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- Thank you again for having
us and my name is Ali.

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I'm joined today by my boss
and supervisor Beth Truzansky,

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who has the knowledge and
expertise about this grant,

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this collective impact
work that we've been doing

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about SUD over the past three years.

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And yes, we will be able to
answer any of your questions

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at the end, probably, right?

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And for now, let's allow
Beth to get us started.

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- Great. Thank you.

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We'll try and be brief so
that we can answer questions,

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Ali, if you wanna advance
to the next slide.

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Just really briefly,
Building Bright Futures

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brings early childhood partners together,

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really looking to improve the
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and recognize that a gap in services

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was certainly around how to bridge

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the adult treatment system and
the early childhood system.

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And so the idea really came out of

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the Chittenden Regional Council.

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These are Early Childhood partners

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who come together more or less monthly

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through the Building
Bright Futures network.

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So today, we wanna talk to you about

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this project that we've
been convening partners

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around over the last four years really,

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with support from University
of Vermont Medical Center,

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a community health improvement grant,

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collective impact grant funding.

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Why BBF was really the convener

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and talking about project
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really to create that system of care

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that we've been talking about

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this morning, supporting families.

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So, you can move to the next slide, Ali.

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So just really briefly, making
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is a project that is still continuing.

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We're just finishing up
our final year in funding

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but the gaps would've been
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parenting support through play groups

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and kind of where family where
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also looking at helping
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mental health services, et cetera.

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Next slide.

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The other structural piece
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is that we really built it
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So, in terms of bringing
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on a regular basis over
the last, we had one year

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of a planning grant and then
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So using BBF structure and this is what

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Building Bright Futures is charged under

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state statute to really be the convener

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around early childhood.

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And in this case, we're
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through age eight is our focus.

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So Building Bright Futures
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We're bringing partners
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to monitor at what we call

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the Vermont Early Childhood Action Plan,

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which is the strategic plan
and bring together partners

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in the responding to those gaps.

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So, this is an image that
demonstrates our key charges.

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Next slide.

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- Yep. Thank you, thank you, Beth.

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And I think what really striked me

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about the presentation
from Dr. Andrew Johnson

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that she talked about
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that we are not working in isolation,

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that we are working collectively

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in order to better support
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in the state and across support.

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Like Beth also shared,
BBF is a natural convener.

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And I feel like over the past years

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they have done an incredible
job bringing the key partners

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in trying to identify the issues

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relating to substance use disorder

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in order to better help
children and families.

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You know, and I think part
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are CCR, Child Care Resource.

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You know, we also have
Howard Center as well.

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KidSafe Collaborative, I believe

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they're doing another session.

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We also have NCIS that is also based

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in Franklin and Grand Isle
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And also Howard Center as well.

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And one of our goals and strategies is

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community of practice.

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Convene people, monthly meetings,
and to break down silence

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and work together to
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with annual strategies and action plan.

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And I think in these
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community of practice, it's
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what do they really need?

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And BBF as a backbone
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will also work in bringing
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and required in sometimes
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of new Americans about substance
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is to coordinate parenting support,

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coordinate intensive eyes.

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you have to provide some type of incentive

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as to why they should be
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and to promote community based parent

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and caregiver support
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And also, most importantly
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protective factor framework.

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And you'll hear more about
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And also childcare, as we
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through childcare, through
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to childcare resources
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and as regional childcare navigators,

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it is a key need in our community.

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And let's talk about now
the goal number four,

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is about to provide the training,

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to develop training
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based on professionals to come together

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and build a common language, ready stigma,

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and connect the family centered

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and multi-generational system or support.

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These trainings are key.

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And sometimes they come
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of the service providers,
of sometimes the people

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that they serve and sometimes
just because we are hearing

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great, wonderful presentations,
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in order to bring that person to provide

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the training necessary.

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Parent engagement, nothing can be done.

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We in this world now
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and let's say also caregivers in general,

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to engage them in their
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in their health and work
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the true needs of caretakers and children

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to the family voices is at the center

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of everything that we do.

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Outreach also, and communication
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for a network of communication to ensure

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that partners and stakeholders
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develop new strategies, align efforts

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and know how to get updates
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Yes, so here are snapshots
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and some highlights.

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So for example, Howard
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this afternoon at the project scope

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we will have a panel of
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You know, Howard Center will be there.

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KidSafe Collaborative will be there as

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as well as Headstart (indistinct).

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Shifting Chittenden
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for filter parenting
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COVID has made us learn
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about service program delivery systems

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and building up on offering
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check in with families.

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Grant has helped to supply developmentally

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appropriate tools, activities
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which assist in creating a
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And you see, you can read
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from the people that have (indistinct).

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(cat meows)

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is a Champlain Valley Head
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and childcare, basically
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that here is to promote
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of their new resilience based
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Work Your Journey Together developed

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by Devereux Center for Resilient Children.

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and will open up to more to
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every month these providers
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to provide updates and
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is doing extremely very well.

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So, we also have childcare
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you're more than welcome to add anything

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you would like as well.

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Yeah, so here we have childcare, you know

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with the goal three, now
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and partners will gain
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to utilize a direct pathway to childcare.

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early intervention, specialized childcare,

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childcare subsidy, CCR implemented
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which is used to report
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and reference resources,
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substance use disorder
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check their resource to track basically,

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who are we supporting

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in terms of childcare, for example, right?

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such as family support, right?

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I think it also has been
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(indistinct) will not be
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but basically I think the
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about what they do as well.

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it's goal two, and six,
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the Family Court Treatment pilot program,

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which started in April 1st, 2021.

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Their priority is to offer
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to treatment and team support

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through a collaborative
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with frequent and individualized
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and team accountability.

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So the CoP has agreed
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and incentives for families.

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Basically, families will
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they also would receive
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in terms of family
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which is amazing and you'll
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Substance misuse training,
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these trainings are critical
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were identified to participate

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in statewide substance misuse
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that we are currently
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by June 7th of next
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we'll be hearing the stories

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of those who are experiencing
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from also the LGBTQIA community,

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as well as just parents to
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about treatment and recovery.

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of the collective impact grant circle,

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we collaborated with the city
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Department of Health prevention division,

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and former partners.

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So the panel will share
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from where their addiction came from

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to their recovery journeys
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in the system for a better care.

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And for information,
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that we'll share with Julie,

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and all the people that
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in order to extend the invitation forward.

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when I think about this project,

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what's been really
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to bring partners together
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but because, and in some
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the same tables, but
to really come together

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in a kind of growth
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okay, so let's gather
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where the gaps are and what
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to have the kind of, some
flexibility and funding

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to be able to fill gaps
in a way that previously

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we're unable to, with the
hope that we then have

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some information that if
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with the supports that they need,

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is that really kind of helping them.

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So, we did have some
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and both about serving families,

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of course through the pandemic,

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impacted how things were delivered,

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but it's also relational, right?

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It's building the connections
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to be able to even work more
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So as I'm thinking about those of you

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who are directly serving families

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and just extend an invitation
that if you're seeing trends

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in gaps for families, that
there is a place to go

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to be able to share your observations

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and the Building Bright
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are really a place where you can share

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some of those observations and trends

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or contacting myself or Ali.

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And we have network of regional
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We have 12 that mirror the AHS region.

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So, just sharing a bit about this model

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as a way to really think about
how we pull people together

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to be able to address some of these

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unique experiences of
children and families.

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- Thank you.

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And I feel like we have
couple minutes left

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and we were wondering
if people have questions

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or some of our partners also
if they have anything to add,

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that would be valuable as well.

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And thank you for having us.

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And if you don't mind,

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I can take the screen sharing out, right?

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- Thank you both so much,
that was really wonderful.

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And it's a wonderful overview.

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And I think it is important
to kind of highlight

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the regional areas as
a way to bring any gaps

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that we're noticing.

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'Cause I think sometimes we notice things

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and we just don't know where
to take those concerns.

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So that's a wonderful resource there.

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We do have some time.

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So, again, we're in a smaller group,

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if you feel comfortable
to turn on your camera,

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if you wanna raise your
hand, ask a question,

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if you wanna put it in the
chat, I'm happy to read it.

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So let's open it up.

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- As people are kind of tuning back in

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and coming on screen, if you can,

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I also wanna mention that one
of the projects that was done

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about a year and a half
ago was a parent survey.

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And both the, I think being
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from families was really important,

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but the methodology was
equally as important.

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And in this case it was
a peer delivered survey

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in the sense that the
survey, it wasn't a survey

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that was conducted by
Building Bright Futures.

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It was Building Bright Futures,
engaged with key partners

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to be able to do the interview verbally

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with families to be able to get input.

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And that proved to be
really important I think,

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so that there was more engagement as well.

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So, you know, just being
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slow is fast and fast is slow, right?

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Like it's important to be
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to be able to really engage
families and get their input

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in a meaningful way.

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Other questions or observations?

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- Well, Beth, I love that
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that's a wonderful resource
to get really good feedback.

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I know we struggle with surveying families

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or even community partners or providers

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because how do you fill in a survey monkey

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in a way that will be useful information

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to take forward and
promote meaningful change?

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So that's, what a wonderful way to elicit

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good feedback that's actionable.

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- And compensating families
for their time, right?

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Just because they're
participating in a program

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doesn't mean that we're
entitled to ask them

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to countlessly respond to surveys.

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And so that is something that
we're really trying to value.

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Building Bright Futures also conducts

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a family engagement assessment across

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the whole early childhood
stakeholder groups

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with some frequency.

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And so, that's something
that we're just getting ready

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to do next fall, again.

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Ali, I wonder if you
wanna talk a little bit

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about the panel that you're planning

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as kind of the one last
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- Yep. Yeah, thank you.

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And I think the panel, I mean, is already,

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we have now brought new
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worked with us in the
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the City of Burlington,
the Department of Health,

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and we are planning a panel,

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possibly it will take place on June 7th.

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And we are thinking of having
five different panelists

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from different socioeconomic backgrounds

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that are in recovery or in treatment

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in order to tell their stories.

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Because the idea and the goal behind it,

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is there may be many people just like them

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who are struggling in
silence, who may not be aware

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that there are so many resources available

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for people who would
like to access people.

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And when we approached these
panelists, as you know,

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it was not easy conversation
for, with us and them,

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basically these are their
stories but also being able to

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give them all the tools necessary
for them to be comfortable

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in sharing their story
with the wider network,

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with the state of one I
think it would be valuable.

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And we have five sets of questions

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and the questions are specific

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to where the addiction is come from.

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For example, in general, what was it like,

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what has changed when they become addicted

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to any substance, basically.

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Were there any successful
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of people who definitely supported them

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in during the struggle, right?

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And also, what is a message that they have

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for those who are struggling in in silence

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in their own network.

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And basically what are the lesson learned,

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things that they wanna advise

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to the next generation, et cetera.

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And I feel like we've been
meeting every Friday now

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for let's say, over the past six weeks.

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And then we think that the panel
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June 7th during work hours.

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And we would love, Michelle,
for you also to explain,

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once the program, everything is ready,

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to also pass on to your network.

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Because we will be hearing
from the perspective of those

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who are struggling with
this, who are in recovery,

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for those I think it would
be important for providers,

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those who are supporting them,

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to also hear these stories as well, yeah.

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- And I think we are happy to
share that with our network

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because I think it really
helps us all to remain engaged,

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it refills our cups and reminds us

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why we continue to do this work.

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And so, I love it.

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Send the details, we'll push 'em on.

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- Wonderful. Thank you.

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And also, you know, I forget to mention,

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that it's not only going
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but we'll also have a keynote speaker.

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You know, someone with
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about this subject also to at least

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use of words of wisdom about this.

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- Awesome, well, thank you both so much

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for presenting this information.

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We look forward to hearing a little more

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from you a little bit later as well.

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And I know that we are gonna close out

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the rooms here momentarily.

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You certainly can also click
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and go back to the main room.

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We have one more, we're
on the home stretch.

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We have one more talk to go. (laughs)

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So excited to wrap up this conference.

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- Thank you, Michelle
and Julie for having us.

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- Oh, it's great to have you guys.