BOLD Justice Tuesday, July 21 - Celebration of our Justice Ministry’s accomplishments
- ICBM
- Jul 31, 2020
- 3 min read
Updated: Aug 2, 2020
Join all the BOLD Justice Congregations in a Celebration of our Justice Ministry’s accomplishments over the last year.
· Music
· Celebrate work on issues
· Recognize congregations and leaders
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
7:30pm
Register in advance for this meeting:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Zoom can be joined by computer, smart phone, or landline.
If you are unfamiliar with zoom, and want to test your system, ask questions, etc… You can log on at either of the times below using the link below (this is a different link than you will use for the celebration itself). It will only take 5 minutes.
If you are comfortable with zoom, there is no need to log on for the test
Zoom Testing Times:
· Friday, July 17th, 2020 1:00pm – 2:00pm
· Monday, July 20th, 2020 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Link for testing zoom
Meeting ID: 782 075 2019 Password: 2653
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Meeting ID: 782 075 2019 Password: 2653 Bullet updates on issue committees
Seniors
We had a meeting with Kim Smoak, the Chief of Field Operations for AHCA
We reviewed the data on generators
A year ago, when we started pushing for generators 116 facilities in Broward County did not have permanent generators, some had no generators
Today only 18 facilities in Broward do not have fully implemented emergency power plans
> 85% of bed in Broward have permanent generator status
None of the remaining 18 facilities have variances (none in the whole state).
~1/3 of the 18 have permanent generators awaiting final approval from someone, state or local.
Only 5 of the 18 do not have approved emergency power plans.
Though 4 more have plans will very little progress made.
Despite being told by AHCA that many fines were handed out in Broward over the generator issue, none of the 18 were fined.
Criminal Justice
The state criminal justice collaborative met with the Secretary of DJJ (Department of Juvenile Justice) last week
We pushed her to take no reason given off the list of acceptable reasons law enforcement can give for not giving a civil citation
While she said she agreed with us, she did not have the power to make that happen.
She does think the problem will be resolved in a couple of months.
The collaborative is discussing possible next steps
We met with Sheriff Tony in May and got commitments to expand both juvenile and adult civil citations.
We will be having a follow up meeting with the Sheriff on Wednesday, August 26th. We will start at 9am.
If you are interested in attending, email Andy at boldjustice1@gmail.com
Mental Health
When the pandemic 1st started our homeless population was over 2,800 with over 25% of these individuals having a mental illness. There is no telling how fast this number is increasing- especially with people loosing jobs, homes and mental stability.
As you may recall, the mental health committee had our long awaited meeting with Commissioner Rich in May!
She committed to being our champion, working with us to expand supportive housing by at least 200 units, AND getting additional beds within this next budget cycle.
We had a follow up meeting scheduled with her for June 11th
The day before the meeting we were informed Commissioner Rich would not be on the meeting and it would be with her staff and Rebecca McGuire, the Administrator of the county’s lead homeless agency instead.
In the meeting, McGuire stated that she did not see any increase happening in the upcoming budget cycle and would not request an increase of funds from the county. Our spokesperson talked about creative ways to get money but nothing was decided upon.
We are disappointed in this development, but we are reaching out to Commissioner Rich’s office to schedule another meeting
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