SSAC - Outreach, Engagement, Equity and Policy Committee Agenda 12.9.25

Social Services Advisory Council Outreach, Engagement, Equity, and Policy Committee Meeting

December 9, 2025

12:00 PM

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1. Welcome
2. Public Participation
3. Presentation from IDHS Office of Strategy, Equity and Transformation
4. Approval of Meeting Minutes: November 15, 2024, March 27, 2025, July 22, 2025, & September 23, 2025
5. Discussion on Agenda Items for CY26 Q1 Committee Meeting
6. Adjournment

Minutes

1. Welcome
   1. Members present: Hamilton, Christa; Kelly, Niya; Negron, Maralea; Paredes, Jose Marco; Wright, Lauren
2. Public Participation
3. Presentation from IDHS Office of Strategy, Equity and Transformation
   1. Links shared:
   2. Gender Affirming Care website
   3. The Illinois immigration information hub website 
   4. Illinois Pride Connect! website
4. Approval of Meeting Minutes: November 15, 2024, March 27, 2025, July 22, 2025, & September 23, 2025
   1. November 2024 - Motion by Chair Hamilton, second by Lauren Wright
   2. March 2025 - Motion by Chair Hamilton; second by Maralea Negron
   3. July 2025 - Motion by Lauren Wright, second by Chair Hamilton
   4. September 2025 - Motion by Maralea Negron, second by Niya Kelly
5. Discussion on Agenda Items for CY26 Q1 Committee Meeting
   1. Potential topics include:
      1. Juvenile Justice - Joshua Brooks
      2. WIC
      3. GATA & best practices - grantee training?
      4. Housing and HUD - homelessness, update from black homelessness report, difficulty with youth getting vouchers
      5. Human rights commission - hate crimes
6. Adjournment