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SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard | 2008-12-03 | 3 | | Special Minutes of the SSHRB, December 3, 2008 Meeting Deleted: DRAFT UNTIL Page 3 APPROVED Hurst - Housing, job training and sustainability, and financial resources. Wasko - Thank you and maybe we can engage volunteers to recreate the domestic violence task force. Julia Brown, Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WISE) and Deepa Patel - They are currently receiving funding from Alameda's CDBG program and these funds are help with their pre-training, and expect to start full course work in January. There is a need to support social enterprise because they of the possibility of job loss. The funding of micro enterprise is one of the only areas where there is job growth. Patel - Started her business with $150.00 after losing a job during the dot.com bust. She was without family support and no where to go, but knew she wanted to help others. She worked with a law firm on a project and it was suggested she becoming a consultant. WISE has helped her tremendously to grow her business, get a car and has been in business for 5 years, she has one contract employee and is looking for another. Without WISE support her business would have folded last year. Wasko - Congratulations on your business success and thank you for sharing your experience. Liz Varela, Executive Director, Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) - She would like to piggyback on what Mr. Franz said on maintaining the safety net services. BFWC truly works well with other safety net providers. The women who come to Midway are in many times in grave danger if they were unable to get shelter.. Midway is a great place to help people rebuild their lives. Varela handed out a story about women from their website. She supports the idea of starting the domestic violence task force again. Where there are funds lacking we should make up for in relationships. Wasko - Thank you Liz, and to all the speakers. Biggs - Given the shift in Federal administration, what does the future entail? Wright - HUD just lost their Regional Director. It's hard to know with the economy. Wasko - Pete Stark holds community meetings, CDBG people could talk to him about the formula. Spark is very responsive. Wright - it would be great to remove CDBG public service cap in times of extreme hardships. Wasko - Our next task is to rewrite the letter particularly with focus areas. Villareal - Let's not remove the "strengthening," perhaps something like - to continue to ensure they're doing all they can to better serve clients, or - strengthening and preserving would be a good way to, or - to strengthen Biggs - Perhaps make reference to the unprecedented strain. Nielsen - Broaden definition of 'at risk', people who have never before needed services until now? Soglin - Separate safety net paragraph and say primary emphasis in on safety net. Wasko - Do we currently fund collaboration? Jones - Red Cross is funded for the Services Collaborative. James - At the last meeting there was an emphasis on "collaborative'. Wasko - Soglin was suggesting collaboration in his comments. Soglin - Prioritizing safety nets, then other issues. Biggs - Can we be creative about technical assistance funding to grant writing? | SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-12-03.pdf |