Present: Ashley Hamilton, Facilitator; Nicole Utz with Salem Housing Authority, Kristin Retherford with Salem's Urban Development Department; Moises Ramos and Bruce Donohue with UGM; Elizabeth Schrader with United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley; Stephen Goins with Northwest Human Services; Sarah Owens and Michael Livingston with CANDO (notably absent, anyone from law enforcement or for-profit business community).
Context: On a 5-4 vote, City Council agreed to Mayor's request to bring back sit-lie for a vote on February 24th. Mayor believes sit-lie will clear out the people living on the sidewalks around Rite Aid and Salem Center. Rough 2020 Point-in-Time Count is >1,000 households.
Training project:
Framework
Group
agreed to create a training video, 12-15 minutes, focused on
skill-building, e.g., risk assessment (knowing difference between
fear/discomfort vs. danger) boundary setting, customer service, and how
to respond to common situations. Possibly the group will create
additional videos that go in to more depth (e.g., de-escalation
techniques). Due to capacity constraints,
group decided against creating a development group. Members who are
able to work on project before the March meeting, which will focus on
mapping out the video in more detail. Goal is to begin recording in
May.
Action:
Content development
Risk assessment and customer service - Stephen, Michael
Boundaries - Salem Housing Authority, MWVCAA
Common situations (from CANDO's GNG) - United Way
Production planning
Direction - review other training videos, e.g. Central City Concern's - Sarah
Location - contact Christy Wood about Runaway Art - Moises
Technical - contact CCTV - Ashley
CRU: (Community Response United) Pilot project to last 16 months, budget still ~$500K. United Way has begun raising funds and is in negotiations with Falk and the Salem Fire Department to contract the labor.
Wednesday, 5:30 to 7p, March 11, at NWHS Admin Bldg
Wednesday, 5:30 to 7p, April 8, tentatively at Ike Box
