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MARCH 22nd MINUTES – Data Committee Meeting

AUDIENCE

Members of the State Task Force Data Committee and staff. Public is welcome to attend.

DATE & TIME

March 22nd, 2018

2:00 PM

LOCATION

Conference Call: (888) 330-9549
Access Code: 230540#

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Roll Call
  3. Review of previous meeting minutes/edit and approval
  4. Update the areas covered in the March 1 meeting
    1. Cost of doing nothing
    2. Link of neighborhood joblessness & crime in Chicago (see Crain’s articles attached)
    3. Any specific LGBTQ numbers of youth who are jobless & out of school in DCFS and more broadly if this is available
    4. Opiate usage from various reports by IDHS, Gateway Foundation, and others (see attached)
    5. Graduate data, if we have any reliable data for state and districts; dropout rates that ISBE does from a fall snapshot (see attached)
    6. Graduation rate for DCFS youth and report
  5. Discuss report being developed by UIC – Great Cities Institute looking at jobless and out of school youth, 16-24, by race and sex, in Chicago, Cook County, other large cities in Illinois, including Aurora, Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, and Illinois data in other areas that are rural, specifically southeast areas and western areas in midstate Illinois.
  6. Other areas of data we want to research for Chicago, Cook County, other areas of the state, and areas in other states. We’ve brought on Grace Tran to work with us on this research and she can look through various reports that we’ll find on Google and other search engines. (See attached data done by Drexel University for the Los Angeles Workforce Partnership on disconnected youth – one summary sheet and 4 reports)
  7. Data Committee schedule for meeting calls going forward.
  8. Other.
  9. Adjournment.

MINUTES

  • On conference call: Caitlyn Barnes, ICCB; Gretchen Lohman, IBHE; Kenneth Martin-Ocasio, Aunt Martha’s; Reyahd Kazmi, NYAP; Quiwana Bell, Westside Health Authority; Jack Wuest, ASN; Grace Tran, ASN.
  • NOT on conference call: Molly Uhe-Edmonds.
  1. Call to Order – Jack calls the meeting to order; Quiwana Bell seconds. All in favor.
  2. Roll Call – Quiwana, Gretchen, Caitlyn, Kenneth, Reyahd, Jack, Grace.
  3. Review of March 1 meeting minutes/edit and approval
    1. Motion to approve the minutes – Reyahd makes the motion to approve the minutes; Kenny seconds the motion. All in favor.
  4. Update the areas covered in the March 1 meeting
    1. Cost of doing nothing – Quiwana raised the issue. The study from 8 or 9 years ago. More recent – “Cost of Lost Tax Revenues” – Great Cities Institute. $200,000 on taxes. Reveal, a 2-part podcast – part 1 looks at the number of shootings in Chicago; emergency medical trauma at Stroger saves a lot of people; $2.5 billion a year in costs from shootings (find out where they get that figure). DarnellLittle – from the Tribune.
    2. Link of neighborhood joblessness & crime in Chicago (see Crain’s articles attached). Reyahd raised this issue on March 1. Both in Chicago & around the country. Reyahd: provided document from THRIVE.
    3. Any specific LGBTQ numbers of youth who are jobless & out of school in DCFS and more broadly if this is available. Molly had numbers – get the source. Kenny says it is tough because with disconnected/homeless youth they may not identify as LGBTQ. Data collection? IL Chamber of Commerce. Great Cities Institute – # of jobs that have gone down, labor shortages in different areas. (Grace – talk to folks at Howard Brown and Center on Halsted, folks who are counselors, to see if there is data. Stories – anecdotal. Other cities in IL. Other groups in IL: Kenny will reach out.)
    4. Opiate usage from various reports by IDHS, Gateway Foundation, and others (see attached).
    5. Graduate data, if we have any reliable data for state and districts; dropout rates that ISBE does from a fall snapshot (see attached). – Comes from Edwin, who has looked at school district report cards & the percentage reported for snapshots from ISBE, from the fall (2017). 2.1% dropout rate. Across this form, the truancy rate for the highest four districts doubled the state rate. In Chicago, a lot of kids are out of school but listed as in school; when they get moved over to YCCS so they are listed as transferred. Grace will look at the dropout data.
    6. Graduation rate for DCFS youth and report – Terri Lamb might have data for local school districts for graduation rates.
    7. High School Equivalency/GED data for high school graduation – Each state has their own requirement. In IL – 3 tests – all lead to the same statistic. Get data for this from Caitlyn Barnes, ICCB. Rates & numbers. Number of 16-20 year olds that are enrolled in adult education programs; number of 16-20 year olds who test out. Caitlyn will coordinate within her office to see what the HSE data tells us. TASC – Test Assessing Secondary Completion – competency-based test. IL is 3 rd or 4th highest test-taking volume in the US. Caitlyn will look at GED analytics & will let us know. We will have to do a data request form.
  5. Discuss report being developed by UIC – Great Cities Institute looking at jobless and out of school youth, 16-24, by race and sex, in Chicago, Cook County, other large cities in Illinois, including Aurora, Rockford, Peoria,
    Decatur, and Illinois data in other areas that are rural, specifically southeast areas and western areas in mid- state Illinois.
    1. Reyahd – data for downstate? Southwest IL Community College – hosting the next hearing on May 14. Their last days of finals are on May 15 whether or not they want May 7. UIC Great Cities Institute could give a short presentation or provide data.
  6. Other areas of data we want to research for Chicago, Cook County, other areas of the state, and areas in other states. We’ve brought on Grace Tran to work with us on this research and she can look through various reports that we’ll find on Google and other search engines. (See attached data done by Drexel University for the Los Angeles Workforce Partnership on disconnected youth – one summary sheet and 4 reports)
  7. Data Committee schedule for conference call – every four weeks going forward.
    1. April 19, 2pm
    2. May 17, 2pm
    3. June 14, 2pm
    4. July 12, 2pm
    5. August 9, 2pm
    6. September 6, 2pm
    7. October 4, 2pm
    8. November 1, 2pm
    9. December 6, 2pm
  8. Adjournment.
    1. Gretchen makes motion to adjourn
    2. Seconded
    3. All in favor