>> lisa for the committee violence. the health program, the full scope metical program. we quickly realized that a lot

of community folks don't reach out. all of us can experience, you don't know what it happens -- these are most in need of these services, so i decided to provide most of these services and the school system.

the diagnostic criteria to meet is a huge hot topic in the mental-health community right now. they are exposed to violence or experiencing symptoms of,. -- of trauma. if kids are moustaches diagnosed or overlooked, we were put on unheard -- on a meds trial. they are experiencing hyper- vigilant states of being exposed to trauma. and goodness for the community.

i>> i spoke on numerous occasions. there are 35 friends, family members, community members in the 31 years. a majority is from 1998 until now.

if we can reach out to a lot of these organizations that have spoke today, it is their job at their duty to reach out to the committee, we can make efforts in figuring this out. there are a lot of people that work in the community every single day that is doing the footwork.

who better to give you access to the community than the community members? you have to reach out to the community in order to get these kinds of goals accomplished. in my community, for me, for example, i pushed people at large from our community away. i don't know you. the kind of helped take down those barriers, that is how we can better serve these issues. until then, this posttraumatic stress syndrome is going to continue. the kids that don't feel numb to violence or death, they are more suspect because the crime or be a murderer worthy data.

we have to take a look good is because the young guy was murdered in the western addition a couple weeks ago, the last friday, we had another homicide that really affect the western addition. this kid lives in the western addition and murdered in hunters point. on saturday, we are having a block party for him and raising money for his family because of the mom cannot bury her son. >> i am the site coordinator for the middle school component. we don't have the mental health component, obviously you know that. and we are not case managers. but we have got to find a way to track our children. the last few weeks ago, there is

nothing we can do. we are losing the trust of these children i had to walk this child to the car, and we have to find a better system. we work very close with west side, but the kids feeling very safe in our center, west side helps us out, but they don't deserve all of them. we need to find some kind of system where we will be allowed,

and something like this happens, we can go out and reach our kids. luckily, this child came back. this is a cause that we have to deal with. >> thank you for having this hearing, and thanks to all the service providers and members of the community, the city and school district staff that provided the presentations. i think that this hearing, from my perspective, was really helpful. i look forward to continuing this. it is not a sexy conversation out of a coordinate democratically a productive way. i wanted to share a couple recommendations that came out of the youth commission justice committee that don't feel tangential.

the youth commission has presented to the police commission or three recommendations for the coat -- for the police department. he would implement all three of these. police officers and young people have, there is currently not training. a key says he is down to do that. training in 90 days, and implementation within six months. wilson talked about coordination with the school district. the other thing is the recommendation about juvenile hall.

where the big recreation area that is not used. it was part of the $47.4 million renovation project that kids were locked up their. i am really glad that this committee and the president have introduced a hearing where we are really hopeful that city partners and all of these conditions that spoke your were thinking it was going to be may 17. there are a lot of people that have been there the last four years or five years that want to talk about why they weren't able to go outside and when the city will be able to provide the funding for that to happen. i hope those were helpful. thanks. >> i wasn't going to speak today because everybody spoke with authority of information, and the wanted to thank the supervisors for putting this hearing together, which was

necessary. i admired when they have the joint commission, the police commission and the youth commission dealing with issues that address the youth. the administration was entitled -- those processes were coming together, there were branches all over the city. somehow, politics got involved and we got to the point where we were getting ready to sign an

agreement, talks broke down. at the time, the police, i don't know what he is doing out, but i was happy to see him here at the joint commission because the was the lead officer in the situation and it seems that all of a sudden, negotiations broke down, they disappeared somewhere in the police department. i am encouraging the supervisors to look into the possibilities with all of these different entities coming together under an umbrella, because that is the title for it. all of these different variations of policing within the community and communicating with victims' and that kind of community policing, because without a doubt, there needs to

be a communications not only with the use or ethnic groups, but because of the situation. i am not saying all policemen are trigger happy, but how the community -- supervisor olague: 01 to thank the park station.

i know that one of the issues that has been coming up a lot, there are certain people that won't cross a certain turf, and how some people won't cross fillmore to cross, you know, to youth services that are being offered on certain parts of the street. some people won't leave their housing sites to utilize services off-site. i know that some have been very responsive delivering services on site, it is still something the questions very prominent in my mind.

also, i guess i have a quick question of a mess lieberman. you mentioned that of violence is a mental health what tobacco is, i am sure i am -- and to physical health. the you have a couple of recommendations or steps that you might suggest to us as supervisors, from a legislative perspective? and if you could come up to the microphone, that would be great. your information was very enlightening. >> it overlaps between poverty and violence. if something is being

identified as higher levels of stress. it is an impact and the decline of violence, because a lot of violence in this activity and circumstances will not overcome.

for example, children expelled from child care were expelled from school because of misbehavior should not be happening. there should really be a circle that is formed around that child to look at the origins of the behavior, and to create a continuum of services about that behavior. so that the child feels included rather than excluded. i think that exclusion is one of

the origins of violence. under that rage is a feeling of not belonging. i hope that it gives some answer to your question. >> it helps, and i think that the conversation that we started here needs to go deeper. having this is just sort of an overview of a lot of the issues. >> is in the details of how we do is that the solutions will come. supervisor olague: my next question is for the unified school district and i will have one more question for the child crisis services. i guess my question is that when a child is not performing well,

doesn't trigger the cause of truancy or poor performance, or lack of appropriate behavior? it might be linked to a child over exposure to violence. at what point does the red flag go off in the school district? >> the first would be if the child isn't performing to grade level. the second would be the truancy issue. we have a parent liaisons' of our school, too. if contact with the parents or guardians is not successful, it would be another trigger that could lead to some response. we have the student assistance program, so an administration and teachers would talk about, with each other, out of a prescribed time about a particular list of students and that students would then be

referred to services onsite or we would try accessing services. that is worthy social workers and district nurses would work to try to create a comprehensive plan or a safety net for that person at school. >> the teachers or whatever, is there some kind of education? >> we are working within the hearts program, and we have provided professional development to a number of our schools. the most recently, the staff is high-school based, and most of the focus has been around the under children. all of our well as staff has received about 12 hours of professional development and students affected by,, how to go back and provide professional development to teachers on what to look for in the classroom. and we're doing that with the

other great levels as well. >> finally, i have a question for stephanie. one of you to. i was wondering, why cognitive based therapy? are there other options provided? or approaches? >> of the reason for the coveted and behavioral service pitches, it is used on the children because that is what the staff is trained and and evidence based out of washington. and it was also devised, specifically, taking a group of youth to be started off asking them what type of services and the language was developed specifically with youth employe.

that is why. >> finally, i guess i have some concerns about the cultural sensitivity issues. i am wondering, this is probably a question that would be for all of the above, but what level of cultural competency training. >> we have people from different backgrounds and ethnicities as well as cultural.

supervisor olague: one last question, i guess. sorry about this. i was going to ask a quick question, if you don't mind. thank you for being here and listening to this hearing. this is something that we experienced recently, and i won't go into a, but what is the transfer policy as it relates to people who are either victims or threatened with violence? i am just curious. >> it is a pleasure to be here. the transfer policy is really fairly simple.

individuals that need transfer for public safety reasons or medical reasons are offered a transfer immediately. we typically don't have units where folks feel they are comfortable moving to. we may have a vacant units in the bay view or southeast sector of the city. a family member might say that they can't live there because i have some issue, previously, with five years ago, 10 years ago, and even now, i may have some concerns. take a break highway, north beach, which may not have vacancies there. more often than not, we have vacant units and it takes a little longer for us to move them. >> what is the prevalence of

homicides in 2012 so far? i can think of to better with residents, are you familiar with that? dodge that is probably a question and better for these and the it is police department. as opposed to us track of that activity. i am familiar with the instances. >> in the past three weeks, the young man that was murdered, i just lived with his mother the clause very well respected member of the community, and this other young gentleman obviously had ties. >> those are tragic events, we have a public safety protocol,

but we tried desperately to avoid those that all costs. we live in an urban center and unfortunately, we can't stop them all. at least in my tenure, there has been a reduction in the instances of crime in the community as well as an overall reduction in the city. we agree that there has been some improvement. supervisor olague: i think that's -- yes? >> [inaudible] supervisor olague: ok. ok. thank you for responding. what is the prevalence of homicides this year?

>> this year was down, last year was down. 2008 was 100, last year was half that. we use com-stat data and getting notified by the police department when there is a homicide or a shooting. we have also been working closely with dcyf on the crisis response services. so we can try to coordinate the services. we're really talking about violence and how to create a healthy communities. it is a much broader discussion, there are other strategies we can put into place.

>> since i have been dealing with this, many years now, the difficulty is that it is a very complex issue. folks often work for a singular solutions. >> i think that the issue of mental health is the focus of a lot of our discussion. there are some cultures that have issues responding to that. i think there is still a lot of work to do and a lot of education to do. i want to thank you all for being here. for all the work that you do. i know that i'm hoping to have

continued conversations with all of you, but i want to thank you all for your work. the wellness is a question that should come now, even just among a wall. had imagined the nature of the work is very stressful at times and heart wrenching. i want to thank you for your work and thank you for being part of this first conversation. supervisor avalos: would you like to file it? supervisor olague: sure. supervisor avalos: we will file this item. thank you. items 2 and 3. wtwo, please. >> auor