1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,949 >>> IN OUR DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES THE FACES OF HARDSHIP 2 00:00:16,951 --> 00:00:20,686 TIMES THE FACES OF HARDSHIP DON'T ALWAYS MATCH EXPECTATIONS 3 00:00:20,688 --> 00:00:23,856 DON'T ALWAYS MATCH EXPECTATIONS OR APPEAR WHERE WE THINK THEY 4 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:24,590 OR APPEAR WHERE WE THINK THEY SHOULD. 5 00:00:24,592 --> 00:00:26,291 SHOULD. >> GENTLEMAN IN HIS LATE 50s 6 00:00:26,293 --> 00:00:27,559 >> GENTLEMAN IN HIS LATE 50s LOOKING FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT IS 7 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:30,062 LOOKING FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT IS NOT QUITE AS ATTRACTIVE I THINK 8 00:00:30,064 --> 00:00:31,964 NOT QUITE AS ATTRACTIVE I THINK IN MANY CASES. 9 00:00:31,966 --> 00:00:33,098 IN MANY CASES. I WAS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. 10 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,800 I WAS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. I WAS ON ACCESS. 11 00:00:34,802 --> 00:00:36,935 I WAS ON ACCESS. YOU KNOW, AND -- AND FOOD 12 00:00:36,937 --> 00:00:37,836 YOU KNOW, AND -- AND FOOD STAMPS. 13 00:00:37,838 --> 00:00:39,371 STAMPS. AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, 14 00:00:39,373 --> 00:00:40,305 AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT. 15 00:00:40,307 --> 00:00:41,106 EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT. THAT'S A REALITY. 16 00:00:41,108 --> 00:00:42,808 THAT'S A REALITY. >> POVERTY COMES TO THE 17 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:43,575 >> POVERTY COMES TO THE MIDDLE-CLASS SUBURBS OF PHOENIX 18 00:00:43,577 --> 00:00:44,243 MIDDLE-CLASS SUBURBS OF PHOENIX AND TUCSON. 19 00:00:44,245 --> 00:00:47,679 AND TUCSON. IT'S "ARIZONA WEEK." 20 00:00:47,681 --> 00:00:48,814 IT'S "ARIZONA WEEK." >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" 21 00:00:48,816 --> 00:00:50,749 >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A 22 00:00:50,751 --> 00:00:52,084 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL 23 00:00:52,086 --> 00:00:53,886 GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL FOUNDATION AND BY THE MEMBERS OF 24 00:00:53,888 --> 00:00:55,287 FOUNDATION AND BY THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA. 25 00:00:55,289 --> 00:00:58,824 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 26 00:00:58,826 --> 00:00:59,958 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 27 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:00,626 SUPPORT. ONCE AGAIN, YOUR MODERATOR, 28 00:01:00,628 --> 00:01:04,430 ONCE AGAIN, YOUR MODERATOR, MICHAEL CHIHAK. 29 00:01:04,432 --> 00:01:06,999 MICHAEL CHIHAK. >> WE CONCLUDE ARIZONA PUBLIC 30 00:01:07,001 --> 00:01:08,600 >> WE CONCLUDE ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA'S WEEK-LONG SERIES ON 31 00:01:08,602 --> 00:01:10,669 MEDIA'S WEEK-LONG SERIES ON POVERTY BY FOCUSING ON ITS 32 00:01:10,671 --> 00:01:13,105 POVERTY BY FOCUSING ON ITS INCREASE IN SUBURBAN PHOENIX AND 33 00:01:13,107 --> 00:01:13,806 INCREASE IN SUBURBAN PHOENIX AND TUCSON, WHERE LOCATION ALONE 34 00:01:13,808 --> 00:01:15,340 TUCSON, WHERE LOCATION ALONE OUGHT TO INFER A LIFESTYLE 35 00:01:15,342 --> 00:01:16,708 OUGHT TO INFER A LIFESTYLE WITHOUT HARDSHIP. 36 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:20,412 WITHOUT HARDSHIP. WE'LL START WITH ONE MAN'S 37 00:01:20,414 --> 00:01:20,712 WE'LL START WITH ONE MAN'S STORY. 38 00:01:20,714 --> 00:01:22,081 STORY. >> MY NAME IS JIM CORCORAN. 39 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:24,183 >> MY NAME IS JIM CORCORAN. I LIVE HERE IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. 40 00:01:24,185 --> 00:01:27,753 I LIVE HERE IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. I'M EMPLOYED BY THE NATURAL 41 00:01:27,755 --> 00:01:28,787 I'M EMPLOYED BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND PARKS AND 42 00:01:28,789 --> 00:01:30,055 RESOURCES AND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF PIMA 43 00:01:30,057 --> 00:01:30,389 RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF PIMA COUNTY. 44 00:01:30,391 --> 00:01:34,526 COUNTY. I AM A RECREATION LEADER AT THE 45 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:35,294 I AM A RECREATION LEADER AT THE PICTURE ROCKS COMMUNITY CENTER 46 00:01:35,296 --> 00:01:36,995 PICTURE ROCKS COMMUNITY CENTER IN PICTURE ROCKS, ARIZONA. 47 00:01:36,997 --> 00:01:40,199 IN PICTURE ROCKS, ARIZONA. BASICALLY, MY BACKGROUND IS IN 48 00:01:40,201 --> 00:01:42,968 BASICALLY, MY BACKGROUND IS IN EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCES, 49 00:01:42,970 --> 00:01:45,904 EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCES, HIGHER ED ADMINISTRATION, 50 00:01:45,906 --> 00:01:47,573 HIGHER ED ADMINISTRATION, ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS, COACHES 51 00:01:47,575 --> 00:01:48,674 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS, COACHES EDUCATION, DRUGS AND SPORTS, 52 00:01:48,676 --> 00:01:51,777 EDUCATION, DRUGS AND SPORTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 53 00:01:51,779 --> 00:01:54,713 THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND DID THAT FOR A NUMBER OF 54 00:01:54,715 --> 00:01:56,882 AND DID THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND COACHED AND GOT 55 00:01:56,884 --> 00:01:59,384 YEARS AND COACHED AND GOT INVOLVED HEAVILY WITH YOUTH 56 00:01:59,386 --> 00:02:00,552 INVOLVED HEAVILY WITH YOUTH SPORTS AND COACHING EDUCATION, 57 00:02:00,554 --> 00:02:02,221 SPORTS AND COACHING EDUCATION, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 58 00:02:02,223 --> 00:02:04,623 THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND THEN I KIND OF SWITCHED 59 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:07,926 AND THEN I KIND OF SWITCHED GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND WENT OFF 60 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:12,064 GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND WENT OFF INTO SALES AND MARKETING AND SO 61 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:12,998 INTO SALES AND MARKETING AND SO FORTH. 62 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,501 FORTH. BUT THINGS WERE KIND OF NOT 63 00:02:15,503 --> 00:02:17,469 BUT THINGS WERE KIND OF NOT MOVING SO WELL IN CHICAGO FOR 64 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:17,736 MOVING SO WELL IN CHICAGO FOR ME. 65 00:02:17,738 --> 00:02:20,038 ME. SO I CAME OUT TO TUCSON IN 66 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,342 SO I CAME OUT TO TUCSON IN FEBRUARY OF 2010. 67 00:02:23,344 --> 00:02:24,877 FEBRUARY OF 2010. AND AT THAT POINT IT WAS -- THE 68 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:27,045 AND AT THAT POINT IT WAS -- THE MARKET WAS PRETTY ROUGH. 69 00:02:27,047 --> 00:02:28,280 MARKET WAS PRETTY ROUGH. IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT AT THAT 70 00:02:28,282 --> 00:02:28,947 IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT AT THAT POINT EVEN. 71 00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:32,284 POINT EVEN. BUT I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO 72 00:02:32,286 --> 00:02:34,553 BUT I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO EARN A POSITION AT THE NORTHWEST 73 00:02:34,555 --> 00:02:36,855 EARN A POSITION AT THE NORTHWEST YMCA HERE IN TUCSON IN THEIR 74 00:02:36,857 --> 00:02:38,056 YMCA HERE IN TUCSON IN THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND MARKETING 75 00:02:38,058 --> 00:02:39,091 MEMBERSHIP AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND WORKED THERE FOR 76 00:02:39,093 --> 00:02:42,494 DEPARTMENT AND WORKED THERE FOR A WHILE, WHICH WAS AN AWESOME 77 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:42,895 A WHILE, WHICH WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE. 78 00:02:42,897 --> 00:02:44,997 EXPERIENCE. I'VE WORKED WITH YMCAs IN 79 00:02:44,999 --> 00:02:46,365 I'VE WORKED WITH YMCAs IN CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA IN THE 80 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:47,199 CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA IN THE PAST AS WELL. 81 00:02:47,201 --> 00:02:51,503 PAST AS WELL. AS PART OF MY JOURNEY IN 82 00:02:51,505 --> 00:02:53,772 AS PART OF MY JOURNEY IN WELLNESS AND SPORTS, AND SO 83 00:02:53,774 --> 00:02:54,072 WELLNESS AND SPORTS, AND SO FORTH. 84 00:02:54,074 --> 00:02:54,973 FORTH. SO THIS OPPORTUNITY WAS GREAT. 85 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:56,608 SO THIS OPPORTUNITY WAS GREAT. WORKED WITH THEM FOR A WHILE. 86 00:02:56,610 --> 00:03:00,579 WORKED WITH THEM FOR A WHILE. AND THEN THINGS JUST KIND OF 87 00:03:00,581 --> 00:03:03,182 AND THEN THINGS JUST KIND OF CHANGED, AND I ENDED UP BEING 88 00:03:03,184 --> 00:03:03,582 CHANGED, AND I ENDED UP BEING UNEMPLOYED. 89 00:03:03,584 --> 00:03:04,783 UNEMPLOYED. JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHAT 90 00:03:04,785 --> 00:03:07,786 JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE MARKET AT 91 00:03:07,788 --> 00:03:08,320 WAS GOING ON IN THE MARKET AT THAT TIME. 92 00:03:08,322 --> 00:03:10,522 THAT TIME. AND YMCA'S NEEDS AND MY NEEDS 93 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:13,025 AND YMCA'S NEEDS AND MY NEEDS AND SO FORTH. 94 00:03:13,027 --> 00:03:18,530 AND SO FORTH. AND THAT JUST WAS A DIFFICULT 95 00:03:18,532 --> 00:03:20,332 AND THAT JUST WAS A DIFFICULT TIME TO BE UNEMPLOYED AGAIN. 96 00:03:20,334 --> 00:03:22,067 TIME TO BE UNEMPLOYED AGAIN. THE MARKET HAD NOT IMPROVED. 97 00:03:22,069 --> 00:03:26,071 THE MARKET HAD NOT IMPROVED. SO I KEPT PURSUING, YOU KNOW, 98 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:26,471 SO I KEPT PURSUING, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYMENT. 99 00:03:26,473 --> 00:03:29,174 EMPLOYMENT. CAME HERE TO ICS. 100 00:03:29,176 --> 00:03:31,543 CAME HERE TO ICS. HAD HEARD ABOUT THEM FROM A 101 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:33,245 HAD HEARD ABOUT THEM FROM A FRIEND IN TUCSON. 102 00:03:33,247 --> 00:03:39,117 FRIEND IN TUCSON. AND WALKED IN. 103 00:03:39,119 --> 00:03:40,586 AND WALKED IN. MATT TANDELA, TERRI, THE STAFF 104 00:03:40,588 --> 00:03:41,553 MATT TANDELA, TERRI, THE STAFF WAS IMMEDIATELY SUPPORTIVE. 105 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:45,090 WAS IMMEDIATELY SUPPORTIVE. AND JUST CAME IN, REBUILT MY 106 00:03:45,092 --> 00:03:46,058 AND JUST CAME IN, REBUILT MY RESUMES, HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF 107 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:49,394 RESUMES, HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESUMES FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS, 108 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:50,462 RESUMES FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS, WILLING TO DO ANYTHING THAT WAS, 109 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:52,531 WILLING TO DO ANYTHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, LEGAL, HEALTHY, AND 110 00:03:52,533 --> 00:03:53,532 YOU KNOW, LEGAL, HEALTHY, AND MORALLY ACCEPTABLE. 111 00:03:53,534 --> 00:03:56,101 MORALLY ACCEPTABLE. AND IT JUST WAS NOT COMING 112 00:03:56,103 --> 00:03:56,468 AND IT JUST WAS NOT COMING TOGETHER. 113 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:57,603 TOGETHER. I DID ODD JOBS HERE AND THERE 114 00:03:57,605 --> 00:04:00,973 I DID ODD JOBS HERE AND THERE AND SO FORTH. 115 00:04:00,975 --> 00:04:03,942 AND SO FORTH. BUT THE PEOPLE HERE WERE JUST 116 00:04:03,944 --> 00:04:05,110 BUT THE PEOPLE HERE WERE JUST UNBELIEVABLY SUPPORTIVE AND 117 00:04:05,112 --> 00:04:09,181 UNBELIEVABLY SUPPORTIVE AND HELPED ME, GAVE ME JOB LEADS, 118 00:04:09,183 --> 00:04:10,682 HELPED ME, GAVE ME JOB LEADS, DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERS IN THE 119 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:14,253 DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERS IN THE RESOURCE CENTER WERE JUST 120 00:04:14,255 --> 00:04:14,653 RESOURCE CENTER WERE JUST PHENOMENAL. 121 00:04:14,655 --> 00:04:18,023 PHENOMENAL. AND JUST KEPT PLUGGING ALONG. 122 00:04:18,025 --> 00:04:19,358 AND JUST KEPT PLUGGING ALONG. AND ACTUALLY HAD APPLIED FOR A 123 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,961 AND ACTUALLY HAD APPLIED FOR A POSITION WITH PIMA COUNTY IN 124 00:04:22,963 --> 00:04:25,731 POSITION WITH PIMA COUNTY IN THEIR RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND 125 00:04:25,733 --> 00:04:27,733 THEIR RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND ACTUALLY HAD QUITE HONESTLY, 126 00:04:27,735 --> 00:04:30,235 ACTUALLY HAD QUITE HONESTLY, MICHAEL, FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT 127 00:04:30,237 --> 00:04:31,103 MICHAEL, FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT BECAUSE I HAD BEEN AT THE CITY 128 00:04:31,105 --> 00:04:32,504 BECAUSE I HAD BEEN AT THE CITY OF TUCSON, UNIVERSITY, ALL KINDS 129 00:04:32,506 --> 00:04:33,872 OF TUCSON, UNIVERSITY, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS. 130 00:04:33,874 --> 00:04:34,740 OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS. AND RECEIVED A CALL. 131 00:04:34,742 --> 00:04:36,942 AND RECEIVED A CALL. ASKED ME TO COME IN FOR AN 132 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:37,309 ASKED ME TO COME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW. 133 00:04:37,311 --> 00:04:40,846 INTERVIEW. AND DID THAT AND WAS HIRED, 134 00:04:40,848 --> 00:04:42,414 AND DID THAT AND WAS HIRED, OFFERED THE POSITION THE NEXT 135 00:04:42,416 --> 00:04:42,781 OFFERED THE POSITION THE NEXT DAY. 136 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:47,352 DAY. IT WAS A COURSE OF PROBABLY 137 00:04:47,354 --> 00:04:50,389 IT WAS A COURSE OF PROBABLY 2 1/2 YEARS TO AGAIN BECOME 138 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:51,990 2 1/2 YEARS TO AGAIN BECOME FULLY GAINFULLY EMPLOYED. 139 00:04:51,992 --> 00:04:55,260 FULLY GAINFULLY EMPLOYED. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE I 140 00:04:55,262 --> 00:04:56,662 IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE I KNOW -- YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHO I 141 00:04:56,664 --> 00:04:56,928 KNOW -- YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHO I AM. 142 00:04:56,930 --> 00:04:58,230 AM. I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN AND WHAT 143 00:04:58,232 --> 00:05:00,132 I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN AND WHAT I'VE DONE AND WHAT I HAVE TO 144 00:05:00,134 --> 00:05:00,432 I'VE DONE AND WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER. 145 00:05:00,434 --> 00:05:04,036 OFFER. AND WITH THE MARKET BEING 146 00:05:04,038 --> 00:05:06,071 AND WITH THE MARKET BEING EXTREMELY UNCOOPERATIVE, I GUESS 147 00:05:06,073 --> 00:05:09,308 EXTREMELY UNCOOPERATIVE, I GUESS I WOULD SAY, CHALLENGING, AND 148 00:05:09,310 --> 00:05:11,076 I WOULD SAY, CHALLENGING, AND THE FACT THAT I AM, YOU KNOW -- 149 00:05:11,078 --> 00:05:18,583 THE FACT THAT I AM, YOU KNOW -- I'M NO LONG ER A YOUNG MAN COMIG 150 00:05:18,585 --> 00:05:19,351 I'M NO LONG ER A YOUNG MAN COMIG OUT OF COLLEGE. 151 00:05:19,353 --> 00:05:20,786 OUT OF COLLEGE. I'M A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCED IN 152 00:05:20,788 --> 00:05:22,220 I'M A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE JOURNEYS HERE. 153 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:25,057 MY LIFE JOURNEYS HERE. AND I BELIEVE I RAN INTO THAT AS 154 00:05:25,059 --> 00:05:25,357 AND I BELIEVE I RAN INTO THAT AS WELL. 155 00:05:25,359 --> 00:05:27,192 WELL. HAVING A HARD TIME WITH BEING, 156 00:05:27,194 --> 00:05:28,960 HAVING A HARD TIME WITH BEING, YOU KNOW, A GENTLEMAN IN HIS 157 00:05:28,962 --> 00:05:30,662 YOU KNOW, A GENTLEMAN IN HIS LATE 50s LOOKING FOR FULL 158 00:05:30,664 --> 00:05:31,063 LATE 50s LOOKING FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT. 159 00:05:31,065 --> 00:05:34,633 EMPLOYMENT. IT'S NOT QUITE AS ATTRACTIVE, I 160 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:38,103 IT'S NOT QUITE AS ATTRACTIVE, I THINK, IN MANY CASES. 161 00:05:38,105 --> 00:05:39,671 THINK, IN MANY CASES. AND -- BUT TO BE ABLE TO WALK 162 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:41,006 AND -- BUT TO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, TO ASK FOR 163 00:05:41,008 --> 00:05:44,843 THROUGH THAT PROCESS, TO ASK FOR SUPPORT HERE FROM PEOPLE AND 164 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:45,944 SUPPORT HERE FROM PEOPLE AND FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND 165 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:46,611 FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY JUST KEPT PUSHING 166 00:05:46,613 --> 00:05:51,917 COMMUNITY JUST KEPT PUSHING THROUGH TO DO THE NEXT RIGHT 167 00:05:51,919 --> 00:05:54,286 THROUGH TO DO THE NEXT RIGHT THING AND TO NOT GIVE UP, NOT 168 00:05:54,288 --> 00:05:55,821 THING AND TO NOT GIVE UP, NOT LOSE FAITH, KEEP MOVING FORWARD, 169 00:05:55,823 --> 00:05:57,589 LOSE FAITH, KEEP MOVING FORWARD, PUT THE RIGHT ENERGY OUT THERE 170 00:05:57,591 --> 00:05:58,590 PUT THE RIGHT ENERGY OUT THERE AND MAYBE SOMETHING WOULD COME 171 00:05:58,592 --> 00:05:58,957 AND MAYBE SOMETHING WOULD COME TOGETHER. 172 00:05:58,959 --> 00:05:59,825 TOGETHER. BUT YES, IT WAS DIFFICULT. 173 00:05:59,827 --> 00:06:01,360 BUT YES, IT WAS DIFFICULT. AND THE OTHER PIECE, MICHAEL, 174 00:06:01,362 --> 00:06:03,128 AND THE OTHER PIECE, MICHAEL, WAS THAT EVERYTHING IS SO -- I 175 00:06:03,130 --> 00:06:04,696 WAS THAT EVERYTHING IS SO -- I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY MY AGE 176 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:05,597 DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY MY AGE OR ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH I 177 00:06:05,599 --> 00:06:06,698 OR ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY MENTIONED IT. 178 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,700 ALREADY MENTIONED IT. IT'S -- EVERYTHING'S SO 179 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:12,537 IT'S -- EVERYTHING'S SO ELECTRONICALLY BASED. 180 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:13,605 ELECTRONICALLY BASED. TO ACTUALLY GET IN FRONT OF 181 00:06:13,607 --> 00:06:14,473 TO ACTUALLY GET IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, 182 00:06:14,475 --> 00:06:17,409 SOMEBODY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A STRENGTH OF 183 00:06:17,411 --> 00:06:20,445 WHICH I BELIEVE IS A STRENGTH OF MINE, WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO 184 00:06:20,447 --> 00:06:21,179 MINE, WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CRACK THROUGH THAT ELECTRONIC, 185 00:06:21,181 --> 00:06:22,948 CRACK THROUGH THAT ELECTRONIC, YOU KNOW, SCANNING OF YOUR 186 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:27,619 YOU KNOW, SCANNING OF YOUR RESUME FOR CERTAIN BUZZWORDS. 187 00:06:27,621 --> 00:06:29,588 RESUME FOR CERTAIN BUZZWORDS. SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING 188 00:06:29,590 --> 00:06:33,125 SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING TO COPE WITH AND TO GET HELP 189 00:06:33,127 --> 00:06:35,026 TO COPE WITH AND TO GET HELP WITH AGAIN ON HOW TO REWRITE AND 190 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:36,395 WITH AGAIN ON HOW TO REWRITE AND GET THOSE WORDS THAT MIGHT HELP 191 00:06:36,397 --> 00:06:36,661 GET THOSE WORDS THAT MIGHT HELP ME. 192 00:06:36,663 --> 00:06:38,630 ME. ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED, 193 00:06:38,632 --> 00:06:39,364 ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED, ANOTHER PIECE THAT I'VE LEARNED 194 00:06:39,366 --> 00:06:43,001 ANOTHER PIECE THAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY LIFE IS THAT I DO NEED TO 195 00:06:43,003 --> 00:06:44,069 IN MY LIFE IS THAT I DO NEED TO ACCEPT HELP FROM OTHERS AND NOT 196 00:06:44,071 --> 00:06:47,773 ACCEPT HELP FROM OTHERS AND NOT THINK I'VE GOT TO DO THIS ON MY 197 00:06:47,775 --> 00:06:48,039 THINK I'VE GOT TO DO THIS ON MY OWN. 198 00:06:48,041 --> 00:06:50,575 OWN. EVEN THOUGH I'M CAPABLE OF IT I 199 00:06:50,577 --> 00:06:51,910 EVEN THOUGH I'M CAPABLE OF IT I THINK A TEAM APPROACH AND 200 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:53,044 THINK A TEAM APPROACH AND ALLOWING OTHERS TO HELP ALLOWS 201 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:55,781 ALLOWING OTHERS TO HELP ALLOWS FOR THAT ENERGY TO STAY POSITIVE 202 00:06:55,783 --> 00:06:57,048 FOR THAT ENERGY TO STAY POSITIVE AND FOCUS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE 203 00:06:57,050 --> 00:06:58,116 AND FOCUS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE I BELIEVE PEOPLE WHO 204 00:06:58,118 --> 00:06:59,818 BECAUSE I BELIEVE PEOPLE WHO WILL TALK TO YOU ON THE PHONE OR 205 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:00,952 WILL TALK TO YOU ON THE PHONE OR INTERVIEW YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO 206 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:01,853 INTERVIEW YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL YOUR ENERGY. 207 00:07:01,855 --> 00:07:06,324 FEEL YOUR ENERGY. AND IF YOU'RE LIKE OH, MY 208 00:07:06,326 --> 00:07:10,128 AND IF YOU'RE LIKE OH, MY GOODNESS OR IT'S DESPERATION OR 209 00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:10,829 GOODNESS OR IT'S DESPERATION OR IT'S ANGER, FRUSTRATION, THAT 210 00:07:10,831 --> 00:07:11,263 IT'S ANGER, FRUSTRATION, THAT PLAYS INTO IT. 211 00:07:11,265 --> 00:07:12,697 PLAYS INTO IT. SO I THINK STAYING FOCUSED, 212 00:07:12,699 --> 00:07:16,034 SO I THINK STAYING FOCUSED, AGAIN, THROUGH THE HELP OF 213 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:17,135 AGAIN, THROUGH THE HELP OF OTHERS AND SUPPORT MECHANISMS 214 00:07:17,137 --> 00:07:20,572 OTHERS AND SUPPORT MECHANISMS SUCH AS ICS REALLY HELPED ME TO 215 00:07:20,574 --> 00:07:23,909 SUCH AS ICS REALLY HELPED ME TO KEEP MY HEAD UP AND KEEP -- I'M 216 00:07:23,911 --> 00:07:25,477 KEEP MY HEAD UP AND KEEP -- I'M NOT SAYING I WAS THERE ALL THE 217 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:26,711 NOT SAYING I WAS THERE ALL THE TIME EVERY DAY. 218 00:07:26,713 --> 00:07:27,813 TIME EVERY DAY. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I WAS 219 00:07:27,815 --> 00:07:30,882 THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT AM I 220 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:31,583 LIKE OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT AM I DOING, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 221 00:07:31,585 --> 00:07:34,486 DOING, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SNEER BUT THEY WERE LESS THAN 222 00:07:34,488 --> 00:07:35,020 SNEER BUT THEY WERE LESS THAN THE POSITIVE DAYS. 223 00:07:35,022 --> 00:07:35,954 THE POSITIVE DAYS. MUCH LESS THAN THE POSITIVE 224 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:36,254 MUCH LESS THAN THE POSITIVE DAYS. 225 00:07:36,256 --> 00:07:38,523 DAYS. I WAS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. 226 00:07:38,525 --> 00:07:40,792 I WAS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. I WAS ON ACCESS, YOU KNOW. 227 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:42,627 I WAS ON ACCESS, YOU KNOW. AND FOOD STAMPS. 228 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:44,262 AND FOOD STAMPS. AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, 229 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:45,363 AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT. 230 00:07:45,365 --> 00:07:48,300 EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT. THAT'S THE REALITY. 231 00:07:48,302 --> 00:07:49,901 THAT'S THE REALITY. I'M GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO 232 00:07:49,903 --> 00:07:52,337 I'M GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO THOSE SERVICES AND USE 233 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:54,239 TAP INTO THOSE SERVICES AND USE THEM TO HELP ME GET BACK TO 234 00:07:54,241 --> 00:07:55,674 THEM TO HELP ME GET BACK TO WHERE I -- NOT EVEN BACK TO, TO 235 00:07:55,676 --> 00:07:57,209 WHERE I -- NOT EVEN BACK TO, TO GO TO A NEW PLACE IN MY LIFE, A 236 00:07:57,211 --> 00:07:57,676 GO TO A NEW PLACE IN MY LIFE, A NEW EXPERIENCE. 237 00:07:57,678 --> 00:08:01,746 NEW EXPERIENCE. TO BE HUMBLE AND TO ALLOW THAT 238 00:08:01,748 --> 00:08:02,481 TO BE HUMBLE AND TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. 239 00:08:02,483 --> 00:08:03,281 TO HAPPEN. THAT'S ANOTHER BRANCH OF 240 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:05,784 THAT'S ANOTHER BRANCH OF ALLOWING OTHERS TO HELP YOU. 241 00:08:05,786 --> 00:08:07,752 ALLOWING OTHERS TO HELP YOU. CERTAINLY NOT ABUSING THOSE 242 00:08:07,754 --> 00:08:08,720 CERTAINLY NOT ABUSING THOSE SYSTEMS AT ALL. 243 00:08:08,722 --> 00:08:11,423 SYSTEMS AT ALL. AND HOWEVER, USING THEM TO THE 244 00:08:11,425 --> 00:08:14,860 AND HOWEVER, USING THEM TO THE FULLEST AS LONG AS I NEEDED TO. 245 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:16,561 FULLEST AS LONG AS I NEEDED TO. AND I DID DO THAT. 246 00:08:16,563 --> 00:08:17,996 AND I DID DO THAT. AND AGAIN, I HAD FAMILY AND 247 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:21,132 AND AGAIN, I HAD FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HELPED ME SAY JIM, 248 00:08:21,134 --> 00:08:22,734 FRIENDS WHO HELPED ME SAY JIM, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, WE KNOW 249 00:08:22,736 --> 00:08:23,768 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WE SUPPORT YOU TO 250 00:08:23,770 --> 00:08:24,469 WHO YOU ARE, WE SUPPORT YOU TO STAY FOCUSED. 251 00:08:24,471 --> 00:08:25,604 STAY FOCUSED. BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING 252 00:08:25,606 --> 00:08:26,638 BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 253 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:27,372 TO HAPPEN. AND IT DID. 254 00:08:27,374 --> 00:08:30,942 AND IT DID. NOW ALL THOSE BENEFITS ARE -- I 255 00:08:30,944 --> 00:08:33,078 NOW ALL THOSE BENEFITS ARE -- I AM A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT, 256 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,112 AM A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT, SELF-SUSTAINING MAN AGAIN. 257 00:08:34,114 --> 00:08:36,314 SELF-SUSTAINING MAN AGAIN. WHICH IS A GIFT. 258 00:08:36,316 --> 00:08:40,118 WHICH IS A GIFT. AND I -- IT WAS A VERY 259 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:41,853 AND I -- IT WAS A VERY MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE, THIS 260 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:42,687 MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE, THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 261 00:08:42,689 --> 00:08:44,055 WHOLE PROCESS. >> JIM CORCORAN IS AMONG 262 00:08:44,057 --> 00:08:45,757 >> JIM CORCORAN IS AMONG THOUSANDS WHO HAVE TURNED TO 263 00:08:45,759 --> 00:08:46,558 THOUSANDS WHO HAVE TURNED TO OTHERS FOR HELP. 264 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,694 OTHERS FOR HELP. IN HIS CASE INTERFAITH COMMUNITY 265 00:08:49,696 --> 00:08:51,096 IN HIS CASE INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES IN SUBURBAN TUCSON. 266 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:53,532 SERVICES IN SUBURBAN TUCSON. THE AGENCY'S ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, 267 00:08:53,534 --> 00:08:54,966 THE AGENCY'S ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TERRI PATT-SMITH, IS WITNESS TO 268 00:08:54,968 --> 00:08:59,404 TERRI PATT-SMITH, IS WITNESS TO THE CHANGING PICTURE OF POVERTY. 269 00:08:59,406 --> 00:09:01,006 THE CHANGING PICTURE OF POVERTY. >> IS THE SLOW ECONOMY CAUSING A 270 00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:03,141 >> IS THE SLOW ECONOMY CAUSING A CHANGE IN NUMBERS OF CLIENT'LL 271 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:04,609 CHANGE IN NUMBERS OF CLIENT'LL FOR THE AGENCY? 272 00:09:04,611 --> 00:09:06,711 FOR THE AGENCY? >> YES. 273 00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:08,280 >> YES. LOOKING BACK AT THE NUMBERS OF 274 00:09:08,282 --> 00:09:09,981 LOOKING BACK AT THE NUMBERS OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE SERVED IN OUR 275 00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:12,751 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE SERVED IN OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, 276 00:09:12,753 --> 00:09:15,086 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BACK IN LIKE 2007 WE WERE JUST 277 00:09:15,088 --> 00:09:17,188 BACK IN LIKE 2007 WE WERE JUST OVER 2,000 HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE 278 00:09:17,190 --> 00:09:17,489 OVER 2,000 HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE YEAR. 279 00:09:17,491 --> 00:09:19,257 YEAR. AND THIS YEAR WE JUST FINISHED 280 00:09:19,259 --> 00:09:22,627 AND THIS YEAR WE JUST FINISHED UP AS OF JUNE 30th, AND IT'S 281 00:09:22,629 --> 00:09:22,928 UP AS OF JUNE 30th, AND IT'S 4,023. 282 00:09:22,930 --> 00:09:24,329 4,023. >> SO MORE THAN DOUBLE IN JUST 283 00:09:24,331 --> 00:09:25,697 >> SO MORE THAN DOUBLE IN JUST FIVE OR SIX YEARS -- 284 00:09:25,699 --> 00:09:26,698 FIVE OR SIX YEARS -- >> SIX YEARS. 285 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:28,700 >> SIX YEARS. IT'S JUST BEEN A GRADUAL 286 00:09:28,702 --> 00:09:30,035 IT'S JUST BEEN A GRADUAL INCREASE EVERY YEAR OF NEED. 287 00:09:30,037 --> 00:09:31,870 INCREASE EVERY YEAR OF NEED. >> AND THAT KIND OF GOES IN LINE 288 00:09:31,872 --> 00:09:34,005 >> AND THAT KIND OF GOES IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE 289 00:09:34,007 --> 00:09:36,608 WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE GROWTH OF POVERTY IN SUBURBAN 290 00:09:36,610 --> 00:09:37,509 GROWTH OF POVERTY IN SUBURBAN AREAS. 291 00:09:37,511 --> 00:09:38,710 AREAS. PEOPLE IN NEED. 292 00:09:38,712 --> 00:09:40,512 PEOPLE IN NEED. HERE IN TUCSON ACCORDING TO THE 293 00:09:40,514 --> 00:09:43,081 HERE IN TUCSON ACCORDING TO THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION UP ABOUT 294 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:45,350 BROOKINGS INSTITUTION UP ABOUT 83% OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO. 295 00:09:45,352 --> 00:09:46,518 83% OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO. AND YOU'RE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS 296 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,053 AND YOU'RE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS REFLECTED IN YOUR CLIENTELE. 297 00:09:48,055 --> 00:09:49,054 REFLECTED IN YOUR CLIENTELE. >> YES. 298 00:09:49,056 --> 00:09:50,956 >> YES. AND THE THING ABOUT POVERTY THAT 299 00:09:50,958 --> 00:09:54,392 AND THE THING ABOUT POVERTY THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE AT ICS IS THAT 300 00:09:54,394 --> 00:09:57,495 WE'VE SEEN HERE AT ICS IS THAT THERE'S GENERATIONAL POVERTY, 301 00:09:57,497 --> 00:09:59,497 THERE'S GENERATIONAL POVERTY, WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE KIND OF 302 00:09:59,499 --> 00:10:01,967 WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE KIND OF FEEL IS THESE CYCLIC FAMILIES 303 00:10:01,969 --> 00:10:03,668 FEEL IS THESE CYCLIC FAMILIES THAT JUST KEEP USING THE SYSTEM 304 00:10:03,670 --> 00:10:04,970 THAT JUST KEEP USING THE SYSTEM AND CAN'T BREAK THEMSELVES OUT. 305 00:10:04,972 --> 00:10:07,672 AND CAN'T BREAK THEMSELVES OUT. BUT THE GROWTH HAS BEEN IN WHAT 306 00:10:07,674 --> 00:10:12,243 BUT THE GROWTH HAS BEEN IN WHAT YOU CALL SITUATIONAL POVERTY. 307 00:10:12,245 --> 00:10:13,378 YOU CALL SITUATIONAL POVERTY. SO SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. 308 00:10:13,380 --> 00:10:14,779 SO SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. AND IN THIS CASE ONE OF THE 309 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:18,416 AND IN THIS CASE ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED IS 310 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:19,584 MAJOR THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED IS THE ECONOMY. 311 00:10:19,586 --> 00:10:20,552 THE ECONOMY. PEOPLE LOSING JOBS. 312 00:10:20,554 --> 00:10:22,220 PEOPLE LOSING JOBS. THE HEALTH CARE COSTS. 313 00:10:22,222 --> 00:10:23,788 THE HEALTH CARE COSTS. THE CHILDCARE COSTS. 314 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,190 THE CHILDCARE COSTS. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 315 00:10:25,192 --> 00:10:26,625 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ALL THOSE ISSUES IS REALLY 316 00:10:26,627 --> 00:10:28,360 ALL THOSE ISSUES IS REALLY MAKING THE MIDDLE CLASS, THE 317 00:10:28,362 --> 00:10:30,996 MAKING THE MIDDLE CLASS, THE STRONG WORKING MIDDLE CLASS, YOU 318 00:10:30,998 --> 00:10:32,764 STRONG WORKING MIDDLE CLASS, YOU KNOW, EDGE THEMSELVES DOWN 319 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:34,566 KNOW, EDGE THEMSELVES DOWN CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THAT POOR 320 00:10:34,568 --> 00:10:35,634 CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THAT POOR OR POVERTY LEVEL. 321 00:10:35,636 --> 00:10:38,536 OR POVERTY LEVEL. >> SO PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER HAD TO 322 00:10:38,538 --> 00:10:40,105 >> SO PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER HAD TO SEEK HELP BEFORE ARE COMING 323 00:10:40,107 --> 00:10:41,606 SEEK HELP BEFORE ARE COMING FORWARD LOOKING FOR HELP? 324 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:43,074 FORWARD LOOKING FOR HELP? >> RIGHT. 325 00:10:43,076 --> 00:10:45,510 >> RIGHT. MOST OF THE PEOPLE, I'D SAY A 326 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:46,511 MOST OF THE PEOPLE, I'D SAY A HIGH PERCENTAGE THAT COME IN FOR 327 00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:47,245 HIGH PERCENTAGE THAT COME IN FOR THE CASE MANAGEMENT AND 328 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:48,980 THE CASE MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THEY'VE 329 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:50,048 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THEY'VE NEVER HAD HELP BEFORE. 330 00:10:50,050 --> 00:10:52,384 NEVER HAD HELP BEFORE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE 331 00:10:52,386 --> 00:10:53,518 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE ASKING TO BE ON THE SNAP PROGRAM 332 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,920 ASKING TO BE ON THE SNAP PROGRAM FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL 333 00:10:55,922 --> 00:10:56,521 FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 334 00:10:56,523 --> 00:10:58,757 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE ASKING TO 335 00:10:58,759 --> 00:11:01,326 THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE ASKING TO HELP WITH THEIR RENT OR MORTGAGE 336 00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:01,726 HELP WITH THEIR RENT OR MORTGAGE PAYMENT. 337 00:11:01,728 --> 00:11:03,928 PAYMENT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS MAYBE 338 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:06,998 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN ILL AND THEY HAVE 339 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,099 THEY'VE BEEN ILL AND THEY HAVE NO HEALTH CARE. 340 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:10,869 NO HEALTH CARE. AND THE JOB DOES NOT GIVE THEM 341 00:11:10,871 --> 00:11:11,403 AND THE JOB DOES NOT GIVE THEM TIME OFF. 342 00:11:11,405 --> 00:11:13,104 TIME OFF. AND SO THEY'VE LOST THAT MONEY. 343 00:11:13,106 --> 00:11:17,042 AND SO THEY'VE LOST THAT MONEY. OR THEY'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED, 344 00:11:17,044 --> 00:11:18,309 OR THEY'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED, THERE'S BEEN LAYOFFS, THERE'S 345 00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:22,313 THERE'S BEEN LAYOFFS, THERE'S BEEN DOWNSIZING OF EMPLOYMENT 346 00:11:22,315 --> 00:11:23,381 BEEN DOWNSIZING OF EMPLOYMENT HERE IN TUCSON. 347 00:11:23,383 --> 00:11:24,783 HERE IN TUCSON. SO IF THEY HAVE ANY AMOUNT OF 348 00:11:24,785 --> 00:11:26,818 SO IF THEY HAVE ANY AMOUNT OF GAP IN EMPLOYMENT, IT JUST 349 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:29,621 GAP IN EMPLOYMENT, IT JUST THROWS THEIR WHOLE LIFESTYLE 350 00:11:29,623 --> 00:11:29,888 THROWS THEIR WHOLE LIFESTYLE OFF. 351 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:31,456 OFF. AND ONE OF THE BIG REASONS IS A 352 00:11:31,458 --> 00:11:32,424 AND ONE OF THE BIG REASONS IS A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING 353 00:11:32,426 --> 00:11:34,392 LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. 354 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:36,227 FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THAT SAFETY 355 00:11:36,229 --> 00:11:37,462 SO THEY DON'T HAVE THAT SAFETY NET, YOU KNOW, OF SOMETHING 356 00:11:37,464 --> 00:11:38,463 NET, YOU KNOW, OF SOMETHING ANYWHERE -- THEY'RE SAYING NO, 357 00:11:38,465 --> 00:11:41,066 ANYWHERE -- THEY'RE SAYING NO, YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST FIVE, 358 00:11:41,068 --> 00:11:44,969 YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST FIVE, SIX MONTHS OF SAFETY MONEY IN 359 00:11:44,971 --> 00:11:46,004 SIX MONTHS OF SAFETY MONEY IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS. 360 00:11:46,006 --> 00:11:47,472 CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS. OR EVEN A MAJOR CAR REPAIR CAN 361 00:11:47,474 --> 00:11:49,474 OR EVEN A MAJOR CAR REPAIR CAN THROW THEM OFF. 362 00:11:49,476 --> 00:11:50,141 THROW THEM OFF. AND NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION. 363 00:11:50,143 --> 00:11:51,409 AND NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION. SO THESE ARE ALL SITUATIONAL 364 00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:55,213 SO THESE ARE ALL SITUATIONAL THINGS THAT ARE MAKING THIS 365 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:58,583 THINGS THAT ARE MAKING THIS MIDDLE CLASS, WHICH IS A LOT OF 366 00:11:58,585 --> 00:11:59,551 MIDDLE CLASS, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE SUBURBAN PEOPLE THAT HAVE 367 00:11:59,553 --> 00:12:01,086 THE SUBURBAN PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY OKAY AND NOW ALL OF 368 00:12:01,088 --> 00:12:03,855 BEEN REALLY OKAY AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE SEEKING OUT 369 00:12:03,857 --> 00:12:04,155 A SUDDEN THEY'RE SEEKING OUT HELP. 370 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:05,657 HELP. >> THAT MAY BE A SURPRISE TO 371 00:12:05,659 --> 00:12:07,092 >> THAT MAY BE A SURPRISE TO SOME OF OUR VIEWERS, THAT IN THE 372 00:12:07,094 --> 00:12:08,026 SOME OF OUR VIEWERS, THAT IN THE SUBURBS, WHICH WE GENERALLY 373 00:12:08,028 --> 00:12:10,895 SUBURBS, WHICH WE GENERALLY THINK OF AS BEING MIDDLE CLASS 374 00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:12,330 THINK OF AS BEING MIDDLE CLASS OR EVEN BEYOND, ESPECIALLY ON 375 00:12:12,332 --> 00:12:15,266 OR EVEN BEYOND, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF TUCSON, 376 00:12:15,268 --> 00:12:16,634 THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF TUCSON, THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE STRUGGLING. 377 00:12:16,636 --> 00:12:17,802 THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE STRUGGLING. DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU? 378 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:19,237 DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU? >> NO. 379 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:21,372 >> NO. BECAUSE I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY 380 00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:23,374 BECAUSE I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY OF THE CLIENTS THAT I AND MY 381 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:24,642 OF THE CLIENTS THAT I AND MY CASE MANAGERS ARE SEEING, I SAY 382 00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:28,980 CASE MANAGERS ARE SEEING, I SAY EVEN UP TO 60%, ARE THE SUBURBAN 383 00:12:28,982 --> 00:12:31,850 EVEN UP TO 60%, ARE THE SUBURBAN PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING NOW 384 00:12:31,852 --> 00:12:32,884 PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING NOW UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAKE 385 00:12:32,886 --> 00:12:36,187 UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAKE A GO OF IT. 386 00:12:36,189 --> 00:12:38,123 A GO OF IT. AND THEY ARE ALMOST EMBARRASSED 387 00:12:38,125 --> 00:12:39,691 AND THEY ARE ALMOST EMBARRASSED OR ASHAMED TO BE THERE. 388 00:12:39,693 --> 00:12:42,460 OR ASHAMED TO BE THERE. I LOOK AT IT AS THEY SEE 389 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:43,428 I LOOK AT IT AS THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN THE CYCLE OF 390 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:44,262 THEMSELVES IN THE CYCLE OF GIVING AND NOT RECEIVING. 391 00:12:44,264 --> 00:12:45,730 GIVING AND NOT RECEIVING. AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE 392 00:12:45,732 --> 00:12:47,632 AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE IN THAT RECEIVING PART OF THE 393 00:12:47,634 --> 00:12:48,666 IN THAT RECEIVING PART OF THE CYCLE, AND IT'S EXTREMELY HARD 394 00:12:48,668 --> 00:12:50,502 CYCLE, AND IT'S EXTREMELY HARD FOR THEM TO COME IN HERE AND ASK 395 00:12:50,504 --> 00:12:51,002 FOR THEM TO COME IN HERE AND ASK FOR HELP. 396 00:12:51,004 --> 00:12:52,937 FOR HELP. >> WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE 397 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,706 >> WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE STRUGGLING THAT WAY, HOW DO YOU 398 00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:55,874 STRUGGLING THAT WAY, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE SO 399 00:12:55,876 --> 00:12:56,674 MAINTAIN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE THE WORK 400 00:12:56,676 --> 00:12:57,575 THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE THE WORK YOU DO? 401 00:12:57,577 --> 00:13:00,011 YOU DO? YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN HERE 20 402 00:13:00,013 --> 00:13:00,311 YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS. 403 00:13:00,313 --> 00:13:01,279 YEARS. >> MM-HMM. 404 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:02,981 >> MM-HMM. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? 405 00:13:02,983 --> 00:13:04,582 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? OUR PHILOSOPHY AND MINE 406 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:05,483 OUR PHILOSOPHY AND MINE ESPECIALLY AND I TRY TO TEACH 407 00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:06,351 ESPECIALLY AND I TRY TO TEACH THAT TO THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO 408 00:13:06,353 --> 00:13:08,253 THAT TO THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE, IS THAT YOU TAKE ONE 409 00:13:08,255 --> 00:13:09,654 WORK HERE, IS THAT YOU TAKE ONE SITUATION AT A TIME. 410 00:13:09,656 --> 00:13:11,055 SITUATION AT A TIME. YOU TAKE ONE CLIENT, ONE 411 00:13:11,057 --> 00:13:12,090 YOU TAKE ONE CLIENT, ONE HOUSEHOLD AT A TIME, AND YOU 412 00:13:12,092 --> 00:13:13,391 HOUSEHOLD AT A TIME, AND YOU TAKE THAT AS A WHOLE SITUATION. 413 00:13:13,393 --> 00:13:15,026 TAKE THAT AS A WHOLE SITUATION. YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE COME IN 414 00:13:15,028 --> 00:13:18,196 YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE COME IN FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 415 00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:19,664 FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY STRUGGLING 416 00:13:19,666 --> 00:13:20,865 BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY STRUGGLING WITH A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER 417 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:21,199 WITH A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS. 418 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:22,066 THINGS. SO THAT'S YOUR CHALLENGE AND 419 00:13:22,068 --> 00:13:23,668 SO THAT'S YOUR CHALLENGE AND YOUR POSITIVE THING IS TO SAY 420 00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:24,702 YOUR POSITIVE THING IS TO SAY OKAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS 421 00:13:24,704 --> 00:13:25,870 OKAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS SITUATION AND HELP THEM, YOU 422 00:13:25,872 --> 00:13:27,672 SITUATION AND HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S HELPING THEM 423 00:13:27,674 --> 00:13:31,209 KNOW, WHETHER IT'S HELPING THEM HERE AT ICS OR REFERRING THEM 424 00:13:31,211 --> 00:13:31,476 HERE AT ICS OR REFERRING THEM OUT. 425 00:13:31,478 --> 00:13:32,777 OUT. AND THEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE MADE A 426 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:34,212 AND THEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR THEM BECAUSE A 427 00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:35,380 DIFFERENCE FOR THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T EVEN 428 00:13:35,382 --> 00:13:35,980 LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO. 429 00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:37,048 KNOW WHERE TO GO. THIS IS THE FIRST-TIME SITUATION 430 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:37,782 THIS IS THE FIRST-TIME SITUATION FOR THEM. 431 00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:40,318 FOR THEM. SO YOU'RE OPENING THEM UP TO A 432 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:41,686 SO YOU'RE OPENING THEM UP TO A WORLD WHERE NOW THEY'VE PUT INTO 433 00:13:41,688 --> 00:13:43,154 WORLD WHERE NOW THEY'VE PUT INTO THE SYSTEM AND NOW THE SYSTEM IS 434 00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:45,557 THE SYSTEM AND NOW THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO COME BACK AND HELP 435 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:45,857 GOING TO COME BACK AND HELP THEM. 436 00:13:45,859 --> 00:13:47,392 THEM. AND SO THAT'S -- THAT MAKES YOU 437 00:13:47,394 --> 00:13:47,926 AND SO THAT'S -- THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. 438 00:13:47,928 --> 00:13:49,894 FEEL GOOD. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE 439 00:13:49,896 --> 00:13:50,261 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE SUCCESSES. 440 00:13:50,263 --> 00:13:51,563 SUCCESSES. AND IT CAN BE ONE AT A TIME. 441 00:13:51,565 --> 00:13:54,532 AND IT CAN BE ONE AT A TIME. YOU DON'T LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE 442 00:13:54,534 --> 00:13:56,234 YOU DON'T LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE SITTING OUT IN THE LOBBY OR 443 00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:57,435 SITTING OUT IN THE LOBBY OR LINED UP AT THE FOOD BANK. 444 00:13:57,437 --> 00:13:59,003 LINED UP AT THE FOOD BANK. YOU JUST TAKE THAT ONE SITTING 445 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:00,104 YOU JUST TAKE THAT ONE SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU AND SEE WHAT YOU 446 00:14:00,106 --> 00:14:03,441 IN FRONT OF YOU AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THOSE CHALLENGES 447 00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:04,909 CAN DO TO MAKE THOSE CHALLENGES REALLY GIVE THEM A CHALLENGE 448 00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:05,777 REALLY GIVE THEM A CHALLENGE TOO. 449 00:14:05,779 --> 00:14:06,411 TOO. THAT'S IMPORTANT. 450 00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:08,146 THAT'S IMPORTANT. THEY HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF 451 00:14:08,148 --> 00:14:09,013 THEY HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. 452 00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:11,583 WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE DO 453 00:14:11,585 --> 00:14:12,851 AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE DO BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET THE 454 00:14:12,853 --> 00:14:13,952 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET THE SITUATION BETTER. 455 00:14:13,954 --> 00:14:16,054 SITUATION BETTER. THEY WANT TO DO WHAT THEY NEED 456 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:18,623 THEY WANT TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET SELF-SUFFICIENT 457 00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:18,923 TO DO TO GET SELF-SUFFICIENT AGAIN. 458 00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:23,294 AGAIN. >> IN FACT, THE AMERICAN CULTURE 459 00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:26,631 >> IN FACT, THE AMERICAN CULTURE IS ONE OF TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF 460 00:14:26,633 --> 00:14:27,832 IS ONE OF TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF INDIVIDUALITY, PULL YOURSELF UP 461 00:14:27,834 --> 00:14:29,300 INDIVIDUALITY, PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS. 462 00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:30,969 BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO 463 00:14:30,971 --> 00:14:33,104 WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD SAY, WELL, THE CLIENTELE 464 00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:35,240 WOULD SAY, WELL, THE CLIENTELE HERE JUST OUGHT TO DO THAT FOR 465 00:14:35,242 --> 00:14:36,341 HERE JUST OUGHT TO DO THAT FOR THEMSELVES? 466 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:37,242 THEMSELVES? >> I'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE WE 467 00:14:37,244 --> 00:14:38,843 >> I'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT 468 00:14:38,845 --> 00:14:39,310 HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK HERE. 469 00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:40,678 WORK HERE. SO THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY 470 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,714 SO THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND A MAJORITY OF THEM LIVE UP 471 00:14:42,716 --> 00:14:45,083 AND A MAJORITY OF THEM LIVE UP HERE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF 472 00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:45,416 HERE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF TUCSON. 473 00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:47,285 TUCSON. AND THEY'VE SEEN THEIR NEIGHBORS 474 00:14:47,287 --> 00:14:48,519 AND THEY'VE SEEN THEIR NEIGHBORS IN HERE. 475 00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:49,921 IN HERE. THEY KNOW AND WE KNOW THAT COULD 476 00:14:49,923 --> 00:14:50,822 THEY KNOW AND WE KNOW THAT COULD BE THAT PERSON SITTING NEXT TO 477 00:14:50,824 --> 00:14:53,691 BE THAT PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU IN CHURCH OR IN LINE AT THE 478 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:56,227 YOU IN CHURCH OR IN LINE AT THE BANK OR -- THEY ARE JUST AS 479 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:57,495 BANK OR -- THEY ARE JUST AS SURPRISED THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE 480 00:14:57,497 --> 00:15:00,565 SURPRISED THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE 481 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:00,965 THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE STRUGGLING. 482 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:02,567 STRUGGLING. >> THAT BROOKINGS INSTITUTION 483 00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:04,135 >> THAT BROOKINGS INSTITUTION STUDY SHOWING THAT POVERTY IN 484 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:06,104 STUDY SHOWING THAT POVERTY IN SUBURBAN TUCSON ROSE 83% IN A 485 00:15:06,106 --> 00:15:07,605 SUBURBAN TUCSON ROSE 83% IN A DECADE ALSO SHOWS THE INCREASE 486 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:11,643 DECADE ALSO SHOWS THE INCREASE IN SUBURBAN PHOENIX WAS 134%. 487 00:15:11,645 --> 00:15:13,878 IN SUBURBAN PHOENIX WAS 134%. SAM SUMNER OF THE TEMPE 488 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:14,879 SAM SUMNER OF THE TEMPE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY SPOKE TO 489 00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:16,114 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY SPOKE TO ME ABOUT IT. 490 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:18,449 ME ABOUT IT. >> WE'RE HERE IN THE PANTRY OF 491 00:15:18,451 --> 00:15:19,651 >> WE'RE HERE IN THE PANTRY OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY. 492 00:15:19,653 --> 00:15:22,420 THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY. AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY. 493 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:24,122 AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY. IS THAT EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT'S 494 00:15:24,124 --> 00:15:26,157 IS THAT EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE AGENCY'S 495 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:26,591 GOING ON WITH THE AGENCY'S BUSINESS? 496 00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:28,826 BUSINESS? YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF DEMAND. 497 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:31,763 YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF DEMAND. >> YES. 498 00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:33,031 >> YES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS 499 00:15:33,033 --> 00:15:34,332 AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS PORTION OBVIOUSLY, FOOD PANTRY, 500 00:15:34,334 --> 00:15:35,700 PORTION OBVIOUSLY, FOOD PANTRY, FOOD IS A PIECE OF -- ONE OF THE 501 00:15:35,702 --> 00:15:38,336 FOOD IS A PIECE OF -- ONE OF THE PIECES OF WHAT WE DO. 502 00:15:38,338 --> 00:15:39,637 PIECES OF WHAT WE DO. AND WE'VE SEEN IT INCREASE. 503 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:42,607 AND WE'VE SEEN IT INCREASE. IT'S BEEN GRADUAL OVER THE LAST 504 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:45,443 IT'S BEEN GRADUAL OVER THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS WHERE THERE'S A 505 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:47,979 FIVE, SIX YEARS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE 506 00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:50,848 LOT OF DEMAND FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT. 507 00:15:50,850 --> 00:15:51,683 SOMETHING TO EAT. INTERESTINGLY, IT'S SUMMER. 508 00:15:51,685 --> 00:15:52,650 INTERESTINGLY, IT'S SUMMER. SUMMER'S ONE OF THE WORST TIMES 509 00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:54,852 SUMMER'S ONE OF THE WORST TIMES FOR A LOT OF FOOD PANTRIES, 510 00:15:54,854 --> 00:15:57,522 FOR A LOT OF FOOD PANTRIES, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE 511 00:15:57,524 --> 00:16:01,192 ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE METROPOLITAN PHOENIX AREA. 512 00:16:01,194 --> 00:16:03,528 METROPOLITAN PHOENIX AREA. SNOWBIRDS ARE BACK HOME. 513 00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:05,029 SNOWBIRDS ARE BACK HOME. AND I DON'T LIKE TO CALL THEM 514 00:16:05,031 --> 00:16:06,164 AND I DON'T LIKE TO CALL THEM SNOWBIRDS, BUT THE RETIREES, 515 00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:10,535 SNOWBIRDS, BUT THE RETIREES, WE'LL CALL IT THAT, THEY HELP 516 00:16:10,537 --> 00:16:11,970 WE'LL CALL IT THAT, THEY HELP STOCK SHELVES BY HAVING DRIVES 517 00:16:11,972 --> 00:16:13,671 STOCK SHELVES BY HAVING DRIVES AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE. 518 00:16:13,673 --> 00:16:15,006 AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION. 519 00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:17,976 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION. AND UNFORTUNATELY, FOOD PANTRIES 520 00:16:17,978 --> 00:16:20,611 AND UNFORTUNATELY, FOOD PANTRIES TEND TO SUFFER. 521 00:16:20,613 --> 00:16:22,613 TEND TO SUFFER. WE STILL HAVE THE DEMAND IN THE 522 00:16:22,615 --> 00:16:24,315 WE STILL HAVE THE DEMAND IN THE SUMMER, SAME DEMAND AS WE HAVE 523 00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,951 SUMMER, SAME DEMAND AS WE HAVE IN DECEMBER OR FEBRUARY OR ANY 524 00:16:26,953 --> 00:16:27,585 IN DECEMBER OR FEBRUARY OR ANY OTHER MONTH. 525 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:29,654 OTHER MONTH. WE SEE A LOT OF FOOD GOING OUT. 526 00:16:29,656 --> 00:16:31,622 WE SEE A LOT OF FOOD GOING OUT. >> WHAT OTHER SERVICES DOES THE 527 00:16:31,624 --> 00:16:34,158 >> WHAT OTHER SERVICES DOES THE AGENCY PROVIDE, AND WHAT ARE YOU 528 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,326 AGENCY PROVIDE, AND WHAT ARE YOU SEEING TRENDWISE WITH THE 529 00:16:35,328 --> 00:16:36,694 SEEING TRENDWISE WITH THE DEMANDS FOR THOSE SERVICES? 530 00:16:36,696 --> 00:16:40,264 DEMANDS FOR THOSE SERVICES? >> FOR TEMPE COMMUNITY ACTION 531 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:42,867 >> FOR TEMPE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY WE HAVE REALLY TWO SIDES. 532 00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:46,104 AGENCY WE HAVE REALLY TWO SIDES. WE HAVE THE SENIOR SERVICES 533 00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:46,404 WE HAVE THE SENIOR SERVICES SIDE. 534 00:16:46,406 --> 00:16:49,774 SIDE. THAT SIDE HAS SOCIAL, 535 00:16:49,776 --> 00:16:51,042 THAT SIDE HAS SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL EVENTS FOR SENIORS 536 00:16:51,044 --> 00:16:52,176 RECREATIONAL EVENTS FOR SENIORS AND THE OTHER ONES RESPONSIBLE 537 00:16:52,178 --> 00:16:54,545 AND THE OTHER ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOME-DELIVERED MEAL 538 00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:57,715 FOR THE HOME-DELIVERED MEAL PROCESS, WHAT MANY PEOPLE ACROSS 539 00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:59,350 PROCESS, WHAT MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION KNOW AS MEALS ON 540 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:00,251 THE NATION KNOW AS MEALS ON WHEELS. 541 00:17:00,253 --> 00:17:02,620 WHEELS. WE'VE SEEN AN UPTAKE IN THE 542 00:17:02,622 --> 00:17:04,155 WE'VE SEEN AN UPTAKE IN THE SERVICES FOR MEALS ON WHEELS. 543 00:17:04,157 --> 00:17:05,790 SERVICES FOR MEALS ON WHEELS. AND IT'S HOLDING CONSISTENTLY ON 544 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:08,092 AND IT'S HOLDING CONSISTENTLY ON THOSE COMING INTO THE SERVICES, 545 00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:11,863 THOSE COMING INTO THE SERVICES, LEARNING HOW TO REACH OUT TO A 546 00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:15,967 LEARNING HOW TO REACH OUT TO A NEW BABY BOOMER GENERATION THAT 547 00:17:15,969 --> 00:17:18,636 NEW BABY BOOMER GENERATION THAT IS NOT NORMALLY KNOWN TO REACH 548 00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:19,437 IS NOT NORMALLY KNOWN TO REACH OUT TO SENIOR SERVICES. 549 00:17:19,439 --> 00:17:20,872 OUT TO SENIOR SERVICES. BUT WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO 550 00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:21,739 BUT WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO REACH OUT TO THEM. 551 00:17:21,741 --> 00:17:23,307 REACH OUT TO THEM. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, 552 00:17:23,309 --> 00:17:26,577 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THAT'S MY SIDE, THE CAP, 553 00:17:26,579 --> 00:17:27,912 THAT'S MY SIDE, THE CAP, TRADITIONAL CAP SERVICES, THAT'S 554 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:29,580 TRADITIONAL CAP SERVICES, THAT'S RENT UTILITY. 555 00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:34,652 RENT UTILITY. SO RENTS, MORTGAGES, LIGHTS, 556 00:17:34,654 --> 00:17:36,454 SO RENTS, MORTGAGES, LIGHTS, WATER, GAS. 557 00:17:36,456 --> 00:17:38,122 WATER, GAS. IT'S THE FOOD. 558 00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:39,857 IT'S THE FOOD. IT IS HOMELESS SERVICES. 559 00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:42,827 IT IS HOMELESS SERVICES. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN. 560 00:17:42,829 --> 00:17:44,662 WE HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN. WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED 561 00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:48,466 WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED HEALTH START, WHICH IS A PROGRAM 562 00:17:48,468 --> 00:17:52,303 HEALTH START, WHICH IS A PROGRAM FOR -- IT'S A PRENATAL PROGRAM. 563 00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:53,805 FOR -- IT'S A PRENATAL PROGRAM. >> AND YOU'RE SEEING INCREASED 564 00:17:53,807 --> 00:17:55,673 >> AND YOU'RE SEEING INCREASED DEMAND FOR ALL OF THESE SERVICES 565 00:17:55,675 --> 00:17:56,874 DEMAND FOR ALL OF THESE SERVICES ACROSS THE WAY, RIGHT? 566 00:17:56,876 --> 00:17:59,243 ACROSS THE WAY, RIGHT? >> FOR EVERYBODY. 567 00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:00,178 >> FOR EVERYBODY. >> AND WHAT'S THE DRIVING FORCE 568 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:01,212 >> AND WHAT'S THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THAT? 569 00:18:01,214 --> 00:18:03,681 BEHIND THAT? OBVIOUSLY, THE ECONOMY IS STILL 570 00:18:03,683 --> 00:18:05,283 OBVIOUSLY, THE ECONOMY IS STILL VERY SLOW AND THERE WAS THE BIG 571 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:06,017 VERY SLOW AND THERE WAS THE BIG HOUSING BUST. 572 00:18:06,019 --> 00:18:08,586 HOUSING BUST. BUT ARE THERE OTHER ISSUES 573 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:08,953 BUT ARE THERE OTHER ISSUES INVOLVED? 574 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:14,025 INVOLVED? >> WELL, IN TEMPE HOUSING IS A 575 00:18:14,027 --> 00:18:15,893 >> WELL, IN TEMPE HOUSING IS A PREMIUM. 576 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:22,767 PREMIUM. WE MAY BE CONSIDERED A SUBURB OF 577 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:23,501 WE MAY BE CONSIDERED A SUBURB OF PHOENIX, BUT SOME THINGS ARE 578 00:18:23,503 --> 00:18:25,103 PHOENIX, BUT SOME THINGS ARE KIND OF TRADITIONAL HERE IN 579 00:18:25,105 --> 00:18:28,239 KIND OF TRADITIONAL HERE IN TEMPE, WHERE THE FURTHER SOUTH 580 00:18:28,241 --> 00:18:32,310 TEMPE, WHERE THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU MOVE THE MORE WELL TO DO. 581 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:35,646 YOU MOVE THE MORE WELL TO DO. THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GO, IT'S 582 00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:40,251 THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GO, IT'S MORE RENTERS, MORE FOLKS 583 00:18:40,253 --> 00:18:41,185 MORE RENTERS, MORE FOLKS SCRAMBLING FOR HOUSING AND 584 00:18:41,187 --> 00:18:43,187 SCRAMBLING FOR HOUSING AND HOUSING IS AT A PREMIUM. 585 00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:45,056 HOUSING IS AT A PREMIUM. YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- I 586 00:18:45,058 --> 00:18:47,325 YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- I NEED TO CHECK THE SPECIFICS, BUT 587 00:18:47,327 --> 00:18:52,663 NEED TO CHECK THE SPECIFICS, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND IN THE 30% 588 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:54,499 I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND IN THE 30% POSSIBLY UP TO 50% FOR RENTERS, 589 00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:56,400 POSSIBLY UP TO 50% FOR RENTERS, 30% FOR THOSE THAT ARE 590 00:18:56,402 --> 00:18:58,503 30% FOR THOSE THAT ARE HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING MORE THAN 591 00:18:58,505 --> 00:19:00,338 HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING MORE THAN THE 33 -- A THIRD OF WHAT YOU 592 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,672 THE 33 -- A THIRD OF WHAT YOU BRING IN, WHICH SHOULD BE WHAT 593 00:19:01,674 --> 00:19:03,374 BRING IN, WHICH SHOULD BE WHAT YOU PAY OUT FOR RENT. 594 00:19:03,376 --> 00:19:06,310 YOU PAY OUT FOR RENT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF TEMPEANS THAT 595 00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:08,112 YOU HAVE A LOT OF TEMPEANS THAT ARE PAYING MUCH MORE THAN THAT 596 00:19:08,114 --> 00:19:09,580 ARE PAYING MUCH MORE THAN THAT THIRD FOR HOUSING. 597 00:19:09,582 --> 00:19:12,083 THIRD FOR HOUSING. AND THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO MAKE 598 00:19:12,085 --> 00:19:12,817 AND THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. 599 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:17,288 DIFFICULT DECISIONS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HOUSING 600 00:19:17,290 --> 00:19:18,856 IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HOUSING AND IT COSTS 50% OF YOUR 601 00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:20,424 AND IT COSTS 50% OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, WHAT GETS 602 00:19:20,426 --> 00:19:23,294 HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, WHAT GETS CAUGHT -- WHAT GETS CUT? 603 00:19:23,296 --> 00:19:25,296 CAUGHT -- WHAT GETS CUT? YOU KNOW, IS IT FOOD? 604 00:19:25,298 --> 00:19:27,064 YOU KNOW, IS IT FOOD? IS IT YOUR UTILITIES? 605 00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:31,035 IS IT YOUR UTILITIES? ARE YOU LATE ON YOUR RENT OR 606 00:19:31,037 --> 00:19:31,802 ARE YOU LATE ON YOUR RENT OR YOUR MORTGAGE? 607 00:19:31,804 --> 00:19:32,403 YOUR MORTGAGE? WHAT GIVES? 608 00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:33,037 WHAT GIVES? >> HEALTH CARE. 609 00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:35,673 >> HEALTH CARE. >> YOU'RE GOING WHERE I'M -- 610 00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:36,407 >> YOU'RE GOING WHERE I'M -- THERE IT IS. 611 00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:38,376 THERE IT IS. ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT 612 00:19:38,378 --> 00:19:41,345 ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN IS IF YOU 613 00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:43,314 COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN IS IF YOU GET SICK OR IF THERE'S A CAR 614 00:19:43,316 --> 00:19:47,885 GET SICK OR IF THERE'S A CAR THAT BREAKS DOWN OR ANY OF THOSE 615 00:19:47,887 --> 00:19:48,986 THAT BREAKS DOWN OR ANY OF THOSE SMALLER THINGS THAT FOR A LOT OF 616 00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:54,058 SMALLER THINGS THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION THEY 617 00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:55,092 PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION THEY WOULDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT 618 00:19:55,094 --> 00:19:56,761 WOULDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT BUT WHEN YOU'RE LIVING ON THE 619 00:19:56,763 --> 00:19:58,829 BUT WHEN YOU'RE LIVING ON THE EDGE ONE SMALL HICCUP, 620 00:19:58,831 --> 00:19:59,864 EDGE ONE SMALL HICCUP, ESPECIALLY HELTCARE, IT CAN 621 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:03,434 ESPECIALLY HELTCARE, IT CAN CAUSE A FRAGILE BUDGET TO BECOME 622 00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:03,834 CAUSE A FRAGILE BUDGET TO BECOME DISASTROUS. 623 00:20:03,836 --> 00:20:05,736 DISASTROUS. >> DO PEOPLE WHO MAKE HAVING 624 00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:08,372 >> DO PEOPLE WHO MAKE HAVING THOSE KINDS OF EXPERIENCES, ARE 625 00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:10,875 THOSE KINDS OF EXPERIENCES, ARE THEY IN THREAT OF BECOMING 626 00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:11,876 THEY IN THREAT OF BECOMING PERMANENTLY IMPOVERISHED? 627 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:14,745 PERMANENTLY IMPOVERISHED? ARE WE SEEING THAT HAPPEN? 628 00:20:14,747 --> 00:20:19,317 ARE WE SEEING THAT HAPPEN? >> YES AND NO. 629 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:22,853 >> YES AND NO. THE THREAT IS THERE. 630 00:20:22,855 --> 00:20:24,889 THE THREAT IS THERE. THAT IS A REAL POSSIBILITY FOR A 631 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:26,524 THAT IS A REAL POSSIBILITY FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 632 00:20:26,526 --> 00:20:30,428 NUMBER OF PEOPLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO 633 00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:34,198 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO HERE IS BOTH DRIVEN FROM US 634 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,934 DO HERE IS BOTH DRIVEN FROM US AND DRIVEN FROM THE CLIENTS THAT 635 00:20:36,936 --> 00:20:38,869 AND DRIVEN FROM THE CLIENTS THAT COME TO US IS YOU HAVE PEOPLE 636 00:20:38,871 --> 00:20:40,304 COME TO US IS YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT 637 00:20:40,306 --> 00:20:44,141 THAT WANT TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND YOU SEE PEOPLE ACTIVELY 638 00:20:44,143 --> 00:20:47,645 AND YOU SEE PEOPLE ACTIVELY GOING ABOUT DIFFERENT AVENUES TO 639 00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:48,946 GOING ABOUT DIFFERENT AVENUES TO IMPROVE WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN 640 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:49,947 IMPROVE WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES. 641 00:20:49,949 --> 00:20:55,052 THEIR LIVES. SO IF THAT MEANS THEY COME TO 642 00:20:55,054 --> 00:20:55,753 SO IF THAT MEANS THEY COME TO OURISH AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS 643 00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:56,087 OURISH AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS EARLIER. 644 00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:56,821 EARLIER. WE HAVE A FULL-TIME CASE MANAGER 645 00:20:56,823 --> 00:20:57,121 WE HAVE A FULL-TIME CASE MANAGER HERE. 646 00:20:57,123 --> 00:20:59,423 HERE. THEY COME TO OUR CASE MANAGER 647 00:20:59,425 --> 00:21:01,392 THEY COME TO OUR CASE MANAGER AND WORK IN THE JOBS CORPS AREA 648 00:21:01,394 --> 00:21:03,661 AND WORK IN THE JOBS CORPS AREA SO THAT THEY CAN UPDATE THEIR 649 00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:05,196 SO THAT THEY CAN UPDATE THEIR RESUME, STRENGTHEN THEIR RESUME, 650 00:21:05,198 --> 00:21:07,531 RESUME, STRENGTHEN THEIR RESUME, FIND A BETTER-PAYING JOB. 651 00:21:07,533 --> 00:21:08,833 FIND A BETTER-PAYING JOB. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT 652 00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:10,268 YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ESSENCE 653 00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:10,935 OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ESSENCE THE WORKING POOR. 654 00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:12,003 THE WORKING POOR. THEY HAVE A JOB. 655 00:21:12,005 --> 00:21:13,204 THEY HAVE A JOB. BUT THAT JOB DOESN'T PAY ENOUGH 656 00:21:13,206 --> 00:21:15,406 BUT THAT JOB DOESN'T PAY ENOUGH FOR THEM TO REALLY SURVIVE. 657 00:21:15,408 --> 00:21:18,142 FOR THEM TO REALLY SURVIVE. >> THE PROGRAM YOU DIRECT, THE 658 00:21:18,144 --> 00:21:20,478 >> THE PROGRAM YOU DIRECT, THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, IS AN 659 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,280 COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, IS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE ORIGINAL WAR ON 660 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:24,115 OUTGROWTH OF THE ORIGINAL WAR ON POVERTY FROM ALMOST 50 YEARS 661 00:21:24,117 --> 00:21:24,382 POVERTY FROM ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO. 662 00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:25,016 AGO. >> CORRECT. 663 00:21:25,018 --> 00:21:26,550 >> CORRECT. >> PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON. 664 00:21:26,552 --> 00:21:27,184 >> PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON. >> CORRECT. 665 00:21:27,186 --> 00:21:30,821 >> CORRECT. >> DO WE NEED A NEW WAR ON 666 00:21:30,823 --> 00:21:31,155 >> DO WE NEED A NEW WAR ON POVERTY? 667 00:21:31,157 --> 00:21:32,256 POVERTY? HAVE WE LOST THE WAR? 668 00:21:32,258 --> 00:21:33,958 HAVE WE LOST THE WAR? HAVE WE WON THE WAR? 669 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,194 HAVE WE WON THE WAR? ARE WE STILL BATTLING? 670 00:21:37,196 --> 00:21:38,329 ARE WE STILL BATTLING? >> NOW YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY 671 00:21:38,331 --> 00:21:41,198 >> NOW YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY MAKE ME THINK. 672 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,434 MAKE ME THINK. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A NEW 673 00:21:43,436 --> 00:21:45,036 I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A NEW WAR ON POVERTY, BUT WE PROBABLY 674 00:21:45,038 --> 00:21:49,440 WAR ON POVERTY, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN TAKE 675 00:21:49,442 --> 00:21:51,642 NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN TAKE A NOBLE THOUGHT THAT WAS 50 676 00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:53,844 A NOBLE THOUGHT THAT WAS 50 YEARS OLD AND MAKE IT VIABLE FOR 677 00:21:53,846 --> 00:21:56,781 YEARS OLD AND MAKE IT VIABLE FOR THE 21st CENTURY BECAUSE SOME OF 678 00:21:56,783 --> 00:21:58,516 THE 21st CENTURY BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT APPLY NOW, THEY 679 00:21:58,518 --> 00:21:59,950 THE THINGS THAT APPLY NOW, THEY WEREN'T AROUND 50 YEARS AGO. 680 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:05,389 WEREN'T AROUND 50 YEARS AGO. HERE IN TEMPE, 35% OF THOSE THAT 681 00:22:05,391 --> 00:22:07,391 HERE IN TEMPE, 35% OF THOSE THAT ARE LIVING IN POVERTY ARE FEMALE 682 00:22:07,393 --> 00:22:08,459 ARE LIVING IN POVERTY ARE FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS. 683 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:09,660 HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 684 00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:13,064 NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATISTIC FOR THAT WAS 50 YEARS 685 00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:13,331 STATISTIC FOR THAT WAS 50 YEARS AGO. 686 00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:16,233 AGO. BUT I CAN GUARANTEE IT WASN'T 687 00:22:16,235 --> 00:22:17,835 BUT I CAN GUARANTEE IT WASN'T 35%. 688 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:20,204 35%. AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS 689 00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:20,771 AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT. 690 00:22:20,773 --> 00:22:22,907 LIKE THAT. >> 19% OF ARIZONANS LIVE BELOW 691 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:24,275 >> 19% OF ARIZONANS LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. 692 00:22:24,277 --> 00:22:25,609 THE POVERTY LINE. A FIGURE MADE WORSE BY WHAT'S 693 00:22:25,611 --> 00:22:27,878 A FIGURE MADE WORSE BY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PHOENIX AND 694 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,046 HAPPENING IN THE PHOENIX AND TUCSON SUBURBS. 695 00:22:29,048 --> 00:22:30,214 TUCSON SUBURBS. IT SHOWS IN STATISTICS TRACKED 696 00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:32,249 IT SHOWS IN STATISTICS TRACKED BY ARIZONA INDICATORS A 697 00:22:32,251 --> 00:22:34,151 BY ARIZONA INDICATORS A CENTRALIZED DATA RESOURCE 698 00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:35,553 CENTRALIZED DATA RESOURCE OVERSEEN BY THE MORRISON 699 00:22:35,555 --> 00:22:37,521 OVERSEEN BY THE MORRISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY IN 700 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:37,988 INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY IN PHOENIX. 701 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:39,623 PHOENIX. HERE'S ANDREA WHITSETT, MANAGER 702 00:22:39,625 --> 00:22:42,493 HERE'S ANDREA WHITSETT, MANAGER OF ARIZONA INDICATORS. 703 00:22:42,495 --> 00:22:46,364 OF ARIZONA INDICATORS. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN THE 704 00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:49,400 WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN THE INDICATORS THAT SET TRENDS FOR 705 00:22:49,402 --> 00:22:50,501 INDICATORS THAT SET TRENDS FOR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH POVERTY IN 706 00:22:50,503 --> 00:22:50,935 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH POVERTY IN 707 00:22:50,937 --> 00:22:51,268 ARIZONA? 708 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:52,403 ARIZONA? >> WELL, THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY 709 00:22:52,405 --> 00:22:53,204 >> WELL, THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY BLEAK RIGHT NOW. 710 00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:54,305 BLEAK RIGHT NOW. ARIZONA HAS TIED FOR THE SIXTH 711 00:22:54,307 --> 00:22:55,373 ARIZONA HAS TIED FOR THE SIXTH HIGHEST POVERTY RATE IN THE 712 00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:57,007 HIGHEST POVERTY RATE IN THE NATION, ALONG WITH ALABAMA. 713 00:22:57,009 --> 00:22:58,542 NATION, ALONG WITH ALABAMA. SO OBVIOUSLY NOT A POSITION THAT 714 00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:00,344 SO OBVIOUSLY NOT A POSITION THAT WE WANT TO BE IN. 715 00:23:00,346 --> 00:23:04,382 WE WANT TO BE IN. WE'RE AT ABOUT 19% FOR AN 716 00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:06,517 WE'RE AT ABOUT 19% FOR AN OVERALL POFRVERTY RATE. 717 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:08,853 OVERALL POFRVERTY RATE. AND THAT'S UP FROM JUST ABOUT 718 00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:09,920 AND THAT'S UP FROM JUST ABOUT 13% A DECADE AGO. 719 00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:11,055 13% A DECADE AGO. >> THAT'S DRIVEN LARGELY BY 720 00:23:11,057 --> 00:23:11,956 >> THAT'S DRIVEN LARGELY BY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ECONOMY 721 00:23:11,958 --> 00:23:13,157 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ECONOMY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 722 00:23:13,159 --> 00:23:14,291 OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU SEEING 723 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:16,026 WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU SEEING IN THAT REGARD? 724 00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:19,263 IN THAT REGARD? >> WELL, I THINK ONE BIG IMPACT 725 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:20,398 >> WELL, I THINK ONE BIG IMPACT HAS BEEN ON THE LIVES OF 726 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:20,998 HAS BEEN ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN. 727 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,400 CHILDREN. WE HAVE ONE IN FOUR ARIZONA 728 00:23:22,402 --> 00:23:23,501 WE HAVE ONE IN FOUR ARIZONA CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY. 729 00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:24,668 CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 730 00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:26,404 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF 731 00:23:26,406 --> 00:23:27,772 IMPLICATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THAT NUMBER. 732 00:23:27,774 --> 00:23:29,039 THAT NUMBER. FOR INSTANCE, FOOD INSECURITY. 733 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:31,442 FOR INSTANCE, FOOD INSECURITY. WE HAVE NEARLY HALF A MILLION 734 00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:32,810 WE HAVE NEARLY HALF A MILLION ARIZONA CHILDREN WHO ARE FOOD 735 00:23:32,812 --> 00:23:34,779 ARIZONA CHILDREN WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE, MEANING THEY DON'T 736 00:23:34,781 --> 00:23:36,180 INSECURE, MEANING THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS 737 00:23:36,182 --> 00:23:36,647 KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM. 738 00:23:36,649 --> 00:23:39,383 COMING FROM. >> AND ARE YOU SEEING THIS 739 00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:40,584 >> AND ARE YOU SEEING THIS SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE? 740 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:42,520 SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE? IS IT MORE URBANIZED? 741 00:23:42,522 --> 00:23:44,555 IS IT MORE URBANIZED? MORE IN RURAL AREAS? 742 00:23:44,557 --> 00:23:45,156 MORE IN RURAL AREAS? SUBURBAN AREAS? 743 00:23:45,158 --> 00:23:46,824 SUBURBAN AREAS? >> WELL, RURAL POVERTY RATES DO 744 00:23:46,826 --> 00:23:48,259 >> WELL, RURAL POVERTY RATES DO TEND TO BE HIGHER. 745 00:23:48,261 --> 00:23:49,927 TEND TO BE HIGHER. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOK AT 746 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,529 FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOK AT NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTY, THEIR 747 00:23:51,531 --> 00:23:53,230 NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTY, THEIR POVERTY RATES ARE UPWARD OF 40%. 748 00:23:53,232 --> 00:23:55,466 POVERTY RATES ARE UPWARD OF 40%. AND THEN SOME INTERESTING TRENDS 749 00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:56,500 AND THEN SOME INTERESTING TRENDS WE'VE BEEN OBSERVING ARE 750 00:23:56,502 --> 00:23:58,536 WE'VE BEEN OBSERVING ARE ACTUALLY WITH DIFFERENCES IN 751 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:00,037 ACTUALLY WITH DIFFERENCES IN SUBURBAN VERSUS URBAN POVERTY. 752 00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:02,273 SUBURBAN VERSUS URBAN POVERTY. SO THERE WAS A RECENT BROOKINGS 753 00:24:02,275 --> 00:24:03,641 SO THERE WAS A RECENT BROOKINGS INSTITUTION REPORT THAT LOOKS AT 754 00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:06,277 INSTITUTION REPORT THAT LOOKS AT THIS CHANGE, AND THEY SHOW THAT 755 00:24:06,279 --> 00:24:07,344 THIS CHANGE, AND THEY SHOW THAT THERE ARE MUCH FASTER GROWTH 756 00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:08,779 THERE ARE MUCH FASTER GROWTH RATES IN SUBURBAN POVERTY THAN 757 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:09,780 RATES IN SUBURBAN POVERTY THAN IN URBAN POVERTY. 758 00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,382 IN URBAN POVERTY. >> AND WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT? 759 00:24:11,384 --> 00:24:13,818 >> AND WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT? >> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 760 00:24:13,820 --> 00:24:14,151 >> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS. 761 00:24:14,153 --> 00:24:15,753 FACTORS. THE FIRST AND MOST OBVIOUS ONE 762 00:24:15,755 --> 00:24:17,254 THE FIRST AND MOST OBVIOUS ONE BEING POPULATION GROWTH. 763 00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:18,556 BEING POPULATION GROWTH. SO FOR INSTANCE, POPULATION 764 00:24:18,558 --> 00:24:20,157 SO FOR INSTANCE, POPULATION GROWTH FOR METROPOLITAN PHOENIX. 765 00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:23,561 GROWTH FOR METROPOLITAN PHOENIX. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OVER THE 766 00:24:23,563 --> 00:24:25,696 IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OVER THE PAST DECADE, 9% CHANGE. 767 00:24:25,698 --> 00:24:27,832 PAST DECADE, 9% CHANGE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUBURBAN 768 00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:28,666 IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUBURBAN AREAS, 59% CHANGE. 769 00:24:28,668 --> 00:24:29,800 AREAS, 59% CHANGE. SO THAT'S VERY DRAMATIC. 770 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:31,368 SO THAT'S VERY DRAMATIC. >> THE ECONOMY AGAIN IS THE 771 00:24:31,370 --> 00:24:32,403 >> THE ECONOMY AGAIN IS THE DRIVER HERE. 772 00:24:32,405 --> 00:24:34,238 DRIVER HERE. BUT WHAT OTHER FACTORS ARE WE 773 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,273 BUT WHAT OTHER FACTORS ARE WE SEEING, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO 774 00:24:36,275 --> 00:24:37,107 SEEING, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE HOUSING BUBBLE THAT WE SAW? 775 00:24:37,109 --> 00:24:39,977 THE HOUSING BUBBLE THAT WE SAW? >> WELL, FOR SUBURBAN HOMEOWNERS 776 00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:41,245 >> WELL, FOR SUBURBAN HOMEOWNERS WHO WENT INTO FORECLOSURE, THAT 777 00:24:41,247 --> 00:24:42,012 WHO WENT INTO FORECLOSURE, THAT WAS A MAJOR CRISIS. 778 00:24:42,014 --> 00:24:43,247 WAS A MAJOR CRISIS. BUT COMING BACK TO THE ECONOMY, 779 00:24:43,249 --> 00:24:45,583 BUT COMING BACK TO THE ECONOMY, I DO THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH 780 00:24:45,585 --> 00:24:47,351 I DO THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH OUR LOW-WAGE JOBS. 781 00:24:47,353 --> 00:24:49,687 OUR LOW-WAGE JOBS. NEARLY A QUARTER OF ARIZONA JOBS 782 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:51,188 NEARLY A QUARTER OF ARIZONA JOBS ARE LOW-WAGE, AND WE KNOW A LOT 783 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:52,990 ARE LOW-WAGE, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF THOSE ARE IN AREAS LIKE 784 00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:54,458 OF THOSE ARE IN AREAS LIKE RETAIL THAT TEND TO BE 785 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,160 RETAIL THAT TEND TO BE CONCENTRATED IN SUBURBAN AREAS. 786 00:24:56,162 --> 00:24:57,995 CONCENTRATED IN SUBURBAN AREAS. >> ARE YOU SEEING ANY HINTS IN 787 00:24:57,997 --> 00:25:01,565 >> ARE YOU SEEING ANY HINTS IN THE NUMBERS YOU LOOK AT AS TO 788 00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:03,601 THE NUMBERS YOU LOOK AT AS TO HOW THIS CAN BE AMELIORATED, HOW 789 00:25:03,603 --> 00:25:05,336 HOW THIS CAN BE AMELIORATED, HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF 790 00:25:05,338 --> 00:25:06,270 WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF 791 00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:06,837 DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF POVERTY IN THE STATE? 792 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,739 POVERTY IN THE STATE? >> WELL, I THINK THE WAY WE 793 00:25:08,741 --> 00:25:09,473 >> WELL, I THINK THE WAY WE RESPOND IS IMPORTANT. 794 00:25:09,475 --> 00:25:11,075 RESPOND IS IMPORTANT. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOKED AT A 795 00:25:11,077 --> 00:25:11,709 FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOKED AT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS 796 00:25:11,711 --> 00:25:13,010 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS HISTORICALLY LOW INCOME, YOU 797 00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:15,779 HISTORICALLY LOW INCOME, YOU WOULD IMAGINE THAT OVER TIME 798 00:25:15,781 --> 00:25:17,248 WOULD IMAGINE THAT OVER TIME CERTAIN SERVICES HAVE CROPPED 799 00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:19,116 CERTAIN SERVICES HAVE CROPPED UP, FOR INSTANCE, FOOD BANKS OR 800 00:25:19,118 --> 00:25:21,352 UP, FOR INSTANCE, FOOD BANKS OR READY ACCESS TO A FREE MEDICAL 801 00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:22,419 READY ACCESS TO A FREE MEDICAL CLINIC, FOR EXAMPLE. 802 00:25:22,421 --> 00:25:23,754 CLINIC, FOR EXAMPLE. AND IN SUBURBAN POVERTY, 803 00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:24,855 AND IN SUBURBAN POVERTY, SUBURBAN POVERTY TENDS TO BE A 804 00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,390 SUBURBAN POVERTY TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFUSE. 805 00:25:26,392 --> 00:25:27,758 LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFUSE. SO IT'S HARDER TO TARGET THE 806 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:28,259 SO IT'S HARDER TO TARGET THE NEED. 807 00:25:28,261 --> 00:25:30,127 NEED. AND IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT 808 00:25:30,129 --> 00:25:33,797 AND IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT SOCIAL SAFETY NET TO SHIFT. 809 00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:35,332 SOCIAL SAFETY NET TO SHIFT. >> IS THERE ANYTHING MORE THAT 810 00:25:35,334 --> 00:25:36,267 >> IS THERE ANYTHING MORE THAT GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE DOING IN 811 00:25:36,269 --> 00:25:38,068 GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE DOING IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC POLICY, IN THE 812 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:40,704 THE WAY OF PUBLIC POLICY, IN THE WAY OF FUNDING, IN THE WAY OF 813 00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:42,306 WAY OF FUNDING, IN THE WAY OF CHANGING ITS APPROACH TO HELPING 814 00:25:42,308 --> 00:25:43,407 CHANGING ITS APPROACH TO HELPING PEOPLE WITH A SAFETY NET? 815 00:25:43,409 --> 00:25:45,242 PEOPLE WITH A SAFETY NET? >> WELL, ONE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT 816 00:25:45,244 --> 00:25:48,512 >> WELL, ONE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSE COULD ACTUALLY BE IN 817 00:25:48,514 --> 00:25:49,246 RESPONSE COULD ACTUALLY BE IN SOMETHING LIKE TRANSPORTATION 818 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:49,713 SOMETHING LIKE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 819 00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:50,981 INFRASTRUCTURE. WE KNOW THAT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES 820 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:53,250 WE KNOW THAT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES TEND TO RELY MORE HEAVILY ON 821 00:25:53,252 --> 00:25:55,319 TEND TO RELY MORE HEAVILY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT, FOR INSTANCE, 822 00:25:55,321 --> 00:25:56,720 PUBLIC TRANSIT, FOR INSTANCE, AND IT TAKES TIME FOR BUS ROUTES 823 00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:58,389 AND IT TAKES TIME FOR BUS ROUTES OR FOR LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION TO 824 00:25:58,391 --> 00:26:01,992 OR FOR LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION TO ADAPT AND TO MEET THE CHANGES IN 825 00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:02,326 ADAPT AND TO MEET THE CHANGES IN DEMAND. 826 00:26:02,328 --> 00:26:03,427 DEMAND. >> THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT 827 00:26:03,429 --> 00:26:05,963 >> THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE WIDENING INCOME GAP IN THE 828 00:26:05,965 --> 00:26:06,297 THE WIDENING INCOME GAP IN THE COUNTRY. 829 00:26:06,299 --> 00:26:07,131 COUNTRY. THE RICH GETTING RICHER. 830 00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:10,935 THE RICH GETTING RICHER. THE POOR GETTING POORER. 831 00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:11,969 THE POOR GETTING POORER. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS MANIFESTED IN 832 00:26:11,971 --> 00:26:14,138 OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS MANIFESTED IN WHAT WE SEE IN THE POVERTY 833 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:15,673 WHAT WE SEE IN THE POVERTY NUMBERS. 834 00:26:15,675 --> 00:26:17,241 NUMBERS. BUT DO YOU SEE LONG-TERM TRENDS 835 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:19,209 BUT DO YOU SEE LONG-TERM TRENDS IN THAT THAT MIGHT LEAD US TO 836 00:26:19,211 --> 00:26:20,611 IN THAT THAT MIGHT LEAD US TO CONCLUDE SOMETHING ELSE WILL 837 00:26:20,613 --> 00:26:22,513 CONCLUDE SOMETHING ELSE WILL HAPPEN HERE THAT PEOPLE CAN 838 00:26:22,515 --> 00:26:23,914 HAPPEN HERE THAT PEOPLE CAN REGAIN THEIR ECONOMIC FOOTING? 839 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,382 REGAIN THEIR ECONOMIC FOOTING? >> WELL, I'D LIKE TO THINK 840 00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:26,917 >> WELL, I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT'S THE CASE, BUT ONE NUMBER 841 00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:28,485 THAT'S THE CASE, BUT ONE NUMBER THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THE 842 00:26:28,487 --> 00:26:30,788 THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THE NUMBER THAT COMES OUT OF THE 843 00:26:30,790 --> 00:26:32,990 NUMBER THAT COMES OUT OF THE CFED ASSETS AND OPPORTUNITIES 844 00:26:32,992 --> 00:26:34,425 CFED ASSETS AND OPPORTUNITIES SCORECARD AND IT'S LOOKING AT A 845 00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:36,026 SCORECARD AND IT'S LOOKING AT A MEASURE CALLED LIQUID ASSET 846 00:26:36,028 --> 00:26:36,360 MEASURE CALLED LIQUID ASSET POVERTY. 847 00:26:36,362 --> 00:26:37,561 POVERTY. WHICH SOUNDS CONFUSING. 848 00:26:37,563 --> 00:26:38,629 WHICH SOUNDS CONFUSING. BUT REALLY THAT'S JUST GETTING 849 00:26:38,631 --> 00:26:39,863 BUT REALLY THAT'S JUST GETTING AT IF A FAMILY HAS ENOUGH 850 00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:40,831 AT IF A FAMILY HAS ENOUGH SAVINGS IN THE BANK TO COVER 851 00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:43,500 SAVINGS IN THE BANK TO COVER THREE MONTHS OF THEIR BASIC 852 00:26:43,502 --> 00:26:43,968 THREE MONTHS OF THEIR BASIC LIVING EXPENSES. 853 00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:45,569 LIVING EXPENSES. SO IN THE EVENT OF A MEDICAL 854 00:26:45,571 --> 00:26:46,503 SO IN THE EVENT OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, THE EVENT OF JOB 855 00:26:46,505 --> 00:26:46,804 EMERGENCY, THE EVENT OF JOB LOSS. 856 00:26:46,806 --> 00:26:48,505 LOSS. AND I THINK THIS NUMBER PAINTS A 857 00:26:48,507 --> 00:26:50,240 AND I THINK THIS NUMBER PAINTS A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE 858 00:26:50,242 --> 00:26:51,442 MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY OF 859 00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:54,378 FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY OF ARIZONA FAMILIES. 860 00:26:54,380 --> 00:26:55,379 ARIZONA FAMILIES. AND THAT REPORT FOUND THAT 45% 861 00:26:55,381 --> 00:26:57,481 AND THAT REPORT FOUND THAT 45% OF ARIZONANS LACK THREE MONTHS' 862 00:26:57,483 --> 00:26:58,816 OF ARIZONANS LACK THREE MONTHS' SAVINGS TO COVER THEIR BASIC 863 00:26:58,818 --> 00:26:59,583 SAVINGS TO COVER THEIR BASIC LIVING EXPENSES. 864 00:26:59,585 --> 00:27:01,218 LIVING EXPENSES. SO THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE 865 00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:03,621 SO THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE ONE CRISIS AWAY FROM FALLING 866 00:27:03,623 --> 00:27:04,888 ONE CRISIS AWAY FROM FALLING INTO POVERTY. 867 00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:06,790 INTO POVERTY. >> SO THAT'S NEARLY HALF THE 868 00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:07,191 >> SO THAT'S NEARLY HALF THE POPULATION. 869 00:27:07,193 --> 00:27:08,092 POPULATION. >> NEARLY HALF. 870 00:27:08,094 --> 00:27:09,693 >> NEARLY HALF. AND THEY PAINT THE PICTURE WITH 871 00:27:09,695 --> 00:27:10,961 AND THEY PAINT THE PICTURE WITH SOME OTHER NUMBERS. 872 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,630 SOME OTHER NUMBERS. FOR INSTANCE, MORE THAN HALF OF 873 00:27:12,632 --> 00:27:14,598 FOR INSTANCE, MORE THAN HALF OF ARIZONA RENTERS ARE CONSIDERED 874 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:15,866 ARIZONA RENTERS ARE CONSIDERED COST BURDENED, WHICH WOULD MEAN 875 00:27:15,868 --> 00:27:17,968 COST BURDENED, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT 30% OR MORE OF THEIR INCOME 876 00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:19,637 THAT 30% OR MORE OF THEIR INCOME IS GOING STRAIGHT TO RENT AND 877 00:27:19,639 --> 00:27:20,004 IS GOING STRAIGHT TO RENT AND UTILITIES. 878 00:27:20,006 --> 00:27:22,306 UTILITIES. SO OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A LARGE 879 00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:24,508 SO OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A LARGE SHARE OF A FAMILY'S BUDGET. 880 00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:25,342 SHARE OF A FAMILY'S BUDGET. IF YOU HAVE CHILD CARE EXPENSES 881 00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:27,277 IF YOU HAVE CHILD CARE EXPENSES OR OTHER THINGS, IT CAN REALLY 882 00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:27,945 OR OTHER THINGS, IT CAN REALLY POSE A CHALLENGE. 883 00:27:27,947 --> 00:27:30,014 POSE A CHALLENGE. >> THIS WEEK'S COMPLETE ARIZONA 884 00:27:30,016 --> 00:27:31,715 >> THIS WEEK'S COMPLETE ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA SERIES ON POVERTY 885 00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:35,352 PUBLIC MEDIA SERIES ON POVERTY IS ON OUR WEBSITE, AZPM.ORG, 886 00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:37,121 IS ON OUR WEBSITE, AZPM.ORG, ALONG WITH LINKS TO RESOURCES TO 887 00:27:37,123 --> 00:27:37,955 ALONG WITH LINKS TO RESOURCES TO FIND HELP. 888 00:27:37,957 --> 00:27:39,556 FIND HELP. THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY 889 00:27:39,558 --> 00:27:41,659 THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY JULY 19th, 2013. 890 00:27:41,661 --> 00:27:42,393 JULY 19th, 2013. FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M MICHAEL 891 00:27:42,395 --> 00:27:45,396 FOR "ARIZONA WEEK" I'M MICHAEL CHIHAK. 892 00:27:45,398 --> 00:27:46,296 CHIHAK. >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" 893 00:27:46,298 --> 00:27:47,798 >> PRODUCTION OF "ARIZONA WEEK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A 894 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,466 IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL 895 00:27:49,468 --> 00:27:51,201 GRANT FROM THE STONEWALL FOUNDATION AND BY THE MEMBERS OF 896 00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:51,835 FOUNDATION AND BY THE MEMBERS OF ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA. 897 00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:52,536 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 898 00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:54,438 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 899 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:58,506 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com