we received $140,000 from hrsa, and they are proposing to cut 118,000. i think it is a well-known fact that the one stop system is not prepared to serve people with multiple barriers looking for employment. the office of economic workforce development may not say that they know this but they provide funding to agencies, including us, to provide job readiness services, which are supposed to help people with multiple pairs of employment enter the mainstream. trading programs, funding, so that people can get to that extent. we were recently given an award by the office of work force to the elements for excellent collaboration which was presented to us by supervisor jane kim. that was in april. i just find it a conflict of interest that we are looking to be cut by one agency and being awarded by another. we depended on both sources of funding to provide excellent service as we do. i would also like to add, last year, mayor newsom added us back himself, and the before, this year -- or supervisors. we are experts in providing training and implements services t

control and prevention and national institute of health and the food drug administration and our own hrsa, new effective therapies and treatments and tools for prevention came on line. today, there are more than 30 licensed drugs that are widely available in the developed world and have begun to transform hiv into a chronic disease, adding years to people's lives. but we know that progress is not enough and it is wide president obama has made the fight against hiv at home and around the world a top priority for his administration, including the first-ever development of a national aids strategy that is providing direction and focus to our efforts. the battle isn't over. as long as this virus threatens the health and lives of people here and around the globe, the struggle continues. and so on this day, in this place, we need to remember the words of "mother jones," who told us to pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. and that is what we are going to do. thank you and now i would like to turn things back over to richard and you will hear from some of our terrific leaders. [a