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Plans for implementing council recommendations
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Council Member Holden inquires about which recommendations from the council DVS plans to implement in the next six months. Commissioner Hendon outlines several recommendations they will implement and one they will not.
- DVS plans to implement VetConnect NYC to improve case management and tracking
- They will share a short and long-term plan online for public viewing
- DVS will publish policies for data sharing on their website
- Hendon states they will not implement the auditing recommendation due to resource constraints
- The commissioner explains they won't implement strict veteran hiring quotas due to human rights laws, but aim to increase veteran representation organically
Robert F. Holden
0:47:25
Right.
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So the fact that you had three times the amount of engagements over the years, you've increased that, that warranted a B grade, mostly, just based on all the programs you initiated and all the contacts, just that you were in contact with more veterans in this little past year, three times the amount.
0:47:48
So which of the recommendations do you plan to implement in the next six months, would you say, from the council's recommendations?
James Hendon
0:47:56
So I think that the VetConnect, NYC, because a lot of the recommendations that deal with case management, and how cases are tracked, and how information is gathered, and closing the loop appropriately when the referrals, that ties to this new LookVetConnect, and so that's one that we look at that we will be implementing.
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Also, sharing a short and long term plan.
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I think that is a very good recommendation.
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We'll be putting that online so folks can see what's going on.
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And then another one will be, you know, the publishing policies for data sharing on the DVS website.
0:48:22
That's another recommendation we will be taking.
Robert F. Holden
0:48:23
Good.
0:48:23
Okay.
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Any recommendations you do not plan to implement?
James Hendon
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We will not implement the auditing piece.
0:48:30
And I only say that because it's a quadrupling of resources when you have so many other organizations that do oversight and investigation to say, DVS, do that as well.
0:48:38
So we will not be implementing the auditing recommendation.
0:48:41
And the we won't it at I understand what the community is getting at, saying, hey.
0:48:46
You need more and more veterans there.
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But we currently are best in class in the city as far as a proportion of our employees who are veterans.
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And what to me, the real riddle because we cannot have discriminatory hiring practices at the end the day.
0:48:57
We That violates human rights law for the city.
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For us, it's about when more of our community knows about us, when more veterans self identify, then when they see those opportunities, when we post them in social media or post them on the website, we'll have more veterans who apply.
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So organically, we may see more representation there.
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So, yeah.