HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/29/2022 02. Community meeting regarding public safety BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 2.
For Meeting of: March 29, 2022
ITEM TITLE: Community meeting regarding public safety
SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Due to a possible quorum of Council members, this community meeting has been noticed as a
special council meeting.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY:
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
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D DCYF agenda 3/22/2022 Corer Memo
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Greater Yakima
Improving Community Response Meeting
10:00 AM—Introductions
10:15 AM -Yakima Domestic Violence Coalition Efforts
➢ Why domestic violence is so prevalent
• Efforts to date
• Handle with Care
• CPS intakes
➢ Systemic gaps
• Improving/ incorporating DCYF in a meaningful way.
• Improving holistic responses for families.
➢ Gaps in current responses
• Bifurcated and fragmented systems
➢ Strategizing a new path for addressing violence in Yakima through effective partnerships
• Funding
• Policy
• Legislation
12:00 PM Lunch provided (NETWORKING)
1:00 PM Yakima School District Student Engagement Project
➢ Understanding our city-wide attendance problem
• The numbers: How many students are disengaged? 2015-2022
• Common trends with the severely, chronically absent students of the Yakima
School District
• Systemic pitfalls (ex: truancy court issues, fragmented services, and refusing
services, etc.
• What happens when we miss all of the opportunities to engage a student?
), Defining the ideal collective solution for disengaged students
3:00 PM- Final Thoughts