supervisor cohen: peggy -- perry lang. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. first, and when to make sure we are promoting programs that promote social capital. we are talking about synergy between programs and connectedness, because we should have programs that deal with health, that deal with houses. it does not have to be in one place.

peggy lang, you are on deck. >> we are happy to see you. we welcome you. my question has to do with hall, as a health service provider and have been doing so for more than 11 years, how do we protect the funds we still have in place? how can we looked at providing even more services right now for individuals with pediatric of smug, adults with asthma, and as you know -- pediatric asthma, adults with asthma, and as you know, the funds we had for our breast cancer program is now gone. we do not have funds to add. what is it that we are supposed to do? one other question and as, -- one other question is, are we obligated to a year to -- ahere to the contract as being laid out to the department of public health money comes to an individual's time being vested in support services verussus administration? if we have a small budget, we cannot help but replace staff working in administration and support services categories. so, why is it that we cannot jump around in our budget -- if in fact we know we need to spend more time in administration -- what are we being

supervisor cohen: peggy -- perry lang. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. first, and when to make sure we are promoting programs that promote social capital. we are talking about synergy between programs and connectedness, because we should have programs that deal with health, that deal with houses. it does not have to be in one place. we can do this virtually. we have to make sure things are connected. secondly, we need a comprehensive policy that deals with those disparities. we talk about disparities, but let's think about a policy that the city can truly embrace that looks at health disparities in district 10 and district 5. we cannot let these artificial barriers separating us. i am dealing with the african- american population. it does not matter if ibm in district 10 or the fillmore. i am still sicker than other parts of our population dealing with these illnesses. we are dealing with the black coalition on aids. if the way the contracts are designed, it is indeed someone from the fillmore comes over to get services, we are not supposed to give the s