presentation by jill nielsen, adult protective services program director. public comment is welcome. break. item 7. information item. san francisco public library, safe and welcoming for all. background of the sf public library department of public health partnership and the nationally recognized model of the an embedded social worker and health and safety associates to reach out the people in need while at the library. presentation by karen straws, chief of the main library. >> public comment is welcome. item 8: information item. lava mae. delivering dignity one shower at a time. a pilot project using retired muni buses to provide mobile showers for san francisco's homeless population. item 9. information item. the mid-market community ambassadors program. the community ambassadors program provides a safety presence along the mid-mashlth corridor, while also providing again assistance and street outreach on services and programs to residents. item 10: information item. tap care. a private pay personal care assistant exchange. a project of the ihss consorti

jill nielsen. it makes me happy because the first time i ran into them at city college courses and i know these licensed social workers, they are really great and listen to us because in the hotel scene, i know that there is a lot of people who like the gentleman say exploit, even myself, i'm a person, i have a disability because i'm positive. but i know that i try to go everyday and have a better life. when you get home there is so many people in the building asking for money and they won't go to groups. often for 10 years i have been there 12 years at the ambassador hotel and i have asked the property manager to tell people not to ask for money or food on the weekend when they can get that from the case manager. if they see it that will cut down some of them from abuse deal and harassment and neglect. i'm a person who likes to cook and share food in our building. roontly what's going on in the building is we have been having people who have moved in in the last few years who hit us and abuse us.

my name is jill nielsen. i am the program director of adult protective services. we have a program that is housed within the department of aging and adult services. we are a part of the human services agency. thank you very much councilmembers for the invitation. my understanding is that adult protective services has not addressed the council in some time, although other dos programs have been here. so i was planning on doing a brief overview of adult protective services just to make sure we had a foundation of what the program our framework of basic services are before i delve into the self neglect piece. i know you have questions, please interrupt me and ask questions. i want to be able to provide you with real targeted information. before i start i want to make sure that the council and the public was aware that the homeless population in san francisco is not the target population for adult protective services per say. that is not to say that we do not provide services to homeless individuals, but it is by far the rare exception. i will get into that. what i'm