s fund but having someone on the committee i understand the relationship too the housing and the service of needs would be great. >> it's essentially we did our last newsletter and focused on the clients trying to get housing just hearing their interviews and talk about the unbelievable frustration they've extensions because of you know it is hard for any 22-year-old to get housing unless you're on facebook and making hundred and $50,000 a year i remember when i was looking at housing landlord wonder are you going to party or make payments if you're a kid that as a criminal record poor credit it becomes almost impossible so it is wonderful that the city has made a

commitment to create more subsidized housing we're seeing a lot of kids are moving to vallejo and oakland but it breaks any heart that 80 percent of the clients are from san francisco not homeless kids from others city's kids born and raised and their leaving and there's an out flow of diversity that is harming the city keeping the youth in the city has an opportunity to change that. >> thank you, supervisor wiener you're up okay. cool. >> thank you, very much. >> thank you very much. >> our next applicant has withdrawn that's kres thank you so we'll go on to alison. >> hello supervisors i'm alison i'm the chief programs officer

at the nonprofit citywide family and social services agency in san francisco those who don't know our adult services are geared towards families with young children zero to 5 and young services zero to 18. >> thank you for allowing me to serve low income communities and improving access to quality services for families i'm joined by my colleagues and san francisco families who are in support of my application and to be honest i feel i won a seat with all their presence i'm deeply overwhelminged and happy they took the time to support me like my colleagues i've worked tireless in the forefront supporting low income families many of the families we serve

emigrated to american with a better future for america only to find their journey is nearly impossible to achieve for any families rely on public sausages but those who are lucky go make $23,000 a year when they earn two to three jobs they have subsidized childcare for families not having childcare they have to bring their children to work or quit their jobs many moms have to strap their babies on their back with anyone to care for them for many families a sro's with other members to share one bathroom and kitchen with total strangers because of no affordable housing together with my colleagues i've

developed quality programs for families have a one-stop place to apply for hours public assistance and employment opportunity, childcare and trainings to sustain their family i lead a 12 job development sites serving 5 hundred 95 kids through our head start program and lead a network of family childcare providers serving 6 hundred low income families that will have provider programs those provides the family to move them out of poverty like the families i serve i grasp in a low income immigrant my mom moved us to the united states my mom was a seam

stressed ass as a result i grew up in the factory i slept there and after many years of struggling and faces again domestic violence my mom applied for assistance i grew up with gangs and high crime and drugs and received medal and food stamps my mom didn't speak english and like any kid's i see at the age of 7 i have to help my family navigate and translate i felt the embarrassment of the frustration of those services and saw the benefits the benefits not only help to keep us alive but provides water my mom skills to help her gain confidence in here life i sat

with my mom in classes sponsored by the welfare department i remember here sense of pride and accomplishment something that had been anything's throughout my choold liquor store i remember the sense of pride as a summer youth worker my first exposure of the no point services program it was that experience that helped to lay a path to my career after graugs graduation i lead and created a business development program for low income residents to quote for jobs in the graphic arts industry today, i'm a mom of too young boys attending childcare in san francisco one will start kindergarten in august my child has special

needs i worry about their well-being and getting them into the elementary school after-school program and for me getting the right family support services i have a therapists to support my 2-year-old to have an even start with his piers in conclusion i have the experience but i believe that my personal experience will be greater assets the champions of my childhood and being a mom can't be part of the school or by hearing and working with others i know what it medians to be poor and the difference programs can help families my goal to give a voice to families that might not have one and support of the city vision for strong communities thank you. >> thank you very much i'm- i think you could be great

for the lock but i also see you're an employee with the children's voices and it might make you i think eligible to be on the committee you've made a you know about how far presentation but i want to make sure you're aware of that. >> for the consideration and we don't get direct fund from dcwf i don't know. >> i think the source comes from ac w f to the first 5 to children's services which means dcwf we can check with our council to see if it could be eligible and i appreciate your presentation alu utensil your services we need children's services it is a huge asset for childcare in san francisco and i didn't know that until

today to protect our children so thank you. thank you for the opportunity. >> next up gretchen aims. >> hello my name is gretchen i'm interested in serving on this count i committee i care about the children i think the unique investment is a wonderful opportunity to have the strategic systems that support our youth having bang involved in the youth for the last 10 years i've deeply understanding the services that are funded by the department all connect in our community and see how the services are intrainterrelated are critical issues no joy 20 years in the education role i've

been with the toddler and kindergarten through second and specialized in violence preservation other roles the 3 i want to mention are the rolled in san francisco in the past decade and speak to my experience this committee that grapple with i've spent 6 years at san francisco state university with our childcare settings i've learned many high quality settings over the childcare is a valuable and the quality is found in the parrot parts of city this is the quality of services and the inequalities in our system i'm aware of the quality of care effects the high school graduation rates and the juvenile involvement i'd like to bring this knowledge to bring - i to tell you the truth and

supervised a childcare program that served hundred percent empties families that were children of color i learned first hand to be an educator in this city because of the exception and increased exception with no increased in the planning time teachers are expecting to be more and more with less and less and the low wages i've struggled to pay my rent and took on another job i was overwhelminged and exhausted i see way too much of the teacher moa in my position i saw how many of the systems are failing i'd like to be part of the solution i'm a teacher at state of and i'm worried about our ability to attract good teachers in the city i've been

involved in c pack and the coalitions a lifelong advocate for principles of social judicious and quality would loafing love to work with this committee to get to the quality of life benchmarks i know we can develop systems that support all children ready to succeed in school i taco take this role seriously and if interjected e selected i'll work hard to provide the children and youth to the highest possible quality of services i have two people that wanted to speak on my behalf but couldn't be here let me know if you have them in the go packet. >> no questions from the panel. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. next up is tracey

brown. >> hi good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity to present before you i heard the question was what do we hope to achieve as part of a member of the children and family first initiative i think today one direction and the first step of what we hope to achieve you have qualified candidates it is something we hoped to achieve in working on this legislation and getting it passed of course my goal to bring partnership and voice into whatever system the city has that's my passion and done all my life i was born and raised in

the san francisco mission district and raised any 4 children and worked over thirty years serving low income community and spent my entire adult career being a service provider and in addition to my professional services i'm a family in a city that used many of the cities resources i was evicted 23 with small children and had to learn how to navigate systems before homeless my children went on to college i've worked on all 3 children's campaigns and even the first thing was controversial in san francisco i had three children in 6 during the first prop j commenting campaign i have now 3 grandchildren under that age i've come a long way working on

this campaign and having making sure that voices are heard from every community i'm a member of several neighborhood groups communicate with other groups to advocate for issues to collaborate as issues i've worked on the safety network initiative that was citywide i know the issues of almost every city neighborhood and worked or worked a dcwf currently work in the school district providing a variety of services one of the things i'd like to point out in my bid for this seat i guess is that as a parent and mother i'm mentor a lot of people a lot of people came through me through their jobs you have the packets i don't want to go into any experience if you have questions i'll be happy to answer them my biggest thing to bring voice and

have voice be heard and build coalitions that address placed that don't have a voice and how to incorporate that voice building project sponsors are families it's been hard and challenging raising 4 kids in san francisco my youngest daughter special needs i it's been heartbreaking having her navigate through the school system as the a challenge and she's going to be 17 this week i'm happy it's really, really hard i've serviced on board on the board of the health center for a number of years i'm passionate about health care for everybody and help to really push the san francisco and see how important health care for everybody is if you look at my packet as you can see i've

served from early childcare to public safety and school reform for the last 5 years worked to address neighborhood gaps and draw people together i hope i can continue to be a role model i'm a san francisco resident san francisco parent i'm a model of san francisco resident and i'm hoping that you'll look at that i'm a scapegoat parent and my life experience really points to that some of the things i can't highlight my family came my mom came from graham we or are a native san francisco family that gives to our city we own a restaurant and, yes mexicans own

a bakery on mission too so i have a lot of a lot of different experience to bring to the table you have a lot of great candidates and the coalition and the advisory committee is hoop we're able to put forth all candidates i hope you pick me for seat 10. >> thank you very much and thank you for your presentation and, yes your work in san francisco and our experience is volume news your family and raising a couple of generations you're working as a service provides and children's fund coalition as well so we have a lot of tough decisions before us. >> i said to know i had people to speak on my on behalf of.

>> in public comment. >> thank you. >> okay. next up is - >> good afternoon, supervisors what i want to emphasis i strongly belief i'm one of the strongly candidates i had the fortunate of being a client of the citywide city funded agrees i spent month of my adolescent years in and out of the system i know how important citywide programs work for me they made me who i am aim i'm the first of my family to graduate in to san francisco i'll be graduating with my masters it will be

showing how programs have a positive impact understand how much families and youth don't think those programs make sure their reliable that those programs are objective to make sure the taxpayers money is lierltd effective i stay as the city attorney's office program i see the spill over effect when to those programs have not been effective when the folks come through the juvenile system those young 18 to 24 years old land in the county jail i bring the living of the navigating the justice system that is underserved i've overseen 4 hundred felony cases from juvenile to young adults and

what is the best solution number two of county jail all the programs that will be able to rehabilitate and stabilize and not come back to the city i'm sure you're aware of the adult system there's no log cabin rather than only the department of corrections and some of the individuals have shared their experiences through the boys and girls club and ymca i mean most have shared throughout their juvenile history they were disconnected from programs in turn not work with the programs they may wish they had the opportunity to be served any expertise is in any levels the client that has benefited a person as a service provider and an individual that tries to build connections with the law enforcement i lead it threw the

council jail and worked closely about the jails and where those two commissions got first hand experience and heard from the community courtyard about the type of information we visited the young women with another underserved community not getting the same services or the equal serves as young men my work has been highlighted in the l.a. times and san francisco chronicle trying to spearhead how to reduce recidivism and others offenses in this targeted population. >> you mentioned you were in the district attorney's office. >> yes. >> okay paul has withdrawn his

applications last applicant. >> good afternoon, supervisors thank you for having me i'm paul from the mission district currently work for the san francisco unified school district with our family initiative i believe that the way that we invest public resources can have an impact in the lives and opportunity of the young people in san francisco for the city as a commitment to make sure that every child walgreens is being supported but in addition, we have a responsibility to make sure that hide potential youth in low areas are having their needs address if we look at the public schools 57 percent of our african-american are not crossing the graduation stage 57 percent there's a lot more we can invest in our resources to

make sure we're changing that realty not only the responsibility of the school system but making sure we are supporting the needs of high potential youth in low income areas lgbtq youth and sense of color and k youth first generation to pursue higher education over the years i've developed an understanding the scholarship and working with the folks who are influential i've had the privilege of serving on the youth commission and served as a staff member for children and youth serving on the youth commission i advocated for a program for a youth campaign we have thirty thousand young people that assess free transportation in addition my time on the kohlman advocates i

secured additional credit recovery and skwoovp and success within the school system in doing this work i hit a point to be an effective advocate for children in san francisco i needed to develop any personal capacity for this reason i decided to pursue hire education in completing masters i'll be happy to assure that i crossed my graduation stage i'm home and ready to go back to work to answer some of sxhaunz question that is an honor to be considered with such an accomplished group of folks some have more experience than i've had in life so again to have it - what i want to provide from my

prospective as a young person we have bodies in the reflective of the bodies we're intending to serve as a person from a youth 25-year-old i hope i can add in addition, i think that some of the things we should be working on the way we communicate the work of this committee mechanisms for accountability and using tools like the balanced scorecard and sheet making sure people are familiar with how wore pushing resources to have the highest impact for young people and want to make sure the providers working group is acting and everyone engaged often we have a purpose but if we over the right tools people

can have a meaningful understandinging of the process as someone that would go in san francisco will coming and grouping ♪ el salvador i want to make sure wear providing the opportunity necessary for everyone to achieve in the city i'll be happy to my skills and experiences and look forward to any questions you might have >> thank you, thank you for all your work in this short amount of time no questions from the panel that was our last applicant opening it up for public comment we haven't quite opened up for public comment just yet. >> i can present mollys report. >> on her behalf.

>> why or the we'll go to public comment why not go first for molly we'll continue public comment after you. >> art so i'm sandy the executive director of children's council i'm also the chair of c pack go so, so just briefly talking about molly she felt balanced she wasn't able to public school here i'll present ear credentials she's the founding executive director of raising a record which works with educators and have parents it build literacy i development practices for children through age 6 in low income community alameda and contra costa and

lives in the city with her children and grandchildren she managed and honoring global initiative and working for childcare from 2004 to 2010 was the program officer for education she's been a teacher and primary as well as a member the founder team of alternative high school and worked with community nationally on collaborate programs for underserved youth with ways to work and she was a found teacher and led the school to career efforts so i wanted to make sure her credentials were being considered and then just taking a brief moment i wanted to say c

peck encourages you to consoled people bringing expertise working with young children to include them open the oversight and citizens advisory committee i want to support the candidacy of the lady before who is a strong and passionate person that worked strong and passionately for our children and families. >> thank you very much so i have cards i'll read the cards if you want to come as closed to the order as i call your name wrooel we'll have a line not that it is necessary to fill out a carde'll have a line not that it is necessary to fill out a card