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Human Services Advisory Committee .
MAY 19 2011
Tuesday,April 19, 2011 City Hall, 7th FloorClTY CLER�CS OFFICE
3:00 p.m. Council Conference Room
Committee members For your calendars:
present: The date of the next regular meeting is Tuesday, May 17, at 3:00 p.m. in the
Council Conference Room, 7th Floor, Renton City Hall.
Rolf Dragseth
Charlie Gray
Robin lones Linda called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
Linda Smith, Chair
Rob Spier,Vice Chair 1. Minutes from March 15. 2011, Meetin�: It was moved by Charlie and
Elizabeth Stevens seconded by Rolf, and carried to approve the March minutes.
2. A�encv Presentations:
a) Crisis Clinic: Christina Merhar, Development and Communications
Absent: Manager, presented a summary of the programs and services available to
Margie Albritton Renton residents. These include the 24-Hour Crisis Line, 2-1-1 Community
Alicia Glenwell Information Line, and Teen Link. Crisis Clinic served 9,279 Renton residents
Adria Krail in 2010. They serve the most vulnerable people in the community: 97% has
Nicole Wicks poverty level incomes, 50% are families with children, 31% are disabled and
14% are homeless. Last year they received 190,000 calls for help, but based
on funding were only able to answer 110,000. They are looking at
Staff Contacts: opportunities to collaborate within the community to improve efficiencies,
especially in the areas of housing and homeless services. Crisis clinic has
Karen Bergsvik lost approximately$250,000 in funding, and the largest portion of this was
425-430-6652 lost to the 2-1-1 Community Information Line.
kbergsvik@rentonwa.gov b) Multi-Service Center:Tricia Kesterson, Employment and Education
Dianne Utecht Director, did not attend the meeting as scheduled.
425-430-6655
dutecht@rentonwa.gov 3. Linda's Openin� Remarks: Linda shared her philosophy as the new
Carol Allread Committee Chair. The work of the Committee is very valuable and she is
425-430-6650 excited about her new role. People are important to her, and there is no
callread@rentonwa.gov greater work than giving back to the community through service. She asked
members to uphold the integrity of the Committee by showing respect and
honoring each other's opinions and diversity. Her goal is to work as a team
and therefore requests that if a member has an idea,to present it to the
Committee, as it is problematic if one person develops a project on their own. To stay focused as a
group, she would like a new idea to be brought up first in the Committee so that it can be discussed and
a decision made together about how to proceed. She is looking forward to her continued work with the
Committee.
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4. Old Business:
a) Agency Survey: Terry Higashiyama, Community Services Administrator, commended the Committee
for working together to create a solid product. Rob thanked Nicole in absentia for her work on the
survey. Charlie motioned to approve the survey as submitted with a minor correction. Robin seconded
the motion. Motion approved.
b) Capacity Building: Nathan Phillips, Director of South King Council of Human Services, received great
feedback from his references. The Capacity Building sub-committee (Adria, Dianne, and Linda) are
looking at ways to select organizations for this service. One idea is to survey them through a self-
guided assessment to determine what the agency needs are. Rob is concerned that this method would
screen out some agencies that really need the help, or that they may be so overwhelmed that they
won't respond. Dianne will work with Nathan and the sub-committee to address Rob's concerns. One
option is to use some of Nathan's one-on-one time to help agencies do the assessment. The first
priority would go to those agencies that were previously funded but not recommended for funding this
cycle.
c) Site visits: Rob reviewed the schedule for the agency site visits and requested that Human Services
staff send reminders out to the Committee about each visit ahead of time. The next agency visit is
Monday, April 25, at Cedar River Clinic. This visit is optional for members.
5. New Business:
a) 2011 Meetings: These were reviewed in 4c above (Site Visits).
b) Status of Community Development Block Grants (CDBG): Unofficial word came through Charlie
that the reduction of CDBG is 16%.
6. Adiournment:
Linda motioned to adj r the meeting. Robin seconded the motion and the meeting was adjourned at
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