WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.210 >>> A SPECIAL SESSION FOR STATE LAWMAKERS. 00:11.212 --> 00:12.378 LAWMAKERS. >> CHILDREN DO NOT GROW YOUNGER 00:12.380 --> 00:13.012 >> CHILDREN DO NOT GROW YOUNGER EVERY DAY. 00:13.014 --> 00:15.414 EVERY DAY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS 00:15.416 --> 00:18.017 WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS HEAVIER STHAN MOST PEOPLE COULD 00:18.019 --> 00:18.984 HEAVIER STHAN MOST PEOPLE COULD EVER IMAGINE. 00:18.986 --> 00:22.621 EVER IMAGINE. >> ARIZONA LEGISLATORS COMING 00:22.623 --> 00:23.989 >> ARIZONA LEGISLATORS COMING BACK TO THE TAP TALL TO HOPING 00:23.991 --> 00:26.025 BACK TO THE TAP TALL TO HOPING TO REFORM THE STATE'S CHILD WELL 00:26.027 --> 00:26.458 TO REFORM THE STATE'S CHILD WELL CARE PROGRAM. 00:26.460 --> 00:27.993 CARE PROGRAM. >> WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS 00:27.995 --> 00:29.661 >> WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS FROM A COMMON SENSE APPROACH. 00:29.663 --> 00:31.497 FROM A COMMON SENSE APPROACH. WE KNOW THAT BY NOT INTERVENING 00:31.499 --> 00:38.570 WE KNOW THAT BY NOT INTERVENING EARLY THAT WE CAUSED WORSE 00:38.572 --> 00:38.937 EARLY THAT WE CAUSED WORSE OUTCOMES. 00:38.939 --> 00:39.638 OUTCOMES. >> A BIPARTISAN EFFORT IN THE 00:39.640 --> 00:44.610 >> A BIPARTISAN EFFORT IN THE NAME OF CHILDREN. 00:44.612 --> 00:56.755 NAME OF CHILDREN. THIS IS ""ARIZONA WEEK." 00:56.757 --> 00:57.890 THIS IS ""ARIZONA WEEK." >>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR 00:57.892 --> 00:58.624 >>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:58.626 --> 01:01.126 JOINING US. FROM THE HOUSE FLOOR I'M 01:01.128 --> 01:03.695 FROM THE HOUSE FLOOR I'M LORRAINE RAVENNA AND THIS IS 01:03.697 --> 01:04.163 LORRAINE RAVENNA AND THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 01:04.165 --> 01:06.498 "ARIZONA WEEK." FOUR MONTHS AFTER GOVERNOR 01:06.500 --> 01:08.534 FOUR MONTHS AFTER GOVERNOR JANUARY BREWER ABOLISHED THE 01:08.536 --> 01:12.371 JANUARY BREWER ABOLISHED THE CHILD'S WELFARE AGENCY, KEY 01:12.373 --> 01:14.106 CHILD'S WELFARE AGENCY, KEY LAWMAKERS DRAFTED LEGISLATION TO 01:14.108 --> 01:16.208 LAWMAKERS DRAFTED LEGISLATION TO OVERALL THE PROGRAM. 01:16.210 --> 01:18.944 OVERALL THE PROGRAM. THE MAN WHO IS IN CHARGE TO LEAD 01:18.946 --> 01:21.080 THE MAN WHO IS IN CHARGE TO LEAD THE DIVISION IS CHARLES 01:21.082 --> 01:21.447 THE DIVISION IS CHARLES FLANAGAN. 01:21.449 --> 01:23.382 FLANAGAN. >> SO THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED ME 01:23.384 --> 01:25.884 >> SO THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED ME TO BE THE DIRECTOR THAT IS A CAP 01:25.886 --> 01:26.652 TO BE THE DIRECTOR THAT IS A CAP INNOCENT LEVEL POSITION THAT 01:26.654 --> 01:29.488 INNOCENT LEVEL POSITION THAT REPORTS DIRECTLY TO HER JUST AS 01:29.490 --> 01:31.156 REPORTS DIRECTLY TO HER JUST AS I DID AS THOR OF JUVENILE 01:31.158 --> 01:32.391 I DID AS THOR OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS EXCEPT THIS TIME 01:32.393 --> 01:33.625 CORRECTIONS EXCEPT THIS TIME OVER THE DIVISION OF CHILD 01:33.627 --> 01:35.160 OVER THE DIVISION OF CHILD SAFETY AND FAMILY SERVICES. 01:35.162 --> 01:37.429 SAFETY AND FAMILY SERVICES. SHE SAW THE NEED AND QUITE 01:37.431 --> 01:39.164 SHE SAW THE NEED AND QUITE FRANKLY DESERVES TREMENDOUS 01:39.166 --> 01:41.300 FRANKLY DESERVES TREMENDOUS CREDIT FOR CREATING THE MOMENTUM 01:41.302 --> 01:43.502 CREDIT FOR CREATING THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE NOW FOR CHANGE TO PULL 01:43.504 --> 01:46.572 WE HAVE NOW FOR CHANGE TO PULL WHAT WAS FORMERLY THE CHILDREN 01:46.574 --> 01:47.673 WHAT WAS FORMERLY THE CHILDREN BUREAU OF FAMILIES OUT FROM 01:47.675 --> 01:51.110 BUREAU OF FAMILIES OUT FROM UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE HUGE 01:51.112 --> 01:52.978 UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE HUGE BRASS KNOWN AS DES. 01:52.980 --> 01:54.613 BRASS KNOWN AS DES. AND THE MISSION IS VERY SIMPLE. 01:54.615 --> 01:56.448 AND THE MISSION IS VERY SIMPLE. RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING 01:56.450 --> 01:58.150 RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP ON THE CARE TEAM WORK WHICH 01:58.152 --> 01:59.918 UP ON THE CARE TEAM WORK WHICH WAS TO OVERSEE ALL OF THE 01:59.920 --> 02:00.385 WAS TO OVERSEE ALL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS. 02:00.387 --> 02:03.388 INVESTIGATIONS. WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO CLOSURE ON 02:03.390 --> 02:03.689 WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO CLOSURE ON THOSE. 02:03.691 --> 02:04.223 THOSE. SECONDARILY TO MAKE 02:04.225 --> 02:05.090 SECONDARILY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE TO 02:05.092 --> 02:07.392 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE TO THE AGENCY WHICH WE DID AND WE 02:07.394 --> 02:09.294 THE AGENCY WHICH WE DID AND WE BELIEVE STILL ACT AS A ROAD MAP 02:09.296 --> 02:10.162 BELIEVE STILL ACT AS A ROAD MAP FOR CHANGE. 02:10.164 --> 02:13.732 FOR CHANGE. AND THEN THIRDLY, AS PART OF THE 02:13.734 --> 02:15.134 AND THEN THIRDLY, AS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S WORK GROUP THAT'S 02:15.136 --> 02:16.735 GOVERNOR'S WORK GROUP THAT'S CRAFTING THE LANGUAGE FOR THE 02:16.737 --> 02:18.203 CRAFTING THE LANGUAGE FOR THE BILL THAT WILL CREATE THE 02:18.205 --> 02:20.472 BILL THAT WILL CREATE THE AGENCY, WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE 02:20.474 --> 02:21.406 AGENCY, WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION THAT THE 02:21.408 --> 02:23.142 SPECIAL SESSION THAT THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT SHE 02:23.144 --> 02:28.180 GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT SHE INTENDS TO CALL SPECIFICALLY FOR 02:28.182 --> 02:28.914 INTENDS TO CALL SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF CREATING A STATE 02:28.916 --> 02:29.648 THE PURPOSES OF CREATING A STATE AGENCY WHICH IS WITHIN THE SCOPE 02:29.650 --> 02:31.283 AGENCY WHICH IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE 02:31.285 --> 02:32.651 OF AUTHORITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE AND TO FUND US WITH THE 02:32.653 --> 02:34.386 AND TO FUND US WITH THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO DO THE 02:34.388 --> 02:35.387 RESOURCES NECESSARY TO DO THE WORK GOING FORWARD. 02:35.389 --> 02:37.623 WORK GOING FORWARD. LY TELL YOU THAT THE GOVERNOR IS 02:37.625 --> 02:38.624 LY TELL YOU THAT THE GOVERNOR IS ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO THAT. 02:38.626 --> 02:40.359 ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO THAT. SHE'S LOOKED ME IN THE EYE ON A 02:40.361 --> 02:43.061 SHE'S LOOKED ME IN THE EYE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS NOW AND SAID 02:43.063 --> 02:45.898 NUMBER OF OCCASIONS NOW AND SAID SHE'S COMMITTING TO GETTING US 02:45.900 --> 02:48.400 SHE'S COMMITTING TO GETTING US WHAT WE NEED BEFORE SHE GOES 02:48.402 --> 02:48.700 WHAT WE NEED BEFORE SHE GOES HOME. 02:48.702 --> 02:51.270 HOME. >> YOU HAVE A REPUTATION AS A 02:51.272 --> 02:53.839 >> YOU HAVE A REPUTATION AS A GAME CHANGER. 02:53.841 --> 02:54.840 GAME CHANGER. THIS GROUP IS FAIRLY NEW. 02:54.842 --> 02:56.642 THIS GROUP IS FAIRLY NEW. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE PROGRESS? 02:56.644 --> 02:59.745 CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE PROGRESS? >> THE MORAL OF THE AGENCY IS 02:59.747 --> 03:00.112 >> THE MORAL OF THE AGENCY IS CHANGING. 03:00.114 --> 03:02.447 CHANGING. I'VE GOTTEN A FLOOD OF E-MAILS 03:02.449 --> 03:08.086 I'VE GOTTEN A FLOOD OF E-MAILS FROM THE STAFF THANKING US FOR 03:08.088 --> 03:08.587 FROM THE STAFF THANKING US FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. 03:08.589 --> 03:09.655 WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'M BEGUN TO BUILD THE TEAM 03:09.657 --> 03:11.456 I'M BEGUN TO BUILD THE TEAM AROUND US THAT IS FILLED WITH 03:11.458 --> 03:12.291 AROUND US THAT IS FILLED WITH PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE WELL 03:12.293 --> 03:14.059 PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE WELL RESPECTED THAT ARE GOING TO 03:14.061 --> 03:15.494 RESPECTED THAT ARE GOING TO BRING CHANGE TOGETHER WITH THE 03:15.496 --> 03:16.728 BRING CHANGE TOGETHER WITH THE LEADERS OF ALL LEVELS OF THIS 03:16.730 --> 03:17.896 LEADERS OF ALL LEVELS OF THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 03:17.898 --> 03:18.730 ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT. 03:18.732 --> 03:20.599 WE EXPECT. SO AT THE CALL CENTER WE'VE 03:20.601 --> 03:23.101 SO AT THE CALL CENTER WE'VE ALREADY MANAGED WITH NO COST TO 03:23.103 --> 03:24.803 ALREADY MANAGED WITH NO COST TO THIS DIVISION, AS A RESULT OF A 03:24.805 --> 03:26.104 THIS DIVISION, AS A RESULT OF A CONTRACT THAT THE STATE HAD 03:26.106 --> 03:28.106 CONTRACT THAT THE STATE HAD SIGNED TO UPGRADE THE TELEPHONE 03:28.108 --> 03:31.810 SIGNED TO UPGRADE THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR THE CALL CENTER, I 03:31.812 --> 03:34.313 SYSTEM FOR THE CALL CENTER, I ONLY HAD TO KNOCK ON THE CAR 03:34.315 --> 03:36.014 ONLY HAD TO KNOCK ON THE CAR DOOR OF OUR CONTRACT PROVIDER 03:36.016 --> 03:38.150 DOOR OF OUR CONTRACT PROVIDER AND SAY I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE 03:38.152 --> 03:39.384 AND SAY I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE UPGRADING TELEPHONE SYSTEMS AND 03:39.386 --> 03:40.686 UPGRADING TELEPHONE SYSTEMS AND WE WERE LIKE THE LAST ON THE 03:40.688 --> 03:42.721 WE WERE LIKE THE LAST ON THE LIST AND I POINTED OUT THAT THIS 03:42.723 --> 03:44.389 LIST AND I POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS CHILD SAFETY AND A REALLY 03:44.391 --> 03:44.990 WAS CHILD SAFETY AND A REALLY CRITICAL ISSUE. 03:44.992 --> 03:48.527 CRITICAL ISSUE. AND A WOMAN OVER THERE, OUR 03:48.529 --> 03:52.130 AND A WOMAN OVER THERE, OUR CONTRACT LIAISON ANGEL BINGHAM 03:52.132 --> 03:53.498 CONTRACT LIAISON ANGEL BINGHAM SAID YOU'RE RIGHT AND PUSHED UGS 03:53.500 --> 03:55.434 SAID YOU'RE RIGHT AND PUSHED UGS TO THE FRONT OF THE LIST AND 03:55.436 --> 03:57.202 TO THE FRONT OF THE LIST AND SAID WE'LL BUT DONE WITH THIS BY 03:57.204 --> 03:58.370 SAID WE'LL BUT DONE WITH THIS BY APRIL 27th. 03:58.372 --> 04:00.672 APRIL 27th. AND WITH MY STAFF THEY MANAGED 04:00.674 --> 04:02.474 AND WITH MY STAFF THEY MANAGED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BY APRIL 27th. 04:02.476 --> 04:04.343 TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BY APRIL 27th. SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 04:04.345 --> 04:06.144 SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CALL CENTER AND 04:06.146 --> 04:08.580 HISTORY OF THE CALL CENTER AND IN ARIZONA, WE HAVE A TELEPHONE 04:08.582 --> 04:09.281 IN ARIZONA, WE HAVE A TELEPHONE SYSTEM THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO 04:09.283 --> 04:13.819 SYSTEM THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN A 04:13.821 --> 04:14.453 WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN A PROFESSIONAL CALL CENTER. 04:14.455 --> 04:16.154 PROFESSIONAL CALL CENTER. NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE CALLER ID. 04:16.156 --> 04:18.323 NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE CALLER ID. SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL US AND WE 04:18.325 --> 04:19.691 SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL US AND WE LOSE THE CALL, NOW WE CAN CALL 04:19.693 --> 04:20.392 LOSE THE CALL, NOW WE CAN CALL THEM BACK. 04:20.394 --> 04:21.660 THEM BACK. WE HAVE OTHER THINGS WE'RE 04:21.662 --> 04:22.728 WE HAVE OTHER THINGS WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT 04:22.730 --> 04:24.796 LEARNING ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT GIVE US MORE CAPACITY. 04:24.798 --> 04:27.165 GIVE US MORE CAPACITY. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A TERRIBLE 04:27.167 --> 04:28.700 ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A TERRIBLE SYSTEM THAT EVERYONE HAS HEARD 04:28.702 --> 04:30.402 SYSTEM THAT EVERYONE HAS HEARD ABOUT THROUGH THE CARE TEAM 04:30.404 --> 04:32.104 ABOUT THROUGH THE CARE TEAM REPORT AND HAD BEEN DESCRIBED 04:32.106 --> 04:34.373 REPORT AND HAD BEEN DESCRIBED MANY TIMES IN THIS CHILD 04:34.375 --> 04:36.208 MANY TIMES IN THIS CHILD DATABASE WHICH IS OUTMODED AND 04:36.210 --> 04:37.876 DATABASE WHICH IS OUTMODED AND DOESN'T WORK EFFECTIVELY. 04:37.878 --> 04:40.112 DOESN'T WORK EFFECTIVELY. IT'S A BAD PRODUCT THAT WAS 04:40.114 --> 04:41.280 IT'S A BAD PRODUCT THAT WAS BADLY CONSTRUCTED AND IT'S GOING 04:41.282 --> 04:42.948 BADLY CONSTRUCTED AND IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY TO 04:42.950 --> 04:43.282 TO COST A LOT OF MONEY TO REPLACE. 04:43.284 --> 04:45.183 REPLACE. BUT THE GOVERNOR HAS SHOWN 04:45.185 --> 04:46.318 BUT THE GOVERNOR HAS SHOWN COMMITMENT FOR US TO DO 04:46.320 --> 04:48.020 COMMITMENT FOR US TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. 04:48.022 --> 04:49.821 SOMETHING TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. BUT WHAT THERE WERE 04:49.823 --> 04:50.522 BUT WHAT THERE WERE INEFFICIENCIES IN THE SYSTEM 04:50.524 --> 04:52.491 INEFFICIENCIES IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE NEEDED TO FIX. 04:52.493 --> 04:55.460 THAT WE NEEDED TO FIX. I'M A TEM NO PHONE, BUT I KNEW 04:55.462 --> 04:56.862 I'M A TEM NO PHONE, BUT I KNEW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS. 04:56.864 --> 04:59.231 ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS. I ASKED THE QUESTION AND PEOPLE 04:59.233 --> 05:00.565 I ASKED THE QUESTION AND PEOPLE ON THE STREETS SAID WE CAN DO 05:00.567 --> 05:02.734 ON THE STREETS SAID WE CAN DO THAT FOR A MOIL ON, $2 MILLION, 05:02.736 --> 05:04.202 THAT FOR A MOIL ON, $2 MILLION, WHATEVER I WAS GOING TO COST TO 05:04.204 --> 05:05.070 WHATEVER I WAS GOING TO COST TO GET IT DONE. 05:05.072 --> 05:07.673 GET IT DONE. ONE OF OUR STAFF SAID, YOU KNOW 05:07.675 --> 05:09.241 ONE OF OUR STAFF SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM THAT 05:09.243 --> 05:11.410 WHAT, WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU AUTHORIZED US TO ROLL OUT 05:11.412 --> 05:13.712 YOU AUTHORIZED US TO ROLL OUT SOMEWHERE PEOPLE CAN ENTER THEIR 05:13.714 --> 05:15.314 SOMEWHERE PEOPLE CAN ENTER THEIR CALL INSTEAD OF BY CALLING THE 05:15.316 --> 05:17.382 CALL INSTEAD OF BY CALLING THE NUMBER, THEY CAN ENTER IT VIA 05:17.384 --> 05:17.849 NUMBER, THEY CAN ENTER IT VIA E-MAIL. 05:17.851 --> 05:19.685 E-MAIL. THERE'S A FORM THEY CREATED ON 05:19.687 --> 05:20.018 THERE'S A FORM THEY CREATED ON E-MAIL. 05:20.020 --> 05:22.120 E-MAIL. I THINK IF WE WORK ON THIS, WE 05:22.122 --> 05:23.288 I THINK IF WE WORK ON THIS, WE MIGHT MAKE IT WORK. 05:23.290 --> 05:24.756 MIGHT MAKE IT WORK. SO THAT THE STAFF ON THE CALL 05:24.758 --> 05:26.425 SO THAT THE STAFF ON THE CALL CENTER GETTING THE CALL CAN 05:26.427 --> 05:28.794 CENTER GETTING THE CALL CAN ENTER THE INFORMATION DIRECTLY 05:28.796 --> 05:30.729 ENTER THE INFORMATION DIRECTLY INTO THIS PROGRAM AND THEN THE 05:30.731 --> 05:32.998 INTO THIS PROGRAM AND THEN THE PROGRAM WILL AUTO POP LATE CHILD 05:33.000 --> 05:34.966 PROGRAM WILL AUTO POP LATE CHILD SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH 05:34.968 --> 05:36.935 SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TIFLTTY OF WORKING WITH 05:36.937 --> 05:37.269 THE TIFLTTY OF WORKING WITH CHILD. 05:37.271 --> 05:38.403 CHILD. AND THAT PILOT PROGRAM IS 05:38.405 --> 05:41.907 AND THAT PILOT PROGRAM IS ALREADY IN PLACE. 05:41.909 --> 05:42.574 ALREADY IN PLACE. THAT'S HOW FAST STAFF HAVE 05:42.576 --> 05:44.109 THAT'S HOW FAST STAFF HAVE WORKED WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN THE 05:44.111 --> 05:45.377 WORKED WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN THE LEADERSHIP AND THE FACILITY TO 05:45.379 --> 05:46.411 LEADERSHIP AND THE FACILITY TO DO THE WORK. 05:46.413 --> 05:48.580 DO THE WORK. THEY'RE GOING TO FIND WAY TO DO 05:48.582 --> 05:49.548 THEY'RE GOING TO FIND WAY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 05:49.550 --> 05:51.016 THE RIGHT THING. AND SO I HAVE HIGH HOPES THAT 05:51.018 --> 05:55.887 AND SO I HAVE HIGH HOPES THAT THIS IS GOING TO ELIMINATE THREE 05:55.889 --> 05:56.788 THIS IS GOING TO ELIMINATE THREE INEFFICIENT DUPE KA TIF STEPS 05:56.790 --> 05:58.156 INEFFICIENT DUPE KA TIF STEPS THAT WERE NOT NECESSARY TO 05:58.158 --> 05:59.524 THAT WERE NOT NECESSARY TO INCLUDE ONE FOR THE 05:59.526 --> 06:00.792 INCLUDE ONE FOR THE INVESTIGATORS WHO WERE HAVING TO 06:00.794 --> 06:03.161 INVESTIGATORS WHO WERE HAVING TO REWRITE AND REORGANIZE THE 06:03.163 --> 06:04.796 REWRITE AND REORGANIZE THE REPORTS THAT WERE BEING MADE IN 06:04.798 --> 06:07.432 REPORTS THAT WERE BEING MADE IN THE CALL CENTER BECAUSE THEY 06:07.434 --> 06:12.070 THE CALL CENTER BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THEM AS A 06:12.072 --> 06:12.437 WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THEM AS A CUSTOMER. 06:12.439 --> 06:14.740 CUSTOMER. I HOPE WE WON'T BE DROPPING 26% 06:14.742 --> 06:17.809 I HOPE WE WON'T BE DROPPING 26% OF OUR CALLS AND I HOPE WHEN 06:17.811 --> 06:19.544 OF OUR CALLS AND I HOPE WHEN PEOPLE CALL, THEIR CALL WILL BE 06:19.546 --> 06:21.680 PEOPLE CALL, THEIR CALL WILL BE ANSWERED QUICKLY, THAT WE'LL BE 06:21.682 --> 06:23.348 ANSWERED QUICKLY, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE 06:23.350 --> 06:25.283 ABLE TO HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR SOMEONE TO 06:25.285 --> 06:27.085 THAT WILL ALLOW FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEY WANT TO 06:27.087 --> 06:28.954 BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEY WANT TO BE CALLED BACK AT A TIME THAT'S 06:28.956 --> 06:32.424 BE CALLED BACK AT A TIME THAT'S CONVENIENT TO THEM SO WE CAN 06:32.426 --> 06:33.125 CONVENIENT TO THEM SO WE CAN HELP THE MANDATORY REPORTERS, 06:33.127 --> 06:34.126 HELP THE MANDATORY REPORTERS, LIKE TEACHERS AND NURSES THAT 06:34.128 --> 06:35.460 LIKE TEACHERS AND NURSES THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO WAIT 06:35.462 --> 06:36.695 DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO WAIT ON THE PHONE CALL. 06:36.697 --> 06:38.263 ON THE PHONE CALL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, 06:38.265 --> 06:41.800 IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT IT'S 06:41.802 --> 06:43.335 I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT IT'S FLANAGAN'S DUMB LUCK BUT I HAVE 06:43.337 --> 06:45.404 FLANAGAN'S DUMB LUCK BUT I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT ASU, THE ARIZONA 06:45.406 --> 06:47.272 FOUND OUT THAT ASU, THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOLKS HAD 06:47.274 --> 06:48.273 STATE UNIVERSITY FOLKS HAD LOOKED AT OUR TRAINING PROGRAM 06:48.275 --> 06:51.309 LOOKED AT OUR TRAINING PROGRAM AND IT TAKES US 22 WEEKS TO 06:51.311 --> 06:52.544 AND IT TAKES US 22 WEEKS TO PREPARE SOMEBODY TO BE WORKING 06:52.546 --> 06:53.478 PREPARE SOMEBODY TO BE WORKING IN THIS FIELD. 06:53.480 --> 06:55.080 IN THIS FIELD. AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO JUST 06:55.082 --> 07:02.087 AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO JUST GOT OUT OF A DEGREE PROGRAM THAT 07:02.089 --> 07:02.554 GOT OUT OF A DEGREE PROGRAM THAT ARE GOING BACK. 07:02.556 --> 07:04.356 ARE GOING BACK. THEY'RE DEVELOPING WITH US AND 07:04.358 --> 07:05.891 THEY'RE DEVELOPING WITH US AND IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US 07:05.893 --> 07:06.258 IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US ANYTHING. 07:06.260 --> 07:07.392 ANYTHING. AND THE STAFF VOLUNTEERED TO BE 07:07.394 --> 07:10.395 AND THE STAFF VOLUNTEERED TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM TO 07:10.397 --> 07:12.531 PART OF THE PROGRAM TO REENLIVEN, TO COMPLETELY RETHINK 07:12.533 --> 07:14.699 REENLIVEN, TO COMPLETELY RETHINK HOW WE DO TRAINING THAT'S 07:14.701 --> 07:15.734 HOW WE DO TRAINING THAT'S COMPETENCY BASED. 07:15.736 --> 07:19.237 COMPETENCY BASED. IF YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE THE 07:19.239 --> 07:19.938 IF YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE THE COMPETENCY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO 07:19.940 --> 07:21.072 COMPETENCY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THE CLASSROOM. 07:21.074 --> 07:24.743 SIT THROUGH THE CLASSROOM. AND THAT ALLOWS US TO EXPEDITE 07:24.745 --> 07:26.244 AND THAT ALLOWS US TO EXPEDITE THE TRAINING, TO MAKE IT 07:26.246 --> 07:28.747 THE TRAINING, TO MAKE IT RELEVANT AND HELP REFRESH THE 07:28.749 --> 07:30.482 RELEVANT AND HELP REFRESH THE EMPLOYEES AND CREATE A FUTURE 07:30.484 --> 07:31.149 EMPLOYEES AND CREATE A FUTURE FOR THEM. 07:31.151 --> 07:32.184 FOR THEM. >> HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE FALLEN 07:32.186 --> 07:33.952 >> HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE FALLEN UNDER YOUR RADAR AND NEED YOUR 07:33.954 --> 07:34.319 UNDER YOUR RADAR AND NEED YOUR ATTENTION? 07:34.321 --> 07:37.422 ATTENTION? >> HERE ARE SOME OF THE REALLY 07:37.424 --> 07:39.458 >> HERE ARE SOME OF THE REALLY AMAZINGLY BREATHTAKINGLY SAD 07:39.460 --> 07:41.460 AMAZINGLY BREATHTAKINGLY SAD FACTS AND STATISTICS. 07:41.462 --> 07:43.762 FACTS AND STATISTICS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE OVER 16,000 07:43.764 --> 07:45.697 CURRENTLY THERE ARE OVER 16,000 CHILDREN IN ARIZONA THAT ARE OUT 07:45.699 --> 07:48.900 CHILDREN IN ARIZONA THAT ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AS A RESULT OF 07:48.902 --> 07:50.068 OF THEIR HOMES AS A RESULT OF CPS INVOLVEMENT. 07:50.070 --> 07:52.704 CPS INVOLVEMENT. NOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY HIGH 07:52.706 --> 07:54.739 NOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY HIGH PER CAPITA. 07:54.741 --> 07:56.208 PER CAPITA. WE'RE HIGHER IN MANY OTHER 07:56.210 --> 07:57.676 WE'RE HIGHER IN MANY OTHER STATES THAN REMOVAL OF CHILDREN. 07:57.678 --> 07:59.110 STATES THAN REMOVAL OF CHILDREN. BUT WE KNOW WHY THOSE THINGS 07:59.112 --> 07:59.444 BUT WE KNOW WHY THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. 07:59.446 --> 08:00.178 HAPPEN. IT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 08:00.180 --> 08:03.482 IT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THE 08:03.484 --> 08:03.782 THE RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THE PROPS. 08:03.784 --> 08:07.519 PROPS. WE INTERVENE TOO LATE OR WE HAVE 08:07.521 --> 08:08.653 WE INTERVENE TOO LATE OR WE HAVE DYSFUNCTIONAL DECISION-MAKING 08:08.655 --> 08:09.588 DYSFUNCTIONAL DECISION-MAKING LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. 08:09.590 --> 08:13.158 LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. SO MOST OF THE REMOVALING FROM 08:13.160 --> 08:15.193 SO MOST OF THE REMOVALING FROM THE NI CASES WERE REVENTABLE HAD 08:15.195 --> 08:16.661 THE NI CASES WERE REVENTABLE HAD HE INTERVENED AT THE RIGHT TIME 08:16.663 --> 08:18.263 HE INTERVENED AT THE RIGHT TIME AND HAD THE RESOURCES. 08:18.265 --> 08:20.165 AND HAD THE RESOURCES. WE HAVE OVER 1,100 PEOPLE 08:20.167 --> 08:22.267 WE HAVE OVER 1,100 PEOPLE WAITING FOR SERVICES THAT WE 08:22.269 --> 08:23.869 WAITING FOR SERVICES THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE BECAUSE WE DON'T 08:23.871 --> 08:25.704 CAN'T PROVIDE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CAPACITY MANY THE PRIVATE 08:25.706 --> 08:27.839 HAVE CAPACITY MANY THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 08:27.841 --> 08:28.540 SECTOR. THESE ARE THINGS LIKE PARENT 08:28.542 --> 08:30.075 THESE ARE THINGS LIKE PARENT AIDES, LIKE SUPERVISED VISITS. 08:30.077 --> 08:31.109 AIDES, LIKE SUPERVISED VISITS. THESE ARE CRITICAL. 08:31.111 --> 08:32.511 THESE ARE CRITICAL. THE COURTS ARE FRUSTRATED 08:32.513 --> 08:34.613 THE COURTS ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY WON'T SERVICES TO 08:34.615 --> 08:36.114 BECAUSE THEY WON'T SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED SO THEY CAN MAKE A 08:36.116 --> 08:37.148 BE PROVIDED SO THEY CAN MAKE A REASONABLE DECISION ABOUT THE 08:37.150 --> 08:38.383 REASONABLE DECISION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS FAMILY AND WE 08:38.385 --> 08:41.019 FUTURE OF THIS FAMILY AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO 08:41.021 --> 08:41.319 HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT. 08:41.321 --> 08:45.290 THAT. >> THE PROPOSED BILL IS MORE 08:45.292 --> 08:48.126 >> THE PROPOSED BILL IS MORE THAN 20 PAGE LONGS CRAFTED BY 08:48.128 --> 08:49.327 THAN 20 PAGE LONGS CRAFTED BY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. 08:49.329 --> 08:52.397 DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. AMONG THEM, A REPUBLICAN WHO 08:52.399 --> 08:54.165 AMONG THEM, A REPUBLICAN WHO COCHAIRS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE 08:54.167 --> 08:55.901 COCHAIRS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHO INVESTIGATED WHAT WAS KNOWN 08:55.903 --> 08:58.236 WHO INVESTIGATED WHAT WAS KNOWN AS CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 08:58.238 --> 09:00.438 AS CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. IT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF THE 09:00.440 --> 09:02.374 IT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFT OF THE 09:02.376 --> 09:03.708 LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFT OF THE LEGISLATION IS PRETTY SYSTEM TO 09:03.710 --> 09:05.610 LEGISLATION IS PRETTY SYSTEM TO WHAT THE INITIAL FOCUS WAS FOR 09:05.612 --> 09:06.912 WHAT THE INITIAL FOCUS WAS FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 09:06.914 --> 09:08.580 CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. IS THERE ANYTHING IN IT NOW THAT 09:08.582 --> 09:10.148 IS THERE ANYTHING IN IT NOW THAT YOU'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT YOU 09:10.150 --> 09:11.483 YOU'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT YOU HOPE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE? 09:11.485 --> 09:14.185 HOPE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE? >> I'M PLEASED, FIRST OF ALL, 09:14.187 --> 09:15.620 >> I'M PLEASED, FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT, AND 09:15.622 --> 09:17.789 WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT, AND THIS OF COURSE IS SUBJECT TO 09:17.791 --> 09:19.524 THIS OF COURSE IS SUBJECT TO FINALIZATION BY THE GROUP. 09:19.526 --> 09:22.994 FINALIZATION BY THE GROUP. I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THE 09:22.996 --> 09:23.995 I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THE HOTLINE LANG WANG. 09:23.997 --> 09:26.298 HOTLINE LANG WANG. I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THE 09:26.300 --> 09:28.133 I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED 09:28.135 --> 09:30.468 LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED AROUND INVESTIGATIONS. 09:30.470 --> 09:32.103 AROUND INVESTIGATIONS. I THINK RATHER THAN SPECIFIC 09:32.105 --> 09:34.639 I THINK RATHER THAN SPECIFIC WORDS IN THE BILL, WHAT I WILL 09:34.641 --> 09:39.077 WORDS IN THE BILL, WHAT I WILL BE MOST PROUD OF, SHOULD THIS 09:39.079 --> 09:41.546 BE MOST PROUD OF, SHOULD THIS AGENCY SEPARATION BE ENACTED 09:41.548 --> 09:43.715 AGENCY SEPARATION BE ENACTED SUCCESSFULLY WILL BE THE 09:43.717 --> 09:47.886 SUCCESSFULLY WILL BE THE TRANSPARENCY THAT IS INTRODUCED 09:47.888 --> 09:49.588 TRANSPARENCY THAT IS INTRODUCED BY SHINING A LIGHT ON THAT 09:49.590 --> 09:50.922 BY SHINING A LIGHT ON THAT AGENCY AND ITS FUNCTION TO 09:50.924 --> 09:52.424 AGENCY AND ITS FUNCTION TO ENSURE THAT IT'S OPERATING 09:52.426 --> 09:53.658 ENSURE THAT IT'S OPERATING PROPERLY ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN. 09:53.660 --> 09:56.361 PROPERLY ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN. >> SOME CRITICS WILL SAY WE'VE 09:56.363 --> 09:59.064 >> SOME CRITICS WILL SAY WE'VE ALREADY PUT TOO MUCH MONEY INTO 09:59.066 --> 09:59.798 ALREADY PUT TOO MUCH MONEY INTO THAT AREA, WORK WITH THE MONEY 09:59.800 --> 10:00.966 THAT AREA, WORK WITH THE MONEY AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE RIGHT 10:00.968 --> 10:01.232 AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 10:01.234 --> 10:02.434 NOW. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT 10:02.436 --> 10:04.269 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, WHAT YOU'RE 10:04.271 --> 10:04.603 YOU'RE HEARING, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING? 10:04.605 --> 10:06.204 SEEING? >> IT HAS NOT MADE SENSE. 10:06.206 --> 10:07.706 >> IT HAS NOT MADE SENSE. I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND 10:07.708 --> 10:09.541 I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND CRITICS AND SOME OF MY 10:09.543 --> 10:11.409 CRITICS AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES FRUSTRATION WITH THE 10:11.411 --> 10:13.812 COLLEAGUES FRUSTRATION WITH THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD TWO 10:13.814 --> 10:15.180 FACT THAT WE'VE HAD TWO SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, LAST YEAR 10:15.182 --> 10:17.682 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, AND SOME LARGE 10:17.684 --> 10:19.317 AND THIS YEAR, AND SOME LARGE BUDGET APPROVALS OVER THAT SAME 10:19.319 --> 10:19.618 BUDGET APPROVALS OVER THAT SAME TIME. 10:19.620 --> 10:22.554 TIME. BUT I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT 10:22.556 --> 10:28.093 BUT I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE AGENCY WENT ALMOST 18 MONTHS 10:28.095 --> 10:29.694 THE AGENCY WENT ALMOST 18 MONTHS WITH NO NEW BUDGET REQUEST AT 10:29.696 --> 10:31.796 WITH NO NEW BUDGET REQUEST AT THE SAME TIME THAT CHILDREN WERE 10:31.798 --> 10:33.765 THE SAME TIME THAT CHILDREN WERE ENTERING THE SYSTEM IN RECORD 10:33.767 --> 10:35.433 ENTERING THE SYSTEM IN RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS. 10:35.435 --> 10:37.335 BREAKING NUMBERS. IF THIS NEW AGENCY IS TO BE 10:37.337 --> 10:39.504 IF THIS NEW AGENCY IS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, IT IS ABSOLUTELY 10:39.506 --> 10:42.507 SUCCESSFUL, IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT IT BE FUNDED AND 10:42.509 --> 10:44.743 IMPERATIVE THAT IT BE FUNDED AND FUNDED ACCOUNTABLY WITH 10:44.745 --> 10:46.044 FUNDED ACCOUNTABLY WITH IDENTIFIABLE MEASURABLE 10:46.046 --> 10:47.312 IDENTIFIABLE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, AGAIN THE TRANSPARENCY 10:47.314 --> 10:49.781 OUTCOMES, AGAIN THE TRANSPARENCY THAT I ALLUDED TO, SO THAT WE 10:49.783 --> 10:51.149 THAT I ALLUDED TO, SO THAT WE CAN BE CERTAIN THAT WHAT THE 10:51.151 --> 10:52.517 CAN BE CERTAIN THAT WHAT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO 10:52.519 --> 10:54.986 MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE AGENCY IS ACTUALLY PRODUCING 10:54.988 --> 10:55.854 THE AGENCY IS ACTUALLY PRODUCING THE RESULTS. 10:55.856 --> 10:57.322 THE RESULTS. >> HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN THIS 10:57.324 --> 10:58.723 >> HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN THIS HAS BEEN A SUCCESS? 10:58.725 --> 11:02.560 HAS BEEN A SUCCESS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE 11:02.562 --> 11:05.196 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE DAY WILL COME THAT ANOTHER CHILD 11:05.198 --> 11:07.198 DAY WILL COME THAT ANOTHER CHILD WILL NEVER DIE IN ARIZONA DUE TO 11:07.200 --> 11:09.834 WILL NEVER DIE IN ARIZONA DUE TO ABUSE, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE 11:09.836 --> 11:10.135 ABUSE, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE TRUE. 11:10.137 --> 11:13.338 TRUE. I THINK THAT WE WILL KNOW THAT 11:13.340 --> 11:16.741 I THINK THAT WE WILL KNOW THAT IT IS A SUCCESS WHEN YOU CAN 11:16.743 --> 11:19.544 IT IS A SUCCESS WHEN YOU CAN WALK INTO ANY FIELD OFFICES, THE 11:19.546 --> 11:21.713 WALK INTO ANY FIELD OFFICES, THE NEW AGENCY OF CHILD SERVICES, 11:21.715 --> 11:23.648 NEW AGENCY OF CHILD SERVICES, CHILD SAFETY AND FAMILY 11:23.650 --> 11:26.051 CHILD SAFETY AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND FIND THAT THE 11:26.053 --> 11:27.919 SERVICES, AND FIND THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH CHILDREN WHO 11:27.921 --> 11:30.021 MANNER IN WHICH CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED 11:30.023 --> 11:33.625 HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED AND FAMILIES ARE DEALT WITH ARE 11:33.627 --> 11:36.161 AND FAMILIES ARE DEALT WITH ARE CONSISTENT, IN ALIGNMENT WITH 11:36.163 --> 11:37.562 CONSISTENT, IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATUTES AND FOCUSED ON THE 11:37.564 --> 11:40.932 STATUTES AND FOCUSED ON THE CHILD'S SAFETY AND ENSURING THAT 11:40.934 --> 11:43.068 CHILD'S SAFETY AND ENSURING THAT EARLY INTERVENTION OCCURS. 11:43.070 --> 11:45.603 EARLY INTERVENTION OCCURS. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 11:45.605 --> 11:46.771 I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF BENCHMARKS THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH 11:46.773 --> 11:48.740 BENCHMARKS THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH AND THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT ON THE 11:48.742 --> 11:50.475 AND THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT ON THE NOT INVESTIGATED CASES AND 11:50.477 --> 11:52.977 NOT INVESTIGATED CASES AND DURING OUR WORK IN CONSTRUCTING 11:52.979 --> 11:55.246 DURING OUR WORK IN CONSTRUCTING THIS LEGISLATION WHERE WE CAN 11:55.248 --> 11:57.282 THIS LEGISLATION WHERE WE CAN MEASURE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS IN 11:57.284 --> 12:01.319 MEASURE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS IN WHAT IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT 12:01.321 --> 12:02.554 WHAT IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ARENA OF PUBLIC POLICY. 12:02.556 --> 12:04.322 ARENA OF PUBLIC POLICY. >> KNOWING THAT THESE CHILDREN 12:04.324 --> 12:06.157 >> KNOWING THAT THESE CHILDREN HAVE SUFFERED AND THEN FALLEN 12:06.159 --> 12:08.159 HAVE SUFFERED AND THEN FALLEN THROUGH THE FINGERTIPS OF THE 12:08.161 --> 12:10.862 THROUGH THE FINGERTIPS OF THE STATE, THAT'S FRUSTRATING FOR 12:10.864 --> 12:11.129 STATE, THAT'S FRUSTRATING FOR YOU. 12:11.131 --> 12:12.097 YOU. WHAT GIVES YOU THE MOMENTUM TO 12:12.099 --> 12:13.665 WHAT GIVES YOU THE MOMENTUM TO KEEP DRIVING ON? 12:13.667 --> 12:14.999 KEEP DRIVING ON? >> THOSE SAME CHILDREN. 12:15.001 --> 12:17.869 >> THOSE SAME CHILDREN. SOME OF THOSE STORIES ARE PRETTY 12:17.871 --> 12:18.403 SOME OF THOSE STORIES ARE PRETTY HORRIFIC. 12:18.405 --> 12:20.538 HORRIFIC. A LOT OF THEM ARE PRETTY 12:20.540 --> 12:21.606 A LOT OF THEM ARE PRETTY HORRIFIC. 12:21.608 --> 12:23.742 HORRIFIC. BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT -- MY 12:23.744 --> 12:25.510 BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT -- MY HEART JUST BROKE WHEN I HEARD 12:25.512 --> 12:28.313 HEART JUST BROKE WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF MARKING 12:28.315 --> 12:29.881 ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF MARKING CASES NOT INVESTIGATED AND 12:29.883 --> 12:31.449 CASES NOT INVESTIGATED AND REALIZING THAT NO ONE WAS COMING 12:31.451 --> 12:33.585 REALIZING THAT NO ONE WAS COMING FOR THOSE CHILDREN AND NO ONE 12:33.587 --> 12:34.986 FOR THOSE CHILDREN AND NO ONE WOULD COME FOR THOSE CHILDREN. 12:34.988 --> 12:37.689 WOULD COME FOR THOSE CHILDREN. SO IT'S THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE 12:37.691 --> 12:41.159 SO IT'S THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THESE TERRIBLE 12:41.161 --> 12:43.128 GOING THROUGH THESE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE AND THESE -- THAT 12:43.130 --> 12:44.729 EXPERIENCE AND THESE -- THAT KEEPS ME MOTIVATED. 12:44.731 --> 12:46.564 KEEPS ME MOTIVATED. BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER 12:46.566 --> 12:48.466 BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER IN THIS STATE. 12:48.468 --> 12:50.034 IN THIS STATE. WE MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT WE CAN 12:50.036 --> 12:51.302 WE MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO BETTER THAN WE 12:51.304 --> 12:51.603 CERTAINLY DO BETTER THAN WE HAVE. 12:51.605 --> 12:53.638 HAVE. >> THIS IS REALLY A BIPARTISAN 12:53.640 --> 12:53.972 >> THIS IS REALLY A BIPARTISAN EFFORT. 12:53.974 --> 12:55.707 EFFORT. DO YOU FEEL LIKE MAYBE THIS IS 12:55.709 --> 12:56.908 DO YOU FEEL LIKE MAYBE THIS IS THE ONE SUBJECT THAT EVERYONE 12:56.910 --> 12:59.210 THE ONE SUBJECT THAT EVERYONE CAN REALLY CROSS PARTY LINES TO 12:59.212 --> 13:02.480 CAN REALLY CROSS PARTY LINES TO FINALLY AGREE ON AND TO WANT TO 13:02.482 --> 13:03.581 FINALLY AGREE ON AND TO WANT TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING? 13:03.583 --> 13:05.717 ACHIEVE SOMETHING? >> I AM SO PROUD OF MY 13:05.719 --> 13:08.353 >> I AM SO PROUD OF MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 13:08.355 --> 13:08.720 COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. 13:08.722 --> 13:08.987 AISLE. YES. 13:08.989 --> 13:10.922 YES. EVERYBODY AT THE END OF THE DAY 13:10.924 --> 13:13.725 EVERYBODY AT THE END OF THE DAY WANTS TO GET IN HERE, WANTS TO 13:13.727 --> 13:15.560 WANTS TO GET IN HERE, WANTS TO GET INTO SPECIAL SESSION AND DO 13:15.562 --> 13:17.662 GET INTO SPECIAL SESSION AND DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR ARIZONA'S 13:17.664 --> 13:18.363 SOMETHING RIGHT FOR ARIZONA'S CHILDREN. 13:18.365 --> 13:20.965 CHILDREN. THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE 13:20.967 --> 13:22.400 THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE RECEIVED, THE OUTPOURING OF 13:22.402 --> 13:25.904 RECEIVED, THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES, 13:25.906 --> 13:26.704 SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, THAT 13:26.706 --> 13:30.108 REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, THAT ALL OF US ON THE WORKING GROUP 13:30.110 --> 13:32.210 ALL OF US ON THE WORKING GROUP HAVE RECEIVED, HAS JUST BEEN 13:32.212 --> 13:33.645 HAVE RECEIVED, HAS JUST BEEN OVERWHELMING AND VERY POSITIVE. 13:33.647 --> 13:36.281 OVERWHELMING AND VERY POSITIVE. I THINK IT BRINGS OUT THE GOOD 13:36.283 --> 13:37.849 I THINK IT BRINGS OUT THE GOOD AND THE PROTECTOR IN ALL OF US. 13:37.851 --> 13:41.152 AND THE PROTECTOR IN ALL OF US. >> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. 13:41.154 --> 13:44.756 >> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. >> IT CERTAINLY IS. 13:44.758 --> 13:48.493 >> IT CERTAINLY IS. EVERY DAY THE BACKLOG GROWS, THE 13:48.495 --> 13:49.828 EVERY DAY THE BACKLOG GROWS, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT OF 13:49.830 --> 13:51.229 NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN OUT OF HOME PLACES GROWS. 13:51.231 --> 13:53.031 HOME PLACES GROWS. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET THIS 13:53.033 --> 13:56.401 IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET THIS NEW AGENCY UP, RUNNING AND 13:56.403 --> 13:57.902 NEW AGENCY UP, RUNNING AND SMOOTHLY FUNCTIONING IF IT'S 13:57.904 --> 13:59.904 SMOOTHLY FUNCTIONING IF IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 13:59.906 --> 14:01.606 GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND IT HAS TO BE. 14:01.608 --> 14:03.942 AND IT HAS TO BE. >> ARIZONA'S CHILD WELFARE 14:03.944 --> 14:07.512 >> ARIZONA'S CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM WILL HAVE A BUDGET OF 14:07.514 --> 14:08.313 PROGRAM WILL HAVE A BUDGET OF $750 MILLION FOR NEXT FISCAL 14:08.315 --> 14:08.813 $750 MILLION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 14:08.815 --> 14:13.051 YEAR. HERE NOW IS DEMOCRAT SENATOR 14:13.053 --> 14:14.419 HERE NOW IS DEMOCRAT SENATOR LEAH TAYLOR. 14:14.421 --> 14:15.720 LEAH TAYLOR. NOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO 14:15.722 --> 14:17.856 NOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PUT THE CHILDREN OF THIS 14:17.858 --> 14:19.390 REALLY PUT THE CHILDREN OF THIS STATE AS A PRIORITY AND TO MAKE 14:19.392 --> 14:21.893 STATE AS A PRIORITY AND TO MAKE THEM NUMBER ONE AND HAVING THEIR 14:21.895 --> 14:24.295 THEM NUMBER ONE AND HAVING THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT EVEN THAT WILL 14:24.297 --> 14:25.230 OWN DEPARTMENT EVEN THAT WILL LOOK OUT AFTER THE WELFARE OF 14:25.232 --> 14:26.731 LOOK OUT AFTER THE WELFARE OF EACH OF THESE CHILDREN. 14:26.733 --> 14:28.166 EACH OF THESE CHILDREN. SO COMING FORWARD NOW WITH THE 14:28.168 --> 14:29.968 SO COMING FORWARD NOW WITH THE DRAFT LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE 14:29.970 --> 14:32.403 DRAFT LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO BECOME A PERMANENT 14:32.405 --> 14:34.138 WORKING ON TO BECOME A PERMANENT REALITY, THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE 14:34.140 --> 14:36.074 REALITY, THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF HOURS DEDICATED TO THIS 14:36.076 --> 14:37.642 LOT OF HOURS DEDICATED TO THIS AND A WHOLE LOT MORE TO COME. 14:37.644 --> 14:39.577 AND A WHOLE LOT MORE TO COME. IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO MAKE 14:39.579 --> 14:43.214 IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS PUT 14:43.216 --> 14:44.649 SURE THAT WHATEVER IS PUT TOGETHER, IT WILL BE SELF 14:44.651 --> 14:45.717 TOGETHER, IT WILL BE SELF SUSTAINING SO THAT TAKING A LOOK 14:45.719 --> 14:48.119 SUSTAINING SO THAT TAKING A LOOK AT LOWERING THE CASELOAD, THAT'S 14:48.121 --> 14:48.586 AT LOWERING THE CASELOAD, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 14:48.588 --> 14:50.722 VERY IMPORTANT. ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE 14:50.724 --> 14:54.092 ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE IT WHERE SUPERVISORS ARE ABLE TO 14:54.094 --> 14:54.759 IT WHERE SUPERVISORS ARE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT, SUPERVISE. 14:54.761 --> 14:56.427 DO JUST THAT, SUPERVISE. TOO MANY OF THE SUPERVISORS ARE 14:56.429 --> 14:57.462 TOO MANY OF THE SUPERVISORS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD THEMSELVES. 14:57.464 --> 14:59.030 OUT IN THE FIELD THEMSELVES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT 14:59.032 --> 14:59.831 SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO CHANGE. 14:59.833 --> 15:02.667 HAVE TO CHANGE. I'M ALSO EXTREMELY PLEASED THAT 15:02.669 --> 15:04.836 I'M ALSO EXTREMELY PLEASED THAT WE'VE NOW ALREADY MADE EXTREMELY 15:04.838 --> 15:07.839 WE'VE NOW ALREADY MADE EXTREMELY WONDERFUL CHANGES IN THE HOTLINE 15:07.841 --> 15:10.441 WONDERFUL CHANGES IN THE HOTLINE SYSTEM AND WHEN INDIVIDUALS CALL 15:10.443 --> 15:11.843 SYSTEM AND WHEN INDIVIDUALS CALL IN ABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE 15:11.845 --> 15:13.244 IN ABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE PHONE BE 15:13.246 --> 15:15.313 PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE PHONE BE ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT NEEDS TO 15:15.315 --> 15:18.149 ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY FOR THE SAFETY 15:18.151 --> 15:18.716 HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN. 15:18.718 --> 15:21.052 OF THE CHILDREN. WRZ BEFORE, IT WAS A BIT MORE OF 15:21.054 --> 15:22.620 WRZ BEFORE, IT WAS A BIT MORE OF A CUMBERSOME PROCESS. 15:22.622 --> 15:23.955 A CUMBERSOME PROCESS. AND IN OUR CARE REPORT THERE WAS 15:23.957 --> 15:26.824 AND IN OUR CARE REPORT THERE WAS A NOTE THAT WAS OVER 144 15:26.826 --> 15:28.192 A NOTE THAT WAS OVER 144 OPPORTUNITIES FOR A CHILD TO 15:28.194 --> 15:30.128 OPPORTUNITIES FOR A CHILD TO FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS FROM THE 15:30.130 --> 15:32.964 FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS FROM THE TIME THE CALL CAME IN UNTIL THE 15:32.966 --> 15:33.798 TIME THE CALL CAME IN UNTIL THE CASE WU CLOSED. 15:33.800 --> 15:35.166 CASE WU CLOSED. THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN A 15:35.168 --> 15:36.501 THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. 15:36.503 --> 15:37.802 COUPLE OF MONTHS. I CAN'T IMAGINE IF WE WERE TO 15:37.804 --> 15:38.670 I CAN'T IMAGINE IF WE WERE TO HAVE MORE TIME. 15:38.672 --> 15:40.038 HAVE MORE TIME. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 15:40.040 --> 15:42.373 THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE A STRONG 15:42.375 --> 15:43.975 NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE A STRONG STAENS AND THAT STANCE HAS BEEN 15:43.977 --> 15:46.244 STAENS AND THAT STANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN BY GOVERNOR BREWER AND I'M 15:46.246 --> 15:49.280 TAKEN BY GOVERNOR BREWER AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION 15:49.282 --> 15:50.415 VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT SHE WENT WITH THAT. 15:50.417 --> 15:52.784 THAT SHE WENT WITH THAT. BUT NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE 15:52.786 --> 15:53.751 BUT NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING 15:53.753 --> 15:55.553 THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING IN THE LEGISLATION AND CRAFTING 15:55.555 --> 15:57.655 IN THE LEGISLATION AND CRAFTING THIS IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN HAVE 15:57.657 --> 15:59.357 THIS IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT OUR STATE FINAL 15:59.359 --> 16:00.625 SOMETHING THAT OUR STATE FINAL MAYBE PERHAPS COULD BE LOOKED AT 16:00.627 --> 16:03.628 MAYBE PERHAPS COULD BE LOOKED AT AS A MODEL FROM THE DISASTER 16:03.630 --> 16:05.330 AS A MODEL FROM THE DISASTER THAT OCCURRED MAYBE PERHAPS 16:05.332 --> 16:06.364 THAT OCCURRED MAYBE PERHAPS HAVING SOMETHING GOOD THAT COULD 16:06.366 --> 16:08.933 HAVING SOMETHING GOOD THAT COULD COME OUT IN THE FUTURE IS WHAT 16:08.935 --> 16:09.400 COME OUT IN THE FUTURE IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 16:09.402 --> 16:10.868 WE WANT TO DO. >> YOU OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE SAY 16:10.870 --> 16:13.237 >> YOU OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE SAY CHILDREN ARE THE PRIORITY, 16:13.239 --> 16:14.205 CHILDREN ARE THE PRIORITY, THEY'VE OFTEN BEEN FIRST. 16:14.207 --> 16:15.773 THEY'VE OFTEN BEEN FIRST. BUT WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST 16:15.775 --> 16:17.775 BUT WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN 16:17.777 --> 16:18.109 FEW MONTHS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN FIRST. 16:18.111 --> 16:20.378 FIRST. WHAT IS MOST UPSETTING TO YOU 16:20.380 --> 16:21.646 WHAT IS MOST UPSETTING TO YOU ABOUT THE REVELATIONS THAT HAVE 16:21.648 --> 16:23.247 ABOUT THE REVELATIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THIS DISASTER AS 16:23.249 --> 16:23.982 COME OUT OF THIS DISASTER AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT? 16:23.984 --> 16:25.717 YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT? >> A COMBINATION OF THINGS. 16:25.719 --> 16:28.953 >> A COMBINATION OF THINGS. I THINK U BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH 16:28.955 --> 16:30.421 I THINK U BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH BUREAUCRACY GOING ON, 16:30.423 --> 16:32.590 BUREAUCRACY GOING ON, UNFORTUNATELY CHILDREN AND THEIR 16:32.592 --> 16:34.659 UNFORTUNATELY CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES COULD JUST BE LOST IN 16:34.661 --> 16:36.627 FAMILIES COULD JUST BE LOST IN THE WHOLE SYSTEM. 16:36.629 --> 16:37.895 THE WHOLE SYSTEM. AND THEN YOU HAVE OVER AEFR OVER 16:37.897 --> 16:40.531 AND THEN YOU HAVE OVER AEFR OVER WE HEARD EVEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 16:40.533 --> 16:42.600 WE HEARD EVEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TEN YEARS BACK OR SO WHERE YOU 16:42.602 --> 16:44.068 TEN YEARS BACK OR SO WHERE YOU HAD SO MANY CHILDREN THAT WERE 16:44.070 --> 16:46.337 HAD SO MANY CHILDREN THAT WERE GOING FROM PLACEMENT TO 16:46.339 --> 16:47.739 GOING FROM PLACEMENT TO PLACEMENT TO PLACEMENT. 16:47.741 --> 16:51.976 PLACEMENT TO PLACEMENT. WE DID BETTER WITH THAT AS A 16:51.978 --> 16:52.276 WE DID BETTER WITH THAT AS A STATE. 16:52.278 --> 16:54.679 STATE. THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY 16:54.681 --> 16:59.817 THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO EVEN BETTER WITH THAT, 16:59.819 --> 17:06.090 TO DO EVEN BETTER WITH THAT, GETTING CHILDREN IN PLACEMENT OR 17:06.092 --> 17:06.691 GETTING CHILDREN IN PLACEMENT OR PE 17:06.693 --> 17:07.091 PE PERMANENCY. 17:07.093 --> 17:08.559 PERMANENCY. WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A 17:08.561 --> 17:10.161 WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND NOT HAVE THE HIGH 17:10.163 --> 17:11.262 SOLUTION AND NOT HAVE THE HIGH NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT ARE 17:11.264 --> 17:13.231 NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT ARE AGING OUT OF OUR FOSTER CARE 17:13.233 --> 17:14.065 AGING OUT OF OUR FOSTER CARE SOLUTION. 17:14.067 --> 17:15.767 SOLUTION. 2500 CHILDREN A YEAR AGE OUT OF 17:15.769 --> 17:17.335 2500 CHILDREN A YEAR AGE OUT OF OUR FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 17:17.337 --> 17:19.103 OUR FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. THAT'S A LOT OF CHILDREN. 17:19.105 --> 17:22.140 THAT'S A LOT OF CHILDREN. AND WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER IN 17:22.142 --> 17:22.874 AND WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE 17:22.876 --> 17:24.942 ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THAT SITUATION? 17:24.944 --> 17:26.411 NOT IN THAT SITUATION? ALSO, WORKING -- ONE OF THE 17:26.413 --> 17:27.478 ALSO, WORKING -- ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT THE 17:27.480 --> 17:28.713 THINGS I THINK ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT 17:28.715 --> 17:31.482 DIRECTION OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PUT 17:31.484 --> 17:34.352 IS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PUT TOGETHER PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR 17:34.354 --> 17:37.755 TOGETHER PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR THESE -- THE FAMILIES SO THAT 17:37.757 --> 17:39.357 THESE -- THE FAMILIES SO THAT HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T EVEN END 17:39.359 --> 17:41.325 HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T EVEN END UP, THE CHILDREN, IN THESE 17:41.327 --> 17:41.726 UP, THE CHILDREN, IN THESE SITUATIONS. 17:41.728 --> 17:44.662 SITUATIONS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY 17:44.664 --> 17:45.029 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CRITICAL. 17:45.031 --> 17:47.632 CRITICAL. BECAUSE YOU HAVE OVER 85% OF THE 17:47.634 --> 17:49.467 BECAUSE YOU HAVE OVER 85% OF THE CASES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD 17:49.469 --> 17:51.302 CASES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD THAT ARE DEEMED AS BEING 17:51.304 --> 17:51.636 THAT ARE DEEMED AS BEING NEGLECT. 17:51.638 --> 17:53.037 NEGLECT. WHAT COULD BE DONE TO PERHAPS 17:53.039 --> 17:53.905 WHAT COULD BE DONE TO PERHAPS TURN THAT AROUND. 17:53.907 --> 17:55.306 TURN THAT AROUND. IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A 17:55.308 --> 17:57.208 IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FAMILY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TO 17:57.210 --> 18:00.044 FAMILY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TO MOVE THEM IN A BETTER DIRECTION 18:00.046 --> 18:02.280 MOVE THEM IN A BETTER DIRECTION SO THAT THE CHILDREN WON'T END 18:02.282 --> 18:05.116 SO THAT THE CHILDREN WON'T END UP IN THAT SITUATION OF BEING -- 18:05.118 --> 18:09.720 UP IN THAT SITUATION OF BEING -- HAVING TO GO IN PLACEMENTS OR 18:09.722 --> 18:11.656 HAVING TO GO IN PLACEMENTS OR PERMANENCY TRACK, THAT'S WHAT WE 18:11.658 --> 18:12.090 PERMANENCY TRACK, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. 18:12.092 --> 18:14.425 SHOULD DO. >> ARIZONA AS A REPUTATION, 18:14.427 --> 18:16.127 >> ARIZONA AS A REPUTATION, MAYBE EVEN A BLACK EYE. 18:16.129 --> 18:17.395 MAYBE EVEN A BLACK EYE. HOW DOES THE STATE MOVE FORWARD 18:17.397 --> 18:19.230 HOW DOES THE STATE MOVE FORWARD TO LET FAMILIES WHO ARE 18:19.232 --> 18:20.498 TO LET FAMILIES WHO ARE CONSIDERING MOVING HERE, THAT 18:20.500 --> 18:22.166 CONSIDERING MOVING HERE, THAT THIS IS A GOOD PLACE, WE 18:22.168 --> 18:23.701 THIS IS A GOOD PLACE, WE RECOGNIZE A PROBLEM AND WE 18:23.703 --> 18:24.569 RECOGNIZE A PROBLEM AND WE INTEND TO SOLVE IT? 18:24.571 --> 18:25.937 INTEND TO SOLVE IT? >> I THINK GETTING BACK A LITTLE 18:25.939 --> 18:28.840 >> I THINK GETTING BACK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING 18:28.842 --> 18:31.275 BIT TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, THE 18:31.277 --> 18:31.642 ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, THE RESOURCES. 18:31.644 --> 18:32.543 RESOURCES. THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO 18:32.545 --> 18:33.211 THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW. 18:33.213 --> 18:34.745 HAVE TO SHOW. ONCE THE LEGISLATION IS PUT 18:34.747 --> 18:36.214 ONCE THE LEGISLATION IS PUT TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GETTING VERY 18:36.216 --> 18:38.816 TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO TYING UP THE LOOSE ENDS 18:38.818 --> 18:39.917 CLOSE TO TYING UP THE LOOSE ENDS OF IT, THEN WHAT? 18:39.919 --> 18:41.886 OF IT, THEN WHAT? WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 18:41.888 --> 18:45.223 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A BUDGET THAT 18:45.225 --> 18:46.691 IS GOING TO BE A BUDGET THAT SURROUNDS THIS LEGISLATION SO 18:46.693 --> 18:48.259 SURROUNDS THIS LEGISLATION SO THAT THEN THE TOOLS, THE 18:48.261 --> 18:49.861 THAT THEN THE TOOLS, THE NECESSARY TOOLS THAT HAVE NEEDED 18:49.863 --> 18:50.995 NECESSARY TOOLS THAT HAVE NEEDED WILL BE THERE. 18:50.997 --> 18:52.630 WILL BE THERE. YOU CAN'T HAVE A BRAND NEW 18:52.632 --> 18:55.133 YOU CAN'T HAVE A BRAND NEW DEPARTMENT AND THEN SAY GOOD 18:55.135 --> 18:57.802 DEPARTMENT AND THEN SAY GOOD LUCK AND HERE'S A 10 DOLLARS 18:57.804 --> 18:59.437 LUCK AND HERE'S A 10 DOLLARS CHECK I HOPE YOU MAKE IT. 18:59.439 --> 19:01.272 CHECK I HOPE YOU MAKE IT. THAT REALLY IS NOT EFFICIENCY. 19:01.274 --> 19:03.474 THAT REALLY IS NOT EFFICIENCY. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 19:03.476 --> 19:04.442 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED. 19:04.444 --> 19:07.945 HAVE WHAT WE NEED. AND I THINK IF WE'RE SHOWING 19:07.947 --> 19:10.248 AND I THINK IF WE'RE SHOWING THAT AND GETTING OUT AROUND THE 19:10.250 --> 19:14.485 THAT AND GETTING OUT AROUND THE STATE AND MAKING SURE THAT 19:14.487 --> 19:16.787 STATE AND MAKING SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, THAT 19:16.789 --> 19:18.089 INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE, 19:18.091 --> 19:20.057 THEY HAVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE, THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A LONG 19:20.059 --> 19:21.225 THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME, WHERE THERE WAS ALMOST 19:21.227 --> 19:25.696 TIME, WHERE THERE WAS ALMOST THIS AGENCY WORKING IN SECRECY. 19:25.698 --> 19:27.165 THIS AGENCY WORKING IN SECRECY. NOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 19:27.167 --> 19:30.334 NOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER ENTITIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS 19:30.336 --> 19:31.068 OTHER ENTITIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE ALSO A PART OF IT AND 19:31.070 --> 19:31.435 ARE ALSO A PART OF IT AND INVOLVED? 19:31.437 --> 19:32.937 INVOLVED? IT AND CAN HAVE INPUT AND MAKE 19:32.939 --> 19:35.840 IT AND CAN HAVE INPUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING IN THE 19:35.842 --> 19:36.307 SURE THAT WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 19:36.309 --> 19:36.807 RIGHT DIRECTION. THAT'S IMPORTANT. 19:36.809 --> 19:39.544 THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO INVITING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE. 19:39.546 --> 19:41.345 SO INVITING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE. MAKING IT CLEAR THAT WE ALL CARE 19:41.347 --> 19:44.715 MAKING IT CLEAR THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR 19:44.717 --> 19:45.082 ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR CHILDREN. 19:45.084 --> 19:49.353 CHILDREN. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO SHOW 19:49.355 --> 19:50.021 I THINK THAT'S GOING TO SHOW SOMETHING WITH OUR ACTIONS. 19:50.023 --> 19:50.521 SOMETHING WITH OUR ACTIONS. IT'S OUR ACTIONS. 19:50.523 --> 19:53.157 IT'S OUR ACTIONS. >> THE PROPOSED BILL INCLUDES A 19:53.159 --> 19:55.326 >> THE PROPOSED BILL INCLUDES A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD 19:55.328 --> 19:56.394 COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD COMPONENT GETTING FEEDBACK FROM 19:56.396 --> 19:58.596 COMPONENT GETTING FEEDBACK FROM GROUPS LIKE THE CHILDREN'S 19:58.598 --> 19:59.964 GROUPS LIKE THE CHILDREN'S ACTION ALLIANCE. 19:59.966 --> 20:01.599 ACTION ALLIANCE. LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING READY FOR 20:01.601 --> 20:03.034 LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING READY FOR A SPECIAL SESSION DEALING WITH A 20:03.036 --> 20:05.203 A SPECIAL SESSION DEALING WITH A DRAFT OF LEGISLATION TO REFORM 20:05.205 --> 20:07.071 DRAFT OF LEGISLATION TO REFORM THE STATE'S CHILD WELFARE 20:07.073 --> 20:07.605 THE STATE'S CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM. 20:07.607 --> 20:09.574 PROGRAM. YOU'VE MET WITH SOME LAWMAKERS 20:09.576 --> 20:10.975 YOU'VE MET WITH SOME LAWMAKERS AND WITH THE NEW PROGRAM 20:10.977 --> 20:11.342 AND WITH THE NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR. 20:11.344 --> 20:12.109 DIRECTOR. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THEM 20:12.111 --> 20:13.344 WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THEM THAT YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT? 20:13.346 --> 20:14.946 THAT YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT? >> AS YOU SAID, THE SPECIAL 20:14.948 --> 20:17.014 >> AS YOU SAID, THE SPECIAL SESSION WE'RE EXPECTING IN LATE 20:17.016 --> 20:19.150 SESSION WE'RE EXPECTING IN LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE, WE'RE 20:19.152 --> 20:20.585 MAY OR EARLY JUNE, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC, HOPEFUL THAT THERE 20:20.587 --> 20:22.720 OPTIMISTIC, HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE SOME GOOD OUTCOMES FOR 20:22.722 --> 20:23.621 WILL BE SOME GOOD OUTCOMES FOR THE CHILDREN. 20:23.623 --> 20:25.156 THE CHILDREN. DIRECTOR FLANAGAN WHO IS THE 20:25.158 --> 20:27.024 DIRECTOR FLANAGAN WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW DIVISION OF 20:27.026 --> 20:30.561 DIRECTOR OF THE NEW DIVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY WITH THE 20:30.563 --> 20:33.931 DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION HAS BEEN IN 20:33.933 --> 20:34.865 NEW LEGISLATION HAS BEEN IN CONSISTENT CONTACT WITH 20:34.867 --> 20:36.033 CONSISTENT CONTACT WITH CHILDREN'S ACTION ALLIANCE AND 20:36.035 --> 20:38.069 CHILDREN'S ACTION ALLIANCE AND OTHER GROUPS AND MAINTAINED AN 20:38.071 --> 20:40.571 OTHER GROUPS AND MAINTAINED AN OPEN DOOR OPEN E-MAIL OPEN PHONE 20:40.573 --> 20:42.406 OPEN DOOR OPEN E-MAIL OPEN PHONE POLICY WITH HIS STAFF AND HAS 20:42.408 --> 20:44.475 POLICY WITH HIS STAFF AND HAS SHOWN EVERY BIT OF LEADERSHIP 20:44.477 --> 20:45.743 SHOWN EVERY BIT OF LEADERSHIP THAT'S REQUIRED IN THIS VERY 20:45.745 --> 20:46.978 THAT'S REQUIRED IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION IN TERMS OF 20:46.980 --> 20:50.414 DIFFICULT SITUATION IN TERMS OF COMING OUT OF THE VERY 20:50.416 --> 20:51.148 COMING OUT OF THE VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL AGENCY THAT IT WAS 20:51.150 --> 20:52.750 DYSFUNCTIONAL AGENCY THAT IT WAS AND CREATING AN AGENCY THAT'S 20:52.752 --> 20:53.684 AND CREATING AN AGENCY THAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR ARIZONA 20:53.686 --> 20:55.119 GOING TO WORK FOR ARIZONA CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 20:55.121 --> 20:57.521 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. WE'RE OPTIMISTIC AND WE'RE 20:57.523 --> 20:59.323 WE'RE OPTIMISTIC AND WE'RE HEARING THE GOVERNOR AND KEY 20:59.325 --> 21:01.192 HEARING THE GOVERNOR AND KEY LEGISLATORS PUBLICLY STATING 21:01.194 --> 21:03.194 LEGISLATORS PUBLICLY STATING THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO 21:03.196 --> 21:04.895 THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ADEQUATE FUNDING. 21:04.897 --> 21:07.098 PROVIDING ADEQUATE FUNDING. AND WE KNOW IF THEY DON'T WE'RE 21:07.100 --> 21:08.766 AND WE KNOW IF THEY DON'T WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME 21:08.768 --> 21:09.433 GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKES FROM THE PAST. 21:09.435 --> 21:10.935 MISTAKES FROM THE PAST. >> WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 21:10.937 --> 21:13.037 >> WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING UP IN THE PHOENIX 21:13.039 --> 21:14.972 THE FUNDING UP IN THE PHOENIX AREA WITH DIRECTOR FLANAGAN. 21:14.974 --> 21:20.911 AREA WITH DIRECTOR FLANAGAN. HOW MUCH MONEY WILL IT TAKE? 21:20.913 --> 21:22.747 HOW MUCH MONEY WILL IT TAKE? THERE'S $750 MILLION BUDGETED 21:22.749 --> 21:23.014 THERE'S $750 MILLION BUDGETED NOW. 21:23.016 --> 21:23.748 NOW. HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD WE SEE THAT 21:23.750 --> 21:25.349 HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD WE SEE THAT YOU REALLY THINK WOULD MAKE THE 21:25.351 --> 21:25.750 YOU REALLY THINK WOULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE? 21:25.752 --> 21:28.319 DIFFERENCE? >> THE KEY IS EVEN WITH THE 21:28.321 --> 21:30.187 >> THE KEY IS EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE 21:30.189 --> 21:30.921 ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE APPROPRIATED IN 2013 AND EARLIER 21:30.923 --> 21:32.523 APPROPRIATED IN 2013 AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE WERE NOT AT THE 21:32.525 --> 21:35.092 THIS YEAR, WE WERE NOT AT THE STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE WERE 21:35.094 --> 21:36.160 STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE WERE BEFORE THE GREAT CUTS HAPPENED 21:36.162 --> 21:37.995 BEFORE THE GREAT CUTS HAPPENED IN 2009 AND 2010. 21:37.997 --> 21:39.864 IN 2009 AND 2010. SO OUR CASEWORKERS HAVE 21:39.866 --> 21:41.799 SO OUR CASEWORKERS HAVE CASELOADS THAT ARE 200% OF THE 21:41.801 --> 21:44.402 CASELOADS THAT ARE 200% OF THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR CPS 21:44.404 --> 21:44.802 NATIONAL STANDARD FOR CPS CASEWORKERS. 21:44.804 --> 21:47.838 CASEWORKERS. AND IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE, 21:47.840 --> 21:48.906 AND IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE, THEN, THAT CHILDREN HAVE FALLEN 21:48.908 --> 21:51.108 THEN, THAT CHILDREN HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS, PEOPLE HAVE 21:51.110 --> 21:55.179 THROUGH THE CRACKS, PEOPLE HAVE CUT CORNERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO -- 21:55.181 --> 21:57.381 CUT CORNERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO -- THESE CASES HAVE BEEN DRINKING 21:57.383 --> 21:58.516 THESE CASES HAVE BEEN DRINKING WATER FROM A FIRE HOSE. 21:58.518 --> 22:00.084 WATER FROM A FIRE HOSE. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 22:00.086 --> 22:01.619 THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. WE NEED TO GET THE STAFFING UP 22:01.621 --> 22:07.425 WE NEED TO GET THE STAFFING UP AND STAD STEADY SO WE'RE 22:07.427 --> 22:09.026 AND STAD STEADY SO WE'RE LOWERING THE ATTRITION STATE. 22:09.028 --> 22:13.764 LOWERING THE ATTRITION STATE. WE NEED TO BRING THE CASELOAD 22:13.766 --> 22:14.065 WE NEED TO BRING THE CASELOAD DOWN. 22:14.067 --> 22:15.733 DOWN. >> THERE ARE MORE THAN 16,000 22:15.735 --> 22:18.836 >> THERE ARE MORE THAN 16,000 CHILDREN IN THE STATE SYSTEM. 22:18.838 --> 22:19.570 CHILDREN IN THE STATE SYSTEM. DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS 22:19.572 --> 22:20.871 DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF POPULATION. 22:20.873 --> 22:22.006 OF POPULATION. DOUGLAS IS 17,000. 22:22.008 --> 22:23.341 DOUGLAS IS 17,000. THERE'S A SMALL CITY OF CHILDREN 22:23.343 --> 22:27.511 THERE'S A SMALL CITY OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN THE SYSTEM AND 22:27.513 --> 22:28.612 WHO ARE IN THE SYSTEM AND BATTLING THESE ISSUES WITHIN 22:28.614 --> 22:30.448 BATTLING THESE ISSUES WITHIN THEIR OWN FAMILY LIFE. 22:30.450 --> 22:31.682 THEIR OWN FAMILY LIFE. THAT'S UPSETTING FOR YOU. 22:31.684 --> 22:33.284 THAT'S UPSETTING FOR YOU. YOU'RE READY FOR A CHANGE? 22:33.286 --> 22:35.853 YOU'RE READY FOR A CHANGE? >> ABSOLUTELY. 22:35.855 --> 22:37.121 >> ABSOLUTELY. ARIZONIANS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE 22:37.123 --> 22:39.657 ARIZONIANS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE READY FOR A CHANGE. 22:39.659 --> 22:41.559 READY FOR A CHANGE. DATA IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS. 22:41.561 --> 22:45.996 DATA IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS. WHEN THE STATE CUT FUNDING FOR 22:45.998 --> 22:50.701 WHEN THE STATE CUT FUNDING FOR EARLY INTERVENTION, SUCH AS 22:50.703 --> 22:51.435 EARLY INTERVENTION, SUCH AS CHILDCARE WORK, WHEN THE STATE 22:51.437 --> 22:52.503 CHILDCARE WORK, WHEN THE STATE CUT THE FUNDS AND LEFT PEOPLE 22:52.505 --> 22:55.206 CUT THE FUNDS AND LEFT PEOPLE WITHOUT THE RESOURCE, REPORTS OF 22:55.208 --> 22:58.409 WITHOUT THE RESOURCE, REPORTS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT HAVE GONE UP. 22:58.411 --> 23:01.579 ABUSE AND NEGLECT HAVE GONE UP. AND SINCE 2009, THE NUMBER OF 23:01.581 --> 23:03.881 AND SINCE 2009, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE HAS GONE 23:03.883 --> 23:07.785 CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE HAS GONE WAY UP, ALMOST 50% THAT'S NOT A 23:07.787 --> 23:08.185 WAY UP, ALMOST 50% THAT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE. 23:08.187 --> 23:10.054 COINCIDENCE. TWO THINGS GO VERY MUCH 23:10.056 --> 23:10.421 TWO THINGS GO VERY MUCH TOGETHER. 23:10.423 --> 23:12.089 TOGETHER. COMING BACK TO THE SPECIAL 23:12.091 --> 23:13.324 COMING BACK TO THE SPECIAL SESSION, WE'RE INTERESTED IN 23:13.326 --> 23:14.792 SESSION, WE'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THE LEGISLATURE 23:14.794 --> 23:17.995 MAKING SURE THAT THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR PROVIDE THE 23:17.997 --> 23:20.698 AND THE GOVERNOR PROVIDE THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO DO THIS 23:20.700 --> 23:20.998 FUNDING NECESSARY TO DO THIS RIGHT. 23:21.000 --> 23:22.533 RIGHT. DON'T TRY TO CUT CORNERS OR 23:22.535 --> 23:23.167 DON'T TRY TO CUT CORNERS OR SHORTCHANGE IT. 23:23.169 --> 23:24.535 SHORTCHANGE IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. 23:24.537 --> 23:25.870 IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. THERE'S TWO ASPECTS OF THAT. 23:25.872 --> 23:27.772 THERE'S TWO ASPECTS OF THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S 23:27.774 --> 23:29.974 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ADEQUATE ONE-TIME FUNDING TO 23:29.976 --> 23:31.876 ADEQUATE ONE-TIME FUNDING TO BRING THE BACKLOG DOWN TO 23:31.878 --> 23:33.444 BRING THE BACKLOG DOWN TO ELIMINATE THE BACKLOG. 23:33.446 --> 23:36.414 ELIMINATE THE BACKLOG. THE BACK LOW IS 14,777 CASES AS 23:36.416 --> 23:37.448 THE BACK LOW IS 14,777 CASES AS OF THIS WEEK. 23:37.450 --> 23:39.583 OF THIS WEEK. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INFUSION 23:39.585 --> 23:41.185 SO THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INFUSION OF ONE-TIME FUNDING TO BRING 23:41.187 --> 23:44.722 OF ONE-TIME FUNDING TO BRING THAT DOWN AND ELIMINATE IT. 23:44.724 --> 23:48.058 THAT DOWN AND ELIMINATE IT. THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE AN 23:48.060 --> 23:49.827 THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE AN INFUSION OF BASELINE FUNDING TO 23:49.829 --> 23:52.730 INFUSION OF BASELINE FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CASEWORKERS 23:52.732 --> 23:54.465 MAKE SURE THAT THE CASEWORKERS ARE ABLE TO STAY ON TOP OF THE 23:54.467 --> 23:54.832 ARE ABLE TO STAY ON TOP OF THE CASELOAD. 23:54.834 --> 23:56.200 CASELOAD. >> THE CHILDREN'S ACTION 23:56.202 --> 23:57.067 >> THE CHILDREN'S ACTION ALLIANCE FEELS LIKE YOU ARE 23:57.069 --> 23:58.302 ALLIANCE FEELS LIKE YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS THIS 23:58.304 --> 23:58.836 INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS THIS TIME AROUND. 23:58.838 --> 23:59.203 TIME AROUND. >> YEAH. 23:59.205 --> 24:00.838 >> YEAH. WE PARTICULARLY ARE PLEASED WITH 24:00.840 --> 24:03.107 WE PARTICULARLY ARE PLEASED WITH THE WAY DIRECTOR FLANAGAN HAS 24:03.109 --> 24:04.675 THE WAY DIRECTOR FLANAGAN HAS INVOLVED US AND OTHER KEY 24:04.677 --> 24:06.410 INVOLVED US AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN HIS THINKING 24:06.412 --> 24:07.511 STAKEHOLDERS IN HIS THINKING THROUGH WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN 24:07.513 --> 24:07.812 THROUGH WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT. 24:07.814 --> 24:10.181 NEXT. AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE 24:10.183 --> 24:10.748 AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. 24:10.750 --> 24:13.584 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF MADE A 24:13.586 --> 24:14.585 AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE'LL CONTINUE 24:14.587 --> 24:15.753 COMMITMENT THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND THE TABLE. 24:15.755 --> 24:17.555 TO BE AROUND THE TABLE. >> WERE YOU INVOLVED BEFORE? 24:17.557 --> 24:19.323 >> WERE YOU INVOLVED BEFORE? WERE GROUPS LIKE YOU INVOLVED 24:19.325 --> 24:19.657 WERE GROUPS LIKE YOU INVOLVED BEFORE? 24:19.659 --> 24:21.659 BEFORE? >> I'LL SAY THIS. 24:21.661 --> 24:23.594 >> I'LL SAY THIS. DIRECTOR FLANAGAN INVITING KEY 24:23.596 --> 24:26.630 DIRECTOR FLANAGAN INVITING KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE IS 24:26.632 --> 24:26.897 STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE IS NEW. 24:26.899 --> 24:29.033 NEW. UNDER THE DES DIRECTOR CARTER, 24:29.035 --> 24:30.100 UNDER THE DES DIRECTOR CARTER, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. 24:30.102 --> 24:31.602 THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. THAT IS A BIG STEP FORWARD. 24:31.604 --> 24:34.438 THAT IS A BIG STEP FORWARD. >> IT SEEMS LIKE A SLAM DUNK 24:34.440 --> 24:35.606 >> IT SEEMS LIKE A SLAM DUNK THAT GROUPS LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE 24:35.608 --> 24:37.041 THAT GROUPS LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FIRST 24:37.043 --> 24:37.341 BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FIRST PLACE. 24:37.343 --> 24:38.342 PLACE. IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? 24:38.344 --> 24:38.876 IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? >> SURE. 24:38.878 --> 24:41.946 >> SURE. THESE ARE COMPLICATED ISSUES AND 24:41.948 --> 24:44.048 THESE ARE COMPLICATED ISSUES AND STATE GOVERNMENT USED TO ALWAYS 24:44.050 --> 24:47.051 STATE GOVERNMENT USED TO ALWAYS BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOLKS IN 24:47.053 --> 24:48.686 BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOLKS IN THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY WHO 24:48.688 --> 24:49.920 THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY WHO WHERE DEALING WITH THE ISSUES 24:49.922 --> 24:51.522 WHERE DEALING WITH THE ISSUES DAY IN AND DAY OUT SO THEY CAN 24:51.524 --> 24:53.290 DAY IN AND DAY OUT SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PROGRAMS 24:53.292 --> 24:55.359 MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PROGRAMS ARE AS EFFECTIVE AS THEY CAN BE. 24:55.361 --> 24:57.394 ARE AS EFFECTIVE AS THEY CAN BE. WE'RE HOPING WITH THE NEW 24:57.396 --> 24:59.563 WE'RE HOPING WITH THE NEW DEPARTMENT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE 24:59.565 --> 25:02.266 DEPARTMENT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE AT THE TABLE AS WILL OTHER 25:02.268 --> 25:05.035 AT THE TABLE AS WILL OTHER PROVIDERS AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS 25:05.037 --> 25:06.437 PROVIDERS AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN FOSTER CARE. 25:06.439 --> 25:07.671 WHO ARE INVOLVED IN FOSTER CARE. >> PART OF YOUR EFFORT IS 25:07.673 --> 25:09.340 >> PART OF YOUR EFFORT IS REACHING OUT TO THE AVERAGE 25:09.342 --> 25:12.042 REACHING OUT TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN SAYING HEY, PAY 25:12.044 --> 25:12.443 CITIZEN SAYING HEY, PAY ATTENTION. 25:12.445 --> 25:13.477 ATTENTION. >> IN TOAD'S ARIZONA CAPITAL 25:13.479 --> 25:16.780 >> IN TOAD'S ARIZONA CAPITAL TIMES THERE'S A FULL PAGE AD. 25:16.782 --> 25:18.616 TIMES THERE'S A FULL PAGE AD. IT'S BEEN SIGNED BY 50 25:18.618 --> 25:21.352 IT'S BEEN SIGNED BY 50 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE. 25:21.354 --> 25:23.287 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE. IT'S AN INDICATION OF OUR 25:23.289 --> 25:24.555 IT'S AN INDICATION OF OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO 25:24.557 --> 25:26.257 COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO CONSTRUCTIVELY BE AT THE TABLE 25:26.259 --> 25:27.424 CONSTRUCTIVELY BE AT THE TABLE AND WORK THROUGH A SOLUTION LOW 25:27.426 --> 25:29.193 AND WORK THROUGH A SOLUTION LOW PRESSURE WE WANT THE LEGISLATORS 25:29.195 --> 25:30.694 PRESSURE WE WANT THE LEGISLATORS TO GET THE MESSAGE, THE 25:30.696 --> 25:31.762 TO GET THE MESSAGE, THE COMMUNITY IS WITH YOU IF YOU'RE 25:31.764 --> 25:33.130 COMMUNITY IS WITH YOU IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, 25:33.132 --> 25:34.598 WILLING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, PUT THE RESOURCES THERE TO MAKE 25:34.600 --> 25:35.699 PUT THE RESOURCES THERE TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT. 25:35.701 --> 25:37.067 SURE WE DO IT RIGHT. WE'LL BE WITH THE LEGISLATURE 25:37.069 --> 25:38.669 WE'LL BE WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE 25:38.671 --> 25:41.906 AND THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DO BETTER 25:41.908 --> 25:42.373 IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DO BETTER BY OUR CHILDREN. 25:42.375 --> 25:44.909 BY OUR CHILDREN. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY OUT THERE 25:44.911 --> 25:47.244 WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY OUT THERE TO CONTACT SENATE PRESIDENT 25:47.246 --> 25:52.249 TO CONTACT SENATE PRESIDENT BIGS, CONTACT SPEAKER TOOBIN AND 25:52.251 --> 25:53.684 BIGS, CONTACT SPEAKER TOOBIN AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND YOUR 25:53.686 --> 25:54.084 MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND YOUR PRIORITIES. 25:54.086 --> 25:57.154 PRIORITIES. IF FOLKS DO THAT, WE CAN LOOK 25:57.156 --> 25:59.623 IF FOLKS DO THAT, WE CAN LOOK FOR A GOODS SUCCESSFUL SPECIAL 25:59.625 --> 25:59.990 FOR A GOODS SUCCESSFUL SPECIAL SESSION. 25:59.992 --> 26:01.091 SESSION. >> ARIZONA LAWMAKERS WILL BE 26:01.093 --> 26:04.862 >> ARIZONA LAWMAKERS WILL BE CALLED BACK TO THE CAPITAL LATER 26:04.864 --> 26:07.097 CALLED BACK TO THE CAPITAL LATER THIS MONTH FOR THE SPECIAL 26:07.099 --> 26:07.932 THIS MONTH FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION. 26:07.934 --> 26:11.135 SESSION. FROM THE HOUSE FLOOR, I'M 26:11.137 --> 26:12.102 FROM THE HOUSE FLOOR, I'M LORRAINE RAVENNA. 26:12.104 --> 26:13.504 LORRAINE RAVENNA. I'LL SEND IT BACK TO MY 26:13.506 --> 26:16.473 I'LL SEND IT BACK TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR THE BUZZ. 26:16.475 --> 26:18.008 COLLEAGUE FOR THE BUZZ. >>> PRESIDENT OBAMA AND OTHER 26:18.010 --> 26:20.444 >>> PRESIDENT OBAMA AND OTHER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY THEY 26:20.446 --> 26:21.912 WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY THEY THINK CONGRESS CAN PASS 26:21.914 --> 26:24.715 THINK CONGRESS CAN PASS IMMIGRATION REFORM BEFORE THE 26:24.717 --> 26:27.818 IMMIGRATION REFORM BEFORE THE NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTION. 26:27.820 --> 26:30.154 NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTION. THEY PASSED A BILL LAST YEAR. 26:30.156 --> 26:31.589 THEY PASSED A BILL LAST YEAR. THE U.S. HOUSE HAS TAKEN NO 26:31.591 --> 26:33.524 THE U.S. HOUSE HAS TAKEN NO ACTION ON THE BILL. 26:33.526 --> 26:34.692 ACTION ON THE BILL. SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER SAID HE 26:34.694 --> 26:36.994 SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER SAID HE WOULD PREFER TO TAKE US THE 26:36.996 --> 26:38.896 WOULD PREFER TO TAKE US THE ISSUES IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION. 26:38.898 --> 26:40.097 ISSUES IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION. THIS WEEK HE SAID HE IS WILLING 26:40.099 --> 26:42.700 THIS WEEK HE SAID HE IS WILLING TO WORK ON THE ISSUE BUT THAT 26:42.702 --> 26:44.134 TO WORK ON THE ISSUE BUT THAT REPUBLICANS DO NOT TRUST OBAMA 26:44.136 --> 26:47.171 REPUBLICANS DO NOT TRUST OBAMA TO ENFORCE THE LAW. 26:47.173 --> 26:47.838 TO ENFORCE THE LAW. BOEHNER SAYS THAT MAKES IT 26:47.840 --> 26:51.375 BOEHNER SAYS THAT MAKES IT UNLIKELY HIS PARTY WILL BE 26:51.377 --> 26:57.414 UNLIKELY HIS PARTY WILL BE INCLINED TO REFORM IT. 26:57.416 --> 26:58.449 INCLINED TO REFORM IT. MEANWHI 26:58.451 --> 27:00.184 MEANWHI THERE IS PRESSURE FOR THE 27:00.186 --> 27:01.785 THERE IS PRESSURE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO REDUCE DEPORTATIONS 27:01.787 --> 27:04.622 PRESIDENT TO REDUCE DEPORTATIONS OF IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE NOT 27:04.624 --> 27:05.656 OF IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE NOT CONVICTED OF OTHER CRIMINAL 27:05.658 --> 27:06.323 CONVICTED OF OTHER CRIMINAL CHARGES. 27:06.325 --> 27:08.826 CHARGES. OBAMA ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF 27:08.828 --> 27:14.632 OBAMA ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO REVIEW THE 27:14.634 --> 27:15.332 HOMELAND SECURITY TO REVIEW THE IMMIGRATION POLICY TO SEE HOW 27:15.334 --> 27:15.933 IMMIGRATION POLICY TO SEE HOW MUCH DISCRETION HE HAS. 27:15.935 --> 27:17.635 MUCH DISCRETION HE HAS. THIS WEEK IN TUCSON, IMMIGRATION 27:17.637 --> 27:20.838 THIS WEEK IN TUCSON, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS DECIDED 27:20.840 --> 27:22.740 AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS DECIDED NOT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON 27:22.742 --> 27:24.942 NOT TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON A HIGH PROFILE DEPORTATION 27:24.944 --> 27:25.376 A HIGH PROFILE DEPORTATION ISSUE. 27:25.378 --> 27:27.111 ISSUE. A MEXICAN MAN HAS BEEN LIVING IN 27:27.113 --> 27:28.012 A MEXICAN MAN HAS BEEN LIVING IN A SANCTUARY THIS WEEK. 27:28.014 --> 27:30.347 A SANCTUARY THIS WEEK. HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR A MINOR 27:30.349 --> 27:31.682 HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR A MINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION MORE THAN TWO 27:31.684 --> 27:33.217 TRAFFIC VIOLATION MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO AND SAYS HE DOES NOT 27:33.219 --> 27:34.785 YEARS AGO AND SAYS HE DOES NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL BACK GROUND. 27:34.787 --> 27:35.986 HAVE A CRIMINAL BACK GROUND. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS SAY THE 27:35.988 --> 27:37.655 IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS SAY THE DECISION NOT TO ACT ON THE 27:37.657 --> 27:38.389 DECISION NOT TO ACT ON THE DEPORTATION ORDER DOES NOT MEAN 27:38.391 --> 27:39.623 DEPORTATION ORDER DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE ORDER HAS BEEN REMOVED 27:39.625 --> 27:42.825 THAT THE ORDER HAS BEEN REMOVED OR THE CASE HAS BEEN