With autism. I think its helpful when you know where can your child go. How im choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. How do speech therapy. How do you explain that to the rest of their class . I want that to be a normal experience. I was working on a certificate and kind of getting think Early Childhood credits brefore i started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in San Francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i dont really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered straight persons perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and im like absolutely. So im now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. I love growing up here. I love what San Francisco represents. The idea of leaving has never occurred to me. But its a place that i need to fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe environments to move somewhere safe. What ive done with my life is work to make all of those situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that were still having, hoping to expand into a little bit more of a Resource Center, and this Resource Center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. I would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. So many things that i would love to do that are all about changing peoples minds about certain chunts, like the Transgender Community or the autistic community. I would like my daughter to know theres no wrong way to go through life. Everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary. Good afternoon, everyone. I am so excited to be here today with hamilton families, with google, and youtube to really announce something amazing. A significant contribution that will help us address what we know is one of the most challenging issues we face in the city and in the bay area. That is homelessness, the more specifically, homelessness as it relates to so many families. I am so excited that in San Francisco last year, we helped 2,146 people exit homelessness and of that number, 325 families , that was absolutely amazing and we couldnt do that work alone. Is a public and private partnership. It is Real Investments in creativity. Took the leadership of families. It took some amazing people to get us to where we are because i know, with about 1800 kids that we have in our Public School system that are homeless, that this is a solvable problem. We can do better because we have amazing, amazing people who care about putting forth the kinds of resources that are going to help us get to that place. Today, i will let susan make the announcements. Her husband brian is here with her they are gifting a significant contribution to help address this issue to hamilton families. This, again, is how we are going to move faster in addressing this issue because we know that with those families to, unfortunately are homeless, and need a safe, stable, affordable place to come home, they cant wait another month, another day, another year. We have to get to them now and provide the resources necessary to get them there. It will be significant. So susan and her work with her husband and what they have done to invest in making the kinds of changes necessary to help with this issue is absolutely remarkable. More importantly, it is what others need to continue to do if we are going to get to a better place in the city and in this state as it relates to homelessness. With that, i want to invite up susan and thank you, and thank youtube and thank google and for the work you have done in San Francisco and we will continue to do it to end homelessness for our families in the city in the very, very near future. Thank you so much. Susan . Thank you. Thank you, mayor breed. I am so glad to be here with you im so inspired by your words and all of your leadership and fighting homelessness. I also want to say thank you to all of the people here at the hamilton families for the incredible work that you are doing and the impact that you have had on our community and in the lives of so many different families. Sometimes the scale of an issue like homelessness can make us feel like it is impossible to solve. And even though we know how important it is, sometimes we wind up doing nothing because it feels overwhelming for us. Now the work at Hamilton Family shows us how we can make a difference in a tangible way, one family at a time. Over the years i have recognized how serious the problem of homelessness is in the bay area and i have contributed, along with my husband to many different organizations that support people in need, but im here today because of an idea that first started with a school project. Earlier this year, my daughter was working on a project about homelessness and as i listened to her questions and her reactions, i realized i didnt have a lot of answers for something that was so important and affecting so many families in the bay area. We spent time together researching different solutions, including coming here and that is how we wound up connecting and meeting all of these fantastic people here at hamilton families. We were impressed with all the services that they offer and the way they gave families a fresh start. That is why we are gathered here today to announce the new grants to further support all of the incredible efforts being done by hamilton families to find permanent homes and meet the needs along the way providing shelter, meals, and more. I want to say we appreciate everything you do, everything from Offering Counseling and job resources to giving children the chance to succeed at school. So today, google. Org is contributing 850,000. [cheers and applause] and together with my husband, we are contributing 500,000 for a total of 1. 35 million to boost the work of hamilton families. [cheers and applause] over the next year, this grant will make an impact in our community and it will help hamilton serve 700 families and find housing for another 200. It will also find an outreach effort, a series of videos and podcasts that will tell the stories of individuals who are facing homelessness. Our goal is to help the community understand the problems that can lead to homelessness and also inspire others to get involved in whichever way they can. Sometimes the greatest gift that we can offer is our time. In that strain, we will organize an event for youtube employees that come to the shelter to volunteer. We are very excited about that. Homelessness is an incredibly complicated challenge for our society, but if we all come together and we look out for one another, our combined contributions can make a big difference. And so now i would like to introduce my husband who will say a few words and thanks to all of the incredible people here at hamilton families. [applause] thank you, and thank you mayor breed. Today we are very excited to be here and very honored to be here today. I want to echo susans comments and say a big thank you to everyone on the hamilton families team. We really mean it. Thank you for your hard work every day to help families feel safe and taken care of. You are making an incredible, incredible impact. We are giving families a second chance. We are so grateful for everything you do and we look forward to hearing about all the lives that you will change over the next year. Thank you again. Now i want to introduce tamika moss and Brian Stanley from the hamilton families group. Thank you. [applause] thank you all so much. Thank you susan and dennis, thank you, mayor. Thank you hamilton families. I had the privilege of leading this organization and working with susan and her daughters when they came to our shelter, but i just get a represents the incredible work that the staff does on behalf of the families that we serve here at hamilton families. This problem is solvable. Family homelessness is solvable and were doing it together. It takes Partnership Like this. It takes investments like this and it takes all of us doing our part in order to tackle the challenge of having no Family Experience homelessness in our community and they deserve that. And every single day, each one of the staff here at hamilton families works on behalf of those families to end their housing crisis, restore dignity and provide an opportunity for those families to thrive. Im so grateful to be along for the ride. Congratulations and thank you so much susan and dennis. [applause] thank you again so much and the entire day area team at google. We are humbled by your support for hamilton families and the communities we serve. When i first heard, i think it was last spring that you had visited the shelter, i was surprised. I think what most struck me was the sincerity of your commitment and passion for this issue and your willingness to lean in with us. Sometimes these things happen. Thank you, guys. Thank you, all. We know it takes partnerships like this one to help us redefine what is possible and help families stabilize and thrive. I thank you very much for the partnership of google, for your partnership, as well as your husbands partnership, and at the end of the day, opportunities like this give us hope. Reminds us that this is not just a moment for the movement, but we are involved in transforming outcomes for san franciscans. On behalf of staff, participant families, thank you to google, thank you to susan and dennis, and thank you to our media partners. The bay area Media Coalition and the arts and technology group. [cheers and applause] we are excited to go forward. Thank you to your support. Thank you. [applause] hi, everyone. I am an incoming board vice chair at hamilton families. Thank you, mayor breed for being here today. We know you have many requests for your time and we are grateful you could join us here. Speaking of gratitude, as a board member, we are so grateful that the city and mayor breed share our commitment and family homelessness. And now we are joined in this work by susan and dennis and google, it just makes us so very proud. As brian mentioned, hopeful. On behalf of our board and all of us at hamilton families, thank you for your commitment and for this extremely generous and significant gift. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Now lets get to work. [applause] i moved into my wonderful, beautiful, Affordable Housing march 7th. I have lived in San Francisco since i was twoyearsold. Ive lived in hunters view for 23 to 24 years now. My name is vlady. I use titus and i am the resident commissioner for the San Francisco housing facility. From the very beginning, this whole transition of Public Housing and Affordable Housing was a good idea. But many, many residents didnt think it would ever actually happen. Its been a life changing experience. And im truly grateful for the whole initiative and all those that work on the whole sf initiative. Theyve done a wonderful job accommodating the residents, who for many years have lived in delap tated housing. Now they have quality housing. I was on a street where the living room and the kitchen and stairs. It wasnt large enough to accommodate. The children are grown. I had the accomplish of having a dishwasher in my home. I really like that. [laughter] i really like not having to wash dishes by hand. We still do it from time to time. The Mayors Office has been a real friend to us, a partner. We know that our city supports us. I love San Francisco. Just to be able to stay in my community and continue to help the residents who live here and continue to see my neighborhoods move into new housing, its been a real joy. Its been a real joy. Good morning, everyone. Hello. I am the site manager here as the new childs development center. [cheers and applause] it gives me so much pleasure to say welcome and thank you for being here today. For braving the rain and making it here anyway. Without further do, i would like to introduce the master of ceremony, she does not need any more introduction. Lets put our hands together and welcome the mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, mayor london breed. [cheers and applause] thank you. I am really, really excited to be here. Last year i was able to attend the grand opening of Natalie Graham commons and it was absolutely amazing. Some of you know the history of Natalie Grubb and the work that she did to help create the Tax Credit Program that allows for opportunity to invest in Affordable Housing like this one that we are standing in and her family was here. It was a great occasion. 120 families of low income are living in this property as we speak. And today, when we open this preschool, they will be prioritized for the slots in this location, which is absolutely exactly what we should be doing in San Francisco how incredible is that . [applause] so im joined here by number of great people and i like to see the young people already playing this place isnt opening until next week, but they decided they wanted to try the place out. That is why they are here today. This new transbay Child Development center is a welcome addition to this Community Thanks to the citys childcare Facility Fund and also, a special thank you to mimi and peter. Mimi here is speak a little bit later. We are so grateful for that Publicprivate Partnership that allows for an opportunity to create Amazing Spaces like this for our children to grow and to thrive. This is the third Child Development center operated by the south of market childcare. So we are appreciative of the work they are doing in this community to provide these opportunities. Highquality childcare, educational services, and free support for families in the south of market neighborhood and throughout San Francisco where we know we have so many children and families. I am really excited about the features. You all look at the beautiful colors, the tiny tables with the chairs that none of us fit in, the bathrooms, the play areas, a place that not only is very beautiful, but promotes creativity and has an incredible learning environment. On world childrens day last month, i, along with president of the board of supervisors announced that we in San Francisco are launching the child and youth friendly city initiative. We are pledging to be a child friendly city and we want to make sure that young people have a safe and healthy environment to grow and to thrive. It is time we start taking care of young people in all parts of San Francisco. It starts with Early Childhood education. Ingrid is here who is the director of the Early Childhood education for the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you for joining us. Earlier this week, under the leadership of president yee, we created a new Stipend Program called carers to. 0 to support two support the early educators because we know one of the Biggest Challenges we have is recruiting and retaining preschool teachers. I experienced this firsthand when we opened a brandnew childcare facility in west point it was promised to that community and they have such a hard time recruiting preschool teachers. We can do better. We need to do better to support the educators who are educating our children. That is why i am really excited about that program as well. [applause] but we are going to go even further. And next year we will hold a child and youth summit in San Francisco to really bring together people and experts and others to begin to have a conversation about how we do a better job as a city with taking care of not just our children, but everybodys children. Other kids who may not have those parents or grandparents or Community Members who are looking out for their best interest. We have to do a better job in investing in kids that often times are neglected and forgotten and not getting the resources that they need and deserve to grow and thrive. This is personal for me as someone who grew up raised by my grandmother in Public Housing and have seen the devastating impacts of neglect. So many of the people that i grew up with and it up, unfortunately in very different situations and i should be the norm and not the exception and so we have to commit to now, today to do a better job for our kids and it starts with our summit and the number of investments that we are making to start to support our young people early in their lives. So with that, i want to thank each and every one of you for being here. Thank you to nadine who you will hear from in a minute. The ring the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development in the office of early care and education. Mercy housing and the architects for this project, santos priest got who was instrumental in this project. It is absolutely beaut