but, more importantly, as we look at caseload, we have seen a decline in caseload over the last three years. from 16% from 2009 to two dozen 10. an additional 8% from 2010 to 2011. overall, the caseload is declining. we believe that one additional position is sufficient to meet their current requirements. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you to ms. hicks. i would like to respond in terms of declining caseload. i preface this with my own perspective, having spent years and years as a trial lawyer in the city attorney's office representing police officers in many cases. my experience, and straddling the time span from years before you arrived and then after your arrival, and my experience for a number of years with the occ was that a lot of the -- a number of investigations that i saw, because there would be a lawsuit and then a companion occ complained that usually the investigation occurred before the lawsuit was filed, frequently. so we would see parts of the occ file to the investigation, and there were a number of instances when the investigati

i am only asking for two caseloads. based upon what i have right now, and i have been experiencing getting about 30 a month from the state, and i am also experiencing getting 10, which is increasing to about 20 a month from the community service in -- supervision. instead of the jail bed, they are putting them under our superiors -- supervision out in the community. in statute, there is 12 months, and if there has not been a jail commitment in those 12 months, some of those cases will come off. i have included that in my projections. the state projections have been off. mine have been right on. we're at 111% of the state's community suburban population, and we are triple that of what the state assumed. when my population is going up in the mandatory supervision, that is because the state assumed there would be in the jail beds and they are not. that is what realignment intended. but i have to have adequate supervision to have them in the community, and i want a supervisor with the highest risk case which is what we do w

the relatively modest national caseload income of 13% along with caseload decreases in some states raises questions about the responsiveness of tanf. for example, we recently estimated that among poor and near poor families that lost job in the recession and used up their unemployment benefits, 40% received food stamp benefits yet less than 10% received tanf assistance. next on tanf and moving parents into work, tanf's work participation requirement is the primary federal tool to encourage states to prepare parents for work. states are expected to ensure that 50% of work-eligible families receiving cash assistance are engaged in certain federally defined work activities. however, states have generally engaged fewer families than envisioned, closer to one-third, with little change over time. despite this, states can still meet their work participation requirement by relying on several policy and funding options. as a result of these options, states may not have the incentive to engage more families or to work with families with complex needs. lastly, on the use of tanf for a broad array of

we have initiated a new caseload.s follows the extensive report recommendation proposed by the american bar association in january of next year. we have also designed and developed new trading programs for the attorneys and staff. we will be implementing that as well. we have also worked with the court and other agencies to identify new efficiencies. as of march 1, we have undertaken representation at the community justice center, which will result in substantial savings to the city, although they will not likely be recognized until sometime next year. we have already taken interest. we also work with the district attorney's office and other agencies around reentry and alignment. we have received additional funding from the state this year in order to help meet those objectives. this will probably be hard to see, but i wanted to give you a snapshot of how the method works. this is based on a study from 2003. we were not able to implement it at that time. with case counting, you simply count the number of cases with no

>> the caseload is shrinking. we have seen clients moving out of san francisco and into the central valley regions of california where it is cost- effective for the family to be able to support itself. since i have been director, we have gone from 27,000 cases to 15,552 cases. we are saying that number starting to level off, though, which is the good news. families are starting to settle and we are seeing that number settle as well. supervisor chu: in the past, it was 27,000 cases? now we are about 15,000? >> the 27,000 was in about 2004. supervisor chu: the 15,000 is your current year? >> correct. supervisor chu: does this comprise the cases that are within your jurisdiction that are moving to the central valley? >> it is inclusive -- no, it is not inclusive of that. the caseload -- if mother lives in san francisco with the child, the case will stand san francisco. the reduction is driven by the migrations out of san francisco. supervisor chu: we have seen a significant drop off, about of a third of your caseload

caseload has decreased in some states in this recession. now that to me is a sign that this thing is broke. i mean, if this is a program that's supposed to be helping these folks, you shouldn't have folks dropping out of the program when the economy goes in the tank. so isn't some change in the program essential as part of a rewrite here? >> yes, yes. i'm not defending the status quo. i'm just worried about how you do it. some states feel that people ought to work and they ought to look for work intensely and if they don't find work, it's their fault. i mean, that seems to be the essence of their policy, during a recession. people do find employment during a recession. if we want to have the states spend more tanf dollars during the recession on tanf cash assistance, which is the way we originally thought of the program. we put a contingency fund in the original legislation that was supposed to give states more cash during the recession to pay more benefits. but somehow in some states the work message is so strong that the states are reluct

>> i met -- and to my have to do with the ihhs caseload projections. we received a federal grand for technology that was about $4 million. we received in partnership with the department technology. supervisor avalos: we will not see any service delivery on that? >> we are not. the state budget, it looks like, was recently agreed to in pencil by the government and legislature today, make some changes. we need to figure out what that means operationally for us and for consumers. we do not think it will have an impact. at this point on, consumers are on our funding, but it is a fairly complicated deal. it has to do with the state increasing their responsibility, so we will have to see how that plays out. just another slice out of our budget. the shows in terms of our budget how much money goes directly to families and other single adults and seniors who receive public benefits. certainly grants, public assistance, cash grants for single adults and families, as well as in-home supportive services and wages. on the operating side, the staff and contract wit

the current caseload of investigators is 21 cases per investigator. each additional case handled by investigator hampers their ability to spend the necessary time to thoroughly investigate and complete the case. it is troubling to me with our sustained cases when only 32% of them are completed within nine months. that means the remaining sustained cases are completed right up to the deadline. we did not have any that went past the statute of limitations this past year. however, it is concerning. for all the cases, 67% were completed within nine months. our goal is to complete oliver cases within nine months. the last two reductions -- all of our cases within nine months. the last two reductions deal with temporary salaries as well as services. it would reduce our ability to back fill vacancies due to long- term medical leave, family leave, and the need to temporarily hire investigators with specialized skills. finally, the third reduction, professional services. it would prevent the occ from implementing a system for investigators. another recommendat

instead, some states used the changes to artificially reduce caseloads. and they used tanf funds for other programs. we saw this come to play during the great recession. tanf did not respond to the recession as many of us would have hoped. other safety net programs expanded to make sure families were properly fed and had access to medical care. tanf, however, did not. some states actually cut caseloads, but people were not rising out of poverty. fewer than 2 million families received cash assistance through tanf last year. that's far less than in previous years. while we have corresponded to see the numbers of tanf recipients decrease and we want it to be for the right reason because people are finding work. we make sure it's not because people are falling through the cracks without assistance or without a job. we need to learn from the lessons of the great recession. tanf works well when there are jobs open for people to fill. but when there are millions of people looking for work, the program doesn't respond as well as it should. our goal should be to c

and all those caseloads will be brought up. also, we get those packets 120 days ahead of time from the prison, and we know projections. my numbers have been right on. that is why i am asking for the positions now and not in the second year. again, it would take us that whole time all over again. our backgrounds will not be done. the bottom line is that i truly believe in my projections and that the caseloads will be here. supervisor cohen: i wanted to weigh in a little bit representing my neighborhoods in the city. really keyed into the need for public safety. public safety does not just stop with the police department, does not stop with the sheriff's department, but i see adult probation during realignment being a very important partner in our public safety and reentry time that we're living in. i am actually inclined to support the chief on her budget request. i do share the same concerns as supervisor kim, possibly not two cars, but one. but being a partner with you and public safety and a lot of the folks that are coming b

two parent caseloads alone went up over 214%. so now we're looking at the prospect of $27.5 million in federal fines for not meeting the work participation rates. so the question i have and your sense of a policy change, in an economy with fewer jobs than job seekers, wouldn't it make sense to give the states more credit for moving a public assistance recipient into a job rather than simply moving them off the rolls? because it seems to me if we take that as kind of a fundamental proposition, we could look at a variety of new approaches like perhaps give the states a waiver to start trying some demonstration projects in this area. what's your thinking on that point? >> yes, i think it's a good idea. it's a reasonable thing to do. i'm worried about the way you actually measure it. i would give the states something new to report, what is compared to at issue so there are a lot of issues about how to measure but i think basically it's a sound idea. as long as we did not lose the focus on work. a lot of people get jobs during a reces

nationwide caseloads went up 12%, but organ's went up 40%. two parent caseloads went up over 214%.ow, we're looking at the prospect of $27.5 million in federal funds for not meeting the work participation rate. the question i have is in the country with fewer jobs than job-seekers, what did not make sense to be -- give the states more credit for moving a public assistance recipient into a job rather than moving them off the role? it seems to me if we take that as the fundamental proposition, we could look at a variety of new approaches like perhaps give the states a waiver to start trying demonstration projects in this area. what are you thinking about that? >> i think it is a good idea. it is a reasonable thing to do. i am worried about the way you would actually measure is. it would give the states something new to report. the there are a lot of issues about how to measure but i think it is a sound idea. as long as we did not lose the focus on work. a lot of people get jobs during a recession. what you say about the number of people looking for jobs and the ratio of number of job

the full caseload will only come on line three years into the agreement. exxon'what happens after 10 yea? what does this terrible problem really cost san francisco? the proposed agreement is flawed. good it must be fixed to ensure they provide not fair care and stop offloading on other health- care providers. if they had provided at the average level of comparable hospitals, it would have provided $125 million a year, nearly $30 million more than it has committed going forward. over 10 years, letting it off the hook now for its share care will save $300 million, much more than the total is committing, and shift $300 million of the cost to san francisco taxpayers and other health-care providers. it is for those reasons we think the provisions are flawed and should be renegotiated. for its thank you. next speaker. please hold your applause. >> you mind if i asked a couple questions? you just heard from this passed presentation of the estimate, but the deal we have the does been proposed is $30 million less than what would be required if they were asked to pr

that reduced the investigators caseload to about 21 to 23 cases. i will talk about the adjudication of cases that the occ sustained. in one case, we had a finding of conduct reflecting discredits. the chief concurred with that and gave the officer a written reprimand for harassing the complaint, who was a signature gatherers for a ballot petition. in another case, neglected duty, an officer fell to prepare a form -- failed to prepare a form that had to do with releasing an individual when sober. the officer was admonish bread and other neglect of duty case, the officer received a written reprimand and that was because the officer violated to general quarters when transporting a juvenile female passenger. the first general order required the officer to broadcast the in the mileage of the transport of a female passenger. because the passenger was a juvenile, it was a violation of a general order. the final adjudicated case in may was for neglect of duty and it was a failure to issue a certificate of release when a complaint was handcuffed and then re

we are working with staff to make sure we are closer in compliance with the best practices caseload, and while i am extremely appreciative, i will continue to stress in this order of priority the occ needs for additional positions, first another attorney, said an and information systems business analyst to support the one that we have, and then finally a supervising investigator. and i believe that concludes my report. president mazzucco: well, thank you, director hicks. that is good. but at that you can hire two investigators, the mary understands that a strong occ means a strong police department, so once again, thank you for that, and commissioners who lobbied for that, thank you. the numbers are great. the men and women that are getting the cases brought to a resolution, again, it is better than the officers have these cases dealt with sooner than not, some i thank you for that. commissioners? commissioner dejesus? commissioner dejesus: we did not approve your budget either, so i want to thank those who stood together. i want to commend the mayor and the board of supervisors and

the sources of the funds are from a caseload decline that we have experienced since 2004 as well as the reduction in grants for individuals who are in our shelter system. supervisor chu: great, and i believe this is not have a budget analyst items or recommendations? >> so item 12 is our contract with connor house. connor house is a provider of supporters -- supportive housing services for single adults and seniors. they recently, through an rfp process were selected to take on sites that were able to provide services in coming due to the organizational capacity. again, because they won the rfp, they were selected for the contract, even though it is $19 million still in excess of the amount needed to go to the board. supervisor chu: ok. items 14 and 15. >> episcopal community services and st. vincent de paul. it will provide services in our emergency shelters. episcopal has two emergency shelters, totaling over 500 beds. st. vincent de paul has msc south, which has over 300 beds. we are seeing approval of those contracts. supervisor chu: bank appeared for and saul, 14, 15, mr. rose, i b

is there like a caseworker that will have a caseload of the particular veterans to make sure that feedback is coming to the caseworker and that feedback goes into the r & d component? how does the process work? >> i think it can occur both directly from the service member or veteran to the researchers. again, they're going to be co-located in the clinical areas so that feedback can come directly but there's also opportunities for the feedback to the people who are doing the research to come from the case managers, to come from the other providers, whether it be a physical therapist or physician, any of those providers who are providing care for people with amputations can also provide that input into what's important for research and research initiatives. >> when will this process be implemented? is it already going on and if so, are there examples, an example of how that's working to make sure that the feedback of the veteran is taken into account? >> well, the center that we spoke about is standing up now. we expect it to be operational by the end of this year. i want to talk about i thi

just go to any sheetz and watch it walk out by the caseload. >> we're going to reveal the answer at 6:54. >>> welcome back. your weather first. we're calling for a beautiful tuesday arch here. just a little bit after breeze at times. could have gusts toward 20 miles an hour but lots of sunshine and pleasant temperatures. lots of 50s out there this morning. 75 by noon. the 3:00 temperature 79 and a high about 82. it is going to be a gorgeous day. jess, over to you. >>> stephen strasburg is trying to become the first pitcher for the franchise to win seven consecutive starts. >> the nats led the rockies 2-1 in the 6th. strasburg accidentally hit marcos scutaro in the head. it was a 90 mile an hour fastball. strasburg was visibly shaken. the next batter was carlos gonzalez. he singled to right bringing in the game tying run. two batters later the rockies would take the lead for good. nats lose it 4-2. to the teams play again tonight. >>> the university of arizona has won its first college world series title since 1986. the pitcher got this flyout to end the game and win the series. arizon

he's on my caseload.s to be released from ad seg, but we have information in our records that he was a validated gang member. >> even if, like, say the gang, they say angel is not a part of us, but we know him, it's up to the administration to believe it and they don't believe it. i'm going to be stuck in the hole for a whole which limits my contact with my girl and son. i want to go out there and hold my son and get contact visit. i don't want to be stuck back here, especially for ten years. >> okay. you can close the door. thank you. okay. so i looked over your file, and you were placed in ad seg primarily because you are a validated member of the northern structure. so i understand in your old file there was a lot of good information that you had been a dropout or that you were trying it get out of the group, is that true? >> not a dropout because i never affiliated myself. that's just on paperwork. >> i'm sure there's information out there that says whether or not you are active or inactive, whether y

some states cut caseloads the people were not rising out of poverty.ss than previous years. we one to two see the recipients decrease and the right reason because people are finding work. it is not because people fall through the? , and do need to learn the lessons. but when there are millions of people looking for work garble is to kraft a system regardless of economic climate. we have an opportunity to strengthen the big keep the core principles in mind. midstate smallest have a strong safety nets and not just the sake of having one. they are the greatest national resource. we cannot leave anybody behind. inventor's cannot invent if they are homeless. remember the nation is only a as great as the least among us. let us move forward to fight the evil of poverty. >> they give for your support with the effect of children and families. poverty remains a critical challenge, the 2010 poverty rate was the highest in the past 17 years. the current economic recession is acute for children. boat out one at a five children, that is up from one added six. it is