you know, i think it's really important for our families, most of them have involvement with the department of children and families, and you know, so we stay in close contact with the department, with their worker and with their therapist and with their treatment providers and we make sure that everybody stays on the same page. and in doing that, our families have been very successful. we have 91 percent of our families stay in our program and stay engaged and they have done a wonderful job. and on top of that, we provide parenting classes and which is the biggest piece because being a mother in recovery myself, it's so hard to balance your recovery and staying sober and then you want to be the best parent you can possibly be because you're trying to make up for lost time and all of these other things. so to-the fact that our program offers parenting classes, i think it amazing and it really teaches the person in recovery how to parent their child and when to ask for help and what to do with your children while you're in recovery. and kim, talking about when to ask for help, a lot of families do not ask f

developers and formerly for the city and county of san francisco children's fund and formally program officer for the department of children, youth and their families. and i don't need to read the background. if you have questions about the application process? >> okay. i don't have any public speakers on this item. signed up. are there any comments or questions from the board? >> it does not appear that there are. may i have a roll call, please? >> thank you. >> miss ly? >> yes. >> wong? >> yes. >> fewer in >> yes. >> mr. haney >> yes. >> miss maufus. >> yes. >> mendoza. >> yes. >> murase. >> aye. wynns. >> aye. >> and we are all acquainted and i am sure that he will do a great job. >> the next order of business is our election commission appointment. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. the recommendation is that the board of the education of the san francisco unified school district appoint, kathleen catalina ruiz-healy to the election commission of the city and county of san francisco for a five year term of commence on january 8, and to expire on january 1, 2018. >> are there any comments? >> commissioner mendoza. >> i think that she has done

and health of a child. the children are now in the custody of the department of children and family services. called the "illinois immigrant integration policy summit"-- it was well-attended by elected officials and community leaders. free workshops on how to become a u-s citizen were offered along with information on immigrant rights in getting drivers' licenses. other workshops provided information on domestic violence, mental health, healthcare, education, housing and jobs. the manhunt for a former los angeles police officer has widen to include the mexican border. next, the latest on the search for the man believed to be responsible for several murders. many people in new england are digging out after 3 ft. of snow fell over the last 24 hours i am chris welch in boston i will have an update and thousands make their way to mccormick place for the opening of this year's auto show. a storm moving from the plains states will bring rain and freezing rain to chicago overnight we will have details with the full forecast still ahead [ female announcer ] switch to swiffer wetjet, and you'll dump y

the department of children and family case worker neglected to check on the girl in person as required. back to you, denise. >> thank you, mary. relia's body has never been found. she vanished in december of 2000. >>> doctors are telling expectant mothers to take folic acid to help prevent certain types of birth defects. but it may also have other another benefit. lowering a baby's chances of developing autism. alison harmelin reports for wjz. >> reporter: denishia smith is 11 weeks pregnant with her second child. >> i feel great. a lot of energy. it's just been a wonderful experience. >> reporter: she takes a prenatal multivitamin, with folic acid. a new study looked at 85,000 children in norway. researchers found mothers who took folic acid supplements before they conceived and during the first two months of their pregnancy, lowered their child's chances of autism 30%. >> will lead to new ways to prevent ought iistic disorders. >> reporter: it is already known to reduce the risk of spine -- brain and spine birth defects. >> is not costly. approximate is part of the standard of care,

of poverty, okay. thank you. >> any other questions? thank you. >> jessie mandle? >> hello, good afternoon. my name is jessie mandle and i am the senior program planner for the department of children, youth and their families and i manage our nutrition programs at dcwf and i manage the summer lunch and after school snacks program, the summer program is our biggest program and this is a program that provides lunches to children 18 and under when school is out because there's a big need, people don't have a place to get lunch during the summertime so we provide lunch at community based sites, to over 85 sites across the city and last year, we served around 200 thousand meals, over 200 thousand meals, we also collaborate with the school district to make sure that if they are able to take a place at a school site that we work closely with them so we're not duplicating service and that it's an effective program. i also present the food and fitness community, last year was my first year running the program and being on the food task force was a wonderful experience, not only did we start to think strategically how the program can include but collaborating with people like food runners and other agencies like the

$7,169,695 of state revenue loss and $1,800,000 of prior year designated reserves of the children and families commission to fund the de-appropriation of state revenue of $534,406 at the department of public health, and $580,300 at the human services agency, and appropriating uses of $50,000 to the department of juvenile probation, $2,424,528 to the department of public health, $3,180,461 to the human services agency, $400,000 to the art commission, and $1,800,000 to the children and families commission in fiscal year 2012-2013. >> thank you. we have ms. howard here from our mayor's office of budget. >> good afternoon, supervisors, kate howard, [speaker not understood]. i'm here before you to approve an event over the supplemental that's before you appropriating fund from our state revenue lost reserve to a variety of programs that were reduced in the governor's budget last year. i also have with me staff from the human services agency, the department of aging adult services, juvenile probation, the department of public health, and the arts commission in the event that there are specific questions about any of the appropriations. as you will remember, last year the governor's bu

we also have partnerships with the administration for children and families, the department of defense, the department of justice, and the veterans administration, and hrsa, so that we deal with trauma across the board. we want it to be in primary care settings. we want people asking about it. and then we want to make sure we have a workforce that's skilled enough to begin to do something about it. and we are very glad that you have enlightened our audience related to this topic. i want to remind our audience that national recovery month is celebrated every september, and we're hoping that you engage and be visible and vocal during this month by hosting events and also be engaged, not only with the family, but with those that are in recovery. i want to thank you for being here, and it was a very good show. thank you. for a copy of this program or other programs in the road to recovery series, call samhsa at 1-800-662-help, or order online at recoverymonth.gov and click multimedia. every september, national recovery month provides an opportunity for communities like yours to raise aware

department of health and human services, rockville, maryland. dr. nancy young, executive director, children and family futures, irvine, california. erica asselin, family support specialist and medication-assisted treatment advocate, fresh start, square one, holyoke, massachusetts. dr. kim sumner-mayer, senior advisor, phoenix house center on addiction and the family new york, new york. fran, what is the definition of family within our society currently? that's a very good question. family has changed, the definition. we used to think of family as two parents living in a house with two children and probably a pet or two. now, we have a wide variety of families. we have families that are one parent, single parent, being raised by friends, being raised by grandparents, relatives of all sorts. the good thing about that is it brings the ability of a lot of diversity, a lot of ethnic cultures are different, and i think that across america we have a lot better chance to have families describe themselves in the way that is most comfortable for them. and, nancy, it goes even beyond that. it goes into same sex

number 3, resolution authorizing the children and families commission to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,269,400 from the united states department of education through the california department of education to support an early learning quality improvement system, for the period of july 1, 2012, through december 31, 2015. >> thank you. and we have laurel here from first five. thanks for being here. got it. >> okay. so, this is a good thing to hopefully you'll accept and expend. this is money, federal money that comes from the california department of education to the california department of ed down to first five san francisco. it's to develop a model for our quality rating and improvement system for early care and education. the money was given to first five because we were leveraging our prop 10 dollars and in san francisco leveraging our prop h dollars, and it's to continue what we've already been doing about building a quality improvement system in san francisco. >> great. thank you for being here. colleagues, any questions? supervisor mar. >> i wanted to ask ms. [speaker not understood], if you could talk a little about what

on the state department advisory committee on international law. >> are the children and their families the victims of a political tug of war between the two countries in. >> it's particularly cruel to have international adoption become the captive of other issues in the american rush relationship. i would take this as a private sector issue. >> reporter: americans and even rugs are protesting the ban concerned for the half a million or fans waiting for homes. when russia first opened its doors to american adoption, couples flooded the country adopted more than 60,000 russian children. judy williams is with an international agency specializing in eastern european adoptions. she's working with more than 20 families whose adoptions are up in the air. >> it shouldn't be a privilege to have a family who loves you, that you grow up with. you know, it just shouldn't be a privilege. it should be a right of every kid to have a family. >> my dear daughter, happy birthday, my sweet daughter. >> reporter: they write letter to the girls and decorate a bedroom they hope they will use. >> everything this here was m

friends and family and were fortunate that the school district and the pta and the city councils and police departments joined in to south our efforts. >> one of five people, including children, who was shot and wounded by a man with an assault weapon at the valley jewish community center in los angeles 13 years ago. she says she had to be here. >> i believe that i lived that day and survived that day to speak out on behalf of those who can't speak for themselves. reporter: congresswoman jacky steel promised help is on the way. >> i'm opt mystic we'll have a vote on the gun issue. >> the buyback program ran out of money after two and a half hours. disappoint something gun -- disappointing some gun owners. >> are you serious? >> one man was paid $1,700 for the guns he turned in organizers say that's why they ran out of money so quickly and next time they will put a ceiling on how much they will pay each resident. the next guybacks is on march 2nd the santa clara county fairgroundses. am frightening moments for passengers on a transit bus this morning. someone shot at the bus and shattered a window, just after midnight. none of the nine passengers were struck by the gunfire ab

ruth wedgwood is on the state department's advisory committee on international law. >> are the children and their families the victims of some political tug of war between the two countries. >> it's particularly cruel to have international adoption become the captive of other issues in the american russian relationship. i would take this as a private sector issue which should not be held hostage. >> americans and russians are protesting the ban concerned for the more than half a million orphans waiting for homes. when russia opened its doors to american adoption in the 1990s they adopted more than 60,000 russian children. judy wilson is working with more than 20 families whose adoptions are up in the air. >> it shouldn't be a privilege to have a family who loves you that you grow up with. you know, it just shouldn't be a privilege. it should be a right of every kid to have a family. >> my dear daughter, happy birthday my sweet daughter. >> matt and julie write letters to the girls and decorate a bedroom they hope they will use. >> everything was made for them. this is her favorite color. you can see the little dolls on

of the program now known as the early education department. the program has been in the district for 70 years serving family children from low income and high risk communities. we would like to take time in our day to actually celebrate those 70 years by actually doing besides the resolution two events. one is that we're going to have a dinner that will actually bring back former administrators, former site administrators, former ed's to come and just let everyone know the history of the program and the great work they have done, and also talk about the work we are going to do. the second thing we're going to do is also have a carnival for our families saying thank you. just thank you for bearing with us and helping us to grow and become a better program. to do this we have an amazing committee and there is a rolling joke about me is that i never come alone and i work with a team who allows me to work with them, and that team as you see them -- they're up here. i wanted to take time to say just thank you. they have -- they're busy people, and in their business lives they have taken time to actually put this celebration together so i want to publ

have told us the names of the young children who were killed, the survivors and the family who lied here, we're withholding that information right now because the fire department has not released that information. what i can tell you is that of the three survivors, the 33- year-old mother and her eight- year-old daughter are hospitalized at this hour, suffering from smoke inhalation and there is an 11-year-old who is reported to be in grave condition at this hour. again, this is reported to be accidental and, although the alcohol, tobacco, and firearms investigators have been here, it's not believed to be suspicious at this hour. shawn. >> such a tragedy. wall packer in, thank you. -- paul wagner, thank you. >>> new at 5, a montgomery county teacher is under arrest charged with sexually abusing two of the female students. the victims told police that he touched them inappropriately on several occasions between september of 2012 and this february. the alleged incidents happened at meadow hall elementary school in rockdale where he teaches the fifth grade. >>> dozens of former patients contacted a lawyer after a gynecologist was exposed for taking secret videos

families and children in need in san francisco and throughout the bay area. i am here to reinforce the support you have given to the department on the status of women and we use a lot of their materials, reports and services. so we're expanding what you have allocated in terms of budget, and expanding that to a larger audience when we give our programs, we use their materials. we do that, because they can be trusted. there is a lot of stiff stuff on the internet and i can tell you when we use a report from dosw, the information is accurate. and we know there is accurate information portrayed to the people, and again, thank you for your support. and we'll continue to pass on the information that they give us, because again, we can trust it. and we hope that you know that we trust you and we really, really do appreciate this. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisor. thank you supervisor chiu, specifically for putting the supplemental appropriation forward. my name is catherine berg and the augmentation before you today provides important support, support that would be more beneficial to our community if it was ongoing and con

department of children's services will be upgrading nearly 200 case manager positions. this won't just be a matter of paying current employees more but raising the qualifications for those positions. children's services deals with very difficult family situations, and we ask a lot of our caseworkers who are walking straight into these homes to protect tennessee children. we should be paying them more, and we should also do a better job of setting them up for success by making sure they have the skills and experience it takes to do these emotional and difficult jobs. we are also putting more resources toward investigations and assessments in our child protective services division. [applause] our military veterans have sacrificed more than most of us can ever begin to imagine. veterans [applause] have more than earned our respect, gratitude and support. for those in this room that have served our country, i'd like to ask you to stand, so we can thank you for your service. in continuing our commitment to a project we started last year, this budget includes more than $4 million for the montgomery county veteran's home. another responsibility we take seriously is the long term fiscal health of our state. we understand the importance of saving for the fu

unanswered because the congress hasn't done what we need to do to protect women and children and their families. the department of justice estimates that the cuts to violence against women act is going to mean that 35,927, and i want you to hear, mr. speaker, every single one of them, 35,927 victims will be prevented from gaining access to shelters and to legal assistance and to services for themselves and for their children. every single one of them vulnerable because this congress , because republicans in this congress, mr. speaker, have not done their job. the cuts are going to mean that domestic violence training is going to be eliminated for 34,000 police officers, prosecutors, judges, and victim advocates. this really is shameful, mr. speaker. and for women who work and who own small businesses, the sequester is going to be a handicap as well. and we know that women work, some of us work not because we want to, we work because we have to. because we are partners in our families with our spouses, with our partners taking care of our families, taking care of our children. because we are women living on our ow

and, yes, we do have a responsibility from the time of lincoln when the department of veterans affairs was established, to care for the wounded warrior. their families, their spouses, their children and you can certainly call my office and i can try to help you find your member of congress and to see what's happening with your individual situation. we do this every day. i know that florida, because of the number of veterans that have moved to florida, is under particular stress and we have put a lot more money into florida. i don't know how your particular region is managed but i can tell you, i know this backlog, disability claims inside the v.a., is huge. i saw secretary chin secretaryy last night, the -- shinseki last night, and i know how committed is he to removing that bach log and to try to get these -- back lock log and to try to get these things resolved. i would be happy to put you in touch with your member of congress. i'm not sure who it is but call i'm not sure who it is but call us at 20

department was here. a single-family home. they determined there were six people in the house. it pulled out the six people. fourthree children and one adult. two have been transported from the scene. one of our people that fell on the ice has been transported away. that's where we are now. >> any indication where and how the fire started? >> too early. there just are in the investigation. it will be a long day. as soon as we have more reformation, we will let you know. >> thanks very much. again, six people pulled out of the home, four of them in very critical condition four children. john gonzalez reporting for abc 7 news. >> if that were not enough, there's a two alarm fire in montgomery county that broke out 45 minutes ago at karma academy in rockville, a residential treatment facility for boys. we don't have any reports of injuries, but we have a crew on the way to the scene. we will get more details and a live report as we have that available. >> a longtime d.c. area swim coach is scheduled to plead guilty to child sex abuse charges. rick curl is expected to ensure that police during a hearing in montgomery county today. he was charged last fall after former student, told authoritie

along with health care, the relentless growth and the department of corrections is one of the main reasons we can't reinvest in children, families or in community corrections or in proven crime prevention measures at the local level. it costs $10,000 a year to keep a child in school. it costs $30,000 a year to keep someone in prison. now, our prison forecast projects we will have to build an additional 2,300 beds at a cost of $600 million over the next 10 months. most of those beds will be occupied by nonviolent offenders. the fact is, this $600 million is spent on public safety, local public safety, community corrections and public education to keep hundreds of people out of the criminal justice system in the first place. that's why oregonians deserve a thoughtful objective review of the recommendations of the commission on public safety. to keep our community safe while we reducing the cost of crux corrections. the opportunity here is to find alternative ways to sanction nonviolent offenders and invest in proven crime prevention offenders instead of building a whole new round of prisons. i recognize, as all of you do, that the

children placed with new families says the case highlights the full saying the u.s. adopt and adoption of laws the united states has a very complex adoption system where the state department has federal responsibilities which is. properly executed because adoption itself is performed at the state level in america the federal government has no control over actually happens if. you need to have a proper system in place that checks. adoptive parents much better before the adoption which has posts option monitoring all that is not really in place there is screening but it's not properly done post adoption monitoring is impossible. especially in america it is impossible because a right to privacy. then i will brains are british schools. all more gods costs going to the army however and i see it is first of all a shotgun a lot of fire or. so coming out were important however to four children a day are called bringing weapons into u.k. schools with authorities desperate to end an epidemic of violence in. the u.k. prime minister david cameron has botched the idea of redirecting hundreds of millions in foreign aid money towards military operations security peacekeeping and demobil

department of homeland security may have to lose the equivalent of 5,000 agents at border and slice $1 billion from fema. education cuts, 70,000 children could be kicked out of head start problems for low-income familiesnd go home. because if we're just going to have across the board cuts what is the point of our being here? >> reporter: while democrats and moderate republicans want to slam on the sequester brakes, some conservative lawmakers are cheering on the cuts. >> not only should the sequester stand, many pundits say the sec questions administer's far short. that we need $4 trillion in cuts. >> reporter: congress and the white house were able to postpone the sequester as part of the deal to postpone the fiscal cliff. but don't expect another delay. >> there won't be easy off-ramps on this one. the days of 11th hour negotiations are over. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner said if democrats soar worried they should come up with a solution. >> the sequester is there because the president insisted that it be there. >> reporter: it was washington's version of a valentine's day greeting sealed with a kiss. yesterday afternoon, senate democrats came up with a proposal to replace the sequester bu

civilians working for our department of defense that literally fix the equipment in our depots and arsenals, they are teachers in our schools, training the children of military families, counselors, police officers, medical professionals, blue collar wrench turners and maintainers at our military bases. the impact of sequestration is already being felt not just here in this country but overseas. i just returned last week from a whirlwind tour, still recovering, over to africa to visit uganda, djibouti and into the gulf into bahrain. i saw firsthand the men and women in uniform who are defending our interest, pursuing our missions and the impact of sequestration. in uganda, our u.s. military is currently training ugandan military forces to take down a notorious leader of the lord's resistance army, joseph kony. they are making significant progress. their mission so important to increasing stability in a difficult region of the world and it could be sacrificed to a sequester. in bahrain, home of the navy's fifth fleet -- i met with admiral john miller. he took me on these ships and i met with the men and women in our naval forces who are keeping america safe and watchi

department. >> she leaves behind her partner peter and two children ages 5 and 1. >> we will have much more on this story as it continues to develop. 4:08 >> we are back. the family ofoakland couple had been reported missing is now speaking out. the to travel is for found safe and peru. kron fours scott rates as the family's emotional reaction to the good news. >> a mother speaks for the first time after receiving news that her son 25 year- old garrett hand and his girlfriend 27 year-old jamie neal had been found safe in peru. barrett's mother is very emotional in front of her home as she told me what it was like speaking to her son for the first time in over a month. >> we have personally talked to garrett approximately two hours ago. we cannot describe the whole and the emotion and the relief and the exhaustion that-describe of the hope. >> that we are feeling right now that they are safe. >> we will never be able to thank enough all the people that rose up to the occasion and gave their time, their resources, energy on behalf of our family. >> reporting in concord scott rates at kron 4 news. will take a break and be back with more headlines in just a moment. >> l