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    Refugio Minutes - Oct 19, 2017

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    The board of El Refugio Nueva Vida met to discuss coordinating relief efforts for families arriving from Puerto Rico. Gus Hoyas reported that the IX Center has trucks ready to send supplies to Georgia for Puerto Rico. Brian Cummins agreed to investigate housing options for arriving families, including Section 8 vouchers, vacant properties, temporary housing with volunteer families, and use of remodeled buildings. He will also check on potential funding sources. Eduardo Munoz stressed the need to establish priorities and coordinate intake forms with other organizations. The group will meet again next week to further coordinate housing, employment, health services, and financial assistance for new arrivals.

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    The board of El Refugio Nueva Vida met to discuss coordinating relief efforts for families arriving from Puerto Rico. Gus Hoyas reported that the IX Center has trucks ready to send supplies to Georgia for Puerto Rico. Brian Cummins agreed to investigate housing options for arriving families, including Section 8 vouchers, vacant properties, temporary housing with volunteer families, and use of remodeled buildings. He will also check on potential funding sources. Eduardo Munoz stressed the need to establish priorities and coordinate intake forms with other organizations. The group will meet again next week to further coordinate housing, employment, health services, and financial assistance for new arrivals.

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    The board of El Refugio Nueva Vida met to discuss coordinating relief efforts for families arriving from Puerto Rico. Gus Hoyas reported that the IX Center has trucks ready to send supplies to Georgia for Puerto Rico. Brian Cummins agreed to investigate housing options for arriving families, including Section 8 vouchers, vacant properties, temporary housing with volunteer families, and use of remodeled buildings. He will also check on potential funding sources. Eduardo Munoz stressed the need to establish priorities and coordinate intake forms with other organizations. The group will meet again next week to further coordinate housing, employment, health services, and financial assistance for new arrivals.

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    MINUTES

    OCTOBER 19, 2017



    El Refugio Board Member Meeting

    Vice president: Lourdes Saldaa
    Secretary: Marilyn Reyes
    Treasurer: Leoanna Mieses
    Public Relations: Angel Cortes (Absent, Excused)
    Pastor Jos Reyes

    Members:
    Miriam Castillo
    Jonathan Feliciano
    Arlene Rodriguez

    Invitees:

    Omar Medina (Pastors Association)


    Brian Cummins (Councilman Ward 14)
    Gus Hoyas (Comit Hispano)
    Eduardo Muoz (Metro Health)
    Marianela Fulgencio

    Start time: 7:55pm

    Pastor Jose Reyes presides and begins by reading the minutes from the last meeting.
    Gus Hoyas has completed the task of invitation and information to the community
    agencies. He also shared that the IX Center has trucks ready to be sent to Georgia on
    Monday or Tuesday and then they will be taken to Puerto Rico. Gus presented to the
    IX Center, the idea of sharing the goods that will not be sent to Puerto Rico with the
    Comit Hispano and El Refugio Nueva Vida. He also brought forth the need to
    organize efforts to better assist the families. They (the Comit Hispano) will be
    giving priority to those families whose members have chronic health conditions.

    Marianela presented on what the needs have been of those families that have
    already arrived, which includes housing, food and winter clothing.

    There are two things that prevent the assistance from being monetary. First, people
    are coming without funds. One idea is for the center to assist with rent to a private
    apartment until they receive housing assistance.

    Brian Cummins will further investigate a few things:
    a) If those people that are coming, are already on the list or have a Section 8
    voucher that can be transferred to Ohio
    b) Speak with investors to see which housing properties are available among
    those houses they were not able to sell
    c) Develop a volunteer group (a list of volunteer families) that would like to
    adopt a family temporarily in their house.
    d) The pastor asks: of those buildings that have been remodeled using federal
    funds can any be used to house refugee families? Another idea emerged to
    google search companies that have apartment subsidizes
    e) Speak with Jeffrey Peterson of Cleveland Metropolitan Housing and ask what
    the protocol is and how to make it streamlined.
    f) Utilize the resource of Master of Social Work interns to help with the efforts
    to identify and better determine the needs of the families.

    Pastor asks: Does the city or county have the resources available to obtain $10,000
    over the next 30 days? We are ready with the phase of orientation and information
    but we need immediate financial assistance to be able to pay for private rent for one
    or two months for the families.
    Brian Cummins informs that there is an organization that exists for
    the development of the Metro West, the funds from the Casinos (they
    need 45 days to disburse funds) and the Cleveland Tenants
    Organization. Brian will check tomorrow who may have these funds.

    Gus brought up the need to provide employment to the people who may come. Gus
    mentioned the assessment form recently used by the Hispanic Committee.


    Eduardo Munoz: presents the need to establish priorities. It is important to connect
    with 211. We need to find the registration forms created by other organizations to
    see what we would like to include in ours.
    Marianela will call 211 tomorrow. She will create a form or
    application. We will also exchange ideas for how others create a
    needs assessment.

    Pastor asks: What would be the assistance that Metro Health (without protocols)
    could provide to the migrants that have health problems?
    Eduardo explains that the hospital is already prepared to see any
    patient, no matter their economic condition. To be able to qualify for
    healthcare assistance you must be a resident of Ohio. It would also be
    good if there were a letter verifying that you are a refugee.
    Lourdes also has information for medical service assistance.

    Conclusion of meeting

    The next meeting will be next Thursday at the Comit Hispano at 3pm and 7pm.
    Brian will bring additional information to the next meeting.

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