Exhibit CC 07-05-2017 Oral CommunicationsPresentation by:
Shaurya Srivastava
ABOUT RISING
INTERNATIONAL
THREE PROGRAMS:
1)Rising America: Local low –income women learn to be social entrepreneurs by selling jewelry and home décor made by global survivors of poverty, war and human trafficking.
2)Rising America –Teens: Local teens learn to be social entrepreneurs and help women of poverty around the world. Program won an Ashoka Changemaker award!
3)Safe and Sound Program: Local human trafficking
prevention program.
http://risinginternational.org/
LET’S LISTEN TO A STORY
MY HIGH SCHOOL
LILY’S HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION GIFTS
INDIA
•Estimated 14 million slaves
•Estimated 1.2 million children involved in prostitution
LOCAL HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
•A pimp can make $150,000-$200,000 per child
each year, and the average pimp has 4 to 6 girls.
•Highest number of human trafficking cases
reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline
are in California.
•A 2017 Senate Report indicates that 73% of all child
trafficking originates on Backpage.com, which
earns an estimated $9 million per month.
WHAT WE WANT TO BRING
TO CUPERTINO
•Organize an event for Human Trafficking Awareness
Month in January
•Launch Rising High School Clubs. Club members learn:
•To be social entrepreneurs and help people out of poverty around the world
•Safe and Sound Workshops lead by teens
SPECIAL EVENT!
•Looking for donated space in Cupertino to hold a
Rising Event, managed by teens
•At this event, bracelets made by trafficking survivors are
for sale
SO WHAT HAPPENED TO LILY?
•Lily was able to convince a customer to take her to a
local police station. He did, and now Lily is Safe and
Sound.
•To help heal from her tragedy, she now makes
bracelets that we sell at Rising Events.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME!
WE WOULD LIKE YOUR SUPPORT!
"Housing
\;.I/Choices
SANTA CLARA C OUNTY
PARTNER PROPERTIES
408.498.5777
www.housingchoices.org
The mission of Housing Choices
is to enhance the lives of people
with developmental disabilities
by creating quality affordable
housing options. With service
funding from San Andreas
Regional Center, fifteen Partner
Properties in Santa Cla ra
County open new doors for
people with developmental
disabilities seeking to live in
community rental housing.
San Antonio Place, Mountain View, ·cA 94040
In partnership with Charities Housing
7 of 118 studio units
Estancia Apartments, Santa Clara, CA 95054
In partnership with Equity Apartments
23 of 450 units; 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units
Villa Esperanza Apartments, Gi lroy, CA 95020
In partnership with Eden Housing
20 unns; 1, 2, and 3 bed room units
RiverTown Apartments, Santa Clara, CA 95054
In partnership with Housing Authority of Santa
Clara County
15 of 100 units; 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units
Fourth Street Apartments, San Jose, CA 95112
In partnership with First Community Housing
29 of 100 units; 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units
Casa Feliz Studios, San Jose, CA 95112
In partnership w ith First Community Housing
21 of 60 studio units
Camden Co-op, San Jose, CA 95124
In partnership with Hope Services
5 rooms in a single-family house
Japantown Senior Apartments, San Jose, CA 95112
In partnership w ith Fi rst Community Housing
10 of 75 units; 1 bedroom units
Gish Apartments, San Jose, CA 95113
In partnership with First Community Housi ng
13 of 35 units; Studios, 2, and 3 bedroom units
Monterey Villa, San Jose, CA 95138
In partnership_ with Eden Housing
18 1 bedroom units; 1, 2 bedroom units
De La Cruz Co-op, Santa Clara, CA 95054
In partnership with Hope Services
5 rooms in a single-family house
Jasmine Square Apartments,
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
In partnership with Eden Housing
12 of 72 units; 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units
Edenvale Apartments, San Jose, CA 95013
In partnership with Eden Housing
14 units ; 1 bedroom units
1585 Studios, Mountain View, CA 94040
In partnership w ith First Community Housing
26 studio units
Briarwood Co -op, Santa Clara, CA 95051
In partnership with Hope Services
5 rooms in a single-fam il y house
Housing
Choices
The Housing Needs of Cupertino's Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Introduction. Cupertino is facing a growing need for permanent supportive housing for people with
developmental disabilities, who are diagnosed with, for example, autism, Down Syndrome, cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability and a variety of other conditions similar to an intellectual disability
that severely impair functioning in at least three of seven activities of daily living. Under California's
Lanterman Act, the San Andreas Regional Center insures that Cupertino's residents with developmental
disabilities have the services they need to live successfully in integrated community housing . But
without access to affordable housing, this is an empty promise.
Current Unmet Housing Need. According to the Department of Developmental Services, Cupertino is
home to 325 people with developmental disabilities, of whom 122 are adults with developmental
disabilities. Of this adult population, fewer than 11 are living in their own apartment, while 26 are
living in a community care facility . Eighty-six (86) of Cupertino's adults with developmental disabilities
(approximately 70%) are still living at home with aging parents. That is not usually by choice-many
adults remain in the parent's home solely because of the lack of other housing options in Cupertino.
Demographic Factors Contributing to the Growth in Housing Need. The number of people with
developmental disabilities in Santa Clara County grew by 42% in the ten years since December 2006 .
Two demographic factors will continue to fuel this growth, including in Cupertino:
• First, this growth correlates with a significant increase in the diagnosis of children with autism
beginning in the mid-1980s, which is reflected in a dramatic increase in the caseload of adults
with developmental disabilities now entering their 30s. For example, there are now more than
twice as many adults with developmental disabilities in the age group 22 to 31 years compared
to the age group 32 years to 41 years. The vast majority of adults in their 20s and 30s are still
living at home, but as their parents reach their 60s and 70s, these families need to find
permanent supportive housing options for their adult children with developmental disabilities .
• Another demographic factor fueling growth in housing need among people with developmental
disabilities is the continuing gains in life span due to improvements in medical care and social
services. For example, as recently as ten years ago, there was a 50% decrease in the Santa Clara
County population of adults with developmental disabilities as they aged out of the group aged
42 to 51 years and joined the group aged 52 to 61 years of age. In contrast, in December 2016,
the group that is age 52 to 61 years of age is almost as large as the group that is age 42 to 51
years of age. There are similar gains in the share of adults with developmental disabilities who
are living past their 62"d birthday. This trend toward longer lifespans is expected to continue.
With each passing year, more and more Cupertino adults with developmental disabilities are
going to outlive the parents who provided them with safe and stable housing.
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Housing
Choices
Community Factors Contributing to the Growth in Housing Need. Dramatic rent increases in Cupertino
have greatly limited the ability of Cupertino's adults with developmental disabilities to move out of the
family home into an affordable rental apartment. Many adults with developmental disabilities rely on
551 benefits of only $900/month. The Cupertino market rent can easily be two or three times the
individual's gross income.
A second community factor uniquely affects adults with developmental disabil ities. Santa Clara County
is experiencing dramatic declines in the supply of licensed Community Care Facilities, ICFs, and SNFs
that once housed adults with developmental disabilities. For example, in December 2006, 1,696 Santa
Clara County consumers were housed in licensed facilities , but in December 2016, only 1,665 were
housed in these licensed settings . Because of adult population growth, this decline means that only
28 % of the County's adults are able to be housed in community facilities, compared to 42% in December
2006 . This decline in spaces in community care facilities is not offset by growth in the percentage of
adults with developmental disabilities living in their own apartment but rather by growth in the percent
still living at home with aging parents. Many adults who once would have been referred to community
care facilities when their parents became too frail to care for them are able to live in permanent
supportive housing with Independent Living Services or Supported Living Serv ices funded by San
Andreas Regional Center. But affordable housing remains the missing piece of the puzzle.
Solutions to Cupertino's Housing Crisis for Adults with Developmental Disabilities. The San Andreas
Regional Center can provide supportive services to enable Cupertino's residents with developmental
disabilities to live successfully in community rental housing , but is prohibited from paying for the cost of
housing . Over the past 20 years, Housing Choices has overcome this barrier in other Santa Clara County
cities by forming long-term partnerships with affordable housing developers who have set aside a
percentage of units at specific properties for rent to people with developmental disabilities on the
condition that San Andreas Regional Center fund resident supportive services. This permanent
supportive housing model has a proven record of success at 15 different affordable housing properties
across Santa Clara County , but there are no such housing opportunities for Cupertino's adults with
developmental disabilities.
City Councils in neighboring cities like Sunnyvale and Mountain View have provided leadership, local
funding, and planning approvals which have been instrumental in the planning of integrated and
affordable housing opportun ities for people with developmental disabilities . These cities have
acknowledged their special role in contributing to the creation of housing that enables their residents
with developmental disabilities to remain in the city in which they grew up and where they have formed
many supportive relationships . We look forward to exploring how the City of Cupertino can contribute
to creating more housing choices fo r its adult citizens with developmental disabilities.
For more information, contact Jan Stokley , Executive Director, Housing Choices , telephone (408)713 -
2613 , email jan @housingchoices .org .
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