Attendance: Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House; Lisa
Uemoto, Seattle Housing Authority; Scott Behmer, Solid Ground; Jason Rolfe,
Catholic Community Services; Ashenafi Woldegebriel, Seattle Housing Authority;
Angie Fioretti, Refugee Women’s Alliance; Yuliya Mailyan, Providence Gamelin
House; Allison Nackel-Gaffney, Neighborhood House; Sheree Robinson, Bellwether
Housing; Phung Nguyen, Neighborhood House.
Seattle Housing Authority Community Builder update:
Lisa discussed some of the concerns happening in the
community. Homeowner Meeting in September was held, one
renter attended. Hoping to get a
planning committee to have a community forum.
They will reach out to service providers to work towards solutions. Service Providers will be
invited to talk about youth and ensure youth voices are heard. SPD community Officer is aware and Seattle Youth Violence Initiative. Encourage residents to call 911. Residents don’t call police frequently and police don’t
respond quickly. Car racing issue is
new. Traffic calming devices were
discussed but need enough people involved and tracking to make happen. Small and Simple Spark grants are available through
neighborhood fund and may look into capacity building training so residents
have more tools to engage with one another.
Lisa is working to form steering committee with both residents and
homeowners. Contact Lisa if interested
in joining. Lisa is hosting safety walks
in the neighborhood every other Monday at 6pm, rain or shine. cuemoto@seattlehousing.org
Neighborhood House BFET Program – Allison is enrolling
clients in Basic Food Employment Training (BFET) for people who are unemployed,
or underemployed or have housing instability, program provides vocational
training and support services, contact allisonn@nhwa.org.
SHA – Seattle Housing Authority is hosting a Resource Fair
on October 19 from 1-5pm at Rainier Community Center highlighting education, job training, employment,
homeownership, financial services, health services, door prizes and more.
Also in October, Seattle Housing Authority will provide
assistance a couple of days a week for clients to sign up for Affordable Health
Care act, workers will be available 2 days a week at Rainier Vista Center to
assist.
Refugee Women’s Alliance – REWA – After school tutoring Mon-Thursday
evenings 4-6:30pm at Rainier Vista site (4443 MLK Jr. Way S) for 4th -8th grade and 6th-12th
grade at Main Office (4008 MLK Jr. Way S).
Program includes Homework help
and tutoring, college prep, girl leadership, and more.
Catholic Community Services Youth Tutoring Program at RV
Boys and Girls Club – Tutoring for 1st -12th grade on
Monday-Thursdays evenings. They do have
a wait list right now. Need
volunteers. Contact jasonr@ccsww.org if interested.
Providence Gamelin House
- Senior living facility. They
host monthly birthday celebration and service providers are welcome to attend
to do outreach. Interpreters are
available. Activities open to all,
birthday and cooking events, etc. yuliya.mailyan@providence.org.
Seattle Farm –Community Farm in Rainier Vista, volunteer
opportunities for residents to participate and get a bag of fresh
vegetables. Food from farm gets
distributed to local food bank.
Nature Consortium – African drumming at Rainier Vista Center from 4-6pm on Fridays
for ages 5-19 year olds. Youth art
programs in Fall 2013 at their site in the RV Boys and Girls Club, including
teen cooking and art classes. Contact
Grace Scarella at rainiervista@naturec.org.