thank the mayor's budget office, the board budget analyst office, and the comptroller's office -- compntroller's office for helping the department direct the programs. on behalf of the 12,664 children we help support, thank you for your time and attention. i would be happy to answer any questions. supervisor chu: thank you for your presentation. i am curious as to what the department is facing, in the transgendered with your caseload. how many cases do you have? -- i am curious about your case load. how many cases do you have? >> 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