Recommendation to request that City Council receive and file a presentation on the Century Villages at Cabrillo 2019 Social Impact Report.
Thank you. I have a time certain that I know his past because the hearings went went long. I want to bring up item 25, which had the first time certain here. You can please have that item up. Item 25 Communication from Council Member Muranga Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Century Villages at Cabrillo 2019 Social Impact Report. Councilmember Ringo. Tonight, I am pleased to have representatives from the Villages at Cabrillo, at the Council tonight to provide their 2019 social impact report. The villages at Cabrillo provide a multitude of services to our residents and serve as a model to other cities and agencies for services related to our continuum of care. I'd like to invite Ms.. Kimberly Wie, vice president of Resident Services, to present an update on their 2019 social impact report. And I see that Mr. Renee Castro has already lined up to present Southport to the Council. Renee. Thank you, Councilman. Mayor. Members of the Council. Thank you so much for having us. My name is Renee Carlstrom, director for Community Engagement. I am not. Can we but I'm going to I'm going to tee it up for Kim to give our report. We just wanted to thank the councilmen, the mayor and council for the opportunity to present our 2019 Social Impact report. We're very proud of the work that's been done in this. Tonight, we actually wanted to start with a brief video, just a three minute video to share a little bit about the villages and the work that we do there. Of course, as all of you know, we provide housing, bridge housing and permanent supportive housing for on any given night, 1500 formerly homeless people are veterans, families, children. So we're very excited about this work. And we just really wanted we like every year to come and present to the council because and thank you for your partnership. We really could not do this work without the work of all the councilmembers. Of course, our council member in the seventh, Roberta Aranda staff. But in particular, we really want to thank the city department, its development services, everything Parks and Rec, Health and Human Services, the police department. It's really is a partnership to make this work. So again, I we're going to be sharing a brief video. And then after that, we will have our chair, Dora Soldo, who is the chair for villages at Cabrillo, speak briefly, and then we will have our vice president for resident services. Kim, we will present the data. Thank you so much. If we could cue up the video, please. Okay. There is no video. Okay, so I'm going to do it with hand puppets. All right. So I'm going to ask our chair, Dora Hassell, to please. Good evening and thank you for having us. My name is Dora Herzfeld, and I have the honor of serving as the chair. Of the The Villages of Cabrillo Collaborative Marzo Executive Director of Comprehensive Child Development. And we are one of the many partners that make up the villages of Cabrillo Collaborative, and I'm joined by a number of our wonderful partners. And I think Renee was talking about really partnership and our support of the city for everything that has been offered to us in order to bring this neighborhood alive for people who formerly were experiencing homelessness. And for us, the heart really of the neighborhood is the people and the people who have worked so hard to create an environment where well-being and and healing can occur for us as the beautiful buildings go up. We're working on a parallel track to make sure that the experience of the residents is equally thought of and careful in terms of the experience we're providing. And I think for us, as the Villages of Cabrillo Collaborative, we say to you that as we get support for these wonderful buildings in this wonderful community, we owe you a service that any resident, any Long Beach resident would be proud to receive. And so we're here again to thank you, to let you know that we're certainly meeting our commitment to make sure that every single resident is cared for and is supported in a way that's going to make their quality of life better. And we have plans, just as we do have plans for the facility. We have plans for a residence which includes this year a real focus on improving outcomes for children zero five who call the villages at Cabrillo their neighborhood. And also to look at the organizational culture of the community to make sure that it's responsive to the needs of the residents in that community. So we thank you again, and we're here to let you know that we are honoring our commitment with our social impact report to you for your investment in our neighborhood. And I'll pass it over to Kim. Thank you, Dora. And thank you all for The Village. It's a real collaborative standing behind me. I love having a posse. Thank you. Again, my name is Kim WI. I'm the vice president of residential services at Century Villages at Cabrillo. And it is my pleasure to present to you our Social Impact Report. Each year I come before you in and tell you how we're doing and this is how we codify our results. This is what all of the all the hard work in the dollars goes into. And we present this report each year so that we can show what, you know, all the great work that we're doing. It is a it is a labor of love. It is a ten month project that really brings together all of the data of our partners, both on and off site. It includes stories of our residents, great photos and data. It is truly a collaborative process in conjunction with the City Health and Human Services HMAS Team. We definitely could not do it without that. A lot of the data comes. From the HMAS. System. We also get data from our 14 partner agencies and all of that is put together by Dr. Beth Magee, who is our outside evaluator for the project. I'd also like to, again, as Rene said, thank the city for their ongoing supportive efforts of not only the villages of Cabrillo, but also the process of putting together the Social Impact Report, and especially Kelly Collopy, Alison King, Theresa Chandler, Shannon Parker and Ailsa Ramos. We definitely could not do it without them. Each year we look back at our progress and each year, as you've seen the Social Impact Report, you will see that there is a theme this year. Our theme is whatever it takes. And those of you that are familiar with the intensive case management or the Measure H funding, you've probably seen whatever it takes in all of the documents throughout the county documents. And so we wanted to put a story behind it and put some real life behind what that really means. And so if you read our centerpiece this year, that is all about what our service providers do, what our case managers do to help keep people housed. It is truly a whatever it takes model. We work in partnership with all of our service providers on and off site. We work with the residents hand in hand to help move them from homelessness to being housed. That takes a lot. And what that really means of moving from homelessness to housing is to becoming a good tenant, a good resident, paying the rent and being a good neighbor. And while trying to manage all of the daily tasks of having your own apartment while trying to overcome all the barriers that got them on the street in the first place PTSD, mental health, substance abuse and poverty and a long life of trauma. And so that is that is definitely a challenge that. We have met. In 28. 2018, 2291 residents were housed at the villages. Of those 1291 ward permanent supportive housing. And of that, 1200 30% of them entered permanent housing after. Experiencing chronic homelessness. At Harbor Interface building that opened this year, for example, there are 13 adults with a combined homeless experience of 38 cumulative years, 138 cumulative years. And so despite these challenges, our collaborative and our service providers and our wonderful team, county and city partners, our property management team, and of course, the residents themselves did whatever it takes to stay house and succeed. And you can see that in the numbers. Did I hit the wrong button? I'll leave that. At. 98% of our residents retained housing for six. Months. And 95% remained. How's after a year? And just for I know that the timers not appear, but we've got about three, three and a half minutes left for the presentation. Thank you. And beyond remaining housed, which is a huge chore as the own. We wanted to echo what Dora was saying in that there are lives improved in many ways as well. They increased their incomes. They saved in the rents. They were happier. They felt safe in their own home. They're healthier. And most of all, they're. They're living a life of a housed individual now. And so again, thank you so much for exploring our social impact report data. And I hope you have an opportunity to read our centerpiece, which really explains to you the concept of whatever it takes. Thank you. Thank you. Not somebody, ringa. Councilwoman Price. Q I want to thank Councilman Ranga for bringing this presentation forward tonight. I had the pleasure to take a tour with my staff not too long ago, and it's just very impressive the work that's being done there and the community that you've created that so many people call home, and all the different touches that you've put into making it feel like home for communities of people who may be in transition and needing the support of not just their neighbors, but also of the folks who oversee and safeguard the operations there to ensure that everyone is comfortable and included. So I want to thank you for everything that you do. It's a really fantastic operation that we have right here in the city of Long Beach. I wish more people knew about it, actually. And our our office has been trying to spread the word. I think we did our news newsletter article about the villages of Korea in our newsletter a few months ago. And we really appreciate you giving us an opportunity and giving the residents an opportunity to see all about your facilities. Thank you, Councilor Richardson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you, Councilman Ranga. You have a true jewel in your backyard and on the West Side, this social impact report. I look forward to it every year. Rene, I'll tell you, we actually, Jack and we do a social impact. We do an impact report in our district modeled after your report. It's clear, it's transparent, it's easy to read. It takes a lot of complex things and boils down to what's all about making an impact. So congratulations to you on that. Villages Cambria is only so you know, there are so many things that we could all say, but truly it's a model. It's a model that is recognized nationally. You know, I served on SAG for a long time. I'm first vice president. This is the you're the only organization successfully navigated the cap and trade process. Received two awards in the first two years of the Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities Program. And we look forward to future applicants awarding additional projects as we move forward. You know, in our last year, I've been there many times in our last tour. I have to tell you, it was just great to see kids playing outside. You don't even see that very often. Just in regular neighborhoods. The kids were outside playing in the way that you've overlapped so many services, you know, you see children's clinic, so many services all working together and you've brought the train and mean brought the bus into the site. It's amazing. In fact, it's the model for the vision for the the bridge housing facility we're developing in uptown. This is the model to have to point out something in our backyard to be able to take residents, tour it and say this is where we could be. It does so much to really build the goodwill and the confidence to turn around that not in my backyard conversation because yes, villages Cabrillo is an amazing space. It has bridge, housing and shelter and all of those things make stand. And we need to we to make sure that our residents fully understand what's what's possible in this conversation. So, again, thank you. I really love this report. I'm a big fan of villages, Cabrillo and best wishes. We look forward to many more great years with you. Thank you. And got some reports. On some member of Richardson stole my talking points. I'm done. No, I'm kidding. I it's really hard not to say echo up here. As a council member, I want to echo their comments saying that you guys are a model. I don't know that that comes across as real as it really is to be able to lead not only organizations like yourselves, but to lead the city in this conversation. I think that our city, night and day, where we were ten years ago with how we talk about and and try to problem solve homelessness, mental health addiction . And that is really because you guys have led the way and demonstrated to us that you can do it in a safe, clean environment that's supportive and that you've got real outcomes. I do not think for a second that the City of Long Beach would have invested as much as we have in homelessness if it was not for your leadership. And I want you guys to really know that that's it's not just giving accolades because you guys are a partner that comes and presents to us every year. But I really feel that with my heart that you as individuals have led this organization to be a gem for the nation. And so I know that you guys are also looking to purchase properties. My team is working with economic development right now to identify some properties in the Second District that that might be up for sale right now. And so I look forward to those partnership opportunities and just thank you guys so much for putting your heart into it. We know that this work takes a lot out of you and your families as well. And so applauding you for that effort. Thank you. Thank you very much. We have one public comments and I can only please come forward. CNN. We're going to go ahead and receive and file a report from your anger. Thank you, Mary. And I want to thank the staff at the Board of the Villages for being here this evening and present presenting this report. I look forward to it every year as well, because it just shows the progress that you're doing here. And you are a gem of the West Palm Beach area and you provide so much, so many very need, much needed services. And just to give a brief description of some of the the assistance that you get from Catholic Charities, U.S. vets, the children's clinic, and the. Oh, my God. All right, now we're here and a Project Return Peer Support Network. I mean, those are just agencies that provide a whole other slew of services that you provide there at the at the villages of. You're also expanding. I think you have another project coming in with another, what, 89 beds or so? Something like that. 163. 61. I was way off double that. And so, I mean, you continue to expand and you continue to provide great services. And if you don't make. And we take a photo. Wonderful City Council. You're welcome to join me down there if you want. Please go and cast your votes in the receiving file, please. Thank you. And if I may, Mr. Mayor, I'd like to just introduce a couple more partners. Jessie D'Agostino for the VA critical partner for us, of course, mentioned U.S. vets. Kerry Liggins Thompson, our acting director from the children's clinic, Gina Lee Lawlor. Of course, Jaylene Westfall, our. Resident services supervisor, and of. Course, star herself. So can we just give them a quick hand to mention my boss, our executive director, Steve Coleman? All right, please, members, please go to cast your votes. Motion carries. Thank you. I'll send it to you right now. Thank you. Yeah. You know, I'm like this. All right. Get a little bit closer. If you can. One, two. But I want to add. Thank you.