kathy spence ly, alisha crawford and rebeca shotwell to start. you can lineup on the left. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm here to tell you a little bit our program. which name is amy yu. i'm the district or for the service employment program. it is a federally funded program, training program for the older adults 55 years and older and low income and residing in san francisco. we have the national council on aging and we're operated by sub projects throughout the united states. the goal of the program really is to foster individual economic self-sufficient see and increase the older benefits that benefit from unsubsidized employment and it's a training program to help upgrade job skills for older adult today's help them get job placements, to help older adults get involved in the community and to provide a community service and to provide added income as well. it does really play an important role in today's competitive job market. our trainees are in the program for 48 months. it's the time they can be in the program. they are placed in non

. >> my name is rebeca shotwell. i was one the first people to go through the reserve program. in 2008, my finances went kaput and i had to find a job. who is going to hire a 68-year-old woman. i'm 70 now. i called the department on aging and i got someone who told me there's a new program in san francisco called reserve. check it o i checked it out. they were fabulous. the two geniouses, maria and kate, i wentz to their meetings and filled out their paper work. within a few weeks they placed me down at the aquatic park senior center where i worked for about six months and one of the great things about reserve is they pay our salaries so it benefits the local business community because they don't have to pay for the help. they get free labor. i was just hired recently by ncphs which runs the senior center so i'm now a permanent employee. reserve did its job. it placed me, it got me hired and i am now contributing to my community. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is maria. i'm actually city and county retiree. now for almost t