1 00:00:43,833 --> 00:00:44,500 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 2 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:45,933 LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE. 3 00:00:45,933 --> 00:00:48,600 I'M BOB MANN, PROFESSOR AT LSU'S 4 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,267 MANSHIP SCHOOL OF MASS 5 00:00:51,267 --> 00:00:51,733 COMMUNICATION. 6 00:00:51,733 --> 00:00:53,300 ALMOST ONE-FIFTH OF LOUISIANANS 7 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:54,233 LIVE IN POVERTY. 8 00:00:54,233 --> 00:00:55,667 MANY MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLE, 9 00:00:55,667 --> 00:00:57,300 HOWEVER, HAVE MISCONCEPTIONS 10 00:00:57,300 --> 00:00:59,433 ABOUT WHAT LIVING IN POVERTY IS 11 00:00:59,433 --> 00:00:59,733 LIKE. 12 00:00:59,733 --> 00:01:01,167 THERE'S LITTLE CONCENSZ ABOUT 13 00:01:01,167 --> 00:01:02,633 WHAT CAN BE DONE TO END POVERTY. 14 00:01:02,633 --> 00:01:04,100 OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WE'LL HEAR 15 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:06,000 FROM ACADEMICS, POLICY EXPERTS, 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,833 AND CHARITY REPRESENTATIVES AS 17 00:01:07,833 --> 00:01:09,333 WE EXPLORE "LIVING BELOW THE 18 00:01:09,333 --> 00:01:11,233 LINE." 19 00:01:11,233 --> 00:01:12,567 >> IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN 20 00:01:12,567 --> 00:01:14,567 BASEBALL TERMS, MY KIDS, IN 21 00:01:14,567 --> 00:01:16,000 ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,300 DREAM, THEY'RE ALREADY ON THIRD 23 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:18,867 BASE AND JUST HAVE TO RUN HOME. 24 00:01:18,867 --> 00:01:20,733 BUT A CHILD THAT IS LIVING IN 25 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:22,533 POVERTY IS STANDING IN THE 26 00:01:22,533 --> 00:01:23,300 BATTER'S BOX. 27 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:26,867 HE HAS NO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES. 28 00:01:26,867 --> 00:01:28,367 >> BELINDA DAVIS TEACH AS COURSE 29 00:01:28,367 --> 00:01:29,700 ABOUT POVERTY AT LSU. 30 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:31,800 SHE SAYS THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION 31 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,733 THAT POOR PEOPLE DON'T HAVE 32 00:01:33,733 --> 00:01:35,467 MONEY BECAUSE THEY MADE BAD 33 00:01:35,467 --> 00:01:35,900 CHOICESES. 34 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:37,400 BUT POVERTY IS GENERATIONAL, HE 35 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:38,233 SAYS. 36 00:01:38,233 --> 00:01:41,533 >> IF AN INDIVIDUAL LIVES IN 37 00:01:41,533 --> 00:01:44,000 POVERTY, A LARGE CHUNK OF THE 38 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,867 REASON THEY'RE IN POVERTY, 39 00:01:47,867 --> 00:01:49,433 THOSE -- THE DECISIONS WERE MADE 40 00:01:49,433 --> 00:01:52,367 FOR THEM BEFORE THEY WERE 18. 41 00:01:52,367 --> 00:01:54,233 >> JANET SIMMONS IS DIRECTOR OF 42 00:01:54,233 --> 00:01:55,533 HOPE MINISTRIES. 43 00:01:55,533 --> 00:01:57,333 HER ORGANIZATION TRIES TO HELP 44 00:01:57,333 --> 00:01:59,067 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT LIVING IN 45 00:01:59,067 --> 00:02:01,367 POVERTY IS LIKE. 46 00:02:01,367 --> 00:02:03,567 >> THERE ARE FOUR THINGS THAT 47 00:02:03,567 --> 00:02:07,367 RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ARE CAUSES OF 48 00:02:07,367 --> 00:02:07,733 POVERTY. 49 00:02:07,733 --> 00:02:09,000 ONE OF ONLY WHICH IS BEHAVIOR. 50 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,733 >> ONE OF THE CAUSES IS 51 00:02:10,733 --> 00:02:12,467 PREDATORS SUCH AS PAYDAY 52 00:02:12,467 --> 00:02:12,800 LENDERS. 53 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,467 ANOTHER IS GOVERNMENT POLICIES. 54 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:15,567 >> YOU DON'T PAY YOUR INSURANCE 55 00:02:15,567 --> 00:02:17,467 AND YOU GET A FLAG ON YOUR TAG, 56 00:02:17,467 --> 00:02:17,833 RIGHT? 57 00:02:17,833 --> 00:02:20,367 SO NOW YOU NOT ONLY OWE YOUR 58 00:02:20,367 --> 00:02:20,733 INSURANCE. 59 00:02:20,733 --> 00:02:22,767 YOU OWE YOUR FLAG ON YOUR TAG. 60 00:02:22,767 --> 00:02:24,567 IF YOU CAN'T PAY YOUR INSURANCE 61 00:02:24,567 --> 00:02:28,067 IN 30 DAYS, YOUR FLAG GETS 62 00:02:28,067 --> 00:02:28,467 INCREASED. 63 00:02:28,467 --> 00:02:31,200 >> THAT BECOMES ALMOST 64 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,200 UNESCAPABLE, SIMMONS SAYS. 65 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,333 >> AND YOU HAVE A FLAG ON YOUR 66 00:02:34,333 --> 00:02:35,800 TAG AND YOU GET STOPPED, THEN 67 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,733 YOUR CAR GETS CONFISCATED. 68 00:02:37,733 --> 00:02:39,367 YOUR LICENSE GETS CONFISCATED 69 00:02:39,367 --> 00:02:40,367 AND YOU CAN'T DRIVE TO WORK. 70 00:02:40,367 --> 00:02:42,000 IF YOU CAN'T DRIVE TO WORK, YOU 71 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:42,933 LOSE YOUR JOB. 72 00:02:42,933 --> 00:02:43,967 >> THE CONDITIONS OF THE 73 00:02:43,967 --> 00:02:45,600 COMMUNITY ARE THE LAST CAUSE, 74 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,533 SIMMONS CITES. 75 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:48,167 >> DO YOU HAVE AFFORDABLE 76 00:02:48,167 --> 00:02:48,533 HOUSING? 77 00:02:48,533 --> 00:02:49,233 WHAT'S YOUR TRANSPORTATION 78 00:02:49,233 --> 00:02:50,167 SYSTEM LIKE? 79 00:02:50,167 --> 00:02:51,400 YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE 80 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,633 BIGGEST PROBLEMS BATON ROUGE 81 00:02:53,633 --> 00:02:54,833 RIGHT NOW. 82 00:02:54,833 --> 00:02:57,267 >> HOPE ALSO OFFERS PROGRAMS TO 83 00:02:57,267 --> 00:03:00,067 HELP PEOPLE LIFT THEMSELVES 84 00:03:00,067 --> 00:03:01,233 ABOVE THOSE CAUSES. 85 00:03:01,233 --> 00:03:02,867 >> JUST PLAYING SOMEBODY'S RENT 86 00:03:02,867 --> 00:03:04,900 FOR THREE MONTHS IS NOT GOING TO 87 00:03:04,900 --> 00:03:06,867 CHANGE THE POSSIBILITY BEING 88 00:03:06,867 --> 00:03:07,167 EVICT. 89 00:03:07,167 --> 00:03:08,700 YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT OVER TIME. 90 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:10,633 >> CHARLENE ELLSWORTH 91 00:03:10,633 --> 00:03:12,400 COORDINATES THE FOOD PANTRY. 92 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,333 SHE SAYS THE TEACHERS AND 93 00:03:13,333 --> 00:03:16,733 CLASSES HAVE CHANGED HER WAY OF 94 00:03:16,733 --> 00:03:17,100 THINKING. 95 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:18,367 >> IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE 96 00:03:18,367 --> 00:03:20,667 THINGS HE WAS TEACHING ME AND 97 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:21,967 ENCOURAGING ME TO DO BACK IN THE 98 00:03:21,967 --> 00:03:22,867 NINTH GRADE, I WOULD HAVE NEVER 99 00:03:22,867 --> 00:03:23,400 DROPPED OUT. 100 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,600 I WOULD HAVE HAD THAT PUSH, THAT 101 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,567 MOTIVATION TO DO EXACTLY WHAT 102 00:03:26,567 --> 00:03:28,033 I'M TRYING TO DO NOW. 103 00:03:28,033 --> 00:03:31,933 >> SIMMONS SAYS THE POOR ARE 104 00:03:31,933 --> 00:03:33,133 DISPROPORTIONIATLY IMPACTED BY 105 00:03:33,133 --> 00:03:34,067 THE HURDLES IN LIFE. 106 00:03:34,067 --> 00:03:35,200 THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL 107 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,733 SAFETY NET OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS 108 00:03:36,733 --> 00:03:38,033 OR THE FINANCIAL KNOW-HOW. 109 00:03:38,033 --> 00:03:40,133 >> I MADE POOR CHOICES BUT IT 110 00:03:40,133 --> 00:03:41,767 HASN'T CAUSED ME TO BE EVICTED 111 00:03:41,767 --> 00:03:42,500 FROM MY HOME. 112 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:45,500 SO JUST -- A LOT OF TIMES POOR 113 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:47,433 CHOICES CAUSE A DEVASTATING 114 00:03:47,433 --> 00:03:49,300 EFFECT FOR SOMEONE IN 115 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:50,167 INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY, WHERE 116 00:03:50,167 --> 00:03:51,900 A POOR CHOICE FOR ME MAY MEAN I 117 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:53,467 JUST DON'T GO TO THE MOVIE THIS 118 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:54,267 IS MONTH. 119 00:03:54,267 --> 00:03:56,533 >> THE HURD CELL THE KNOWLEDGE 120 00:03:56,533 --> 00:03:58,033 LIVE -- HURDLE IS THE IMAGE 121 00:03:58,033 --> 00:03:58,967 LIVING CHECK TO CHECK. 122 00:03:58,967 --> 00:04:00,000 LIKE THE KNOWLEDGE OF HAVING A 123 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,433 BUDGET. 124 00:04:00,433 --> 00:04:02,133 SIMPLE STUFF. 125 00:04:02,133 --> 00:04:05,800 SIMPLE STUFF, THAT MAY BE SIMPLE 126 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,800 OR SIMPLE TO OTHERS, BUT THAT 127 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,667 WAS A BIG THING TO DO ME. 128 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:10,833 >> RANDY NICHOLS LEADS THE 129 00:04:10,833 --> 00:04:12,367 PROGRAM THAT HELPS THE POOREST 130 00:04:12,367 --> 00:04:13,100 OF THE PE. 131 00:04:13,100 --> 00:04:14,200 >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS 132 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,300 ABOUT LIVING IN POVERTY IS TO 133 00:04:15,300 --> 00:04:17,967 LIVE IN UNCERTAINTY ALL THE 134 00:04:17,967 --> 00:04:18,367 TIME. 135 00:04:18,367 --> 00:04:20,800 YOU'LL ALWAYS BE -- TO ALWAYS BE 136 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:21,933 UNCERTAIN IF THE INCOME YOU HAVE 137 00:04:21,933 --> 00:04:24,533 IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO MEET 138 00:04:24,533 --> 00:04:26,267 YOUR VERY BASIC NEEDS. 139 00:04:26,267 --> 00:04:28,167 >> SOME ARGUE THAT LIVING IN 140 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:29,900 POVER IN LOUISIANA ISN'T THAT 141 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:30,533 BAD. 142 00:04:30,533 --> 00:04:31,433 -- POVERTY IN LOUISIANA ISN'T 143 00:04:31,433 --> 00:04:33,033 THAT BAD. 144 00:04:33,033 --> 00:04:34,400 ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE 145 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,833 HERITAGE FOUNDATION BEFORE THE 146 00:04:35,833 --> 00:04:37,900 RESEXER 80% OF POOR HOUSEHOLD 147 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:39,067 ACROSS THE NATION HAD 148 00:04:39,067 --> 00:04:39,567 AIR-CONDITIONING. 149 00:04:39,567 --> 00:04:40,633 THREE-QUARTER HAS AT LEAST ONE 150 00:04:40,633 --> 00:04:43,800 CAR, AND 97% OWNED A COLOR 151 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:44,200 TELEVISION. 152 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,467 AND IN LOUISIANA, THE COST OF 153 00:04:45,467 --> 00:04:49,367 LIVING IS LOWER THAN MOST OF THE 154 00:04:49,367 --> 00:04:49,700 NATION. 155 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:52,367 >> THE LIFE OF A CHILD LIVING IN 156 00:04:52,367 --> 00:04:54,800 POVERTY IS NOT ONE THAT YOU 157 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,800 WOULD WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND 158 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:58,800 THAT'S WHAT I SAY TO PEOPLE. 159 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,400 I SAY, BEING POOR IN AMERICA IS 160 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,733 REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAD. 161 00:05:01,733 --> 00:05:02,933 WELL, I WOULD -- THAT BAD. 162 00:05:02,933 --> 00:05:05,533 WELL, I WOULD ASK DO YOU WANT 163 00:05:05,533 --> 00:05:06,833 YOUR CHILD GROWING UP IN POVERTY 164 00:05:06,833 --> 00:05:07,900 IN THE UNITED STATES AND I THINK 165 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:09,400 THE OVERWHELMING IS NO. 166 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,900 >> DAVIS SAYS THE PROGRAMS THE 167 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:12,867 GOVERNMENT PROVIDES OFTEN 168 00:05:12,867 --> 00:05:13,867 ENCOURAGE WORK. 169 00:05:13,867 --> 00:05:16,133 PROGRAMS LIKE FOOD STAMPS ALSO 170 00:05:16,133 --> 00:05:17,267 CALLED SNAP BENEFITS. 171 00:05:17,267 --> 00:05:20,833 THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT AND 172 00:05:20,833 --> 00:05:24,567 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY 173 00:05:24,567 --> 00:05:24,933 FAMILIES. 174 00:05:24,933 --> 00:05:27,200 >> WOMEN WHO LEAVE TEMPORARY 175 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:28,400 ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES 176 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,133 ARE STILL RELIANT ON A WHOLE 177 00:05:30,133 --> 00:05:31,867 HOST OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS 178 00:05:31,867 --> 00:05:33,233 BECAUSE THEIR WAGES ARE NOT 179 00:05:33,233 --> 00:05:35,800 ENOUGH TO LIFT THEM ABOVE THE 180 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,367 POVERTY LINE. 181 00:05:36,367 --> 00:05:37,833 THAT'S IN PART A FUNCTION OF HOW 182 00:05:37,833 --> 00:05:39,467 LOW OUR MINIMUM WAGE IS. 183 00:05:39,467 --> 00:05:42,133 >> DAVIS SAYS IT'S 184 00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:44,433 MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO 185 00:05:44,433 --> 00:05:47,133 LIVE ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE AT A 186 00:05:47,133 --> 00:05:48,733 MINIUM WAGE JOB. 187 00:05:48,733 --> 00:05:49,833 NICHOLS SAYS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS 188 00:05:49,833 --> 00:05:50,833 AREN'T JUST THE SOCIALLY 189 00:05:50,833 --> 00:05:52,167 RESPONSIBLE CHOICE. 190 00:05:52,167 --> 00:05:54,033 THEY'RE PHYSICAL CAME 191 00:05:54,033 --> 00:05:56,767 RESPONSIBLE -- FISCALLY 192 00:05:56,767 --> 00:05:57,567 RESPONSIBLE AS WELL. 193 00:05:57,567 --> 00:05:59,433 >> IT'S NOT AS IF IT DOES NOT 194 00:05:59,433 --> 00:06:01,800 COST THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING FOR 195 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,067 PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN POVERTY AND 196 00:06:05,067 --> 00:06:05,500 HOMELESSNESS. 197 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:06,933 >> BUT SIMMONS SAYS MORE THOUGHT 198 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:08,867 NOODZ TO BE PUT INTO 199 00:06:08,867 --> 00:06:09,667 GOVERNMENT -- THOUGHT NEEDS TO 200 00:06:09,667 --> 00:06:11,033 BE PUT INTO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 201 00:06:11,033 --> 00:06:11,933 >> I THINK A LOT OF PROGRAMS 202 00:06:11,933 --> 00:06:13,767 HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY PEOPLE WHO 203 00:06:13,767 --> 00:06:15,233 ARE NOT IN THE TRENCHES, SO THEY 204 00:06:15,233 --> 00:06:16,467 DON'T KNOW WHAT WORKS. 205 00:06:16,467 --> 00:06:19,133 SO THEY HAVE THIS MINDSET THAT, 206 00:06:19,133 --> 00:06:20,500 OH, I THINK THIS -- WE NEED TO 207 00:06:20,500 --> 00:06:21,667 DO THIS. 208 00:06:21,667 --> 00:06:23,267 SO WELFARE, FOR EXAMPLE. 209 00:06:23,267 --> 00:06:25,333 OH, WE JUST NEED TO GIVE THEM 210 00:06:25,333 --> 00:06:27,067 FOOD STAMPS AND WE JUST NEED TO 211 00:06:27,067 --> 00:06:29,433 PAY FOR RENT, OR WHATEVER, SUB 212 00:06:29,433 --> 00:06:29,867 DEVICE. 213 00:06:29,867 --> 00:06:31,367 BUT THEIR PROGRAMS ARE NOT 214 00:06:31,367 --> 00:06:33,667 DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT 215 00:06:33,667 --> 00:06:34,933 OF POVERTY, SO ALL THEY'RE DOING 216 00:06:34,933 --> 00:06:36,300 IS HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN 217 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:36,800 POVERTY. 218 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,967 >> ELSEWORTH SAYS SHE DOESN'T 219 00:06:38,967 --> 00:06:42,667 BLAME THE MIDDLE-CLASS FOR 220 00:06:42,667 --> 00:06:44,767 HAVING MISCONSEMGHTSES WITH THE 221 00:06:44,767 --> 00:06:46,200 POOR -- MISCONCEPTIONS WITH THE 222 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:46,500 POOR. 223 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:47,400 >> THAT'S JUST LIKE ME. 224 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:48,133 I'M IN POVERTY. 225 00:06:48,133 --> 00:06:50,833 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, LIKE, THEIR 226 00:06:50,833 --> 00:06:52,000 LIFE, THEIR UPGROWING. 227 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,667 IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. 228 00:06:55,667 --> 00:06:56,733 >> JOINING US IS OUR STUDIO 229 00:06:56,733 --> 00:06:57,767 AUDIENCE TONIGHT. 230 00:06:57,767 --> 00:06:59,133 IT INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM 231 00:06:59,133 --> 00:07:01,700 THE SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT 232 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:02,400 DePAUL AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF 233 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,067 THE LEGISLATIVE YOUTH ADVISORY 234 00:07:06,067 --> 00:07:06,400 COUNCIL. 235 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:07,433 WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM LSU AND 236 00:07:07,433 --> 00:07:08,167 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES. 237 00:07:08,167 --> 00:07:09,367 THANKS TO EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR 238 00:07:09,367 --> 00:07:09,800 BANG HERE. 239 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,033 THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION 240 00:07:12,033 --> 00:07:12,967 SURROUNDING HOW MUCH LOUISIANA 241 00:07:12,967 --> 00:07:14,600 SPEND OSWELFARE PROGRAMS. 242 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,133 -- SPENDS ON WELFARE PROGRAMS. 243 00:07:16,133 --> 00:07:19,133 IN A SURVEY ALMOST 40% OF 244 00:07:19,133 --> 00:07:20,033 RESPONDENTS SAID WELFARE 245 00:07:20,033 --> 00:07:21,267 PROGRAMS GET MORE MONEY THAN ANY 246 00:07:21,267 --> 00:07:23,433 OTHER PART OF THE BUDGET, BUT 247 00:07:23,433 --> 00:07:25,000 ACTUALLY, WELFARE PROGRAMS GET 248 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,433 LESS THAN 1% OF STATE FUNDS. 249 00:07:27,433 --> 00:07:29,633 THE SURVEY ALSO FOUND THAT A 250 00:07:29,633 --> 00:07:31,100 SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF 251 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:32,133 RESPONDENTS, ALMOST HALF, 252 00:07:32,133 --> 00:07:34,033 SUPPORT CUTTING FUNDING FOR 253 00:07:34,033 --> 00:07:35,333 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 254 00:07:35,333 --> 00:07:38,267 ONLY 18% SAID IT SHOULD BE 255 00:07:38,267 --> 00:07:38,633 INCREASED. 256 00:07:38,633 --> 00:07:39,467 SO LET'S START THERE. 257 00:07:39,467 --> 00:07:41,267 WHAT IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT 258 00:07:41,267 --> 00:07:42,200 IN HELPING THE POOR? 259 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,367 WHAT SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT DO? 260 00:07:43,367 --> 00:07:46,433 WHAT SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE 261 00:07:46,433 --> 00:07:47,433 CHARITIES? 262 00:07:47,433 --> 00:07:47,867 DAN? 263 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:49,600 >> WELL, I WAS THINKING OF 264 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:50,967 MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE FOR 265 00:07:50,967 --> 00:07:51,900 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO 266 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:53,267 AFFORD IT. 267 00:07:53,267 --> 00:07:55,767 SEEMS TO ME THAT WOULD BE A 268 00:07:55,767 --> 00:07:58,600 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT 269 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,667 TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THAT, 270 00:08:00,667 --> 00:08:01,933 PENSCH FAMILIES -- THAT EXPENSE 271 00:08:01,933 --> 00:08:03,300 OF FAMILIES AND SO THAT'S WHY 272 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:05,567 ONE FOR I WOULD SUPPORT MEDICAID 273 00:08:05,567 --> 00:08:06,833 EXEANGS IN LOUISIANA. 274 00:08:06,833 --> 00:08:07,767 -- EXPANSION IN LAST. 275 00:08:07,767 --> 00:08:08,767 >> THERE'S A DEBATE GOING ON, 276 00:08:08,767 --> 00:08:10,267 YOU KNOW, IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT 277 00:08:10,267 --> 00:08:12,133 NOW THAT CHURCHES OUGHT TO DO 278 00:08:12,133 --> 00:08:13,167 MORE AND SOME PEOPLE WANT THE 279 00:08:13,167 --> 00:08:14,167 GOVERNMENT TO COMPLETELY GET OUT 280 00:08:14,167 --> 00:08:17,600 OF THE BUSINESS OF DEALING WITH 281 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,033 THE POOR, THAT THE CHURCHES 282 00:08:20,033 --> 00:08:20,800 OUGHT TO TAKE UP THE 283 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:21,533 RESPONSIBILITY COMPLETELY. 284 00:08:21,533 --> 00:08:23,533 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ANSWER THAT 285 00:08:23,533 --> 00:08:25,533 SORT OF DECISION ABOUT WHERE THE 286 00:08:25,533 --> 00:08:26,900 GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE STEPPING 287 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:28,533 BACK AND WHERE CHURCHES AND 288 00:08:28,533 --> 00:08:30,867 NONPROFITS SHOULD BE STEPPING 289 00:08:30,867 --> 00:08:32,633 FORWARD IS? 290 00:08:32,633 --> 00:08:33,700 IS THAT THE DEBATE WE OUGHT TO 291 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:34,933 BE HAVING IN THIS COUNTRY? 292 00:08:34,933 --> 00:08:38,267 >> I DON'T ANY THINK -- DON'T 293 00:08:38,267 --> 00:08:39,033 THINK SO. 294 00:08:39,033 --> 00:08:39,700 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 295 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:40,900 THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IS TO 296 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:42,900 TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST 297 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:43,633 VULNERABLE. 298 00:08:43,633 --> 00:08:45,033 AS A MATTER OF BASIC JUSTICE. 299 00:08:45,033 --> 00:08:46,433 I THINK WHERE THE CHURCHES COME 300 00:08:46,433 --> 00:08:49,567 IN IS WHAT GOES QLOND JUSTICE -- 301 00:08:49,567 --> 00:08:50,667 BEYOND JUSTICE, AND THAT'S THE 302 00:08:50,667 --> 00:08:52,233 ISSUE OF CHARITY. 303 00:08:52,233 --> 00:08:53,233 THAT'S WHERE THE CHURCHES COME 304 00:08:53,233 --> 00:08:55,700 IN AND I THE WORK FOR THE CHURCH 305 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:57,400 AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 306 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,133 WE TAKE CARE OF -- OF THE NEEDS 307 00:09:01,133 --> 00:09:05,367 OF PEOPLE BEYOND THAT -- THAT 308 00:09:05,367 --> 00:09:06,600 THEY'RE ENTITLED TO FROM A BASIC 309 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,733 SENSE OF JUSTICE. 310 00:09:08,733 --> 00:09:11,567 AND I THINK THE MEASURE OF ANY 311 00:09:11,567 --> 00:09:12,500 INSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT OR 312 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:14,267 CHURCH, IS HOW WELL THE MOST 313 00:09:14,267 --> 00:09:17,000 VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE FARING. 314 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,233 >> DENISE, YOU WORK AT 315 00:09:19,233 --> 00:09:20,167 ST. VINCENT DePAUL. 316 00:09:20,167 --> 00:09:21,367 AND YOU FEED PEOPLE EVERY DAY 317 00:09:21,367 --> 00:09:22,967 WHO ARE HUNGRY ACCOUNT RIGHT? 318 00:09:22,967 --> 00:09:23,367 >> YES. 319 00:09:23,367 --> 00:09:24,667 >> AND YOU SEE THAT -- THAT 320 00:09:24,667 --> 00:09:25,833 OTHER PEOPLE THAT THE GOVERNMENT 321 00:09:25,833 --> 00:09:27,967 IN SOME WAY IS NOT ABLE TO 322 00:09:27,967 --> 00:09:29,467 PROVIDE THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO 323 00:09:29,467 --> 00:09:30,833 JUST TAKE CARE OF THEIR BASIC 324 00:09:30,833 --> 00:09:31,533 NEEDS, RIGHT? 325 00:09:31,533 --> 00:09:33,100 >> WELL, THE THING ABOUT IT IS, 326 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:34,833 IS THE NEED IS GREAT. 327 00:09:34,833 --> 00:09:37,200 AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FEELS 328 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,700 LIKE THEY'VE DONE ENOUGH, THE 329 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:41,367 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION STEPS IN. 330 00:09:41,367 --> 00:09:42,933 BUT WHAT YOU GOT TO REALIZE IS 331 00:09:42,933 --> 00:09:45,833 THE CHURCHES AND JUST NORMAL 332 00:09:45,833 --> 00:09:49,133 PEOPLE HELP MAKE THE NONPROFIT 333 00:09:49,133 --> 00:09:50,067 ORGANIZATIONS -- MAKE US BE ABLE 334 00:09:50,067 --> 00:09:53,033 TO FEED THE PEOPLE THAT WE FEED. 335 00:09:53,033 --> 00:09:55,267 THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS ARE 336 00:09:55,267 --> 00:09:56,900 LIMITED TO AS FAR AS MEALS ARE 337 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:57,300 CONCERNED. 338 00:09:57,300 --> 00:09:59,467 IF IT WASN'T FOR CHURCHES AND 339 00:09:59,467 --> 00:10:00,967 DIFFERENT GRANTS AND STUFF THAT 340 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:05,000 WE HAVE, NONPROFIT WOULD BE 341 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,133 SIMPLY NONEXISTENT TO BE ABLE TO 342 00:10:07,133 --> 00:10:08,800 HELP THE POOR AND NEEDY. 343 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:09,867 >> MICHAEL, YOU'RE ON THE FRONT 344 00:10:09,867 --> 00:10:14,100 LINES OF THIS AT SAINT VINCENT 345 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:14,633 DePAUL, RIGHT? 346 00:10:14,633 --> 00:10:15,233 >> WE ARE. 347 00:10:15,233 --> 00:10:17,167 AND DENISE DOES A PHENOMENAL 348 00:10:17,167 --> 00:10:18,267 JOB. 349 00:10:18,267 --> 00:10:20,300 240,000 MEALS SHE WAS 350 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:21,633 RESPONSIBLE FOR RIGHT IN THE 351 00:10:21,633 --> 00:10:22,867 CAPITAL STOYDOING A TERRIFIC 352 00:10:22,867 --> 00:10:23,133 JOB. 353 00:10:23,133 --> 00:10:24,367 AND I THINK IT'S A MARRIAGE 354 00:10:24,367 --> 00:10:25,800 BETWEEN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND 355 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:26,933 CHARITABLE PROGRAMS COMING 356 00:10:26,933 --> 00:10:27,300 TOGETHER. 357 00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:29,167 I THINK CHARITIES MOVE VERY WELL 358 00:10:29,167 --> 00:10:30,967 IN FILLING GAPS. 359 00:10:30,967 --> 00:10:32,467 OFTEN WITH GOVERNMENT-TYPE 360 00:10:32,467 --> 00:10:34,967 PROGRAMS, THERE'S A LOT OF 361 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:36,067 DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER 362 00:10:36,067 --> 00:10:38,067 REQUIREMENT THAT IS SOMETIMES 363 00:10:38,067 --> 00:10:38,833 MAY -- REQUIREMENT THAT IS 364 00:10:38,833 --> 00:10:40,433 SOMETIMES MAY SLOW THE PROCESS 365 00:10:40,433 --> 00:10:42,133 WHERE I THINK CHARITIES ARE ABLE 366 00:10:42,133 --> 00:10:43,367 TO RESPOND. 367 00:10:43,367 --> 00:10:46,067 LOCAL GROUPS THAT COME TOGETHER, 368 00:10:46,067 --> 00:10:48,533 WHETHER IT'S HOT MEALS OR 369 00:10:48,533 --> 00:10:48,967 DESCRIPTIONS. 370 00:10:48,967 --> 00:10:50,767 OUR FARMTY -- PRESCRIPTIONS. 371 00:10:50,767 --> 00:10:52,633 OUR PHARMACY FILLED OVER 30,000 372 00:10:52,633 --> 00:10:54,433 PRESCRIPTIONS THAT WOULD HAVE 373 00:10:54,433 --> 00:10:56,500 OTHER GONE UNFILLED RIGHT HERE 374 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:59,600 IN THE CAPITAL -- OTHERWISE GONE 375 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,600 UNFILLED RIGHT HERE IN CAPITAL 376 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:03,933 REGION. 377 00:11:03,933 --> 00:11:05,233 WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO TRULY 378 00:11:05,233 --> 00:11:06,833 NEED A HELPING HAND. 379 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:09,400 >> ONE EXAMPLE IS BROWN. 380 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:10,600 YOUR GROUP HOLIDAY HELPERS. 381 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:11,900 YOU'RE DOING SOME INCREDIBLE 382 00:11:11,900 --> 00:11:13,067 WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY. 383 00:11:13,067 --> 00:11:17,067 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 384 00:11:17,067 --> 00:11:19,733 >> WE SORT OF JOINED WITH SENT 385 00:11:19,733 --> 00:11:21,067 VENSEL DePAUL MAKING SURE WE 386 00:11:21,067 --> 00:11:22,933 PROVIDE BURT WE DO IT ON THREE 387 00:11:22,933 --> 00:11:24,900 DAYS, THREE OCCASIONS IN A YEAR. 388 00:11:24,900 --> 00:11:26,000 THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, AND 389 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:26,900 EASTER. 390 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:28,267 BUT THE THANKSGIVING MEALS THAT 391 00:11:28,267 --> 00:11:30,267 WE SERVE, WE MAKE SURE THAT 392 00:11:30,267 --> 00:11:33,067 WHATEVER IS LEFT, ST. VINCENT 393 00:11:33,067 --> 00:11:34,300 DePAUL GETS THE REMAINDER PART 394 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:34,900 OF THAT. 395 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:37,033 BUT I THINK FROM A LAW 396 00:11:37,033 --> 00:11:39,100 ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE FROM 397 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:41,400 WHICH I HAVE A CAREER IN OF OVER 398 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,967 40 YEARS, I'VE SEEN SO MANY 399 00:11:42,967 --> 00:11:45,533 PEOPLE COME IN TO THE PRISON 400 00:11:45,533 --> 00:11:45,967 SYSTEM. 401 00:11:45,967 --> 00:11:47,267 AND MOST OF THEM THAT COME INTO 402 00:11:47,267 --> 00:11:49,600 THE PRISON SYSTEM HAVE AVERAGE 403 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,467 OF A FIFTH GRADE EDUCATION. 404 00:11:51,467 --> 00:11:53,200 AND I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST 405 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:53,567 AVERAGE. 406 00:11:53,567 --> 00:11:55,000 IN A PRISON SYSTEM. 407 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,567 SO -- AND I'VE TALKED TO 408 00:11:56,567 --> 00:11:57,800 PRISONERS AND PERSONS THAT ARE 409 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,767 OF THE FREE SOCIETY TODAY. 410 00:11:59,767 --> 00:12:01,767 AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS 411 00:12:01,767 --> 00:12:03,700 THEY FIND IS THAT WE HAVE TO 412 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:05,067 AMERICA REALIZE THAT EVERYBODY 413 00:12:05,067 --> 00:12:06,367 IS NOT GOING TO GO TO A COLLEGE 414 00:12:06,367 --> 00:12:08,000 AND GET A COLLEGE DEGREE. 415 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,567 EVERYBODY DOESN'T WANT A COLLEGE 416 00:12:09,567 --> 00:12:09,900 DEGREE. 417 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:11,533 BUT EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE 418 00:12:11,533 --> 00:12:11,933 SUCCESSFUL. 419 00:12:11,933 --> 00:12:12,800 THEY SHOULD HAVE THE 420 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:13,333 OPPORTUNITY. 421 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:15,400 AND THINK THIS IS WHERE 422 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:16,167 GOVERNMENT, CHURCHES AND 423 00:12:16,167 --> 00:12:17,900 EVERYBODY CAN ENGAGE IN AND 424 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:21,567 ENCOURAGING US TO DEVELOP EARLY 425 00:12:21,567 --> 00:12:22,700 SKILLED CURRICULAR PROGRAMS FOR 426 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:24,500 CHILDREN TO BE IN FROM MIDDLE 427 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:26,333 SCHOOLS ON UP, YOU SHOULD 428 00:12:26,333 --> 00:12:27,433 KNOW -- A KID SHOULD HAVE SOME 429 00:12:27,433 --> 00:12:30,233 IDEA OF WHAT HE OR SHE WANTS TO 430 00:12:30,233 --> 00:12:30,533 BE. 431 00:12:30,533 --> 00:12:31,600 WHEN THEY TELL YOU THEY WANT TO 432 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,633 BE A TRUCK DRIVER OR LANDSCAPE 433 00:12:33,633 --> 00:12:35,567 ARCHITECT, A MECHANICS, OR A 434 00:12:35,567 --> 00:12:37,767 BARBER, A BEAUTICIAN, A NEAL 435 00:12:37,767 --> 00:12:39,700 TECH, AND THINGS OF THAT 436 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:40,633 NATURE -- NAIL TECH AND THINGS 437 00:12:40,633 --> 00:12:42,500 OF THAT NATURE, YOU SHOULD BE 438 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,333 DESIGNING AN EDUCATION PLATFORM 439 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:46,100 BY WHICH THEY'LL GO INTO AND 440 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:47,667 START BEING ABLE TO PREPARE 441 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:49,400 THEMSELVES FOR THEIR FUTURE, 442 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:50,667 RATHER THAN GRADUATE THEM OR 443 00:12:50,667 --> 00:12:52,600 PUSH THEM TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH 444 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,033 SCHOOL, WHICH A LOT OF THEM 445 00:12:54,033 --> 00:12:54,900 DON'T DO. 446 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:57,333 THEY FAIL BECAUSE THEY BECOME 447 00:12:57,333 --> 00:12:58,333 INTERESTED -- DISINTERESTED. 448 00:12:58,333 --> 00:13:00,267 AND YOU DON'T GIVE THEM THAT 449 00:13:00,267 --> 00:13:01,700 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A GOOD 450 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:02,633 CAREER SELECTION. 451 00:13:02,633 --> 00:13:04,967 BUT IF WE DID THAT, I THINK WE 452 00:13:04,967 --> 00:13:07,367 WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND 453 00:13:07,367 --> 00:13:09,267 WE'D START RIGHT AT THE YOUTH, 454 00:13:09,267 --> 00:13:10,000 RIGHT AT THE CORE WHERE THE 455 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:10,567 PROBLEM IS. 456 00:13:10,567 --> 00:13:11,700 >> YOU TALK ABOUT EDUCATION. 457 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:13,100 WE'VE GOT A COUPLE STUDENTS IN 458 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:14,500 THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. 459 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,867 YOUNG PEOPLE AND I'M SURE YOU 460 00:13:16,867 --> 00:13:18,967 WORK WITH SOME UNDERPRIVILEGED 461 00:13:18,967 --> 00:13:21,667 YOUTH AND YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE 462 00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:23,267 THATIATION CAN MAKE IN THOSE -- 463 00:13:23,267 --> 00:13:24,767 THAT EDUCATION CAN MAKE IN THOSE 464 00:13:24,767 --> 00:13:25,100 LIVES. 465 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:26,100 YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? 466 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:27,267 >> YEAH, I KIND OF AGREE WITH 467 00:13:27,267 --> 00:13:28,767 WHAT HE'S SAYING. 468 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:31,067 LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO DIRECTING 469 00:13:31,067 --> 00:13:32,333 EDUCATION, EVERYTHING WE LEARN 470 00:13:32,333 --> 00:13:34,367 IS KIND OF PUSHING US TO JOIN 471 00:13:34,367 --> 00:13:35,067 COLLEGE, YOU KNOW. 472 00:13:35,067 --> 00:13:37,067 BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER 473 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:38,467 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD 474 00:13:38,467 --> 00:13:39,967 HAVE, LIKE GOING TO A JOB LIKE 475 00:13:39,967 --> 00:13:41,067 QUELLING OR SOMETHING LIKE 476 00:13:41,067 --> 00:13:42,000 THAT -- WELDING OR SOMETHING 477 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,133 LIKE THAT. 478 00:13:43,133 --> 00:13:44,600 THERE'S NO -- IF I WANTED TO BE 479 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:45,933 A WELDER, THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY 480 00:13:45,933 --> 00:13:47,033 FOR ME TO BE A WELDER. 481 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:48,367 LIKE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY GET RID 482 00:13:48,367 --> 00:13:49,900 OF ALL THOSE COURSES BECAUSE 483 00:13:49,900 --> 00:13:50,900 THEY'RE DANGEROUS OR WHATEVER. 484 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:53,533 THERE'S NO WOOD SHOP. 485 00:13:53,533 --> 00:13:54,633 AND A LOT OF STUFF LIKE THAT. 486 00:13:54,633 --> 00:13:55,667 THERE'S NOTHING TO ENCOURAGE YOU 487 00:13:55,667 --> 00:13:57,333 TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN 488 00:13:57,333 --> 00:13:58,700 ACHIEVE COLLEGE AND THAT'S NOT 489 00:13:58,700 --> 00:13:59,800 FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 490 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,767 IF YOU WERE BORN ACADEMIC 491 00:14:01,767 --> 00:14:02,500 MINDED. 492 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:03,700 SO I FEEL LIKE THE EDUCATION 493 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:04,800 SYSTEM KIND OF LEAVES A LOT OF 494 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,500 PEOPLE IN THE DUST WHEN IT COMES 495 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:07,600 TO TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO 496 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,200 BE PRODUCTIVE IN THEIR LIVES. 497 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:10,900 >> WE'VE BEEN TALKING IN THE 498 00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:11,900 STATE FOR AS LONG AS I CAN 499 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:13,267 REMEMBER ABOUT WORKFORCE 500 00:14:13,267 --> 00:14:15,067 DEVELOPMENT, ABOUT HAVING THE 501 00:14:15,067 --> 00:14:16,800 SCHOOLS HORINVOLVED IN TRAINING. 502 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:17,733 DOES -- MORE INVOLVED IN 503 00:14:17,733 --> 00:14:18,200 TRAINING. 504 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,767 DOES ANYBODY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS 505 00:14:19,767 --> 00:14:20,967 ABOUT MAYBE THESE PROBLEMS STILL 506 00:14:20,967 --> 00:14:22,100 EXIST AFTER WE'VE BEEN TALKING 507 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:23,700 ABOUT THEM AND DEALING WITH THEM 508 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:26,400 FOR SO, SO LONG? 509 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,433 >> WELL, I DO -- I WORK WITH A 510 00:14:29,433 --> 00:14:30,633 SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTATION 511 00:14:30,633 --> 00:14:33,633 TEAM IN THE LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC 512 00:14:33,633 --> 00:14:34,000 SCHOOLS. 513 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,000 THE ELEMENTARY ONES. 514 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,867 AND I THINK THERE'S A LARGE 515 00:14:36,867 --> 00:14:38,267 DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT IS 516 00:14:38,267 --> 00:14:39,400 SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE AT HOME 517 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,667 AND WHAT A TEACHER'S ROLE IS IN 518 00:14:41,667 --> 00:14:42,400 THE CHILD'S LIFE. 519 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,067 AND BECAUSE OF THIS DISCONNECT, 520 00:14:44,067 --> 00:14:45,467 THERE ARE JUST CERTAIN CHILDREN 521 00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:47,867 THAT ARE GROWING UP IN AN 522 00:14:47,867 --> 00:14:50,967 ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS POVERTY 523 00:14:50,967 --> 00:14:51,967 WHERE TEACHERS DON'T WANT TO 524 00:14:51,967 --> 00:14:54,533 HAVE THE PATIENCE TO TEACH THEM. 525 00:14:54,533 --> 00:14:55,833 SO THEY WANT TO PUSHING THEM 526 00:14:55,833 --> 00:14:56,567 ASIDE, WHERE YOU DO. 527 00:14:56,567 --> 00:14:58,333 I KIND OF -- YOU SEGREGATE THESE 528 00:14:58,333 --> 00:15:01,133 KIDS INTO AN AREA WHERE WE DON'T 529 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:03,800 WANT TO DEAL WITH THESE 530 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:04,433 BEHAVIORS AS A RESULT OF 531 00:15:04,433 --> 00:15:05,500 SOMETHING WE HAVE NO CONTROL 532 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:07,733 OVER, SUCH AS POVERTY, SO WE'LL 533 00:15:07,733 --> 00:15:08,867 PUSH THEM TO THE SIDE. 534 00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:09,867 EVEN IF THERE ARE TRAINING 535 00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:11,300 PLEAMS, THEY WON'T GET THAT 536 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:12,900 ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND 537 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:14,467 OF DISCREDITED FOR SOMETHING 538 00:15:14,467 --> 00:15:17,133 THEY HAVE NO CONTROL, WHICH AS 539 00:15:17,133 --> 00:15:20,367 HE SAID STARTS AT YOUTH, SO IF 540 00:15:20,367 --> 00:15:22,967 WE DISCREDIT AT THIS LEVEL, HOW 541 00:15:22,967 --> 00:15:24,300 WILL THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, 542 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:26,267 EVEN IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY 543 00:15:26,267 --> 00:15:26,700 DESIGNERRED. 544 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:27,900 >> WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE -- 545 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:28,233 DESIRED. 546 00:15:28,233 --> 00:15:28,933 >> WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE 547 00:15:28,933 --> 00:15:30,033 SCHOOLS IN ALL OF THIS? 548 00:15:30,033 --> 00:15:31,500 THE SCHOOLS GET A LOT OF BLAME, 549 00:15:31,500 --> 00:15:34,367 BUT THE SCHOOLS ALSO GET A LOT 550 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:36,933 OF CREDIT FOR TRAINING. 551 00:15:36,933 --> 00:15:38,867 >> IEFT -- I'VE HAD THE 552 00:15:38,867 --> 00:15:40,000 OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE 553 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:40,833 EDUCATION SYSTEM SINCE I WAS IN 554 00:15:40,833 --> 00:15:42,133 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 555 00:15:42,133 --> 00:15:43,767 AND THERE ARE OF COURSE ALL 556 00:15:43,767 --> 00:15:44,900 THESE PROBLEMS DO EXIST AND I 557 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:46,833 SEE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. 558 00:15:46,833 --> 00:15:48,600 BUT THERE ARE POSITIVES THAT I 559 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,867 HAVE SEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE AS 560 00:15:50,867 --> 00:15:51,167 WELL. 561 00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:53,167 YOU KNOW, I CURRENTLY ATTEND 562 00:15:53,167 --> 00:15:54,333 BATON ROUGE HIGH AND A LOT OF 563 00:15:54,333 --> 00:15:55,667 UNTS OUR STUDENTS, WE DO A LOT 564 00:15:55,667 --> 00:15:57,267 OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK. 565 00:15:57,267 --> 00:15:58,567 SO THAT'S DEALING WITH PEOPLE 566 00:15:58,567 --> 00:16:00,467 THAT LIVE UNDER THE POVERTY 567 00:16:00,467 --> 00:16:00,767 LINE. 568 00:16:00,767 --> 00:16:01,833 BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS 569 00:16:01,833 --> 00:16:03,867 A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT 570 00:16:03,867 --> 00:16:06,300 VOLUNTEER IN THESE COMMUNITY 571 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:07,300 INVOLVEMENT EFFORTS ARE LIVING 572 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,300 UNDER THE POVERTY LINE 573 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:10,800 THEMSELVES. 574 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,400 AND -- BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS 575 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:13,767 A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, 576 00:16:13,767 --> 00:16:15,733 ONE OF MY CLASSMATES, FOR 577 00:16:15,733 --> 00:16:17,067 EXAMPLE, SHE GOES OUT AND DOES 578 00:16:17,067 --> 00:16:18,200 WORK OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AS WELL. 579 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,200 SO THEY WORKS AT A RESTAURANT 580 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,633 AND EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY MAKE 581 00:16:22,633 --> 00:16:23,700 FRESH FOOD. 582 00:16:23,700 --> 00:16:25,667 EVERY SINGLE DAY AFTER, YOU 583 00:16:25,667 --> 00:16:27,300 KNOW, THEY'VE CLOSED, ALL OF 584 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:28,833 THEIR REMAINING FOOD, EVERY 585 00:16:28,833 --> 00:16:30,733 SINGLE DAY THEY DONATE IT TO THE 586 00:16:30,733 --> 00:16:31,833 SOUP KITCHEN AND THAT FOOD IS 587 00:16:31,833 --> 00:16:33,067 SERVED THERE ITSELF. 588 00:16:33,067 --> 00:16:35,200 AND YOU KNOW, AS A PART OF LIKE 589 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:36,367 SCHOOL NEWSPAPER AND PUBLICITY, 590 00:16:36,367 --> 00:16:39,367 YOU KNOW, WE PUBLICIZE THESE 591 00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:40,933 EVENTS AND IN A WAY IT INSPIRES 592 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:42,800 OTHER STUDENTS TO DO THE SAME 593 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:43,367 THING. 594 00:16:43,367 --> 00:16:44,800 SO WE'LL THESE ISSUES DO EXIST 595 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,667 IN TERMS OF SOMETIMES WE DON'T 596 00:16:46,667 --> 00:16:48,400 OFFER THE EDUCATION FOR THOSE 597 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,267 THAT DON'T WANT TO GO TO 598 00:16:51,267 --> 00:16:52,967 COLLEGE, THERE ARE SOME 599 00:16:52,967 --> 00:16:55,367 POSITIVES THAT KIND OF STHIEN A 600 00:16:55,367 --> 00:16:56,900 LOT ON THE -- SHINE A LOT ON THE 601 00:16:56,900 --> 00:16:57,767 REST OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE 602 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,767 GOING ON, SO EVEN THOSE THAT ARE 603 00:16:59,767 --> 00:17:01,067 LIVING UNDER THE POVERTY LINE 604 00:17:01,067 --> 00:17:02,367 ARE DOING SOMETHING TO HELP 605 00:17:02,367 --> 00:17:03,700 OTHERS ALSO LIVING UNDER THE 606 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:04,433 POVERTY LINE. 607 00:17:04,433 --> 00:17:05,133 >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 608 00:17:05,133 --> 00:17:06,867 AND I WONDER IF ANY YOU HAVE ANY 609 00:17:06,867 --> 00:17:08,867 THOUGHTS ABOUT THE WAY THAT OUR 610 00:17:08,867 --> 00:17:11,733 SOCIETY VIL IF IIFYS THE POOR -- 611 00:17:11,733 --> 00:17:13,667 VILIFIES THE POOR AND WE SAW ON 612 00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:14,733 THE SEGMENT BEFORE. 613 00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:16,333 SOME PEOPLE THINK IF YOU HAVE A 614 00:17:16,333 --> 00:17:17,633 COLOR TELEVISION, YOU MUST NOT 615 00:17:17,633 --> 00:17:18,033 BE POOR. 616 00:17:18,033 --> 00:17:20,333 IF YOU HAVE A CAR, YOU MUST NOT 617 00:17:20,333 --> 00:17:21,533 BE POOB. 618 00:17:21,533 --> 00:17:23,833 I HEAR A LOT OF LAUGHS. 619 00:17:23,833 --> 00:17:26,067 DO WE UNDERSTAND POVERTY? 620 00:17:26,067 --> 00:17:28,433 WHAT IS THE MISCONCEPTION? 621 00:17:28,433 --> 00:17:31,400 >> I FEEL IT'S PREJUDGED. 622 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,700 PEOPLE FEEL, YOU MUST JUST BE 623 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:36,333 LAZY OR MAKING HORRIBLE 624 00:17:36,333 --> 00:17:36,733 DECISIONS. 625 00:17:36,733 --> 00:17:38,433 BUT IF PEOPLE -- PEOPLE DON'T 626 00:17:38,433 --> 00:17:39,367 UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, I 627 00:17:39,367 --> 00:17:40,167 REMEMBER BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL. 628 00:17:40,167 --> 00:17:41,633 I'M IN COLLEGE NOW AND I'M 629 00:17:41,633 --> 00:17:43,733 GRADUATING, BUT I JUST BEING IN 630 00:17:43,733 --> 00:17:45,300 HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU SEE THESE 631 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:47,000 PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT -- THEY'RE 632 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,067 NOT PUSHED. 633 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:49,167 THEY'RE NOT ENCOURAGED. 634 00:17:49,167 --> 00:17:50,433 THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THE SUPPORT 635 00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:54,100 AND THE CARE THAT I BELIEVE THAT 636 00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:56,100 AS -- IS ESSENTIAL IN MOLDING 637 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:59,000 THE MENTALITY OF BEING A -- 638 00:17:59,000 --> 00:17:59,633 PERSEVERANCE IS ANYBODY. 639 00:17:59,633 --> 00:18:00,933 AND WHEN YOU LOOK THAT TYPE OF 640 00:18:00,933 --> 00:18:03,133 SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO -- 641 00:18:03,133 --> 00:18:05,133 WHO YOU WOULD THINK ARE SUPPOSED 642 00:18:05,133 --> 00:18:07,067 TO BE ENCOURAGING YOU TO FURTHER 643 00:18:07,067 --> 00:18:10,700 YOUR EDUCATION, THEN THAT 644 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:11,833 CONSTRAINS YOUR WAY OF THINKING. 645 00:18:11,833 --> 00:18:13,933 SO YOU'RE LIKE, I'M IN THIS 646 00:18:13,933 --> 00:18:14,267 PLACE. 647 00:18:14,267 --> 00:18:15,500 AND I'M BY MYSELF AND THE PEOPLE 648 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:16,733 WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME ARE 649 00:18:16,733 --> 00:18:18,800 NOT EVEN WILLING TO HELP ME. 650 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,933 SO WHAT IS THERE FOR ME TO DO? 651 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:22,033 OR WHAT CAN I DO? 652 00:18:22,033 --> 00:18:24,167 AND IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S JUST A 653 00:18:24,167 --> 00:18:25,733 CONSTANT -- YOU KNOW, WE TALK 654 00:18:25,733 --> 00:18:27,267 ABOUT IN AMERICA, YOU PULL 655 00:18:27,267 --> 00:18:29,933 YOURSELF UP FROM YOUR BOOTSTRAPS 656 00:18:29,933 --> 00:18:31,067 AND THIS AMERICAN DREAM THAT IS 657 00:18:31,067 --> 00:18:33,833 SO, YOU KNOW, FABRICATED IN A 658 00:18:33,833 --> 00:18:35,567 LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 659 00:18:35,567 --> 00:18:37,167 BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE HAD MORE 660 00:18:37,167 --> 00:18:38,167 SUPPORT WITHIN NOT ONLY THE 661 00:18:38,167 --> 00:18:39,833 SCHOOL SYSTEM BUT EVEN THE 662 00:18:39,833 --> 00:18:41,467 GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW -- YOU'RE 663 00:18:41,467 --> 00:18:42,567 GIVING ME ALL THIS STUFF. 664 00:18:42,567 --> 00:18:43,767 YOU'RE GIVING ME FOOD STAMPS, 665 00:18:43,767 --> 00:18:45,100 BUT THERE'S NO REAL CARE. 666 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:47,700 IS THERE REAL SUPPORT IN THIS. 667 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:50,933 BUT I CAN GO INTO AN 668 00:18:50,933 --> 00:18:52,667 IMUPONNISHED COMMUNITY -- 669 00:18:52,667 --> 00:18:53,367 IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY. 670 00:18:53,367 --> 00:18:54,567 I LOOK AT THE ROADS AND IT'S A 671 00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:54,933 MESS. 672 00:18:54,933 --> 00:18:55,767 THE HOUSES ARE A MESS. 673 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:58,300 I LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE AND YOU 674 00:18:58,300 --> 00:18:59,533 WON'T EVEN SUPPORT WHAT IS 675 00:18:59,533 --> 00:19:01,400 ACTUALLY CITY PROPERTY, YOU 676 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,333 KNOW, IN THAT COMMUNITY. 677 00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:06,400 THEN HOW CAN I EXPECT TO EVEN 678 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:07,667 ACCEL IN THIS -- EXCEL IN THIS 679 00:19:07,667 --> 00:19:09,200 SO 680 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:10,300 SOCIETY WHEN I DON'T FEEL IT 681 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:10,867 SUPPORTS ME. 682 00:19:10,867 --> 00:19:11,467 >> VERY WELL SAID. 683 00:19:11,467 --> 00:19:12,400 THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR 684 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:13,667 THIS PORTION OF OUR SHOW. 685 00:19:13,667 --> 00:19:15,400 WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL BE JOINED 686 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,700 BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS TO FURTHER 687 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:29,933 EXPLORE LIVING BELOW THE LINE. 688 00:19:29,933 --> 00:19:30,867 >>> WELCOME BACK TO LOUISIANA 689 00:19:30,867 --> 00:19:31,433 PUBLIC SQUARE. 690 00:19:31,433 --> 00:19:32,867 TONIGHT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE 691 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:34,400 CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY 692 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,233 IN OUR STATE. 693 00:19:35,233 --> 00:19:37,867 JOINING US NOW IS OUR PANEL OF 694 00:19:37,867 --> 00:19:38,200 EXPERTS. 695 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,400 HERBERT DIXON IS OUTREACH 696 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:40,867 DIRECTOR TO THE LOUISIANA 697 00:19:40,867 --> 00:19:41,900 WORKFORCE COMMUNICATION. 698 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:43,400 HIS WORK FOCUSES ON CONNECTING 699 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,133 PEOPLE IN THE DELTA PARISHES OF 700 00:19:45,133 --> 00:19:46,167 EAST AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA 701 00:19:46,167 --> 00:19:48,300 WITH QUALITY JOBS TO LIVE THEM 702 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:51,033 OUT OF THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. 703 00:19:51,033 --> 00:19:53,267 CARMEN WHEEZENER IS THE 704 00:19:53,267 --> 00:19:53,933 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 705 00:19:53,933 --> 00:19:54,633 LOUISIANA CHAPTER OF THE 706 00:19:54,633 --> 00:19:56,900 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL 707 00:19:56,900 --> 00:19:57,333 WORKERS. 708 00:19:57,333 --> 00:19:58,500 HER PROFESSION IS DEVOTED TO 709 00:19:58,500 --> 00:19:59,400 HELPING PEOPLE FUNCTION THE BEST 710 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,300 THEY CAN IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT. 711 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:03,600 DARRIN GOSS IS THE 712 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:04,800 PRESIDENT/C.E.O. OF CAPITAL AREA 713 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,300 UNITED WAY. 714 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:07,533 HIS ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO 715 00:20:07,533 --> 00:20:09,800 ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD THROUGH 716 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,100 EDUCATION, INCOME, ASSISTANT, 717 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:13,100 AND HEALTHY LIVING. 718 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:15,900 AND JAN MOLLER IS DIRECTOR OF 719 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:17,867 THE LOUISIANA BUDGET PROJECT 720 00:20:17,867 --> 00:20:19,100 WHICH MONITORS AND REPORTERS ON 721 00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:20,000 STATE GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND 722 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,900 HOW IT AFFECTS LAST'S LOW- TO 723 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:23,600 MODERATE-INCOME FAMILIES. 724 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,533 BEFORE WE GO TO OUR AUDIENCE FOR 725 00:20:25,533 --> 00:20:26,567 QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE EACH OF YOU 726 00:20:26,567 --> 00:20:27,767 TO TALK ABOUT ONE TACTIC THAT 727 00:20:27,767 --> 00:20:30,700 YOU CHAMPIONED TO OVERCOME POVER 728 00:20:30,700 --> 00:20:33,567 TIR FROM -- POVERTY FROM YOUR 729 00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:35,067 PERSPECTIVE OR ORGANIZATION. 730 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:37,167 MR. DIXON, WOULD YOU LIKE LIKE 731 00:20:37,167 --> 00:20:39,233 TO TELL US WHAT THAT ONE TACTIC 732 00:20:39,233 --> 00:20:39,600 IS? 733 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,067 >> I HOPE I'M IN THE MIDST OF 734 00:20:42,067 --> 00:20:42,833 THAT TACTIC. 735 00:20:42,833 --> 00:20:46,700 AS INDICATED EARLIER, IT'S 736 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:48,300 OUT -- OUTREACH DIRECTOR, 737 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:49,700 FOCUSING ON THE DELTA AREA, 738 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:50,567 NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. 739 00:20:50,567 --> 00:20:52,967 AND IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA, IT'S 740 00:20:52,967 --> 00:20:54,100 AN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE THE 741 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:55,933 HIGHEST AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE 742 00:20:55,933 --> 00:20:58,067 POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF 743 00:20:58,067 --> 00:20:58,467 LOUISIANA. 744 00:20:58,467 --> 00:21:00,033 AND HOPEFULLY WHAT WE'RE 745 00:21:00,033 --> 00:21:01,233 FRIGHTENING TO DO -- TRYING TO 746 00:21:01,233 --> 00:21:05,267 DO WITH THE NEW WORKFORCE 747 00:21:05,267 --> 00:21:05,933 INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT, 748 00:21:05,933 --> 00:21:07,467 WHICH IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT 749 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,700 STARTED JULY 1, AND THAT PROGRAM 750 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:12,900 SEEKS TO REMOVE BARRIERS FROM 751 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:13,833 INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO WORK IN 752 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:15,300 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. 753 00:21:15,300 --> 00:21:17,933 AND MY JOB IS TO GET THOSE 754 00:21:17,933 --> 00:21:18,867 INDIVIDUALS FAMILIAR WITH THIS 755 00:21:18,867 --> 00:21:24,200 NEW PROGRAM. 756 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:24,800 >> MS. WEISSNER? 757 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:25,933 >> AS A SOCIAL WORKER, I'VE BEEN 758 00:21:25,933 --> 00:21:27,867 INVOLVED WITH MANY FACETS OF 759 00:21:27,867 --> 00:21:29,867 WORKING WITH PEOPLE AS DO THE 760 00:21:29,867 --> 00:21:31,700 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION. 761 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:34,567 AND WE NORMALLY WORK PRIMARILY 762 00:21:34,567 --> 00:21:36,800 WITH THE DISADVANTAGED OR THOSE 763 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,400 THAT ARE IN NEED OF SOME SORT OF 764 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,400 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 765 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,967 SO MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF MY 766 00:21:43,967 --> 00:21:45,133 PROFESSION ARE WORKING WITH 767 00:21:45,133 --> 00:21:50,067 THOSE WHO ARE IN POVERTY OR HAVE 768 00:21:50,067 --> 00:21:51,867 SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 769 00:21:51,867 --> 00:21:54,167 ISSUES OR THEY'RE IN THE CHILD 770 00:21:54,167 --> 00:21:58,100 WELFARE SYSTEM AND AT RISK OF 771 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:00,833 HOMELESSNESS AND UNEMPLOYMENT. 772 00:22:00,833 --> 00:22:03,000 SO WE WORK TOGETHER. 773 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,367 WE START WHERE THE PERSON IS. 774 00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:07,133 AND WE TRY AND DEVELOP A PROCESS 775 00:22:07,133 --> 00:22:09,367 AND A CASE PLAN TO HELP PEOPLE 776 00:22:09,367 --> 00:22:11,100 MAXIMIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. 777 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:13,467 BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF BARRIERS 778 00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:16,167 THAT FACE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 779 00:22:16,167 --> 00:22:19,000 AND WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER 780 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,633 WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND 781 00:22:20,633 --> 00:22:22,433 NONPROFITS AND OUR FAITH-BASED 782 00:22:22,433 --> 00:22:24,767 ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY AND ACHIEVE 783 00:22:24,767 --> 00:22:26,867 A WAY TO OVERCOME THOSE 784 00:22:26,867 --> 00:22:27,600 BARRIERS. 785 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:28,167 >> MR. GOSS? 786 00:22:28,167 --> 00:22:28,567 >> YEAH. 787 00:22:28,567 --> 00:22:30,833 I HAVE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF 788 00:22:30,833 --> 00:22:32,833 WORKING IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT 789 00:22:32,833 --> 00:22:35,200 SITS WHAT WE THINK IS AT THE 790 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:36,367 INTERSECTION OF GOVERNMENT OF 791 00:22:36,367 --> 00:22:38,500 THE FAITH COMMUNITY. 792 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:41,867 NONPROFIT SECTOR, AND ONE OF THE 793 00:22:41,867 --> 00:22:43,300 BIGGEST STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE 794 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:45,033 UNDERTAKING RIGHT NOW IS THIS 795 00:22:45,033 --> 00:22:48,533 IDEA THAT IT TAKES MULTIPLE GOOD 796 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:51,967 SOLUTIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON 797 00:22:51,967 --> 00:22:52,833 RESULTS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND 798 00:22:52,833 --> 00:22:55,000 FAMILIES TO REALLY MOVE THE 799 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,367 NEEDLE FOR PEOPLE IN POVERTY. 800 00:22:56,367 --> 00:22:58,133 SO THAT THERE'S NO SINGLE ISSUE 801 00:22:58,133 --> 00:23:00,667 OR NO SINGLE PROGRAM SOLUTION, 802 00:23:00,667 --> 00:23:04,200 BUT A COLLECTION OF WELL-RUN, 803 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:05,833 QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN 804 00:23:05,833 --> 00:23:08,567 FUND AND LEVERAGE BOTH THE TIME, 805 00:23:08,567 --> 00:23:10,500 TALENT, AND TREASURY OF DONORS 806 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:12,433 AND VOLUNTEERS TO REALLY MOVE 807 00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:13,000 THE NEEDLE. 808 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,367 SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 809 00:23:14,367 --> 00:23:17,367 WE WORK ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC 810 00:23:17,367 --> 00:23:18,867 BOUNDARIES AS WELL AS POLITICAL 811 00:23:18,867 --> 00:23:19,267 BOUNDARIES. 812 00:23:19,267 --> 00:23:21,267 WE LIKE TO SAY WE'RE POLITICALLY 813 00:23:21,267 --> 00:23:21,667 AGNOSTIC. 814 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:22,900 WE WILL WORK WITH ANYONE WHO'S 815 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:24,767 INTERESTED IN MOVING PEOPLE FROM 816 00:23:24,767 --> 00:23:25,967 WHERE THEY ARE, MEETING THEM 817 00:23:25,967 --> 00:23:28,567 WHERE THEY ARE, AND MOVING THEM 818 00:23:28,567 --> 00:23:29,833 TO FINANCIAL STABILITY. 819 00:23:29,833 --> 00:23:32,567 AND SO THAT'S OUR WORK AND WE'RE 820 00:23:32,567 --> 00:23:33,667 VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 821 00:23:33,667 --> 00:23:36,167 DOING IN THAT SPACE AT THE 822 00:23:36,167 --> 00:23:40,400 UNITED WAY. 823 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:40,933 >> MR. MOLLER? 824 00:23:40,933 --> 00:23:42,833 >> AT THE BUDGET PROJECT, WE 825 00:23:42,833 --> 00:23:44,133 THINK GOVERNMENT AS AN IMPORTANT 826 00:23:44,133 --> 00:23:45,867 ROLE TO PLAY FIGHTING POVERTY AT 827 00:23:45,867 --> 00:23:47,367 ALL LEVELS, STARTING WITH OUR 828 00:23:47,367 --> 00:23:47,900 YOUNGEST CHILDREN. 829 00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:49,067 WE KNOW IN THE LONG-TERM 830 00:23:49,067 --> 00:23:50,433 SOLUTION TO POVERTY INVOLVES 831 00:23:50,433 --> 00:23:51,933 INVESTING IN THE YOUNGEST 832 00:23:51,933 --> 00:23:54,300 CHILDREN, BIRTH TO 3, AND 833 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:55,667 THERE'S A PROGRAM HERE LAST 834 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:56,967 MONTH ON PUBLIC SQUARE LOOKING 835 00:23:56,967 --> 00:23:58,433 AT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 836 00:23:58,433 --> 00:24:00,267 WE KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST 837 00:24:00,267 --> 00:24:01,400 INVESTMENTS THAT THE STATE CAN 838 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:01,700 MAKE. 839 00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:03,500 AND THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN, 840 00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:05,133 HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE, IF YOU 841 00:24:05,133 --> 00:24:08,633 PROVIDE THAT, WE KNOW CHILD IS 842 00:24:08,633 --> 00:24:10,433 LESS LIKELY TO GROW UP POOR, 843 00:24:10,433 --> 00:24:12,633 MORE LIKELY TO REACH THE MIDDLE 844 00:24:12,633 --> 00:24:12,967 CLASS. 845 00:24:12,967 --> 00:24:14,200 IN THE MIDDLE TERM I THINK WE 846 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,400 CAN -- DIXON WAS TALKING ABOUT 847 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:17,600 WORKFORCE TRAINING, MAKING SURE 848 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,600 PEOPLE HAVE THE TRAINING TO FIND 849 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,433 GOOD JOBS, WHETHER IT'S A 850 00:24:21,433 --> 00:24:22,667 WELDING CERTIFICATE ALL THE WAY 851 00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:23,767 UP TO A Ph.D. 852 00:24:23,767 --> 00:24:25,067 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE 853 00:24:25,067 --> 00:24:27,167 CAN INVEST IN. 854 00:24:27,167 --> 00:24:28,800 BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF 855 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,667 PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP TODAY AND I 856 00:24:30,667 --> 00:24:32,833 THINK GET POLICY CAN -- 857 00:24:32,833 --> 00:24:34,600 GOVERNMENT POLICY CAN PLAY AN 858 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:35,600 IMPORTANT ROLE AND THAT'S WHERE 859 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,467 THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT, 860 00:24:37,467 --> 00:24:39,200 LIKE A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE AND 861 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,400 EXPANDING MEDICAID CAN REALLY 862 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:41,333 MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES 863 00:24:41,333 --> 00:24:42,000 OF PEOPLE. 864 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,500 NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE A WELDER. 865 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:44,667 NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE A 866 00:24:44,667 --> 00:24:45,067 BEAUTICIAN. 867 00:24:45,067 --> 00:24:45,800 THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE 868 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,600 GOING TO BE WORKING IN THE 869 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,767 TOURIST INDUSTRY, IN RETAIL AT 870 00:24:50,767 --> 00:24:52,333 RESTAURANTS, AT JOBS THAT 871 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:54,067 DON'T -- YOU KNOW, HARD JOBS 872 00:24:54,067 --> 00:24:55,333 THAT JUST DON'T PAY ENOUGH TO 873 00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:56,800 MAKE A LIVING WAGE. 874 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,433 AND I THINK GOVERNMENT CAN PLAY 875 00:24:58,433 --> 00:25:00,867 AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING 876 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:02,733 SUPPORTS AND LETTING PEOPLE HAVE 877 00:25:02,733 --> 00:25:04,333 THE DIGNITY OF A PAYCHECK TO PUT 878 00:25:04,333 --> 00:25:07,267 A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD, FOOD IN 879 00:25:07,267 --> 00:25:08,633 THEIR COME STOMACH AND PROVIDES 880 00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:09,900 THEM WITH A BASIC SAFETY NET. 881 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:12,400 >> THANKS FOR GETTING US OFF TO 882 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:13,233 A GOOD START. 883 00:25:13,233 --> 00:25:15,333 LET'S TO OUR PARTICIPANTS. 884 00:25:15,333 --> 00:25:16,367 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 885 00:25:16,367 --> 00:25:17,300 MICHAEL AND YOUR QUESTION. 886 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:19,200 >> MY QUESTION IS TO DARRIN GOSS 887 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,433 OF THE UNITED WAY. 888 00:25:21,433 --> 00:25:24,167 HOW CAN INDIVIDUALS AND 889 00:25:24,167 --> 00:25:26,033 BUSINESSES GET BEHIND AND GET 890 00:25:26,033 --> 00:25:28,400 BEHIND AN EFFORT, THE CAPITAL 891 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,667 AREA, UNITED WAY, TO COMBAT 892 00:25:30,667 --> 00:25:31,267 MORETY? 893 00:25:31,267 --> 00:25:32,333 WHAT -- POVERTY? 894 00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:33,567 WHAT DID THEY DO? 895 00:25:33,567 --> 00:25:35,033 CONSTABLE BROWN HAS HOLIDAY 896 00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:35,400 HELPERS. 897 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,400 HE'S ENGAGED. 898 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,000 BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS AS 899 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,767 INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE AS 900 00:25:39,767 --> 00:25:41,033 CONSTABLE BROWN. 901 00:25:41,033 --> 00:25:42,433 WHAT CAN INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES 902 00:25:42,433 --> 00:25:44,167 DO TO GET BEHIND THE WORK OF THE 903 00:25:44,167 --> 00:25:45,033 UNITED WAY? 904 00:25:45,033 --> 00:25:46,400 >> I THINK MICHAEL, I THINK ONE 905 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,233 OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I THINK 906 00:25:48,233 --> 00:25:50,300 IN GENERAL THAT BUSINESSES AND 907 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:52,567 INDIVIDUALS CAN DO IS A LOT OF 908 00:25:52,567 --> 00:25:53,700 WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED ALREADY, 909 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:54,567 AND THAT'S REALLY UNDERSTAND 910 00:25:54,567 --> 00:25:56,300 WHAT IT MANSLAUGHTER TO LIVE IN 911 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:56,800 POVERTY. 912 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,100 AND -- MEANS TO LIVE IN POVERTY 913 00:25:58,100 --> 00:25:58,800 AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT 914 00:25:58,800 --> 00:25:59,867 PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY FIND 915 00:25:59,867 --> 00:26:01,700 THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION FOR 916 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:03,233 THE MOST PART, I'VE NEVER MET A 917 00:26:03,233 --> 00:26:05,133 PERSON WHO WOULD PREFER TO EAT 918 00:26:05,133 --> 00:26:06,233 AT A SOUP KITCHEN. 919 00:26:06,233 --> 00:26:07,600 I THINK THEY WOULD PREFER TO EAT 920 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:08,333 AT HOME. 921 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:12,367 SO I THINK A BIG PART OF WHAT 922 00:26:12,367 --> 00:26:14,267 BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS CAN DO, 923 00:26:14,267 --> 00:26:16,500 IS REALLY EDUCATION 924 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:17,333 THEMSELVES -- EDUCATE THEMSELVES 925 00:26:17,333 --> 00:26:19,233 ABOUT WHAT THIS SITUATION IS. 926 00:26:19,233 --> 00:26:21,900 THEN NOT ONLY GIVE -- AND WE 927 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:23,633 PROMOTE GIVING TO THE UNITED WAY 928 00:26:23,633 --> 00:26:25,733 AND TO CHARITY. 929 00:26:25,733 --> 00:26:27,967 BUT ALSO LEND TIME AND TALENT TO 930 00:26:27,967 --> 00:26:29,467 THE EFFORTS AS WELL. 931 00:26:29,467 --> 00:26:33,133 I THINK -- AND SOMEONE SAID THIS 932 00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:33,500 EARLIER. 933 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:36,133 WHEN YOU JUST DO SORT OF -- WE 934 00:26:36,133 --> 00:26:38,300 CALL IT CHECKBOOK PHILANTHROPY. 935 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:41,300 WRITE A CHECK AND THEN GO AWAY. 936 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:43,500 THAT'S POWERFUL, BUT IT'S EVEN 937 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,733 MORE POWERFUL AND EVEN MORE 938 00:26:45,733 --> 00:26:46,667 SUBSTANTIAL WHEN YOU WRITE THAT 939 00:26:46,667 --> 00:26:48,600 CHECK, YOU VOLUNTEER AT YOUR 940 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,467 LOCATION OR HOPE MINISTRIES AND 941 00:26:50,467 --> 00:26:51,900 YOU LOOK ACROSS THE TABLE FROM 942 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:54,100 SOMEONE AND YOU PROVIDE THAT 943 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:54,933 GLIMPSE OF HOPE. 944 00:26:54,933 --> 00:26:56,567 I THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT. 945 00:26:56,567 --> 00:26:58,600 I THINK THIS IS -- THERE'S A WAY 946 00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,167 OUT FOR YOU. 947 00:26:59,167 --> 00:27:00,733 LET ME TALK TO YOU. 948 00:27:00,733 --> 00:27:02,600 SO WE PROMOTE THINGS LIKE 949 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:03,467 MENTORING. 950 00:27:03,467 --> 00:27:05,467 WE PLO MOAT THINGS LIKE 951 00:27:05,467 --> 00:27:07,700 TUTORING, LIKE COACHING THROUGH 952 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:09,033 OUR WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. 953 00:27:09,033 --> 00:27:10,400 THESE WOMEN ARE COMING FACE TO 954 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,700 FACE WITH SINGLE MOMS TRYING TO 955 00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:14,133 WORK WITH THEM, TO MOVE THEM UP. 956 00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:15,800 SOMETIMES THAT -- THAT VOLUNTEER 957 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,300 HOUR, THAT TIME THAT PEOPLE 958 00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:19,633 SPEND, LETTING OTHER PEOPLE KNOW 959 00:27:19,633 --> 00:27:20,933 THAT THEY LOVE THEM AND THAT 960 00:27:20,933 --> 00:27:22,600 THEY'RE HUMAN AND THEY CARE 961 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,100 ABOUT THEIR HUMANITY, IS SO 962 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:26,900 IMPACTFUL AND EXTENDS THE REACH 963 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:27,833 OF THAT DOLLAR. 964 00:27:27,833 --> 00:27:29,767 SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF 965 00:27:29,767 --> 00:27:32,033 WHAT FOLKS CAN DO TO SUPPORT 966 00:27:32,033 --> 00:27:34,167 FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THIS 967 00:27:34,167 --> 00:27:34,667 SITUATION. 968 00:27:34,667 --> 00:27:36,400 >> I WANT TO GO TO RUTH NOW. 969 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:37,733 RUTH, YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION 970 00:27:37,733 --> 00:27:39,167 ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF 971 00:27:39,167 --> 00:27:40,267 POVERTY AND HEALTH CARE AND THE 972 00:27:40,267 --> 00:27:41,900 IMPACT OF THAT. 973 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:43,200 SHARE THAT WITH THE PANEL. 974 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,567 >> AFTER SPENDING 35 YEARS AT 975 00:27:45,567 --> 00:27:47,600 THE HOSPITAL, I CAN VERY WELL 976 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,700 TELL WHAT YOU IT'S LIKE TO BE 977 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:51,500 ABLE TO -- FOLKS IN POVERTY. 978 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:53,733 ALL THE STUDENTS AND WHAT HAVE 979 00:27:53,733 --> 00:27:54,033 YOU. 980 00:27:54,033 --> 00:27:55,400 THE PLACE WASN'T WHAT IT SHOULD 981 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:55,633 BE. 982 00:27:55,633 --> 00:27:58,800 BUT IT COULD HAVE STAYED RIGHT 983 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,200 THERE TO HELP THE PEOPLE. 984 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,900 WE HAVE HAD SO MANY COME THROUGH 985 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:07,167 THAT NEEDED SOME HELP. 986 00:28:07,167 --> 00:28:08,933 AND WHERE THEY HAVE TAKEN THESE 987 00:28:08,933 --> 00:28:11,233 PEOPLE NOW, IT'S HORRIBLE. 988 00:28:11,233 --> 00:28:14,900 >> SO WHERE DO WE STAND -- JAN, 989 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:15,900 YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT QUESTION, 990 00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:17,067 HEALTH CARE AND THE ROLE IT 991 00:28:17,067 --> 00:28:18,567 PLAYS IN POVERTY? 992 00:28:18,567 --> 00:28:19,067 >> ABSOLUTELY. 993 00:28:19,067 --> 00:28:19,867 I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT 994 00:28:19,867 --> 00:28:21,000 HEALTH CARE, WE NOT ONLY NEED IT 995 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,867 TO STAY HEALTHY, BUT WE KNOW 996 00:28:24,867 --> 00:28:25,933 THAT -- HEALTH CARE BILLS ARE 997 00:28:25,933 --> 00:28:27,800 THE LEADING CAUSE OF BANKRUPTCY. 998 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,433 AND SO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO 999 00:28:30,433 --> 00:28:31,367 MAYBE -- MAYBE YOU'RE LIVING 1000 00:28:31,367 --> 00:28:32,667 BELOW THE POVERTY LINE OR MAYBE 1001 00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:34,867 YOU'RE JUST ABOVE THE POVERTY 1002 00:28:34,867 --> 00:28:35,167 LINE. 1003 00:28:35,167 --> 00:28:37,200 YOU HAVE ENOUGH EACH MONTH TO 1004 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,733 PAY YOUR BILLS, BUT IF YOU GET 1005 00:28:39,733 --> 00:28:42,600 SICK OR HAVE AN ACCIDENT, YOU 1006 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,933 CAN BE LEFT WITH MEDICAL BILLS 1007 00:28:44,933 --> 00:28:48,733 THAT CAN PLUNGE INTO POVERTY 1008 00:28:48,733 --> 00:28:49,533 VERY QUICKLY. 1009 00:28:49,533 --> 00:28:52,033 EXPANSION IS AN IMPORTANT POLICY 1010 00:28:52,033 --> 00:28:53,333 NOT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH 1011 00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:55,933 BUT BECAUSE IT WILL HELP PEOPLE 1012 00:28:55,933 --> 00:28:57,367 HAVING THOSE MASSIVE BILLS WHEN 1013 00:28:57,367 --> 00:28:58,267 SOMETHING GOES WRONG. 1014 00:28:58,267 --> 00:28:59,100 THERE WAS A STUDY IN OREGON 1015 00:28:59,100 --> 00:29:00,300 WHERE THEY DID AN EXPERIMENT. 1016 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:02,300 AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE GOT 1017 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:03,333 MEDICAID AND SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T 1018 00:29:03,333 --> 00:29:03,800 GET IT. 1019 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:04,733 AND THEY FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE 1020 00:29:04,733 --> 00:29:07,533 WHO GOT MEDICAID, THEY -- 1021 00:29:07,533 --> 00:29:10,100 VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED 1022 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:11,533 CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL EXPENSES 1023 00:29:11,533 --> 00:29:12,633 FOR THAT POPULATION. 1024 00:29:12,633 --> 00:29:14,267 SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A SAFETY 1025 00:29:14,267 --> 00:29:15,933 NET, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING 1026 00:29:15,933 --> 00:29:18,367 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A WELFARE 1027 00:29:18,367 --> 00:29:18,667 CHECK. 1028 00:29:18,667 --> 00:29:20,033 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SAFETY NET 1029 00:29:20,033 --> 00:29:22,267 THAT HELPS YOU WHEN LIFE'S 1030 00:29:22,267 --> 00:29:23,567 UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, WHICH ARE 1031 00:29:23,567 --> 00:29:24,967 GOING TO HAPPEN TO ALL OF US AT 1032 00:29:24,967 --> 00:29:26,533 SOME POINT, COME ALONG AND THAT 1033 00:29:26,533 --> 00:29:29,067 SHOULD NOT -- GETTING SICK 1034 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:31,500 SHOULD NOT LIVE YOU FINANCIALLY 1035 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:31,900 DESTITUTE. 1036 00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:33,067 THE CHARITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM 1037 00:29:33,067 --> 00:29:35,000 PROVIDED THAT SAFETY NET IN THIS 1038 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,633 STATE FOR 70 YEARS BUT WE DON'T 1039 00:29:36,633 --> 00:29:37,633 HAVE A CHARITY HOSPITAL AND 1040 00:29:37,633 --> 00:29:40,067 THAT'S WHY MEDICAID EXPANSION IS 1041 00:29:40,067 --> 00:29:41,500 SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP PEOPLE 1042 00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:43,867 HEALTHY BUT ALSO FROM BEING 1043 00:29:43,867 --> 00:29:45,867 FINANCIALLY DESTITUTE. 1044 00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:46,933 >> ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO TALK 1045 00:29:46,933 --> 00:29:47,933 ABOUT HEALTH CARE? 1046 00:29:47,933 --> 00:29:48,467 >> YEAH, I DO. 1047 00:29:48,467 --> 00:29:53,067 IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN 1048 00:29:53,067 --> 00:29:54,600 POVERTY, THEY HAVE VERY POOR 1049 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,400 HEALTH OUTCOMES. 1050 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,233 AND SO THEY ARE AT A 1051 00:29:59,233 --> 00:30:02,167 DISADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO 1052 00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:04,633 MAINTAINING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. 1053 00:30:04,633 --> 00:30:06,767 SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN 1054 00:30:06,767 --> 00:30:08,633 PARTS OF THE CITY, PARTICULARLY 1055 00:30:08,633 --> 00:30:10,767 HERE IN BRUNELL, LIVE IN -- 1056 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:12,367 BATON ROUGE, LIVE IN ASWHERE'S 1057 00:30:12,367 --> 00:30:14,567 THEY'RE FOOD DESERTS, SO THEY 1058 00:30:14,567 --> 00:30:16,033 DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY, 1059 00:30:16,033 --> 00:30:17,033 HEALTHY FOODS. 1060 00:30:17,033 --> 00:30:20,500 SO THEIR DIETS MAY NOT BE 1061 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:21,867 SUPPORTIVE OF A HEALTHY 1062 00:30:21,867 --> 00:30:22,233 LIFESTYLE. 1063 00:30:22,233 --> 00:30:27,233 THEY MAY NOT HAVE, ACCESS TO A 1064 00:30:27,233 --> 00:30:27,867 PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. 1065 00:30:27,867 --> 00:30:31,167 SO THEY HAVE TO RELY ON CLINICS. 1066 00:30:31,167 --> 00:30:33,833 AND THOSE CLINICS MAY NOT BE 1067 00:30:33,833 --> 00:30:36,067 ABLE TO SEE THEM AT THE TIME 1068 00:30:36,067 --> 00:30:38,933 THAT THEIR TIME FRAMES ARE 1069 00:30:38,933 --> 00:30:39,767 DEMANDING BECAUSE THEY'RE 1070 00:30:39,767 --> 00:30:43,367 WORKING TWO AND THREE JOBS. 1071 00:30:43,367 --> 00:30:46,600 SO IT'S AVAILABILITY. 1072 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,300 AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO 1073 00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:52,267 HAVE VERY POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES. 1074 00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:53,633 >> WANT TO GO TO REGGIE. 1075 00:30:53,633 --> 00:30:55,300 YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION. 1076 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:57,067 >> I WORKED WITH SEVERAL 1077 00:30:57,067 --> 00:30:59,000 VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS. 1078 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,433 AND I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME 1079 00:31:00,433 --> 00:31:02,567 SINCE I'VE STOPPED WORKING. 1080 00:31:02,567 --> 00:31:04,333 AND I TRY TO PRIDE MYSELF ON 1081 00:31:04,333 --> 00:31:06,400 KNOWING WHAT RESOURCES ARE OUT 1082 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:06,700 THERE. 1083 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:11,200 BUT THE ISSUE THAT I SEE IN MOST 1084 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,067 ALL CASES IS THE NEED FOR 1085 00:31:15,067 --> 00:31:18,300 IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 1086 00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:22,467 AND THE FRUSTRATION IS THAT 1087 00:31:22,467 --> 00:31:24,433 ALTHOUGH WE ARE ALL DO GREAT 1088 00:31:24,433 --> 00:31:27,033 WORK AND WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST, 1089 00:31:27,033 --> 00:31:29,200 WE HAVE SO MUCH RED TAPE. 1090 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:33,800 HOW DO WE PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE 1091 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,967 THOSE THAT ARE PROVIDING 1092 00:31:35,967 --> 00:31:37,200 IMMEDIACIESANCE TO THOSE THAT 1093 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,933 REALLY NEED IT? 1094 00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:42,433 >> -- IMMEDIACIESANCE TO 1095 00:31:42,433 --> 00:31:44,067 THOSE -- IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO 1096 00:31:44,067 --> 00:31:45,500 THOSE THAT REALLY NEED IT? 1097 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:47,400 >> I TALKED ABOUT THE WORKFORCE 1098 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:48,233 INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT. 1099 00:31:48,233 --> 00:31:50,267 THAT ACT CAME INTO EXISTENCE THE 1100 00:31:50,267 --> 00:31:51,833 FIRST OF JULY OF THIS YEAR. 1101 00:31:51,833 --> 00:31:53,667 SO YOU HAVE ACROSS THE STATE OF 1102 00:31:53,667 --> 00:31:55,533 LOUISIANA DIRECTORS, THE 1103 00:31:55,533 --> 00:31:57,800 WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, THE 1104 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:58,800 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS 1105 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,033 THAT ARE REGIONAL THROUGHOUT THE 1106 00:32:00,033 --> 00:32:01,533 STATE OF LOUISIANA. 1107 00:32:01,533 --> 00:32:03,767 THEY'RE PUTTING THE FINE PRINT 1108 00:32:03,767 --> 00:32:05,167 TO EXACTLY HOW THIS PROGRAM IS 1109 00:32:05,167 --> 00:32:06,600 GOING TO WORK. 1110 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,400 BUT BHALTS RIGHT NOW -- WHAT'S 1111 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,000 RIGHT NOW AVAILABLE FOR 1112 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,633 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR 1113 00:32:12,633 --> 00:32:14,633 IMMEDIACIESANCE ARE -- 1114 00:32:14,633 --> 00:32:15,867 IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE ARE CAREER 1115 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:16,533 BUSINESS SOLUTION CENTERS. 1116 00:32:16,533 --> 00:32:20,200 IF YOU GO TO LAWORKS.NET. 1117 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,267 YOU CAN FIND BUSINESS CAREER 1118 00:32:22,267 --> 00:32:24,333 SOLUTION CENTERS SCATTERED 1119 00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:25,033 THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA. 1120 00:32:25,033 --> 00:32:28,133 IN THOSE CENTERS YOU CAN GET 1121 00:32:28,133 --> 00:32:29,267 ASSISTANCE WITH TRANSPORTATION, 1122 00:32:29,267 --> 00:32:30,000 FURTHERING YOUR EDUCATION. 1123 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,800 YOU COULD GET SCHOLARSHIPS TO 1124 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:32,533 TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 1125 00:32:32,533 --> 00:32:35,033 YOU COULD GET INFORMATION ON HOW 1126 00:32:35,033 --> 00:32:36,633 TO FORM YOUR RESUME'. 1127 00:32:36,633 --> 00:32:40,267 YOU CAN GET TUTTORIAL HELP TO 1128 00:32:40,267 --> 00:32:44,433 PEP YOU PASS THE -- HELP YOU 1129 00:32:44,433 --> 00:32:46,133 PASS THE -- WHICH TOOK THE PLACE 1130 00:32:46,133 --> 00:32:47,600 OF THE G.E.D. 1131 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:51,667 FEDERALLY FUNDED, THROUGH WIOA, 1132 00:32:51,667 --> 00:32:53,433 WORKFORCE EFFORTS IN EACH 1133 00:32:53,433 --> 00:32:54,200 COMMUNITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN 1134 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,033 COME RIGHT NOW, TODAY, TOMORROW, 1135 00:32:56,033 --> 00:32:57,733 AND START A PROCESS BY WHICH 1136 00:32:57,733 --> 00:32:59,267 THEY CAN BUILD A PATHWAY TO 1137 00:32:59,267 --> 00:33:01,633 BETTER THEIR LIVES. 1138 00:33:01,633 --> 00:33:04,667 80S A LITTLE-KNOWN EN -- IT'S A 1139 00:33:04,667 --> 00:33:05,600 LITTLE-KNOWN ENTITY OUT THERE IN 1140 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,100 THE GREATER WORLD OF LOUISIANA. 1141 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:08,400 AND HOPEFULLY THE WORKFORCE 1142 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,067 COMMISSION CAN GET THIS WORD OUT 1143 00:33:10,067 --> 00:33:11,267 THAT WE HAVE THOSE THINGS 1144 00:33:11,267 --> 00:33:13,967 AVAILABLE FOR CITIZENS. 1145 00:33:13,967 --> 00:33:14,400 >> YEAH. 1146 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,633 IF I CAN JUST LAY IN ON THAT 1147 00:33:16,633 --> 00:33:17,533 REAL QUICKLY. 1148 00:33:17,533 --> 00:33:19,067 I THINK THERE ARE TWO -- TWO 1149 00:33:19,067 --> 00:33:20,233 THINGS EMBEDDED IN THAT 1150 00:33:20,233 --> 00:33:20,800 QUESTION. 1151 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,900 ONE IS, THERE'S THE ACCESS 1152 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:24,267 QUESTION. 1153 00:33:24,267 --> 00:33:25,733 SO HOW CAN A PERSON FIND OUT 1154 00:33:25,733 --> 00:33:28,633 WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABILITY 1155 00:33:28,633 --> 00:33:29,133 IMMEDIATELY. 1156 00:33:29,133 --> 00:33:30,833 WELL, WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THIS 1157 00:33:30,833 --> 00:33:32,500 STATE CALLED LOUISIANA 211, 1158 00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:33,933 UNITED WAY 211 IN OUR REGION. 1159 00:33:33,933 --> 00:33:35,133 YOU CAN PICK UP THE PHONE, DIAL 1160 00:33:35,133 --> 00:33:36,700 THAT NUMBER, AND THEY CAN PUT 1161 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:40,133 YOU IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE. 1162 00:33:40,133 --> 00:33:42,067 THE SECOND QUESTION IS DO THE 1163 00:33:42,067 --> 00:33:43,833 AGENCY THAT IS CONTACT HAVE 1164 00:33:43,833 --> 00:33:45,333 THE -- AGENTS THAT CONTACT, CAN 1165 00:33:45,333 --> 00:33:46,267 THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICE. 1166 00:33:46,267 --> 00:33:48,133 AND THAT NOW BECOMES A QUESTION 1167 00:33:48,133 --> 00:33:49,067 OF CAPACITY. 1168 00:33:49,067 --> 00:33:51,300 AND SO A PART OF WHAT I THINK AS 1169 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:53,500 WE CHANGE OUR PROCESS, WE'RE 1170 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:55,600 SAYING IS WE WANT TO 1171 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:56,533 INTENTIONALLY PARTNER WITH THOSE 1172 00:33:56,533 --> 00:33:58,467 PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THIS 1173 00:33:58,467 --> 00:34:00,467 SPACE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NOT 1174 00:34:00,467 --> 00:34:02,633 ONE AGENCY, NOT ONE PROGRAM, NOT 1175 00:34:02,633 --> 00:34:04,133 JUST THE UNITED WAY, CAN MEET 1176 00:34:04,133 --> 00:34:05,767 THE NEEDS. 1177 00:34:05,767 --> 00:34:07,267 NOT -- CHURCHES CAN'T DO IT BY 1178 00:34:07,267 --> 00:34:07,833 THEMSELVES. 1179 00:34:07,833 --> 00:34:10,633 SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE -- IS THE 1180 00:34:10,633 --> 00:34:12,167 QUESTION WE'RE WRESTLING WITH. 1181 00:34:12,167 --> 00:34:14,267 HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN A 1182 00:34:14,267 --> 00:34:16,700 PERSON HAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED, IF 1183 00:34:16,700 --> 00:34:19,333 THEY CAN'T GET IT FROM SAINT 1184 00:34:19,333 --> 00:34:23,000 SINCEEL DePAUL OR CATHEDRAL 1185 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,867 CHARITIES, SPHWHR A -- IS THERE 1186 00:34:25,867 --> 00:34:27,400 A SYSTEM THAT GETS THEM THE NEED 1187 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:28,533 THEY HAVE AND WHAT'S THE NEXT 1188 00:34:28,533 --> 00:34:29,667 STEP FOR THAT PERSON. 1189 00:34:29,667 --> 00:34:32,167 SO ONCE THAT IMMEDIATE NEED HAS 1190 00:34:32,167 --> 00:34:33,667 BEEN MET, WHAT'S NEXT FOR THEM, 1191 00:34:33,667 --> 00:34:34,733 BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE ASKING THAT 1192 00:34:34,733 --> 00:34:36,467 NEXT QUESTION. 1193 00:34:36,467 --> 00:34:37,767 BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 1194 00:34:37,767 --> 00:34:39,000 SUFFICIENT TO JUST DO THIS FOR 1195 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,067 ONE MONTH. 1196 00:34:40,067 --> 00:34:41,067 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHORTFALL 1197 00:34:41,067 --> 00:34:41,833 NEXT MONTH. 1198 00:34:41,833 --> 00:34:43,500 WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR YOU TO MAKE 1199 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:47,167 SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOME 1200 00:34:47,167 --> 00:34:48,767 DIRECTION, SOME PLAN, FOR WHAT 1201 00:34:48,767 --> 00:34:49,600 HAPPENS NEXT. 1202 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,667 AND THAT'S A PART OF HOW WE'RE 1203 00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:52,033 CHANGING. 1204 00:34:52,033 --> 00:34:52,800 IT'S A PART OF THE CONVERSATION 1205 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,567 THAT WE'RE HAVING ACROSS -- 1206 00:34:55,567 --> 00:34:59,233 FRANKLY, THE LANDSCAPE OF 1207 00:34:59,233 --> 00:35:00,500 PHILANTHROPY AS WELL AS OUR 1208 00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:01,233 CORPORATE PARTNERS AS WELL. 1209 00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:02,367 THERE'S ACCESS QUESTION BUT ALSO 1210 00:35:02,367 --> 00:35:03,667 THE CAPACITY QUESTION. 1211 00:35:03,667 --> 00:35:05,367 AND I THINK WE HAVE TO ADDRESS 1212 00:35:05,367 --> 00:35:05,800 BOTH. 1213 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,533 >> ROBERT, YOU HAD A QUESTION 1214 00:35:08,533 --> 00:35:09,933 ABOUT CHILDREN IN POVERTY. 1215 00:35:09,933 --> 00:35:12,467 >> CHILDREN IN LOUISIANA ARE 1216 00:35:12,467 --> 00:35:15,933 SICKER, HUNGRIER, POORER, AND 1217 00:35:15,933 --> 00:35:17,367 MORE AT RISK THAN CHILDREN IN 1218 00:35:17,367 --> 00:35:18,733 ALL BUT TWO OTHER STATES IN THE 1219 00:35:18,733 --> 00:35:20,833 WHOLE COUNTRY. 1220 00:35:20,833 --> 00:35:23,800 WE'RE STUCK IT SEEMS TO ME IN -- 1221 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,533 IN A SYSTEM WHERE YOU'RE EITHER 1222 00:35:25,533 --> 00:35:27,567 DEFINED AS A LIBERAL OR A 1223 00:35:27,567 --> 00:35:28,000 CONSERVATIVE. 1224 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,500 AS A TAX AND SPEND PERSON OR A 1225 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:31,200 FISCAL HAWK. 1226 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,000 HOW CAN WE GET BEYOND THOSE 1227 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,567 LABELS AND AGREE THAT WE NEED TO 1228 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:39,133 FOCUS ON OUR CHILDREN, AND -- SO 1229 00:35:39,133 --> 00:35:40,667 HOW DO WE DO THAT? 1230 00:35:40,667 --> 00:35:44,933 >> OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR -- OUR 1231 00:35:44,933 --> 00:35:45,267 FUTURE. 1232 00:35:45,267 --> 00:35:46,933 AND 28% OF THE CHILDREN IN THIS 1233 00:35:46,933 --> 00:35:49,600 STATE LIVE AT OR BELOW POVERTY. 1234 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,133 THE POVERTY LEVEL. 1235 00:35:51,133 --> 00:35:52,433 THEY DON'T -- THEY'RE NOT -- 1236 00:35:52,433 --> 00:35:54,033 THEY DON'T CHOOSE TO BE BORN 1237 00:35:54,033 --> 00:35:56,233 INTO POVERTY. 1238 00:35:56,233 --> 00:35:58,633 SO FOR THE CHILDREN, WE HAVE TO 1239 00:35:58,633 --> 00:36:00,633 LOOK AT THE WHOLE FAMILY. 1240 00:36:00,633 --> 00:36:04,133 AND WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE 1241 00:36:04,133 --> 00:36:06,200 FAMILIES TO HELP MOVE THEM OUT 1242 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:07,633 OF POVERTY. 1243 00:36:07,633 --> 00:36:11,000 MANY OF OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN 1244 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,233 POVERTY ARE FACED WITH -- 1245 00:36:13,233 --> 00:36:15,033 THEY'RE WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS, 1246 00:36:15,033 --> 00:36:16,100 THEY'RE MINIMUM WAGE. 1247 00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:18,167 THEY'RE NOT -- MANY OF THEM 1248 00:36:18,167 --> 00:36:20,067 AREN'T WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK. 1249 00:36:20,067 --> 00:36:22,900 THEY HAVE NO BENEFITS. 1250 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:24,867 AND WHEN THEY HAVE A CRISIS, A 1251 00:36:24,867 --> 00:36:27,367 HEALTH CARE CRISIS, A BROKEN 1252 00:36:27,367 --> 00:36:30,300 CAR, THEY CAN'T PAY THE UTILITY 1253 00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:30,733 BILLS, ETH. 1254 00:36:30,733 --> 00:36:33,333 THE CHILDREN ARE THE ONES THAT 1255 00:36:33,333 --> 00:36:34,600 SUFFER. 1256 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,100 AND WE WANT THE 28% OF THE 1257 00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:38,567 CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY TO BE 1258 00:36:38,567 --> 00:36:40,400 KIND OF A BACKDROP AND WE DON'T 1259 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:41,933 WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE 1260 00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:43,700 IT'S THE COMMUNITY'S DIRTY 1261 00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:45,567 LITTLE SECRET. 1262 00:36:45,567 --> 00:36:47,333 BUT THOSE ARE OUR CHILDREN. 1263 00:36:47,333 --> 00:36:51,467 AND IF WE WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR 1264 00:36:51,467 --> 00:36:54,367 LIFE, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 1265 00:36:54,367 --> 00:36:56,167 IRREGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE ARE A 1266 00:36:56,167 --> 00:37:00,933 LIBERAL OR A CONSERVATIVE, 1267 00:37:00,933 --> 00:37:02,167 FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION, 1268 00:37:02,167 --> 00:37:03,300 ATHEIST, THE CHILDREN ARE THE 1269 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:06,467 ONES WHO NEED TO BE LIFTED UP. 1270 00:37:06,467 --> 00:37:07,600 THE CHILDREN WILL BE THE ONES 1271 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,800 WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF US 1272 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,033 AS WE AGE. 1273 00:37:11,033 --> 00:37:13,400 SO WE NEED TO BE PAYING 1274 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,000 ATTENTION TO THEM. 1275 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,367 SO THAT'S -- 1276 00:37:20,367 --> 00:37:23,067 >> HERE'S WHAT THAT LIBERAL -- 1277 00:37:23,067 --> 00:37:25,233 OR CONSERVATIVE. 1278 00:37:25,233 --> 00:37:26,667 A COMPANY SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY 1279 00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:28,400 IN LAKE CHARLES. 1280 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,133 THAT'S GOING TO PRODUCE 5,000 1281 00:37:30,133 --> 00:37:33,233 JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY OF 1282 00:37:33,233 --> 00:37:35,233 $77,000 A YEAR. 1283 00:37:35,233 --> 00:37:37,600 HERE'S WHAT'S NOT LIBERAL OR 1284 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:38,033 CONSERVATIVE. 1285 00:37:38,033 --> 00:37:40,467 A COMPANY FROM LITHUANIA THAT'S 1286 00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:42,533 GOING TO EXIST IN POLLACK, 1287 00:37:42,533 --> 00:37:43,033 LOUISIANA. 1288 00:37:43,033 --> 00:37:44,933 THAT'S IN GRANT PARISH. 1289 00:37:44,933 --> 00:37:46,700 THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE 584 JOBS 1290 00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:48,333 WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY PLUS 1291 00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:51,333 BENEFITS OF $55,000 A YEAR. 1292 00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:54,100 THE WAY YOU HELP A CHILD IS TO 1293 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:57,033 EDUCATE AND TRAIN THE MAMA AND 1294 00:37:57,033 --> 00:37:58,400 DADDY INTO FIELDS THAT'S GOING 1295 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:02,733 PRODUCE THEM A QUALITY OF LIFE 1296 00:38:02,733 --> 00:38:04,300 WHEREBY IT WON'T MATTER WHETHER 1297 00:38:04,300 --> 00:38:06,033 YOU'RE LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE. 1298 00:38:06,033 --> 00:38:08,100 THEY'RE GOING TO COMING FROM AN 1299 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:08,867 INCOME-BASED FAMILY THAT CAN 1300 00:38:08,867 --> 00:38:10,033 PROVIDE THEM ENVIRONMENTAL 1301 00:38:10,033 --> 00:38:10,833 EXPERIENCES THAT'S GOING TO 1302 00:38:10,833 --> 00:38:12,433 SERVE THEM IN A POSITIVE WAY FOR 1303 00:38:12,433 --> 00:38:14,967 THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 1304 00:38:14,967 --> 00:38:15,867 >> I WANT TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE 1305 00:38:15,867 --> 00:38:16,500 IN HERE. 1306 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:18,267 BUT YOU DEAL IN THIS FROM THE 1307 00:38:18,267 --> 00:38:19,400 INTERSECTION OF POLITICS AND 1308 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,533 THESE ISSUES, RIGHT? 1309 00:38:20,533 --> 00:38:21,633 >> YOUR QUESTION IS RIGHT ON 1310 00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:21,933 POINT. 1311 00:38:21,933 --> 00:38:24,733 AND THIS SPEAKS TO WHY INCOME 1312 00:38:24,733 --> 00:38:26,133 SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE THE EARNED 1313 00:38:26,133 --> 00:38:28,433 INCOME TAX CREDIT AND FRANKLY, A 1314 00:38:28,433 --> 00:38:30,933 HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE ARE SO 1315 00:38:30,933 --> 00:38:31,967 IMPORTANT, BECAUSE RESEARCH VERY 1316 00:38:31,967 --> 00:38:33,400 CLEERL SHOWS THAT IF WE CAN -- 1317 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:34,533 CLEARLY SHOWS THAT IF WE CAN 1318 00:38:34,533 --> 00:38:35,733 BRING PARENTS AND FAMILIES JUST 1319 00:38:35,733 --> 00:38:37,233 SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE, 1320 00:38:37,233 --> 00:38:38,800 BUT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT LIVING 1321 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,733 HAND TO MOUTH EVERY MONTH, THE 1322 00:38:40,733 --> 00:38:42,300 CHANCES OF THOSE CHILDREN 1323 00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:43,300 GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, 1324 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:44,800 GOING ON TO BECOMING PRODUCTIVE 1325 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,033 CITIZENS, STAYING OUT OF THE 1326 00:38:46,033 --> 00:38:48,533 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, GO UP. 1327 00:38:48,533 --> 00:38:50,467 SO WHEN WE INVEST IN FAMILIES, 1328 00:38:50,467 --> 00:38:52,633 WE INVEST IN COMMUNITIES AND WE 1329 00:38:52,633 --> 00:38:56,333 INVEST IN THOSE CHILDREN. 1330 00:38:56,333 --> 00:38:58,367 AND THINK THIS NOITION THAT IF 1331 00:38:58,367 --> 00:38:59,733 WE RECEIVE IN LOW-INCOME 1332 00:38:59,733 --> 00:39:00,567 FAMILIES, WE'RE TAKING FROM 1333 00:39:00,567 --> 00:39:01,800 ANYBODY ELSE, I THINK IS WHAT WE 1334 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,233 NEED TO GET BEYOND POLITICALLY, 1335 00:39:04,233 --> 00:39:05,267 BECAUSE WHEN WE LIFT UP PEOPLE 1336 00:39:05,267 --> 00:39:06,467 AT THE BOTTOM, FAMILIES AT THE 1337 00:39:06,467 --> 00:39:08,167 BOTTOM, WE ALL ARE INVESTED IN 1338 00:39:08,167 --> 00:39:08,467 THAT. 1339 00:39:08,467 --> 00:39:10,800 AND I THINK WE'RE STRONGER AS AN 1340 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,867 ECONOMY, AS A COMMUNITY, WHEN 1341 00:39:12,867 --> 00:39:15,800 EVERYBODY DOES WELL AND I THINK 1342 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,100 GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T -- ISN'T 1343 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:18,300 SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT BY 1344 00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:19,533 ANY STRETCH. 1345 00:39:19,533 --> 00:39:21,733 AND THE CHARITIES AND FAMILIES 1346 00:39:21,733 --> 00:39:23,033 HAVE TO DO THEIR PART. 1347 00:39:23,033 --> 00:39:25,033 BUT I THINK IF WE CAN JUST LIFT 1348 00:39:25,033 --> 00:39:26,200 FAMILIES JUST ABOVE THAT POVERTY 1349 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:27,967 LINE AND INTO THE MIDDLE-CLASS 1350 00:39:27,967 --> 00:39:29,900 AND PROVIDE A SOUND SAFETY NET 1351 00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:31,133 UNDERNEATH THEM, WITH HEALTH 1352 00:39:31,133 --> 00:39:33,700 CARE POLICIES AND INCOME 1353 00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:35,200 SUPPORTS THAT IT HELPS 1354 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,500 EVERYBODY, BECAUSE DON'T FORGET, 1355 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:39,100 WHEN YOU GIVE SOMEBODY A HIGHER 1356 00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:41,033 WAGE, WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A JOB 1357 00:39:41,033 --> 00:39:42,800 THAT -- THAT PAYS A LIVING WAGE, 1358 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,800 THEY SPEND THAT MONEY IN THOSE 1359 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:45,200 COMMUNITIES. 1360 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:46,833 THAT MONEY SUPPORTS JOBS. 1361 00:39:46,833 --> 00:39:49,833 AND IT BECOME AS VIRTUOUS CYCLE 1362 00:39:49,833 --> 00:39:51,033 THAT HELPS NOT JUST THE FAMILIES 1363 00:39:51,033 --> 00:39:52,667 BUT THE CHILDREN AND KIND OF 1364 00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:54,667 MOVES US ALL FORWARD. 1365 00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:57,067 AND GOVERNMENT POLICY IS A -- 1366 00:39:57,067 --> 00:39:58,567 HAS A VERY IMPORTANT POAL ROLE 1367 00:39:58,567 --> 00:40:00,933 TO PLAY TO -- IMPORTANT ROLE TO 1368 00:40:00,933 --> 00:40:01,633 MAY IN THAT. 1369 00:40:01,633 --> 00:40:03,300 >> WE HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT 1370 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:04,800 IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH 1371 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,533 SCHOOLS AND I WORK WITH TWO 1372 00:40:06,533 --> 00:40:08,400 SUPERINTENDENTS, ONE IN 1373 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,467 ST. HELENA AND THE OTHER IN WEST 1374 00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:11,867 FLEESHIANA. 1375 00:40:11,867 --> 00:40:13,333 AND IT'S REMARKABLE THAT EVERY 1376 00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:15,400 TIME I TALK TO THOSE 1377 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:16,133 SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEY TALK 1378 00:40:16,133 --> 00:40:18,033 ABOUT THE ISSUES THIS THEY FACE, 1379 00:40:18,033 --> 00:40:22,200 THEIR ASKEDS, THEY -- SCHOOL 1380 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:23,267 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY ALWAYS 1381 00:40:23,267 --> 00:40:24,033 LEAD WITH THIS. 1382 00:40:24,033 --> 00:40:24,967 WHAT'S BEST FOR CHILDREN. 1383 00:40:24,967 --> 00:40:28,333 AND I THINK ON BOTH ENDS OF THE 1384 00:40:28,333 --> 00:40:29,067 SPECTRUM, THE QUESTION WE HAVE 1385 00:40:29,067 --> 00:40:30,400 TO ASK OURSELVES AS PEOPLE WHO 1386 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,267 WORK IN THIS SPACE IS WHAT 1387 00:40:32,267 --> 00:40:33,200 WE'RE -- IS WHAT WE'RE DOING 1388 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,867 BEST FOR CHILDREN? 1389 00:40:34,867 --> 00:40:36,933 POLICY-WISE, PROGRAM-WISE, IS IT 1390 00:40:36,933 --> 00:40:38,000 BEST FOR CHILDREN? 1391 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,567 IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE PROBABLY 1392 00:40:39,567 --> 00:40:41,100 SHOULD TAKE A STEP BACK AND 1393 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:42,800 REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 1394 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:43,133 DOING. 1395 00:40:43,133 --> 00:40:44,467 BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE 1396 00:40:44,467 --> 00:40:45,900 PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE A 1397 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:46,667 DIFFERENT APPROACH OR A 1398 00:40:46,667 --> 00:40:48,767 DIFFERENT STRATEGY. 1399 00:40:48,767 --> 00:40:50,867 >> MAY I JUST -- 1400 00:40:50,867 --> 00:40:52,233 >> GO AHEAD. 1401 00:40:52,233 --> 00:40:53,667 >> AS FAR AS THE EDUCATION 1402 00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:56,400 LEVEL, WE EMPHASIZED, YOU KNOW, 1403 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,400 CHILDREN ARE 20% HERE IN 1404 00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:59,600 LOUISIANA SAY -- I GUESS MY 1405 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,467 QUESTION IS I NOTICED WORKING IN 1406 00:41:02,467 --> 00:41:03,400 THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, THE 1407 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,600 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HERE LOCALLY, 1408 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,067 THAT A LOT OF THE CHILDREN THERE 1409 00:41:08,067 --> 00:41:10,067 IN THOSE PUBLIC OR -- THE PUBLIC 1410 00:41:10,067 --> 00:41:11,500 SCHOOLS VERSUS THE PRIVATE 1411 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:13,800 SECTOR OF SCHOOLS, THEIR SCORES 1412 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:14,833 ARE LOWER. 1413 00:41:14,833 --> 00:41:17,033 IS THERE -- HOW ARE THEY GOING 1414 00:41:17,033 --> 00:41:21,033 TO CHANGE THE EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT 1415 00:41:21,033 --> 00:41:22,600 FOR THOSE KIDS VERSUS THE KIDS 1416 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:23,733 IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHEN CLEARLY 1417 00:41:23,733 --> 00:41:25,100 THEY ARE MOSTLY IN POVERTY AND 1418 00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:26,733 THEY CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE 1419 00:41:26,733 --> 00:41:28,033 SCHOOLING WHICH CLEARLY 1420 00:41:28,033 --> 00:41:28,967 INDICATES THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING 1421 00:41:28,967 --> 00:41:31,300 TO GET THE SAME EDUCATION WHICH 1422 00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:34,633 MEANS WE'RE KIND OF PERPETUATING 1423 00:41:34,633 --> 00:41:36,667 THAT CYCLE OF LESSER EDUCATION, 1424 00:41:36,667 --> 00:41:38,600 AND IT SHOWS IN THE SCORES. 1425 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,100 IN THE SCHOOLING. 1426 00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:42,500 >> HOW MANY. 1427 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:43,467 PROGRAMS IMPLITTING -- 1428 00:41:43,467 --> 00:41:45,167 >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHILDREN 1429 00:41:45,167 --> 00:41:47,500 WHO ARE IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS 1430 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:50,367 AND WHATEVER, THEY HAVE PROBABLY 1431 00:41:50,367 --> 00:41:52,033 BOTH PARENTS IN THE HOME. 1432 00:41:52,033 --> 00:41:54,467 THE PARENTS ARE THERE IN THE 1433 00:41:54,467 --> 00:41:56,267 AFTERNOON AND AT NIGHT TO HELP 1434 00:41:56,267 --> 00:41:58,167 GUIDE THEM IN THEIR STUDIES, TO 1435 00:41:58,167 --> 00:42:00,067 HELP TUTOR THEM. 1436 00:42:00,067 --> 00:42:03,433 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 1437 00:42:03,433 --> 00:42:04,667 SPECTRUM, THIS MAY BE THE HOME 1438 00:42:04,667 --> 00:42:06,900 WITH JUST A SINGLE PARENT. 1439 00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:09,667 SHE'S WORKING TWO JOBS. 1440 00:42:09,667 --> 00:42:11,400 AND BY THE TIME SHE GETS HOME, 1441 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,067 THE CHILDREN PROBABLY ARE 1442 00:42:14,067 --> 00:42:14,400 ASLEEP. 1443 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:18,633 SO SHE MAY HERSELF NOT HAVE MORE 1444 00:42:18,633 --> 00:42:21,533 THAN A THIRD OR FOURTH GRADE 1445 00:42:21,533 --> 00:42:24,300 EDUCATION AND DOESN'T HAVE THE 1446 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:26,300 CAPACITY NOR THE TIME TO SIT 1447 00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:28,100 WITH HER CHILD AND DO THE 1448 00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:28,600 TUTORING. 1449 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,767 MANY OF THE CHILDREN IN THOSE 1450 00:42:31,767 --> 00:42:33,533 LOWER GRADES, IF YOU ASK THEM, 1451 00:42:33,533 --> 00:42:35,100 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BOOKS AT 1452 00:42:35,100 --> 00:42:38,367 HOME, NO ONE READS TO THEM. 1453 00:42:38,367 --> 00:42:40,800 SO THERE'S A WHOLE DEFICIT 1454 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:41,133 THERE. 1455 00:42:41,133 --> 00:42:43,233 AND THAT'S WHY WHEN THE SCHOOLS 1456 00:42:43,233 --> 00:42:48,200 LOOK FOR VOLUNTEERS IN SCHOOL TO 1457 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,633 HELP THOSE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, 1458 00:42:50,633 --> 00:42:51,600 SOMEONE TUTORING, SOMEONE 1459 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,567 READING TO THE CHILDREN, SOMEONE 1460 00:42:53,567 --> 00:42:56,067 PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM. 1461 00:42:56,067 --> 00:42:57,867 TO HELP GUIDE THEM. 1462 00:42:57,867 --> 00:43:00,767 SO IT IS A COMMUNITY INVESTMENT 1463 00:43:00,767 --> 00:43:02,667 TO HELP PARTICULARLY THOSE 1464 00:43:02,667 --> 00:43:03,033 CHILDREN. 1465 00:43:03,033 --> 00:43:04,500 >> I HEARD DR. KELLY JOSEPH 1466 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:06,200 WHO'S THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 1467 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,567 ST. HELENA SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE 1468 00:43:08,567 --> 00:43:09,500 LOWEST PERFORMING SCOOTEDS IN 1469 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:10,833 THE STATE, BITIUM -- SCHOOL 1470 00:43:10,833 --> 00:43:12,800 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, BUT 1471 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:13,167 IMPROVING. 1472 00:43:13,167 --> 00:43:15,667 HE SAID THAT THE EXPECTATIONS WE 1473 00:43:15,667 --> 00:43:18,233 SET, THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT OUR 1474 00:43:18,233 --> 00:43:19,300 SCHOOLS, REALLY SET AN 1475 00:43:19,300 --> 00:43:20,733 EXPECTATION IN THAT CLASSROOM 1476 00:43:20,733 --> 00:43:21,967 FOR THE CHILD, BECAUSE THEY HEAR 1477 00:43:21,967 --> 00:43:24,500 WHAT WE SAY ABOUT THEIR SCHOOLS. 1478 00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:27,467 AND SO A BIG PART OF I THINK 1479 00:43:27,467 --> 00:43:29,933 WHAT CAN HELP SHIFT SOME OF 1480 00:43:29,933 --> 00:43:30,867 THAT, BECAUSE IN EVERY SCHOOL 1481 00:43:30,867 --> 00:43:32,133 DISTRICT, IN EVERY SOUTHERN 1482 00:43:32,133 --> 00:43:33,500 STATE, POOREST PERFORMING OR 1483 00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:35,667 HIGHEST PERFORMING, THERE ARE 1484 00:43:35,667 --> 00:43:36,700 CHILDREN WHO SUCCEED. 1485 00:43:36,700 --> 00:43:38,067 THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO GO ON AND 1486 00:43:38,067 --> 00:43:39,500 BECOME VERY SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. 1487 00:43:39,500 --> 00:43:41,133 AND SO A PART OF WHAT MONEY 1488 00:43:41,133 --> 00:43:42,467 CAN'T BUY IS WHAT WE TALKED 1489 00:43:42,467 --> 00:43:43,567 ABOUT EARLIER. 1490 00:43:43,567 --> 00:43:45,000 AND THAT IS A CARING ADULT. 1491 00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,967 MAYBE IT'S NOT THE MOM. 1492 00:43:47,967 --> 00:43:50,233 MAYBE IT'S NOT ANOTHER CARING 1493 00:43:50,233 --> 00:43:50,533 ADULT. 1494 00:43:50,533 --> 00:43:52,867 BUT MAYBE IT IS A CORPORATE 1495 00:43:52,867 --> 00:43:53,767 VOLUNTEER WHO'S GOING TO SIT 1496 00:43:53,767 --> 00:43:56,033 DOWN WITH THAT CHILD AND READ 1497 00:43:56,033 --> 00:43:57,033 WITH THEM. 1498 00:43:57,033 --> 00:43:58,633 MAYBE IT'S A PLEAM LIKE WE 1499 00:43:58,633 --> 00:44:00,933 SPONS -- PROGRAM LIKE WE SPONSOR 1500 00:44:00,933 --> 00:44:02,767 CALLED DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION 1501 00:44:02,767 --> 00:44:05,000 LIBRARY THAT SEND AS BOOK AGE 1502 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,933 APPROPRIATE TO THE -- SENDS A 1503 00:44:06,933 --> 00:44:08,400 BOOK, AGE APPROPRIATE TO THE 1504 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,967 HOME, SO THEY START TO CREATE A 1505 00:44:10,967 --> 00:44:12,767 PRINT-RICH ENVIRONMENT A LIBRARY 1506 00:44:12,767 --> 00:44:14,200 FOR THAT KID 0 TO 5. 1507 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:15,267 IT'S THOSE TYPES OF 1508 00:44:15,267 --> 00:44:16,267 OPPORTUNITIES, THE EXPECTATIONS 1509 00:44:16,267 --> 00:44:18,567 WE SET, THE LANGUAGE WE USE 1510 00:44:18,567 --> 00:44:19,800 ABOUT WHETHER THEY CAN ACHIEVE 1511 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,600 OR NOT, THAT I THINK CREATES -- 1512 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,467 OR ACTUALLY PERPETUATES THIS 1513 00:44:25,467 --> 00:44:27,400 IDEA THAT SOMETHEY'RE INTERIOR. 1514 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,667 YOU SOME HO -- SOMEHOW THEIR 1515 00:44:30,667 --> 00:44:31,033 INFERIOR. 1516 00:44:31,033 --> 00:44:32,067 WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR LANGUAGE 1517 00:44:32,067 --> 00:44:33,867 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHILDREN AND 1518 00:44:33,867 --> 00:44:36,500 WHEN WE TALK THE SCHOOLS AND -- 1519 00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:37,933 INSTEAD OF A DEFICIT MINDSET, 1520 00:44:37,933 --> 00:44:39,400 TALK ABOUT THE ASSETS. 1521 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:40,533 THERE'S SOME GREAT THINGS GOING 1522 00:44:40,533 --> 00:44:42,167 ON IN THESE COMMUNITIES. 1523 00:44:42,167 --> 00:44:43,667 AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAP INTO 1524 00:44:43,667 --> 00:44:47,133 THAT AND PROVIDE THE EXTRA 1525 00:44:47,133 --> 00:44:47,500 SUPPORTS. 1526 00:44:47,500 --> 00:44:49,133 THAT MAY BE NONTRADITIONAL. 1527 00:44:49,133 --> 00:44:50,833 CHALLENGES OUR SCHOOLS TO OPEN 1528 00:44:50,833 --> 00:44:52,567 UP HOURS THAT CREATE THE 1529 00:44:52,567 --> 00:44:53,800 OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT SINGLE MOM 1530 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,633 TO BE THERE TO HELP THAT CHILD 1531 00:44:55,633 --> 00:44:57,433 AFTER SCHOOL. 1532 00:44:57,433 --> 00:44:58,733 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1533 00:44:58,733 --> 00:45:01,167 WE START TO TALK DIFFERENTLY AND 1534 00:45:01,167 --> 00:45:02,500 SET A DIFFERENT EXPECTATION FOR 1535 00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:03,333 OUR CHILDREN. 1536 00:45:03,333 --> 00:45:04,167 >> THAT'S VERY GOOD. 1537 00:45:04,167 --> 00:45:05,833 >> WE DO HAVE TO DO THAT. 1538 00:45:05,833 --> 00:45:09,000 BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME 1539 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:09,367 REALITIES. 1540 00:45:09,367 --> 00:45:11,400 WE KNOW THE STUDY A FEW MONTHS 1541 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,433 AGO THAT SHOWED THE SOUTHERN 1542 00:45:13,433 --> 00:45:17,433 STATES HAVE PROBABLY THE HIGHEST 1543 00:45:17,433 --> 00:45:18,200 SUSPENSION RATE THROUGHOUT THE 1544 00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,867 UNITED STATES. 1545 00:45:20,867 --> 00:45:24,700 AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 1546 00:45:24,700 --> 00:45:25,833 SYSTEMATIC CARING WHERE WE'RE 1547 00:45:25,833 --> 00:45:27,700 GOING TO KEEP THE KID IN SCHOOL 1548 00:45:27,700 --> 00:45:29,433 NO HEART WHAT HAPPENS TO MAKE 1549 00:45:29,433 --> 00:45:31,167 SURE -- NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS 1550 00:45:31,167 --> 00:45:32,500 TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THEIR 1551 00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:33,667 EDUCATION, THEN WE'RE GOING TO 1552 00:45:33,667 --> 00:45:34,433 LOSE THOSE KIDS. 1553 00:45:34,433 --> 00:45:36,100 I SEE THEM BECAUSE -- WHEN THEY 1554 00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:37,400 ARE SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL, THEY 1555 00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,767 COME INTO THE GARDAIRE 1556 00:45:40,767 --> 00:45:41,667 INITIATIVE AND I SIT WITH THEM 1557 00:45:41,667 --> 00:45:45,167 AND I MAKE SURE THEY DO THEIR 1558 00:45:45,167 --> 00:45:45,767 WORK. 1559 00:45:45,767 --> 00:45:47,133 BUT -- I'M SORRY. 1560 00:45:47,133 --> 00:45:48,600 THEY HAVE TO DO THAT IN SCHOOL. 1561 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:50,000 THAT IS WHAT THE SCHOOL IS THERE 1562 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:50,400 FOR. 1563 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:53,100 YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, STRIKE ONE, 1564 00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:54,633 YOU'RE OUT. 1565 00:45:54,633 --> 00:45:55,033 >> SURE. 1566 00:45:55,033 --> 00:45:56,700 >> YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 1567 00:45:56,700 --> 00:45:57,133 >> SURE. 1568 00:45:57,133 --> 00:45:59,333 >> AND I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU 1569 00:45:59,333 --> 00:45:59,633 GUYS. 1570 00:45:59,633 --> 00:46:00,500 >> NO, NO. 1571 00:46:00,500 --> 00:46:02,633 >> BUT SOMEONE WANT TO TAKE 1572 00:46:02,633 --> 00:46:03,067 THAT? 1573 00:46:03,067 --> 00:46:04,267 >> REGGIE BRINGS A VERY 1574 00:46:04,267 --> 00:46:05,367 IMPORTANT POINT. 1575 00:46:05,367 --> 00:46:07,367 WHEN YOU HAVE A SCHOOL YEAR 1576 00:46:07,367 --> 00:46:10,767 THAT'S OVER 170-SOMETHING DAYS A 1577 00:46:10,767 --> 00:46:12,300 YEAR, AND OUR CHILDREN ARE FROM 1578 00:46:12,300 --> 00:46:14,933 THAT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SEVEN 1579 00:46:14,933 --> 00:46:18,267 HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, 1580 00:46:18,267 --> 00:46:19,867 THEY'RE IN THAT SCHOOL WITH THE 1581 00:46:19,867 --> 00:46:22,033 CUSTODIAN, THE TEACHER, AND 1582 00:46:22,033 --> 00:46:22,767 OTHER INDIVIDUALS PROBABLY MORE 1583 00:46:22,767 --> 00:46:24,367 THAN THEY ARE WITH THEIR FATHERS 1584 00:46:24,367 --> 00:46:26,700 AND IN SOME INSTANCES THEIR 1585 00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:28,367 MOTHER THAT'S WORKING TWO JOBS. 1586 00:46:28,367 --> 00:46:31,767 AND SO IF YOU PUT THAT KID OUT, 1587 00:46:31,767 --> 00:46:32,900 WHAT -- SEVERAL THINGS ARE AT 1588 00:46:32,900 --> 00:46:33,767 PLAY. 1589 00:46:33,767 --> 00:46:35,100 MANY LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS DON'T 1590 00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:38,000 HAVE THE FINANCIAL BASE TO 1591 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,633 CONTINUE WITH ALTERNATIVE 1592 00:46:39,633 --> 00:46:40,000 PROGRAMS. 1593 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:41,500 THAT CAN REMOVE THAT STUDENT 1594 00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:43,500 FROM MAYBE HIS REGULAR SETTING 1595 00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:45,267 BUT CONTINUE HIS ON AN 1596 00:46:45,267 --> 00:46:46,500 EDUCATIONAL TRACK WHERE HE'S NOT 1597 00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:48,567 MISSING TOO MUCH. 1598 00:46:48,567 --> 00:46:49,800 NOW YOU HAVE SCHOOL SYSTEM 1599 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,167 BECAUSE OF DOLLARS THEY HAVE TO 1600 00:46:52,167 --> 00:46:53,600 SEND THAT KID HOME AND AT HOME 1601 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:54,633 THERE'S NO ONE THERE THAT'S 1602 00:46:54,633 --> 00:46:56,000 GOING TO TRAIN THAT STUDENT. 1603 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,800 AND IF THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS 1604 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,967 LIKE YOU HAVE, THEN THAT STUDENT 1605 00:47:00,967 --> 00:47:02,867 IS EVEN FURTHER BEHIND. 1606 00:47:02,867 --> 00:47:04,433 THAT'S GOING TO BE A STUDENT 1607 00:47:04,433 --> 00:47:05,433 DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE'RE GOING 1608 00:47:05,433 --> 00:47:07,900 TO BE PAYING FOR IN ONE WAY OR 1609 00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:08,467 ANOTHER. 1610 00:47:08,467 --> 00:47:09,833 SO YOU BRING OUT A VERY 1611 00:47:09,833 --> 00:47:11,067 IMPORTANT POINT. 1612 00:47:11,067 --> 00:47:14,567 WE HAVE TO FIND AND DEVISE MEANS 1613 00:47:14,567 --> 00:47:16,267 BY WHICH WE CAN KEEP THOSE KIDS 1614 00:47:16,267 --> 00:47:17,933 IN SCHOOL, BUT MIND YOU, WE 1615 00:47:17,933 --> 00:47:19,300 DIDN'T HAVE THOSE STUDENTS 1616 00:47:19,300 --> 00:47:21,200 DISRUPTING THE CLASSES OF 20 1617 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:22,300 OTHER STUDENTS THAT ARE TRYING 1618 00:47:22,300 --> 00:47:23,233 TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES. 1619 00:47:23,233 --> 00:47:25,233 SO WE GOT TO FIND WHERE THAT 1620 00:47:25,233 --> 00:47:26,600 BALANCE IS IS. 1621 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:27,833 AND MOVE FRERD THERE. 1622 00:47:27,833 --> 00:47:29,333 >> I WANT TO GO TO PERRY NOW. 1623 00:47:29,333 --> 00:47:31,233 HE'S GOT A QUESTION ABOUT 1624 00:47:31,233 --> 00:47:32,367 SOMETHING KIND OF RELATED TO 1625 00:47:32,367 --> 00:47:33,933 WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. 1626 00:47:33,933 --> 00:47:36,933 >> YEAH, TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS 1627 00:47:36,933 --> 00:47:38,600 ACTUALLY PRESENTED ADVANCING 1628 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,633 JUSTICE CONFERENCE IN 1629 00:47:40,633 --> 00:47:42,567 NEW ORLEANS. 1630 00:47:42,567 --> 00:47:43,567 SPONSORED BY THE CHARLES COKE 1631 00:47:43,567 --> 00:47:43,967 INSTITUTE. 1632 00:47:43,967 --> 00:47:45,933 AND THE TOPIC WAS PRETTY MUCH 1633 00:47:45,933 --> 00:47:48,867 DISCUSSING THE BURDEN OF MASS 1634 00:47:48,867 --> 00:47:50,600 INCARCERATION IN THE UNITED 1635 00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:50,933 STATES. 1636 00:47:50,933 --> 00:47:52,667 AND I PRESENTED ON THE CAPITAL 1637 00:47:52,667 --> 00:47:54,700 COST OF MASS INCARCERATION, THE 1638 00:47:54,700 --> 00:47:56,600 COST OF WHAT THAT PUTS A PERSON, 1639 00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,167 THE POSITION IT PUTS THEIR 1640 00:47:58,167 --> 00:47:59,333 LIFESTYLE OF THAT PERSON 1641 00:47:59,333 --> 00:48:00,333 REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY GO IN 1642 00:48:00,333 --> 00:48:02,633 AND WHEN THEY GO OUT. 1643 00:48:02,633 --> 00:48:04,500 ONE OF THE STUDY THAT IS WAS 1644 00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:05,867 PRESENTED DURING -- STUDIES THAT 1645 00:48:05,867 --> 00:48:08,400 WAS PRESENTED WAS THEY'RE DOING 1646 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,333 THE FOUR GREAT YEARS THAT 1647 00:48:10,333 --> 00:48:12,400 THEY'RE DOING STUDIES THAT ARE 1648 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:13,967 PRETTY MUCH WRITING STUDENTS OFF 1649 00:48:13,967 --> 00:48:15,267 SAYING IF THEY'RE NOT UP TO THIS 1650 00:48:15,267 --> 00:48:16,200 LEVEL AT THIS POINT IN THEIR 1651 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,333 DON'T, THAT THIS CHILD IS MOST 1652 00:48:18,333 --> 00:48:19,233 LIKELY -- DEVELOPMENT, THAT THIS 1653 00:48:19,233 --> 00:48:20,800 CHILD IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO 1654 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:22,133 END UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1655 00:48:22,133 --> 00:48:22,433 SYSTEM. 1656 00:48:22,433 --> 00:48:24,033 WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALREADY 1657 00:48:24,033 --> 00:48:25,533 WRITING THE KIDS OFF AT FOURTH 1658 00:48:25,533 --> 00:48:27,133 AND FIFTH GRADE WHEN THERE'S 1659 00:48:27,133 --> 00:48:28,133 ALWAYS THROUGH 12TH GRADE 1660 00:48:28,133 --> 00:48:29,500 THERE'S A CHANCE OR OPPORTUNITY 1661 00:48:29,500 --> 00:48:31,233 FOR THAT CHILD TO GET ON TRACK 1662 00:48:31,233 --> 00:48:32,167 REGARDLESS OF IF IT'S GOING TO 1663 00:48:32,167 --> 00:48:34,367 COLLEGE OR REGARDLESS IF IT'S A 1664 00:48:34,367 --> 00:48:35,867 SECONDARY EDUCATION OR WHATEVER 1665 00:48:35,867 --> 00:48:37,567 PATH THAT THEY WANT TO GO INTO. 1666 00:48:37,567 --> 00:48:40,800 BUT THE MAIN ISSUE WAS WHAT DO 1667 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,967 WE DO TO DECREASE RECIDIVISM AS 1668 00:48:43,967 --> 00:48:46,000 FAR AS IF I GO TO PRISON, I MAY 1669 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,133 NOT HAVE ANY SKILLS. 1670 00:48:47,133 --> 00:48:48,533 I MAY NOT HAVE ANY TRADES. 1671 00:48:48,533 --> 00:48:51,467 I MAY HAVE NOT AN EDUCATION 1672 00:48:51,467 --> 00:48:53,333 TO -- ONCE I GET OUT, WHAT CAN I 1673 00:48:53,333 --> 00:48:54,533 DO IN ORDER TO GET MYSELF BACK 1674 00:48:54,533 --> 00:48:57,200 ON TRACK, BECAUSE THE YOU KNOW 1675 00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,700 IS THE NUMBER ONE IN -- IT 1676 00:48:59,700 --> 00:49:00,933 INCARCERATES MORE CITIZENS THAN 1677 00:49:00,933 --> 00:49:03,267 ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 1678 00:49:03,267 --> 00:49:05,567 AND LOUISIANA BEING THE NUMBER 1679 00:49:05,567 --> 00:49:07,133 ONE INCARCERATED STATE WITHIN 1680 00:49:07,133 --> 00:49:09,233 THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVE SO 1681 00:49:09,233 --> 00:49:12,333 MANY PEOPLE THAT GO INTO THE 1682 00:49:12,333 --> 00:49:14,333 SYSTEM, WHAT THE EDUCATION MAY 1683 00:49:14,333 --> 00:49:16,733 HAVE GIVEN UP ON THEM, WHERE 1684 00:49:16,733 --> 00:49:17,967 SOCIETY HAS GIVEN UP TO THEM, 1685 00:49:17,967 --> 00:49:19,167 BUT WHEN YOU GET OUT YOU HAVE 1686 00:49:19,167 --> 00:49:21,100 THOSE WHO WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE. 1687 00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:23,167 BUT BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET OUT T 1688 00:49:23,167 --> 00:49:24,733 BURDENS OF THE INCARCERATION 1689 00:49:24,733 --> 00:49:26,133 THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO 1690 00:49:26,133 --> 00:49:26,967 GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY DON'T 1691 00:49:26,967 --> 00:49:28,833 HAVE THE ACCESS TO PEL GRANTS. 1692 00:49:28,833 --> 00:49:29,767 THEY MAY NOT GO TO COLLEGE 1693 00:49:29,767 --> 00:49:31,767 BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ACCESS TO 1694 00:49:31,767 --> 00:49:33,067 STUDENT LOANS. 1695 00:49:33,067 --> 00:49:35,067 OR JUST A SIMPLE FACT OF JOBS. 1696 00:49:35,067 --> 00:49:36,767 WHO WANTS TO HIRE YOU WHEN YOU 1697 00:49:36,767 --> 00:49:38,200 HAVE TO PUT ON YOUR JOB 1698 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,367 APPLICATION THAT YOU ARE A 1699 00:49:40,367 --> 00:49:41,200 FELON? 1700 00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:42,433 >> SO LET'S -- WHO WANTS TO THAT 1701 00:49:42,433 --> 00:49:45,067 I 1702 00:49:45,067 --> 00:49:46,700 TAKE -- TAKE THAT QUESTION. 1703 00:49:46,700 --> 00:49:50,067 WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS PROBLEM 1704 00:49:50,067 --> 00:49:51,200 WITH PEOPLE COMING OUT OF 1705 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:51,533 PRISON? 1706 00:49:51,533 --> 00:49:53,133 >> LOUISIANA HAS THE HIGHEST 1707 00:49:53,133 --> 00:49:54,367 INCARCERATION RATE IN THE WORLD. 1708 00:49:54,367 --> 00:49:57,800 WE ALSO HAVE THE LOWEST PER DIEM 1709 00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,233 FOR PRISONERS IN THE STATE 1710 00:49:59,233 --> 00:50:00,400 SYSTEM OF ANY STATE IN THE 1711 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:00,700 SOUTH. 1712 00:50:00,700 --> 00:50:03,400 AND WE SPEND LESS ON 1713 00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:04,533 REHABILITATION IN OUR PRISONS 1714 00:50:04,533 --> 00:50:05,900 THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE 1715 00:50:05,900 --> 00:50:06,200 SOUTH. 1716 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,700 SO ONE THING WE CAN DO TO REDUCE 1717 00:50:09,700 --> 00:50:12,767 RECIDIVISM -- WE WE HAVE 15 TO 1718 00:50:12,767 --> 00:50:14,667 17,000 COMING OUT OF PLAZ IN 1719 00:50:14,667 --> 00:50:17,033 LOUISIANA EVERY YEAR, OUT ON OUR 1720 00:50:17,033 --> 00:50:18,467 STREETS AND MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE 1721 00:50:18,467 --> 00:50:22,133 I I THINK WANT TO GET A JOB, BE 1722 00:50:22,133 --> 00:50:23,067 CONTRIBUTING CITIZENS OF 1723 00:50:23,067 --> 00:50:23,400 SOCIETY. 1724 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:24,367 BUT WHEN THEY'RE INSIDE THEY 1725 00:50:24,367 --> 00:50:27,100 DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE KIND OF 1726 00:50:27,100 --> 00:50:29,100 REHANDLE TAIGTATION SERVICES, 1727 00:50:29,100 --> 00:50:30,167 EDUCATION SERVICES, THAT COULD 1728 00:50:30,167 --> 00:50:31,667 EQUIP THEM TO GET A JOB ONCE 1729 00:50:31,667 --> 00:50:33,167 THEY'RE ON THE OUTSIDE. 1730 00:50:33,167 --> 00:50:34,500 SO I THINK ONE THING THE STATE 1731 00:50:34,500 --> 00:50:36,000 TO DO, IRONICALLY WE'RE SPENDING 1732 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:37,533 SO MUCH MONEY ON INCARCERATION 1733 00:50:37,533 --> 00:50:38,700 BUT WE'RE NOT SPENDING THAT 1734 00:50:38,700 --> 00:50:40,067 MONEY WISELY OR YOU HAVE THIS TO 1735 00:50:40,067 --> 00:50:41,267 MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO -- 1736 00:50:41,267 --> 00:50:43,200 MOST PEOPLE WHO GO TO PRISON ARE 1737 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:44,300 GETTING OUT SOME DAY. 1738 00:50:44,300 --> 00:50:46,133 AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 1739 00:50:46,133 --> 00:50:48,367 WHILE THEY'RE ON THE INSIDE, GET 1740 00:50:48,367 --> 00:50:49,667 SOME KIND OF TRAINING, GET SOME 1741 00:50:49,667 --> 00:50:51,500 KIND OF SKILLS SO THEY CAN BE 1742 00:50:51,500 --> 00:50:52,767 PREPARED FOR THE LIFE THAT 1743 00:50:52,767 --> 00:50:54,767 AWAITS THEM WHEN THEY GET OUT. 1744 00:50:54,767 --> 00:50:55,633 >> JOSEPH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 1745 00:50:55,633 --> 00:50:57,367 >> I NOTICED AS WE TALK ABOUT 1746 00:50:57,367 --> 00:50:58,867 THESE ISSUES, I HEAR TWO KINDS 1747 00:50:58,867 --> 00:51:02,233 OF CONVERSATIONS GOING ON. 1748 00:51:02,233 --> 00:51:04,167 A BUNCH OF US ARE TALKING WHO'S 1749 00:51:04,167 --> 00:51:05,300 GOING TO GET THE BABIES OUT OF 1750 00:51:05,300 --> 00:51:06,533 THE RIVER BECAUSE THEY'RE STUCK 1751 00:51:06,533 --> 00:51:08,233 THERE AND SOME PEOPLE ARE 1752 00:51:08,233 --> 00:51:09,533 TALKING ABOUT WHO'S PUTTING THE 1753 00:51:09,533 --> 00:51:10,833 BABIES IN THE RIVER IN THE FIRST 1754 00:51:10,833 --> 00:51:11,133 PLACE. 1755 00:51:11,133 --> 00:51:14,533 SEEMS TO ME THE COMMUNITY THE 1756 00:51:14,533 --> 00:51:16,000 COMMUNITY OF BATON ROUGE, 1757 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:16,700 LOUISIANA, AND THE UNITED 1758 00:51:16,700 --> 00:51:17,833 STATES, WE NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM 1759 00:51:17,833 --> 00:51:19,567 THAT ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 1760 00:51:19,567 --> 00:51:20,800 EVERYONE TO HAVE A JOB, AN 1761 00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,767 EDUCATION AND HAVE A ROAM CHANCE 1762 00:51:23,767 --> 00:51:25,433 AT A REASONABLE -- REASONABLE 1763 00:51:25,433 --> 00:51:26,567 CHANCE AT A REASONABLE 1764 00:51:26,567 --> 00:51:27,000 LIFESTYLE. 1765 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:28,133 IN LOUISIANA WE KNOW THAT IT 1766 00:51:28,133 --> 00:51:32,000 TAKES 2.1 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT 1767 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:33,167 SALARIES AT RIDGE WAGE TO BE 1768 00:51:33,167 --> 00:51:36,667 ABLE TO -- MINIMUM WAGE TO BE 1769 00:51:36,667 --> 00:51:39,233 ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING AT 30% OF 1770 00:51:39,233 --> 00:51:40,167 YOUR GROSS INCOME. 1771 00:51:40,167 --> 00:51:42,133 YOU'RE AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS 1772 00:51:42,133 --> 00:51:44,400 UNLESS YOU GOT MORE THAN 2.1 1773 00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:45,500 PEOPLE WORKING IN YOUR HOUSE TO 1774 00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:47,333 GET A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT TO 1775 00:51:47,333 --> 00:51:48,267 HOUSE YOU AND YOUR TWO KIDS. 1776 00:51:48,267 --> 00:51:50,367 THAT'S NOT DOABLE BY A SINGLE 1777 00:51:50,367 --> 00:51:50,700 PARENT. 1778 00:51:50,700 --> 00:51:52,867 AND IT'S OFTEN NOT DOABLE BY TWO 1779 00:51:52,867 --> 00:51:54,000 PARENTS TO DO THAT SORT OF 1780 00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:54,267 THING. 1781 00:51:54,267 --> 00:51:55,233 THAT'S A SYSTEM ISSUE THAT WE 1782 00:51:55,233 --> 00:51:56,733 HAVE TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC 1783 00:51:56,733 --> 00:51:59,067 SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR ALL, THAT 1784 00:51:59,067 --> 00:52:00,433 GIVES EVERYBODY OPPORTUNITIES IN 1785 00:52:00,433 --> 00:52:00,833 EDUCATION. 1786 00:52:00,833 --> 00:52:02,000 AND THE TWO KEY PIECES OF THAT 1787 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:03,133 ARE REALLY DO YOU HAVE JOBS AND 1788 00:52:03,133 --> 00:52:05,367 DO THEY PAY ENOUGH AND DO YOU DO 1789 00:52:05,367 --> 00:52:07,167 THE EDUCATION SO PEOPLE CAN GET 1790 00:52:07,167 --> 00:52:07,933 TO THOSE JOBS. 1791 00:52:07,933 --> 00:52:09,100 THE SECOND PIECE WE'RE TALKING 1792 00:52:09,100 --> 00:52:11,467 ABOUT IS ALL THESE FIXES FOR 1793 00:52:11,467 --> 00:52:12,400 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IN DOESN'T 1794 00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:12,967 WORK RIGHT. 1795 00:52:12,967 --> 00:52:15,600 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 1796 00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:16,933 FIXES AND THEY HAVE INCREDIBLE 1797 00:52:16,933 --> 00:52:17,833 ECONOMIC IMPACT ON US. 1798 00:52:17,833 --> 00:52:19,200 YOU JUST MENTIONED THE ONE ABOUT 1799 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:20,000 THE PRISON. 1800 00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,700 WELL, I'M HELPING PAY FOR THAT 1801 00:52:21,700 --> 00:52:24,000 STUFF EVERY DAY WHEN I PAY MY 1802 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:24,300 TAXES. 1803 00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:24,767 AND IT'S COSTLY. 1804 00:52:24,767 --> 00:52:26,300 AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN 1805 00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:28,000 LOUISIANA ARE INCREDIBLY NICE. 1806 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,433 I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT 1807 00:52:29,433 --> 00:52:31,367 WE DO AS A COMMUNITY, YOU LOOK 1808 00:52:31,367 --> 00:52:34,300 AROUND THE PEOPLE HELPING -- 1809 00:52:34,300 --> 00:52:35,433 BROWN AND Y'ALL. 1810 00:52:35,433 --> 00:52:37,700 50% OF THE PEOPLE IN BATON ROUGE 1811 00:52:37,700 --> 00:52:40,567 HOUSED SOMEBODY AFTER HURRICANE 1812 00:52:40,567 --> 00:52:40,933 KATRINA. 1813 00:52:40,933 --> 00:52:42,000 75 PARENT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. 1814 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,967 WE'RE A NICE PEOPLE -- 75% 1815 00:52:43,967 --> 00:52:44,733 CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. 1816 00:52:44,733 --> 00:52:45,467 WE'RE A NICE PEOPLE. 1817 00:52:45,467 --> 00:52:47,967 THE DIFFICULTY IS COMING TO SOME 1818 00:52:47,967 --> 00:52:49,333 CONSENSUS OF BUILDS THE SYSTEM 1819 00:52:49,333 --> 00:52:50,767 THAT MOST OF US ARE GOING TO BE 1820 00:52:50,767 --> 00:52:52,133 TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE WE CAN'T 1821 00:52:52,133 --> 00:52:53,300 WORK, WE CAN'T GET JOBS AND 1822 00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:56,133 GETTING TO THE ONE THAT IS DON'T 1823 00:52:56,133 --> 00:52:57,000 BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS NOT 1824 00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:57,367 PERFECT. 1825 00:52:57,367 --> 00:52:58,567 WHAT ARE THE SYSTEMS WE USE TO 1826 00:52:58,567 --> 00:53:00,300 GET THOSE PEOPLE BACK ON TRACK 1827 00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:01,867 AFTER SOMETHING FAILS? 1828 00:53:01,867 --> 00:53:02,867 >> SO WHAT DO WE DO? 1829 00:53:02,867 --> 00:53:05,900 >> YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY THINK 1830 00:53:05,900 --> 00:53:07,267 THAT WE -- YOU'RE RIGHT. 1831 00:53:07,267 --> 00:53:09,000 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE 1832 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:11,133 ISSUES AS IF THEY ARE 1833 00:53:11,133 --> 00:53:12,367 DISCONNECTED. 1834 00:53:12,367 --> 00:53:14,133 WELL, WE THINK ABOUT THIS WORK 1835 00:53:14,133 --> 00:53:15,667 AS AN ECOSYSTEM. 1836 00:53:15,667 --> 00:53:17,867 AND YOU JUST SUMMED IT UP. 1837 00:53:17,867 --> 00:53:19,200 AND I THINK AS WE START TO PRESS 1838 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:21,567 ON ONE END, WITH PROGRAMS AND 1839 00:53:21,567 --> 00:53:24,867 GREAT SERVICES, THEN JAN'S WORK 1840 00:53:24,867 --> 00:53:27,867 ON POLICY HAS TO SUPPORT THAT. 1841 00:53:27,867 --> 00:53:28,567 AND VICE VERSA. 1842 00:53:28,567 --> 00:53:30,733 THE POLICY WORK HAS TO SUPPORT 1843 00:53:30,733 --> 00:53:33,667 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT 1844 00:53:33,667 --> 00:53:35,100 INITIATIVE BOTH PUBLIC SECTOR, 1845 00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:37,500 PRIVATE SECTOR, NONPROFITS THAT 1846 00:53:37,500 --> 00:53:40,067 ACTUALLY PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF 1847 00:53:40,067 --> 00:53:41,233 SUPPORT AND SERVICES THAT 1848 00:53:41,233 --> 00:53:42,533 REGARDLESS OF WHERE A PERSON 1849 00:53:42,533 --> 00:53:43,367 FINDS THEMSELVES IN THIS SYSTEM, 1850 00:53:43,367 --> 00:53:46,033 THEY HAVE A PATHWAY TO SUCCESS. 1851 00:53:46,033 --> 00:53:48,267 WE THINK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME 1852 00:53:48,267 --> 00:53:52,867 IN TERMS OF OUR PHILANTHROPIC 1853 00:53:52,867 --> 00:53:53,133 WORK. 1854 00:53:53,133 --> 00:53:54,433 HOW DO WE ENGAGE OUR CORPORATE 1855 00:53:54,433 --> 00:53:55,767 PARTNERS WHO ARE DONATING 1856 00:53:55,767 --> 00:53:56,800 CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF DOLLARS 1857 00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:57,867 TO WORK IN THIS SYSTEM. 1858 00:53:57,867 --> 00:53:59,933 HOW DO WE ENGAGE PUBLIC DOLLARS 1859 00:53:59,933 --> 00:54:02,100 THAT NEED TO BE ALIGNED WITH 1860 00:54:02,100 --> 00:54:03,867 THOSE PRIVATE DOLLARS TO 1861 00:54:03,867 --> 00:54:05,467 ACTUALLY START TO MOVE PEOPLE 1862 00:54:05,467 --> 00:54:05,967 ALONG? 1863 00:54:05,967 --> 00:54:07,600 THE DISCONNECT THAT SOMEONE 1864 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,100 TALKED ABOUT EARLIER BETWEEN THE 1865 00:54:09,100 --> 00:54:11,800 RED TAPE OR THE BUREAUCRACY 1866 00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:13,433 THAT -- THAT SOMETIMES LOCKS 1867 00:54:13,433 --> 00:54:14,800 PEOPLE OUT OF OPPORTUNITY. 1868 00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:16,467 WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT 1869 00:54:16,467 --> 00:54:16,800 THAT. 1870 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,900 AND SO I THINK THAT 80S NOT A -- 1871 00:54:19,900 --> 00:54:21,800 I'VE SAID THIS IN MY OPENING 1872 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:22,100 COMMENT. 1873 00:54:22,100 --> 00:54:23,967 IT'S NOT A SINGLE SOLUTION. 1874 00:54:23,967 --> 00:54:27,000 WE CALL IT A SINGLE BULLET. 1875 00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,233 IT'S A SINGLE -- IT'S A 1876 00:54:29,233 --> 00:54:29,600 BUCKSHOT. 1877 00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:30,933 AND I THINK WE NEED ALL OF THESE 1878 00:54:30,933 --> 00:54:32,100 THINGS WORKING TOGETHER. 1879 00:54:32,100 --> 00:54:33,433 ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING THINGS 1880 00:54:33,433 --> 00:54:35,367 THAT I'M SEEING IN THE STATE OF 1881 00:54:35,367 --> 00:54:36,700 LOUISIANA IS THAT WE'RE STARTING 1882 00:54:36,700 --> 00:54:39,600 TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN 1883 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:40,033 DEPARTMENTS. 1884 00:54:40,033 --> 00:54:41,100 WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE 1885 00:54:41,100 --> 00:54:43,533 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEW WHEEL 1886 00:54:43,533 --> 00:54:45,067 ACT THAT REQUIRES PARTNERSHIP 1887 00:54:45,067 --> 00:54:47,000 AND COLLABORATION, THAT REQUIRES 1888 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,000 US TO INTENTIONALLY THINK ABOUT 1889 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:50,533 NOT JUST THE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM 1890 00:54:50,533 --> 00:54:52,233 BUT THE SYSTEM OF SERVICES AND 1891 00:54:52,233 --> 00:54:54,700 PROGRAMS AND HOW TO MAKE THAT 1892 00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:56,900 WORK BETTER, BOTH EFFICIENTLY SO 1893 00:54:56,900 --> 00:54:59,267 WE'RE NOT WASTING TAXPAYER 1894 00:54:59,267 --> 00:55:00,567 DOLLARS, BUT LEVERAGE THE 1895 00:55:00,567 --> 00:55:01,300 RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE 1896 00:55:01,300 --> 00:55:02,433 AVAILABLE TO US. 1897 00:55:02,433 --> 00:55:04,200 AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY 1898 00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:06,167 AROUND ACTUALLY CONTINUOUSLY 1899 00:55:06,167 --> 00:55:07,500 IMPROVING WHAT WE'RE DOING EVERY 1900 00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:08,033 DAY. 1901 00:55:08,033 --> 00:55:09,733 >> JAN, WE'VE GOAT ABOUT A 1902 00:55:09,733 --> 00:55:10,967 MINUTE -- GOT ABOUT A MINUTE 1903 00:55:10,967 --> 00:55:11,267 LEFT. 1904 00:55:11,267 --> 00:55:13,467 DO YOU WANT TO SUM THAT UP? 1905 00:55:13,467 --> 00:55:15,767 WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THE WORKING 1906 00:55:15,767 --> 00:55:16,067 POOR? 1907 00:55:16,067 --> 00:55:17,100 >> WE'RE AT AN INTERESTING 1908 00:55:17,100 --> 00:55:17,433 MOMENT. 1909 00:55:17,433 --> 00:55:19,033 EVE AN LEXER COMING UP -- WE 1910 00:55:19,033 --> 00:55:20,100 HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP ON 1911 00:55:20,100 --> 00:55:21,733 SATURDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO GET 1912 00:55:21,733 --> 00:55:23,233 A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. 1913 00:55:23,233 --> 00:55:24,133 AND I THINK BOTH OF THE 1914 00:55:24,133 --> 00:55:25,200 CANDIDATES HAVE SAID SOME 1915 00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:26,900 INTERESTING THINGS AND I THINK 1916 00:55:26,900 --> 00:55:28,900 HAVE SHOWN A REAL INTEREST IN 1917 00:55:28,900 --> 00:55:30,833 THIS ISSUE IN THE WAY THAT MAYBE 1918 00:55:30,833 --> 00:55:32,733 WE HAVEN'T SEEN FROM THIS 1919 00:55:32,733 --> 00:55:33,200 ADMINISTRATION. 1920 00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:34,067 SO I THINK THIS IS THE TIME TO 1921 00:55:34,067 --> 00:55:35,933 BE VERY HOPEFUL. 1922 00:55:35,933 --> 00:55:38,533 AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL COME 1923 00:55:38,533 --> 00:55:40,300 TOGETHER AND KIND OF -- AGAIN, 1924 00:55:40,300 --> 00:55:41,967 IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE PRIVATE 1925 00:55:41,967 --> 00:55:42,333 SECTOR. 1926 00:55:42,333 --> 00:55:43,633 IT'S GOING TO TAKE CHARITIES. 1927 00:55:43,633 --> 00:55:45,933 IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE WORK OF 1928 00:55:45,933 --> 00:55:48,433 EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, BUT IT'S 1929 00:55:48,433 --> 00:55:50,300 ALSO GOING TAKE SMART POLICY AND 1930 00:55:50,300 --> 00:55:51,100 PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER. 1931 00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:52,967 AND THERE IS NO ONE SOLUTION TO 1932 00:55:52,967 --> 00:55:55,467 POVERTY, BUT I THINK IT STARTS 1933 00:55:55,467 --> 00:55:56,900 WITH HAVING A PUBLIC COMMITMENT 1934 00:55:56,900 --> 00:55:58,700 TO IT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET 1935 00:55:58,700 --> 00:56:00,567 THAT STARTING ON SATURDAY AND 1936 00:56:00,567 --> 00:56:02,667 MOVING INTO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS 1937 00:56:02,667 --> 00:56:04,533 AND SOME -- I'M LOOKING FORWARD 1938 00:56:04,533 --> 00:56:07,467 TO THE FUTURE. 1939 00:56:07,467 --> 00:56:09,367 >> IT'S -- IT'S A CONSEQUENTIAL 1940 00:56:09,367 --> 00:56:10,667 ELECTION THAT WE'RE HAVING AND 1941 00:56:10,667 --> 00:56:12,200 THAT ISSUE OF POVERTY HAS NOT 1942 00:56:12,200 --> 00:56:13,833 BEEN DISCUSSED VERY MUCH, HAS 1943 00:56:13,833 --> 00:56:14,200 IT? 1944 00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:15,133 >> NO, IT HASN'T. 1945 00:56:15,133 --> 00:56:16,400 >> IT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED 1946 00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:17,900 ENOUGH BUT IT CERTAINLY HAS NOT 1947 00:56:17,900 --> 00:56:20,500 BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PAST 1948 00:56:20,500 --> 00:56:21,267 EIGHT YEARS. 1949 00:56:21,267 --> 00:56:22,767 SO MOVING FORWARD WE GET TO 1950 00:56:22,767 --> 00:56:25,667 RESET THIS ISSUE -- AND I THINK 1951 00:56:25,667 --> 00:56:28,200 THIS IS A TIME TO REALLY KIND OF 1952 00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:29,667 REFOCUS, RECALIBRATE, AND WE'RE 1953 00:56:29,667 --> 00:56:30,967 GOING TO HAVE A BIG CONVERSATION 1954 00:56:30,967 --> 00:56:32,500 ABOUT THE BUDGET AND STATE 1955 00:56:32,500 --> 00:56:34,200 POLICY AND I THINK -- YOU KNOW, 1956 00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:35,667 I USED TO NOT BE IN FAVOR OF 1957 00:56:35,667 --> 00:56:38,133 TERM LIMITS, BUT I'VE CHANGED MY 1958 00:56:38,133 --> 00:56:38,433 MIND. 1959 00:56:38,433 --> 00:56:40,733 I'M GLAD THAT WE GET TO RESET 1960 00:56:40,733 --> 00:56:42,667 THE -- RESET THE STAGE AND 1961 00:56:42,667 --> 00:56:43,733 HOPEFULLY POVERTY WILL PLAY A 1962 00:56:43,733 --> 00:56:46,233 CENTRAL ROLE IN THE NEXT 1963 00:56:46,233 --> 00:56:46,700 ADMINISTRATION. 1964 00:56:46,700 --> 00:56:47,667 >> WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR A 1965 00:56:47,667 --> 00:56:48,733 VERY GOOD DISCUSSION. 1966 00:56:48,733 --> 00:56:51,033 GREAT QUESTIONS TONIGHT FROM OUR 1967 00:56:51,033 --> 00:56:52,667 PANELISTS AND OUR AUDIENCE. 1968 00:56:52,667 --> 00:56:53,767 AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING 1969 00:56:53,767 --> 00:56:54,067 HERE. 1970 00:56:54,067 --> 00:56:54,833 AND YOUR PARTICIPATION. 1971 00:56:54,833 --> 00:56:56,267 AND ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU 1972 00:56:56,267 --> 00:56:58,467 DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR 1973 00:56:58,467 --> 00:56:58,767 STATE. 1974 00:56:58,767 --> 00:57:00,033 SO WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME FOR OUR 1975 00:57:00,033 --> 00:57:01,200 QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENT 1976 00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:01,600 TONIGHT. 1977 00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:02,867 WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE 1978 00:57:02,867 --> 00:57:05,333 PANELISTS, MR. DIXON, 1979 00:57:05,333 --> 00:57:08,933 MS. WHEEZER IN, MR. GOSS AND 1980 00:57:08,933 --> 00:57:12,367 MR. -- MS. WEESESNER AND 1981 00:57:12,367 --> 00:57:14,033 MR. GOSS, AND MR. MOLLER. 1982 00:57:14,033 --> 00:57:15,600 WE'LL COME BACK AND HAVE A FEW 1983 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:16,833 CLOSING COMMENTS. 1984 00:57:24,667 --> 00:57:25,467 >>> AS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE. 1985 00:57:25,467 --> 00:57:26,933 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR 1986 00:57:26,933 --> 00:57:31,833 WEBSITE AT LPB.ORG/PUBLICSQUARE. 1987 00:57:31,833 --> 00:57:33,833 WHILE YOU'RE THERE, TAKE THIS 1988 00:57:33,833 --> 00:57:36,133 MONTHOUS SIR VAAND COMMENT ON 1989 00:57:36,133 --> 00:57:38,333 TONIGHT'S -- MONTH'S SURVEY, AND 1990 00:57:38,333 --> 00:57:39,933 COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S SHOW. 1991 00:57:39,933 --> 00:57:40,767 THANKS FOR WATCHING AND GOOD 1992 00:57:40,767 --> 00:57:44,333 NIGHT, EVERYBODY. 1993 00:57:44,333 --> 00:57:48,467 *