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Discussion on the evaluation process and data collection for the DVS report card
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Council Member Holden and Commissioner Hendon discuss the evaluation process for the Department of Veterans Services (DVS) report card, focusing on data collection and potential improvements.
- DVS was one of three agencies chosen for the first round of the report card initiative
- Hendon expresses concern about the limited sample size of 21 people surveyed
- They discuss the ideal sample size for veteran surveys, with Hendon suggesting a target of over 1,200 respondents
- Hendon emphasizes the importance of broader representation in future evaluations
Robert F. Holden
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So let's talk about the process of evaluation.
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DVS was one of the, as you know, is one of the three city agencies to be chosen for the first round of the report card initiative.
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What, other than what you mentioned, or you can just repeat it, what do you think went well during the data collection and analysis process and what could have been improved?
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Now you mentioned the 21 people that were poll, you know, the advocates, But are there any other things that you you can elaborate on?
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I think when it
James Hendon
0:36:17
comes to data, it's, first off, we're so happy that the council has gone through this.
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The speaker has taken this initiative.
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We're happy to be the first in the shoot for the conversation.
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Anything that brings more attention to the veteran community is better than less.
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So the fact that we're talking about veterans here today, that's a win for our community.
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I want to say that.
0:36:33
For the data, just we think that reaching out to us, we could have gotten them information about who all the different veteran leaders are that we are aware of in the city.
0:36:41
You know, we maintain a list of over a 60 veteran leaders as far as different organizational heads and whatnot, and we could have shared that gladly.
0:36:48
So it could be something that's broader, even if it's just going after leaders, to go after something that's broader than what was just 21 people.
0:36:54
So to you know, for us, we've said it in the past, we estimate that there'd be about 200,000 veterans in this city, more than that, actually.
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Once you include families, you're looking at a community of 600,000.
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We have 200,000 plus veterans, four hundred thousand plus family members.
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To have just 21 people, it's not fully reflective, and for us So what what you say?
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Like, content
Robert F. Holden
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How many would you say?
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500?
0:37:15
What what number?
James Hendon
0:37:16
Oh, as far as an appropriate number?
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It I know for us, for survey purposes, we always try to to for our veteran military survey of our community, we try to target a number that's greater than 1,200 for it at all times.
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And we usually keep it at north of 1,500.
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So, not that they need to get that much, but even if you want to just go to leaders to interact with more than 21, I think it gives a little more credence to things that can
Robert F. Holden
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be more representative.