>> [GAVEL]
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: I WILL CALL THE JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DIVISION TO ORDER. THANK YOU. FIRST ON THE
AGENDA TODAY
-- DO WE HAVE TO DO THE MINUTES?
REPRESENTATIVE EKLUND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
THE MINUTES? >> REPRESENTATIVE ECKLUND: SO MOVED >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS?
SEEING NONE; ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
SAY; AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES.]
OPPOSED; SAME
SIGN. COULD THE MINUTES ARE PASSED.
REPRESENTATIVE EKLUND ARE
YOU READY? >> REPRESENTATIVE ECKLUND: I AM READY MR. CHAIR
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: GOOD MAN.
REPRESENTATIVE EKLUND;
WE ARE GOING TO HOLD THIS OVER FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE
OMNIBUS BILL. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
YOUR BILL >>
REPRESENTATIVE ECKLUND: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR I WILL MOVE HOUSE FILE
137 FOR LAID OVER FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY:
PLEASE; PROCEED >> REPRESENTATIVE ECKLUND: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR ON PAGE 9
LINE 1.16-1.24; THAT'S THE PART
[INAUDIBLE] THAT $230;000
FISCAL GRADE 2
TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT
RATES OFFICE. WITH ME TODAY MR. CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS COME I HAVEN'T [INAUDIBLE] WORKS ON BEHALF OF THE BOYS COURT AND WHO EXPANDED THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT >> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU
REPRESENTATIVE EKLUND. IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE TAPE AND PLEASE; PROCEED >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR;
MY NAME IS RAY LEBEAU ON HERE ON BEHALF OF THE [INAUDIBLE] OJIBWE. I THINK REPRESENTATIVE EKLUND FOR BRINGING THE BILL. THIS WAS A PROVISION THAT WAS IN THE OMNIBUS BILL THAT WAS VETOED AT THE END OF
LAST SESSION. ALL THIS
PROVISION DOES IS IT PERMITS THE BAND
AND EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME YOU SPEND THE MONEY APPROPRIATED TWO YEARS AGO.
TWO YEARS AGO THAT MONEY WAS APPROPRIATED
TO THE TRIBAL EMPLOYEE
RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
AND IT'S A JOB SKILLS JOB
TRAINING PROGRAM THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR
TRIBAL MEMBERS [INAUDIBLE]
IN ALL THE LANGUAGE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION DOES IS ALLOW THEM
EXTEND THE TIME TO SPEND
THAT APPROPRIATION. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE; I
HAVE WONDERED FOR YOU AT THE
PRESENT TIME
IS THE BAND AT THE SAME TIME HAVE THIS
JOB OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM GOING OUT?
>> TESTIFIER: YES MR. CHAIRMAN. THE OFFICE HAS EXISTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND
WHAT HIS
TAKEN DAMAGES WORKING WITH THE STATE TO FIGURE
OUT EXACTLY
THE MECHANISMS FOR THE STATE NEEDS FOR
REPORTING PURPOSES WITH THAT PROGRAM NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW THEY
WORK TOGETHER THAT'S WHAT
'S TAKING ADDITIONAL TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE NEED
THE EXTENSION IN TIME TO SPEND
THE MONEY >> CHAIR MAHONEY: I ALWAYS
LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RENEW YOUR MOTION FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE OMNIBUS BILL? >> REPRESENTATIVE ECKLUND: I RENEW THAT MOTION MR. CHAIR; THANK YOU. >>
CHAIR MAHONEY:. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE WILL GIVE IT
FULL CONSIDERATION.
>> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU >>
CHAIR MAHONEY: I THINK THE NEXT ONE IS
REPRESENTATIVE SAUKE HOUSE FILE 63.
REPRESENTATIVE SAUKE. YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME MOTION.
LAID OVER FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN A
OMNIBUS BILL.
>> REPRESENTATIVE SAUKE: MR.
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE THANK
YOU FOR HEARING OUR DISCUSSION OF
OUR PROGRAM.
I AM REPRESENTATIVE SAUKE AND WITH THIS IN THE PROGRAM WE BEEN RUNNING IN ROCHESTER AND YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND THE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ONE FOR US TO USE
IT ALL THE METHODS WE CAN THINK OF TO BOLSTER UP
THE HEALTHCARE
LABOR FORCE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PATHWAYS PEOPLE
WORK THROUGH AND THAT
IS UNIQUE TO ALL THE OTHER
LIFE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME
ALONG. SO
WE WILL DESCRIBE THAT TO YOU AND TURN IT OVER
TO RANDY. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
GOOD MORNING. >> TESTIFIER: GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE COULDAND RANDY JOHNSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE THE MOMENT
INCORPORATED SERVING
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BASED IN ROCHESTER.
I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE PROGRAM HERE
. THIS IS KNOWN AS BRIDGES TO HEALTHCARE. IT IS
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKFORCE CENTER
AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS AT THE HAWTHORNE
EDUCATION CENTER WHICH IS THE ADULT
BASIC ED CENTER FOR ROCHESTER.
AND WITH THIS ACTIVITY
ALL OCCURS. RC DC THE ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND
TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND
ITS SERVING THE NEED A
TREMENDOUS NEED FOR ENTRY-LEVEL PEOPLE INTO THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.
AS YOU KNOW; THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE STATE IS MAYO CLINIC LOCATED IN ROCHESTER.
EVIDENCE THAT YOU WILL NEED BUT THEY'RE NOT THE
ONLY PLAYER. THERE'S DOZENS OF OTHER LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES IN THE AREA
OF SAID MEDICAL AND OTHER
MAJOR PLAYERS AND OTHERS IN THE REGION. THIS
PERHAPS STARTED ACTUALLY
THIS PROCESS STARTED BABY 10
YEARS AGO AND WAS SMALL AND GREW
EVENTUALLY WITH SOME FEDERAL FUNDING AND THEN WITH STATE FUNDING ON WHAT WAS CALLED AT THE TIME FAST-TRACK KIND OF FUNDING
IS A PREDECESSOR TO THE PATHWAYS
TO PROSPERITY
CONDUIT FUNDED IT'S GOING TO AN ONGOING ENROLLMENT
OF APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE PER YEAR AND IN FACT WE HAVE A
WAITING LIST OF ANY TIME OF 50-60 PEOPLE. IT
IS SERVING TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
OF COLOR
COMING TO THIS PROGRAM. IT IS A
TREMENDOUS OUTCOME.. IT
HAS INCREASED THE COLLEGE COMPLETION RATE
AND IN FACT HAS EXCEEDED THE COLLEGE COMPLETION RATE FOR OTHER FOLKS WITHIN THESE PROGRAMS AT
THE COLLEGE AND
THE RETENTION; THE PLACEMENT RATE; THE WAGE
OF PLACEMENTS; ARE AWESOME AND OFF
THE CHARTS. SO WE ARE HERE
TO ASK
AS THIS BILL DOES; IS TO US TO
CONTINUE FUNDING BRIDGES TO HEALTHCARE TO UPGRADE THEIR
FUNDING TO
$250;000 PER YEAR FOR THE
NEXT BIENNIUM. I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND THEN FOR
A MOMENT AND GIVE THIS OVER FOR
A BETTER EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE
DIFFERENCE IS AND HOW WE DO OUR BUSINESS AT THAT
HAWTHORNE EDUCATION
CENTER. SO I TURN IT OVER TO
NADINE WRIGHT >>
CHAIR MAHONEY: BEFORE YOU DO WE HAVE
A QUESTION. REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN >>
REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. TO
THE TESTIFIER; THIS COULD COME AT ANY TIME BUT
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN COME OUR SUMMER OF THIS.
MANY INDUSTRIESPARTNER WITH
THE EMPLOYER'S AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP
WITH IT MAYO CLINIC OR WHOEVER YOU ARE
DOING WITH IT TODAY INVEST
IN THIS?
PARTICIPATE INSIDE? >> TESTIFIER: THEY DO. MAYO CLINIC HAS BEEN
A TREMENDOUS PARTNER. THEY WERE AT THE TABLE AS WE DESIGN THE CURRICULUM. THEY MEET MONTHLY WITH US.
THEY PUT IN ABOUT A HALF $1 MILLION OVER THE LAST 5.5 YEARS IN
THIS PROJECT WE ALSO THE
PRIVATE INVESTORS
[INAUDIBLE] BANK IS APPLIED TO UNITED WAY HAS BEEN. THAT'S ONE OF THE
FEATURES THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
[INAUDIBLE] IS WHAT HAPPENS IS THE SAME THING HAPPENED
WITH FAST-TRACK PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY NOW.
EVERYONE LIKES A NEW PROGRAM THAT IS READY TO BREAKOUT. THIS ONE IS NOT ONLY BROKEN OUT AS ESTABLISHED ITSELF I WANT TO SAY THIS.
THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY TWO YEARS AGO WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE SEVEN FINALISTS
FROM THE KENNEDY SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS AT HARVARD IS THE BEST USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES AND
REDEFINING GOVERNMENTS. SO IT IS A PROVEN PROGRAM
AND IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY:
REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN>>
REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: I MADE A MISTAKE WHEN I ASKED
REPRESENTATIVE TURNS OUT TO MOVE HIS BEER. I WILL MOVE YOUR BILL. HOUSE FILE 63 FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION.
PLEASE; CONTINUE. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD AND PROCEED WITH YOUR TESTIMONY >> TESTIFIER: I AM NEEDING
HAWTHORNE FOR [INAUDIBLE]
LAST YEAR WE HAD 1200 STUDENTS OVER
1200 STUDENTS ATTEND HAWTHORNE AND THE GOAL IS TO TO IMPROVE
THEIR SKILLS SO THEY CAN
GO INTO EDUCATION OR TRAINING SO THEY CAN GET JOBS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. WE PUT TOGETHER A UNIQUE MODEL OF ACADEMIC AND
NAVIGATION SUPPORT. HALF
ONE DOES
THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS ARE ACADEMICALLY READY TO GO ON TO COLLEGE AND THE WORKFORCE CENTER GIVES IT NAVIGATION SUPPORT
WITH HELP
ASSIST IN WOODBERRY SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON THE CAREER PATHWAY. A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE PROVIDES A TRANSITION ADVISOR FOR THE STUDENTS TO TRANSITION
TO COLLEGE AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU
SENT A KID TO COLLEGE LATELY BUT IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO DO.
SO TODAY REALLY YOU WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAS BEEN
ON THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND SHE CAN TELL YOU
WHAT EXPENSE WAS LIKE FOR HER. THIS
IS ELIZABETH. ELIZABETH; PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF
>> TESTIFIER: HELLO. MY NAME IS
ELIZABETH KASTEN. I'VE BEEN PART OF THIS PROGRAM AND HAS BLESSED ME ON SO MANY LEVELS.
I'M A SINGLE MOM OF
FOUR CHILDREN BACK IN 2007 I WAS
A DROPOUT DUE TO POOR CHOICES BUT
[INAUDIBLE] TO GIVE YOU AND ASKED HIM TO MAKE YOU TRY HARDER. I THEN GOT MY GED AND
THEN TRIED TO DO SOME CHILD
DEVELOPMENT COURSE BUT THAT DOESN'T PAY VERY
MUCH EITHER. SO
I TRIED TO GO BACK TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION.I GOT
MY CNA IN 2007 AND THEN I GOT MY
PCA IN 2000 - SORRY -
LET'S GO BACK TO 2017; 2018 AND THEN I
GOT MYPCA AND RIGHT NOW I'M
I'VE DONE CREDITS LEFT FOR THE NURSING PROGRAM AND ON MONDAY I START AT MAYO CLINIC. SO IT
HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE
. SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WE ALL GO THROUGH OUR UPS AND DOWNS
AND FEEL OVER THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP ME STRONG
WHEN I'VE NOT FELT A STRONG AND HELP
ME PROVIDE FOR
MY CHILDREN LIKE I NEED TO.
SO; THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
>>
CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU FOR COMING UP HERE
AND SPEAKING. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO
HEAR STORIES WHERE PEOPLE
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE STATE
ACTUALLY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE. DID YOU HAVE ANY
OTHER TESTIFIERS? NO IS FINE.
>> [LAUGHING]
>> TESTIFIER: AND DR.
JOHN. [INAUDIBLE]
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS
WONDERFUL PROGRAM. WE HAVE SEEN
IN INCREASE IN RETENTION FOR
THE STUDENTS. AGAIN; MANY OF THEM
SPIFF IN OVER 60% OF THEM HAVE AT LEAST ONE IF NOT
MULTIPLE CREDENTIALS THAT
IS INCREASING LIKE I SAID OUR PERSISTENCE AND OUR RETENTION RATE FOR THE COLLEGE. THIS IS A GROUP
OF STUDENTS WHO
QUITE FRANKLY; ARE AMAZING BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND JUGGLING AND BALANCING THAT
HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY
FELT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
FIND A PROCESS THAT REALLY WORKS AND HELPS THEM THROUGH THAT.
>>
CHAIR MAHONEY: ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE?
REPRESENTATIVE ROBINS >> REPRESENTATIVE ROBBINS: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. I JUST HAD A QUESTION
. WHAT WAS YOUR APPROPRIATION LAST
TIME IS ASKED AN INCREASE OF TWO
250;000 AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT USED
TO BE AND WHAT THE INCREASE IS GOING FOR.
THANK YOU.
>> TESTIFIER: IT WAS 250;000
PER YEAR.
THANK YOU. >>
CHAIR MAHONEY: REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER >>
REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER: I'M JUST CURIOUS THIS IS
FOR ANYBODY. IS HOUSING
A PROBLEM FOR THIS POPULATION
THAT STARTING
THIS PROGRAM? >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR;
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE IS A PROBLEM FOR
EVERYONE AND CERTAINLY IN ROCHESTER AREA.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY:
AFTER READING THE STAR TRIBUNE
THIS MORNING I'M REALLY [INAUDIBLE] AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER
TO TAKE A SHOT AT ALL
THE MUNICIPALITIES [INAUDIBLE] BUT
I WON'T. MAYBE I JUST DID?
MR. JOHNSON I HAVE A QUESTION.
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DASHBOARD? >> TESTIFIER: YES. WE DO
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: SO WE COULD YOUR WEBSITE WILL FIND OUT ONLY PEOPLE WENT INTO THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE WILL GRADUATE FROM THE PROGRAM;
WITH THE WAGE WAS GOING IN WITH THEIR WEIGHT WAS COMING UP? >> TESTIFIER: YES. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: AND HOW LONG THEY WERE
EMPLOYED AFTERWARDS? AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS?
>> TESTIFIER: THAT'S RIGHT MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. WE DO HAVE SOME DATA FROM THAT SAME SOURCE KNOWN AS
WORKFORCE ONE
AT THE DEED LEVEL BUT I DID PUT THAT IN FRONT OF
YOU HERE. WE DID HAVE THOSE
KINDS OF COMPLETION
RATES. AGAIN;COLLEGE COMPLETION RATE
85%; COLLEGE RETENTION AT 90%.
EMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT 80% COULD
THESE ARE PROJECTIONS FROM
THESE EARBUDS IDENTICAL FROM
LAST YEAR. WE JUST CARRY
THOSE IMAGINATION.WHEN WE DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN
TOTALLY WERE THEY WERE WHEN WE FOUND THEM HOW MANY NEW TAXES
ON UP PAIN THAT THERE EMPLOYED AND IF THERE ARE
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ON WHICH WAS A BOY BECAUSE THERE
NOW NOT.
WE HAD THOSE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AVOIDED TOGETHER WITH A NEW TAXES PAID DIVIDE BY
THE ENTIRE COST OF THE OPERATION
DURING UP WITH A 40% RETURN..
THE DONNELLY COSTS IT PAYS.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE HALEY >>
REPRESENTATIVE HALEY: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR
THE TESTIMONY. I'M A SUPPORTER OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. MY QUESTIONS ARE JUST TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE AND I SEE YOU GIVE US SOME DETAILS HERE. I'M WONDERINGOBVIOUSLY
THE DEMAND
FOR THESE TYPES OF PROFESSIONALS DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIVATE MATCHING MONEYFROM THE
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND PROVIDE US? >> TESTIFIER: YES. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE
MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE; MAYO CLINIC HAS PUT IN
OVER 500;000 IN FACT THEY BUILD THIS OUT
WHEN YOU'RE FOR AN ADDITIONAL
HUNDRED THOUSAND. THEY HAVE AN ONGOING COMMITMENT NOW FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS
FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THE PRIVATE
MONIES AGAIN AGAIN FROM HER BANK
IS GIVING ONE OF THE LARGER INVESTMENTS FROM FROM HER BANK
AT JUST UNDER $100;000.
WE ARE GETTING
PRIVATE INVESTMENT FROM THIS THING BUT THE NEED
GOES BEYOND THAT. AS I SAID WE ARE
SERVING ABOUT 200 PEOPLE AT
THIS RATE
AND YET WE STILL HAVE A WAITING LIST OF
50-60 PEOPLE. WE HAVE
EXPANDED NOW THE ENTRY-LEVEL KINDS OF OCCUPATIONS
FROM WHAT WAS INITIALLY JUST CERTIFIED
NURSING ASSISTANTTO BE-HOW MANY WOULD YOU
SAY NOW >> TESTIFIER: WELL; WE
HAVE ADVANCED
HOSPITAL CNA CLINICAL SYSTEMS WE HAVE PHLEBOTOMY WITH HEMODIALYSIS TECHNICIAN. WE ALSO
MEDICAL SECRETARY THAT IS A QUITE A FEW. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
NEW PATHWAYS. >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR;
REPRESENTATIVE HALEY; IN ADDITION TO THE GIFT
AID THEY HAD BEEN
INITIALLY ESTABLISHED A LOAN PROGRAM
WHICH WAS UNIQUE TO THEM AND TO US
FOR THE PHLEBOTOMY PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY
ADMINISTER THAT TRAINING THEMSELVES AND SINCE
HAS GIFTED THAT INSTEAD OF THE
LOAN PROGRAM. SO THEY ARE
STEPPING UP..
>> TESTIFIER: JUST TO
ADD SOMETHING
THAT I THINK IS VERY UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT AS
A COLLABORATIVE ALONG WITH
EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS WE MEET MONTHLY AND THAT MEETING HAS NEVER
BEEN MISSEDAND HONESTLY WE MEET
MONTHLY WITH ALL THE PARTNERS AND SIT AROUND THE TABLE. SO MAYO CLINIC IS SITTING THERE
EVERY MONTH THEY HAVE DEDICATED PERSON TO BE THERE EVERY MONTH FOR ALMOST
10 YEARS.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU.
>>
REPRESENTATIVE HALEY: WITH PROGRAMS LIKE THIS YOU HAVE THE RESULTS THE PAYBACK MEETING
THE NEED. I THINK YOUR
USING THE MONEY AFFECT OR. OVER TO TAKE
-- WE HAVEN'T NEEDS ALL OVER
THE STATE. JUST ASKING
? >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR; REPRESENTATIVE O'NEILL WOULD IT TAKE TO DO REGISTRAR FO
R HEALTHCARE THROUGHOUT THE STATE BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY HAVE OTHER PROVIDERS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET TO THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT.
NOT BASHFUL ABOUT SAYING THIS IS A MATURE PROGRAM THAT IS TAKEN 10 YEARS TO GET WHERE YOU
ARE AT.
IF YOU HAD LAUNCHED AHEAD SAY 10 YEARS IN A NEW ADVENTURE PROGRAM FOR EVERY ONE OF
THE PROVIDERS;I'M NOT SURE. PROBABLY IT WOULD BE TIMES 10 WHAT YOU HAVE HERE. I WOULD
SAY THIS; AS SUCCESSFUL AS THIS IS;
I KNOW THAT
WE ALSO ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
WORKFORCE BOARDSAND THEY GIVE OUT AN AWARD EVERY YEAR FOR THAT KIND OF THIS KIND
OF PROGRAMMING AND JUST
SEVERAL YEARS AGO OUR PROGRAM SIMILAR IN SCOPE TO THIS
HAPPENED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA
AND JUST THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND ITS SMALLER OBVIOUSLY THE MAYO CLINIC'S
BUT IN ROCHESTER BUT
IT WAS $4.5 MILLION WENT INTO
THE PROGRAM. SO SKIES THE LIMIT AS YOU
WHAT YOU WANT TO INVEST IN THIS
BUT IN
RETURN IS THERE AND THE NEED IS THERE AND ITS INSATIABLE >> REPRESENTATIVE HALEY: THANK YOU. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
REPRESENTATIVE GENERALLY AS YOU SAID ON THIS COMMITTEE I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE I CAN THINK OF ABOUT FOUR OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD PROGRAMS THAT ARE SIMILAR; NOT IDENTICAL;
VERY SIMILAR
. THE SUPPORTING SITTING NEXT TO YOU COULD
EXPLAIN ONE
PROBABLY GET YOU TO SIGN ONTO A BILL
TO HELP FUND IT; TOO. SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS. WHICH IS A
GOOD THING.
WE ARE GOING TO NEED THEM. THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE THAT ARE GOING TO NEED
IT SOONER THAN
OTHERS BUT AS WE ALL AGE OUT OF THE WORKFORCE
BUT YES; THIS IS
A PROGRAM. WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM IN A NUMBER OF
REGIONS OF THE STATE. SIMILAR; NOT THE SAME. SEEING NO
OTHER QUESTIONS;
>> TESTIFIER: MR. GERARD ONE LAST COMMENT. WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE AND SO SUCCESSFUL I WOULD REMISS IF I DID NOT_IS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HERE. THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS
WHERE IT'S
[INAUDIBLE] COLLABORATION EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES MAY
COME TOGETHER OVER DOLL. THIS ONE
IS ACTUALLY USES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS THE BACKBONE AND WE ARE THEN
BREAKING FUNNY FROM SIX DIFFERENT STREAMS TO DO THIS. WE DO COME TOGETHER MONTHLY AND WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
IT'S 18 AND REALLY MAKES
A DIFFERENCE. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
REPRESENTATIVE TENSILE; FINAL WORD? >>
REPRESENTATIVE SAUKE: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. BUT I WANT TO DO IS TRY YOUR ATTENTION
TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WHOLE
QUESTION TO ONCE OR
OPERATIONAL TYPES
[INAUDIBLE] BUT I THINK INSIDE
YOUR FOLDERON THE RIGHT-HA
ND SIDE ARE CLIPS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED AND YOU WILL NOTICE
THE
WIDE VARIETY OF HOW SOMEBODY GETS TO THE
DOORWAY OF THE SCHOOL. SO SOMEBODY MAY
HAVE HAD
LIFE CHALLENGES THAT THEY MADE OTHER CHOICES IN THEIR LIVES BUT NOW THEY ARE
FIND THEMSELVES WANTING TO
MOVE FORWARD INTO A CERTIFIED AREA IN THE TO THE KIND OF
[INAUDIBLE] ALSO OMITTED WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON AND ON THAT I CAN BE AROUND I THINK THERE'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 UNION
TRADE SCHOOLS IN TOWN. THERE IS ABOUT OF COURSE AS A WHOLE
ARE TCT SYSTEM. SO AS MANY OTHER
PATHWAYS OR WAYS OF BEING TRAINED. I THINK THIS ONE
; THE PARTICULAR THING IN THE
CITY ROCHESTER BUT SO SUPPORTED BY
THE BUSINESSES IS THAT IT
ALLOWS SOMEBODY MAY
NOT OTHERWISE FIND A PATHWAY
TO THIS IS A PATHWAY THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY HELP AND GUIDE YOU
AND A SYSTEM THAT MOVES YOU INTO A
DIRECT EMPLOYMENT
RIGHT AWAY AND YOU'LL BE MAKING A LIVING.
RANDY HAS SOME ARE WISER
I THINK YOU
MAY HAVE [INAUDIBLE] THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
WE HAVE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE HAS INVESTED YOU AT ALL THAT TOGETHER AND TURN IT AROUND AND LOOK AT WHAT THAT PERSON MAY HAVE BEEN USING IN TERMS OF
STATE SUPPORT
AND OTHER THINGS TO ASSIST IN GETTING THROUGH LIFE AND THIS TURNS THEM AROUND AND THEY BECOME A MAYO CLINIC EMPLOYEE. I KNOW THAT FOR ALL OF YOU THAT MAY NOT ME THAT MUCH
BUT OUR COMMUNITY WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. THE MUSIC COMES WITH A VERY RESPECTABLE SALARY. IT COMES WITH ALL THE CHILD
SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES IN ALL THE HEALTH
INSURANCE OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE VARIOUS KINDS OF THINGS ARE BEING PART OF
THAT WORKFORCE AND INSIDE OF THAT WORKFORCE IS
JOB PORTABILITY THAT YOU CAN MOVE
THROUGH THE [INAUDIBLE] FINDIN
G OTHER OCCUPATIONS. THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S A SIMPLE FOR STEP THAT WE
ARE PROVIDING. THAT THEN OPENS THE DOORWAYS FOR OTHER THINGS.
THANK YOU. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS
I WILL RENEW
THE MOTION TO ALL THIS OVER FOR
>> [LAUGHING] TO LAY THIS OVER FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE
OMNIBUS BILL. AND YOU SO
VERY MUCH. >> TESTIFIER:
THANK YOU. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE.
>> REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE:
GOOD MORNING
MR. CHAIR. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: GOOD MORNING
REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE >>
REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE HOUSE FILE
367 AND
LAID OVER FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE
OMNIBUS BILL. SPEECH OR
MONEY PROCEED >> REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE: HOUSE FILE 367 REQUEST FOR
SUPPORT FOR EXODUS 1.
EXCESS LEARNING GET OUT OF THE PAYDAY LENDING TRY. THESE ARE PORTRAYED AS A SOURCE OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR CASH-STRAPPED BORROWERS WITH NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN. BUT
PAYDAY LOANS ARE BY THEIR VERY NATURE SET UP TO TRAP
BORROWERS AND THOSE WITH EXORBITANT
INTEREST RATES AND TERMS THAT FORCE BORROWERS INTO A CYCLE OF DEBT AND INDEBTEDNESS WITH
NEGATIVE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES.
EXODUS LENIN CREATES
A PATH THOSE TRAPPED IN THE PAYDAY LENDING CYCLE TO ESCAPE SATISFY
THE LOAN
AND REESTABLISH THEMSELVES FREE OF THAT DEBT. IN 2017 THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDED EXODUS
WITH SUPPORT TO EXPAND THEIR
SERVICE CAPACITY TO
THOSE BURDENED BY PAYDAY LOANS. HOUSE FILE 367
REQUEST A CONTINUATION OF THAT FUNNY
SO THEY MAY ASSIST MORE BORROWERS.
WITH ME TODAY IS SAM NELSON [INAUDIBLE] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EXODUS. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: I MIGHT ASK
A QUESTION. WHY DID JULIUS
WORK 100;000? >> REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE: --
MR. CHAIR YOU'RE FREE TO RUN WITH IT WHEN IT COMES TIME
OMNIBUS BILL. >> TESTIFIER: GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE WORK WE DO AT EXODUS LENIN. AGAIN MY NAME IS SARAH
[INAUDIBLE] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT
EXODUS LEARNING EXODUS LEARNING IS A MINNESOTA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
HOUNDED IN 2014 AND IN 2015 BEGIN OFFERING LOANS
TO INDIVIDUALS TO
FREE FROM THE CYCLE PAYDAY LOAN YOU SEND IT.
SO AGAIN
IS TO REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE SAID; PAYDAY LOANS ARE SMALL DOLLAR LOANS USUALLY IN THE 200-$500 RANGE
IS QUICKFIX SOLUTIONS TO
FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES.UNLIKE A
TYPICAL LOAN
PAYDAY LENDERS REQUIRE THE BORROWER TO PAY OFF THE LOAN IN FULL TWO
WEEKS LATER TYPICALLY ON THE NEXT PAYDAY.
LENDERS REQUIRE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE BORROWER'S BANK ACCOUNT
AND MAKE
THE LOANS WITHOUT FULLY INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT THE BORROWER HAS THE ABILITY TO REPAY. AND
40; PAYDAY LOANS CARRY AN ANNUAL
INTEREST RATE OF
OVER TYPICALLY 200% OR MORE
MAKING THEM EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO
PAY OFF.
PAYDAY BORROWERS ALMOST ALWAYS END UP TAKING OTHER
ADDITIONAL PAYDAY LOANS TO PAY OFF PREVIOUS ONES. IN 2017 AGAIN MINNESOTA PAYDAY BORROWERS AVERAGE EIGHT LOANS
TO PAY OFF PREVIOUS ONES. BUT JUST ONE LOAN BUT EIGHT LOANS IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE CYCLE. EACH OF THESE - EXCUSE
ME - THEY AVERAGE
EIGHT LOANS EACH OF 50%
BORROWERS TAKING OUT AT LEAST FIVE LOANS AND FOR MOST PARTICIPANTS THE RESULT OF FINANCIAL STRUGGLE INCLUDING DELINQUENCY ON OTHER BILLS
; BANK PENALTY FEES; EVEN BANKRUPTCY. THE MAJORITY OF
PERSONS WHO TAKE UP HIS OWN FIND THEMSELVES TRAPPED IN A CYCLE OF DATA EVEN THOUGH THEY MUST
HAVE A STEADY INCOME SUCH AS A PAYCHECK IN ORDER
TO QUALIFY
FOR THE LOAN. PAYDAY LOANS ARE A PROBLEM
. WHY HERE IN MINNESOTA? IN THE THREE COUNTIES WITH A HIGH HIGHEST
PER CAPITA USE OF PAYDAY LOANS IN TWENTYSOMETHING WERE
ANOKA COUNTY CLAY COUNTY AND BLUE EARTH COUNTY. IN 2017 MORE THAN
THREE AND 30;000
LOANS WERE ISSUED TO
MINNESOTA BORROWERS BY PAYDAY LENDERS COST HIM NEARLY $10 MILLION IN
FEES. THOSE $10 MILLION WERE NOT
AVAILABLE FOR
GROCERIES; RENTS; MORTGAGE PAYMENTS GASOLINE TO GET TO WORK; CHILD CARE EXPENSES; UTILITY BILLS AND SO FORTH. SO
EXODUS LEARNING THE FINANCES PAYDAY LOANS FOR MINNESOTANS TRAPPED IN WHAT WE CALL THE PAYDAY LOAN DEATH TRAP.HE CHARGES NO INTEREST OR FEES FOR OUR WORK. WE
CONNECT INDIVIDUALSWITH
THE RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM TO MANAGE
THEIR MONEY BETTER AND TO LEARN
HOW TO SPEND
WITHIN THE MEANS OF THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE.
IN 2017
AS STATED; THE LEGISLATURE ALLOCATED $100;000 GRANT TO EXODUS LENIN 12 SIX BEEN
OUR WORK AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR YOUR SUPPORT
AND THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE OUR SUCCESSES WITH YOU.
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED ON THIS IN 2017
ESPECIALLY CHAIR MAHONEY FOR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE SEE THE
FUNDING AS
THE LEDGER AS CAPACITY BUILDING WERE COMMITTED TO STATE FUNDS TO REACH MORE INDIVIDUALS
AND MORE COMMITTEES
IN MINNESOTA. SO TO SEE OUR SUCCESS; AND 2017 FOR EXAMPLE WE WORKED WITH 54
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. EACH
OF THOSE
IS LABOR-INTENSIVE AS WE MEET WITH PEOPLE ONE ON ONE.
WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST CHECK FROM THE STAGE IN
JANUARY 2018 THAT YEAR WE ADDED
100 PARTICIPANTS. SO 50 FOR THE
PREVIOUS YEAR;43 THE YEAR BEFORE THAT AN L 100
LAST YEAR
ALMOST DOUBLE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR ALONE WE HEADED 17
NEW PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS BUT TO OUR PROGRAM IS REALLY GROWING.
IN ADDITION TO HAVING MORE PARTICIPANTS IN
THE PROGRAM WITHOUT A CAPACITY TO REACH PERSONS IN MORE OF THE STATE.
THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA. SO SINCE THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED THE GRANT IN 2017
WE'VE ENROLLED PARTICIPANTS FROM 11 ADDITIONAL COUNTIES AND 10 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN GREATER MINNESOTA.
SO AN EXAMPLE OF CLAY COUNTY; CLAY COUNTY AS I SAID HAS A HIGH RATE OF PAYDAY LOANS USAGE
PER CAPITA AND SO WE DECI
DED TO USE SOME OF THE FUNDING WE RECEIVED FROM
THE LEGISLATURE TO DO EXTENSIVE OUTREACH IN THE
MOREHEAD AREA.
WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL ELECTED
OFFICIALS INCLUDING
COLLEAGUES REPRESENTATIVENEU
TO CONVENE A DISCUSSION TO ALTER AND TO PAYDAY LOANS. WE
ALSO CONTACTED THE CONSULTANT FOR MOREHEAD TO CONNECT WITH ORGANIZATIONS
AND AGENCIES TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.
THE FUNDS ALSO ALLOWED US TO
INCREASE OUR STAFF CAPACITY SO THAT OUR STAFF CANNOT ONLY
ENROLL PARTICIPANTS BUT ALSO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA TO MEET WITH THE LOCAL AND COMMITTEES ORGANIZATIONS TO
TALK ABOUT
OUR WORK AND HOW WE CAN ASSIST PERSONS TRAP BY
PAYDAY LOANS. AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE OUTREACH AND OTHER AREAS OF MINNESOTA
HEARD BY THE PAYDAY
LOAN INDUSTRY FOCUS ON BLUE EARTH AND
STONES COUNTY AND OLMSTED COUNTY
AS WELL. ALL AREAS OF HIGH PAYDAY
LOAN USE.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN REPORTING PAYMENT HISTORY FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS TO THE CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY INCLUDING THEIR SCORES AND THUS GIVING OUR PARTICIPANTS AND OTHER SUPPORT IS TO BECOME FINANCIALLY
SOUND. ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD ALLOW TO
[INAUDIBLE] AND WERE APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMITTEE TAKING TIME TO
HEAR ABOUT
HF 367. THANK YOU. SPEECH OR MONEY THANKS. I HAVE
ONE QUESTIONJUST TO CLARIFY.
YOU SAY PARTICIPANTS MEAN CLIENTS ARE PEOPLE OF LOANS THAT ARE USING THE
SERVICES; CORRECT? ESSA MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS; WE DO USE THE TERM PARTICIPANTS
THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING
WITH US.
SPEECH OR MONEY REPRESENTATIVE KOEGEL >> REPRESENTATIVE KOEGEL: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR
. DO YOU SEE A LOT OF
CLIENTS FROM MILITARY BASE? I KNOW A LOT
OF THE PAYDAY LOAN MEMBERS TARGET
MILITARY FAMILIES AND
PEOPLE SERVING
? I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WORK WITH A LOT OF
MILITARY FAMILIES? >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR; REPRESENTATIVE THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. ACTUALLY; THERE
HAVE BEEN
RESTRICTIONS ON PAYDAY LENDING ON
MILITARY BASES BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH
A PROBLEM
FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE MILITARY. SO THERE'S A RESTRICTION INTEREST RATEOF 36%
FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE ACTIVE MILITARY. NOW
WE HAVE SPIRIT AND WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY
SERVING ACTIVE OR STRUGGLE WITH PAYDAY LOAN DEBT WHICH IS A GREAT THING. WE HAVE
WORKED WITHSOME
CLIENT BASE PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED MILITARY OR
FORMER MILITARY; I GUESS WERE
STRUGGLING NOW IN CIVILIAN LIFE
TRYING TO PAY
THEIR DEBT. SPEECH OR MONEY FOLLOW-UP?
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: FOLLOW?
>> REPRESENTATIVE WE SHOULD LOOK AT THOSE PRACTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
I THINK REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE HAS BILL THAT MIGHT
ADDRESS THAT AT SOME POINT A LITTLE LATE ON IN
SESSION.
REPRESENTATIVE MORAN DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >>
REPRESENTIVE MORAN: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. I HAVE A
FEW QUESTIONS. WHERE ARE YOU
LOCATED AND THEN I WAS
JUST THINKING I DO KNOW YOU ARE
BEING SUCCESSFUL? HOW YOU
QUANTIFY SUCCESS? >> TESTIFIER: MR.
CHAIR; REPRESENTATIVE WE ARE LOCATED
IN MINNEAPOLIS BUT OUR OFFICE
IN MINNEAPOLIS CURRENTLY
ALTHOUGH [INAUDIBLE] WERE CROSSING THE RIVER INTO ST. PAUL. BUT WE
SERVE EVERYONE >> >> [LAUGHING]
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE: IS A
NICER SPACE; ON TOP
OF IT. >> >> [LAUGHING]
>> TESTIFIER: WE ARE CURRENTLY
IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> >> [LAUGHING]
>> TESTIFIER:
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE SERVE
INDIVIDUAL STATEWIDE. WE THINK
OURSELVES AND ALWAYS HAVE A
STATEWIDE AGENCY.
PEOPLE QUALIFY FOR OUR PROGRAM IF THEY ARE MINNESOTA RESIDENTS
. THAT'S A QUESTION WE ALWAYS ASK IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH PAYDAY LOAN DEBT. IF YOU HAVE
LOANS THAT
ARE LESS THAN $1000. IF THEY BEEN CAUGHT IN A TRAP
SO THEY PAY ONE LOAN
; IF THEY'VE GOT A SECOND LOAN TO REPAY THAT
LACK THE FIRST AND A THIRD TO REPAY BACK THE SECOND THAT SORT OF THING
GETTING CAUGHT IN A CYCLE AND IF THEY HAVE STEADY INCOME OF SOME SORT AND THAT CAN BE EMPLOYMENT.I CAN BE
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THAT IS
STEADY. SO IF SOMEONE COMES TO US WITH THOSE ISSUES THAT
COMES ALWAYS
THAT PERSON WILL QUALIFY FOR
OUR PROGRAM AND BE ACCEPTED INTO
OUR PROGRAM. AGAIN; THE WAY WE WORK IS THAT WE PAY OFF THE PAYDAY LENDER.
SO IF SOMEONE COMES TO US WITH A LOAN
TO PAYDAY AMERICA WERE ONLINE LENDER; THEN WE WILL PAY THAT OFF AND THEY WILL PAY US BACK
EVERY MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS.
WE JUSTIFY THE PAYMENTS. SO THEY
OR $360 DIVIDE A PAYMENT BY 12
AND A PACE BACK AND $30 A MONTH.
WE DO HAVE SOME WILL COME BACK
TO US FOR ADDITIONAL HELP AN
D IT'S USUALLY A YEAR OR TWO LATER BUT THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SAME BOAT. AS OF OUR
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS DO NOT
GO BACK TO A PAYDAY LENDER ONCE
THEY STOP; WAS A WORKED WITH US.
THEY REALIZE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR THEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL OF CON BACK TO A PAYDAY LENDER. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REPRESENTATIVE >> REPRESENTIVE MORAN:
MR. CHAIR;
ARE THE CLIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS ABLE TO COME TO
EXODUS LENDING [INAUDIBLE]
>> TESTIFIER:
>> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR; REPRESENTATIVE ARE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION
OF ABLE TO GET A LOAN FROM US FOR CASH?
>> REPRESENTATIVE
MORAN: YES >> TESTIFIER:
THAT'S OUR PROGRAM AT THE
CURRENT TIME. WHAT WE DO IS JUST PAY OFF THE PAYDAY LENDERS. IF SOMEONE COMES TO US AND SAYS ME I HAVE
A LOAN FOR $400
; CAN YOU GIVE ME $400; THAT'S OUR PROGRAM
. >> REPRESENTATIVE MORAN: I SEE
>> TESTIFIER: WE ARE
SMALL PROGRAM WITH BIG SUCCESS
DOING UNIQUE FINANCING OF PAYDAY
LOAN DEBT. >>
REPRESENTATIVE MORAN: ONE LESS QUESTION MR.
CHAIR. SO YOU ARE REQUESTING 100;000
SO I GUESS HOW MUCH IS
PAID FOR STAFF VERSUS THE ABILITY TO
HELP INDIVIDUALS?
>> TESTIFIER: MR.
CHAIR; REPRESENTATIVE
WE USE SOME OF THAT FOR STAFF
OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S A VERY
LABOR-INTENSIVE PROGRAM. OUR FUNDING FOR OUR LOANS
IS ACTUALLY AT A COMPLETELY
SEPARATE POOL.
SO WE DON'T USE FUNDING THAT WE GET
FOR THE LOAN POOL. THE LOAN POOL IS TOTALLY SEPARATE AND THAT'S FUNDED FOR THE MOST PART
BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] BUT AS WE GROW WE'VE HAD INVESTMENTS IN
A PROGRAM. I HAVE SECURED
SIX INVESTMENTS
FROM INDIVIDUALS; $10;000 OR MORE ON A
THREE-YEAR BASIS.
SO THEY LEND US MONEY FOR THREE YEARS.
I DON'T PAY INTEREST; JUST LIKE
WE DON'T CHARGE INTEREST TO OUR
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS THAT AFTER
THREE YEARS AS THE INVESTOR IN
OUR PROGRAM
IF SHE OR HE WOULD LIKE TO REINVEST THAT MONEY
IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK OR DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION AND
SO FAR THAT'S BEEN
SUCCESSFUL. SO IT'S FUNNY BUT IT DOES
ALLOW US TO DO OUR WORK
WITH PEOPLE COME TO US FOR SERVICE.
>> REPRESENTATIVE MORAN:
THANK YOU. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER >> REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. JUST OUT
OF CURIOSITY; WHAT IS THE
CORPUS AMOUNT THAT IS AVAILABLE
FOR LOANS
? THAT $100;000 SEEMS LIKE A CHIP SHOT
. WE ABOUT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED
WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THAT
. SO HOW MUCH IS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
THAT YOU GET TO WORK WITH
EVERY YEAR?
>> TESTIFIER: MR.
CHAIR; REPRESENTATIVE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AND IS IN THE QUESTION WHAT ARE YOU ASKING HOW MUCH IS IN THE LOAN POOL
? >> REPRESENTATIVE
GUNTHER: YES >> TESTIFIER: RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
ABOUT $90;000 THAT'S EITHER LENT OUT OR IN
THE BANK STILL WAITING TO BE LENT OUT
FOR INDIVIDUALS. IT WAS ABOUT A $90;000 LOAN POOL.
>> REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER: TWO MEANS THAT YOU ONLY MEANS YOU ONLY HAVE ABOUT 300
PEOPLE PARTICIPATING
>> TESTIFIER: WE HAVE ABOUT
260. WRITES.WE ONLY STARTED
IN 2015 AND WE BEEN WORKING HARD TO
GET THE WORD OUT.
AGAIN; WE LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO HELP
100 ENROLLEES IN THIS YEAR 70
AND GENERATE SO FAR SO WE FEEL THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO GO
UP AGAIN.
>> REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER: I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
THE PEOPLE GOT THE WORD THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM
MAYBE WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF DEBT AND
MISERY QUICKER.
HOW DO YOU GET THE WORD OUT?
>> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU FOR
THE QUESTION MR. CHAIR REPRESENTATIVE; WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH
[INAUDIBLE] THIS LAST YEAR AND THAT'S PAID OFF.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE
OF THAT.
YOU HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT. I HAVE A
VOLUNTEER NOW IS ACTUALLY
GONE TO OTHER LIBRARIES
IN RAMSEY COUNTY FOR EXAMPLE AND PUT
UP FLYERS
[INAUDIBLE] AT THE BOTTOM AND WE DO THAT AT THE
FOOD SHELVES.
[INAUDIBLE] IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT
HER EXPERIENCE AND SHE KNOWS PEOPLE TAKE THESE TABS OFF AT
FOOD SHELVES. WE'VE HAD
STORIES ON NPR. WE'VE HAD STORIES IN THE
STAR TRIBUNE.
I'VE WRITTEN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN THE
STAR TRIBUNE.
ANYTIME WE GET THE WORD OUT THAT'S
REALLY HELPFUL. WHEN I WAS UP IN CLAY COUNTY UP IN MOREHEAD
I WAS ON TELEVISION. WE HAD ARTICLES THE PAPER. THAT
REALLY HELPED. I WILL ALSO SPEAK A LOT AT
CHURCHES AND
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE WHEN I AM THERE WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD
EXPERIENCE WITH PAYDAY LENDER YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS.
AND MAYHAP YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH YOU BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE STATE WHO STRUGGLE WITH THIS.
SO KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO. SHARE OUR STORY WITH OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU WILL BE REACHING SOMEONE
WHO THEN COME TO US AND SAY; YES A FRIEND TOLD ME
ABOUT THAT.
OR MY STATE LEGISLATURE TOLD ME ABOUT THAT.
>>
CHAIR MAHONEY: REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE YOU HAVE ANOTHER WITNESS >>
REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE: I DO. WE'VE A PROGRAM PARTICIPANT HERE THIS MORNING TO SEE
>> [LAUGHING] >>
REPRESENTATIVE MAHONEY: PLEASE BE IDENTIFIED
>> TESTIFIER: MY NAME IS
IS MELISSA -- I GO BY MR. GOOD I WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING
MR. CHAIR AND REPRESENTATIVES.
THANK YOU
FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR MY STORY AS RELATES TO PAYDAY LOANS AND MY PARTNERSHIP
WITH EXODUS.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
ABOUT ME. SO YOU CAN SEE WHO
TAKES OUT PAYDAY LOANS. I LIVE IN
WHITE BEAR LAKE WITH TWO CHILDREN AND MY
PARTNER AND I FORGET THE UNIVERSITY
OF MINNESOTA FOR OVER 6.5 YEARS NOW.
SO MAYBE NOT YOUR LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR A PAYDAY LOAN BUT
I'LL CONTINUE WITH ALMOST OF 2.5 YEARS AGO I
FOUND MYSELF A SINGLE MOTHER
AND THINGS LOOKED OKAY. AS I WAS STARTING OUT ON MY OWN
BUT THEN I GOT MY FIRST
FINANCIAL SURPRISE.. MY SON
SOCIAL SECURITYPROVIDER
BENEFITS WERE CUT BY $200 THAT WAS
A BIG LINE IN MY BUDGET. AFTER THAT
; AFTER I LEFT A BAD SITUATION I HAD
MY CHILDREN AND COULD
BIWEEKLY THERAPEUTIC SO MICHAEL PRESENT WERE ABOUT ANOTHER $200 A MONTH
THAT I WAS NOT PLANNING ON.
BEAR WITH ME HERE.
SO WITH THAT I FELL BEHIND ON ALL OF
MY BILLS
TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM INCLUDING MY RENT
AND I WAS IN A PINCH BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO
SO I DID SOMETHING I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN.
IN MY EARLY 20S I TAKEN OUT A PAYDAY LOAN AND WAS ABLE TO BREAK THE CYCLE
EFFECTIVELY. HOWEVER; WHEN I DO THIS I KNOW IDEA HOW BAD IT
WOULD SPIRAL. I TOOK OUT MY
FIRST LOAN BUT IT WAS $480
AND I WAS EXPECTED TO PAY IT BACK
$550 IN TWO WEEKS. THAT'S $72
IN FEES. JUST TO BORROW THAT.
IT SEEMED OKAY. I THOUGHT I COULD DO IT GET BACK ON MY
FEET BUT THE FEES AND MY BILLS
JUST SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL. SO I
ENDED UP FOR
PAYDAY LOANS WITH ALL THOSE FEES AND EVERYTHING
JUST TO TRY TO MAKE
[INAUDIBLE] AND EVERY TWO WEEKS I
WAS GOING ; ONCE I
GOT PAID I WILL GO TO PAYDAY AMERICA GO ACROSS
THE STREET
TO PAY IT OFF IN THE OTHER TWO
WERE ONLINE. SO I DO NOT HAVE TO FACE THEM AND FEEL
ASHAMED WHILE I WAS WAITING
IN LINE. HOWEVER;
GETTING A LITTLE BETTER
MY EMPLOYER AS I MENTIONED THE UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA OFFERED ME THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES; WHICH IS PART OF THE PROGRAM; AND GOT IN TOUCH WITH EXODUS LENDING.
SO I WANT TO LOOK AT CONSOLIDATED MY DEBT AND
THEY SAID PAYDAY LOANS WERE NOT
AN OPTION. ON JULY 3
I MUSTERED UP MY COURAGE AND I CALLED EXODUS TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP ME AND I WAS -- I MET WITH KATHY.
NO JUDGMENT SHE MET WE WITH OPEN ARMS AND WALKED ME THROUGH THE PROCESS.I HAD TO BRING MY
LOAN DOCUMENTS IN MY PAY STUBS
AS SARAH SAID; AND SHE TOOK
THE TIME TO
GO THROUGH; SENT ME THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND
RAN OUT ON A SALARY TO PAY MY LOAN BECAUSE IT WAS
FACING [INAUDIBLE]
SO WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH A MONTHLY PLAN AND GET
THAT PAYBACK AND IN AUGUST 2017
. SARAH HAD MENTIONED BUT THEY
ALSO DO
AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO HELP YOU GET BACK ON YOUR FEET TRULY HELP ME. SO I MET WITH FINANCIAL COUNSELORS THREE TIMES
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT AND
IT REALLY
BENEFITED ME. SO I JUST WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED HUNDREDS OF MINNESOTANS BREA
K THE PAYDAY LOAN CYCLE AND I REALLY HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER
HELPING EVEN MORE MINNESOTANS WITH THIS GRANT.
THANK YOU. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU.
A HARD STORY FOR ALL OF US TO HEAR
I'M SURE IT'S A HORROR STORY FOR YOU TO
SHARE. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND SHARING WITH IT
US TODAY. REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE >> REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE: MR. CHAIR I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITYTO HAVE HOUSE
FILE 367 HER TODAY. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
UNFORTUNATELY; I JUST NOTICED I SKIP ONE OF MY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
>> REPRESENTATIVE THANK YOU;
MR. CHAIR I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY FINANCIAL LITERACY
COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM THAT I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THERE IS.
THE TESTIFIER ANSWER MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION IS TOO LATE OVER FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION? >> REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE:
YES; SIR
TO MONEY THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE. >>
REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE: THANK YOU MR.
CHAIR MEMBERS. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:.
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
REPRESENTATIVE XIONG.
REPRESENTATIVE JEN JOHN WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
YOUR BILL? >>
REPRESENTATIVE XIONG: YES MR. CHAIR OF THE TWO OF THE BILL. >>
CHAIR MAHONEY: PLEASE; PROCEED >> REPRESENTATIVE XIONG:
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: I'M SORRY; DID YOU MOVE YOUR BILL? >> REPRESENTATIVE
XIONG: YES. MR. CHAIR THIS IS MY FIRST BILL
I SIGN ONTO AND THE FIRST BILL IN THIS COMMITTEE SO I DO HAVE
A TREAT.
THE PAIGE WILL PASS IT OUT IN A FEW MINUTES BUT TODAY
I HAVE A PROPOSA
L THAT WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE
CITY MINNEAPOLIS AND CITY OF ST. PAUL
FIRE DEPARTMENT TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
EMS TRAINING. THE EMS ACADEMIES
HAVE BEEN A GREAT TOOL
TO TRAIN AND PLAY STUDENTS INTO
THE EMS AND FIRE SERVICE
.. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN EMS JOBS AROUND THE STATE WITH
THE NUMEROUS EMS SYSTEMS.
THIS FUNDING WOULD ASSIST
IN ASSURING THESE PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO FLOURISH
AND PROVIDE THE EMS INDUSTRY WITH
TRAINED PROFESSIONALS IN EMS.
WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY ON
HIS PROGRAMS AND THIS WAS THAT A
PROPOSAL IS
MATT SIMPSON; ASSISTANT CHIEF
OF EMS FOR CITY OF ST. PAUL FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE MINNESOTA
MS ASSOCIATION. >> CHAIR
MAHONEY: -- >> TESTIFIER:
MR. CHAIR; MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR ENTERTAINING TO COME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM
IN ITS INCEPTION WAS 2009 WHEN
IT WAS
REALLY NOTICED AND APPRECIATED. WAS A
LACK OF DIVERSITY IN EMS IN THE FIRE
SERVICEIN GENERAL. WE HAVE GONE
ON TO WITH SOME GREAT
SUPPORT HERE; WITH US TODAY
GRADUATE OVER TO AN 50 MEMBERS FROM
THIS PROGRAM SINCE 2009 PUTTING ON
SIX ACADEMIES
AND AGAIN IT'S BEEN
STATED THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY HAD MEMBERS FROM
THIS GRADUATION
BECOME ST. PAUL FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS KNOW
HOW TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT
AS WELL THREE-BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD
INDIVIDUALS THAT
HAVE BECOME EMTS
AND PARAMEDICS FOR VERY SERVICES THAT THE METRO AREA
; POLICE OFFICERS. WE HAVE IF YOU THEN DECIDED
EMS [INAUDIBLE] HOSPITAL WASN'T NECESSARY
FOR THEM.
THEY BECOME NURSES. SO I THINK IS A GREAT STEP IN
SOME FOR
NOT ONLY WHAT THIS PROGRAM OFFERS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS BUT ALSO AS A COMMUNITY AS WELL. I
CAN ONLY
REALLY TO WHAT THE SUCCESSES ARE. YOU'VE HONESTLY HAD SOME ATTRITION AS YOU WOULD WITH
ANY PROGRAM BUT THE SUCCESSES HAVE BY FAR AGAIN
AS TESTIMONY FOR SUCCESS TO
MY RIGHT.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY:
SEE NO QUESTIONS WHEN WE PROCEED TO THE
NEXT TESTIFIER. >> TESTIFIER: MR.
CHAIR; MEMBERS; BOX BEHALF AND
ON BEHALF OF MINNEAPOLIS MS
ASSOCIATION IT WE'VE WERE CLOSE
WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND REALLY IF YOU LOOK AT OUR EMS SYSTEM ACROSS THE STATE
LOTS OF OPENINGS AND LOTS OF HOLES
WITH WHAT WE DO AND I WILL SAY THAT
24 YEARS UP-AND-DOWN YOU ARE BEEN CHALLENGED BY
NUMEROUS LEGISLATORS ABOUT SOME OF
OUR CULTURAL
DIVERSITY IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND EVEN THE FIRE SERVICE. TO CHIEF
SIMPSON'S COMMENTS; WE WERE PRETTY HARD ON TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE. IS VERY FEW OF THESE ACADEMIES. THE ONE IN MINNEAPOLIS THE ONE SINGLE THAT ASHLEY CONTINUES TO WORK HARD AND REACH OUT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OFFER THEM A LIVABLE WAGE WHILE THESE
IN THE IN THESE ACADEMIES AND BE SURE THAT WE PLACE THEM IN THE JOB FIELD SO BESIDES JUST
THE GOVERNMENTAL BAYSIDE OF WHAT THEY DO AS CITIES
EMPLOYING PEOPLE
THERE'S [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S ALINA HEALTH CARE
SOUTHEAST ELKO;
[INAUDIBLE] IT IS A VERY LARGE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS THAT OF EMS SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE ROAD
AND I'M LOOKING AT REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN A GOOD
FRIEND [INAUDIBLE] IS A HARD
TIME HIRING FOLKS IN CROQU
ET IN VIRGINIA IN HIBBING AND FOR THE
M1'S ASSOCIATIONS SIDE
THE STRUCTURE; WITH THE START TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BEEN SOME OF OUR YOUNG FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE
IS A CLOAK A MINNESOTA IS A GREAT SPOT
TO LIVE SO IS HIBBING
AND ARCHIMEDES ARE DIVERSE OVER THE STATE AND HOW
DO WE LOOK DIFFERENTLY HOW WE MOVE FOLKS
INTO THAT.
THESE TWO CITIES HAVE ABSORBED A LOT OF THE COST TO TRAIN TO PLACE FOLKS IN THEIR OWN ACADEMIES BUT HOW
CAN WE HELP OFFSET SOME OF THAT
WITH MAYBE SOME STATE RESOURCES TO BE SURE WERE TAKING MORE OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH
ON HOW WE DO IT MORE OF A JOB
PLACEMENT PROGRAM LIKE WE HEARD FROM THE
PROGRAM MAIL PROGRAM EARLIER TODAY AND I SPENT IN EMS COULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT
AND REPRESENTATIVE XIONG FOR CARING THIS AND WE WILL STAND
FOR QUESTIONS. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: SEE
NO QUESTIONS;-I WAS THE FIRST ONE.
WHAT OTHER RESOURCES COME TO
THE TABLE
? YOU'RE PROVIDING IF THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDING
EMS TRAINING BE USED ACROSS
THE STATE; ARE THE
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
CONTRIBUTING? ARE THE
OTHER CITIES THAT HARD THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
CONTRIBUTE IN ORDER TO JUST COMING OUT OF THE ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS BUDGET? >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR;
A LARGE PART OBVIOUSLY COMES FROM
THE CITY OF ST. PAUL WE ALSO OUR PARTNERS IN THE
MNSCU SYSTEM CENTURY COLLEGE AS
WELL AS IS ALSO FINANCIAL
LITERACY PORTION TO THIS BUT WE HAD
CAMPER PHYSICALLY FIT THAT WAS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE. NOW WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH
HIGHWAY FEDERAL
CREDIT UNION AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ALSO
THAT ONLY
WHETHER LEARNING EMS SERVICES ARE ALSO LEARNING
WHAT IS THE
NECESSARY NEED FOR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; CHECKING
ACCOUNT ETC. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: I WOULD AVOID PAYDAY LENDERS
>> TESTIFIER: I WOULD AVOID PAYDAY
LENDERS; EXACTLY. I THINK IS A BROAD BEACHING
WHITE PARTNERSHIPS. WE
HAVE AGAIN SERVICES THAT
BUCK MENTIONED UNITED
HEALTHCARE; ALINA. THEY HAVE
ALL BENEFITED FROM THIS GROUP AS WELL. HEALTHEAST.
SPEECH OR MONEY THAT THE PREMISE OF MY QUESTION.
IS HEALTHEAST WERE ALINA OR
[INAUDIBLE] PUTTING MONEY INTO THE JOB
TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT THEY
PROFIT FROM? >>
TESTIFIER: SURE. I GUESS TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC
DOLLAR AMOUNT WITH EVERY SERVICE
HAS PROVIDED I COULD NOT SUPPORT THAT TODAY BUT YES; EVERYBODY HAS BEEN MENTIONED HAS HAD A HAND IN SOME FORM OF SUPPORT OF
THIS PROGRAM.
EXACTLY. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION?
REPRESENTATIVE MORAN >>
REPRESENTIVE MORAN: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. SO WHAT IS YOUR
PLAN [INAUDIBLE]
>> TESTIFIER: WELL; OBVIOUSLY TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM WOULD BE IDEAL. RIGHT NOW;
WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE DO
BENEFIT. THAT'S IT FOR THE PARKS AND REC
PROGRAM AND RIGHT TRACK OFFERS STUDENTS
BETWEEN 18-24 YEARS
OF AGE; WE WOULD EXPAND THAT THE ON
THE 24-YEAR-OLD DEADLINE REALLY BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF INTERESTED CANDIDATES; IF
YOU WILL
THAT SUPERSEDE THE DATE RANGE WERE ALLOWED TO WORK WITH
NOW. WE WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND
THE PROGRAM
TO DO ACADEMIES PREPARE WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO
DO THAT AND IT BECAME FISCALLY
JUST NOT POSSIBLE. SO TO BRING
THAT BACK WOULD BE IDEAL
FOR US. IF THAT ANSWERS
YOUR QUESTION?
>> REPRESENTATIVE MORAN:
MR. CHAIR; HOW DO YOU DO
OUTREACH? FOR COMMITTEES OF COLOR
LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM?
>> TESTIFIER: SURE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS COMMITTEE
ACTION PARTNERS THAT WE MARKET
THE PROGRAM
THAT WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS; WE GO TO
THE COUNSELORS. WE LOOK FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE INTERESTED IN
PERHAPS EXPERIENCING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN
EMS PROVIDERA POLICE OFFICER FIREFIGHTER
I WOULD LOVE TO OF THEM BECOME
FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS THE CITY OF ST. PAUL
BUT KNOWING THAT'S NOT A REALISTIC OUTCOME
TO EXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO
OTHER SERVICES
TO REALLY DIVERSIFY WHAT WE OFFER
AS A SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
>> REPRESENTATIVE MORAN: ONE LAST QUESTION DID YOU KNOW SOMETIMES >> CHAIR MORAN:
>>
CHAIR MAHONEY: COULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE
MICROPHONE; PLEASE? >>
REPRESENTATIVE MORAN: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR S
O SOMETIMES [INAUDIBLE] CANNOT SEE THE POSSIBILITIES FOR
THIS IS SEE SOMETHING THEY CAN DO FOR MANY
DIFFERENT REASONS. WHAT ARE THE PROGRAM LOOK LIKE OR
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE LOOK LIKE? SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN'T VISUALIZE THAT VISION
OF BEING AND HIM
EMT [INAUDIBLE] SO HAVING AN OUTREACH WHERE FOLKS
OF COLOR SEE THE POSSIBILITIES
AND SUPPORT. WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE IN HELPING
THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO SEE
THE POSSIBILITIES?>>
TESTIFIER: CERTAINLY SO WE HAVE
AN ORIENTATION PROGRAM
ALONG WITH THE MARKETING AGAIN THAT WE DO
AND WE
RING IN INDIVIDUALS AND THAT ARE INTERESTED IN A PROGRAM
AND REALLY MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT
IT IS A MEANS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO
THE COMMUNITY
AND PRE-PRE-HOSPITAL. SO WE HAVE HAD STUDENTS
THAT RECOGNIZE AS THEY GET INTO
THE PROGRAM
THAT PERHAPS PRE-HOSPITALS OFFER THEM. THE
CHAOTIC ALMOST SOMETIMES UNCANNY
THINGS YOU DEAL WITH.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS VERY VERY
CLEAR THAT WAS ON HER BUT SHE WENT ON
TO BECOME
STILL IN THE MEDICAL FIELD JUST NOT
IN THE PRE-HOSPITAL FEEL. WE TRY TO REALLY PAINT A VERY BROAD
AND CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THEY
WOULD EXPECT AND HOW REALLY
THE REWARDS ARE PROVIDING TO
THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THE VETERAN I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER QUESTION SPECIFICALLY OR NOT.
>> REPRESENTATIVE MORAN: WE COULD TALK OFF-LINE. THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER >> REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. IN
GREATER MINNESOTA PLACES YOU
HAVE TO HAVE AN EMT OR FIRST
RESPONDER MORE GO MORE THAN 25 MILES TO GET TO AN
INJURED PERSON. THERE ARE
SOME COMMUNITIES [INAUDIBLE] EMT AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE THAT
WE HAVE
IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S SOMETHING
ELSE [INAUDIBLE]
AND CAN GET PEOPLE TO BE TRAINED. ARE
THESE PROGRAMS [INAUDIBLE] I
TRULY RESPECT AND LOVE MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL BUT I'M FROM
GREATER MINNESOTA. I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING
GOING FOR US? WE HAVE GOING
FOR US? WOULD WE GET OUR
TRAINING FROM? >>
TESTIFIER: SURE. >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR; REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER BIT LET'S TALK IT IS ON THE FIRE FOLKS
THE OTHER DAY. IT'S HARD TO SAY THIS BUT IT'S
ACTUALLY TOO. IN 2019 IN CERTAIN PARTS OF
RURAL MINNESOTA IF YOU CALL 911
WE CANNOT
GUARANTEE AND AT ONCE OR FIRST RESPONDERS BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT. THE
COVERAGES THEN. YOU SAID 25 MILES
REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER.
THE SPOTS 40 BY OUR RESPONSE TIMES
UP IN THE FOREVER FALLS
IN THOSE PARTS OF THE STATE.
THE REASON
IDENTIFY THESE PROGRAMS AS ARE ACTUALLY UP
AND FUNCTIONING AND OPERATIONAL. WE DO NEED TO EXPERIMENT TO THE M1'S ASSOCIATION IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE GROUP OF
[INAUDIBLE] THAT GROUP IS GOING TO TALK
ABOUT MONIES A GOOD WAY TO HELP WITH IT BUT HOW WE SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AND EXPAND THEM AROUND
THE STATE AND START TO
LOOK AT DIFFERENT SPOTS IN THE WORKFORCE ON WHAT WE DO WITH THEM. >> REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER: JUST OUT
OF CURIOSITY; WHICH IS A FIREMAN AND AN EMT HAVE
[INAUDIBLE] IN
GREATER MINNESOTA?
>> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR;
DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER; SOME GET A COUPLE HUNDRED
DOLLARSA YEAR AN AVERAGE AMBIENCE OF TENANT THAT'S A VOLUNTEER FOR AURORAL AMBULANCE SERVICE THAT DOES 30 YEARS OF SERVICE GETS US
STIPEND FROM THE STATE FOR ABOUT $85 AND OFFERED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE PENSION FUND COULD BE 600 -COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS
TIMES THE YEARS NUMBER
OF SERVICE.
>> REPRESENTATIVE GUNTHER: THANK YOU >> CHAIR
MAHONEY: REPRESENTATIVENOOR >> REPRESENTATIVE NOOR:
THANK YOU;
MR. CHAIR THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE BILL.
THE QUESTION I HAVE HOW DO TRAINEES BECOME ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
[INAUDIBLE] BASIC LIFE SUPPORT.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT AND
EMT SERVICES?
>> TESTIFIER:
GREAT QUESTION >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR;
THE GROUP THAT YOU SEE TO MY RIGHT I WOULD SAY
I WILL KEEP POINTING TO THEM AS EXAMPLES OF
GOING BEYOND PARAMEDICS FOR GOING ON THE
EMT SCHOOL AND MOST OF THEM IF NOT ALL OF THEM
HAVE PUT IN FOR AN APPLIED
AND SUCCESSFUL GRADUATED FROM A
PARAMEDICAL PROGRAM. SO THEY TAKE THE INITIAL EMT COURSE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN; AND THE EVENTS ON THEIR OWN;
MIND YOU;
TO PROMOTED TO PARAMEDIC AND PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH
PARAMEDIC SCHOOL AND EVEN A FEW EXAMPLES OF
FIRST-TIME GRADUATES IN THE
FAMILY FROM COLLEAGUES. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT
OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE
EMT COURSE
ADVANCE OF THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION TO BE NOT
ONLY THAT PUSSY EVENTS
LIFE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE ASKED. >>
REPRESENTATIVE NOOR: THE ASSUMPTION
IS EVERYBODY WORKS AT THE BASIC LIFE
SUPPORT TRAINING AT UP TO
THE PARTICIPANTTO MOVE ON TO
THE ADVANCED
>> TESTIFIER: THAT IS CORRECT
TO MONEY
REPRESENTATIVE CONSIDINE DID YOU HAVE
SOME EXAMPLES THEY WANT TO BRING DOWN
AND TESTIFY >> REPRESENTATIVE
XIONG: [INAUDIBLE]
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: I
DID NOT SEE ANY POINT TO BRING
THIS MANY YOUNG AND WOMAN TO THE
COMMITTEE ROOM THAT AT LEAST
HAVING US HERE FOR THEM?
>> REPRESENTATIVE XIONG: MR. CHAIR I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS WHITNEY BAKER. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
WHEN HE WANT TO USE IT CLOSE TO
THE MICROPHONE THERE SO YOU CAN
USE THAT. WELCOME TO
THE COMMITTEE. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD AND PROCEED WITH YOUR TESTIMONY
>> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU GOOD MORNING MR. JABIR MY NAME IS BRITTANY BAKER. I'M A GRADUATE
FROM 2012
I CONTINUE ON WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM
CHIEF HANSENAND KEN ADAMS
MOST OF MY CLASSMATES UP THERE. TO
PARAMEDIC SCHOOL I BECOME THE FIRST MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE AND OF LAST YEAR
WAS AGAIN WITH
THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF
THESE TWO AND MY OTHER FRIENDS; I BECAME THE
SECOND AFRICAN-AMERICAN
FEMALE TO BE EVER HIRED ON THE ST. PAUL
FIRE TO BARBANEL AT THIS TIME
I'M THE ONLY ONE
AND [INAUDIBLE] THE QUESTION ABOUT
REPRESENTATIVE MORAN IS NOT THAT YOU SAID HAPPENS MAKE
SURE THAT ON TOP OF THEM GOING OUT
THEY SENT US OUT AS WELL
SO THAT STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY SEE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM AN
D SEE THEM AS POSSIBLE SO THAT ARE
JUST GETTING SOME COMING IN
SAYING HEY
WE RUN THIS PROGRAM YOU SHOULD COME THROUGH BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE OF GONE THROUGH IT SO THEY KNOW THEY CAN DO IT AND THAT
IT'S POSSIBLE AND WE CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP AS POSSIBLE WHETHER BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL OR AT STATION 51 ALL THE TIME. SO
WITHOUT IT I STILL
DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD'VE EVER
FINISHED COLLEGE OR EVEN BEEN CONSIDERED FOR
THIS JOB. >>
CHAIR MAHONEY: I'M GOING TO ASK
THIS QUESTION. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE O
THER AFRICAN-AMERICANIN ST.
PAUL FIRE? DID SHE MOVE ON TO A
PRIVATE FACILITY?
>> TESTIFIER: SHE
RETIRED IN 2007 I BELIEVE.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN >>
REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR TO ANY OF
THE TESTIFIERS;
WOULD SCARE THE DICKENS OUT OF ME IF I WAS IN A CITIZEN TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND DID NOT
UNDERSTAND ENGLISH
QUITE WELL AND I WAS INJURED WHEN
INGESTED SOMETHING THAT WHATEVER THE EMERGENCY
SITUATION WAS; HOW CAN I COMMUNICATE WITH THE EMTS
TO RESPOND TO
EMERGENCY SITUATION? GIVEN THE
LANGUAGE BARRIERS THAT COULD BE
ANY LANGUAGE
; GIVEN THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD;
BUT OUR NEW CITIZENS; THEY ARE AT RISK OR ARE
THERE MEASURES TO BRIDGE
THAT LANGUAGE?
>> TESTIFIER: WE HAVE AYE BUT IF YOU LOOK THE ANNUAL WE HAVE
PEOPLE FROM BELIZE SOMALIA
IRAQ MEXICO
[INAUDIBLE] CANNOT MAKE IT THIS MORNING BUT WE HAVE
ALMOST EVERY
BASIC NATIONALITY HAS COME TO MINNESOTA
HAS BEEN REPRESENTATIVE TO OUR PROGRAM
INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE] SO
WE OFFER TRANSLATED A LOT
OF PEOPLE CALL US; FIRE
DEPARTMENT; MAINLY; IF THEY NEED SOMEONE TO INTERPRET IN THE CAN'T GET A HOLD OF THE
LANGUAGE LINE THEY WILL CALL. WE HAD MEMBERS OF OUR CLASS
GO OUT WITH OUR
COMMUNITY PARAMEDICS THAT WE HAVE
12 TRANSLATE WITH THEIR
PATIENTS THEYARE SEEN IN
THEIR HOMES WHETHER THEY SPEAK SPANISH;
KOREAN; SOMALIAN WHATEVER IT IS WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE. WE HAVE
HMONG SO
IN QUITE A FEW OF US WERE ALSO GOOD FRIENDS AND WE SAT AROUND THE TABLE WE TRY
TO LEARN EACH OTHER'S LANGUAGE TO
WE DO POTLUCKS ABOUT 2-3 TIMES A YEAR EARLY
BRING IN CULTURAL FOOD AND LEARN ABOUT
CONTINUE TO LEARN ABOUT EACH
OTHER'S CULTURE AND EVERYTHING SO WE
CANNOT ONLY KNOW MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND
ABOUT EACH OTHER MORE AND ALSO
INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE THE MATTER WHO IS COMING SO
THAT I MYSELF HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN HMONG SO WHEN I GO TO -- I DON'T SPEAK IT VERY WELL -- BUT I GO AND IF YOUR SENSE OF A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE OF CALM WHEN
THEY SEE ALL YOU SPEAK HMONG BUT I LEARNED THAT FOR MY FRIENDS
AT 51 AND IT WOULD HAVE DONE THAT
WITHOUT THEM. AND WITHOUT
THIS PROGRAM.
SENATOR THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY COMFORTING.>>
CHAIR MAHONEY: THEY JUST HAVE MORE COURAGE
THAN YOU. >> >> [LAUGHING] >> CHAIR MAHONEY: I HAVE
A QUESTION THAT SO MUCH FOR THE
WITNESS BUT THIS BILL
TALKS ABOUT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
MINORITY BASED EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES AND EITHER OF
THE TWO
NON-REGULARS HERE SPOKE TO THE
CULTURALLY SPECIFICS.. SO IF YOU COULD TELL US HOW THIS IS CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
? BECAUSE Y
OU ARE PRETTY NON-CULTURALLY SPECIFIC IN YOUR EXPIRATION WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO. >>
TESTIFIER: CERTAINLY FAIR ENOUGH. I WILL ATTEMPT
TO LIGHTEN IF I'M ABLE. I THINK
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC WOULD INDICATE THAT WE JUST HAVE A
LACK OF REPRESENTATION FROM
THE DIFFERENT MAKEUPS OF
OUR COMMUNITY. SO
COMMUNITY SPECIFIC; CULTURAL
SPECIFIC SPECIFICITY
WOULD INCLUDE TEACHING AND BEEN ABLE TO TO
MEDICAL CONCERNS OF PEOPLE
MAY I[INAUDIBLE] 911. HOW DO WE TO
SOMEBODY THAT DOES NOT SPEAK
ENGLISH NECESSARILY? HOW DO WE
MAKE THAT SITUATION MORE
UNDERSTOOD; RELAXING AND
REALLY APPRECIATING
; THE FAMILY COULD UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD TAKE SOMEONE TO THE HOSPITAL.
MR. CHAIR COME I DON'T KNOW THAT SPECIFICALLY ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTION BUT YOU TAKE AWAY
WHAT EACH ONE LOOKS LIKE
AN UNDERNEATH THE SKIN BODIES
OR BODIES. SO CULTURALLY
SPECIFIC EMS
OR A MEMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEE THAT DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH IS NOT NECESSARILY GET
ME THE TREATMENT IS GOING TO VERIFY THE UNDERSTANDING AND ASK FOR A SHOW
HOW WE GET THERE AND MAKE THEM APPRECIATE WHAT WE ARE TRYING
TO DO AND WHY WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT I THINK IS MORE SPECIFIC TO WHAT IS
BEING TAUGHT. HAD WE
CULTURALLY UNDERSTAND AS PROVIDERS WHAT
IS ACCEPTABLE AS FAR AS DELIVERING A BABY PERHAPS
. THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THE
STUDENTS TEACH JUST AS MUCH AS THEY ARE TAUGHT. I THINK THAT'S A
FAIR SUMMATION. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU.
IT'S
SOMEWHAT [INAUDIBLE] I WILL ASK IT THIS WAY.
THE TRAINING FOR EMS
THAT'S A PRETTY
SERIOUS TRAINING; NO QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. THESE
MEN 50% OF YOUR TIME TEACHING
ON EMS AND 50% ON
THE CULTURAL SENSITIVITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU'RE
WORKING WITH OR DO YOU SPEND 90%
ON EMS AND 10% ON THE CULTURAL
SPECIFICS? >> TESTIFIER: I WAS A IF I HAD TO GIVE
A PERCENTAGE 90-10 SPLIT WOULD BE
MORE ACCURATE AND I WOULD ALSO ARGUE THAT WE
PROBABLY SPEND BEYOND 100%;
IF THAT'S AN APPRECIABLE
ALLOWABLE PERCENTAGE THAT WILL
WE LEARN FROM
THE STUDENTS THAT ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT
ARE NOT REPRESENTED WELCOME I
WOULD SAY THAT MAKES UP OVER 100%
LOWER THAN THAT WE REALLY DO. WE ARE TAUGHT JUST AS MUCH AS WE LEARN I CAN'T UNDERSTATE THAT
. CPR IS CPR BUT LEARNING A
DIFFERENT CULTURE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WE ALL APPRECIATE
AND TO FIREFIGHTER BAKER'S POINT; THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AND FOCUS
PERHAPS NOT ENOUGH IN THE
CLASSROOM BUT THE CURRICULUM IS SUCH THAT WE WILLING TO SPEND
90% OF THE TIME IF YOU WILL TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY IS GRADUATING THIS PROGRAM GOES OUT WITH A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO HELP >>
CHAIR MAHONEY: ONE FINAL QUESTION BEFORE WE CALL FOR THE WITNESSES. DO YOU
HAVE INCIDENCES OR HOW MANY OF YOUR
; LIKE YOU SAID YOU
ARE TRYING TO ENTER AND SIX.
FOR SOME REASON THAT NUMBER RANG A BELL
WITH ME. HOW MANY OF THOSE
IN THE METRO AREA OR
GLAD TO BEMIDJI
OR WORTHINGTON OR WHATEVER TOWN MIGHT HAVE
A NEED FOR
ANY MESS? >> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR; TWO
AND 60 TWO AND 62 HAD YOUR
NUMBERS RIGHT OR CLOSE TO
IT ANYWAY.
THE MEASURE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE
BIGGEST BENEFACTOR OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE MANY OUT STATE
. THEY'LL BE SOMETHING AS A FOLLOW-UP I COULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE TO THE
COMMITTEE AND BUT YOU WOULD BE A VERY HEAVY
METAL PERCENTAGE
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH OF YOU COULD PASS ALONG TO THE AUTHOR HOW MANY GO
OUT STATE >> TESTIFIER: CERTAINLY
GREATER MINNESOTA TO MANA
THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE TESTIFIER
MS. LEE.
WHILE YOU SIT DOWN MS. LEE AND THE
OTHER TESTIFIER. >> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. MY NAME
IS [INAUDIBLE] I'M
A FIRST-GENERATION
[INAUDIBLE] REFUGEE PICKING HERE [INAUDIBLE] MY GRADUATE OF THE
2001 ACADEMY BEFORE THAT
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT KIND A FEW OF
THE WORK I WILL
TO GO INTO THAT ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND A FRIEND
SUGGESTED THAT EMS ACADEMY SO
I GOT MY EMT IN 2011. [INAUDIBLE]
BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A
GOOD EXPERIENCE.
[INAUDIBLE] I TOOK A COUPLE CLASSES TO
GET BACK IN THE WORK WAS THE STUDENTS GET
SOME EXPENSE
[INAUDIBLE] SOMETHING I WANT TO
DO NEXT. THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2012 WE
STARTED THE MS IN A
FACILITY TRUST OUT OF STATION 51 OUT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
WHILE I WAS IN PARAMEDIC SCHOOL THAT'S WHERE I WENT TO GET MY EXPERIENCE TO MAKE ME A MORE
COMPETITIVE CANDIDATE TO FIND A
PARAMEDIC
JOB. SO WHAT KIND OF WORK FOR ME WAS THE ACADEMY WAS
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY THAT OPEN THE DOORS TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT I WANTED TO DOIT
GIVE ME A CERTAIN SKILL SET THAT I
COULD USE. POS AMBULANCE [INAUDIBLE]
PROVIDED ME SOME EXPERIENCE
[INAUDIBLE] HOW TO DO MY JOB HOW TO REACT IN A VARIETY
OF SITUATIONS IN THE PREHOSPITAL FIELD AND GET COMFORTABLE
AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF
MY CLASSMATES
EDUCATED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT I WAS ABLE TO
MAKE A LIVABLE WAGE AND ALSO
[INAUDIBLE] NOW I AM ABOUT
WORKING AS A PARAMEDIC FOR AN
AMBULANCE SERVICE
THAT WE COVER DAKOTA COUNTY BUT I GUESS
MOST OF STATE WE GO IS THE CITY
OF [INAUDIBLE]AND IT IS
PRETTY ROLL. [INAUDIBLE]
THE EMS FIELD WASN'T SOMETHING THAT
WAS ENCOURAGED BY
MY FAMILY. IT'S NOT IN
OUR CULTURE TO WORK THIS KIND OF JOB BUT GOING TO
THE ACADEMY AND BEING
SUPPORTED BY MY FELLOW STUDENTS AND
OUR INSTRUCTORS
CHIEF SIMPSON REALLY
GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE FORWARD. SO IT IS DEFINITELY
A STARTING POINT FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE
THEM DIRECTION IN LIFE. IN ADDITION TO THAT A LOT
OF US DON'T JUST GET THE
EDUCATION PORTION AND THE COLLEGE CREDITS.
THE ACADEMY IS KIND
OF LIKE A CRASH COURSE IN LIFE. A LOT OF US
HAVE REALLY
[INAUDIBLE] YOUNG ADULTS LEARNING HOW TO
BE IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING FOR EXAMPLE
HOW TO WORK WITH A VARIETY
OF PEOPLE WHO SPEAK
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO PRACTICE
DIFFERENT CULTURES AND LIKE
I SAID; THE FISCAL TRAINING;
[INAUDIBLE] THEY OFFER
COURSES TO LEARN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
[INAUDIBLE] TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO
UNDERSTAND [INAUDIBLE]. I DID SPEND
A WONDERFUL HIS FRIENDS I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT IT'S BROUGHT A VARIETY
OF STUDENTS THROUGH THE DOORS
AND HAS PUT OUT A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS
WITH THE PROVIDERS AND HEALTH
CARE FIELD IS HARD TO
COME BY. >> CHAIR MAHONEY:
C; PUBLIC SPEAKING IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
>> TESTIFIER:
THANK YOU >> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY COULD I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS ALL
MANNER QUICKLY MOVED TO MS. LEE. THANK YOU COME AGAIN.
>> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR; MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE; THANK YOU. I AM JILL WE
PRESENT AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF [INAUDIBLE]
HOUSING CONSORTIUM. WE HAVE A
HANDOUT HERE SO IN CASE MY VOICE DOES
NOT CARRY A PROBLEM SPEAKING.
I'M A SPIRITS CORPORATE OTTER
WHO SWITCHED [INAUDIBLE]
UNDERSERVED NEEDS OF THE COMMITTEE ESPECIALLY CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES [INAUDIBLE]
LOW INCOME
FAMILIES. THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED
TO EXPAND PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
; IN MARYLAND MEDICAL EMERGENCY AS RESPONSE OR
IS NECESSARY FOR AIDING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
COASTAL COMMITTEES. OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR LESS THAN 12
HOURS EXHIBITING THAT MANY OF US TO
MAKE CONNECTIONS OVER THE
CONVENTION CENTER
AND I COLLAPSED WAS
AMBULANCE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE FIRST RESPONDER WAS IN
MINNEAPOLIS EVALUATOR AND THE
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND
HIS DAUGHTER WOULD ASK FOR HELP
FROM SOME FIREFIGHTERS; MANY OF
HIS FIREFIGHTERS; WHO PASS BY.
THEY WERE THERE TO EXHIBIT AND SAID TO CONTACT
THE PARAMEDIC. THE CONVENTION SECURITY AND OTHERS; STOOD AROUND AND WATCHED HEARD SOMEONE SAY; CALL 911
BEFORE WAS CARRIED OUT IN A
STRETCHER. NOW
THE FIRST RESPONDER TRAINED BY [INAUDIBLE]
I DO NOTE THERE WERE GAPS IN
MEDICAL RESPONSES
FROM THIS INCIDENT SITE TO THE PROFESSIONAL AND
COMMUNITY RESPONSES THAT WERE
HAPPENING THERE TO PARAMEDICS THEY WERE INTERVENING AND EVEN TO THE
ER NURSE WHO IS
PRACTICING INCLUDING
THE ONE WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO ME WAS
PASSING ON FALSE INFORMATION AND DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE ME CARE.
MEDICATIONS ARE NEEDED BY
IV WERE NOT DONE
BECAUSE THEY TROUBLE PUTTING IN THE IV
AND SO
THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED BUT
THEY'RE MORE TECHNICAL. I WAS LUCKY I DO NOT HAVE A STROKE BECAUSE THERE WAS A STANDING
FOR OUR SPIRITS TO GET
THEIR APARTMENT MEDICATION AND
SURGICAL INTERVENTION
THE TIME ELAPSED AND WERE JUST A
SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER AND HBM C.
THE MEDICAL RESPONSES I HAD
WERE INAPPROPRIATE A PERSON HAVING A
HEART ATTACK. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS THAT I HAD A REACTION TO
EATING STRAWBERRIES THAT HAD SOME PESTICIDES STILL
ON IT. AS WAS
DETERMINED LATER AND YOU'VE HEARD OF PEOPLE
DYING FROM ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO PEANUTS AND OTHER FOODS.
E. COLI AND SO FORTH. NOW MY FATHER DID DIE OF COMPLICATIONS FROM A STROKE BECAUSE
[INAUDIBLE] TO APPROPRIATELY
HELP HIM
FROM THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND AFTERWARDS. I
WASN'T THERE BUT EVEN WITH
THE YEARS OF HELPING THE AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION
AND WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
I MYSELF IS
NOT INFORMED OF THE SIGNS OF STROKE WITH IMMEDIATE
MEDICAL INTERVENTION AND
MEDICATIONS NEEDED. MY BROTHER WHO WAS THERE DID I KNOW THE
INFORMATION EITHER.
THE ABSENCE AND THAT THERE WAS
INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION
AND CAREGIVING AFTERWARDS THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN RESULTED SO IMPROVE CARE IS AN
ONGOING CONCERN.I HAD ANOTHER BROTHER DIED OF HEART
ATTACK BECAUSE
[INAUDIBLE] THE ONLY THING I KNEW WAS CALL 911
AND WAIT UNTIL THE
PARAMEDICS ARRIVED.
I THINK THE TYPES OF LIFE-SAVING AND MEDICAL
RESPONSE TRAINING WOULD
BE IMPORTANT IN SAVING THE LIVES
OF ALL EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF
TRAINED PERSONNEL NEEDED IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES
BY ANYONE WHO'S AVAILABLE
THERE INCLUDING STEPHANIE WILL BE THERE WILL BE WANT TO HELP SO
ONCE ST. PAUL FIRE
DEPARTMENT OFFERS
FREE CPR TRAINING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS IT
AND I WAS AT A UNIVERSITY
OF MINNESOTA FOR THE UPDATED COURSE WHERE
INSTRUCTORS INCLUDE PHYSICIANS AND THE ANOKA FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND THIS OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSES THAT FAMILIES FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY NEED TO
KNOW; TOO. THERE IS HOPE THAT
THIS TRAINING THAT THE PARAMEDICS AND EMS RECEIVE
WILL INCLUDE TRAIN THE
TRAINER EDUCATION THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO PASS ON THE KNOWLEDGE TO
THE COMMUNITY OR FAMILY
SANCTIMONY RESPONSES.. WE TOTALLY SUPPORT
THIS LEGISLATION AND SOME OF HER STEPS. THANKS. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
THE WITNESS? SEEIN
G NONE; REPRESENTATIVE CONSIDINE ANY FINAL WAS? >> REPRESENTATIVE XIONG: --
YOUR MONEY
REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE >> REPRESENTATIVE DAVNIE: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN JOHN ON FIRE SERVICE THEY ARE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH HER
MINNEAPOLIS FIRE CHIEF WHO TAUGHT FOR A
POSITIVELY ABOUT USING THE EMS ACADEMY AS A WAY TO MAKE SURE
THAT MINNEAPOLIS FIRE SERVICE PERSONNEL LOOK
LIKE MINNEAPOLIS AND THAT
IS A PATH NOT ON
TO GET THE EMS STEPHANIE BUT IT'S GOOD PICKENS
FOR FIREFIGHTERS
ONCE THESE FOLKS GET A LITTLE EXPERIENCE UNDER THE BELT
THEY KNOW THE CANDIDATES. THEY SEEN THE CANDIDATES. THE CANDIDATES KNOW THE CITY. THEY KNOW
THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A VERY POSITIVE PATHWAY AND WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE FIRE CHIEF'S COMMITMENT TO A DIVERSE
FIRE SERVICE WHICH IN HISTORICAL TERMS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE
BUT HIS COMMITMENT AND THE KIND OF STRATEGIC VALUE
OF EMS ACADEMY
IN SUPPORTING A MORE DIVERSE
AND REPRESENTATIVE FIRE SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
SO REPRESENTATIVE XIONG THANKS
FOR THE
>> CHAIR MAHONEY: REPRESENTATIVE BACKER DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION
>> REPRESENTATIVE BACKER: YES; I DID. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN JOHN YOU MAYBE NOT KNOW THIS BUT ON LABOR DAY THIS YEAR
I'VE BEEN IN WAS RUN IN WHICH PERSONALLY
SPEAK SPANISH.. LUCKILY WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
HIS PHONE AND ARE ONE OF THE PHONE
FAMILY NUMBERS SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE CARE
MY QUESTION DEALS WITH
HOW WE GOING TO GET THIS OUT IN
GREATER MINNESOTA?
WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AS FIRE AND EMS IN
GREATER MINNESOTA IN
MY DISTRICT. AGAIN I MIGHT BE
QUESTION FOR [INAUDIBLE]
>> TESTIFIER: MR. CHAIR;
I THINK REPRESENTATIVE SUNDIN BROUGHT THAT UP; TO ABOUT OUT STATE
THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO USE SOME OF THESE ACADEMIES AND HOW WE DO SOME OF THE STUFF OUT STATE.
I THINK TO REPRESENTATIVE
GUNTHER'S COMMENTS; WE'VE H
AD SOME OPPORTUNITIES AS WE WORK WITH THE CHAIR AND AUTHOR
IS SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN DO
TO IT AS MORE OF A
STATEWIDE FOCUS AS WE FURTHER
THE CONVERSATION. WE ABSOLUTELY REALIZE IT IS A PROBLEM.
>> CHAIR MAHONEY:
FINAL WORD REPRESENTATIVE JOHN JOHN
>> REPRESENTATIVE XIONG:
MEMBERS;
I ASKED YOU TO SUPPORT THIS BILL. >> CHAIR MAHONEY: THANK YOU
EVERYONE. SEEING NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE MOVED TO ADJOURN. WE ARE JOHN.
>> [GAVEL] >> [ADJOURNMENT]
>>
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