. >> my name is roger kitchens. i have been to a number of colleges, usc, notre dame, texas a and m. i worked with sprint anti missile and missile. aat&t, and the general electric corp. silicon valley packaged entirely in 1947. in order to help the homeless and use my education at oxford also to further the cause of the tenderloin, especially. and the homeless in general. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> i am the director of coalition on homelessness. we're facing a staggering housing crisis. a number of homeless people at the clinics and seeking shelter are skyrocketing. homeless people suffered preventable diseases at three to six times the rate experienced by others and have dramatically lower life expectancy by the average of 30 years. we have a proposal before you for $5 million. funding this proposal is critical as it will provide families -- prevent families, people with aids, elderly people, youth, all from becoming homeless. that will help those that are already at home less

evanston township high school north of chi, -- chicago, and during middle school worked in the soup kitchen in rogers park and continues to do that even today. he went to the university of illinois at urbana sham pain and graduated with a bachelor's degree-degree in economics. last month he had two master's degrees awarded, one in business administration and one in human resources. his dream is to help work in the health care field. to try to provide health care protection to people who don't have it today. he wrote me a letter and said "i love america for all its opportunities and like any other aspiring student, i want a chance to realize the american dream. i owe the state of illinois, its taxpayers and america a huge debt of gratitude for the level of education i've attained thus far. i'm confident my education will serve me well enough to make a difference in people's lives and there is nothing i'd like more than to give back to the community that's been so good to me." for the record, novi, because he is dream act eligible is not eligible for assistance in education. these students who go to co