04-10-17 Health and Public Safety (AM)

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SpU T8 U C 1865 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREEMAH FOWLER,CITY CLERK HEALTH &PUBLIC SAFETY APRIL 10, 2017 6:35 A.M. Committee Members Present: Jo M. Broden, John Voorde, Karen White Committee Members Absent: Oliver Davis Other Council Present: Regina Williams-Preston Other Council Absent: Tim Scott, Dr. David Varner, Gavin Ferlic, Randy Kelly Others Present: Kareemah Fowler, Suzanna Fritzberg, Tom Rebman Agenda: An informational session by homelessness solutions expert, Tom Rebman. Tom has developed a unique approach by combining Stanford's Collective Impact Model with the Measures of Success from the US Interagency Council for Homelessness. He will expand awareness of the problem and offer proven solutions. ' Committee Chair Jo M. Broden called the Health and Public Safety Committee meeting to order at 6:35 a.m. She introduced members of the Committee and Council, and also gave an opportunity to members of the public in attendance to introduce themselves. She then turned the floor to the presenter. Tom Rebman introduced himself and proceeded to share his presentation. He stated, I am a twenty-three (23)year Navy Officer and went into the service when I was seventeen(17). I retired in 2001. After that, I did a couple of jobs. I was the CEO of a sports-memorabilia company and Vice President of an arena football team. I then decided to find something I would enjoy doing for the rest of my life. So I decided to go back to college and get a degree in Elementary Education and a Master's Degree in Teaching and Reading because I knew that's what I wanted to do is teach reading to impoverished children. I had been doing that for about five (5) years and I came up with a bright idea. We have a problem in education. We try to keep our children reading over the summer because if they don't, they experience what's called the `summer slide.' They lose a lot of the things they've been taught. So this bright idea was to become homeless for a month in Orlando. I put all of my experiences up on Facebook for all of my students to follow. Prior to that, I hadn't had any interaction with homeless folks or any social service training whatsoever. At the time, it created a perfect storm in Orlando. What I mean by that is, we had a$12 million shelter that was opening. It was state-of-the-art. At the 455 County-City Building•227 W.Jefferson Boulevard•South Bend,Indiana 46601 Phone 574-235-9221 •Fax 574-235-9173•TDD 574-235-5567•www.SouthBendIN.gov JENNIFER M.COFFMAN ALKEYNA M.ALDRIDGE JOSEPH MOLNAR CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK OPERATIONS