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1 Liberty City Community Collaborative for Change: a BUILD Liberty City Community Collaborative for Change: A BUILD Health Challenge September 2, 2016 Meeting Notes Meeting Results The following meeting results were achieved: ▪ Shared understanding of the complete Liberty City Community Action Plan. ▪ Shared understanding of how to measure success. ▪ Taken actions to implement year 1 strategies for each prioritized area. ▪ Identified potential steps to further include residents, the faith based community and other stakeholders into this work. ▪ Made Individual commitments to action. The following stakeholders were present for the meeting (9/6/2016): Name Organization Email Address 1 Ronald Fulton Community Relations Board ronald.fulton001@mymd c.net 2 Michael Malone The Children’s Trust Michael.Malone@thechil drenstrust.org 3 Audra Wright MDCPS Department of [email protected] Nutrition et 4 Suneliz Scott MCI/Liberty City resident [email protected] 5 Tanisha Osorto Planned Parenthood Tanisha.Osorto@ppsenfl. org 6 Pastor Tanya Jackson Miami Children’s Initiative [email protected] 7 Royce Henton Miami Music Project 8 Kimberly Walker MCI/Liberty City resident 9 Yvonne Sawyer Hope for Miami [email protected] 10 Herman Edwards Jessie Trice Community [email protected] Health Center rg 11 Jeff Hurst Department of Children & Jeffrey.Hurst@myflfamili Families es.com 12 Elena Napolez Juvenile Services [email protected] Department v 13 Vivilora Perkins Smith Community member VIVILORAPERKINS@comc ast.net 14 Dr. Ishara Robertson Miami Dade Economic [email protected] Advocacy Trust-Teen Court 15 Officer Shanell James MDCPS Police [email protected] et 16 Lory Toledo The Trauma Resolution [email protected] Center 1 17 Officer Marie Lasseur Miami Dade County Police [email protected] Department v 18 Jose Martinez Hope for Miami [email protected] 19 Natalie Diaz Health and Wellness NDiaz@miamichildrensin Coordinator for MCI itiative.org 20 Marie Boswell Florida Department of [email protected]. Juvenile Justice fl.us 21 Dr. Consuelo Beck-Sague Florida International [email protected] University 22 Michelle Morales Hope for Miami michelle@hopeformiami .org 23 Renita Holmes WAAIVE Holmesmadame@gmail. com 24 Ieshia Haynie Miami Children’s Initiative IHaynie@miamichildrens (MCI) initiative.org 25 Tyra Tate MDCPS Campus Shield [email protected] 26 Cecilia Gutierrez Miami Children’s Initiative cgabety@miamichildrens (MCI) initiative.org 27 Gina Ford Carrfour Supportive [email protected] Housing Project Staff Organization Email Address Deitre Epps, Co-Facilitator Clear Impact [email protected] Dr. Roderick King, Co-Facilitator Florida Institute for Health [email protected] Innovation rg Alicia Wilson, Site Coordinator Liberty City resident/Miami [email protected] Children’s Initiative om Laurie Fucini-Joy, Project Manager Florida Institute for Health Lfucini- Innovation [email protected] Deltavier Frye, Project Coordinator FL Department of Health in [email protected] Miami Dade County v Result Statement: A Safe and Healthy Liberty City Selected Indicators: Indicators= measures that help to quantify the achievement of the result. (Rated as high (H), medium (M), or low (L)) Safety Indicators Communication Proxy Power Data Power Notes Power Firearm Injury Emergency H H H Recommended by Department Rates BUILD team Juvenile Violent Charges H H H Recommended by BUILD team 2 Health Indicators Communication Proxy Power Data Power Notes Power Adult Asthma Emergency H H H Recommended by Department Rates BUILD team Child Asthma Emergency H H H Recommended by Department Rates BUILD team Communication Power: Does this indicator communicate to a broad range of audiences? Would those who pay attention to your work know what this measure means? Proxy Power: Does this indicator say something of central importance about the result? Is it a good proxy for other indicators? Data tend to run in a “herd”-in the same direction. Pick an indicator that will tend to run with the herd of all the other indicators that could be used. Data Power: Is there quality data for this indicator on a timely basis? To be credible, the data must be consistent and reliable. Timeliness is necessary to track progress. * See Complete List of Candidate Indicators in http://flhealthinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/BUILD- Collaborative-May-Meeting-Notes.pdf Headline Indicators (rated as H, H, H): Of the candidate indicators listed above, which will make a good headline indicators(s)? 3 Department of Health and US Census for zip codes The following additional indicators were 33127, 33142, 33147, and 33150. contributed on February 24, 2016: 2011-14 Comparison of Percentage of Teen Births Juvenile Firearm-Related Charges in Liberty City Rate in Liberty City (combined zip codes), Miami Dade County and Florida Data Source: This data was provided by Miami- Dade Juvenile Services Department for zip codes 33127, 33142, 33147, and 33150. Firearm-related Data Source: This data is sourced from the FL charges include robbery or carjacking with a firearm Department of Health and US Census for zip codes or weapon, firing weapon - discharge firearm in 33127, 33142, 33147, and 33150 public, carrying a concealed weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm by minor, weapon offenses, 2013-2014 Juvenile Drug and Alcohol-Related and possession of weapon/firearm on school Charges property. For a complete list of firearm laws, visit: http://www.miamidade.gov/police/library/mdpd- handbook.pdf The following additional indicators were presented th on January 25 : 2011-14 Comparison of Teen Birth Rate in Liberty City (combined zip codes), Miami Dade County and Florida per 1,000 Data Source: This data was provided by the Miami- Dade County Juvenile Services Department. It represents the following zip codes: 33127, 33137, 33138, 33142, 33147, 33150. For a complete list of drug-related laws, visit: For a complete list of firearm laws, visit: http://www.miamidade.gov/police/library/mdpd- Data handbook.pdf Source: This data is sourced from the FL 4 Jan 1.-Dec. 29 2015 Child and Adult Investigations 2015 Pediatric and Adult Trauma ED Visits Age Received Distribution in Liberty City Data Source: This data was provided by Jackson Health System Injury Prevention Coordinator. 2015 Sexual Assaults in Liberty City Data Source: This data was provided by The Florida Department of Children and Families-Child Welfare Program. 2015 Trauma/Injury Visits in Liberty City Data Source: This data was provided by Jackson Health System Injury Prevention Coordinator. Data Source: This data was provided by Jackson Health System Injury Prevention Coordinator. 5 Potential Performance Measure Number of Liberty City residents Receiving Mental Services from SFBHN-funded providers Data Source: This data is provided by South Florida Behavior Health Network for zip codes 33127, 33142, 33147, 33150. This data run is NOT an unduplicated count of consumers served. Therefore, people may be counted more than once if they received services in each of these fiscal years. Dates: 07/01/2010-06/30/2015. Data Development Agenda (Rated as H, H, L): Are there any candidate indicators with high communication power, high proxy power, but low data power (data is not available)? This would mean that a data development agenda is needed. 6 Population Accountability Draft Liberty City Community Action Plan On September 2nd, the following feedback was provided by stakeholders: Jeff Hurst, Alicia, Suneliz: Initial reaction, looking at what’s already here and building on it. When we’re talking about role models, our focus is on the role models that are already here. A lot of groups out there, may not be focused on Liberty City. Have the report highlight what’s already here and enhance it. Cecilia: I was at The Children’s Trust meeting yesterday, where the County, School District, Children’s Trust, Miami Foundation, and FIU, had been meeting and planning and came up with a new strategy and 3.6 million dollars to address crime and safety concerns to put system in place (20 specific zip codes, including Liberty City). My question is that there are still silos in the County happening that impact a document like this being produced knowing that all these solutions being offered not embedded into this. How do we bring that to them? Maybe there’s a different way of submitting these strategies? How do we make sure that we all work together and offer up the new solution where the gaps are? Jeff agrees that we have to tie it all together by looking at exactly what is already here and what isn’t so that you’re not trying to reinvent the wheel. Cecilia recommends that Herman, Vivilora, Cecilia sit with Laurie and Deltavier and discuss what exists and add to the work/missing pieces. Recommends setting up a meeting with Michelle Wyatt, Dr. Evalina Bestman, Dr. Herman Dorsett, Ishara, Darrel Hosenhoff, Ruban Roberts, Teri Joseph, Jeffrey Hurst the week of September 26. Renita wants institutions and those individuals that have been in the community a long time to be included. Report should be more inclusive, focused. Report doesn’t reflect me, mothers, or the epidemic. There are stories like the FIU report with real intake on mothers of Liberty Square, our report should be done the same way: https://news.fiu.edu/2015/08/journalism-students-document-history-voices-of-liberty- city/91044 Cecilia recommends that the group stay away from things that are just talk that are not actually happening. I see in the result MBK as a means to addressing the result and there’s not a single dollar behind it. o Dr. Robertson and Dr. King: noted that Palm Beach County is doing a lot of work and there’s funding behind it. o Vivilora: noted that there is some funding behind the county’s MBK initiative. 7 o Renita: feels that it is gender specific but not focused on the right gender. My Brother’s Keeper, Circle of Brotherhood, etc. its male dominated. Consuelo: The report is nicely set up.
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