Good morning everybody. I am chair person. Rodriguez,
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And this meeting of the Chicago city council committee on
health and human relations, will now come to an order.
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Thank you to all my colleagues. I have mated. I know it was
a little hard this morning, so thank you for being here.
Are we?
Are we all ready to start? Yes.
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So to begin, we will sorry. We're going to the local first.
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So, I'm going to call the roll.
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Alderman Robinson.
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Alderman Fuentes.
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I know we are going to take a boat to allow for remote
participation of two of our colleagues.
It's going to be Alderaan Carlos Ramirez, Rosa and
alderwoman Gutierrez. Can I get a motion to allow or the
role of participation of our colleagues? So moved by other
woman, might not have been worse and then to begin, we will
address the approval of the month. Rule, 45 report. Yes.
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Noah's Arc approval of the most mostly rules. 45 report.
We're going to take two votes here cuz we have to report.
So we will. First reaffirm the committee's approval of the
April 2023 rule, 45 report.
and then,
and then we
And then we will conduct a vote to approve. The committee's
July 2023 report. Can I get a motion to reaffirm the
committee's approval of the April 2023 rule, 45 report.
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The movie, The Other Woman had in here. No difference to
order. We are going to acknowledge the man Robinson and add
him to the role. Thank you for being here. I will not
conduct a vote to approve. The committee's July 2023 rule,
45 report. I can I get a motion to approve a July report,
so move out by other woman test and hearing no objections.
So, ordered the first item in our agenda is Oregon,
02023 001-1249 wish. Expensive gender-based, violence task
force from 17 to 21 members Alderman. Daniela spalla is a
proponent of this organization and he is not here to
provide, but I believe that we have somebody to provide
comment from the city. If we can introduce ourselves and
speak on the item, I would appreciate it.
Grigsby chief of policy, and I want to introduce say hi
gill. Who is the coach are the gender-based violence task
force?
Good morning. Thank you so much for having me as you and me
said, my name is sneha Gill. And I'm currently the vice
chair of the city's gender-based, violence, task force. I'm
also the executive director of the car, and I've been in
the movement to end gender-based violence in our area for
about 20 years. And I would like to thank all their men,
Martin Alderman, laspada, and older, women hadn't for
introducing the ordinance, to increase the size of the
gender-based, violence task force from 17 to 21. The
expansion would allow us to have more young people
represented more. We are voices at the table and certainly
more by POC allies. The ordinance also called for Liaisons
to the woman's advisory Council and the lgbtq plus Council.
So we look forward to continuing to be good collaborators
in working towards a
Gender-based.
Gender-based violence in the city gender-based violence is
an umbrella term, that refers to violence experienced in
private and public spaces. And again we'd really like to be
able to address the issue together with city council and
the committee. So we're requesting that it moves to city
council for a vote.
Yeah.
Yes, I just wanted to say that increasing it to 21 will
make it on par with other advisory councils that have 21
members currently. There's only 17 and that's less than a
than other similar advisory councils.
Thank.
Thank you for Testimony. I just realized that we neglected
to have public comment and we have several people out for
public comment. So we are going to come back to this item
to get questions and vote on it. But now, we are going to
allow for public comment and we have three speakers that
have sign up for public comment. And we are going to start
with Cheryl Miller. You will have 3 minutes for public
comment.
The more.
Good morning alderwoman and good morning, HHR committee and
everyone else. Yeah, I wanted to comment on the ordinance
to establish the working group for a treatment. Not trauma
and 21 reiterate. What a Monumental moment, this is what a
start. This is for treatment, not trauma. And how very,
very common sense approach to mental health to crisis
Management. In our city is finally going to start
happening. It makes all of the Sims in the world to have
mental health professionals and an EMT respond to crises.
When police intervention is not needed. It makes sense, for
the people who are in crisis, it makes sense for the police
department, which
Mel is very overextend.
Mel is very overextended already and it makes sense for the
city of Chicago to start putting in systems of care that
are. Frankly, people across the country are looking to us
as we've been talking about about this. Oh, and I, and I
and I applaud and really, the urge, the passage of the
ordinance for the creation of the working group. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you, Miss Miller. Our second speaker is George
Blakemore. You have 3 minutes.
Thank you. I hope I get back three men complete
item at dealing with a task force.
Call for Chicago institutions.
To establish a Learning Express which department to
increase black students, recruitment enrollment and
scholarship. In these institutions, educational
institution. When you go out to on Halsted the U of I it's
just full of Hispanic students. And also when you go to
University of Chicago, they have very few black students
that get their master's degree or even graduate from those
institutions. I think it's something wrong with black
people.
Turn.
They're not here. It's the other people come over illegal
and they move up the ladder faster than a black girl race
car.
You.
You dealt with this card so you can you play this card? So,
what do, you know? Mr. Blake more about the human relations
Commission of the human relations department. I've been
attending this meeting 30 years. I'm an expert in this.
Now,
I have seen black people, go and file complaints for racial
discrimination and they get dismissed. But you you found
one for being gay or lesbian. You found one for being a
Hispanic and say you were discriminated against being you
get suspension, ever danced. So, the reason why black
people are so far behind, they have no leadership. Should
be packed with black people. I'm not saying people of
color, y'all are people of color, and you call yourself.
Hispanic, are you call yourself, Puerto Rican? I can look
at you, you all are black. I did my grandmother.
And she is totally black. So, it's something inherently
wrong here. I can see your black lady.
You may.
You might speak Spanish and you might have that carpet but
you wear black. I get my some of my nieces and nephews.
Play the race card and you didn't even know how to conduct
the meeting. I don't know how you got the chairmanship Iko.
That's wonderful. She's conduct conducting a little
different. She's going to go over the item and and I will
be informed and then she going to come back to the public
speaker because you will be educating us if you will just
go over these items first and then kills the public
speakers and exceed
Our next speaker is at the doctor at 2.
Good.
Good morning. It's a members are Castle. I am here to
represent the collaborative, forgive me one. This we are
here in support of the International Space. Council
ordinance, that creates the working group to establish
public input and public governance of the design of
treatment trauma. As we look to implement that within the
first four First, full budget of this current mayor. So we
are thankful or the hearing that's happening. Today,
recruit full support to guarantee the right that every
Chicago and has the ability to act.
Then we'll be able.
We have the ability to access non-police crisis response,
when dealing with a Men's Health crisis. This is one of
those policies that is common sense is a policy that allows
opportunities for crisis response to be handled by trained
professionals. Who can deescalate Provide support and
continuing care to individuals that are needed in
supporting that crisis in an opportunity when they are in
highest need,
Always.
Oh, you seen too many years has been the destruction of the
public, mental health department and the public mental
health centers that can create create a robust supportive
safety. Net for individuals who are dealing with Mental
Health crisis. As a result we've been left with people who
are dealing with Mental Health crisis, without the proper
support. And unless their involvement of the police,
Current.
Currently we are looking at a care pilot that has
established a call response model in many wards that
continues to provide crisis response with police
involvement back in 2028 that you cannot trauma counselor
was introduced our counselor to calls for the creation of a
pilot that was fully establishing non-police, crisis
response about the city. We have to Pilot the currently
operate in two different worlds within the city. With a
third that recently started in the loop or calling for that
crisis, response system, to be established Citywide to
guarantee everyone access to make sure that crisis response
can be head of the property professionals who can potty
train support. They need create a crisis response system
that can fly the Aftercare through the public Mental Health
Centers, and establish community care workers, who can be
in communities of
I need a.
I need provide preventive services so that we can provide
support before Crisis occur. We like to establish,
alternative to having police respond through the 911 system
guaranteeing that every Chicago can call 911 and ask for
crisis response without police. As many cities already have
started doing throughout the country. We are here in
support of many of the all the men who were with us two
years ago, as we're salvaging, the Truman. Trauma campaign
through the counselor that was introduced in 2020. We are
asking for all the elements support today's vote. In the
passage of the treatment of trauma working group, that will
be creating the opportunity for the public to finally have
him put in the design of the system. Thank you very much.
Thank you like that guy. I believe that we don't have any
speakers waiting to speak online. Correct. That is it for
public comment. We don't have any more speakers for public
comment. And now we are going to move back to the item that
we were discussing, which was item. 2020 3000, 1249 to
expand a gender-based violence task force from 17 to 21
members. This measure was proposed by other men.
I will.
I wonder why?
I want to acknowledge other man, Martin that has join us
for this meeting. Thank you for being here. Does anybody
want to speak on on this item? Yes, Other Woman.
Thank.
Thank you, share likes, to have her coming and speaking and
I just want to, you know, go on the record and supporting
this and a few of my colleagues to vote for this expansion.
And then just appreciate the members of this committee that
you and your leadership for having such good. Proactive
communication with so many of us here actually. So, over
the last term and into this term, I feel like you guys are
fantastic and showing the importance of right. This
advisory Council by making sure that from the work that
you're doing and the experiences that people have you are
constantly kind of informing us as legislators and
decision-makers about what people really need and how we
can better serve our constituency. I'm so this is a really
straight forward. I think, wise fees for a very functional
advisory Council for you guys.
Recognize.
Recognize that.
Recognize that you need a little bit more space to be able
to reflect more of the diverse experiences of Chicago and
so thanks for bringing this to us and thank you cheer for
hearing it. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sure women had and I
have other men. Martin
Thank.
Thank you, Cheri. I want to Echo my gratitude for the work
that's being done by the task force, as well as the policy
team in particular Darcy Flynn, who recently left the
office who helped spearhead a lot of this work, including
the very ordinance that is before the committee. Today, we
knew especially early on in the pandemic that covid would
have a disproportionately negative impact on people who are
experiencing are at risk of experiencing domestic and
gender-based violence. I commend the policy team over the
last several years. For their work in partnering with a
tremendous group of Advocates across the city to help city,
council better understand and address this growing problem,
and look forward to continued partnership, both in the
coming budget cycle & Beyond, so that we can continue
supporting the great work that are Advocates are doing in
this. Thank you, and thank you. Thank you.
where,
Where's?
Worth next, thank you chair. I wanted to also express my
gratitude for your work of from the 48th Ward. We have one
of the highest concentrations of lgbtq plus people in
Chicago. Maybe the Midwest and it's
it.
It's real, the anti it, the hate is real and also people
should not feel that they are suffering in silence. I
appreciate that. You're going to expand that the work that
you're doing to invite others. I'm interested in learning
more about how you're going to do that and we don't need to
talk about it today but it is something that I'm wondering
about how how you're going to do that. But it's a new
person here on the council. I look forward to working with
you more and please reach out to me and and my team to let
us know how we can help.
Thank.
Thank you picture. Anybody else has comment on this
question.
Okay, so then we're ready for a boat all of those in favor
of passing the organization. Please say, I
Opposed.
In the opinion of the tears, the eyes have it and that we
have now passed the store than I thought it would be
reported in to the next city. Council meeting our third
item for today is other person has or the nose resolution.
2020 3000 to 892 Wichita, an expression of support for a
location of federal nutrition assistance program sponsors
for locally grown produce in Puerto Rico. Would you like to
speak on this item?
I'll
Other purse.
Other person, absolutely. This resolution is important for
several reasons because it Go has been in colonial property
of the United States since 1898 and to the Jones act. Much
of the food that Puerto Rico Seasons, at 85% of the
nutrition and food that sold in Puerto Rico comes on a US
ship and there's so much land in Puerto Rico like every
country in Latin America. But yet because of the colonial
reality of Puerto Rico, much of what Puerto Ricans consumed
has to come out of US. Ship, this particular resolution ice
for our u.s. Congressional Delegation and the USDA to
support Puerto Rico in purchasing land and growing Local
Foods in Puerto Rico all the way Puerto Rico.
Look for its Colonial relationship with the United States.
It's important for several reasons. It reduces the carbon
footprint that we are creating by shipping so much of the
nutrition on a US ship to Puerto Rico and give it the
climate crisis that we are in today. Reducing that
footprint of that carbon footprint is extremely important
but it is also important to the house or the weeknd's, much
of the food that is sent in that ship is process, canned
goods. That unfortunately causes diabetes rates high blood
pressure rates among Puerto Ricans on the island. And so we
have a phenomenal congresswoman Dalia Ramirez. Who has
brought this to the Congressional floor on multiple
occasions. There is a large Puerto Rican population here in
Chicago. And I have the privilege of representing the
Puerto Rican community in Humboldt Park, and this
resolution is important to me, it's important to Puerto
Ricans across the dash purple. More importantly, it's
important to the future of Courts.
People and Puerto Ricans on the island that deserve not
just to eat nutritional food, but also deserve to trade and
economy in an industry in which it can produce jobs for
Puerto Ricans on the island in a moment in which the US
government is implementing and practicing austerity
measures during the fiscal crisis. So I asked my colleagues
to be supportive of this resolution, once past would love
to send a copy to the USDA in our Congressional Delegation.
and while,
and while she
In Washington, DC.
Thank.
Thank you. Other person's point as I also would like to
motivate support for this resolution, that somebody would
listen to who live in Puerto Rico for almost thirty years
and witnessed how hard it is to produce agriculture
agricultural products in Puerto Rico. We saw these in
particular after Hurricane Maria, where the devastation was
so massive and all of a sudden there was risk for people to
not be able to access food.
Do.
There were communities that did not have access to Food 4
weeks for the hiccups brother says the sweetest oranges
that you could ever ever have. And yet we are forced to buy
them from Florida, is Criminal, and that's what colonialism
is. So, I am in support of this ordinance. I thank you for,
for submitting this resolution for a consideration. And
now, if is there any questions or comments about this?
Resolution anybody
No. Yes.
Thank.
Thank you Cheri. I just wanted to Express gratitude, I'm
learning so much and also, I love that what we're doing.
Locally has an impact globally. And why would like to
consider us as somebody who will continue to do that. Thank
you, thank you. I love woman IHOP in worth and now can I
get a motion to recommend approval of this resolution by
schedule, a meeting with the motion and
I'll
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all those in favor of passing the resolution respond by
saying, I I
I don't.
I don't know.
I don't suppose, I know.
Andy.
In the opinion of the shares, the eyes have it. This item
will be reported at the next city council meeting.
and now, we are going to move to
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But now we're going to move onto item.
Are 2020 3000 to 940 which is a call for Chicago
institutions of Higher Learning to established by our
office, to aggressively work to increase black student
recruitment enrollment, and scholarship opportunities. I
believe that we have other men, Lamont Robinson here to
speak on this item.
Alderman, German, thank you for the opportunity. A good
morning to my esteemed colleagues. Today we stand at a
Crossroads regarding black student enrollment in higher
education has been a downward spiral and the recent Supreme
Court decision to end front of action. Only as to the
urgency of this crisis at public four-year colleges between
2017 and the fall of 2022, black and Roman dropped by
nearly 900,000 students at public two-year community.
Colleges over the same. The client has been even steeper
year-over-year down, more than 200,000 students. At this
moment, we cannot turn a blind eye to this Decline and
black student enrollment and higher education. The numbers.
Extremely troubling with the new.
Extremely troubling with the nearly 40% decrease in
Illinois. Since 2013 the crisis, not only to be this
crisis, is not only silly about numbers, it is about the
future of our youth are communities in the promise of a
brighter tomorrow. In Chicago, specifically, we're
witnessing the consequences are neighborhoods, bear, the
burden of the crisis with low income, high crime rate in
cents of instability. All things at each other. In this
body, understand I am for you. Each of you to vote. Yes,
for the resolution to call the Illinois, General Assembly
to allocate the necessary funds for emergency enrollment
Outreach programs, and urge all institutions of higher
education. Illinois, especially those with in Chicago, to
immediately, establish offices or departments, with
Personnel, to specifically and aggressively work to
increase black student, enrollment and retention enrollment
and scholarship.
Are.
Our young black mines deserve the chance to thrive. Thank
you very much.
Thank you. I'll determine Robinson. Do we have any questions
or comments from the committee on this item?
I'll
Other Woman Cruz I do have a common. Thank you Jared woman
Rosanna Sanchez but I also live in Robinson for promoting
this but I want to make sure that we do. I have been you
know my my past experience has been higher education so I
have seen that throughout the years of working at hire, add
to this number of decrees of black student recruitment. But
they also have been somewhat universities have done an
excellent job acknowledging this pattern in doing something
about it. And one of them, you know, where I come from has
been Roosevelt University, has done a fantastic job
standing for where they always have believed, and who they
are at and is providing education to a minorities in to
have a department, who does that to engage and minority
students to guide them through the whole process and a
times can be very overwhelming and time students feel lost
through the hole.
Process. Or
Process or just through the academic standards but you
know, I'll do it again, universes are doing it. So, we want
to make sure that those who are doing, it also receive the
support, but more importantly that other beer, whether
these universes are doing and to make sure it is across the
board, not here and there and other universes take
advantage.
so that the decrease,
So that the decrease can be actually overturned in because
our minority students need that support. So I just want to
make sure that I say that and if those who want to see,
they always can reach out to those who are doing a great
job about it. Thank you. Thank you. Other Woman, Chris
other my love son.
I take a shower and I want to pick my colleague call Ben
Robinson for bringing this to our attention. I think we
should be doing more of the city and city council. With all
of our institutions of Higher Learning both recruiting from
their talent pool as people are graduating out and
prioritizing those universities that are recruiting
locally. I think, you know obviously cruises success with
Roosevelt, give me my other places and we should look at
that. We all know that a higher education is the path to
success. And that we that has to be applied equally. So
thank you again. And I have my full support.
I think.
Thank you. I'll do my lesson. I have other person. Money
open Words. Thank you share. Thank you. I'll demand for
introducing this. I have a question. I am supportive this
40th. Ward is closely working with Viola and there, they
have seen an alarming decrease in enrollment generally,
especially men and especially for our black men. And so, I
am curious also, how you see
I don't.
I don't know if the
I don't know if this is something that you can speak to
today, but in our high schools, that's really an even even
earlier than that, how can we
In.
Entice and bring students in, especially a black and brown.
Students are queer students. That much is a, is an
opportunity and it, it shouldn't start. When they were
seniors in high school. Can you speak a little bit on that?
Like, how are we bringing in lscu? So that we're making
sure that our curriculum is inclusive. Especially AP
History, the books that were using, so that people are and
students are inspired to go higher in high school and then,
even Beyond, can you speak on that a little bit?
Thank.
Thank you for that question. Let me let me start by stating
that I spent eight years in City, College of Chicago,
teaching business courses. I also spent eight years running
a mentoring program to see, hundreds of young man. The
college is all across the country and in both of those
entities. I I learned that my students struggle and a lot
of this has to do with what we're doing at the grammar
school level. And so, this resolution is just a start.
Autumn.
Ought to be able to put something out there that, that I'm
hopeful that we can also work with CTS to start in the
early ages. Even in pre-k on preparing, our young men to,
I'll be successful in grammar, school, high school, and
college in. And also understanding as an educator is a
college professor that many of our young men. Also might
not want to go to college, right? But there are other
opportunities for them. But again, if it starts here and in
my hope is to to work with you and the other Alters to
push-ups on. Our other institutions to do better and really
focus in on these students. The larger part of this is we
know that one of our top issues of Public Safety. And we
cannot go back to the 90s. And so one of the ways that I
believe it, we can, we can Skype all the public safety
issue that we're having is around education. And so if we
invest in our young people, I think that it will also stem
some of the public beach Public Safety.
To.
she's,
Shoes that were having across the city's. Thank you. So,
very much.
Thank.
Thank you. Other men, Robinson. I have other person like
that.
Thank.
Thank you all day. Robin said for, for bringing this to our
attention. I think that Austin, particularly with our
post-secondary institutions and our high schools across the
city. You know, some of the first things that we do when we
Face budget cuts is do seems like cut our enrollment
programs. You know, we in the last 2 years had an uphill
battle at Northeastern Illinois University, which is my
alma mater double in, which they centralized the enrollment
process, right? And took away resources from programs, like
project success, it was intentionally going to Black
communities and black, high schools to recruit black
students to a culturally congruent approach of what it
means to engage, young black people in the opportunity, in
the possibilities of attending a post-secondary
institutions and visitors. Many, folks, we have to
challenge at the challenge. CPS, get the challenge city
colleges. We have to challenge the universities across the
state of Illinois, because without that quote,
Delete congruent approach in terms of knowing the
communities that were walking into understanding the Lyft
circumstances. And also showing a world of possibilities
for our blood black young, people particularly black young
man we will continue to lose. Them will continue to lose
their imagination and their passion for a bright future.
That's why I stand in support of this resolution. Knowing
very well, we have a lot of work to do but we have to
continue to challenge. The institutions that continue to
cut the programs that see to find our young people, where
they're at and that's what's important here. And so I want
to thank you for bringing this and I look forward to the
continued to work. We have to do
Thank.
Think he'll ever some fun times, I also want to rise in
support of this resolution. I think that in the contact
that we're leaving right now in this country with the
reversal informative action, we need to be doing everything
that we can to make sure that we are protecting people. I
think that Chicago has always done that and this is a huge
opportunity that we have to speak out and make sure that
black students are prioritized that we have Rachel just
took another vacation. So thank you for your leadership,
bringing this forward. Can I get a motion to recommend
approval of this resolution? Other person, helping us on.
Old.
all those in favor of passing the resolution respond by
saying I'm
although,
All those opposed say no.
Independent of the chat, the guys have it and I will report
this boat. As a recommendation to Pasadena City council
meeting, thank you everybody. And now we are at the end of
our agenda. We are not going to discuss ordinance 2020,
3000 for 179, for the establishment of a working group for
development of recommendations regarding provision of
mental health services. At this is an ordinance that was
introduced by mayor Brandon Johnston and myself, as many of
you know we have been pushing for a very long time to be
able to implement and develop a model that is going to
respond to Mental Health crisis in the city of Chicago
without police. We believe that this is an emergency that
we need to make sure that this happens. But historically,
it is that I
Babies that are the most impacted. By this issues, I have
been left out of the table. So this particular organ has
six to create a body that will be collab.
Waiting.
Waiting to be able to make certain decisions in
consultation with a community body. We have a substitute
for this for this ordinance that you should have received
in your email last night. The changes that were made to the
ordinance are very minimal in language.
And I would like to motion to ask for somebody to motion to
accept the substituted or than his other woman. Spent the
most in all of those in favor of accepting, the substitute
organist. Place that I
All.
All of those opposed say no.
In.
In the opinion of it. Seriously, I have it and we adopt The
Substitute ordinance and I would now like to take
questions, we also have in the Box, our colleagues from the
city that can stick to this item if there are any questions
or any comments about the ordinance.
Are you?
Anyway.
Anybody has questions comments that would be included. I
don't see Public Safety or c p d and I am sure there's a
reason as I want to ask why we are going to be creating a
non police Mental Health crisis response. The city already
has a corresponding model that was created in the last
term. We are trying to figure out how to create a non
police, response model, the Departments that are listed in,
your organs are the floor, but we are going to be using if
it is needed to consult with other agencies, including CPD.
There's nothing that limits their participation. We are
talking about the
specific departments that we have been engaging with in
order to be able to create the kind of response that we are
trying to develop. And if anybody in the Box wants to stick
to that, I am grateful.
Yeah.
Finger Christian chief of policy wanted to. And I'm joined
here by Juan Sebastian res. Who is my deputy and also by
Matt Richards, who I need a little bit of time to get his
title, but he is, the Deputy Commissioner of Behavioral
Health, for cdph, you're absolutely right. Chairwoman the,
the purpose of the working group is the focus on the
alternate response expansion. However, it is at the
discretion of the chair and the mayor's office policy team
in terms of which other departments need to be brought in
for consultation. So while the Department's named are the
Court Apartments, there's nothing limiting additional
departments, including Community safety.
Great.
Great, thank you. I would imagine they'll be consulted as
we talked about emergency response. Obviously, they're
handling 90-85, I'm not sure the percentage of calls but
you know, and then the OMC pieces is important to. And then
the timeline we will, we'll have something late spring. We
are going to have at least three meetings by May of 2024,
and then we will issue recommendations, and then we'll have
an ordinance that will become code, and a bunch of item.
Yeah.
Do I?
Do I have any more questions or comments on this item?
Advice dad Ramirez highchair. Women thank you so much. I
wanted to know if somebody can speak about, maybe some
other hurdles that were experiencing as we're moving
towards like a non police response. May be some of the
engagement and hurdles meaning when they encounter whether
it be a social worker, a health, clinician and a police on
site. And why we're moving away from that.
At Richardson to talk in, detail about that.
I'm at Richard's, Deputy Commissioner for Behavioral
Health, my chart. When I just clarify it is. It's hurdles
in. In expanding the alternate response part. Is that the,
the question, I guess, reasoning by why, we're moving away
from non-police and some of the things that we've
encountered currently and what we're saying on the ground.
So, I think what you're seeing in Chicago around the
country is that Health teams are starting to help. Only
teams are starting to get into grated into the 911 system
and what we've seen in Chicago. 12:00 responses in our CARE
program so far, no use of force. No, use no arrest and so
we know that there's a large swath of 911 calls related,
I'm not helping social need that can be appropriately
addressed by teams that do not include please.
Officers. We see that in Chicago, we stayed around the
country and it also frees up. Public Safety professionals
to respond to matters that are more concretely, related to
Public Safety. So that's the thinking behind it. I guess I
can also speak to that in the last hearing that we have
that. We brought several programs from across the country.
The experience has been similar in every city where these
programs have been implemented. They have started with a
corresponding model and then they expand the non police
response model just because they realize that most of the
emergency that they are seeing can be a dress with care.
Can be addressed with a behavioral health experts and even
with peer support workers. So I think one of our goals is
to also look at the different models that we can create so
that we can also have people from our own communities that
know the people that are most likely to go into crisis and
NBA
How?
to help.
to help with with those issues. And I think that there is
also a component of prevention. If you address basic needs,
you are more likely to be able to prevent crisis, right?
And for that you mostly need people that are trained in
mental health, work on people that have had similar
experiences and and that sort of thing. So, we do believe
that we can create a system that is
Onkyo.
On care to both, prevent an address Mental Health crisis in
the city.
Thank.
Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
Do I?
Do I have any other questions? Other person going to help
me with thank you Cheri. I have a question in support of
this substitute awareness. I do have a question about you
do at the state level. We have already passed something
like this with this tactic community supports and services
act. And it is it was in response to young people being
outraged about people dying basically because they needed
mental health support, then they got on something else
instead. And so I am just I'm curious about the connection
that you will be between what we are expecting every
municipality in the state to implement it through 980 and
how it will connect with 911 here at the
numbers that people can call. But I think at the end of the
day, people need to understand who to call for help. Can
someone explain a little bit how that would work?
I think you are the woman that Richards Deputy Commissioner
for Behavioral Health so there's a couple parts do that. So
one as you said sesa had theirs Regional advisory boards
with an e g m, s region self better advising all the 9-1-1
call centers in that region on how to implement the
directive sincesa. And so we have our regional Advisory
Board region 11. The city has multiple team members that
are on that committee. So we're working very closely with
them to implement sets of the implementation timeline right
now. The state's timeline is 71 July 4th July 1st 2024. So
we are thinking about that the mayor and his team, the
health department. The chairwoman are thinking about what
we anticipate that guidance will be, as we are planning our
expansion of the alternate response model.
I sat.
A second.
A second part, you're what I heard in your question, is
part of that process is also going to be providing
guidelines 2911 centers on when you should direct calls
2988. So if someone calls 911, and it's really better
suited for 988, there will be called diversion procedures
that the 911 call takers and dispatchers use to send those
calls to 988. The last part is, I think you're absolutely
right. It's great that we have these other resources like
988 into 11, I think we
The thing.
The things were think.
The things were thinking.
The things were thinking about is the phrase I've used as we
don't want to have an air traffic control problems. Where
were when you're in crisis, you don't know what number to
call. So I think the public message saying is going to be
very, very important between city and state city county and
state around. How are we talkin about when you call night
211? When you call, 988, when you call 911 and then making
sure that those systems are connected. So, if someone in
crisis calls, one number, it's really bad. You're better
suited for a numb, another, we can quickly move them over
and I think we're actively working on that right now.
Thank.
Thank you. Deputy Commissioner.
I all.
I also wanted to say that from The Wolfman side, we have
been collaborating with organizations that have been
involved in the creation of Sessa so that says is something
that we have been interacting with and thinking about a lot
as we build this and we're happy to engage in more
conversations. What, what that collaboration can look like
other woman who's a stinky German chairwoman. I'm also in
support of the substitute ordinance, but I have a quick
question so far. We talked about 9 and 8 or earlier today.
Like how calls like how is that lucky? How's that going?
Just overall feedback of the program, is it? Benny is like
if it is
again, just more data and
Again, just more data and feedback about how it's working
at. Sorry. Other Woman. Are you talking about specifically
about 988? Yes, or the air pilot.
They?
Thank you older woman that Richard safety commission for
Gabriel health so this state is overseeing the
implementation of 988 and the city is is supporting their
efforts to implement what they've seen. I think there's a
few noteworthy things. The state of Illinois used to have
most of our calls to the National Suicide, Prevention
helpline, filled it out of state because we did not have
enough call centers in state what we've seen since the
state has implemented 988 is about 90% of the calls. Now
are fielded in state, which is really important. Because if
you think about being in crisis and you're speaking to
somebody that lives in Oklahoma, that's pretty suboptimal
in terms of of trying to figure out what resources are
going to be appropriate for you to go to. So I think that's
very promising. I think the second thing that the state is
really working on is trying to expand call center coverage
for the city of Chicago. So right now
Steve.
C4. Which is a Community Mental Health Center. On the North
side is one call center and they are working to stand up a
second call center to support the rest of the city and and
weed the city supports their efforts to do that to improve
call coverage. I think the opportunity is going to be and
this is it gets to alter one. Hoppenworth question is
really working with the state to understand their vision
for the mobile crisis teams that they think that the 988
system is going to be send out, it is connected to a
nonprofit Network. And the city is really moving forward
with city employees that answer these calls. And so I think
getting our teams on the city Side connected to the 988
systems so they can be a resource is going to be really
really important.
Thank.
Thank you.
Do I?
Do you have any more questions or comments about this item?
Okay, can I get a motion to recommend approval of this
ordinance? So moved by other woman Cruise, all those in
favor of passing the ordinance respond by saying I
All those.
All those opposed, say name in the opinion of the chairs,
the I have it and I will report this boat as a
recommendation to pass at the next city council meeting
with there being no further business before the committee.
Can I get a motion to adjourn?
so,
I so move. By other persons went up here. No objections to
order the meeting on the committee on health and human
relations Is Now adjourned. Thank you everybody.