call structured activities because we believe national data and research shows it is not just a young person showing up at a program, it is about them participating in something that is structured and enriching. that system is connected to our invoicing system. a nonprofit cannot invoice us until they enter that data. in a way, we guarantee we collect that data. another way we make sure we are providing the appropriate oversight for the provider is we have our program officer go out and do program observations, as well as fiscal and contractual monitoring. that happens on a yearly basis, more if necessary. finally, we work with research and entities in the city. these are consulting organizations or universities, such as stanford, uc berkeley, to help us design and evaluation tool, but also about winning the nonprofits. those are three broadways we ensure quality. i would be more than happy to bring our data manager to come in and describe more in depth. when cbo is not liv
as i understand it, your organization contracts bought with services to accomplish these goals. what kind of metrics do you employ to see that your service providers, contractors are accomplishing what you outlined here? commissioner lee, we have several metrics. we have a contract management database which requires all of our grantees to enter and monthly data into our system, data that is just general, how many kids in the program, but also updates along the lines of how many hours they spent in that particular after-school program. but we really want to do is correlate the hours of what we call structured activities because we believe national data and research shows it is not just a young person showing up at a program, it is about them participating in something that is structured and enriching. that system is connected to our invoicing system. a nonprofit cannot invoice us until they enter that data. in a way, we guarantee we collect that data. another way we make s
each one. good morning, commissioners. deputy director of dcyf. i have done policy and planning work at the department. i will be talking about the details within each of the service areas that we will be funding in the next three-year funding cycle. starting with early care and education. i will call it ece. we want to make sure that parents can get to work and address child needs, to get the ready for kindergarten. our focus is to make sure that we prioritize subsidies so that low-income families get access to child care. also to maintain in a true child care program a true child care program cost. we re trying to focus on one and two, cost strategies. making sure subsidies are available and to address the work force so teachers get a good statement in the salary to continue their work in the child care environment. to highlight quality. we want to make sure our child care providers have a proper program assessment. we will be investing with first 5 san francisco, and h
how many hours they spent in that particular after-school program. but we really want to do is correlate the hours of what we call structured activities because we believe national data and research shows it is not just a young person showing up at a program, it is about them participating in something that is structured and enriching. that system is connected to our invoicing system. a nonprofit cannot invoice us until they enter that data. in a way, we guarantee we collect that data. another way we make sure we are providing the appropriate oversight for the provider is we have our program officer go out and do program observations, as well as fiscal and contractual monitoring. that happens on a yearly basis, more if necessary. finally, we work with research and entities in the city. these are consulting organizations or universities, such as stanford, uc berkeley, to help us design and evaluation tool, but also about winning the nonprofits. those are three broadways we ens
technology that will benefit our children and technologies so that they can be there for the future but we need to make sure we bring back the other things that we value, such as nature and open space. so those concerns were raised in some of these meetings that you had? yes, definitely. good to hear. thank you. that was very good. let me take item 18 out of order and wish you a happy birthday. [applause] thank you. i apologize for being late. it had nothing to do with being my birthday. we are now on item 8, the golden gate carrousel request for proposal. good morning, commissioners. cassandra costello. i am here to present to the request for proposal for the operation of the carousel and food kiosk. just to start with some background, the historic golden gate carrousel was built in 1912 in upstate new york and moved to golden gate park in 1941. it was featured in the world s fair at treasure island before being moved to the children s playground, where it has