thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> good morning my name is alice burton and here to ask for your support for the c pack priority items and special specifically the [inaudible] worked with the last year with knhunty based [inaudible] that receive subsidize from the california department of education. these executive directors of the programs asked me to join them and advocate for the state for higher rates. frankly out of a growing fear that some of the members may not be in operation in the coming eryours. these programs called title 5 childcare are often the only center base provider that offer the services they do in the low income neighborhood. there are places fmlies can go to find quality service for the children and are a critical link for supporting low income children in san francisco ichb urm y years and through the effort to help reduce the achievement gap for k 12. working with them i learned a the market cost for operating in san francisco is close to 50 percent higher than the reimbursement they receive from the state. the city of san francisco through the offic