This has not be easy because all our programs all of us are used to problem solving within our program when a consumer is dissas dissatisfied or whatever. And frankly, sometimes we can have a better outcome for the family because its usually the family who were working with. I cant anybody whos worked with ria, could you stand up please . Okay so its really an you see that . Okay. Down. Down. I know ria has family here so if her family could stand. [applause] thank you for teaching us a lot, thank you for your quiet way of teaching us. She didnt pound your head on the desk around it she just quietly and quietly moves it forward and makes sure we are doing what we need to do. Ive always got questions so shes always willing to take my questions and we always get back to where she started, which is interesting for me. I just cant thank you enough. I think the departments pet better for the work and im very sure that the individual people you worked with are as well. Now, who brought the f
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 candidates. In order to provide a High Standard of care for our San Franciscos community of seniors and adults with disabilities contractors need increases in funding to be able to adequately fund these vital positions. 2015, 16 budget requests requests dos to allow agencies to pay a more equity salary level for caseworker positions. The cost would be approximately 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 prof
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 your time
It really takes a village. Its not just myself. The team you see here, all flt Small Business leaders and some of them actually spoke earlier and all of you guys, we couldnt have done it without you. Thank you so much for your unwavering support. Congratulations. This is fantastic. I know start up Technical Companies take a lot longer. The fact that you did it inside of government is even more remarkable. I think it looks very modern and very up to date and i love the fearful it and looks like some of the best websites. It does look like its going to be very easy to navigate and something that is going to be frankly just a great way of off loading some of the work thats being done in person today because i think its very self service oriented. Its not perfect and still not done, there is still so much more work that needs to be done. I would like to say this is fantastic. I cant wait for this to be launched. As i open another business, i will wait for this. It makes you want to start a
Legislation and in your opinion, what is that going to require to do that . Thats a great question, commissioner. Right now its myself and my team of two. So the three of us have committed to at least for the next two 2 years weve set up a whole document where we are tracking every single piece of information on the portal and if it is required that we update it or check it every quarter we will mark that off and put oh n a date. We will go through a meticulous process to make sure this stays current, but it is something that needs to be kept up over the years which is why we are also creating a user manual and training so we can hand it off some day if we are not doing this anymore. But its going to take a lot of work and just maintaining the content on the portal itself and not even growing it is already a huge piece, but if we would like to grow it and again if we could advocate for more funding Going Forward thats definitely that will help keep this relevant. Thats the worst thing