rights commission, and in that capacity served for five of those years as chair and co-chair of the lgbt advisory committee. and in my advisory committee, the lgbt senior task force was incubated, and i had the privilege of helping transition it to the task force and make some recommendations regarding the members of the task force. i'm so thrilled to see my friend perry lang, commissioner lang here, who is very instrumental in that, and to see the good works that have come out of that. >> thank you very much. and welcome to the commission. i'm sure your expertise and experience will be very valuable. >> very kind. thank you. >> next item is approval of the december 6, 2017 agenda. may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and seconded. any questions or comments? comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. item 3, approval of the november 21 meeting minutes. a motion to i a prove? so moved. >> second. >> any comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item four, the director's report. >> thank you, commissioner. i am honored to be here, and full disclosure, a little nervous. so i have written out everything so that i make sure i have everything, and i have a tendency to go off topic if i don't. i will partially speak and partially read for you. i want to let you know that i think you know that director mcspadden is in washington, d.c. attending the national area agencies on aging conference and it is the advocacy arm of tnati group much like c4a is the state arm. this last month we had a c4a conference that we attended. and as they reported, it was one of the highest turnouts they have ever had. as part of the director's meeting at the conference, there was a discussion ability ab-959 which as many of you know is the state rollout of the questions, and san francisco rolled our version out last -- in july of this year. the state rolls out in july of next year. and they turned to both san francisco and l.a. for best practices for the rollout and to try and get a sense of how we did it in both some of the areas that we wanted to let them know to beef up in other areas. so it was -- we have had staff that have participated on the state calls, and we will also be sharing our curriculum with them. so to help the rest of the state. at one of the sessions, the achair of the assembly and aging long-term committee held a hearing as part of the conference itself. it was one of three hearings across the state. focused on the potential federal changes and the implications of california's aging and long-term care programs and services. they had two really interesting panels that include d policy folks as well as justice and aging and c.b.o.s and providers and consumers that served on the panels. it was very informative and well atenlded. at a local level, the mayor is releasing his budget instructions today, so that process will begin. last month we introduced to the board of supervisors a budget supplemental of $9.6 million of which $8.8 million will go towards ihss. san francisco assumed an increase of $11 million in the budget approved in july, but that has now increased to $19.9 million. consequently t supplemental. i know that director mcspadden has talked about the implementation of dignity fund community needs assessment, and so there has been three prongs to this, the rollout of this. one has been community forums. one has been focus groups and surveys. i think last month we had completed nine community forums. we have now completed all 11 with one held in each district. there was some interesting demographic statistics that we got from the forms for people who signed in that i thought i would share with you. the number of attendees across all of the forums that signed in was 547. they ranged in age -- the attendance ranged from 17 to 81 at each forum with an average of about 50 attendees at each one. they started small and as word got out, they grew. the age t majority across all the forums were between 65 and 74 years old, about 36%. and between 75 and 84 years old at 27%. the race and ethnicity breakdown, the overall 45% of people who completed the demographic survey and there was a sign-in and a demographic survey of the folks that completed it. 45% were asian. 36% white. 14% black, african-american. and 5% identified as other. other demographics, the majority of the attendees across the forums were female. sexual orientation questions were asked. overall the majority of the attendees across all the forums, about 83% at each community forum were heterosexual or straight. and about 4% identified as gay, lesbian, same gender, and 4% bisexual and 7% preferred not to answer if primary language across the forums, 65% spoke english as the primary language. the overall breakdown was 65% english, 20% cantonese. 10% spanish. and 3% tegalig and 2% other. the veteran status overall t majority of the attendees across were not veterans. about 92%. the number of veterans ranged from one to six individuals at each forum. part of what we have been trying to do is target veterans in the dignity fund. to the time in san francisco, the majority have lived in san francisco for more than 30 years. so it was an interesting turn out. we got a lot of great feedback that the consultants are starting to compile. the focus groups are happening this month. there is going to be 30 focus groups across san francisco. we are trying to have the focus groups represent the diversity of san francisco. the primary focus obviously is on consumers, but we do have a couple for providers. we have reached out to other groups to also have conversations with people that aren't necessarily already connected to services. we have reached out to two other groups, for example, like the faith-based community leaders as a result from the meeting. >> i'm going to be hosting that one. >> thank you very much. the other thing that's been happening is the survey has been launched this month as well. people have until this friday to complete the survey. we're hoping primarily for people to complete the survey online. it actually shortens the survey a bit because if you answer no to something, you skip the next five questions, but we do have paper surveys available in all thrive threshold languages. we are also doing as part of this very targeted phone survey as well. that is a random selection throughout the city. the surveys, we have met with the community to get suggestions on distribution as well as asking them to connect with their networks. the idea is someone is much more likely to complete a survey if they know the person who sent it to them as opposed to massive pushout by us. so far the consultants have received 50 # o surveys and 200 from providers. we have been talking to them about the numbers that nay need. they're feeling very good about the numbers. there are still some areas that we are trying to beef up in getting surveys back and have done some targeted outreach to those. but overall they feel pretty good about it. i am happy, i am assuming everyone has got an copy of the survey. we can have bridget resend them again in case it's fallen down in the hundreds of emails that come through, and also so you can share with your network as well. changing focus a little bit, on november 8 in recognition of veterans days, daas co-sponsored a press conference to publicize the great work that the award-winning veterans benefit protection project has been carrying out. i want to i a believe yate it. the vb -- the vbpp is collaborating to fight pension poach ing-- the vbpp is collaborating to fight pension poach i poaching scams. and supervisor katie tang spoke. and we had representatives from san francisco veterans affair commission present as well as state partners including dave joen jones, california's insurance commissioner. last but not least, you will be hearing from director mcspadden working with the meta fund to host an event on reframing aging and ages by the frameworks academy. frameworks academy is part of the frameworks institute. and what they do is they design and conduct events and publish multi-method, multi-disciplinary communications research. and they are trying to find ways of reframing the social topics and to create a better public and adult needs. and to use communication and outreach to drive a more informed conversation about aging and the implications for the community. and many of us have had opportunities to attend workshops, and to the person we have all walked out just inspired by it. and they are really changing the way we have conversations in a way to get others to hear what we're trying to say. so it's really exciting to be able to have this date set aside to work with them as well as other who is will be receiving an invitation of the save the date from director mcspadden. for right now know it is january 23, and i will leave you with that teaser. it is really a fascinating approach to what we're trying to do. i think that's it for the report. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. any comments? commissioner loo? >> yes, cindy, it's interesting that the survey of the community members attending. i wonder if i can get a copy of that. just curious. >> sure. >> thank you. >> any other questions? >> an i just appreciate a roster of the other focus groups that will be doing the dignity fund. thank you very much. >> sure. >> thank you. i am the commission's representative on the dignity fund oversight committee, and i would just like to thank melissa, cindy, and everyone else that's been involved. they are doing an extremely thorough job in assessing the needs of the community, and that assessment will look at what providers think the community needs, but what the community itself is asking for to see if there are any gaps there. and in terms of the statistical everything that cindy so eloquently summarized, i've asked the consultants to make sure that they indicate a confidence factor regarding the number of answers answers that received surveys and have been sampled so we know where they have received sufficient information to come up with a 90-95% confidence level versus where information is lacking, numbers are lacking, and where they had to come up with a reasonable estimate. and they're also working with the tremendous amount of statistical information at the office on aging has put together regarding san francisco demographics. by district, by ethnic group, by racial group, and by gender and sexual orientation. and the way this project is approaching it, we will come up with a great deal of information. and at least we'll have a better idea of what kind of questions we should be asking. i would like to publicly thank the oversight committee under melissa's leadership and it's really been remarkable. thank you. >> any other comments or questions for cindy? >> thank you. next is the employee recognition and the department the aging and adult services commission and deputy director cindy kauffman will recognize sandy tran, a daas his his social worker/supervisor. [applause] >> congratulations. okay. this is so much fun for me. i always look forward to these because when before i was at daas, i always got to hear a whole lot about what was happening in the department, and was like, wow, this is very cool. now with only my first year in, i still get to learn about that side of the house that is jill's side of the house, and that i then get to connect with. this gives me great pleasure, although this one, i am mostly going to read because the amount of stuff that sandy has done and continues to do, i want to do credit to because it really is very impressive. so here goes, but i will try and slow down. sandy tran has contributed a tremendous amount of work and dedication to the department of aging and adult services in the in-home supportive services program. her kindness, patience, creativity, compassion to understanding differences and unlimited services to staff and clients shine through her work. sandy god got promoted to the his his social work/supervisor in 2010 over seeing a unit of chinese and vietnamese cases. can we clone you? throughout the years at ihss, sandy efficiently translated ihss information to vietnamese while actively assisting peer, social workers, and management with various projects such as coordinating the annual salvation army holiday meals, assisting with the rental assistance demonstration project, steering the alzheimer's disease walk-a-thon fundraiser, and spearheading the homeless seniors christmas luncheon every year. in addition to volunteering for the project, sandy is dedicated towards work improvements as she has had invaluable input into various committees. ihss outreach team, ihss policy and procedure committee, daas quarterly leadership planning committee, ihss staff appreciation party, and other ihss projects. she continue -- her continued dedication and dependability makes her an invaluable asset to daas. i couldn't agree more. we are very honored to have sandy as part of the daas team, and we recognize sandy's outstanding contributions. it really, really is very impressive. thank you. [applause] thank you, cindy. thank you, commissioners. i'm honored to accept this award today. and i want to thank my ihss program leadership for their leadership, support, and i also want to thank my staff for the dedication, hard work, and commitment to better serve our clients. so i believe in daas and ihss vision, mission, and vision. and i will continue to commit to providing exceptional service to all of our client. thank you, all, for being here today, to show your support. i truly appreciate it. thank you. [applause] next is the advisory council report with leon schmidt. >> good morning, commissioner rs and deputy. we met on november 18 and had a district who may be appointed to the council, so he came to take a look at what we do, and hopefully he will be approved to become part of our council membership. we had a report from our membership committee, and they have distributed information to district one, district six, and district 10 about having folks from those districts also coming aboard. so those are the three districts that we don't have membership from. several members of the advisory council had attended at least one of the dignity fund forums and were very impressed with what they saw. the report was very good that we got back from them, so thank you for doing all that. we also had a site visit to an activity center and a discussion -- it was a very good report and raised some discussions about some issues that are taking place at senior centers around the homeless population, and how we can work with some of our homeless seniors. dr. edellman reported the construction on a 79-unit new senior housing and longevity center that will be named after dr. edelman and her partner. we are very pleased and proud for that to happen. upcoming, we will have at our next january meeting, bruce steer who is a member of the third member of our senior california senior legislative committee will come and do a visit to our advisory council. one of our advisory council members, mrs. betty hammond, spoke about her role as a senior legislator, and may become a seni senior politarian. that is the report. and we will not meet in december because of the holidays. any questions? >> thank you very much, leon. any comments or questions? >> i had a brief question, mr. schmidt. >> can you repeat which districts that lack representation on the council? >> yes. one, six, and 10. >> okay. and is there a certain process in place for outreach to try to find individuals through supervisors? >> yes, we have a person who is going to each district and giving information, and will get follow-up information. >> thank you. >> thank you. any other comments or questions? thank you very much, leon. >> thank you. and happy holidays, everyone. >> thank you. next is the joint legislative committee report, diane lawre e lawrence. welcome, diane. >> morning, commissioners. we did not -- the joint legislative committee did not meet in november. we did not have a quorum, so there was -- we were unable to meet, but secondly, the legislative session was over, so the report i gave in october that was really -- there was really nothing to update. but as mr. schmidt just referenced, senior legislature has already met. they began some of their planning processes for 2017. deputy director kauffman and myself and her associate valerie coleman have begun discussions about how to start and kick off the year in the january meeting. so we know that some of those bills will be a two-year bill and we'll hope to see some of those come back. so i'm sure by the time we meet in february, i'll have my usual lengthy report for you. i also want to make a plug for the dignity fund survey. i took it. it was one -- and i have take an lot of surveys. it was probably one of the easiest and best designed surveys i have ever taken, which i have give to melissa mcgee. and i don't think it took more than seven minutes to do. >> thank you, diane. and your reports may be lengthy, but they are also informative and worth listening to, so we look forward to the next one. >> okay. have a happy holidays, everyone. >> thank you. >> next up is the long-term care coordinating council report. welcome, jessica. >> thank you. good morning, commissioners. my name is jessica layman with senior and disability action. i think i gave the report last month, so hope you are not getting tired of me. so the long-term care coordinating council met in mid november. we got an update on the dignity fund, and i'm sorry to be late, but it sound like you just talked about it this morning. so i don't need to mention any of that. and we also heard from staff and on aging about support at home, which is the new home care voucher program that was launched this fall, and that's going well. they gave a report on the demographics of who is participating and exactly how it works. and of course, that information is available if you would like to see the presentation. and then on a side note, we had a press conference a couple of weeks ago to celebrate the launch of support at home and to do some outreach for people to enroll. we did that november 16 at city hall, and supervisors norman yee and sandy fewer attended. they are especially looking for people with disabilities ages 18-59 to enroll. so if you know folks that fit that, please encourage them to call institute on aging. we had a presentation on whole person care from maria martinez, and that is focused and connecting health services and housing. really looking at people who use health services frequently and people who kind of fall into three categories who are homeless, who have mental health issues, and who have substance abuse as needing a lot of services. and that presentation is available as well if you are interested. the next meeting of the council will be next thursday, december 14, from 1:00 to 3:00. thank you. >> thank you, jessica. any comments or questions for jessica? >> i have a question, jessica. how far along are they at in terms of the process of support at home? at this point? >> an it's on the road. people are getting services. in fact, kathy galvez who is also an f.d.a. member, which is why i can talk about her, is the first person to sign up, and she spoke at the press conference. she was managing without care for a while, but having a hard time and a lot of pain, not getting the help kind of cleaning her house and things were not as clean as they should have been. and she is delighted now someone is coming in regularly. >> great, thank you. >> thank you. any other comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? thank you, jessica. next up is the tacc report, and i don't see kathy russo, so i guess we don't have a report. oh, yes, i'm sorry. we do. no? okay. then the case report. thank you. you wear multiple hats. >> i get around. good morning, commissioners and deputy director. pardon me. deputy director kauffman. brief report, but that's not reflective of the amount of activity that we've been engaging in at case. at our november membership me meeting, we focused almost entirely on our advocacy development. the goal is to get our annual, formal advocacy document to daas to director mcspadden hopefully within the next seven to 10 days. we have, as i've talked about in previous reports, we have five elements that we're focussing on which include transportation, infrastructure, and operational support, housing, behavioral health, and what am i forgetting? ahh, marketing and outreach. so we're hard at work on those. we've got working groups headed by board members to do our due diligence and draft that document. our november board meeting was combined with and rescheduled from the usual date, combined with our december board meeting owing to the holidays. that was monday, this past monday the 4th, and again, we spent most of the time parsing through the advocacy elements. to make sure our thinking was aligned with that of our membership as much as possible. i did want to note and give thanks to daas and rda for at the -- some feedback that ewith gave to melissa about the focus groups coming up. while there were focus groups targeting community services cent centers users, there was not one for providers, for staff at the community service centers. so one has targeted for that, and case is working at populating those agencies coming to that. so we're very appreciative of that. we also did manage to plan in a flurry at the end our first quarter of next year program presentations, and i'll present those at next month's meeting. and finally, just did want to mention that our annual case holiday party is next monday the 11th at 800 larken. we would love to see all of you there. any questions that i can answer for you? >> thank you. where's the party? >> 800 larken. >> thank you. any other comments or questions? any other comments or questions from the public? thank you very much. any old business? new business. informational review of the fiscal year 17-18 area plan budget amendments related to one-time only funding. rashi? thank you. >> thank you, commissioner serina. good morning, daas commissioners. the item before you as the commissioner noted is purely informal. we received notice of one-time only federal funds that are new biavailable for the older americans act programs that are funded by the department of aging and adult services. this amount totals $139,107 in additional funding. of that total, we have approximately 117,673 that's been provided in federal funding, and then a smaller portion about 21,000 of that is provided as state funding. and in this memo that you have, we've broken out how the department plans to allocate and spend these dollars. i will just briefly walk you through this. we're planning to provide an additional $7,266 for title 3b supportive services, in particular we'll be providing additional funding for in-home personal care, homemaker and chore programs that are delivered by self-help for the elderly. in the next category for the ombudsman program, we'll be providing a small additional federal allocation of $1,489, and then the state funding of $21,434, and this will support the budget for the ombudsman program that's delivered by the family service agency of san francisco. and then flipping over on the next page, we received some additional nutrition dollars. we have an additional $40,601 in federal one-time only fund for congregate nutrition, and then we have a total of $26,802 in, again, federal one-time only funds for home delivered meal programs. at this time we're planning to provide the balance of the home delivered meals funding, roughly 27,000 to the meals on wheels contract. a portion of the $41,601 for congregate nutrition will be added to the on lock contract. i believe you have an item on your agenda that addresses nutrition dollars that will be presented shortly. and then on disease prevention, we have a small additional allocation of $4,227 that will be provided to on lock to enhance the chronic disease self-management program as part of the disease prevention program. we have moving on to the area that will be added to the family caregiver alliance contract as a result of one-time only funds. and then lastly, we have an additional $715 that will be provided to institute on aging for the elder abuse prevention program. >> thank you, rashi. any comments or questions? rashi, this is one-time outlet funding from the federal government. >> a that is correct. >> often we have used in the past one-time only funding regardless of the source for capital improvement type things and things not ongoing services. so if this money is not renewed next year, then will it represent a cut in services to these agencies and for these programs? >> so because of the rules around using federal one-time only dollars, we actually do not use these dollars for capital improvements. we put them into baseline services because it actually relates to lessening the burden in terms of reporting requirements of how we're using the funds when we report to the state. i can safely say that because this is a relatively small amount of funds given the significant overmatch that the city provides to all of these programs, we don't anticipate a reduction in services for 18-19. >> good. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> any other comments or questions? comments or questions from the public? thank you very much, rashi. next item on the agenda, item 7a, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with family caregiver alliance to provide respite care during the period of january 1, 2018, through june 30, 2020. in the amount of $1,250,000 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $1,375,000. keern tiffany kearney will present. >> thank you very much, commissioners. it is with pleasure that i present to the commission this morning for approval a new grant agreement with family caregiver alliance to offer respite care to unpaid caregivers who are providing continuous care and support to an aadult who is either elderly or disabled. this grant agreement is the result of one of the first few dignity fund rfps that was releeted in the fall -- that was released in the fall. it was issued in response to the dignity allocation plan for 17-18 and included funding for respite care because of the large unmet identified need. with this grant agreement, family caregiver alliance will be able to significantly increase respite care available to unpaid caregivers. both the caregiver and the adults whom they are caring for must be residents of san francisco in order for the caregiver to be eligible for respite care. respite care provides temporary in home or out of home relief to pit crew mare unpaid caregivers. and although temporary, it is a crucial service needed to help maintain a caregiver's health and well being, and in doing so, contributes to the success of seniors and adults and seniors aging with disabilities in their own homes. family caregiver alliance will be addressing the needs of family and friends -- they have been addressing the needs of families and friends providing long-term care for loved ones for more than 40 years. they have a comprehensive menu of services designed with caregivers' needs in mind to help deliver the respite care for this contract, family caregiver alliance will have two m.o.u.s in place. one with self-help for the elderly and the other with catholic chair tis. self-help will provide approximately 1/3 of the respite care hours, specifically targeting to mono lingual, chinese-speaking caregivers, and catholic charity wills provide approximately 235 days of adult day service. the remaining balance of respite care service units will be provided by family caregiver alliance. in addition to insuring that family caregiver alliance will have the resources available to deliver respite care, their partnerships with self-help for the elderly and catholic charities helps ensure that the respite care available to the diverse caregiver meeting the community's needs. i am happy to answer any questions you may have at this time. >> thank you very much, tiffany. any comments or questions? commissioner loo? >> yes, this is on the care support, respite care, operating expense detail sheet. could you identify line 29 of respite? what are they? is this the portion that is provided by the family compare? >> i'm sorry, what line? >> on page three. the other? the 127. >> right, right. >> 639,000. >> oh, that's total for three years. that is what is the family care combifr alliance, and that is what they will be providing. >> that is my question. >> thank you. >> any other comments or questions? >> i have a quick question. >> a commissioner lang. >> thank you for answering questions earlier. >> my pleasure. >> one i forgot. is there a time limit on the number of hours per customer? >> that is a good question. i know that, for example, in catholic charities, there are 235 days are six to eight hours. depending on the service and self-help's contract, they average about four hours per person. so i think and maybe family caregiver alliance could speak more eloquently to it, but i think it does depend on the specific needs of the person that's actually receiving respite care. >> an i understand. at some point it could definitely be offline, but i would be curious to whether one person may get more hours than another. >> sure. thank you. >> thank you. any other comments or questions? comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor of approving item a.? >> aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you. thank you, the motion carries. item b., requesting authorizization to modify the existing grant agreement with san francisco marin food bank for the time period beginning july 1, 2017 and ending june 30, 2022, in the additional amount of $3,727,250, plus a 10% contingency for total not to exceed amount of $9,254,273. thank you, sarah chan, for presenting. >> good morning, commissioners, deputy director kauffman. and i am presenting today the following two items. this nutrition item will be part of that $2.2 million board of supervisor and mayor's for the fiscal year. and so as we know, this nutrition act really helps the nutrition program to help the seniors and adults with disability for their nutrition and food security needs. and so today i'm bringing it for the first part of the system program. so this program will provide food bags for the low income seniors and adult with disabilities. that covers two programs. home delivery grocery program and food pantry program. so you can see there's a significant amount increase, and as we know, that when we began this fiscal year, we present ed in june the original contract. because the funding is not enough, so we have to significantly cutback the food pantry enrollment about 50%. so this amount, this really helps to restore the service to the clients we serve. and not only that, but we know that the food pantry enrollment is already exceeds 30% from last year, so there's a significant need in the community. so for the home deliver grocery program, we are also projecting there will be a program growth about 20-30%. but at the beginning of the year because of the funding limitation, we couldn't project any growth. you can see the significant amount really help to provide services to our community. and with the trend of the increasing need for the home delivery grocery, we really see there is a great source to help to increase the food assistance program to help the community. and so this is the five-year contract, and goes through the source and is the only provider that collecting the donated food and sort it out and collaborating the volunteers partnership with the community partn partner. and at this time there is 77 open to public, and as we are working with the san francisco marin food bank, we want to make sure every district has at least one country's site that is testifying assistance for the food bags. so i am here to answer any questions you may have and seeking your approval to modify this grant. >> yes, commissioner papas. >> do you have by district sort of a geographic map of where the distribution is? >> it is a really good question. if you go to the san francisco marin food bank, sfmfb.org, and pop in the zip code, you can see the food pant ry, and we do hav a site chart from the partner. the partnerships with san francisco marin food bank and that could be subject to change, so it's, like, can be changed all the time, but we do have at this time a proposed site chart and trying to cover every district. we do have coverage for every district. >> thank you very much. >> okay. commissioner loo? >> two questions. actually, it is one question. one comment. i really like the program because i think daas is getting a lot of the requests and the food bank is subsidizing a lot. which is a very good thing for us. we don't have to spend too much money. but i have a question. the question is, this is at back money. what happens if there is no other money? is there a guarantee that will be here every year? >> an at this time we have this money from the board of supervisors and mayor's ongoing and so this is and i don't know how to say for the forecast after five years, but hopefully will continue and the department going to do? >> it is baseline money, and it will be ongoing. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. that is a very good point that commissioner loo has raised, and it will be ongoing if we don't have to have budget cuts. there is no guarantee it will be ongoing, but with luck, we won't have that issue. and we have been there in the past. efb on the commission -- i have been on the commission when we were cutting services, so it is always something to think about and be aware of, but good to spend the money when you have it. i would like to clarify something because it is a little difficult to read in the memorandum, but if you go to page three, you will see the break-out and the totals tie into the specifically for each of the two agencies because it's one memorandum covering both contracts. so page three shows how much is being awarded to self-help for the elderly and how much is being awarded to the san francisco marin food bank, and the total matches the total amount in the individual request, but thank you. any other comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve. >> so moved. >> second? >> second. >> all in favor? any opposed? thank you. motion carries. item c., requesting authorization to modify the existing grant agreement with self-help for the elderly for the time period july 1, 2017, and june 30, 2020 in the additional amount of $258,460 plus a 10% contingency for total amount not to exceed the amount of $1,120,407. and linda lau scheduled to present, but i don't see her. i guess sarah is substituting. >> linda is on jury duty, and i am presenting with her as well. and this program we doing this as part of that $2.2 million board of supervisors and mayor's support for nutrition program. so we are able to help to build the gap and to fill the gap of the services and as we know, the contract was originally short of our 12,000 meals, so we are able to fill that gap. and also, this at-back funds helping the agency and this fiscal year to acquire a small vehicle to increase their efficiency and improve the route for the home delivery meal. we know there is quite after number of clients waiting for chinese meal on the waiting list for over 100 days, so this expands services and will really help to provide services to our community. so we are seeking your approval to modify this grant and i am here to answer any questions. >> thank you, sarah. any comments or questions for sarah? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to i a prove? >> motion. >> seconded. thank you. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. thank you very much, sarah. >> thank you. item d., requesting authorization to enter into a contract agreement with swords to plowshares for the provision of supportive services and connection for veterans for the time period beginning january 1, 2018, and ending june 30, 2020, in the amount of $758,199 plus a 10% contingency of $75,820 for a total not to exceed amount of $834,019. welcome back, tiffany. >> thank you. good morning again, commissioners. and deputy director kauffman. again, i'm here before the commission as the dig any fund program analyst. the second grant that i am presenting this morning is also the result of one of the first few dignity fund r.f.p.s that was released in the fall in response to the allocation plan for 17-18. this plan or this particular r.f.p. is for support for veterans. we are fortunate in san francisco to have a variety of dedicated and capable community-based nonprofit organizations that focus on serving the city's community, particularly those that are in need of services and support. swords to plowshares specializes in supporting military veterans and is especially qualified to provide the services identified in this grant agreement. they have been helping veterans for more than 40 years. swords to plowshares offers health and social services, supportive housing, legal assistance, job training, just to name a few. they see firsthand the increased need for care and services for our military veterans. the department is really looking forward to its new partnership, and more importantly, expanding its ability in collaboration with swords to plowshares to provide needed services to veterans living in san francisco. veterans often have complex health, mental, and social services and social service needs. many veterans have aged beyond their years for a variety of reasons, including a lack of resources. the supportive services and service connection for veterans program is designed to enhance services to the city's military veterans regardless of their discharge status. the overaverarching goals inclu insuring that veterans are able to maintain independence, and by creating a supportive environment, they, too, can age with safety and dignity in their homes. the three components of the new program are all aimed at obtaining those goals. the service connection component focussing on services directed at maintaining independence, to provide the service connection component of the program, swords to plowshares will have two full-time service assistants that will split their time between the five permanent housing veterans sites. the engagement component is intended to increase support of social gatherings, foster healthy relationships, and build strong community at each of the five veterans sites, and to do this, swords to plowshares will dedicate 1.5 employees as the community organizer and activities coordinator for this part of the program. and the last component is outreach. outreach will be conducted through multiple channels and by qualified swords to plowshares employees positioned in a variety of areas to perform effective outreach to the veteran community. i am seeking your approval for this grant, and i'm very happy to answer any questions you may have at this time. >> thank you very much, tiffany. any comments or questions? commissioner loo? >> yeah, i'm just looking at the site chart, appendix c. >> oh, there is a typo. sorry. i forgot about that. in the site chart, in the appendix a, it's -- it's actually 160 and 325 in the subsequent years. do you want a new site chart? i have it. >> okay. >> i'm just curious, okay, some sites operates on either sunday or saturday, while other sites, three sites are monday through friday. are there any plans maybe in the future to expand? >> i think so. that's probably going to be a discussion we would have with swords to plowshares as we go forward. this is a brand-new program, so i think at this point we're going to see how it goes. and what the appetite is of the residents. >> and since this is a new program and they were awarded the contract how many people bid for the contract or were they the only one? >> they were the only one. >> a they have pretty much an unequalled record when it comes to dealing with veterans, so it doesn't surprise me that they were the only ones to submit a request for proposal. >> how many years have they been working with veterans, do you know? >> over 40. they are a really well established organization. they do fantastic work. >> that is absolutely accurate. they began as veterans from the vietnam war were coming back into society and having a great deal of difficulty readjusting. and that is what started them, and they have continued now through, sadly, too many wars. >> commissioner, i have the highest regard for swords to plowshares, and my organization actually worked very closely with them to do some outreach in the faith community on how to welcome returning vets from iraq and afghanistan and their families administering to them. i am just wondering, would it be possible and if appropriate, if any commissioner wanted to make site visits to the places through the acting director, i would have very interested. >> that would be great. >> i'm actually looking forward to visiting all the sites myself because i haven't been to them either. i'm really looking forward to it. >> thank you. >> any other comments or question from the commission? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve the contract? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. thank you very much. >> thank you. any public comment? i would like to ask one questions and one-time only funds and add back and as commissioner wallenberg reminded us recently with an email, the city is dipping into the reserve fund to supplement ihss services, and we have several new commissioners, so i think perhaps if the other commissioners agree, we may have a presentation on ihss and how it works, its funding sources, that it's an entitlement program, but the state has recently cutback the way the funding mechanism is determined, which is putting an additional burden on counties across the state. and since we needed a significant amount of reserve money to kind of project with the client population growing, it might be helpful to see how we anticipate continuing funding that really important program. so if my fellow commissioners agree, maybe put that on a future commission calendar. >> please. >> i do agree. the only thing i wanted to add is i wanted to say thank you to the staff. this was the first time that i didn't have to ask a question about a monitor monetary report. >> thank you. i took note of that as well. >> thank you. >> any announcements? any other public comment? hearing none, motion to adjourn. and happy holidays, everyone. >> thank you. 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