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"Poverty in Orange County: The Issues that Remain" <br />QUESTIONS AND AUDIENCE FEEDBACK: <br />P Jae disabl ed. <br />artha ? that she was disturbed that she did not hear Dr. Dobelstein address the disabled. She <br />•found ng with her disability has been harder than dealing with racism. Dr. Dobelstein said <br />that poverty- related planning has to move beyond particularistic issues and be more general. <br />What should the churches do for poor people? (who asked ?) <br />Freeland said that the faith communities have to get back to being proactive. The churches need to <br />step out boldly with funding and with places for agencies to do the work. A study was done that said, <br />overall, poor people do not feel comfortable in the churches. She is working with a committee to try to <br />help the churches work with their attitudes about the impoverished. She said that disabled and elderly <br />people also do not feel comfortable in churches because they do not feel included. <br />Coordination of services. <br />Kathy Bryan, Director of Orange Enterprises, said that there were a lot of services in the County, but <br />there was no coordination. She said that there should be a single portal for all of the agencies. <br />u is 171N sportation. <br />Alex ? ?, from El Centro Latino, is concerned about making public transportation accessible to non - <br />peaking communities. Passmore replied that there were some ,strategies in the works for using <br />Spanish with the public transportation services. <br />Outreach and communications. <br />Joe Hensley, from the Dispute Settlement Center, said that there were two systems at work — services <br />provided by the community and services provided by the community of poor people. He said that folks <br />that are poor have worked out a system for themselves to provide the services that they need when they <br />cannot get it from the agencies that claim to provide the services. He said that the people that are <br />providing the services on either side are not talking to one another. He asked how to increase dialogue <br />between the two sides and bridge the gap. Summers said that when grants and budgets are cut, the <br />money to do outreach gets cut first. Public agencies would like to go out and do the outreach, but they <br />must use volunteers. She encouraged looking at developing a community -wide system for outreach, <br />not just for health, so that there is a coordinated system of getting the message out to people about <br />what services are available. <br />Poverty Issues and Strategies <br />Session: Education (Lifecycle Approach) <br />Facilitator/ Recorder: Louise Echols and Sheila Sholes -Ross <br />1. Family and Community Centered Approaches <br />■ Service Learning so people feel connected to the <br />community <br />■ Expand the mentoring programs <br />■ Importance placed on school by the community <br />2. Alternative Education Options <br />■ Consider consequences of suspending LI children <br />(LI lose jobs to stay home with or send to a <br />5 <br />