File #: File ID 14580    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Agenda Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/25/2022 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/7/2022 Final action: 6/7/2022
Title: Joint Task Force to Address Poverty Discussion/Direction/Action. Request that Bonnie Bazata present "Poverty in Tucson: A Pre- and Post-Pandemic Picture" to the Board of Supervisors (attached). Take action to direct the County Administrator and appropriate County staff to join with the City of Tucson to form a Joint Task Force on Poverty; and, in collaboration with the City, provide the Task Force with the resources necessary to do its work. A similar item passed unanimously at the Mayor & Council meeting on April 19, 2022. The Task Force would involve both City and County departments, outside nonprofit partners, individuals with lived experience, and other private sector partners, and will identify strategies to make ending poverty in our community "everybody's business." (District 2)
Attachments: 1. BOS_JointTaskForcetoAddressPoverty_District2Submittal, 2. BOS_PovertyinTucsonPresentation, 3. BOS_PovertyPresentationReferences, 4. BOS_CommentLetter_6-6-22_Redacted, 5. BOS_CommentLetter2_6-6-22_Redacted, 6. BOS_CommentLetter_6-7-22_Redacted

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Joint Task Force to Address Poverty

Discussion/Direction/Action. Request that Bonnie Bazata present “Poverty in Tucson: A Pre- and Post-Pandemic Picture” to the Board of Supervisors (attached). Take action to direct the County Administrator and appropriate County staff to join with the City of Tucson to form a Joint Task Force on Poverty; and, in collaboration with the City, provide the Task Force with the resources necessary to do its work. A similar item passed unanimously at the Mayor & Council meeting on April 19, 2022. The Task Force would involve both City and County departments, outside nonprofit partners, individuals with lived experience, and other private sector partners, and will identify strategies to make ending poverty in our community “everybody’s business.” (District 2)