the problem with united way is that they are conflicting.rvices that they wanted to provide that they are giving to the community. that is the proper place and i is the same recommendation that i have made to the governor's office. but massachusetts did is have everybody pointing to this. with how many funds are there in connecticut. there are over 70 funds. gerri: 97 charities have actually got money in the wake of that tragedy. in ohio, the united way they're being sued because they had distributed very little of the money that was supposed to go to families who were caught up in another shooting there. we will talk about that in just a moment. michelle, thank you for coming on the show. thank you for responding. >> thank youufor having me. >> as i just mentioned, in february of last year, i'm sure you heard about this, three teenagers were shot and killed at a high school in ohio. united way set up a fund and nearly a million dollars was raised. local officials that 100% of the money would go to victtms families. but those families are no

i made that recommendation and unfortunately, united way, think it s three or fourrwee afterwds, it wascies. gerri: that is true. >> the governor's office id endorse united y. hereha hado say about this issue today. >> a link was postedon various websites. the problem is not collecting the money, but how it was distribud. we aked the support of fun and the united way to bring on an independent third party to handle the distribution. we continue to believe that the @%ght cause action is one that movesuickly in rponse to thoseost affected by this tragedy. they went out pubcl and said let's gean independent group to dole out this money. what is wrg with tt action? >> the problem is that the money was provided and wen to united way. >> the one fund was in a fe days of the boston bombing. the permitas within six to eit weeks of the incident. the money go directly out to the family. that the only purpose of it was a they pass it thugh fothe ney ofhe victims. gerri: they aredoling out $5$50 million since the tragedy. this was a situationhere th governor, themayor, they all t involved and point

these were pledges and united way is working to followup with these to make sure they're jobs. dcf is working to analyze all the different sector opportunities available for the young people. there were well over 3,000 of those and we want to increase that from last year. and then -- >> i'm sorry mr. commissioner mendosa. >> sorry. >> i apologize. >> and we also received $356,000 in pledges at the event. that money is used to help support of the operations but also to help subsidized internships for a number of students and young people in the private sector. on may 11th we had a success youth resource fair. thank you commissioner for attending. we went through interview preparation and screening and received workshops on resumes and dress for success and the job search and enroll online on our online system this year. at the event we had a number of volunteers and employers and community based organizations that came out to provide information to young people and over 700 young people are screened for job readiness at the event. so one thing that's new about this year's system

eric mcdonald chief operating officer for united way of the bay area. we are thrilled to be partnering again with mayor lee, city departments, and our private sector leaders to provide jobs and internships this summer. last summer mayor lee raised his hand, let the nation, i should say, raising his hand to say we in san francisco will make a commitment to investing in the lives of our young people in creating jobs and internships that, one, will hopefully inspire them to sofa focused on their educational pursuits and two have them see the vision and the opportunities that are in public sector and public sector jobs. last summer we celebrated over 5200 jobs and internships. 39% of which became permanent jobs. we have a longer term vision that is not simply a summer job program, but a year round program. and ultimately we want to see a pipeline that is connected to our k-12 program, our crick will you have as well as our academies that leads thened to the city college connection of vocational training that leads to our four-year institutions so we have a

so, maybe we'll get down to that 5% pretty soon with the help of united way. and it's going to be a shared responsibility of departments, but we're going to push really hard on private sector because they're the ones that are experiencing the most success in our city right now. so, we're going to ask them to help pick up this great opportunity to work with our kids. i can't think of anything better than to have our youth experience the summer jobs because it pays for year after year after year if you get an individual to be focused on their careers. and that's going to help all of us focus on a better city. there's a lot of issues that we have documented here. we'll make sure they're incorporated into the priorities that we have. we've heard from seniors, we've heard from ihh -- from your work force, from the experience that you've had. we heard from youth. we've heard from people that need our help and all the gaps that we have and we'll definitely pay attention to that. so, again, thank you for giving up your saturday to join us. i look forward to seeing som

hundreds of united ways lead tax assistance efforts. these efforts support taxpayers in preparing and filing federal and state income tax returns. these community based efforts ensure that working families receive all of the tax credits for which they are eligible. while we are still gathering data for the most recent tax season, we estimate that united way has helped more than 1.5 million taxpayers reprepare and file their tax returns for free. using historic ancheses we estimate taxpayers will receive $1.7 billion in refunds which includes $500 million in the errand tax credit. the service is provided for free, we estimated these taxpayers saved $300 million in tax preparation. while these numbers are significant, they are less than 1% of the total tax returns each year. imagen the impact we could have if we helped all taxpayers convert some of their refund each year into savings. suggest earch on r 2 s that there are ways to frame savings during tax time that actually change behaviors and motivate people to take action to save some p

i go to san francisco state university. ~ and last year i had the pleasure of working with united way and match bridge and i participated in a real estate management program [speaker not understood]. with that i was a six-week internship learning about accounting, learning about the different styles of real estate management, property management, you know, also insurance. a lot of different stuff, budgeting from homeowners association. i had the pleasure of working with that. after the six weeks my supervisor asked me if i wanted to be permanent. and i immediately said yes because, why? it was a chance for me -- because my major is accounting. it's a perfect way for me to link my job and my experience to my education. and i just want to talk today about the importance of youth jobs. because if after college, if you don't have any experience in our major how are we supposed to get our job? match way united way, thank you for allowing me to have a job that will be useful to me in the future. so, i just wanted to talk about the importance of youth jobs and also -- also i wanted to say th

the united way push today helps us do the arts program, the after school program. the dance workshop with the kidt from wilson high school. there's so many things we can dw with employment and training and it just helps us raise more m money so we can't do more, do more art work, do more dance orr the wonderful thins we want tont do with our young people. >> this is something that they get to do after school, a lot of these are after school activities here specifically. they do it here. they also do it at the highh school. >> we have programs in the school. we have programs at the center. we're in the region. we're in maryland, montgomery prince george's county. we work with over5,000 kids a year in job taining, arts culture, you name it we do. >> to talk more about how the united way is helping us all along is kelly brinkley. she's with the capital area with do more 24. this is a great idea and there's a lot of other people taking part in this. t explain how this is working today. >> this is going to be great. because of the iew nighted way can't do the work ourse

we partnered with the united way bay area to reach out. we want to make sure that we let people know that these opportunities are for all young people in san francisco. we are particularly concerned, want to make sure that we reach young people from low-income communities who may not otherwise have access, and we made a place to young people that regardless of documentation they have access to these. 211 is a place where you can go to get information on all the different programs. >> mr. mayor, supervisors, department heads. i am the other young person today. we have this enormous challenge and the opportunity to create these pathways for young people, connecting to the college system, connecting to the four year institutions. last year over 3000 of those jobs were city department jobs; and the private sector we want to continue to challenge them. the mayor has said over and over as the supervisors to this is about jobs and economic growth and vitality ,and this is one important way to make sure that happens. one of these people would have

before i bring up eric mcdonald from the united way. raise your hands if you have comment cards, we will give you one more opportunity get those collected. now we will hear from eric mcdonald from united way and the summer job plus success in 2012. >> good evening, mayor and supervisors and department heads, eric mcdonald. summer jobs plus, briefly, a partnership between the mayor's office and work development and school district as well as department of children, youth and family. last summer the mayor stepped up to provide jobs for young people. success for over 5200 jobs. 39% started at summer jobs and became permanent jobs. our long-time vision is to create a pipeline for young people and to have jobs for school academies, and college and ultimately higher education. we have a growing workforce ready for the job as the economy continues to grow. this summer the goal is 6,000. we will be launching on april 30, launching at city hall at 11 a.m. may 11, for the young people, musconnie center west, we will have a youth resource fair for

but i want to thank an agency that's here in the audience as well that's united way of the bay area. united way is teaming up with the city of san francisco and some hundreds of companies in the city along with all the 60 departments of the city, including our police, our fire, our public works, our public utilities commission, our school district, everyone working together to make sure there's at least 6,000 jobs targeted for disadvantaged, economically disadvantaged youth in the city, so you can have a job, you can earn your way to buy the things you need to buy, get ready and continue your education because for the jobs of the future, it is about getting a solid economic foundation and educational foundation for that. these are the best jobs, whether they're in health care, whether they're in administration, whether they're in technology jobs or financial jobs, some of the best salary earning jobs is being on the warriors payroll -- no, i mean -- [laughter] >> is being on jobs that have a technology foundation, jobs that are creative, are innovative, a job supporting major industr

we're thrilled to be working with dcyf and the district and united way on summer jobs plus 2013. we're focused in the economic work force development in insuring that they're engaged. we're focused on insuring that number includes small businesses and big businesses from retails and the hospital council, the hotel counsel, and manufacturing and all sorts of industry, and they're participating in this program and creating opportunities and if they're not creating opportunities, they're not table to become a sponsor like bank of america or providing opportunity, or volunteering or participating. from those watching from home or their businesses, there's a lot of ways you can engage this program. it's great for you to hire and great job opportunities but there's ways of you engage. we completed the launching event and the youth resource fair. for owad we'll be getting an ongoing our outreach. we're focusing on leveraging our team and reaching out to our partners and the trade group and san francisco of chamber and to small business network to make sure they're reaching out. we remai

we partnered with united way the bay area to implement the summer job initiatives, this year the mayor wants to make this a year round effort and dcyf provided funding for -- put out a request to help manage our summer job and reach out to the private sector year round. the mayor this year based on the success of last year raised the bar for all of us, so he wants to see 6,000 opportunities for those 16 to 14. and that goes out to the private sector. we build on the success that we had last summer and partnership with oedwe. the mayor held a job challenge on april 30th. and i'll talk about what came out of that challenge. we've developed a new online application system, so it's easier for the young to apply on their own or through the support of our community providers. we're launching something called doorway organizations to increase access points for young people throughout the city, we selected six different nabld base organizations that young people can come, find out about what training is -- or what opportunities are available. get assessed and then refer to either appropriate t