CTVSC Meeting Aug 17, 2017

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1 CTVSC Meeting Aug 17, 2017 SUMMARY WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS SPOTLIGHTS! Kimberli Speight - Personal Branding Strategist - Sterlene and Scott Careers Cedric Salas - Regional Recruiter - Allied Universal Rush Evans (William Ritter) - TX Veteran Home Foreclosure Prevention Project ACTION ITEMS Old Business New Business * CTVSC Assessment... 4 * New CTVSC Project Idea Brainstorm... 5 * New Co-Chairs... 5 * 30-minute pre-meetings for Co-Chairs... 6 UPCOMING EVENTS Etc: Success Stories September Chair WRAP-UP Stephanie Snyder called to order at 2:03 19 people in attendance at start. Summary * About 25 people attended the meeting. * Kimberli Speight ( ) provides seminars and one-on-one job coaching. * Cedric Salas employer (Allied Universal) is hiring veterans for security-related jobs. ( ) * Rush Evans organization (The Texas Veterans Legal Assistance Project) is a new program: The Texas Veteran Foreclosure Prevention Project Press 2 * Jonathan will send out a link to a new CTVSC member assessment survey. * Burel Ford and Wade Waller volunteered to be CTVSC cochairs. * The co-chairs agreed to meet 30 minutes before each CTVSC meeting to connect and coordinate. * April Sullivan will chair the next CTVSC meeting on September 21st. 1 of 8

2 CTVSC Meeting Minutes August 17, 2017 Welcome and Introductions 13. Brian Holly - VFW Post 8927 (Note: I apologize for missing and misspelled names, titles, and employers. Please send corrections to jonathan@texvet.org JAL) 1. Pia Villalion - Texas Center Point 2. Jerry McQueen 3. Paul Julio - TWC 4. Michael Elder - Goodwill 14. Andrew Miller - VA 15. Wade Waller - Red Cross 16. Cedric Salas - Employer - Security companies networking 17. Chianti Scott 18.? Valentine - Easter Seals 19. Sarah Parnell - Easter Seals 5. Kimberli Speight - Career coach 6. Casey Wade - TWC / TVLP 7. Kevin Ross - Leadership dev consultant. 8. Rita Wellby - Comfort Crew - Consultant non-profits 9. Burel Ford 10. April Sullivan - VSA TX 11. Rush Evans - TVLP - legal 12. Erin Peace - Samaritian Center Staff Therapist Several (5?) un-introduced late arrivals. 2 of 8

3 Spotlights! Kimberli Speight - Personal Branding Strategist - Sterlene and Scott Careers * Seminars and 1:1 job coaching * Put a target on your back. Make yourself easier to find. * Career advancement and conversations intelligence. * What do you think your brand is and what do other people perceive your brand to be? How do they differ? What can we do to align them? * Online marketing and appearance. Perception and anchoring. * Change the networking paradigm. Nurture your network along the way Always be giving. * Q&A: * Phone? = Cedric Salas - Regional Recruiter - Allied Universal * What Kimberli does makes our job - as recruiters - much easier. * Started last year in August. * Based in San Antonio. Cover Waco to El Paso and down to Brownsville and Mexico. * Recruiting from security agent to up management. Both private and government (requiring clearance). * Q&A: * Specifically recruiting Veterans? For positions - what qualities and characteristics are you looking for? * Physical security - people there in person. * Account managers: Liaison between personnel and clients (6 to 84 officers) - needs operations background. Execute policies and procedures. * Client types: Commercial real estate, colleges, condos, retail chains. * Contracts are typically 2 to 3 years. * Site supervisors, line security * Licensed by TX. Employees must have a security license. We will sponsor getting the license for unlicensed applicants. We do not certify them ourselves. * 18 years or Older. Pass background check if needed. Drug screening. * Vet looking for security - applies on line. Can I contact you to let you know they applied? * Absolutely! Send me an , text, or call. I ll take the application and forward it to our hiring manager; give them a deadline to process it. * We re looking for an Austin-area branch manager for Austin/Waco. * Money? * Regular line position vs service pay. It s totally different. Austin wage is $11 to $12. $15 for an armed officer. We re trying to get rate increases, but that s very variable. We re up-front with it. * Opportunities for advancement. Can they come in at higher levels when it s appropriate for them? * Contact info: 3 of 8

4 Rush Evans (William Ritter) - TX Veteran Home Foreclosure Prevention Project * William Ritter could not be here today, so Rush Evans is speaking in his stead. * Texas Veterans Legal Assistance Project * We serve the whole state. * Free legal advice on most civil matters for veterans whose income is 200% or below poverty line. * Also free legal advice for any Texans age 60 or above. * Lots of contract issues, eviction, debt collection, family law (child support, custody, visitation, divorce). * No criminal law, but we do expungements. * We also do discharge upgrades. * Good at appeals for VA disability ratings. * Phone: Press 2 * Three staff attorneys. * Texas Veteran Foreclosure Prevention Project * Bill s very passionate about it. 3 months so far and he s already prevented several foreclosures. * For veterans whose income is 200% or below poverty line. * They do foreclosure prevention. Any questions about what the Coalition is and how to be part of it? PJ: Been around for about 2.5 years. Pia V and Casey W were two of the original Chairs. Came out of need. It s been a wonderful opportunity for orgs to get together and discuss what s available and what vets need. PJ: I still remember when Jonathan got frustrated about veterans getting housed in empty homes and created the furniture bank. That was amazing. It s neat how the coalition can provide guidance and ideas. JL: Talked a bit. PJ: Brian s here from Caldwell county (Lockhart and Lulling), and those veterans don t have access to all our resources cause they don t reach that far. Sometimes it s just a matter of a grant recipient including a county in a grant. This is an opportunity to help a neighboring county. It s another thing that the coalition can do. BH: I have 178 members at my post. (Not including their spouses and children). As post commander, I m looking for things I can bring back to my post. I have a 78-year-old member who s about to lose his house to Medicaid. BH: Here s where I start. Action Items Old Business * Discuss issues and concerns * (Note: This was largely contained in New Business. - JAL) New Business * CTVSC Assessment * PV: We did an assessment three years ago. We should reassess what we want to do. I want to see CTVSC members help the veteran community. We had the Furniture Bank. We had the job fair. I d like to see the CTVSC get out there more. I want to see us give to the community. I d like to see us do an assessment. What do you see the CTVSC doing in 5 years? What can we do to make an impact? What s a project we - as members - can help out with. SS: Like helping VFWs. PV: American Legion Post has the Winter Program Project - American Legion, VFW, Texas Center Point, SamCtr, UT, St. Edwards. Asking for 500 homeless kits consisting of grooming essentials. CTVSC can help with this project. There s a donation letter available. JMcQ: Radio? PV: Yeah. SS: Want to help? Call/ us at TxCtrPt and we ll pick it up! PV: I ll send the flyers and letters to Jonathan for the notes. CW: Timeframe? PV: October. 4 of 8

5 * BB: I m very glad I m here and looking to shift to a nonprofit focus. I have a lot of ideas and have done a lot of planning (higher ed for 24 years). Have you had a golf tournament? JL: We can t do that yet, as we re not a nonprofit. It s a tricky proposition, as some members who are involved with the state are prohibited from participating in fundraising. Perhaps we need to revisit it? BB: I love bringing people together. * BB: So how do I sign up? PV: Where is the CTVSC going? Do we want to stay loosely formed, create a non-profit? From an outside entity - a non-profit arm of the coalition? * JL - note to self - ORGANIZE A CO-CHAIR MEETING * Megan K-B: We can organize a benefit for something that isn t us and channel that money to a different entity. We all have jobs - we re not looking for new jobs. Rush E: We were doing free legal aid to folks in jails (discharge upgrades, divorce, etc.). * Andrew Miller: Perhaps a non-profit can cover the event? RW: It would be a third-party hosted event. The entity would be acting on behalf of the organization. * New CTVSC Project Idea Brainstorm * SS: We do need some focus. Perhaps we can help focus on your VFW, and local VFWs in general. * PJ: Easter Seals - connecting with them would be awesome.?v: Yes! We re looking for a place for veterans to comfortably gather and share. We re taking the services to the community and utilize the resources in their area. I ll talk to Christopher about it. BH: Yeah, it s kind of a neutral ground. We tend to be kind of insular, but we do act as a central point for resources for our group. I can facilitate access to other VFWs. * Jennifer C: There s a template you can create. When one person shows up from a rural area and you start asking how to identify resources and how you reach out to people in these other communities. You may know other local VFW reps; help us reach out to them to find and develop these resource. Local churches may be an untapped resource. Not creating something out of nothing, but seeing where they can connect. BH: I m also the District 5 chaplain, so I have access to a broader number of counties than a typical VFW Commander. * Rush E: The VFW has two conventions every tear. One in Austin and one in Houston/Dallas. TexVet and TVLP are there every time to do outreach - especially with rural Texas. There s only about 15 orgs with a table at that event; if you want to send materials for your groups to me or Jonathan BH: We re having a district meeting coming up. If you let me know, I can distribute for you. We also have officer training in July at the hotel just down the street. * JL - note to self - TEXVET COUNTY PAGES FRANCHISE THE COALITION FORMAT? * PJ: Specific veteran needs? BH: Biggest one now is job services. Rural areas are financially strapped; limited tax base - and a lot of those folks don t have a way out. Also educational benefits; uplift themselves out. Legal services is a huge one. Furniture is also a big thing. PJ: Can you do a legal clinic out there? RE: Probably, yeah. I ll talk to our managing attorney. * JL - note to self - ADVISE BH TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR NEEDED SERVICES TO THE TVC. * New Co-Chairs * SS: We re always looking for new co-chairs. If you want to be a co-chair, step up! We re happy to help you get up to speed! * PV: Who s current? SS: Jennifer, April, and Me! * PJ: How many do you need? SS: Two. JL: And more make it easier. * What s it entail? SS: Bring people together. Find spotlights. * B Ford and Wade Waller both volunteered. 5 of 8

6 * 30-minute pre-meetings for Co-Chairs * SS: We d like to start meeting 30 minutes prior to each meeting; make sure we re on the same page. JL :Do we have this room for the 30 minutes before the CTVSC meeting? JC: I ll check. Upcoming events CW: Keys to Progress - Progressive. Need a car? Taking applications for Recycled Rides. Travis and adjacent counties. Contact Casey. Want applications in tomorrow; we re going to extend that deadline. PUSH THIS INFO OUT Sept 20 - American Legion Job Fair in Austin. 60 employers. List will be out in mid-september. PJ: Flyers Peer Group VA offering a food pantry. It s a pilot project. Round Rock Launch Hiring Event Aug am 1 pm - Job Fair (Ms. Esperanza) - Rosewood Neighborhood Center 2800 Weberville Rd. UT - MAstering Your Marriage Program 6 month marriage retreat. Need 5 to 10 more couples ASAP. October than April - augmented by web-based materials. Elisa - Sam Center - Easter Seals Partnership. Free Walk-In Counseling clinic 11 AM to 3 PM Starts Sept 8 Also free for family members Services: Solution focused, counseling, not acupuncture. Assessment for continued services. Where: 8956 Research Blvd, Austin, TX Easter Seals Vet Program Grant for free counseling in Hays, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis counties. Vets and their families. Schools for IT, Health Care and various Unionized Trades. Intake, assessment, and referrals. SS: Edu services? Is there a salary limit? Yes - 200%. Etc: JL: TexVet has pages for every county now. county/{name-of-county} TX CtrPt. Will host financial management counseling (in partnership with Goodwill) every Friday. 60 to 90 minutes on money management basics. MG: We ll also be offering counseling here at Goodwill. TVC Grant - LPC is a veteran. Williamson, Bell, and Travis counties. She s working out of Belton and is mobile she will go where the veteran is. Free! Start date to be determined. Friday Sept 4. Soldier Welcome Home event. RE: Tables? AM: I ll see. RE: KOOP Community Radio. Recurring show on veteran services once a month. If you wanna be showcased and talk for 30 minutes about your program, contact me! Success Stories PJ: Mr. Ford is a success story in the making because he s someone we d like Veterans to be more like; he s educated himself on the community resources What are you looking for? xf: I want to connect people with one thing to another, like Kimberli Spate. Help people find job; that s of paramount importance. 6 of 8

7 PJ: He s a super-passionate guy. He s a real asset to organizations. The success come from how he s doing everything right. He s not just waiting for things to happen. He s a real inspiration. He s out there looking for opportunities and making them happen. Megan K-B: Systemic success. I ve ben connecting incarcerated veterans to resources, including monthly brining in art and/or the VA. For the first time ever, we re about to get an incarcerated veteran transported to the VA for assistance. That s a big accomplishment. I call that progress. September Chair April Sullivan will chair the next meeting. Wrap-Up The formal part of the meeting ended at 3:43 PM. There s a picture of Sign-in Sheet on next page Thoughts, comments, questions, or corrections? Please contact jonathan@texvet.org. 7 of 8

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