Rainier
Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes
Tuesday,
June 18, 2013 at Neighborhood House.
Next
Meeting: September 2013.
Attendance: Kate Farmer, Neighborhood
House. Mason Durfee, Neighborhood House. Tanner Phillips, Neighborhood House. Allison Nackel, Neighborhood House. Carla Moreno, Nature Consortium. Abdi Faray, Assist Prop Mgr, Seattle Housing
Authority. Shazia Choudhary, Assist Prop
Mgr. Seattle Housing Authority. Cat
Buckley, RV Boys and Girls Club. Denise
Lewis, RV Boys and Girls Club. Scott
Behmer, Solid Ground Seattle Community Farm.
Angie Fioretti, Refugee Women’s Alliance (REWA). Cheryl Sabin, Seattle Housing Authority.
Courtney Powell, Seattle Housing Authority, Ashenafi Woldegebriel, Seattle
Housing Authority.
Summer
youth programming at RV:
REWA: free, 7-week program for youth ages 10+. Field trips, writing, hip hop, etc. June 24-Aug 8. Mon-Thursday.
Program enrollment contact Jennifer@rewa.org.
Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club – youth programming for
kids and teens this summer. There is a
program membership fee. There are
scholarships available for youth in need and sliding scale available at a very
low cost for interested youth. Contact
Denise Lewis at dlewis@positiveplace.org.
Neighborhood House – Free summer lunch program
Monday-Friday, 12-1pm from June 24 to August 23 for youth 0-18.
Horn of Africa – youth tutoring on Tues/Thursdays starting
July 8th at Rainier Vista Center from 1-3pm.
Adult
programming at RV:
Neighborhood House – Rainier Vista Technology Center, open
computer lab time for adults and youth.
Basic computer class and Job Search Class and weekly ESL classes. For more information contact: Masond@nhwa.org.
Seattle Community Farm- local farm in Rainier Vista community
right down the street. Offers community
work parties, to help with weeding, planting and sharing in community
dinner. Work trade program available
where residents can volunteer and take food home. For more information contact Scott Behmer at scottb@solid-ground.org.
Neighborhood House Housing Stability Program – headed up by
Tanner Phillips, the Housing and Stability Manager. Program offers both employment and housing
assistance to unemployed or underemployed who are homeless or in danger of
losing their housing. Wraparound
employment case management and support services.
Neighborhood House Foundation for Work/Basic Food
Employment and Training -
Provides wraparound
employment case management for individuals and families in King County
experiencing unemployment or underemployment and housing instability. Our
clients receive vocational training and support services, including food and
transportation assistance. For more information, including program eligibility,
please contact Allison Nackel at 206-461-4568 or allisonn@nhwa.org.
Seattle
Housing Authority:
Lisa Uemoto – new Community Builder for Rainier Vista
community.
Economic Opportunity Program – Helping SHA residents
achieve greater stability and financial independence and find employment.
Bridging the Gap Fair will be held in October 2013 at
Rainier Community Center to share housing, education information.
Discussion:
Affordable Care Act – discussion on new act that will come
into place next Fall. Alot of details
that residents are likely not aware of.
Providers discussed possibly hosting an information event. Will wait to see if residents are requesting
this. Public Health Contacts that
Courtney Powell recommended are Daphne Pie, program manager at 206-263-8389 at Dapne.pie@kingcounty.gov and Willie
Allen, education consultant and program supervisor at 253-874-7642 at willie.allen@kingcounty.gov.
Youth problems – ongoing concerns of youth littering in
neighborhood, youth bullying in the park, drug activity, possible gang activity,
these are ongoing concerns and these issues seem to get worse in the summer
months. Providers will all refer youth
to RV youth programs for the summer. Lisa
Uemoto hopes to get Traffic and Safety Committee and Multicultural Committee
meetings going again with residents this summer and will invite service
providers to these meetings. Boys and
Girls Club have an officer (Officer Cookie) who may be able to talk to the
youth about bullying. Helpful to get parents
involved, and talking. Cultural
differences are also part of this. No
action at this time planned.
