, no 00:44:23.241 --> 00:44:31.780 - matter what. We do not ever serve on Sunday, but we always serve on Thanksgiving. And if Christmas falls 00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:40.076 - on any day but Sunday, we're open Christmas day. Okay. Are there any other questions or comments from 00:44:40.076 --> 00:44:43.166 - the public? Questions from the panel? 00:44:45.602 --> 00:44:55.650 - Okay. Thank you, Bernat. Thank you. We really appreciate your stopping along the way to give 00:44:55.650 --> 00:45:06.455 - us a presentation and we thank you. All right, thank you so much. Moving on, the next is the Hooger 00:45:06.455 --> 00:45:14.558 - Hills Food Bank. Are they also online? Good evening. Can you hear me? Yes. 00:45:14.946 --> 00:45:23.118 - All right, I'm Julio Alonso, Executive Director of Hoosier Hills Food Bank, and we appreciate the opportunity 00:45:23.118 --> 00:45:30.548 - to share the work of our food bank and to seek support from the CDBG program tonight. Hoosier Hills 00:45:30.548 --> 00:45:38.274 - Food Bank has been supporting food insecure neighbors in Bloomington and the agencies that support them 00:45:38.274 --> 00:45:39.166 - since 1982. 00:45:39.874 --> 00:45:47.928 - Rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted is our primary mission and the program we are seeking support 00:45:47.928 --> 00:45:52.670 - for tonight does that specifically in the city of Bloomington. 00:45:53.858 --> 00:46:01.129 - Our food rescue driver goes daily to about 12 regular retail donors in the city and collects food, which 00:46:01.129 --> 00:46:08.123 - then he delivers to about six agencies serving city residents, including Community Kitchen of Monroe 00:46:08.123 --> 00:46:14.078 - County, Beacon Incorporated, and the Bloomington Housing Authority Residence Council. 00:46:14.242 --> 00:46:22.191 - Our drivers food safety trained and certified and following appropriate procedures to get that food 00:46:22.191 --> 00:46:29.982 - safely picked up and delivered in our refrigerated vehicles. We anticipate once again delivering. 00:46:30.242 --> 00:46:37.674 - through this program well over half a million pounds of food next year. And that food is critical to 00:46:37.674 --> 00:46:45.106 - the food programs operated by our partner agencies. We also anticipate that it will become even more 00:46:45.106 --> 00:46:52.684 - critical as more low income neighbors in our community are removed from the SNAP and Medicaid programs 00:46:52.684 --> 00:46:59.454 - and forced to seek support from the network of the charitable food system agencies. We are, 00:47:00.738 --> 00:47:07.284 - proud to be a part of what we believe is a strong food assistance network in our community. Food insecurity 00:47:07.284 --> 00:47:13.406 - doesn't always get quite the level of attention that some other issues like homelessness do, in part 00:47:13.406 --> 00:47:19.467 - because it's not quite as visible. And we think that is in part due to the fact that we have such a 00:47:19.467 --> 00:47:25.589 - strong network of pantries, kitchens, and the food bank, and other agencies providing food to people 00:47:25.589 --> 00:47:30.014 - in our community here. And we're proud to be partners with all of those. 00:47:31.010 --> 00:47:40.503 - I also submitted answers to our questions in writing to Cody, but I'm happy to go through those now 00:47:40.503 --> 00:47:50.472 - with you if you would like or not, whatever is your preference. Are there other questions or did someone 00:47:50.472 --> 00:47:57.022 - wish to hear the answers to some questions they'd already submitted? 00:48:03.682 --> 00:48:14.028 - Are there any public comments, questions? Okay, I guess we're willing to move on again. Thank you so 00:48:14.028 --> 00:48:24.886 - much for your presentation. We appreciate your being here or being with us digitally and thank you again. 00:48:24.886 --> 00:48:29.598 - Absolutely, thank you for your consideration. 00:48:34.946 --> 00:48:41.855 - So our final presentation tonight, I believe, is from the Tandem Community Birth Center and Post Parking 00:48:41.855 --> 00:48:48.435 - Health. And are they also online? Yes, I'm online. Can you hear me okay? Yes, we can. So my name is 00:48:48.435 --> 00:48:53.502 - Julie Duhon. I'm one of Tandem's co-founders and I'm the executive director. 00:48:53.666 --> 00:49:01.503 - We're requesting $5,000 to help us restart our perinatal mental health one-on-one therapy services. 00:49:01.503 --> 00:49:09.341 - We launched our perinatal mental health program in January of 2023 with community catalyst funding, 00:49:09.341 --> 00:49:15.454 - a sub-award from IU Health that originated from FSSA. But since July of 2020, 00:49:15.842 --> 00:49:22.708 - 2025, we've been funded by IU Affinity Giving from the three groups, Women's Philanthropy, 00:49:22.708 --> 00:49:30.479 - Queer Philanthropy, and Black Philanthropy. Those allow us to run our mental health support groups and 00:49:30.479 --> 00:49:38.250 - other doula-led peer support groups that help facilitate mental health. Part of our partnership or the 00:49:38.250 --> 00:49:45.342 - IU Affinity Grant is also the foundation for our partnership with the IU Ursae Institute. So, 00:49:45.602 --> 00:49:54.303 - we've been working with the URSAE to do research with on the mental health impacts of our work, particularly 00:49:54.303 --> 00:50:02.526 - our support groups. So we have published on our website, not in a research journal yet, our first year 00:50:02.526 --> 00:50:09.950 - data results, a white paper on the work that we've done. And we believe that we've done some 00:50:10.178 --> 00:50:17.873 - found some really groundbreaking things. So we think that a field shaping research question is whether 00:50:17.873 --> 00:50:25.568 - a universal access model like Tandems offers advantages for social capital formation. Basically saying 00:50:25.568 --> 00:50:33.040 - that everybody in the perinatal period that includes pregnancy and postpartum needs support. Mental 00:50:33.040 --> 00:50:39.390 - health concerns affect all income levels. They affect all socioeconomic backgrounds. 00:50:39.618 --> 00:50:47.002 - high education, no education, everything in the middle. We see on the national news platforms, the impacts 00:50:47.002 --> 00:50:54.111 - of inadequate mental health support for our community. And so our work is showing that we are actually 00:50:54.111 --> 00:50:55.422 - able to within our 00:50:55.778 --> 00:51:03.592 - model create these cross-class connections that serve as protective factors for mental health. Overall, 00:51:03.592 --> 00:51:11.106 - all of Tandem's programs have, we always put a mental health lens on the work that we do. So we ran 00:51:11.106 --> 00:51:18.620 - one-on-one mental health services previously from January 23 until March of 25. And we paused those 00:51:18.620 --> 00:51:25.758 - services along with all of our other clinical services, midwifery services in March of 2025 to 00:51:26.818 --> 00:51:33.735 - to stabilize financially and make a strategy to reopen in 2027, which we're on track to do. We were 00:51:33.735 --> 00:51:40.652 - sort of forced by the pandemic. We incorporated in February 2020 and then the pandemic hit in March 00:51:40.652 --> 00:51:47.708 - of 2020. And that timeline forced us to completely, we shredded our original business plan and had to 00:51:47.708 --> 00:51:54.763 - completely pivot and try to do the clinical services and the one-on-one mental health services before 00:51:54.763 --> 00:51:55.870 - we were really, 00:51:56.034 --> 00:52:02.729 - organizationally mature enough. You know, now six and a half years later, we feel confident that we 00:52:02.729 --> 00:52:09.492 - can reenter this sphere of one-on-one clinical services. And so, and then I wanted to also announce, 00:52:09.492 --> 00:52:16.388 - this is brand new news, hot off the presses, we've just made it to phase two of an NIH challenge grant 00:52:16.388 --> 00:52:23.151 - program specific to maternal health. So we are participating in this challenge program with the hope 00:52:23.151 --> 00:52:24.222 - that, you know, 00:52:24.482 --> 00:52:30.272 - Soon we'll move to phase three and we would get some prize money then and then phase four and then at 00:52:30.272 --> 00:52:35.949 - the end you get to, it's intended to help community based organizations write actual NIH grants. We 00:52:35.949 --> 00:52:41.739 - would be doing this in partnership with the RSA as well. They're so excited by their partnership with 00:52:41.739 --> 00:52:47.643 - us that they submitted an extended abstract to the American Sociological Association's national meeting 00:52:47.643 --> 00:52:51.390 - and got accepted. They presented our partnership in New York City 00:52:51.618 --> 00:52:59.638 - this fall and it was very well received. So that's been really exciting. We were presented as an anonymous 00:52:59.638 --> 00:53:07.283 - perinatal center though, so nobody knows who we are from that presentation for the sake of protecting 00:53:07.283 --> 00:53:14.853 - our clients' privacy. So our initial years research data, we conducted a mental health impact survey 00:53:14.853 --> 00:53:18.750 - that was administered twice over a 90 day interval. 00:53:18.850 --> 00:53:26.119 - where 89.2% of the respondents said Tandem helps them build a sense of community, 59.5% said we help 00:53:26.119 --> 00:53:33.387 - them financially, 70.3% said we help improve their mental health, 64.9% said they feel less isolated 00:53:33.387 --> 00:53:40.944 - because of Tandem services. And then for those specifically participating in the in-person mental health 00:53:40.944 --> 00:53:45.406 - group, we do offer a virtual version. We asked how much they, 00:53:45.506 --> 00:53:53.826 - thought that their mental health had improved by attending this group specifically. And we had 36.4% 00:53:53.826 --> 00:54:02.145 - say considerably and 54.5% say a great deal. No one said not at all. We had like one person who said 00:54:02.145 --> 00:54:10.547 - a little bit, but the aggregate of considerably or a great deal is over 90% of the respondents. So to 00:54:10.547 --> 00:54:12.030 - address and then, 00:54:12.290 --> 00:54:19.818 - Tandem as a whole with our services is serving over 600 families a year right now. And we took over 00:54:19.818 --> 00:54:27.497 - the Who's Your Diaper program last year and covered the bottoms of over 900 children, unique children 00:54:27.497 --> 00:54:35.176 - in the community. So I can answer your questions from the spreadsheet if you wanna do that during the 00:54:35.176 --> 00:54:40.446 - Q&A. I've also submitted those in writing. Okay, are there questions? 00:54:41.922 --> 00:54:50.973 - Julie? Yes. Just one, just for my education. Obviously, you just talked about the perinatal therapy 00:54:50.973 --> 00:55:00.114 - session as an essential part of what you're talking about here. Can you give me information about is 00:55:00.114 --> 00:55:09.436 - the content process protocol who develops that for each human? For each what? Each human, each person. 00:55:09.436 --> 00:55:11.518 - For each person? Yeah. 00:55:11.714 --> 00:55:20.227 - How is the model shaped in each and every time, if it's different, for different folks? Who creates 00:55:20.227 --> 00:55:28.740 - the model? For each person for how they receive our services? For each particular session. For each 00:55:28.740 --> 00:55:35.550 - therapy session? Yes, for each session. So, I mean, perinatal therapy is really 00:55:36.066 --> 00:55:42.632 - like any therapy, right? It's any one-on-one therapy that you might go to because you're having challenges 00:55:42.632 --> 00:55:49.198 - with anxiety or depression. But we're specifically focused on people who have symptoms that are considered 00:55:49.198 --> 00:55:55.703 - within the scope of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. And so that's primarily people who are pregnant 00:55:55.703 --> 00:56:02.024 - or postpartum within the first year postpartum. But we do also see people who may be years postpartum, 00:56:02.024 --> 00:56:03.006 - but they never, 00:56:03.202 --> 00:56:09.967 - But their challenges, their mental health challenges are still inherently based on their perinatal 00:56:09.967 --> 00:56:16.800 - experiences and are connected to those perinatal experiences. So we do work with PTSD for traumatic 00:56:16.800 --> 00:56:23.906 - births and traumatic postpartum experiences, anxiety. We're not typically working with people suffering 00:56:23.906 --> 00:56:31.081 - from extreme postpartum psychosis. We're usually working with a psychiatrist at that point in referrals. 00:56:31.081 --> 00:56:32.926 - They may still come to us. 00:56:33.122 --> 00:56:40.184 - But therapy is therapy, but so many therapists, the perinatal world is a very special world, I guess 00:56:40.184 --> 00:56:47.455 - I would say. And the kinds of challenges people experience and their needs and the context of that care 00:56:47.455 --> 00:56:54.727 - is very specific. And I can tell you from personal experience, I can tell you from what I've seen, when 00:56:54.727 --> 00:57:02.558 - you send somebody who has a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder to a therapist who is not specialized in PMADS, 00:57:03.362 --> 00:57:10.707 - they're not necessarily going to receive the care that they need. And so having this specialized care 00:57:10.707 --> 00:57:18.197 - is really important and it's very rare. There are not a lot of providers in our community who have PMAT 00:57:18.197 --> 00:57:23.454 - specializations in order to be able to serve this particular population. 00:57:23.586 --> 00:57:30.083 - And then because Tandem is this hub and we're just serving people from many different angles, whether 00:57:30.083 --> 00:57:36.835 - it's diaper support and free clothes or community building, you know, other groups and classes or staying 00:57:36.835 --> 00:57:43.332 - in the postpartum house or having in-home dual services, we're able to connect them into this broader 00:57:43.332 --> 00:57:49.957 - ecosystem of support, which is really essential in that perinatal period when, as we all know, it takes 00:57:49.957 --> 00:57:51.358 - a village. Thank you. 00:57:53.378 --> 00:57:59.988 - The question was asked about how many are we giving? The budget pays for 10 per client, but we have 00:57:59.988 --> 00:58:06.862 - quite a few clients who tend to be a bit more transient, who may leave town. So if we had a client come 00:58:06.862 --> 00:58:13.935 - in for this funding and come for four sessions and leave, then we would allocate those sessions to another 00:58:13.935 --> 00:58:18.430 - of our clients who might need more than the original 10 in funding. 00:58:22.370 --> 00:58:38.164 - Are there any other questions? Are there any questions from the public? Okay, thank you very much, Julie. 00:58:38.164 --> 00:58:47.998 - We appreciate your information. Thank you so much. I believe that 00:58:49.090 --> 00:58:57.852 - That concludes the presentations of all of the applicants. And so I guess we need to turn this back 00:58:57.852 --> 00:59:06.964 - over to you to talk about the important calendar dates and close the public hearing. Starting tomorrow, 00:59:06.964 --> 00:59:15.550 - all the agency questions that have been submitted to me will actually be submitted to all of you. 00:59:15.938 --> 00:59:22.535 - be emailed and make sure that everybody gets their fair shake and it's also something you can refer 00:59:22.535 --> 00:59:29.329 - to during the sporing process. The next big date that is there is actually next Thursday, which is the 00:59:29.329 --> 00:59:36.058 - review of sporing and allocation recommendations. From there, I don't believe we have this particular 00:59:36.058 --> 00:59:43.117 - meeting scheduled, but it will go to the Redevelopment Commission afterward for their approval. Basically, 00:59:43.117 --> 00:59:44.766 - the recommendations that 00:59:44.866 --> 00:59:52.332 - you all make. I believe the scoring is due by noon on the 29th so next Thursday so that way I can compile 00:59:52.332 --> 00:59:59.376 - everything and get it ready for 530 when we can meet again. If you all have any difficulties by all 00:59:59.376 --> 01:00:06.631 - means please let me know especially with the neighborhood system that we use I know there's been a few 01:00:06.631 --> 01:00:14.590 - questions here and there so I'm happy to try and take those as they come in make sure we get everything answered 01:00:14.914 --> 01:00:24.318 - Everybody gets everything in as they can. Of course, that's really the remainder. Yes, sir. Question 01:00:24.318 --> 01:00:33.628 - about the October 29th meeting. I think I've done this before, but clarity is good at all times. In 01:00:33.628 --> 01:00:43.870 - terms of the parameters of the discussion and the questions on the table for that meeting, say a little more. 01:00:44.514 --> 01:00:52.382 - about the elements and the parameters for that meeting's purposes. So I'll be taking, oh sorry, I thought 01:00:52.382 --> 01:01:00.175 - I heard somebody say something, sorry. Okay, so I'll be taking the scoring, of course, as it's presented 01:01:00.175 --> 01:01:07.746 - immediately, making sure that those are all averaged out appropriately, double checking their numbers 01:01:07.746 --> 01:01:11.902 - to make sure that every individual part is counted for, 01:01:12.034 --> 01:01:19.758 - Historically, we've had some pretty tight margins for some of the scoring in the past. From there, I 01:01:19.758 --> 01:01:27.559 - also make it as we've done for decades, I believe in this process, make it blind scoring. So that way 01:01:27.559 --> 01:01:35.742 - it's motivated purely based on the numbers that came out at the end when everything was averaged together. 01:01:35.742 --> 01:01:40.254 - Once we are in that meeting, the force reveal as we decide 01:01:40.706 --> 01:01:48.383 - kind of moving forward based on just the actual raw number scoring, what kind of funding goes where. 01:01:48.383 --> 01:01:56.136 - We have roughly, well, it's an estimate. We don't get our allocations until about April of that year. 01:01:56.136 --> 01:02:03.205 - So we want no allocations for 2027 officially until April of 2027. However, it's been fairly 01:02:03.205 --> 01:02:07.614 - close consistently year by year. We receive a little bit, 01:02:08.482 --> 01:02:15.388 - Let's say we receive a decrease, that makes sense. We'll get a decrease in funding or have historically 01:02:15.388 --> 01:02:22.028 - as well, just for our decisions at the federal level and the way that our formula plays out. So I'm 01:02:22.028 --> 01:02:28.801 - anticipating roughly about 116,000. It may not be that much, in which case one of the other decisions 01:02:28.801 --> 01:02:35.840 - that will be made by the committee will be whether or not, or how to divvy up funding if more is received 01:02:35.840 --> 01:02:37.566 - than what we anticipated. 01:02:37.826 --> 01:02:45.256 - or less. So it's like a scenario funding might be done by based on the dollar amount x, y, or z, 01:02:45.256 --> 01:02:52.992 - or x, and y, or whatever it might be. Yeah. Dollar amounts might differ. So that can be discussed at 01:02:52.992 --> 01:03:00.651 - the next meeting. Right. Within 29th meeting. Yeah. In fact, we'll have to decide that before I let 01:03:00.651 --> 01:03:05.630 - you all out of here. So tell me some ideas if you have any. Bye. 01:03:05.890 --> 01:03:12.638 - well is that sort of like we would say oh we can use next percentage of the total that we're given towards 01:03:12.638 --> 01:03:19.135 - this one percentage towards this uh yeah the method can be completely decided by the committee uh last 01:03:19.135 --> 01:03:25.568 - year there was pretty extensive debate about it as there were different federal proposals at the time 01:03:25.568 --> 01:03:32.190 - slashing it or maintaining its current levels so they tried to account for a few different things but uh 01:03:33.794 --> 01:03:41.409 - It might be easier just to stick with, in some cases, percentages of the award, or it's, again, very 01:03:41.409 --> 01:03:49.477 - much up to the committee to decide. So whatever ideas you all have, then bring and find the most equitable 01:03:49.477 --> 01:03:57.243 - way to distribute this money. I'm sorry to listen in advance. One more question, respectfully offered, 01:03:57.243 --> 01:04:01.918 - but curious in some ways. I understand it's all good and fun. 01:04:02.626 --> 01:04:08.739 - But I've always been interested in that. I understand why they're blind scoring that. Yes, that makes 01:04:08.739 --> 01:04:15.032 - sense. It was, I thought it would make sense. But there's no way for the members to discuss what they're 01:04:15.032 --> 01:04:21.266 - thinking about before they individually score. And once the individual scores are there, they're locked 01:04:21.266 --> 01:04:28.158 - in. That's dumb. They're not changing their scores individually at the last meeting, as far as I understand. Yeah. 01:04:28.258 --> 01:04:35.279 - So I guess I'm just curious. I'm nowhere else to ask about the meetings or the meetings we have. Was 01:04:35.279 --> 01:04:42.509 - that a conscious policy decision not to have meetings of the committee with people? I'm not saying it's 01:04:42.509 --> 01:04:49.738 - a good idea, but it's interesting to me that people could not kick around what they've heard and before 01:04:49.738 --> 01:04:53.214 - the final scores are done, before you'll do them. 01:04:53.730 --> 01:05:00.880 - I'm just interested in process for these things, that's all. I'm not complaining about anything, really. 01:05:00.880 --> 01:05:07.689 - I know it's been done that way since well before I got here, so understanding the reasoning for it, 01:05:07.689 --> 01:05:14.771 - at least for people not promoting certain projects that they've been more passionate about over others, 01:05:14.771 --> 01:05:21.649 - even though certain aspects of other applications could technically be better, I suppose is the idea 01:05:21.649 --> 01:05:22.398 - behind it. 01:05:22.594 --> 01:05:31.852 - I mean, I'm certainly, myself, not opposed to it, especially if that's the way the committee would prefer 01:05:31.852 --> 01:05:40.412 - to move, especially in the future. But I think it was primarily done just within the interest of, 01:05:40.412 --> 01:05:49.495 - I guess, just more favors. I'm not trying to take a bunch of time. If you were going to ask people what 01:05:49.495 --> 01:05:50.718 - they thought, 01:05:50.818 --> 01:05:59.447 - I'd better ask people individually by emails about what they wanted to do rather than have a long discussion 01:05:59.447 --> 01:06:07.522 - right now, I guess. It was my impression that the overall scoring gave us a baseline where we started 01:06:07.522 --> 01:06:15.597 - our discussion on how we were going to allocate the funding. I think that if we had any other method, 01:06:15.597 --> 01:06:20.030 - it would take a considerable amount of additional time. 01:06:21.666 --> 01:06:29.580 - Yeah, there definitely would probably be more meetings on the books, but again, should that be a decision 01:06:29.580 --> 01:06:37.045 - that committee wants to institute for next year or recommendation, then it's certainly to take into 01:06:37.045 --> 01:06:44.586 - consideration. So. Yeah, I know that's really all I had. Of course, sir, anything any questions from 01:06:44.586 --> 01:06:51.006 - anyone else? I know if not, we can close the public hearing and move to a government, 01:06:51.394 --> 01:07:11.593 - Give everybody the opportunity. So, especially if it goes online. Thank you everyone for attending. 01:07:11.593 --> 01:07:21.086 - Thank you. No real decisions being made today. 01:07:21.538 --> 01:07:28.478 - All those in favor? Thank you, everyone. Thank you.