today they have the keys to one acupuncture clinic in the diamond district.ut if all goes as planned. >> so welcome. we'll have you on this table over here. >> reporter: they will see patients in oakland and san francisco. >> the finest tension headache. >> reporter: providing more safe and comfortable spaces for healing especially for people who are trans and gender non-conforming. >> i'm trans, i'm black. so many people in my community need the help. >> reporter: he hopes to expand their business and they are on the way to doing that. a part of the selective cohort of budding trans and queer entrepreneurs who will receive four months of business coaching, mentorship, and ultimately a $10,000 business grant. it's called the entrepreneurship accelerator program or eap. san francisco's transgender district runs it and the san francisco office of economic and work force development funds it. >> and i've applied to this program so many times before i would have a business and didn't get in because i didn't have it. i just want to be a part of the community. >> r

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and today, they have the keys to one acupuncture clinic in oakland's dimond district. >> so welcome. we're going to have you on this table over here. >> reporter: -- they'll get to see patients at clinics in oakland and in san francisco. >> sinus tension headache. >> reporter: providing more safe and comfortable spaces for holistic healing, especially for people who are trans and gender nonconforming. >> i'm trans and i'm black. and so many people in my community need the extra help. >> reporter: burton hopes to expand their business and they're on the way to doing that. burton is part of a selective cohort of budding trans and queer entrepreneurs that will receive four months of business coaching and mentorship and ultimately a $10,000 business grant. it's called the entrepreneurship accelerator program, or eap. san francisco's transgender district runs it and the san francisco office of economic and work force development funds it. >> i have applied to this program so many times before i had a business. and didn't get in. [ laughter ] because i didn't have -- i was j

and today, they have the keys to one acupuncture clinic in oakland's diamond district.d. >> so welcome. we're going to have you on this table over here. >> reporter: they'll get to see patients at clinics in oakland and in san francisco. >> sinus tension headache. >> reporter: providing more safe and comfortable places for holistic healing especially for people who are trans and gender nonconforming. >> i'm trans and i'm black. and so many people in my community need the extra help. >> reporter: burton hopes to expand their business and they're on the way doting that. a part of a selective cohorts of budding trans and queer entrepreneurs that will receive four months of business coaching and mentorship and ultimately a $10,000 business grant. it's called the entrepreneurship accelerator program or eap and san francisco's transgender district runs it and the san francisco office of economic and work force development funds it. >> i have applied to this program so many times before i had a business. and didn't get in. [ laughter ] because i didn't have -- i was just like

is also a flagship effort but allows us to deploy clinically improved pain management techniques that are non-pharmacy based. those range from acupuncture, yoga, meditation, all of these things that are really important to making sure we can manage holistically that veteran's pain. we are proud of the progress we have made on opioid prescription . that is directly a result of your law of investments and alternatives. and of accountability for those alternatives. i think this budget gives us a long way to could to doing the process. sen. baldwin: great. mr. secretary, i have heard you say and i know you feel this deeply, even one veteran suicide is too many. i know you are working to reduce this troubling epidemic. i share your concerns and i was proud to lead the bipartisan legislation the transition the v.a. crisis line to the national suicide prevention hotline 988 number. during the first year in operation the veterans crisis line fielded nearly one million contacts. the implementation of this line has not been without difficulty and it will take commitment to oversee -- and commitment to oversight to get this right for our veterans.

acupuncture benefit as part of medi-cal. introduced to the american public in 1971 and more then 7,000 clinical trials on acpuncture have been conducted globally. widely utilizeds a treatment in medicine, particularly as therapy for cancer patients and people fighting infertility and affective pain management tool to address pain. san francisco and the country continue to tackle the drug overdose crisis and addiction to opioids, acpunkry is a important tool and need the state to lead in investment of alternative treatment. leading studies have shown acaue puncture can serve as approach to pain management and component of overall strategy to address opioid use disorder. eliminating medi-cal benefit impact thousands of adults and increase barriers to care. thank you to supervisor engardio and chan for early cosponsorship and finally, i like to adjourn today's meeting in memory of special woman, ellen espunova who passed from combination of rare lung diseases. graduated from school of nursing in 1980 and are did rounds at sf general and saint lukes. a nurse at heart and in professional career, helen someone who felt called upon

acupuncture benefit as part of medi-cal. introduced to the american public in 1971 and more then 7,000 clinical trials on acpuncture have been conducted globally. widely utilizeds a treatment in medicine, particularly as therapy for cancer patients and people fighting infertility and affective pain management tool to address pain. san francisco and the country continue to tackle the drug overdose crisis and addiction to opioids, acpunkry is a important tool and need the state to lead in investment of alternative treatment. leading studies have shown acaue puncture can serve as approach to pain management and component of overall strategy to address opioid use disorder. eliminating medi-cal benefit impact thousands of adults and increase barriers to care. thank you to supervisor engardio and chan for early cosponsorship and finally, i like to adjourn today's meeting in memory of special woman, ellen espunova who passed from combination of rare lung diseases. graduated from school of nursing in 1980 and are did rounds at sf general and saint lukes. a nurse at heart and in professional career, helen someone who felt called upon