you'll hear about a program from the housing authority and hsa. you read this morning about how we want to address that population. i want to clearly state that this program is a direct result of a new public-private partnership between the salesforce foundation and this collaboration between housing authority, human services agency, school districts, and others. merely talks about bringing the private sector in to address critical problems in the city. i want to talk about the school district numbers. i will be working with the school district to better understand what is going on there, the discrepancy between the numbers at the school district in the numbers that exist at hsa. i want to understand why there is a difference in those numbers. more importantly, i want to build a bridge between those kids at the school district in the homeless system of care, a better understanding of how to serve them and get them the help they need. not all are homeless. we want to make sure that they are all aware of the homeless system of care. this is absolute

but we need to as i say support hsa's. we don't need government controlled state-based exchanges telling insurers what is going to be an essential benefit plan. we need to do medicare reform. we cannot continue with these entitlement programs, medicare, medicaid and social security as they have been going on. medicare will be bankrupt by 2024 if we don't make changes. when it was set up in 1965 the average person lived to age 65. today they live until age 80. we need to raise the eligibility age. we need to main step. why should a person like warren buffett of course pays less tax than his secretary, why should someone like warren buffett be on a government run program? medicare should be therefore the people, the seniors that really needed. raise the eligibility age. then we can control costs. nancy pelosi said over and over again if we do premium support and these things, all of our seniors will be dying in the street. seniors will be dying in the streets and leslie make changes to these entitlement programs. then medica

but we need to as i say, support hsas. we don't neat got -- don't need government control. weed in to do medicare reform. we cannot continue with these entitlement programs, medicare, medicare, and social securitied a they have been going on. medicare will be bankrupt by 2024 if we don't make changes. so, when it was set up in 1965, the average person lived to age 65. today they live to age 80. and so we need to raise the eligibility age. we need to means test it. why should a person like warren buffet, who pays less tax than his secretary, -- why should he be on a government-run program. medicare should be there for the people that -- the seniors that need it. so raise the eligibility age. mean testing, voucherrize or do premium support in medicare. then we can control costs. nancy pelosi said over and over again, with we do premium support, all of our seniors will be night the streets. seniors will be dying in the streets unless we make changes to entitlement programs. and then medicaid. we need to do -- change to medicaid, we need to do block grants to the states, and th

we need to come as i say, support hsa's. we don't need government controlled state waste exchange is telling insurers what is going to be an essential benefit plan. we need to do medicare reform. we cannot continue entitlement programs, medicare, medicaid and social security as they have been going on. medicare will be bankrupt by 2024 for dummy changes. someone who set up in 1965 the average person live to age 65. today they live to age 80. so we need to raise the eligibility age. we need to mean septic. why should a person like warren buffett who of course pays less tax than a secretary, why should someone like warren buffett deana government run program? that should be there for the seniors that really needed. surveys the eligibility age and vowed to arrive reduce premiums in medicare. then we can control costs. nancy pelosi said over and over if we do premiums, all of our seniors will be dying in the streets. seniors will be dying in the streets unless they make changes to the entitlement programs. and then medicaid we n

first, i want to say i am very encouraged to here then is that the salesforce and hsa collaboration. this funding will definitely be infused a need and fulfill a need in san francisco. we're currently looking at the decrease of homeless prevention rapid re-housing dollars that were infused into the city in september 2009, which allow us to serve approximately 128 families. since that time what rental subsidies in move-in support, we're currently in the process of ramping down from the funding, because that funding will end june 2012. so this infusion will definitely allow us to provide additional and continuing subsidies and move-in support for families. i also want to bring up the fact that there is a big shift happening in federal funding that we need to pay attention to. the emergency solutions grant -- the emergency shelter grant is shifting to the emergency solutions brand, which will focus that money on prevention. yeah, at the same time, we continue to need a safety net in san francisco. hamilton family center provides a full circle, from emergency services to subsidies and mo

incredibly painful for the staff of hsa and the mayor. i will turn it over to one of our graduates from 2010. >> i just want to say thank you to everybody for the program, because it was a big chance for my -- a big change for my lai. a single mother with two kids. i lost my job. i was a carpenter for eight years, local 22 in the city. it was a live changing experience. i started the internship program, and now i am in a career position in the neurology department as a patient coordinator. it gives me the opportunity to go back to school and to pursue my career goals to be a radiologist. this is the opportunity of a lifetime. i am is standing testimony of it. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, everyone, for coming in and sharing. i have to recognize the folks in human services agency. without them, there is no way this program would have been pulled off. jim, tony, and steve -- scott, were hiding. bernadette, as well. there were able to grow a program or we had initial goals of 1000, which we thought were too high. and to exceed that by

of the members of the community, whether it is wells fargo, the intra-faith council, the staff from hsa and public health, they are all here. i know they are feeling some really great bribes -- great vibes because of the announcements we have to make. it has never been about a campaign for an election. it has always been about a campaign to improve lives. i will take you back to a moment a few months ago. let's get things done. no, let's get things done better. [laughter] i saw that in the middle of the night and thought that it worked. that was really good. bevan and i already knew we had a great director. little did we know we would have an opportunity to have the director of great programs that we want him to be in charge of in this administration. i have said all along that we need to improve our delivery of services. we need to bring hope to a lot more people. we need to be a bigger tent. consistent with the things i have mentioned since the inauguration that i feel strongly about that resonate with communities, we need to get jobs out there. we need to get job training out there.

i know we have folks from the mayor's office, as well as hsa and the housing authority who are here to explain some of the solutions we have currently. we will be asking questions about that. we'll also hear from advocates as well, about their experience, either being homeless or what solutions they can pose to us, as well as the city. first up, we have someone from -- what was it? from the mayor's office. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. good morning, supervisor elsbernd. i know we're waiting on supervisor mar. i appreciate hearing about the plight of homeless families in san francisco. i want to give you an overview of the situation as we see it and then type for the city departments to talk about our response to the supervisor -- superintendent garcia needs to leave a little early, so we may start with the superintendent. in sentences go over the last 24 months, and nationwide, we have seen a marked increase in family homelessness. this is a difficult statistic to track, and i think you know that, largely because it is a difficult thing to talk about and a lot of the shame and thing