 OTAN Outreach and Technical Assistance Network. So good afternoon, everyone. I know it's been a long day. You have been completely overloaded with information, I bet. So we are going to keep this presentation pretty short and sweet. Again, my name is Dr. Carmen Martinez-Caderon. My colleague, Abby, I'm not sure she's here. I don't believe she's here. Oh, you are. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, great. OK, and so Abby, I'll let you introduce yourself, and then we'll go ahead and get started. Sure. Hi. Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to say save the best for last. This is going to be a very short presentation. My name is Abby Medina-Lewis, and I'm a consultant with the California Department of Ed. And while I have Contra Costa and Solano and Merced areas, I also have the state agencies that are funded for Section 225, which is corrections, education, and other institutionalized individuals. And so we're happy to have you here, and I will turn it over to Carmen. Thanks, Abby. So yeah, likewise as Abby, I also have professional institutions under my belt. As a matter of fact, I oversee the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CDCRs. We owe a title to funding. And obviously, they're 35 soon to be 32 state prisons. And within that, also Orange County and a couple other counties here in the Bay Area, but we won't go into that right now. And we'll go ahead and jump on to the next slide. So there we go. OK, so you may be asking, what is a correctional institution? All right. And so pretty much is any agency authorized under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, so Section 225, as we've mentioned, of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. So these include jails or prisons, as I just mentioned. It also includes work farms, detention centers, halfway houses, community-based rehabilitation centers, or any other similar institution designed for the confinement or rehabilitation of criminal offenders. OK, so as you can see, it's a pretty extensive list that are eligible for this kind of funding. And we do have a variety of these institutions currently servicing this population throughout the state, including, as I mentioned prior or previously, the state prisons. So furthermore, as Abby mentioned, there are adults with disabilities. And so Abby does take care and oversee the Department of Developmental Services. And within that, the two development centers that are located in Portaville and Canyon Springs and the Department of State Hospitals. So the four state hospitals, which include Atescadero, Metropolitan, Napa, and Patton. So again, here you can see a variety of different state institutions that also receive. We owe a title to 225 funding. So with that said, as Abby mentioned, and as we promised, this is an extremely short presentation. And pretty much what we like to say is just present what kind of agencies are under section 225. And pretty much field any questions. What I will say is that all of these agencies also have to follow the same guidelines that are provided to any other agency receiving our funding. There are a couple of exceptions with regards to the deliverables that they are required to submit to us. But other than that, it's pretty much the same guidelines. So with that, I will pause and say that's really the last slide, second and last slide. And we will open it up for questions from anybody that may have one. So questions? So while we're waiting for people to post their questions, I also want to add, Rhonda had indicated in the chat that if you're not sure if you're receiving section 225 funding, you don't have to do it right now. But at the end of this presentation, you might want to get a hold of your grant award notification. And that's how you can find out if you are funded for section 225. Yeah, I don't know if everybody saw the info overload, but there's no questions so far. Oh, there you go, Jillian. Oh, wait, we do have a raised hand. Thank you for that, Jillian. Go ahead. So I would like to know, how do you grade or supplement 225 with K-fund? Do you grade or complement? So in this case, again, the fact that you have other state funding or even private funding doesn't change the status of our kind of funding, which is supplemental in nature. So always think of your core funding as whatever other funding you may have existing, including CAPE. And this is sort of that cherry on top. So even within 225, as I mentioned earlier, it doesn't really change anything or any other criteria that is different from the rest of the 231, other than some of the deliverables that we cannot collect just based on the fact that there are confined individuals and privacy issues that may arise from collecting certain information that were not allowed. But other than that, it's the same guidelines. It's still supplemental in nature. And so it can be utilized in the same manner. Did that answer your question? It did. Thank you, Carmen, but not but. And it's getting harder and harder to meet the pre and the post testing for the causes. And that is a fact. And maybe others are seeing that too. Were you specifically referring to like jails or what kind of institutions? OK. Yeah, is it because of custody issues? Yeah, correct. OK. I know COVID is sort of through kind of everybody for a loop. Just given the whole guidelines in terms of distancing and so forth. And it is challenging. I mean, having worked in a jail before as an officer myself, I know it can be very challenging to work with individuals providing services such as educational services while at the same time also following other mandates that come down from the state level as well with regards to security and health. So I hear you. I know there's different. I know at least within the CDCR, they're really relying and working quite a bit on implementing a lot of technology pieces that really help with that aspect. So I know there's different companies that provide sort of like a closed circuit internet where individuals obviously can sit there and Google everything and anything in the world, like if you were out here. But it does have like a closed circuit system to where they're able to utilize it for educational purposes. So you might want to look into that. Thank you. Great question, though. Other questions? Carmen, there's a question. It was in the chat. So I just happened to be on there. So it was from Peggy asking if the DSH Kulinga receiving money this funding cycle. Peggy, as far as I recall in the application, they only identified in the request for application. They only identified a Tuscadero metropolitan Napa in patent. But don't quote me 100% on that. I would need to double check. But as far as I know, at this moment, those are the four sites that are identified in the application. But I will double check on that. And we do have a question. And is it possible to teach them virtually and do not disclose our physical location and address to them? That's a great question. Again, I almost feel like that's really a local question because it'll really depend on your agency. In terms of the security, the FERPA, and all those guidelines that you have to follow as individual agencies. And the reason I'm saying that is I do know that there are different guidelines that certain agencies decide to adopt. Then maybe more than what's sort of the minimal requirements by either policy or law. So again, I would check with your local agency and just see what their security guidelines and privacy guidelines are. Did I answer the question? Go ahead and feel free to unmute. Oh, yeah. Hello, Dorothy Carmen. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. I just was wondering how we can find the local agency. We are in Sacramento, so I know for some reason. But I don't know whether we have to reach them or same as the other section that we were talking, they may reach us for something like MOU or we have to just go to them. So I think you were referring to inmates and you wanted to share your physical location for them to see your services? Yeah, I was thinking to teach prisoners. I never have experienced those. But I was thinking because of the security, I know we have to follow the guideline that they have. But for the security of our staff and our personnel, I was thinking how we can reach them. The only prison that they know is for some prison, do they have any office that we can communicate and you know about them to inform me about the contact person? Yeah. So again, because you're working with a local prison, you would definitely need to follow their guidelines and their policies. It's sort of a bit of a different setting, right? Then say like your local county jail, just because of the security levels, right? And so that would be one. But what I do know is that also prisons do connect students with local agencies prior to their release. So if an individual is wanting, for example, if they're halfway through obtaining their high school diploma and they still have some credits remaining to be able to complete that diploma, that prison will typically provide a list of services of agencies or providers that the individual can seek or go to in order to finish that high school diploma. So it's more, again, I would definitely check with the prison that you're working with and see what their guidelines are. Because again, for security purposes, you definitely need to follow those. There are different categories or classifications of individuals. And I know that some classifications may have access to a little more information than others. So you really need to be careful on that piece. But like I said, individuals that are ready to be released will get that information and they will know where to find you if need be. OK, thank you very much. You bet. There are questions. None are appearing. So maybe we'll just give folks a few more seconds if somebody has a last minute one. But nothing is cropping up. I just have one more question, if you don't mind. So I know when we wrote the grant, we were not aware of the agency that we have to reach out like local county jays. So now I wonder if we just welcome Is there any way to request to move some funding that they approve us from one section to other section? Any questions? I think I understood your question. Can you move funding from one section to the other? So for example, can you move funding from section 231 to 225 and vice versa? And the answer is no. Yeah, the answer is no. They're two different. I mean, think of it like it's two different buckets under the same umbrella. So it's for the same purpose, but it comes from different buckets. So you cannot transfer funding from those two different buckets. OK, which means that if you don't use that part of the funding, we will lose it. It's not that you lose it. It comes back to the state, whether it's 231 or 225. Yeah, it will come back to the state. And then it gets redistributed as, yeah. Oh, OK. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Peggy, I want to add, I did get a chance to double check on the application. And you are correct. Cualinga is in that application, so they are included. So thank you for correcting that. Appreciate it. If you're still here. And we do have, I think this is maybe more of a comment, but it's in the Q&A. This is from Janice. It says, Class or School for Adults had a program where we helped to expunge records of first time offenders by coordinating with the parole officer in Placer County Health Services. We offered resume assistance, workforce readiness, stress for success, and emotional healing and parenting classes. Right. Sounds like a very holistic program. Any other questions or comments? Janice just said thank you. So, I think that might be it. Last call. Going once and going twice, right? All right. Well, thank you, everyone. I will hand it over back to Jim. Thank you, Abby, my fellow colleague for presenting. I don't know if you have any last thoughts that you want to share with everybody present. So, OK, if not, I will say, again, thank you for staying for this presentation.