my name is jaclyn grant and i'm here on behalf of the john burton foundation for children without homes to express our support for the booker t. washington community center and affordable housing project. the john burton center is dedicated to alleviating homelessness among children in california with particular focus on children leaving our child welfare system. we are particularly enthusiastic about the booker t. washington probably because it will create 24 units of much-needed affordable housing for transitional age youth in san francisco. access to such housing is critical. without support in their transition to adulthood, think face tremendous challenges in employment, housing, education and more. one in five become homeless within 18 months of leaving the foster system. over half experience unemployment in that amount of time and less than half the youths that exit the foster care system have a high school diploma or g.e.d. when they leave and are on their own. last fiscal year, 182 youths aged out of the san francisco youth foster system and given the challenges they face it is