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MAY 3rd MINUTES – Data Committee Meeting

AUDIENCE

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

DATE & TIME

May 3rd, 2018

2:30 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. Discuss UIC Great Cities Institute report to be released May 14 at 10am at Innovations High School, 17 N. State, 2 nd Floor. The report will focus on youth and young adult joblessness, out-of-school, and those who do not have a high school diploma in Chicago, the metro area, five cities around the state, the rural western and southern areas of the state, the entire state, and the country.
  5. Discuss categories of services we are working on in terms of data.
    1. Jobless
    2. Jobless and out of school
    3. Jobless, out of school, and no diploma
    4. Homelessness
    5. Addiction, including opiates, phetynol, etc.
    6. Jailing/prison
    7. Dropout and chronic truancy numbers and rates (see the attached spreadsheet we’ve developed)
    8. Other
  6. Other
  7. Adjournment

MINUTES

  • On conference call: Caitlyn Barnes, Gretchen Lohman, Molly Uhe, Quiwana Bell, Jack Wuest, Kenneth Martin Ocasio, and Reyahd Kazmi.
  1. Call to Order – Jack calls the meeting to order; Gretchen second the motion. All in favor.
  2. Roll Call – Caitlyn, Gretchen, Molly, Quiwana, Jack, Grace, Kenny, Reyahd.
  3. Review of March 22 meeting minutes/edit and approval
    1. Motion to approve the minutes – Gretchen makes the motion to approve the minutes; Quiwana seconds the motion. All in favor.
  4. Monday, May 14 Events
    1. Innovations HS – 10am – release of report on youth and young adult joblessness looking at Chicago, Metro Area, 4-5 cities, and Western rural and Southern rural areas. Senator Durbin, Chuy Garcia, Danny Davis, and possibly Robin Kelly. Focusing on a national level. Hope to get good publicity around the state. It’s a fairly unique report. No group has really looked at how kids are struggling in the whole state and Illinois is reflective of the country in terms of demographics, race, etc. for 16-24 year olds. Large cities and metropolitan areas, and rural areas as well.
    2. Granite City – 9:30 to 12 – Hearing in Granite City. Many people attending: St. Clair County Juvenile Justice Coalition; schools, employers; around 50 people. Taking the same template that was done in Chicago, replicating in Granite City. Debbie from NYAP is working on getting someone to video tape, and from that give it to the Task Force to turn this into minutes that we can share and use. 1) Outside of the elected officials, we want to make sure that the colleagues of legislators are present. 2) If it would be possible, could the information from the Great Cities Institute can be shared in Granite City? Jack is getting a near-final draft together by Wednesday and send copies down to Granite City. UIC-Great Cities Power Point – shared to Granite City. Reyahd can pick it up from ASN in Chicago on Friday.
    3. Kenny – who is moderating for Granite City? Reyahd – there is not a specific moderator, but the ask was to get the president of the community college as the potential moderator, since we are at their school. Reyahd and other TF members to say a few words at the hearing. Debbie could also be a moderator.
    4. Jack and Grace and Laurie will work on generating press and media.
    5. Tie together the events with data, subsections of Illinois – Chicago and Metro East.
  5. Discuss categories of services we are working on in terms of data.
    1. Jobless
    2. Jobless and out of school
    3. Jobless, out of school, and no diploma
    4. Homelessness
    5. Addiction, including opiates, fentanyl, etc.
    6. Jailing/prison
    7. Dropout and chronic truancy numbers and rates
    8. Childcare/parenting youth
    9. Transportation
    10. Other

      From the stories we’ve heard from young people at Malcolm X, they really stay with it and keep trying. If we see interesting studies, we’ll send them out to the committee. Jack has good out of school and truancy numbers. Reyahd to raise transportation as an issue at the hearing. Food and housing problems – affecting young people on Pell Grants. Reports on jailing, recidivism would be useful. Collect all of the information we can by August for the Task Force report, along with best program practices, policies, and financing and professional development (Andi Durbin).

      LGBTQIA – Kenny – if we get information, it will be more on a national scale. Still looking for peer-reviewed articles. Healthcare, poverty – not specific to youth, but Kenny is looking for parts that are of value in terms of youth.

      Molly sent a PowerPoint with info graduation rate for youth in care between 2011 and 2016 – the average rate of HS graduation was 37%. 87% of our third grade youth are not reading at grade school level. Higher rates of grade retention, suspensions, expulsions, etc. Graphs of districts. An increased amount of youth 14-17 who are lockouts from their homes, due to behaviors that parents cannot deal with. They are going into DCFS custody. Molly will find percentages. An increase in child neglect numbers; coincides with opioid crisis and younger families.

      Quiwana – jailing – looking to gather data for the areas of Chicago and neighborhoods.

  6. Other
    1. Next meeting: June 14, Thursday, 2:30pm.
  7. Adjournment:
    1. Gretchen makes motion to adjourn.
    2. Kenny – seconded.
    3. All in favor.