Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20180108

Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. 7c. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020 in an amount of 526,075, plus a 10 contingency of 52,608 for a total amount not to exceed 578,683. Thank you, tiffany. Ok, can i do lighthouse first . I think we skipped over that one. Sorry, that was my fault, because i side tracked everyone. President serina yes, of course. Commissioner lang very good. I wanted to set the stage [laughter]. Ok. The first Grant Agreement presented for approval is the standalone adult with disability pilot and it is for lighthouse for the blind and visually impaired. Their programming includes the start of three new weekly classes, quarterly wellness retreats and outdoor excursions on weekends all designed to appeal to an adult with disability population that is not currently accessing programming. The funding through the Grant Agreement will allow lighthouse to dedicate resources and coordinate the new classes and weekend activities. Their outreach will be conducted in a variety of ways, including collaboration with other disability organizations, use of their own extensive database and promotion of the new program on appropriate websites. They will serve at least 100 consumers annually and provide over 1400 hours of service during the term of their Grant Agreement. I request approval for this Grant Agreement and happy to address any questions from the commission. President serina so protocol, bridgett, do we need to vote again . Yes, ok. So well do this again. Any further comments or questions from the commission . From the public . Ok, all in favor, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . For the second time, the motion carries. [laughter]. All right, ill read item c for clarity. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020 in an amount of 526,075, plus a 10 contingency of 52608, for a totalment in not to exceed 578,683. Thank you, tiffany. Ok, the second Grant Agreement presented for the commissions approval this morning is Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services. They are increasing the hours of operation to include evenings and saturday programming with their new activity programming that is targeted toward older adults and adults with disability who are not accessing services because they cannot go during typical hours. For a variety of reasons, including work commitments, caring for grandchildren, spouses or other family members. Their extended hours of operation in the evening and on the weekends also sets the stage for intergenerational programming which is included in the array of new programming that will be provided by bayview. Bayviews new Community Service activity programming will take place at their three senior sentences. Bayview outreach will include the housing buildings and lowincome residential sites located near two of the Senior Centers, both with older adult and adult with disability population that are not currently participating in services because the programming is limited. Bayview will serve at least 500 consumers annually and provide 7,000 hours of service during the term of the Grant Agreement. I request approval for the grant and am happy to answer any questions about bayviews grant. President serina i have one comment or observation. I think focusing on those residential neighborhoods that are close to the existing Community Centers is a very good idea, about there is a but there is a great deal of difficulty with transportation in the bayview Hunters Point area. The target population is often challenged with mobility programs. Will there be any kind of van service that might be able to bring people to the programs that they are developed, or some way to have getting people there and bringing them home . Well, specifically for rosa parks and western addition, those are the housing sites that theyre going to access and they dont quite have those same issues in that neighborhood. I do think for bayview, my guess would be and kathy is here and she can answer that this is something that was asked and i think at this point they dont have a bus service, sort of thinking about that. But maybe we do. [laughter] but i know that it becomes needed, i know that either bayview or the office on aging will probably help out in that way. And also, in bayview Senior Center, dr. Davis, theyve had a trial run at this because they have had experience in doing programming in the evening and that hasnt been a barrier as of yet, for that particular center. So but i think there is more information about transportation. Hello again, wanted to add, as part of the initial dignity fund allocation, we did set aside funding for increased daas group van service, so with all the contracts, we ill step back in and have funding to provide doortodoor Shuttle Service for participants. President serina great, thats very important. I also want to hi state your name, please. Kathy, bay services. We run a program called bay view move that helps gets seniors and disabled people around the city and were working with the program to get a van to help the clients get out in the community and we do access para transit a lot to get group van service for the clients to get places. In bayview, they do get out and about pretty well. President serina thats great, because it has been an issue for years. Well, its really an issue in the hope sf sites to get people to get out of their the environment theyve been in for so long and with all the renovation and stuff theyre doing in the hope sf sites. A lot of the people are still used to just staying in their communities, so weve been really aggressive about trying to figure out ways and we have an outreach worker through hope sf that is working with the seniors to get them out. But thats a one by one, a lot of work to get one person to get out of the projects and come into the neighborhood. But were working on that. President serina but having the vans available is huge. We dont have it yet, but were working on it. President serina commissioner loo . Commissioner loo im just wondering, you have the Evening Services, what are the hours for the Evening Service . Well, we dr. Davis center, they go until midnight. We leave them there and they lock up for us. Were thinking 48, because most Senior Centers shut down around 2 00, 3 00, so we want to have our Senior Centers open into the evening, until at least 8 00 and were going to see how it goes. If we have a trust worthy senior who lives in the building, we allow them to keep going, at least at the dr. Davis site. We want to bring some of what we learned at dr. Davis over to the western edition, because they close down early and dr. Davis can keep going forever. Were hoping to bring more energy to that and see if evening programming works in those two sites as well. Commissioner loo the reason i asked is because transportation will be crucial. For safety. They can walk. We may do escorting or figuring out if people need help getting but in western edition, we have a lot of People Living in the buildings that dont get out. You can walk to Rosa Parks Senior Center and there are a lot of senior buildings and the seniors they go inside and hideout. They need to come down stairs and walk across the street. I mean, were not talking a Long Distance for a lot of the people were trying to get out in the western edition, were hoping by really being aggressive about the outreach and offering something in the evenings, theyll be willing to part pates. But we have to see how theyll do with that. President serina thank you very much. Commissioner lang i applaud the intergeneration aspect of the program and even the young kids should be able to walk the seniors back home. So thank you. Exactly. President serina any other comments or questions. Any comments or questions of the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item c. Excuse me. Requesting authorization to enter into a new agreement with Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the period january 1, 2018 and no, im sorry. Item d. President serina rocky start to the new year. Sorry. I didnt even celebrate. Item d. , requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with the Community Living campaign for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and entering june 30, 2020 in an amount of 384,000, plus a 10 contingency of 38,400 for a total amount not to exceed 422,400. Again, tiffany. Community Living Campaign will launch two new programs. The triangle and park. Neither neighborhood has a Senior Center or libraries within walking distance and both have a population of older adults and adults with disability not accessing Community Services. Community Living Campaign will also expand their existing Cayuga Community by offering new programming that is tailored to the needs of younger seniors and adults in the community. Targeting a younger population in the Community Connector model is beneficial in two ways. The first and foremost is that this Younger Group of as this Younger Group of seniors age, they will have created and have in place a community and Supportive Network they can lean on and that can help them to remain in their homes happily and safely. Secondly and equally as vital, this age group can strengthen the Community Connector network by increasing the number of available neighborhood volunteers, which will contribute to the sustainability of the connector model. Because the Community Model is rooted in neighborhoods, outreach will take place in a variety of ways, such as the Community Living Campaign Staff connecting with consumers and providing information at neighborhood events, neighborhood centers, information in neighborhood news letters, and social media such as next door. Community Living Campaign will serve over 500 consumers during this Grant Agreement, and provide 1500 hours of service. I request approval for this Grant Agreement and am happy to answer any questions the commission may have at this time. President serina thank you, any comments or questions of the commission. Just curious, the volunteers you made mention of, do you know where they come from . The neighborhood. The neighborhood. Congregations . Im thinking of a variety of ways, but i know marie is here and she probably could answer a little more eloquently than i can, but my understanding is they come from within the neighborhood. That would be helpful, thank you, marie. I think the value of doing this with the neighborhood taps into existing neighborhoods, so within congregations, within employee groups that continue to meet, neighborhood associations have been an important partner in the efforts, but theyve been a good partner in the sense that this adds a new dimension to what is possible in the neighborhood, handling the social and community issues, the neighborhood associations. Thats helpful, thank you. Commissioner loo dont go away yet, marie. I have a question to ask. Tell me why the range is so high after switch months, from 1,000 to 4,000 . Youre talking about the rent yeah, in our office or . Commissioner loo i dont know, its in your budget. Well, let me just say, i would say it later in the meeting, to me the Living Campaign has just moved to a new office which is at 1663 Mission Street starting yesterday and that space is much bigger, allows for a hub for all of the programming, and it includes the computer lab and training sent. We hope to be able to do leadership training and help develop the model of Community Connectors by adding guidance to other communities that would like to do what is being done in cayuga or other places. Shes pointing out where this is in the budget. The other thing, in the churches, we do offer a contribution to the various congregations for the use of their space, the electricity and that sort of thing. So as the programs expand, it will be higher because of the contribution and now the move to the new space . Right and we have three neighborhoods instead of one. Commissioner loo thank you. President serina thank you. Mer set triangle, mere loma park and cayuga. President serina any other comments . From the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item e. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with curry Senior Center for the provision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2018 and ending on june 30, 2020, in an amount of 291,947, plus a 10 contingency of 29,195 for a totalment in not to exceed 321,142. Thank you, tiffany. For the next Grant Agreement with curry Senior Center, targets three different populations of unserved older adults and adults with disability. The first is the filipino population that identifies ta gallon as their primary language and indicates they do not speak english nor do they participate in curry service programming. Curry will hire a ta gallon speaking Program Assistant and eliminate the language barrier and make programming more accessible to the population. Curry will also increase their hours of operation to include saturday programming that is targeted toward older adults and adults with disability who are not accessing services because theyre not able to attend during typical Community Service days, which are normally monday through friday. For a variety of reasons, including work and family commitments. Curry will launch a new exercise class on saturday to appeal to the population of older adults and adult with disability. Lastly, curry will also expand its lgbtq focus programming that is currently at capacity. Curry will conduct outreach to Housing Properties and senior apartment buildings where it provides health and wellness services, they will outreach within their own Health Clinic and to other service and neighborhood providers. Curry will serve at least 125 consumers annually and provide over 2300 hours of service during this Grant Agreement. I request approval for this Grant Agreement and am happy to answer any questions the commission may have . President serina thank you. Any comments or questions . Commissioner loo im curious what will the silver sneakers do to provide the service to the center . The silver sneakers is the exercise program on saturday. Silver sneakers can you state your name . Toby. Its an exercise program that contracts with instructors in the area, so it depends on who is available at the time. Well be starting with chair yoga, for lower mobility clients and working up to zumba and more high energy programs. Commissioner loo so they have someone come to the center . Correct commissioner loo and need exercises . Yes. President serina thank you. Any other comments. Commissioner loo they come the plan is for every saturday, plus once during the week. Commissioner loo thank you. President serina thank you. Any other comments or questions . From the public . Hearing none, call the question, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you, the motion carries. Item f. Requesting authorization to enter into a new Grant Agreement with north and south of market Adult Day Health dba steppingstone for the were vision of Community Services Program Pilot during the time period beginning january 1, 2