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Partnership outlines HEAL Act reporting approach and showcases water‑justice workshop
Summary
The Partnership reviewed its HEAL Act reporting framework, explained a direct/indirect expenditure classification, and showcased a community water‑justice workshop led with Front and Centered; staff plan a July 'Unconference' and a published workshop report.
Jill Weishardt, the Partnership’s compliance and reporting specialist, reviewed HEAL Act reporting duties and the agency’s internal framework for classifying expenditures as direct or indirect for dashboards submitted to OFM. She described criteria for designating expenditures that benefit overburdened communities or vulnerable populations and showed preliminary FY24–FY25 calculations: a large share of direct expenditures (65% in FY24; 57% in FY25) were reported as benefiting overburdened communities.
Signe Lindquist and Isabelle Cabrera Zamaniyo (Front and Centered) summarized a recent water‑justice workshop (April 25) that convened 68 participants from frontline communities, teachers and youth across the region. The workshop emphasized multilingual engagement, community‑led monitoring, and curriculum development; Front and Centered will publish a report (“We Are Puget Sound”) and lead a July 24 unconference in Tacoma to scale community‑led monitoring and education. Council members praised the participatory approach and asked staff to circulate unconference registration to the leadership council.
