200,000. My next point is for [inaudible]. While the final decision is delayed until later this month, we want to make sure this issue stays among your priorities. [inaudible]. Group van and ada transportation are most vital to disability population and consumers shouldnt have to pay additional fees for this critically needed service. Thank youm. And our final platform item is the cost of doing business. As not for profit providers we urge you to consider across the board cost of doing business for all non profits. This has been a long standing problem and weapon just want to continue to bring it to your attention. Wed love to see an established annual cost of doing business for all contractors. Maybe consider doing a cost of doing business increase of 4 for the year 2015 2016. We will follow up with your and you staff with a meeting. Were also willing to organize nietz an opportunity for Community Round table with the case membership and partners. We want to thank you in advance for y
Services and also to conduct a very important outreach which we have talked about being very important. In our cases advocating for the 2015, 16 budget to increase each of the specialists currently funded from 32 hours to 40 or whatever fulltime is in their Respective Agency and to ensure those other two districts that were not assigned somebody would also have access to a worker so that would be two different agencies. The project costs that we roughly calculated is 229,927. Good morning commissioners, my name is karen garison. Im here today to talk about Case Management and services here in San Francisco. Many agencies struggle with the ability to recruit and retain qualified case managers with limited contract dollars provided by dos and their own fund raising efforts. Agentcyies are competing against county funded positions that are paid at a much higher rate. Along with the stringent hiring requirements it has become increasingly difficult to identify and employ qualified candidat
[applause] were just doing whatever were going to do here this morning. Lets get a picture. [applause] thank you very much. The next item on the agenda is the Advisory Council report. Good morning commissioners, im filling in for president schmidt. The Advisor Committee didnt meet in december and will be reconvening on january 21. The next item on the agenda is the joint legislative committee report. We did not meet in december so in february well have a full report long term coordinating council report. The long term coordinating council didnt meet in december. Our next meeting is tomorrow afternoon. Thank you. Youre making this meeting very efficient. [laughter] next item on the agenda is the tack report. Kathy russo. Good evening, tack did meet in december. [laughter] well what we came out with was in 2015 we are going to have a white house conference on ageing. This should be a year for celebration, its the 80th anniversary of the Social Security act and the 50th anniversary of the
Going to do here this morning. Lets get a picture. [applause] thank you very much. The next item on the agenda is the Advisory Council report. Good morning commissioners, im filling in for president schmidt. The Advisor Committee didnt meet in december and will be reconvening on january 21. The next item on the agenda is the joint legislative committee report. We did not meet in december so in february well have a full report long term coordinating council report. The long term coordinating council didnt meet in december. Our next meeting is tomorrow afternoon. Thank you. Youre making this meeting very efficient. [laughter] next item on the agenda is the tack report. Kathy russo. Good evening, tack did meet in december. [laughter] well what we came out with was in 2015 we are going to have a white house conference on ageing. This should be a year for celebration, its the 80th anniversary of the Social Security act and the 50th anniversary of the Older Americans act, medicare and medica
Now, who brought the flowers . Who was the person with the flowers . Now its time to bring the flowers. Rias just oh weve got more flowers. This is ronny. Very nice, there you go. [applause] were just doing whatever were going to do here this morning. Lets get a picture. [applause] thank you very much. The next item on the agenda is the Advisory Council report. Good morning commissioners, im filling in for president schmidt. The Advisor Committee didnt meet in december and will be reconvening on january 21. The next item on the agenda is the joint legislative committee report. We did not meet in december so in february well have a full report long term coordinating council report. The long term coordinating council didnt meet in december. Our next meeting is tomorrow afternoon. Thank you. Youre making this meeting very efficient. [laughter] next item on the agenda is the tack report. Kathy russo. Good evening, tack did meet in december. [laughter] well what we came out with was in 2015