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Public Safety

Goal 1: Utilize Targeted Initiatives and Industry
Best Practices and Policies to Foster a Safe Environment
Objective 2: Protect Public Health
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Social Services Priority Identify 2‐3 priority human service needs in Economic Development and
PS Needs Assessment Arlington and recommend actions to Capital Investment (CDP)
1.2.2 address critical needs.
Summary:

United Way Arlington serves as the City’s human Milestone Estimated Actual
services planning body. During FY 2018 and FY 2019, Completion Completion
they have been requested to take the lead in identifying Coordinate with United Spring 2018 Spring 2018
2‐3 priority human service needs in our community. Way Arlington to develop a
United Way will host a series of three community strategy to gather public
meetings to gather input from a wide ranch of service input to identify priority
providers and community organizations. Experts from social service needs in
four pre‐selected topic areas will attend to provide data Arlington
on the following four issues: Community Meeting #1 May 2018 May 2018
1) Food insecurity Community Meeting #2 June 2018 June 2018
2) Quality Child Care Community Meeting #3 July 2018 July 2018
3) Mental Health Services
Compile Results Aug./Oct.
4) Substance Abuse Prevention/Treatment
2018

Publish Draft Report Oct. 2018
Update: Present findings to City Nov. 2018
The third community focus group was held in July 2018. Staff and City Council
Preliminary results will be compiled by United Way Use results to focus Dec. 2018‐
Arlington, with help from City staff and shared in draft resources for social services June 2019
report format with City staff by October 2018.
on specific areas of priority
need and take action to
address gaps in services.
Track results and Measure July 2019‐
Impact June 2020

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