>> i am emily cohen, with the mayor's office. thank you for having us here today to discuss hsoc. i want to start with an overview of the challenges that we are facing, in our communities. this is not a secret to anyone. i think we all understand we face a crisis of homelessness. our most recent.in time identified over 8,000 people in our community expensing homelessness, about 5,000 of whom who living unsheltered. about 3,000 staying in shelters or other residential programs. what folks don't always see every night is the successes that we have. last year we exited over 2,000 people from homelessness, and to housing. a very successful year. 2018 was the year we had the most exits out of homelessness of any year in the recent past. it was good in that way. the outreach team serves over 400 people each month. we provide housing and shelter up to 12,000 people every night. 12,000 people who fought for the services, provided by the city, unfortunately were not have a roof another good success.four the department, of homelessness support housing in the city as a whole is we have the m