legal services organization received significant additional funding. we therefore respectfully request that you approve the supplemental funding for san francisco legal services organization so they can expand their staff and resources and thereby leverage available open resources for children and families. my firm here in san francisco are committed to being a part of the solution for this crisis and for helping to address this crisis. in representation for unaccompanied children. and families but additional funding for legal services organizations is crucial for assistance from the private part to have any value. thank you. >> hi my name is grace lee, policy director of chinese for affirmative action. i'm here to reiterate our support for this effort. we talk about the national contacting now how we've come to the situation that provide historical context as well. just a few weeks ago caa took our organizers members undertook to angel island. over 100 years ago over angel pilot decided that the patient detention center. many unaccompanied children from asia were there. it is of thousands of chinese immigrants were detained there were forced into interrogati

legal services providers present. top bar firms in the city are present including -- the bar association of san francisco. the american immigration lawyers association says they're mostly private attorneys and base building nonprofit organizations like --. to me the decision to support the supplemental is pretty easy. 1st, it's outstanding sound and groundbreaking public policy. based on empirical evidence. 2nd, it is the right political choice and were city of 40% nearly 40% foreign-born and there is pretty universal support for this and 3rd, it will inspire other jurisdictions cities counties states and hopefully the federal government to provide additional support for this desperately needed initiative for counsel for individuals. finally, nonprofit i've not --. consistently we were getting inquiries from lawsuits from the top law schools in the country seeking opportunity to do this groundbreaking exciting work and we have to turn those attorneys awake by providing this funding will give them opportunity to give these attorneys aspiring amazing talented lawsuits the ability to [inaudible] removal device >> thank you. next speaker please >> good afternoon. my name is conciliar candia and him immigration attorney program corr

organizations provide new comer after school programs, peer support, leadership development. both of these programs are funded by dcyf. we have partnerships with legal services like the san francisco immigration network that includes [inaudible]. legal services for children and other service providers and this represents the support that any new comer, even though there is a cycle represented here, any new comer can access it at any point. part of -- one of the services that is under the wellness under this program is a program for those that lack a fixed night time resident and reside in a shelter, motel, hotel, temporary housing, abandoned building or temporary foster care. of course these students have educational rights that include immediate enrollment, attend the school they're attending, transportation to schools and participation in all programs and they of course can contact the district liaison to resolve any dispute. it's important that these students have critical services available to them. they may receive assistance with school enrollment, advocate on the transition of students, handle disputes and offering tutoring and we know that many of the unaccompanied immigra