view it firsthand. the staff really take the viem and effort to engage them. and find out the entire family dynamic. it's a family approach. not just what does the community member need per se. but what does the whole family need to be successful in supporting the person. for example. maybe i have a client taking care of her father. i'm really stressed out. can you help me find a gym that is one of the things i helped her do. find a gym. go to zumba. we have zumba. [laughter]. at aquadic part. you don't have to be 60. you can can be 50 or over. become a member for $50 for the whole year. it was practically free. things like that. >> great. great. you said that the clients just have to go to their neighborhood center -- >> they can go to any center

they want to. let's say a client lives in the richmond district. but they have a downtown. tool works is closer. they're downtown any way. they can go to that one. >> okay. my question was. is there still a number they can call to find the nearest adrc. is there a website address you can give us as well. >> we don't have a remember site yet. we're working on that. they can call the department of ages and adult services. at 355-6700. monday to friday. 8 to 5. someone will be able to find the site nearest to them. >> can you repeat the phone number. >> sure. 415-355-6700. >> i would like to add. when they call that number. say the

client said. i'm mission or close to 30th street. they will refer them to the 30 street senior center. or north beach. they will say. oh, you speak spanish? they will send them to 30th street or aquadic park. sometimes people like to go where they like to go. so it's nice they have a choice. >> thank you for answering all of my questions. next i have councilmember harriet wong. >> hi. welcome. thank you for coming today. i think how the aging and disability resource center defer from golden gate regional center. is a child that is young with a disability goes right into the golden gate regional center. it's good to hear adults 60 + and

disabilities. can just drop into your adrc. if i'm correct. >> yes. >> because i remember as my child was growing up. and there was a family that came from hong kong. and their child was already in the high school senior age. i think tgrc. has a cut off of what age you can be qualified for their services. or something. like i think you have to start from the beginning or something. but if a family came over from hong kong or china. and the child is already high school senior or whatever. she had a really hard time of where to put her child. so i think adrc. can help with this type of question or what to do in

regards to in-home care. community activities. >> exactly. so in that type of instance. one of the information assistance specialist. would meet with the family and community member. and ask them. you know. find out what specific resources they're looking for. not give it to them. but connect them and act as a liaison. >> right. >> i would like to say. we go a step further. helping the client. with the in-home support services. we also call them. i have been successful getting my client dental appointments. they will say. i will do it tomorrow. ma nan a. ma nan a. never comes. so i call to make sure they get there.

>> thank you so much. >> cohair -- >> where the caseworker. are overloaded. you are there making a difference like the success story you shared with the individual. with chemo. he is surviving because of you and the resources. i want to thank you. i can hear the dedication and commitment in your voice. and what you do. you care about the community. so i thank you for being there. and servicing the community. and doing what you do. >> thank you. i do love what i do. thank you. >> from the chair? >>i have seenher

name for quite a few years. i knew it was going to be dynamic. the story she told about the gentlemen she helped. is the core of the thread of who she is. i wanted to tell rowena you guys are very lucky to have her. >> thank you. boss. >> and she still calls me boss [laughter]. >> some things you just never forget. >> and through the chair. i would want to thank both of you. coming today. to tell us more about your program. it sounds like it is an incredible resource. to supplement some of the program. our seniorses. have in san francisco. i had a quick question about funding. should i

assume the program is funded by the department of aging and adult services? >> yes. >> there have been so many budget conversations. taking place over the last year. is your funding -- is it good this year? it is enough? >> it's a three year contract. we finished our first year. we have two more years. we will see what happens. >> good. i know the agency services. are opening up a resource center. which is about the different benefits they provide. how do you see the work that you do. interacting with that new resource center? >> i see it being very collaborative. i see sharine. mcfaden. give a presentation on the dose hub. perhaps they might perceive. it is competitive. but because there are things we are unable to access. to further our relationship with dose. and other community sites. >> i see it as a great supplement. somebody can't get to me. but they can get it

there. we're all doing the same cause. helping our seniors. and people with disabilities. >> to the chair. hi. i'm joanna. also from [inaudible] one of the questions. i have for you guys. how many staff members do you have on each site? >> it varies. for example. tool works has two staff. that makes up one information specialist position. so they rotate. whereas. for example. vilma and her colleague. they alternate sites. so vilma. certain days of the week. she will be at aquadic park. certain days of the week. she will be at downtown senior center. at each site. there are 12. there is at least one person. and it's through some organizations. so some organizations. have more than one site because of the need. for example. self help for the elderly. they have three sites. when i visit. oh, my godness.

they are one of the siteses. with lines out the door for people seeking assistance. >> great. it sounds like a lot of the work you do is from a peer-support model. right? peer assistance and refrerl. since a lot of services. you provide with seniors. and younger member have disabilities do you have staff for seniors with disabilities themselves. >> i can speak to my resource on aging. yes we do. all of the staff are reflective of the people we serve. for example. open house. that really caters to the lgbt community. they're located in the lgbt community service. and have people among their staff that identify with that population.

>> thank you. >> one more [laughter]. >> just a quick comment. i know this year. when the program of free muni. people with disabilities. rolled out. your centerses. your resource centers. played an important role to getting people to understand the benefit that was out there. and to learn how to sign up for that. so i just want to thank you for that. it's been such a great program. i know the enrollment has far exceeded expectations. thank you for your good work. thank you. >> very well then. we will move onto public comment for this item. you may have -- you can just seat. first i have joy grace-- joey grace.

>> good afternoon everybody. i did not hear the first. the beginning of it. but every time i get on the bar train. and every time family get beat up or get abused or lost an apartment or houses. trying to get houses. they say. i'm sorry. we cannot help you. i'm sorry we will try to call you. but we can't. and everybody say. this is it. and nothing i know. every time i get on the bar train. they try to give the money. 200 something. something. something. how much money you are trying to get. my

question is. this company. or in particular. any other company. do they help out the family members members and any kids or spouse abuse. the mother. anything. that's what i wanted to know. thank you. >> thank you. john lowell? >> good afternoon again. i come to you regarding two particular senior disability resource centers in san francisco. it's

constructive analysis i have done regarding the facilities. and accessibility to the facilities and assessment of pedestrian of the safety of those facilities. i'm with open house. which say registered aging and disability resource center. it's in the building. i know carla johnson can relate to this. it was approved to code for ada. but it did not have a push button access door. yet. it was approved by aging and adult resource center as being one without a door. that had a push button. that leads to constructive analysis of what are all of the metrics. they're using to approve a facility that they need to have set up that exceeds the ada that falls. under state. city. county code of having a push button. one has been. thankfully. installed on that building. so that is one constructive analysis. on that facility. the second one is the

jean lond senior center. it was at an intersection of stockton and sacramento. where many collisions happened. and seniors. in china town were fearful of crossing the street to get there. there was a collision on september 20th. when they determined that facility was to be credible and credentialed center for them. were they factoring the pedestrian safety of the seniors coming to and from that center? did they talk with the other city agencies? i did not see that. i wasn't there to know how

it was approved. it has been connected since the collision. and fatality of fong. yem. lee. but it took her fatality to make the change. so please. i ask for a more constructive analysis. to be approved. of the aging and disability resource center to be fully accommodating and accessible to people with disabilities. seniors, and the functional need of safe travel getting to and from the facility. particularly pedestrian travel. thank you. (buzzer). >> thank you. all right. then. we will move onto the next agenda item. which is the braj at main. the san francisco public libraries new literacy. and learning center. that prioritizes. community learning. adult literacy. youth and family literacy. and technology

literacy to create a learning environment for twenty-first century skills. >> hi. i'm laura lay. at the learning differences at the bridge. which is part of the san francisco library. as you stated. it's the new literacy and learning center. which

prioritizes. in community learning. adult and family youth literacy. we're located in the main library on the 5th floor. the bridge has been hosting a variety of programs. which support digital literacy. job and career support. nutrition. health information and lifelong learning. so we have two programmings. seniors create at the bridge. and family create at the best of my knowledge. to create a fun experience. to integrate art and technology. in june. we will be expanding our literacy family services. to include leaders of the pack program which provides children an opportunity to practice their reading skills. in a safe and supportive environment. the readers of the pack program is brought to the public libr telephone

to call the control room. to see if we can solve this technology problem. >> it's working. >> oh, okay. terrific: go right ahead. >> okay. we have two spaces available in the bridge. they're the learning studio. and the computer. training center. the learning studio is equippeded with a smart board. tables and chairs. that can accommodate 30 patrons. and 18 laptops. available for use in that room. -- 18 laptops. and one presenter laptop. which is connected to a large flat screen television. this has a hearing induction loop. with assistive listening devices. and t-coil technology. so the bridge at main. has three

resource collections. so we have the project read collection. which supporter. learners. and tutors. that is available to all. we have the veterans. collection. supporting. veteran and is sis tanseses. helping them. -- contains materials directed toward children. teens. and adults are learning differences. their families. and professionals. in the field. i have been hired. in january. i feel fortunate. to expand services. and programs. for individuals with learning differences and their family. and also have programs that inform about their learning disabilities. for patron. and ld. professionals. i'm serving on a number of committees. in the library. i'm trying to help bring that perspective to make sure we're providing an

inclusive service model for patrons. with learning differences in mind. all of the classes that cake place. can be phoned on our website. you can limit your search by selecting bridge at main. also. if you you are searching for something like a sensory friendly program. you can limit your search for the inclusive category. which is inclusive on our website. calendar. we try to provide a safe and pleasant environment for the demands of our community. that is the basic overview of the bridge at main. >> thank you very much. >> a couple of events. we have coming up. one of them is an author. reading and lecture. about the book. the autism job club. which is coauthored by two san francisco residence. that is

on wednesday. june 3rd from 6-7:30 p.m. in the learning studio. the bridge at main. on the 5th floor of the library. we have meditation and mindfulness. in san francisco. on monday may eight the. security on tuesday. may 19th. seniors. create is every thursday. families create. the next one is saturday. may 30th. we are intergenerational program. anyone is welcome there. then we have the job club and nutrition healthy choices class. which is every monday starting in june. for the month of june. so yeah. that's the basic overview of what we have coming up. >> all right. thank you. we have council member comments or

questions? [laughter]. >> chip? >> thank you for being here today. wow. what an impressive program. i was wondering. what kind of feedback to you get from clients. using these services. especially from the technology literacy. what are you hearing. what works. what doesn't work. what is your experience with the program? >> we have had a lot of positive feedback tech ojology feedback in the programs. there are a lot of people that need help with technology. we have also done programs. with a digital device drop in. you can come in and we will help you use your device. or help you use the resources on the website. the programs presented by the arc have been great. because they're at a lower space. for the veterans. a little bit slowed down. so you can get the basics. before jump

jumping into all the things we provide. we're hoping to expand those programs. since there say need for them. >> i think that's very important especially now. we're at the technology age. if people age in place. they need to be able to access services and programs. this is very impressive this is out there. and you are able to meet the needs of cross section of disability. for people that learn at a different rate. so thank you for being here and answering my question. >> thank you. >> i have a couple of questions. >> sure. >> first. could you repeat for us the location of the bridge in the library and a phone number for people to call for more information. >> sure. our phone number is 557-4388. that is the bridge's line. we're located in the main library. on the 5th floor. there

is like an actual bridge type area. in the library. we're right across from that. you can always ask. someone will direct you to us. >> you mentioned. you have trained volunteers. doing tutoring and i wondered. is this peer tutoring. or any member from the community can come in and volunteer? >> yeah. so it's one on one tutoring. for the pronlt read program. i'm not exactly sure of the vetting process for that. they go through tutor training. are matched with one learner they work with. >> okay. thank you. you mentioned employment services a couple of times. we know how high unemployment is among people with disabilities. they're under employed. and

under paid. i was wondering. if you can elaborate on the services you provide around employment. >> yes. we had workshops on like resume writing and job searching. also. there have been mock interviews. as part of the type classes. and basic tipses in the work place. and with this upcoming events. the autism job club. the authors. will talk about in their book. so different strategies. for employment for adults with disabilities. that should be an interesting topic event. >> yeah. i was wondering if there is education around the rights with ada. around employment. education arpd

there. are there resources to access. so understand people their rights? >> we have resources. i'm unaware how much those are touched in the program. a lot of those are brought to us. from the outside. community partnerships. i can look into that for you. >> it would be a great topic for a class. >> yeah. that would be right. >> next. i have councilmember roland wong. >> hi. -- events posted on a website. and let us know the link. >> yeah. all of our events. can be found on the one by one library website. which is www.sfpl.org. you can go to our

call ender. and search by cat toir "bridge at main", alphabetically alphabetically. it's under t. >> thank you. >> councilmember harriet wong. >> hi. good afternoon. i want to know the name of the author. of the autism book again. >> it's michael burnik. and richard holden. >> okay. thank you. >> do we have questions or comments from staff? >> yes. thank you chair. and thank you councilmember wong for the author's name of the autism job club. one of the council members. michael burnik. has appeared before the council talking specifically about unemployment issues. and some of

the challenges. autism face meeting employment. he's a father of an intern we had last year. ana. before he came to presentation. also. we're using our ada 25 bay area website to promote these types of events. so that people can also look at our website to see what kind of great work is taking place at the library. do i have a question for you. about the hours. a little bit earlier. during public comment. we heard marte goterd. give us the great news. the deaf services. for the blind and disabled. will expand their hours. to match the main's full operating hours. i was wondering. if there are any plans to expand your hours. at the bridge. >> we're almost there. except