>> i see that claudia anderson from the school district is here. and we also have a police officer here, and if they wanted to add anything to this conversation, i wanted to invite them back as well. >> thank you for attending the hearing. good >> i really do not want to take much time, but i really wanted to be here to voice my support and appreciation for the partnership we have. when denise was speaking, i was thinking about a first job i had with the school district networking waveith expel middle school students. students would talk with great pride about where did you put me, and it was horrifying, because that is the beginning of talking about a pipeline, and they have cut that off. we are not going to treat you that way. we are going to take a look at what is going on in your life, and we are going to take you on a different path. they have extended the work we are able to do, and the fact that we have a counseling center in the same building on a day to day basis with each other, we meet through the truancy reduction initiatives. give we m

referral center and also our city partners of the san francisco police department as well as claudia anderson from the san francisco unified school district's superio. i want to recognize the limited time we do have and we will definitely defer to my colleagues. >> this is are actually one of the founders of the program. your are wanted to give -- i wanted to give over view of the last fiscal years. you>> i know we are in a bit ofa crunch, but the first slide is so critical in understanding everything we speak on, will get us moving a lot faster. >> thank you for the suggestion. just to give a quick overview of what types of services they provide, they are an intervention service provider. they provide information, referral, and educational advocacies for those students. they work for middle school and high-school students. the research center is a community-based alternative for youth. they provided assessment, service integration, and referral curator thank you so much, and to move forward in terms of the last three years of the funding cycle, in fiscal year 1011, it was 255,000 -- $265,000