put your hands together and welcome katie albright the executive director of the center (clapping.) wow. thank you all so much for being here from attorney general harris for personal dedication to mayor ed lee and supervisor cowen you guys are great. thank you very much. what on amazing day for children in your city. our collected hearts have been under for kids but the system we've created doesn't always show you our hearts. with this center we'll change that this advocacy center is where hope and healing begins the place where a child who's been abuseed can share their stories with the professionals that need to lineups listen together and help. a few years ago the mayor and the board of supervisors the city attorney and the district attorney human services agency and public health and the police and general hospital came together and said we need a children's advocacy center in san francisco and asked the prevention center to take the lead we said, yes and we're creating the advocacy center on the top floor. with the city we'll be able to double the capacity to provide forensic

four years ago nadine burke harris and katie albright came to us with a vision they knew the childrening in southeast san francisco were grouping without the resources they need to be safe. violence was a campaign occurrence in the homes of those on the streets and in poverty. there were 3 pediatricians serving kids in bayview and the 3 resources were spread out and hard to access for protecting famed. so when katie and a nadine came to us with their vision and i might add they're two of our top leaders in our protocol they put forth a plan to team up with c mc and create a one stop center for families. when they told us about that we were excited. at the tip bent 95 folks came together and raised money in one night to launch this initiative. those names have been scrolling but lisa with whom we couldn't have done this and membrane i didn't haas. so today, i'm proud to stand at the grand opening the center of this building under one roof we have 3 things happening pediatric services and bayview child center providing high that he hadic care of families regardless of their ability to pay

thank you to katie albright for all of the hours and days and weeks and months and years we've spent in making this happen. i want to say thank you to my incredibly incredibly hardworking team at the center for youth wellness and thank you to our community advisory committee and all the folks who give us their honest opinion and really told us when was going on here and thank you to supervisor cowen for your hard work and support in making this happen. thank you to the whole team the doctors. and i want to say thank you to our - to my patient to our kids who have taught me more about the root causes of the health behavioral educational outcomes we see and turned on a light bulk there was another way to do this and the fact we're all here today in this room and making this happen and celebrating this beautiful center it's not about the shelves and the hearts and work that happens her everyday. i want to again say thank you to all of you for being part of that hope and addressing the root causes of some of the outcomes in this community so your kids get a chance to grow up with a fair