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July 29, 2003

At the July 18th Making Connections deputies meeting, two committees were created at the suggestion of the participants in the design Charette.

• The first committee will work on implementation of the multi-service center, specific to the Safeway. This includes working with staff on recruitment of potential tenants and exploration of financing and ownership options. Suggested membership of this group includes DSHS, Annie E. Casey Foundation/Making Connections, the White Center Community Development Association, the Unincorporated Area Council, King County, Highline School District, South Seattle Community College, the Employment Security Department, community residents.

In the next 60-90 days this work group will be responsible for recruiting potential tenants for the first floor, identifying additional partners and designing an implement able work plan to be presented to the Partners at the September meeting.

• The second work group will develop detailed work plans for the following key elements of a community wide integrated services system:

  
  - Information hub, system navigators
  - Common initial screening, triage
  - Multi-agency problem solving teams/joint case staffing
  - Cross training
  - Backroom operations (e.g., data sharing, funding streams)
  - Customer feedback mechanisms (report card)

  Suggested membership of the design work group includes representatives of DSHS, King County Housing Authority/Hope VI, Highline School District, Employment Security Department, Public Health, the YWCA and its Career Development Center/WorkSource affiliate site, and Head Start, along with community residents and community based organizations.

The next steps in 30-90 days include development of a memorandum of agreement, creation of a community report card, and milestone for implementation of both actions. A complete work plan outlining these actions will be presented to the deputies on August 22nd at their regularly scheduled meeting.