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Ann quinton with meals on wheels. We were able to hire a new rd and she actually speaks chinese as well shes bilingual, then we hired another rd that speaks french and a tiny bit of spanish so well see what happens with that. On staff we certainly have people that are speaking spanish and chinese and russian as well and our social work staff and drivers. So you do counseling, do you have materials in different languages that you give to the clients also . We do translate that into the languages ...

To funding that will come forward for the recommendations that that committee has looked at. Advocacy work is also underway to adjust the ssi levels to maintain qualifying seniors, qualifying participants, above the poverty level. This is an area thats been cut back in california over the last couple of years so this will be a budget ask moving forward. We also discussed assembly man david chus legislation regarding sro upgrades and that funding, according to his web site, is for 40 million in t...

Struggling for basic health care needs. And 80 of the Medicaid Program spending 80 of the dollars goes to seniors in Nursing Homes and in some way impacts all of us. Friends, neighbors relatives. So we are looking at a budget on the medicaid front when you combine it all up, eliminating the Medicaid Expansion and the other cuts in the budget of 1. 2 trillion trillion dollars in the senate budget. The Senate Republican budget cuts Medicaid Health care 80 of which goes to seniors in Nursing Homes ...

Many families do not qualify on the of assistance are struggling financially. As we continue to raise prices, some will no longer be able to afford to eat with us and the financial losses payfors our program to cut staff so they are impacting the community. Sparks that growth that led to huge declines in a la carte sales with an estimated loss of 700,000 in revenue. Items such as fresh to go south have to be taken off the menu because the small amounts of meat, cheese and salad dressing did not ...

We could reach even more kids in need. My food Bank Provides more hot meals a day or case throughout the year. Children who visit partner sites were not partner sites a model to receive a nutritious meal bubble have a safe alternative to being on the streets. They get tutoring mentoring and sports. Far too many children cant read afterschool programs particularly in the summer. My stay of less than 10 of the lowincome kids in and 18 nationally. Why is that . Our programs are concentrated in Jeff...

How the changes effect them. Rescue vehicle. Reporter South San Francisco police say it looks intimidating but if you break it down it is a dump truck. It has an armored platform around it. Reporter they crewed it a half dozen times in the last year. Reporter [ inaudible question ] we would use police vehicles. Shields. Things of that nature. Reporter why dont you use that . Why do you need this . This decreases the liability. Reporter we looked at the list of banneddite ems on it banned items a...

Little warmer. Thundershower activity calms down at night but still rotating around. Mendocino county, lake county, maybe northern napa. Eastern that we deal with low clouds. Once one system kicks out, another will move in. 50s on the temps. There is a decent breeze for some. 22 miles an hour at travis. 13 at oakland. Low clouds should burn off slightly. Low clouds. Breezy at times. Afternoon showers north. It is a cool pattern for awhile. All right sal. Anything new at 4 31 . Nothing new. Polic...

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Pay attention to the marginalization narrative. I mean i think muslims are your best partners in this. I think muslims understand we can do without each other. Its a common enemy. They are not going to think twice. Im there with my family. I will be killed along with everyone else so we are in this together. Help us make those connections. Mr. Gartensteinross. I agree with what jm berger said that we are in a radical change. The question for us is are we up for this . I think we have grown conte...

About the eligibility requirements of the current child nutrition assistance cadre of programs as they exist today . I think the important thing when youre talking about reducing errors and improper payment which is i think we all agree is a very important endeavor is to create a culture where a culture of compliance with the rules. We want the rules to be followed. I dont think the rules themselves are the problem i think its helping people understand them and there are lots of different people...