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Human Services Advisory Committee
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Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007 Veteran's office — at WorkSource Renton
3:00 pm 500 SW 7th, Renton, WA
Committee members For your calendars:
present: The December meeting will be Dec. 18 at 3:00 p.m. at the Council
Janet Bertagni/chair conference room, 7th Floor, Renton City Hall.
Margie Albritton
Laura Brock The next agency monitoring visit will be as follows:
Rolf Dragseth Dec. 5 at 9:15 a.m., Children's Home Society, 212 5`h Ave S., Kent
Robin Jones If you are carpooling from City Hall, we will leave from lobby at 8:45.
Adria Krail
Alicia Glenwell
Samantha Williams
Janet called the meeting to order at 3:10 pm. Nancy Loverin, manager of
Absent: WorkSource, introduced the company and described some of the no-fee
services to employers and job-seekers that WorkSource provides.
Charlie Gray
Laura Law
1. Minutes from Oct. 30, 2007, meetinq. It was moved, seconded
sta�'Contacts: and carried to approve the October minutes.
Karen Bergsvik 2. Presentation on Veteran's data for Greater Renton by Frank
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outlining data collected since the veteran's office opened on Sept. 24.
Dianne Utecht The office's three priorities for veterans are stability (personal and
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priority. Intensive case-management is needed by about 19 percent of
Katie McClincy the 223 veterans who have received services since the office opened.
425-430-7555 The are committed to hel in vets find a ro riate services even if
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they're not available from the Renton office, and will direct them
Mary Ann Anthony appropriately. For example, for the hard-to-reach homeless vets or those
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mantnonvCa�ci.renton.wa. with chronic health or mental problems. To assist with this area, the
contract with South Mental Health will include outreach with a medical
mobile van in 2008.
3. Presentation on the Veterans/Human Services Levy by Pat Lemos from the King County
Dept. of Community and Human Services. Monies from the levy have allowed expansion of
veteran's services to South King County, and have allowed the County to change the previous
model for services. For example, guidelines for serving veterans are individualized to what
each client needs. Also, contracts that address Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) have
been expanded.
Vietnam era veterans still form a large percentage of clients served. 24-30 percent of clients
are part of a family unit. Ten to 15 percent of clients are women. Historically, close to hatf of
veterans served have been people of color. Upon an inquiry "Can a vet who is not honorably
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y discharged obtain services?", Pat and Frank explained that a vet who does not have an
honorable discharge (who is no longer serving) cannot use Veteran's Administration money,
but can use Human Services funds.
4. Uudate on what is haaaeninq in Renton/South Kina Countv
a. The Unite to End Homelessness Event in the Spirit of Washington Event Center assisted
homeless with direct services on-site. Agencies were available to sign up people. Stylists
gave haircuts. A buffet dinner was provided. Staff guided clients to the services that they
needed. Unfortunately, the turnout was not as large as had been hoped for.
b. ESL classes are now available in the Greater Renton area at the North Highlands
Neighborhood Center, the Salvation Army, Service Linen, Royal Hills, ReWa, the Fairwood
Library, Renton Technical College, and Renton United Methodist Church. Kiwanis will have
a Saturday class. Karen is developing a comprehensive list of ESL classes in Renton, to be
put on the City's website.
c. The Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness and the One Night Count: Funds for South King
County are available from United Way and the Committee to End Homelessness. The One
Night Count will occur in January. We will need volunteers to assist with the One Night
Count. An effort will be made to not publicize this event too widely, as homeless camps may
empty if they know about the Count, as appeared to occur last year.
5. Recruitment for vacant position and manaQer's report Dianne and Karen are working on
getting candidates for the vacant position on HSAC. We will do broad recruitment to the
general public.
The City Council reviewed items in the Mayor's budget at their Nov. 16 meeting, including
transfering half of the Housing Coordinator's position from CDBG to the General Fund. This will
free up CDBG funds to do more housing repair. Due to the Benson Hill Annexation to the City,
the Housing Repair Assistance Program (HRAP) will be serving many more clients next year.
Other items in the budget include: Add another vehicle and technician for HRAP, increase the
general fund contribution to human services, and $30,000 for a human services needs
analysis. The budget has not yet been approved.
6. Annual Report The mission statement, outcomes, 2007 accomplishments, and 2008 goals for
the Human Services Division are listed on the 2008 budget draft that was presented to the City
Council.
7. Briefinq on Communities in Schools monitorinq visit. The monitoring visit was held at City
Hall on Nov. 7 at 3:00 pm.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm. Frank Pratt then led the Committee on a tour of
WorkSource and the veteran's office.
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