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organizations that serve dedicated populations, we really want our whole system to be able to surerve clients anywhere they show up. we also place a value on training, as well as actually hiring culturally competent staff. >> when we first had our contract with open house, we sent letters to all of our contractors to strongly encourage them to do this. the idea was to see what would come from that. if we did not get everybody, then we would do something else. we were pleasantly surpris...

of those. we are committed to training. aside from dedicated funding for organizations that serve dedicated populations, we really want our whole system to be able to surerve clients anywhere they show up. we also place a value on training, as well as actually hiring culturally competent staff. >> when we first had our contract with open house, we sent letters to all of our contractors to strongly encourage them to do this. the idea was to see what would come from that. if we did not g...

center, the lgbt committee partnership, a critical thing for housing and service providers to discuss how better to serve these populations. we are building that infrastructure that is critically important for this growing population. in these very challenging economic times, it seems timely and appropriate to focus on the need of this particularly vulnerable population and how we can work together to meet the needs being raised here today. lgbt seniors are adaptive, resilient, some of...

of the programs about city funded programs, what is the city require in terms of cultural competency? is that part of the requirement of getting a contract? and to the extent that is the case, what kind of oversight does the department provide to make sure that it is appropriate? >> yes, but that is part of the requirement of our providers. we also have business office compliance that monitors the procedures that require it that to be implemented. we do have a monitoring unit that does...

in conjunction with the city- funded singer care facility, san francisco and implemented a program to stop the unlawful fiscal restraint and drugging of residents. -- physical restraining and drugging of residents. lgbt elders also face complete disregard for their powers of attorney in advance directives. in my own work, i seen this firsthand. in one case, state officials separated the gay couple, stole their belongings, and cut the help the partner from visiting his sick partner. thi...

the board should also focus on employment discrimination. in national survey found over a quarter of lgbt people plan to wait until the 70s to retire. lgbt others are more likely to be in poverty than their st. pierres, and these numbers will rise. for lgbt elders who are recent immigrants and undocumented, the city has a role to ensure their culture reed caught the tend to work with them and their resources and our rich material are culturally sensitive and translations are always ava...