QUESTION
What steps is the Department of Cultural Affairs taking to support cultural organizations beyond the traditional funding process?
3:14:03
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The Department of Cultural Affairs provides individual feedback to organizations through program officers on how to improve equity and transparency in the funding process.
- It looks at data on how organizations performed year-over-year to identify those needing support
- It has developed a 'culture at risk' arm to provide extra resources and outreach
- It holds meetings and visits with organizations to get direct feedback
Carlina Rivera
3:14:03
But so you're you're getting these these recommendations, this feedback.
3:14:08
You did the safety net award.
3:14:09
Is there are there other examples of how you're trying to achieve these goals.
Laurie Cumbo
3:14:13
So every organization has a program officer, and every organization communicates with their program officer feedback from the CDF process.
3:14:23
So that feedback from the CDF process also goes into how do we continue to build a better, more equitable, transparent CDF process.
3:14:33
The other element that goes into so much of this is taking that feedback along with the culture at 3 calls, along with the one on one visits, along with the hearings, along with the testimony, but also looking very clearly at the data.
3:14:49
The data is going to explain to us how one organization did 1 year compared to how they did in the current fiscal year.
3:14:56
And seeing those organizations that might have been zeroed out, hearing those phone calls like organizations that you've brought forward, who we have to do somewhat of a triage in terms of figuring out How can we help support, fund, and save this organization outside of the the process that's been presented to us?
3:15:15
What are the other tools?
3:15:17
We've developed a culture at risk, arm of the agency, and we are continuing to develop that culture at risk arm of the agency to give it more support systems, more outreach, more resources in order to be able to address a lot of the challenges that many of the organizations faced during this really challenging time coming out of the pandemic.
Carlina Rivera
3:15:42
Okay.
3:15:42
Alright.
3:15:43
Well, I I appreciate your response.
3:15:47
I'm just I really wanna make sure that there's so many expenses at these organizations and and that they just take on.
3:15:56
And now with the cuts, it's been incredible.
3:15:59
I mean, even the cost of collective bargaining.
3:16:02
That is something that should be covered by the city.
3:16:05
It's There are so many examples, but I know that we have people on deck right to ask questions.
3:16:11
So I will go to my colleagues and if anything can come back for a second round.
3:16:15
Thank you for your responses.
