dan bore socks, and todd robert and jennifer freeback. >> thanks for being here. >> good morning supervisors and thank you for holding this hearing and this very important topic one point two million school aged children are homeless in the united states, about quarter of a million of those live in california and 2200 live right here in san francisco and i know that the homeless count, said that there is 679 members of families that are homeless in the city but there is discrepancy in the numbers that our school district did a report saying that the number is actually 2200. you all have seen many of the problems and one thing that i wanted to point out is right now it is taking a family, almost a year or more to move beyond homelessness and 7 months on the waiting list and a five month stay in a shelter, children are homeless for a year or more and all of this research and common sense tell us that long term homelessness is defined as six months or more has negative impacts on children and including the fact that a child who has experienced long term homelessness is five times more likely to

dan bore socks, and todd robert and jennifer freeback. >> thanks for being here. >> good morning supervisors and thank you for holding this