% ♪
% >> Announcer: THE FOLLOWING
% PROGRAM IS A PBS WISCONSIN
% ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.%>> Frede
rica: PROFESSIONAL
% LICENSING DELAYS ARE CREATING A
% CRISIS AND COMPOUNDING THE WORK
% FORCE SHORTAGE.%THE STATE OF
EDUCATION REMAINS
% OPTIMISTIC, BUT THE LONG HAUL
% EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC ENDURE
% FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AND A
% COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
% REPRESENTS WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR
% INCLUSIVE, LOW-INCOME HOUSING.
% ♪
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT ON "HERE & NOW,"
% ADDRESSING A BUREAUCRATIC
% BACKLOG, THE NEWEST LEADER OF
% THE STATE'S PROFESSIONAL
% LICENSING AGENCY, DAN HERETH,
% JOINING US, AND A RURAL SCHOOL
% PSYCHOLOGIES SAID THE PANDEMIC
% SLIDE IS WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT,
% AND MURV SEYMOUR COMMENTS ON
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
% IT'S "HERE & NOW," SEPTEMBER 23.
% >> Announcer: "HERE & NOW" IS
% PROVIDED BY FUNDING FOR
% PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM AND
% FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.%♪
% >> Frederica: THE WORK FORCE
% SHORTAGE IMPACTING THE LION'S
% SHARE OF THE JOB MARKET IS
% SLAMMING PHARMACIES.
% WITH THE ADDED WORKLOAD OF
% PROVIDING VACCINATIONS AND
% BOOSTER SHOTS, THE CRISIS LEVEL
% SHORTAGE OF PHARMACISTS AND
% TECHNICIANS IS LEAVING SOME TO
% TURN PATIENTS AWAY OR WAIT DAYS
% FOR A PRESCRIPTION TO BE FILLED.
% THE SHORTAGE COULD BE
% ALLEVIATED.
% THE PHARMACY SOCIETY OF
% WISCONSIN SAYS MORE THAN 200
% PHARMACISTS HAVE EXPERIENCED
% SEVERE DELAYS IN THEIR LICENSING
% PROCESSING PREVENTING THEM FROM
% WORKING.
% IT'S NOT JUST PHARMACISTS.
% NURSES, THERAPISTS, AND OTHER
% PROFESSIONS ARE FEELING THE
% FRUSTRATION.%FOR ANSWERS AS T
O WHY THIS IS
% HAPPENING, WE TURN TO THE NEW
% SECRETARY DESIGNEE OF THE
% DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND
% PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN CHARGE
% OF APPROVING THESE LICENSES, DAN
% HERETH, JOINING US NOW, AND
% THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
% HERE.%>> ABSOLUTELY.
% THANK YOU, FREDERICA, FOR
% ALLOWING ME SOME TIME TO JOIN
% YOU TODAY.
% THIS ISSUE IS CERTAINLY ONE
% THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR%
HEARTS AT THE AGENCY.
% LICENSING FOLKS THROUGHOUT
% WISCONSIN IS A RESPONSIBILITY
% THAT WE TAKE INCREDIBLY
% SERIOUSLY.%YOU KNOW, WE ARE C
ERTAINLY IN
% UNCERTAIN TIMES, AND HAVE BEEN
% FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND THE
% MOST RECENT IT RATION OF --
% ITERATION OF THAT IS WORK FORCE
% SHORTAGES.%WE AT THE DEPARTME
NT EXPERIENCED
% THOSE.%THOSE OUT THERE IN THE
% COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING
% THOSE.
% YOU KNOW, RECORD HIGH LABOR
% FORCE PARTICIPATION, RECORD LOW
% UNEMPLOYMENT, THOSE ARE GOOD
% THING, BUT THAT LEAVES US WITH
% NEW CHALLENGES TO FACE, AND,
% CERTAINLY, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS
% THAT.
% AT OUR AGENCY, WE WORK WITH OVER
% 240 UNIQUE CREDENTIALS.
% OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS,
% LICENSING VOLUME HAS BEEN
% INCREASING DRAMATICALLY EVERY
% YEAR.
% OVER 100% INCREASE IN THAT
% TIMEFRAME, AND WHILE WE ARE
% PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE BEEN
% MAKING AS OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE
% ISSUING LICENSING 40% FASTER
% THAN WE'VE EVER ISSUED THEM IN
% THE HISTORY OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
% WE ARE LICENSING MORE PEOPLE
% ANNUALLY THAN WE'VE EVER
% LICENSED IN THE HISTORY OF THE
% DEPARTMENT.%WE CERTAINLY KNO
W THAT THERE'S
% MORE WORK TO DO, AND PART OF
% THAT WORK IS OUR BUDGET, AND SO
% THE LAST TWO BUDGET CYCLES, WE
% REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL
% POSITIONS.
% THOSE REQUESTS CERTAINLY HAVEN'T
% BEEN FULLY MET, AND WE'RE GOING
% TO REQUEST MORE POSITIONS IN
% THIS BUDGET CYCLE BECAUSE, AS
% YOU WELL KNOW, SERVING OUR FOLKS
% HERE IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN%
IS A TOP PRIORITY.
% >> Frederica: SO I WANT TO
% CIRCLE BACK TO SOME OF THE
% POINTS YOU'VE MADE, BUT, FIRST,
% WHAT CAN YOU TELL PEOPLE WANTING
% TO WORK IN THEIR FIELD, BUT
% THEY'RE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR
% LICENSE?%>> YOU KNOW, MY BEST
ADVICE IS
% ALWAYS TO LOG IN TO THE SYSTEM,
% PARTICULARLY FOR FOLKS WHO
% APPLIED IN OUR BRAND NEW SYSTEM
% LICENSEE.
% AGAIN, THE -- THAT TECHNOLOGY
% COMBINED WITH SOME OF OUR
% EFFORTS INTERNALLY ALLOWED US TO
% ISSUE LICENSES 40% FASTER, BUT
% WITH THE UPTICK IN VOLUME, WE
% DEFINITELY NEED MORE HELP IN
% POSITIONS TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
% >> Frederica: IN FACT, YOU
% DESCRIBE HAVING BEEN CRITICALLY
% SHORT STAFFED IN THE AGENCY.
% DESCRIBE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
% HANDLING WHAT KIND OF VOLUME OF
% APPLICATIONS AND INQUIRIES.
% >> YEAH.
% ABSOLUTELY.
% SO AS OF ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO,
% THERE WAS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
% ANYWHERE FROM 25,000 TO 30,000
% LICENSES THAT WERE APPLIED FOR.
% IN THE RECENT BIENNIUM, THAT
% NUMBER CREPT UP TO OVER 60,000.
% UNFORTUNATELY, JUST LIKE THE
% LABOR SHORTAGES HITTING
% EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE STATE, IT'S
% HITTING OUR AGENCY, TOO, AND
% SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT IS NOT%
SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR A
% LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS
% ENVIRONMENT, SO THAT'S WHY IN
% OUR RECENT BUDGET, WE'RE
% REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL 30FTE
% TO ALLOW US BOTH TO COMMUNICATE
% BETTER WITH APPLICANTS WHO HAVE
% QUESTIONS OR NEED HELP MOVING
% THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT ALSO,
% THEN, TO PROCESS THINGS.
% >> Frederica: SO THE AGENCY
% WENT TO AN ONLINE LICENSE
% APPLICATION PROCESS, I BELIEVE,
% IT WAS JUST THIS PAST SPRING,
% BUT THE PHARMACY SOCIETY TELLS
% US THEY'VE GOT 200 APPLICATIONS
% IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW SAYING
% THE NEW SYSTEM DOES NOT SEEM TO
% HAVE HELPED THE DELAYS.
% WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT?
% >> YEAH.
% YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THIS POINT
% IN THE YEAR, THERE'S ALWAYS
% GOING TO BE LICENSE HOLDERS IN
% SOME -- OR PERSPECTIVE LICENSE
% HOLDERS IN SOME STAGE OF THE
% PROCESS.
% LICENSING IS -- IS, AS YOU MAY
% BE AWARE, NOT NECESSARILY A
% VENDING MACHINE-TYPE PROCESS.
% IT IS ITERATIVE AND INVOLVES
% MULTIPLE STEPS DEPENDENT ON ONE
% ANOTHER, AND SO WITH THE NEW
% SYSTEM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE
% NUMBERS BARE OUT WE'RE LICENSING
% PEOPLE 40% FASTER, SO WE WENT
% FROM A 76-DAY AVERAGE
% HISTORICALLY DOWN TO NOW A
% 45-DAY AVERAGE IN 2022.
% >> Frederica: IT'S FUNNY, THE
% 76-DAY AVERAGE OR THE 45-DAY
% AVERAGE, I MEAN, WE HAD BEEN
% HEARING REPORTS OF PEOPLE
% WAITING MONTHS FOR THEIR
% LICENSE.
% >> YEAH.
% YOU KNOW, I HEAR THOSE THINGS
% TOO, AND I FIND OFTENTIMES WHEN
% PEOPLE COME TO ME WITH
% PARTICULAR CONCERNS, AND I GET
% E-MAILS DIRECTLY FROM APPLICANTS
% ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE, THAT THE
% REALITY IS OFTENTIMES IF WE WERE
% WAITING MONTHS, THERE ARE A
% VARIETY OF FACTORS THAT IMPACT
% THAT, WHETHER IT'S TIME IT TAKES
% TO MOVE THROUGH THE TESTING
% PROCESS WITH NATIONAL EXAMS OR
% IT'S TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GET
% DOCUMENTATION TO THE DEPARTMENT,%
OUR GOAL AT THE DEPARTMENT IS TO
% MOVE THROUGH THE INCOMING
% INFORMATION AS FAST AS
% RESPONSIBLE, AND THE REALITY IS,
% AS I'VE SAID SEVERAL TIMES, WE
% NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF TO DO
% THAT.
% NOW, IN TERMS OF THOSE FOLKS,
% THE OTHER PART OF THAT EQUATION
% IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOME
% FOLKS NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE
% TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
% IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR TO
% EVERYBODY WHAT THE STEPS ARE OR
% WHAT MAY BE THE MISSING PIECE
% FOR THEM, AND THAT'S WHY THE
% COMMUNICATIONS ASPECT IS SO
% CRITICAL.%WE HAVE, AND WE'VE
ASKED FOR
% STAFF IN THE PASS, WE HAVE SIX
% FTE TO ANSWER ROUGHLY 5,000 TO
% 10,000 PHONE CALLS IN A GIVEN
% WEEK.
% OBVIOUSLY, THAT MATH DOES NOT%
WORK.
% WE REQUESTED STAFF TO DO JUST
% THAT IN PAST BUDGETS AND WILL
% REQUEST THAT STAFF AGAIN IN THE
% NEXT BUDGET.%>> Frederica: SO
IF
% SHORT-STAFFED HOSPITALS CAN'T
% PUT NURSES BACK TO WORK AND
% PHARMACISTS CAN'T POTENTIALLY
% FILL PRESCRIPTIONS IN A TIMELY
% FASHION, OR THERAPISTS CAN'T
% STOP THEIR NEW JOB BECAUSE THEY
% ARE WAITING FOR THEIR LICENSE,
% WHAT KIND OF BURDEN DOES THIS
% CONTINUING KIND OF LICENSING LOG
% JAM PUT ON THOSE WHO NEED CARE?
% >> YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, IT'S
% SOMETHING, AGAIN, AS I STATED
% WHEN WE STARTED THE
% CONVERSATION, THAT WE ALL TAKE
% PERSONALLY.
% SERVING THE CITIZENS OF
% WISCONSIN IS A TOP PRIORITY, AND
% THAT'S WHY WE MOVE QUICKLY TO
% IMPLEMENT THE NEW LICENSEE,
% WHICH AIDED US IN DROPPING
% LICENSE TIMES SIGNIFICANTLY,
% AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
% TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER
% TO ALLOW THE AGENCY TO SERVE THE
% FOLKS IN THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE
% SERVED.
% >> Frederica: ALL RIGHT,
% SECRETARY DESIGNE, DAN HERETH,
% THANK YOU VERY MUCH.%>> ABSOL
UTELY, THANK YOU.
% >> Frederica: GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS THIS WEEK CALLED FOR AN
% OCTOBER 4 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
% LEGISLATURE, WHICH REPUBLICANS
% HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY WILL
% GAVEL IN AND IMMEDIATELY GAVEL
% OUT OF.
% THEY ARE TASKED TO TAKE UP
% STATEWIDE BALLOT INITIATIVES.
% THE PROCESS ALLOWS WISCONSIN
% CITIZENS TO CIRCUMVENT THE
% LEGISLATURE AND USE THE BALLOT
% BOX TO VOTE IN STATE LAW.
% IN A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE
% GOVERNOR SAID THIS WOULD ALLOW
% WISCONSIN VOTERS TO DIRECTLY
% TAKE UP ABORTION.%>> WISCONS
IN'S CURRENT LAWS DO
% NOT ALLOW VOTERS TO CHANGE STATE
% LAW BY REFERENDUM, AND VOTERS
% CANNOT INTRODUCE REFERENDA OR
% INITIATIVES TO BE VOTED ON BY
% THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN.
% I'LL BE CALLING ON THE
% LEGISLATURE AND THE SPECIAL
% SESSION TO TAKE UP THE
% CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT
% WILL ENABLE THE PEOPLE OF
% WISCONSIN TO GO TO REFERENDUM
% AND REPEAL OUR 1849 ERA CRIMINAL
% ABORTION BAN TO ENSURE WOMEN
% ACROSS OUR STATE WILL GO BACK TO
% HAVING THE SAME RIGHTS NOW THAT
% THEY DID THE DAY BEFORE THE U.S.
% SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V.
% WADE.%>> Frederica: THIS WEE
K, THE
% STATE'S SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
% INSTRUCTION, JILL UNDERLY,
% DELIVERED THE ANNUAL STATE OF
% EDUCATION ADDRESS.
% >> WE CAN FIND INCREDIBLE
% EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
% LEARNING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
% INTEGRATED IN OUR CLASSROOMS ALL
% ACROSS WISCONSIN.
% [APPLAUSE]
% AND THAT'S WONDERFUL AND
% ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
% IT'S ABSOLUTELY STRENGTHENS THE
% EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF OUR
% STUDENTS.
% WE ALSO NEED TO SUPPORT OUR
% STUDENTS EVEN MORE WITH ACCESS
% TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND
% THAT NEED FROM COMMUNITY AND FOR
% COMMUNITY AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH
% SERVICES HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE,
% AND IT'S BECOME EVEN MORE
% APPARENT AND IMPORTANT AS WE
% MOVE THROUGH THE COVID-19
% PANDEMIC.
% IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT CRITICS
% WILL LATCH ON TO TEST SCORES
% WHEN THERE'S SO MANY OTHER
% NEEDS, AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS
% THAT WE SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE
% IN A ONCE IN LIFETIME OR ONCE IN
% A CENTURY PANDEMIC.
% THE PAST FEW YEARS WERE
% INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS
% TO LEARN, BUT ALSO TO LIVE AND
% TO THRIVE, AND THE TEST SCORES
% SHOWED US EXACTLY WHAT WE KNEW
% THEY WOULD.
% THAT KIDS, FAMILY, ADULTS,
% REALLY EVERYONE, WAS IMPACTED
% DIFFERENTLY, AND OUR MOST
% VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
% WERE IMPACTED THE MOST.
% COVID-19 HAS ASKED A LOT OF OUR
% KIDS, AND IT'S ASKED A LOT OF
% OUR EDUCATORS, AND I BELIEVE IN
% THE RESILIENCE OF OUR STUDENTS
% AND OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND I ALSO
% WISH THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE
% RESILIENT.%>> Frederica: THE
CHAIR OF THE
% SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WAS
% QUICK TO CRITICIZE THE ADDRESS
% AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
% SENATOR ALBERTA DARLING, SAID
% THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
% FAILURE.
% UNDER HER WATCH, TOO MANY
% CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE
% FAILING.%THERE WAS NOT A SING
LE
% ACKNOWLEDGMENT, SHE SAID, THAT
% LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF STUDENTS
% ARE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH OR
% MATH.
% SINCE 2020, THE PANDEMIC
% ACADEMIC SLIDE IN SCHOOLS IS
% WELL-DOCUMENTED.
% ACCORDING TO THE NATION'S REPORT
% CARD, K-12 SCHOOLS IN THE
% MIDWEST SLIPPED THE MOST IN THE
% COUNTRY WITH READING SCORES DOWN
% 7 POINTS AND MATH DOWN 9.
% OVERALL, THE WORST SLIP IN 30
% YEARS, BUT ACCORDING TO OUR NEXT
% GUEST, IT MIGHT NOT BE JUST
% VIRTUAL LEARNING TO BLAME.
% AMERY SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AND
% PRESIDENT OF THE WISCONSIN
% SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST ASSOCIATION,
% KATIE JOHNSON, JOINS US, AND
% THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
% HERE.
% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
% >> Frederica: WHAT ARE YOU
% SAYING IN YOUR DISTRICT AND
% STATEWIDE, REALLY, ABOUT HOW FAR
% BEHIND STUDENTS ARE ACADEMICALLY
% THIS SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE OF THIS
% PANDEMIC SLIDE?
% >> WE ARE SEEING A BIG SLIDE
% BACK BACKWARD, AND WE'RE NOT
% ONLY SEEING THAT IT'S NOT JUST
% PROPORTIONAL TO THE TIME KIDS
% HAVE BEEN OFF SCHOOL, AND I
% THINK THAT'S WHAT STANDS OUT TO
% ME, BUT IT SEEMS BIGGER THAN
% WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT GIVEN THE
% AMOUNT OF TIME THAT KIDS
% ACTUALLY MISSED SCHOOL, WHICH
% LEAVES ME TO BELIEVE THERE'S
% SOMETHING MORE TO IT THAN JUST
% THAT TIME OFF OF SCHOOL THAN
% MISSING INSTRUCTION.%>> Frede
rica: HOW SURPRISED
% WERE YOU BY THE -- WHAT YOU'RE
% DESCRIBING AS A MAJOR SLIP IN
% ACADEMICS?
% >> I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN VERY
% SURPRISED BY IT.
% YOU KNOW, WE EXPECTED, IF WE
% DIDN'T GIVE FACE-TO-FACE
% ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION, THAT WILL%
WOULD BE A SLIP, BUT WE DID NOT
% EXPECT A LARGE SLIP, AND WE
% DIDN'T EXPECT THE BEHAVIORAL
% SLIP WE'VE SEEN AS WELL.
% >> Frederica: YOU SAID THAT
% THERE WERE OTHER THINGS AT PLAY,
% AND ONE OF THOSE, I UNDERSTAND,
% FROM YOU, IS THIS BEHAVIORAL
% ISSUEMENT DESCRIBE WHAT THAT IS
% AND WHERE YOU ARE SEEING IT.
% >> WE SEE IT ALL THE WAY K-12,
% PREK-12, AND WE ARE SEEING KIDS
% JUST NOT ADJUSTED TO CLASSROOMS.
% THEY DON'T KNOW BASIC RULES, YOU
% KNOW, HOW TO SIT STILL, HOW TO
% MAINTAIN ATTENTION.
% I THINK BEING HOME WAS VERY
% DIFFERENT IN A DIFFERENT
% ENVIRONMENT, SO -- AND YOU
% TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE SEE IT
% COMING FROM IS IT'S MORE THAN
% NOT JUST BEING ON SCHOOL, BUT
% STRESS ON FAMILIES AND IMPACT
% THAT THE PANDEMIC HAD ON HOMES
% AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE'S
% OCCUPATIONS AND WE'RE SEEING
% THAT ALL CULMINATE IN KIDS'
% ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL SUCCESS%
IN SCHOOL.%>> Frederica: IF BEH
AVIOR AND
% MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE
% WORSE, HOW EQUIPPED ARE SCHOOLS
% TO HELP?
% >> SCHOOLS ARE VERY WELL
% EQUIPPED TO HELP WITH MENTAL
% HEALTH PROVIDERS IN SCHOOLS,
% SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS,
% COUNSELORS, AND NURSES, AND A%
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN
% SCHOOLS TO HELP, BUT I DO THINK
% IT IS A BIGGER ISSUE THAN JUST
% SCHOOLS.
% I THINK WE NEED TO WORK AS
% COMMUNITIES AND STATEWIDE TO
% REALLY SUPPORT KIDS TO KIND OF
% GET BACK TO A MORE TYPICAL WAY
% OF FUNCTIONING.%>> Frederica
: DO YOU FEEL AS
% THOUGH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND
% EVEN FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE
% EXTENT OF THIS PROBLEM THAT
% SCHOOLS ARE SEEING IN THEIR
% STUDENTS?
% >> I DON'T THINK THEY DO.
% I THINK THEY EXPECT THAT NOW
% THAT WE'RE BACK IN FACE-TO-FACE
% SCHOOL, THE TIMES ARE BACK TO
% NORMAL, AND THEY ARE NOT
% UNDERSTANDING THERE'S REAL LARGE
% SYSTEMS DIFFERENCES IN OUR
% SCHOOLS NOW.%>> Frederica: HO
W IMPORTANT
% ARE HAPPY LEARNERS TO THEIR
% ACADEMIC SUCCESS?%>> WELL, W
E KNOW WE DON'T LEARN
% VERY WELL UNLESS OUR BASIC NEEDS
% ARE MET AND WE ARE COMFORTABLE,
% AND SO FOR KIDS TO BE REALLY
% CALM AND CONFIDENT AND FEELING
% GOOD ABOUT COMING INTO THE
% SCHOOL DAY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
% THOSE ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS WE
% NEED TO MEET BEFORE MEETING
% ACADEMIC NEEDS.%>> Frederica
: SO WHAT DOES
% THAT MEAN IN THE CLASSROOM FOR
% TEACHERS, EVEN, OUTSIDE THE
% NURSE'S OFFICE?%HOW ARE TEAC
HERS KIND OF
% ADDRESSING THIS AND CARING FOR
% THAT FIRST BEFORE THEY EVEN OPEN
% A BOOK?
% >> I THINK THEY ARE DEFINITELY
% DOING MORE THINGS TO HELP KIDS
% ADJUST TO THE CLASSROOM TO HELP
% KIDS FEEL SAFE, TO MAKE SURE
% KIDS' BASIC NEEDS ARE MET THERE,
% AND THEY ARE CARING FOR THE
% WHOLE STUDENT AND NOT JUST
% TEACHING TO THEIR ACADEMIC
% NEEDS.%>> Frederica: IN YOUR
MIND,
% CAN THESE STUDENTS THAT HAVE
% WEATHERED THIS RECOVER FROM IT?
% >> ABSOLUTELY.
% YOU KNOW, I THINK KIDS WILL
% RECOVER.
% KIDS ARE RESILIENT.
% THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME.
% EDUCATION CHANGES.
% SOCIETY CHANGES.
% THIS, TOO, SHALL PASS, BUT I DO
% THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY
% IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE DOING THE
% BEST WE CAN TO SUPPORT KIDS, YOU
% KNOW, AND TO POURING INTO MENTAL
% HEALTH PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOLS,
% TO POURING INTO THE BEFORE AND
% AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ANYTHING
% THAT SUPPORTS KIDS SO THAT THEY
% HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF BOUNCING
% BACK AND GETTING BACK TO
% WHATEVER A NEW NORMAL IS.
% >> Frederica: DO YOU HAVE
% ANTICIPATION THAT THAT KIND
% OF -- THOSE KINDS OF RESOURCES
% OR SUPPORT WILL BE FORTHCOMING
% TO THE SCHOOLS ACROSS WISCONSIN?
% >> THERE HAVE BEEN RESOURCES WE
% ARE ACCESSING TO PROVIDE
% ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND IT
% IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE
% TO DO THAT.
% THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL
% MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, SCHOOL
% PSYCHOLOGISTS AMONG THEM, SO WE
% DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP POURING
% INTO THAT AND CREATING MORE
% OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO GET
% THOSE NEEDED SERVICES.
% >> Frederica: ALL RIGHT.
% KATIE JOHNSON FROM AMERY, WE
% REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >> Frederica: THIS IS A
% SPECIAL WEEK FOR THOSE LIVING IN
% THE BAYVIEW COMMUNITY OF
% MADISON.
% BY THE END OF THE MONTH, NEARLY
% 50 PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN NEW
% APARTMENT MOMENTS AFTER YEARS OF
% PLANNING AND FUNDRAISING.
% "HERE & NOW" SPECIAL PROJECTS
% JOURNALISTMURV SEYMOUR DESCRIBES
% HOW THIS AFFECTS AFFORDABLE
% HOUSING ACROSS THE STATE.
% >> ALL THE HOUSING ON THE
% TRIANGLE LIKE BAYVIEW'S IS
% LOW-INCOME HOUSING.
% >> Reporter: ON THE SOUTH SIDE
% --
% >> 50 YEARS OLD.
% >> Ro>> Reporter: SITS A TINY
% COMMUNITY REPRESENTING
% DIVERSITY.
% >> FOR 50 YEARS, A CENTER OF
% QUIET PROMISE.
% >> BAYVIEW HAS BEEN CULTURALLY
% DIVERSE.
% >> THIS IS AN AREA OF THE CITY
% THAT USED TO BE ORIGINALLY TOW
% TRUCK LANE, AND THEN IT BECAME
% LATER ON LAND THAT WAS SETTLED
% BY WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS,
% ALBANIAENS, JEWISH PEOPLE,
% ITALIANS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS.%
>> MY PARENTS LIVED HERE BEFORE
% I DID, MY NEIGHBOR'S PARENTS
% DID, AND LANGUAGE IS A BARRIER,
% BUT DOES NOT STOP RESIDENTS FROM
% ENGAGING AND TALKING TO ONE
% ANOTHER, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST
% HAVING THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
% >> BAYVIEW'S A PLACE I LOVE.
% I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 18
% YEARS.
% >> Reporter: NINA AND JOHN ARE
% LONG TIME BAYVIEW RESIDENTS.
% BOTH SAY --
% >> HERE, IT'S MORE THAN
% TOWNHOMES, SIDE BY SIDE, MORE
% THAN JUST BRICK BUILDINGS SIDE
% BY SIDE, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS
% EVERYBODY, THE PARENTS, THE
% KIDS, THE GRANDCHILDREN.
% >> WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
% YOUR KIDS CAN GO OUT AND PLAY
% WITHOUT YOU WORRYING OF ANYTHING
% HAPPENING.%IT IS A PLACE THAT
'S REALLY,
% REALLY FREE, SAFE, AND IS SAFE
% FOR FAMILIES.
% >> WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF
% PROVIDING HOUSING.
% >> Reporter: THAT DIFFERENT
% WAY ALSO PROVIDES --
% >> JOB SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICE,
% SOME HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION,
% CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS.
% THE IMPORTANCE OF BAYVIEW IS ONE
% OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES
% AROUND.%>> WAIT FOR FIVE, SI
X YEARS
% WAITING TO GET ONE APARTMENT
% THAT'S AFFORDABLE.
% >> BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
% IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS CLOSE TO
% THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO
% GET TO IS REALLY ESSENTIAL.
% WE'RE LOCATED WITHIN A MILE OF
% DOWNTOWN MADISON.
% WE ARE ONLY BLOCKS AWAY FROM
% CAMPUS.
% WE ARE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE BAY.
% HERE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO
% TRANSPORTATION, JOBS, REALLY
% GOOD SCHOOLS, BANKS, HEALTHCARE
% FACILITIES, ALL OF THE THINGS
% THAT ALL OF US NEED.
% >> Reporter: ALSO KNOWN AS THE
% GREEN BUSH COMMUNITY AND
% NOWADAYS THE TRIANGLE BECAUSE OF
% THE UNIQUE SHAPE OF THE BLOCK
% WHERE IT SITS, THE SENSE OF
% DIVERSITY HERE DATES BACK MORE
% THAN 50 YEARS WHEN THE TRIANGLE
% BEGAN TO TAKE SHAPE.
% BACK THEN, WHEN CITY LEADERS
% CHOSE TO REBUILD THE AREA, IT
% WOULD HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT
% ON THIS MAINLY MINORITY
% COMMUNITY.
% >> I THINK THAT HISTORY ON THE
% TRIANGLE IS ONE THAT, YOU KNOW,
% IS REALLY COMPLICATED.
% >> IN THE 1960s, THAT
% BLOSSOMING, FRUITFUL, IMMIGRANT
% AREA WAS DEVASTATED BY URBAN
% RENEWAL.
% MONEY WAS AVAILABLE TO CITIES
% ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO REMOVE
% URBAN BLIGHT.
% HOMES WERE BOUGHT OUT, SELL OR
% BE CONDEMNED OUT SO THE
% NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TAKEN DOWN
% WITHOUT REALLY CONSIDERING WHAT
% WOULD HAPPEN TO THE RESIDENTS
% WHO LIVED THERE.
% PEOPLE WENT OUT TO SECURE
% HOUSING, AND THERE WAS NOT MORE
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE HAD.
% THEY LIVED WITH RELATIVES.
% THEY LIVED OUTDOORS.
% SLEEPING IN WHAT'S NOW A PARK,
% AND THEY LEFT THE COMMUNITY.
% THEY TRIPLED UP AND RENTED
% APARTMENTS.%YOU KNOW, THEY S
URVIVED.
% NOT WELL.
% AND NOT, PERHAPS, FAIRLY.
% A GROUP OF ADVOCATES WHO HAVE AT
% TIMES SAID, YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE
% DOWN ALL THIS HOUSING WHERE
% THESE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE ARE
% LIVING.
% WHERE WILL THEY GO?
% WHAT ARE YOU DOING, CITY OF
% MADISON?
% >> Reporter: IT IS 2021,
% GROUNDBREAKING DAY ON A
% $55 MILLION RENEWAL EFFORT TO%
FUND ACCESSIBLE APARTMENTS, NEW
% TOWNHOMES, AND EXPANDED ARTS AND
% RECREATION CENTER.
% BAYVIEW WILL BE ABLE TO HOUSE
% 500 PEOPLE, 200 MORE THAN IT
% CURRENTLY HOUSES.
% CONSTRUCTION CREWS HAVE BEEN
% WORKING ON THIS FOR MORE THAN A
% YEAR NOW, AND ALMOST READY FOR
% PEOPLE TO MOVE IN, BUT UNLIKE
% THE PAST, THIS MODERN DAY
% REDEVELOPMENT IS BEING DONE IN A
% PROCESS CALLED "DESIGN JUSTICE"
% MEANING WORK DONE HERE AT
% BAYVIEW IS DONE WITH THE VOICES
% AND VISIONS OF THE PEOPLE THAT
% LIVE HERE AND NOT WITHOUT THEM.
% >> I LIVED HERE FOR MANY, MANY
% YEARS.
% >> Reporter: JOHN TOOK PART IN
% CEREMONIES THAT DAY, AND HE
% COULDN'T BE HAPPIER ABOUT THE
% TRANSFORMATION OF THE PLACE HE
% CALLS HOME.
% >> I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS
% REDEVELOPMENT, THESE BUILDINGS
% ARE VERY, VERY OLD.
% >> ACROSS THE STATE, PEOPLE ARE
% JUST BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND
% THAT WHEN YOU REDEVELOP
% AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR HOUSING OF
% ANY KIND, YOU REDEVELOP IT WITH
% THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, NOT
% IN SPITE OF THEM, NOT WITHOUT
% THEM.
% FOR US, THAT MEANT HOLDING 25
% COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THREE
% LANGUAGES.
% WE'D SAY TO THE RESIDENTS, WHAT
% ARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT X?
% THEY WOULD ANSWER IN THE
% MEETING, 1, 2, AND 3, AND WE'D
% SAY TO THE ARCHITECTS, DID YOU
% HEAR THAT?
% THEY SAID, 1, 2, 3, COME UP WITH
% SOLUTIONS FOR 1, 2, 3, AND GET
% BACK TO US.
% >> THERE WAS BOOKLETS OF COLORS,
% WHAT DO YOU LIKE?
% THIS ONE?
% HOW DO YOU WANT THE ROOF LINES%
TO BE?%>> MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR
US TO
% HAVE A VOICE.
% >> INSTEAD OF BASEMENTS, WE ARE
% MAKING PEOPLE'S LIVING SPACES
% LARGER, CREATING MORE STORAGE
% ROOMS THAT ARE EITHER IN
% INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT UNITS OR IN
% COMMON AREAS.
% WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SHARED SORT
% OF LIBRARY OF TOOLS OR EVENT
% SUPPLIES THAT PEOPLE CAN USE AND
% SHARE IN THE FUTURE.
% THE ARTS ARE A BIG PART OF OUR
% HISTORY AND OUR FUTURE.
% WE ARE PLANNING TO DOUBLE THE
% SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
% WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE
% ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SPACES THAT
% ARE CLASSROOMS THAT SERVE
% SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS, SO WE'LL
% HAVE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, A
% SPECIAL DEDICATED SPACE FOR
% SENIORS AND ADULTS, FOR CAREER
% DEVELOPMENT, FOR BUSINESS
% PLANNING, AND WE'LL HAVE AN
% EARLY CHILDHOOD SPACE THAT WILL
% PROVIDE EARLY LEARNING
% EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS PARENT
% ENGAGEMENT CLASSES.
% WITHOUT THIS KIND OF A MODEL OF
% HOUSING, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
% END UP COMPLETELY STRETCHED AND
% TAXED AND BE PAYING MORE THAN
% 50% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT, SO
% THEY WON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY
% FOR CLOTHING, BOOKS, FOOD, ALL
% OF THOSE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
% >> PEOPLE NEED PLACES TO CALL
% THEIR OWN, AND A ROOF OVER THERE
% HEAD TO CONCENTRATE ON SIMPLE
% THINGS LIKE WORK.
% DAY CARE.
% HEALTH.%>> WE ARE COMFORTABL
E IN A PLACE
% THAT'S CUTE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
% HAPPY.
% >> Reporter: WITHOUT BAYVIEW,
% THEY ARE NOT SURE WHERE THEY'D
% CALL HOME.
% >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE
% LIVING.
% AS A FOREIGNER, I PROBABLY WOULD
% BE STRANDED AND HOMELESS.
% >> THAT IS A MODEL OF COMMUNITY
% DEVELOPMENT, OF HOUSING
% DEVELOPMENT, THAT THE ENTIRE
% STATE WOULD BENEFIT FROM, AND IT
% COULD HAPPEN WITH ALL DIFFERENT
% TYPES OF COMMUNITIES.
% I THINK IT IS ESPECIALLY
% IMPORTANT THAT IT HAPPENS IN
% LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
% BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE ARE
% TYPICALLY THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T
% HAVE AS MUCH POWER, WHO ARE LEFT
% OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.
% >> Reporter: A CONVERSATION
% HELPING TO CREATE STRONGER
% HOUSING, HEALTH, AND COMMUNITY.
% REPORTING FOR "HERE & NOW," I'M
% MURV SEYMOUR.
% >> Frederica: THE NEXT PHASE
% OF CONSTRUCTING MORE HOMES AND
% TOWNHOMES BEGINS NEXT MONTH.
% THE BAYVIEW FOUNDATION IS
% LOOKING TO RAISE $1.4 MILLION TO
% COMPLETE THE ENTIRE
% REDEVELOPMENT BY THE FALL OF
% 2024.
% FOR MORE ON THIS AND OTHER
% ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN, VISIT
% OUR WEBSITE AT PBSWISCONSIN.ORG
% AND THEN CLICK ON THE NEWS TAB.
% JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR A LOOK AT
% THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR U.S.
% SENATE.
% THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
% ♪
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