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>> thank you. >> vice president loo: you mentioned this cut from the mayor's office and you anticipate right off from the increase in the revenue. where are you going to increase the revenue? >> revenue increases will come from a number of places. they come from the increase in statewide allocations for ihss administration and for med cal administration. they also come in our alignment growth projections. just to say, alignment growth is money that comes to this agency from the state sales tax and
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state vehicle licensing fee. the governor projects it each year and we actually get a standard percentage as the agency within san francisco that does social services. our projection is really based on the governor's projection. >> president serina: one of the risks that i think loom for both the state and the city is the underfunding of pension and medical cost of retirees. has the city been addressing that issue in its current and projected budgets? >> so the city is attempting to responsibly maintain its ability to fund the pension system.
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that continues in one of the costs growth areas is around retiree benefits. when you sit in a room with a group of financial officers from city agencies, it's a topic that always comes up. it's a pressure on the budget. it's a pressure that the city is attempting to address in this budget. >> president serina: it's very difficult to get that number quan iquantified precisely. most state and city governments are running short in terms of the contribution. it is a concern. especially when we're growing it staff. anyway, thank you. any other comments? >> one last thing. thank you very much for this presentation and time that goes into it. it's really excellent. i don't have a lot of questions
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because it's so clear. thank you for that. the only thing that i saw that i didn't hear you -- if you can do couple of minutes on position changes and it has to do with county veterans to address specialized recruitment needs. i was yours what's going on there. >> first thing i should say, we're not adding positions here. we are in your books, there's a table of reclassification. >> i do understand the difference. >> the veteran service office has been one where for a number of years, we felt like we were out of -- our classifications were out of sync with the work that veteran service officers were actually doing.
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between daas my personnel department and the city personnel department, we really tried to come up with a more appropriate job description and that's what's reflected too. >> it's not -- it's read as, maybe something that was required like so many people have to have certifications and accreditations. i was more curious than anyone g else. >> i can answer the question also. [laughter] >> basically yes, the county veteran service offices are required to be certified by the state and the feds. really what we're doing in this trying to fix some inequalities
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within our classification. it's really a technical change for us. >> once they are accredited positions reflect that. >> yes. they do that regardless. we've never had an issue with that. we're just trying to fix something around recruitment and retention. >> okay, thank you. >> this is an issue that has been kicking around for a few years now. i think finally we're at a place where we've got it. >> thank you very much. >> president serina: any other comments? any comments from the public? all in favor? >> aye. >> president serina: motion carries. thank you very much daniel and the department as commissioner knutzen pointed out, tremendous amount of work. you make it look simple and it
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isn't. item d, requesting authorization to enter agreement with bay view hunters senior services for the provision of intergenerational programs for older adults and or adults with disabilities during period of january 1, 2019 through june 30, 2021 in the amount of $230,435 plus 10% contingency for total amount $253,478. welcome tiffany kearney. >> good afternoon commissioners and president serina. this grant is for intergenerational programming. it is one of six that i will be presenting for the commission's approval. the community research conducted
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for the dignity fund needs assessment reevealed older adults desire opportunities to interact with youth. they appreciate gatherings that are inclusive of all ages and enjoy contributing to their community. because of these findings, as of a recommendation in the needs assessment report, the department is supporting six new intergenerational programs to meet the needs. all of the intergenerational programs cultivate shared experiences, promote ongoing participation and support relationship building to help address social isolation, a problem that we know many of our clients are at risk for. the program creates opportunities that will allow our consumers to share their knowledge and skills and experience. this will also help reinforce feelings of being valued community member. bay view senior services program
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will be coordinated at dr dr. george w. davis senior centre. bayview has a long history of looking youth and visibles of -- individuals all ages. the intergenerational programming has existed there, structured approach with consistent programming will be even more beneficial and is desired by the community. bayview will expand their existing relationships with youth organizations in district 10 and develop null ones to offer a intergenerational programming such as technology and cooking classes, yoga class and mentoring groups. some activities will be scheduled weekly such as the technology class and gardening
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group, others guy a week during the summer when youth have more time such as cooking and music class. bayview will have a full time program coordinat coordinate toe the program. bayview will provide 50 hours intergenerational programming a month and will engage 150 consumers each year. i would be happy to answer any questions the commission may have at this time. >> president serina: any comments or questions. >> vice president loo: i'm looking at the schedule, site chart. they are open monday through saturday. we have 52 weeks in a week. but the total number of service days is 150. that's low. >> well, 150 will be the half
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year. >> vice president loo: okay. >> president serina: over any comments or questions? >> so i have a picture of the program which sounds wonderful. are the people that serving, are they the volunteers who will interact with the young people? how does one example one of the programs work? >> these are new programs. they are not actually working. how it's proposed in their proposal will be that -- the older adults or adults with disabilities, those are the clients. they would -- the people who are volunteering, the younger the youth. those will be the volunteers. but those aren't necessarily the clients. there are clients are the daas clients. >> i'm trying to get a picture of it. if there's a technology class, that's the younger volunteers?
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>> correct. inside othe >> commissioner knutzen: are seniors and sometimes mentors for the younger people? >> that could happen as well. kathy davis is here. she might want to explain some more of their ideas how they've been brainstorming this program. i do think it can go both ways. that's one of the things that we looked for in all the proposals was to have a two-way give and receive. >> commissioner knutzen: okay. >> good afternoon commissioners i'm kathy davis. we're really excited about doing intergenerational activities. on saturday we had had intergenerational class with young people and seniors working together to make jewelry for valentine's day. it's two-way street. the seniors learn, the kids learn and we worked with all kinds of groups already in
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bayview. we're hosting our annual black lavine. there will be kids volunteering and seniors volunteering side by side. it's kind of who we are as an organization. to be able to formalize this and we have someone making those connections happen, they already happen informally. now we're able to really solidify it. we're excited about that opportunity and it's kind of great to see. i think the future of aging is that seniors aren't going to be shut away in senior centres. they need to give back to the next generation and just being around older people is really important for younger people. it goes both ways. >> commissioner knutzen: i figured that. >> i'm really excited. this like my heart. i love this stuff. it's been happening informally. it's exciting to see that we can actually create it as a program. >> president serina: thank you
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very much. any other comments? any comments from the public? seeing none. all in favor. any opposed? motion carries. item c. requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with kimochi for the provision of intergenerational programs for older adults and or adults with disabilities during the period of january 1, 2019 through june 30, 2021 in the amount of $267,110 plus 10% contingency for total amount $293,821. welcome back tiffany. >> thank you. kimochi is a new intergenerational program called
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care. kimochi located in district 5. they offer services for older adults and adults with disability and their families. the services they provide are ethnically and culturally relevant. they are known for their expertise providing services to the japanese community. kimochi has broaden its expertise in serving the korean community. kimochi has an agreement in place with the japanese community youth council to attempt and coordinate care. the care program has four components where the first component involves the youth council's preschool program whereby older adults and adults with disabilities visit and interact with the children and help with activities at the preschool. the second component is a
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support program. in this program, high school and college students will host tech hours for individuals who may need help with a smartphone or want to learn a new app or other types of tech support. the third component is a holiday program where youth groups with their parents and kimochi's clients come together for special holidays and events throughout the year to celebrate and participate activities together. the fourth component is program called "remember when" in this program, there are story exchanges between different generations and the exchange may involve writing, photo memory boards and videoing. the type of exchange will be dependent on the preferences of the participating individuals. kimochi will have one full time
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program specialist dedicated to the program and they will -- this person will work directly with the youth council to coordinate the programming. kimochi will provide an average of 48 hours of programming a month and will engage at least 200 consumers annually. thank you. i'll be happy to answer any questions the commission may have at this time. >> president serina: any comments. >> commissioner pappas: one curiosity. there's a very active japanese-american religious federation in that neighborhood comprised of the many different religious organizations and social service agencies i'm guessing they will be engaged in this. it sounds like a perfect fit. >> i'm not 100% positive about that organization. there's a representative from kimochi here who might be able to address that.
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>> good afternoon commissioners. my name is shawn o'connell. we will be involved. there's a lot of overlap in the community and in particular the holidays that tiffani mentioned. the holiday celebrations includes japanese holiday celebrations and traditional american holidays. in those arenas, we would involve local religious organizations and of course families are equally involved and also in the church program. lot of overlap between constituents. >> president serina: any other comments? any comments or questions from the public? all in favor. motion carries.
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item d. requesting authorization to enter new grant agreement with lighthouse for the provision of intergenerational programs for older adults and adults disability, january 1, 2019 through june 30, 2021 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount $80,823. >> this third one that i'm presenting is with lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired. lighthouse provides a variety of services for youth and adult who are blind and have low vision. their intergenerational program will bring together older adults and younger generations through learning workshops. the workshops will engage older adults and younger generations in skill-building, knowledge and experience sharing and mentoring as well.
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the workshops will focus on activities and topics that are of interest to the community, examples include cooking, personnel care, social skills, organizational skills and networking on an annual basis, lighthouse will provide these workshops, six weeks for a total of eight per year. the workshops are a half day session. about five hours each. lighthouse will engage about 45 consumers annually each year. thank you i'm happy to answer any questions. >> president serina: any comments or questions from the commission? any comments from the public? call the question all in favor. motion carries. item e, requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with mission neighborhood centre for the provision of
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intergenerational program for older adults and adults with disabilities during the period january 1, 2019 to june 30, 2021 in the amount 135,00 135,007 thh dollars for total grant amount not to exceed $149,305. >> okay, mission neighborhood centre, it's the fourth one that i'm presenting for your approval. mission neighborhood centre has the successful and long-standing history of providing services that are culturally appropriate to wide-range of ages from preschool age their head start program to older adults and adults with disabilities. their intergenerational program will have three components. first component is tech pal. it's a youth-led technology training program.
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teenagers enrolled in u. we have mission neighborhood centres youth programs will provide monthly workshops for older adults and adults with disabilities to increase their skill and comfort level with technology and navigating the interstate. the second component is a class called "each one teach one" this is a percussion and singing exchange class under the direction of music educator older adults will learn songs and musical skills during the first half of the class. in the second half of the class, the participants will engage the preschool children on site and their parents to teach and share with what they just learned. the third component is a class called "la vita comita." this class will bring teenagers enrolled in program, bring together those youths and the
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older adults and adults with disability to cook traditional healthy meals together. the cooking class will use the professional services of a nutritionist to ensure that the recipes are healthy. the tech and cooking components will be monthly and the music component will be weekly. mission neighborhood centre will provide all average of eight hours of programming a month and will engage at least 80 consumers annually. thank you. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> president serina: any questions? >> vice president loo: i'm looking at operating expense detail, look at the supplies, line 30, why is it six months supply 3600.
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are you buying equipment? >> there's some original stocking up to get the program up and going and also during the first several months, they are going to have the classes more frequently to engage, get lot more enthusiasm and engage participants. in the next two years, it's less time. >> vice president loo: i know. that's why i was wondering. >> president serina: motion carries. item f.
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requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with northern california presbyterian homes and services ncphs for the intergenerational programs for older adults and adults disabilities during the period of january 1, 2019 to june 30, 2021 in the amount of $375,000 plus a 10 contingency for a total amount $412.500. >> okay, this next grant with northern california presbyterian homes and services who actually are now called sequoia living, they just changed their name last week. i'm going to go start referring to them as sequoyah living. their programs has two components in the first components will engage older adults living in 14 affordable
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housing sites located in san francisco and where they provide resident service coordination. each housing site will have a partnership with the neighborhood school whereby the students and residents of the housing sites will engage in structured activities, one to two times a month. sequoyah team members in collaboration with school faculty will develop the activities. the activities will take into account needs, ability and interest at the housing site as well as the students. the activities will be facilitated by the sequoyah team members. some examples includes guardianing a walking cluck, mixed chorus and potentially crafting projects. the second component of sequoyah intergenerational program is a mentoring program that will match individuals recovering
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from substance abuse with mentors in the community. sequoyah living will train individual community members to be mentors to this specific population of older adults and adults with disabilities. the sequoyah team members will receive special training themselves. than the match is made in addition to being intergenerational will promote strong supportive relationships. the frequencies of these interactions will vary at minimum, they will be once per month. sequoyah will have a fulltime volunteer manager overseeing the program. sequoyah living will provide an average of 31 hours of programming a month and they also anticipate an increase demand for both components of the program and that's reflected in their units of service over
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the next couple of years. thank you and i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. any comments or questions? any comments from the public? hearing none. motion to approve? >> so moved. >> president serina: any further discussion? all in favor? thank you. motion carries. request item g, requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with open house for the provision of intergenerational programs for older adults and adults with disabilities january 1, 2019 to june 30, 2021 plus a 10% contingency for amount $555,965.
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>> this last one i'm presenting is a intergenerational program with open house. open house is programming specifically targets lgbtq older adults and adults with disabilities. the open house program has three components. the first is they are mentoring across generation program. also known as m.a.g. volunteers are asked to make a one-year commitment and the matches are made based on the interest of both parties. the second component of their
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program is shortened is missky it's collaboration with little brothers and friends of the elderly. this collaborative will focus on reaching older adults and adults can disabilities who are isolated, frail and have limited social interactions or combination of these. they match two volunteers with a older adult or adult with disability to create a triad. when creating the triad, the collaborative partner will consider interest language preferences and other factors that maybe related -- that would help ensure successful matches. the last component of open house's program involves partnership with lyric. lyric is a lgbtq youth
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organization. open house and lyric have successfully hosted an intergenerational brunch that brings together the communities that they both serve in this new grant agreement, open house will expand their relationship with lyric and establish intergenerational committee to codesignivities that bring together the respective generations each organization serves on a more frequent basis. these additional activities will take place at open house senior centre and community spaces located in district 8. the programs will be managed by an open house supervisor and additional support provided by an engagement coordinator. open house will provide an average of 105 hours of programming a month. they too anticipate increase demand for their programs and that is reflected in their units
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of service over the next couple of years. i'm happy to take any questions you may have at this time. >> president serina: any comments? i have one question, it's a very important component in this program. that is reaching lgbt older adults who are socially isolated and frail. what kind of strategies has been developed for reaching them? it's been frustrating process we know many are there. is there any new approach considered? >> i'm going to ask that michelle with open house come up and she maybe able to speak to that better than i can. i do know they are doing lot of outreach. >> good afternoon commissioners. open house we have news letter that goes out to about 1800
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lgbtq across the city. we work closely with our community partners to ensure daas and others organizations to reach more isolated and frail folks who may come to the services. folks who are seeing people in their homes and unable to attend open house programs. >> president serina: thank you. >> is open house the grantee of the metta fund >> we are grantee of metta. it's the only organization that's working with older adults across the state to reduce mental health disparities in lgbtq older adults. >> the reason i ask, question is that grantees of the fund are
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obligated. one of the big issues they are concerned about is social isolationism. when that has to be component in some of your work. >> absolutely. we definitely are going to track outcomes and because we know this is directly related to the outcomes. >> president serina: any other comments or questions? >> i know there's reporting requirements for all these programs. i'm not asking that. because of the uniqueness of this and these new emphasis that we're interested in, is there a way that after the appropriate time period when reporting is done, we can get a general report on the lessons learned and like that? we're all very interested in this success of this and it's great news that these programs are happening. i think that might be really
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helpful to have something like that with all the programs collaborating. >> we can do that. we're excited about it and interested in seeing how these programs work. this is something new for us. >> very exciting. i applaud it happening. thank you. >> president serina: this program is consistent with some of the issues that were identified in the dignity fund in terms where the needs are. the needs assessment. any other comments or questions? any comments from the public? may i have a motion to approve? >> second. >> president serina: motion carries. item h, requesting authorization to enter a grant agreement with lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired for the provision of volunteer visitor program services during the period of january 1, 2019
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through june 30, 2021 in the amount of $54,215 plus 10 contingency for amount $59,637. i like to point out, item h and item i were not included in our package but they were available online and copies have been brought to the commission and are available for the public as well. thank you tiffany. >> the grant agreement was lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired for a volunteer visitor program. it is one of two visitor programs that i'm presenting to the commission for approval. thboth of which can be challengs for older adults and adults with disabilities living in san francisco. when daas consumers were surveyed for the dignity fund needs assessment report, they
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voiced concerns about feeling isolated and lonely. the report noticed that daas clients expressed need and desire for more services to prevent social isolation. by connecting older adults with volunteers, meaningful relationships can develop and make a world of difference to someone who feels alone. lighthouse team members will recruit, screen and train volunteers. they will also screen the client participant who request visitor and conduct a home evaluation. once on the boarding process for both of the volunteer and client participant is complete, lighthouse will match clients with volunteers based on individual's interest, personality, scheduling, needs and other relevant factors to support successful pairing and promote relationship building. volunteers commit to a minimum of two visits per month for six months with each visit being at
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least an thundershower in duration. lighthouse will pair 35 consumers with volunteers and each will receive at least two hours of one to one visiting per month. thank you. i'll be hemito answer -- i'll be happy to answer any question. >> president serina: any comments from the commission commissioner? >> commissioner loo: i'm looking at the objectives on page 5. i know that the first comment is only from six months. i'm a little bit concerned, the last one, the number of visits provided to participants by volunteer visitors is only 135, which is only 16%. i'm just wondering. maybe when you saw the grant, it takes longer to kick off. >> yes, that is -- it's about
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five months and 15 visitors. it would be roughly like 30 -- at the most 30 hours for four to five months. that's about 120. it's not going to -- it hasn't started yet. we're will already in february. not all the visitors, -- there's not going to be march 1. there won't be 15 people. it's going to be a ramp-up to get those 15 clients. like in march, you might have three people enrolled. in april you may have 20.
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>> commissioner loo: i'm puzzled. the number of visits provided. 135? >> 135 hours. >> commissioner loo: it's like six months -- on the yearly things, you have 840 hours? >> that's correct. again, there's an initial start-up phase. six months is january through june. the program hasn't started in january. again, it's not like they're going it start out having consumers all 15 -- >> commissioner loo: what i'm saying, six months, if whole year it's 840 hours and six months should be 420 but this is
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only 135, which is quite low. that's my question. i know when you start a program, it really takes much longer to get the program started. >> right. >> president serina: what i'm hearing is that it is a slow buildup but by end of the year, they will have a great many more volunteers and clients. it's a fast ramp-up in the second half. is that correct? >> yes. >> president serina: any other comments? any questions from the public? may i have a motion to approve? >> second. >> president serina: any further debate? any opposed? smokemotion carries.
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item i, requesting authorization to enter a grant agreement with coville why foundation program services. >> this is the last one. this is one is with covia foundation. they are a nonprofit agency that has been providing services and housing to seniors for over 50 years across the bay area. a gnu of -- a few of their services includes well-connected which is activity groups, market
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day that sells fruits and vegetables. social call has been successfully growing and operating in san francisco for nine like lighthouse, covia will recruit, screen and train volunteers. they also screen client participants and conduct home evaluations. client and volunteer matches are made based on common interests and other expert nante -- pertit factors. covia ask volunteers to provide personal visits for least an
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hour. covia anticipates demand for this program to continue to increase in the next few years. that is reflected in their service unit. during the term of of this grant, covia are pair 225 consumers with volunteer and each will receive at least four hours of one to one interaction per month. thank you and i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> president serina: thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? >> commissioner knutzen: quick one. where generally are these -- what's the location for some of these, covia foundation for housing? >> san francisco towers i believe is one. there's one in santa rosa. i don't know about the other ones if the -- in the city.
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they might be able to tell you. i do remember san francisco towers though. >> thank you. i'm katie wade, director of social security call. in the city of covia -- >> commissioner knutzen: thank you. >> president serina: any other comments or questions? >> commissioner loo: i have a question regarding the evaluation project. in the first year, you give them the money in advance? >> yeah, they're going to be working with -- covia will be working with ucfs to to have the evaluation set up. will go through the next couple
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of years. >> president serina: any other comments or questions from the commission? any comments from the public? just for the record, i resided san francisco towers which is not one of the low income communities that covia supports. it's separate from the covia foundation. motion to approve? >> second. thank you. motion carries. item j, i will remind people that this was the item that was modified at the beginning of. we changed the agenda to reflect newer numbers. requesting authorization to enter a contract agreement with resource development associates for the provision of research and analysis project for the
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development of dynamic resource directory during the period february 1, 2019 through september 30, 2019 in the amount of $49,915 plus 10% contingency for amount $54,907. welcome melissa. very interested in hearing about that. >> thank you. good afternoon president serina, commissioners and director mcspadden. the goal of the recently conducted community needs assessment was top develop qualitative and quantitative data sets to identify areas of unmet needs and to support daas's strategic decision-making.
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there's currently no central and accessible repository of this information. resource development associates will be contracted to conduct the research and analysis to assist and facilitate the department in its decision-making related to development of the most appropriate and effective resource directory design and platform to increase access and support to the community. r.d.a. are engage stakeholders, prioritize requirements of the directory and recommend interested and qualified vendors to develop the online directory of services. the final product from r.d.a. will be a comprehensive report, summarizing research findings and will include actionablable
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recommendations to form development efforts. this effort is funded by the foundation and hearsh associations. they are committed to addressing this. i request your approvally to enter into this contract. >> president serina: any comments or questions. >> commissioner loo: how many people bid for this job? >> i don't know. >> commissioner loo: six, okay. there was anyone from san francisco bidding? this office is in oakland. >> they are from oakland. they have done lot of work in
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san francisco with various city departments including daas and h.s.a. >> thank you commissioners. i don't remember the exact. i know that most of the bidders were from the bay area, the region itself. i can get back to you on that. >> commissioner loo: i'm interested. if we are in san francisco, i would like to see the agency in san francisco get the business or the contract. >> we did extend the r.f.p. time in order to gather in more applicants. >> president serina: any other comments? >> commissioner knutzen: this is a first step. this is a first step getting resource directory. this -- when you figure out what people want, all that sort of thing then start working on it.
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as part of that, what i'm learning through realing all of these, the agencies that get the funding for this have a database currently that they have to enter information into around what they are achieving. i think you guys know the name. the data that they have to use to -- >> that the c.b.o. use to get care? >> commissioner knutzen: as you're doing the statement of proposal, will there be some leveraging of the current information that already exist but ta it would then provide that information? is that the idea? we're not recreating. >> there's information we have that's in database form. it will be way of design that
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takes advantage of that. >> there's current information we have in database form. what we're visualizing is something that goes way beyond our department and provides good resource for variety of consumers including people with disability, older adults, caregivers, the medical and health communities, faith communities and our department staff. we've been talking with people in the community about the need for this. we're really hoping it's going to be very broad-based. we have some information but what we're hoping is to have the information about our current contractors but also go way beyond that. we're looking at specifics like
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resources or caregiver resources that may go beyond our current funding structure. >> commissioner knutzen: what i'm imagining a mega database resource. there's much information out there. the idea that people could go to one place, they are doing their google search forkin for someth, they direct it to one thing. >> we want it to be dynamic and comprehensive. that dynamic meaning is up to date, potentially people would understand what capacity is. >> commissioner knutzen: my thought -- there's all this wonderful information we get that you know and all of you resources we're all about trying make sure people know about them. will we always have that information? is that part of that core?
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>> right. >> commissioner knutzen: sounds great. >> president serina: it has to pass the commissioner test. any other comments from the commission? any comments from the public? may i have a motion to approve? >> i move. >> president serina: thank you. any further discussion. all in favor. motion carries. item k. requesting authorization to modify the existing grant agreement with community living campaign for the provision of employment service fixer older adults during the period of december 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019 additional amount
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$350,000 plus a 10% contingency for total amount $1,224,637. welcome. >> good afternoon commissioner. i'm here to seek your approval for the modification of grant for community living program. the reserve program was roled out in 2016 to develop employment opportunities for older adults and adults with disabilities here in san francisco. program looks to match participants with part-time employment in both the common profit and private sectors. the program models up sizes the individual wages to help promote placement opportunities in san francisco. in 2019, community living campaign is looking to expand
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the footprint of the reserve model in san francisco by partnering with the jobs now program and community-based nonprofit such as felton and ywca. with the expansion, the program is called work matters. the organization involved will use their existing connections to conduct outreach and share information about the program as well as to help recruit potential participants. the program will operate under the philosophy of many doors. felton and jobs now in collaboration with the reserve program will work to develop a set of questions to be used by each agency to screen participants in order to discover which program is right for them. next, delegated staff from each agency will work with community-living campaign
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reserve program. the partnering agencies work to ensure they will secure job placement as muchs and training if necessary. systems will be developed around the referral process. in addition to worrying togethen addition, community living campaign, ywca will provide job readiness training. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> commissioner loo: monty, this program started in 2017.
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it's been several years. >> i conducted a site visit last fiscal year. they were in compliance. >> president serina: any comments from the public? may i have a motion to approve? any further discussion? all in favor? any opposed? motion carries. thank you monty. item i. requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with -- sorry, it's l. start again. item l, requesting authorization for new grant agreement with
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ymca of san francisco for the provision of a community connector program during the period of january 1, 2019, through june 30, 2020 if the amount of $75,000 plus 10% contingency for grant amount $82,500. welcome linda murley. >> i seek approval for new grant of the chinatown ymca to start a community connector program in district 3 of san francisco. daas funded community service program served more than 17,000 older adults and people with disabilities last year in recent years, daas funded and helped to develop new community service models that take community services beyond the traditional community centre.
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they will introduce participants to the wealth of programming at the ymca.
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>> president serina: any comments or questions from the public? motion to approve? thank you. any further discussion? all in favor. any opposed? motion carries. item m. requesting authorization to modify the existing grant agreement with next village san francisco for the provision of the village model during the period of january 1, 2019 through june 30, 2019 additional amount of $50,000