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Lisa Sahulka JWB Board Presentation - Lealman
This document discusses initiatives to improve outcomes in the Lealman Focus Area of Pinellas County. It outlines collective impact strategies across sectors like education, health, housing, and safety. Recommendations include establishing early learning centers, improving school readiness programs, adding a community health clinic, increasing affordable housing, engaging the community in improvement activities, and coordinating services to reduce crime and victimization. The goal is to utilize a collective impact model of common agenda, shared measurement, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and a backbone organization to improve conditions and support residents of the Lealman Focus Area.
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Lisa Sahulka JWB Board Presentation - Lealman
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- 2. Commitment to Collective Impact Develop, Rehab School‐ and Community‐Promote Healthy Maintain with Focus On Based Readiness and Individuals and Healthy Mixed‐Income Housing Success Initiatives Community Administrative Forum Pinellas County Health & Human Services Juvenile Welfare Board Comprehensive Community Revitalization
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- 4. Demographics Fast Facts Poverty • County‐wide 12.6% • Range in zone 16.7% to 27.4% Population Compared to County Focus AreaCounty • Total: 19,911 916,542 • Under 5: 6.2% 4.6% • 5 to 17: 14.0% 13.2% • 18 and over: 79.8% 82.2% • 65 and over: 15.0% 21.2% Race/Ethnicity • White: 75.8% • Black or African American: 8.8% • Asian: 7.8% • Other: 7.6% • Hispanic: 12.9% 4 Percentage of People Living Below Federal Poverty Level. Source US Census Bureau 2007‐11 ACS Source: U.S Census Bureau 2010; ACS 2007‐11 (estimates)
- 5. 5 Education Fast Facts • County‐wide, 34% of children are not ready for school • Overall, 48% of children in the focus area are not ready for school when they enter kindergarten •45.5% of children in family day care homes are not ready for school at kindergarten entry Source: Pinellas County Schools 2010‐11; FL DOE 2010‐11
- 6. Fast Facts • 64% of third‐grade students are reading below grade level compared to 26% county‐wide • In the Focus Area, 22.4% of middle and 34.2% of high school students were absent 21+ days in School Year 2010‐2011 •County‐wide, 14.5% of middle and 21.7% of high school students were absent 21+ days • 14% of elementary school students are enrolled in English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes 6 EducationEducation Source: Pinellas County Schools 2010‐11
- 7. Desired Results Recommendations • Increased number of children ready for school •Increased number of children successful in school • Establish one or more Quality Early Learning Centers • Implement home‐based evidence‐driven programs for 3‐ and 4‐ year olds to improve school readiness. • Provide technical assistance and support to child care providers to improve child care quality. • Expand PCS/JWB summer initiative to year‐round academic support in out‐of‐school time with STEM and reading specialists 7 Education
- 8. Fast Facts • Pinellas is in the 4th or “worst” quartile on measures of adults who are overweight, have high cholesterol, and sexually transmitted diseases.Pinellas is also near the 4th quartile on measures of adults with Diabetes • Prescription drugs were the most common drug or toxin cause of death in Pinellas in 2011. • In 2010, 153 substance‐exposed newborns were born in Pinellas. • In the Target ZIP Codes for FY 10‐11, there were 671 individuals receiving Home and Community Based Waiver services in their homes , with another 536 clients on the wait list. There were 3,315 individuals receiving services from CFBHN. 702 clients received Vocational Rehabilitation services 8 2009‐2011 Indicators Rates are calculated using population figures from the 2010 U.S. Census. County 33714 33781 Age‐Adjusted Hospitalization Rate due to Congestive Heart Failure (Hospitalizations/10,000 population 18+ years) 26.0 28.6 30.6 Age‐Adjusted Hospitalization Rate due to Diabetes (Hospitalizations per 10,000 population 18+ years) 20.4 33.0 29.5 Age‐Adjusted ER Rate due to Alcohol Abuse (ER visits/10,000 population 18+ years) 35.3 48.3 36.4 Age‐Adjusted ER Rate due to Asthma (ER visits/10,000 population ALL AGES) 55.4 78.2 60.4 HealthHealth Source: PCHD Community Health Assessment: 2012; www.healthytampabay.com; Administrative Forum members.
- 9. Desired Results Recommendations • Improved health outcomes in the community •Increased access to integrated health, mental health and substance abuse services for low income residents • Residents have healthy lifestyles and chronic disease is reduced • Add an accessible community clinic as a site for integrated primary and behavioral health care • Deploy staff to connect school and care settings to the community • Health personnel trained in trauma‐informed care • Create opportunities for access to healthy foods 9 HealthHealth
- 10. Fast Facts Household Characteristics • Total Households: 8,468 • Owners: 56.7% •Renters: 43.3% Household Families with Own Children • Number: 1,940 • Percent of total: 22.8% • Male ‐ No Wife Households: 2.9% • Female ‐ No Husband: 9.2% • High percentage of cost burdened households (26.5% ‐ 59.4% of renters earning $20,000 or less are spending 30% or more of income on housing) • Quality of housing • Build year ranges from 1960‐71 • Average 24.8% Mobile homes ; CT 246.02 = 51.8% 10 Housing Source: US Census Bureau ACS 2007‐11 (estimates) ; Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse ; PCCD
- 11. Desired Results Recommendations • Increased availability of affordable housing stock at all income levels •Urban regeneration with mixed use and mixed income development • Poor quality owner‐ occupied and investor‐ owned housing stock is upgraded • The community is healthy and livable • Involve the community in no cost/low cost community improvement activities • Prioritize work based on available funds and cost‐benefit analysis to: – Produce at least 145 additional affordable housing units – Rehab at least 36 housing units – Complete at least two Livable/Healthy Communities Initiatives 11 HousingHousing
- 12. 12 SafetySafety Fast Facts • Lealman corridor is a crime hotspot, accounting for almost 20% of the crime reported in unincorporated Pinellas County • In the 33714 and 33781 zip codes: –Over 5 years, there were 880 consumer complaints related to debt collection, advanced fee loan scams and car and house repair fraud. – 377 Juvenile arrests. Most arrests were for misdemeanors. Felonies and Simple Assault or Battery were the second most common arrests – For FY 2011‐12 DCF conducted 49 investigations of abuse of vulnerable adults. Of those investigations, 80% (39) were in‐home, rather than institutional investigations CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM SERVICES‐ LEALMAN As of 9/20/2012 33714 33781 Total Children Receiving Family Support Services 29 4 33 Children Receiving In‐Home Services 31 24 55 Children Receiving Out of Home Services 29 38 67 Young Adults Formerly in Foster Care 5 4 9 Parents in Open Cases 89 66 155 Grand Totals 183 136 319 Source: 2008‐2011 UCR crime data; Administrative Forum members: DCF, DJJ, and Eckerd Community Alternatives (ECA)
- 13. Desired Results Recommendations • Reduced crime rate and victimization for a stable community. •Reduced maltreatment • Reduce youth referrals to the Juvenile Assessment Center. • Coordinate with initiatives such as the LAUNCH grant and the Eckerd protocol for responding to parental substance abuse. • Engage the community in crime reduction and prevention strategies and measures. – Create a community dashboard showing key crime and victimization trends and resources (PCSO, crime viewer, consumer complaints, Agency on Aging, etc.). – Provide consumer tool kits to assist families avoid victimization. – Develop a coordinated approach and alternatives to referring youth in partnership with justice, education, and health stakeholders. 13 SafetySafety
- 14. Availability of affordable and accessible transportation Economic development and job creation • Policy‐Level collaboration with those entities that have primary responsibility for these activities • Urge development of an affordable, community‐sponsoredshuttle serving the Lealman Corridor shuttle running every 30 minutes and stopping at key facilities such as clinics, NFCs, libraries, etc. 14 Overarching Issues Recommendation
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