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Weve had not only slower growth, weve actually had people leaving the state where we have a lot of growth in other states. California is one of the 10 states that actually has had more growth. When sequestration came into place is really the first time theres been a major Budget Reduction and the 10 states all the states were hit by it. But the 10 states with growth actually took a kind of double hit because we had to hold harmless the states who have had no growth or low growth. So they had a floor at which their budgets couldnt go underneath and that meant 10 states had to take a little bit ...

Pay. And you are correct, i mean, theres a lot of factors that we take into consideration in negotiating the rate based on, you know, the type of meal that will be provided, the organization structure, what type of meal, what the meal preparation situation is, are they getting it through a caterer because not all the centers have their own kitchen. Like project open hand has their own central kitchen and when they have a much higher volume of meals those costs generally are lower too so the size of the operation, all those things take into consideration. And, you know, we do have a cap that we...

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 tax credits. This is statewide money, its to fill a gap that doesnt exist in rehab so again well be t...

Bloift. The first one so clarify the memorandum is for the Bayview Senior Center and the connecticut more house we have two separate months ago covered in this document questions or comments. Commissioner loo. What is the organization ar p something model or whatever. Yeah. So a while back aarp designed a Money Management program to my knowledge building that it went away and now Money Management is staffed by a staff person member that is paid the framework is still the same it is Money Management and cash and checks and budgeting and paying bills now the program is fascinated by a staff pers...

Okay. Good. I feel better. I didnt break it. Okay. There we go. All right. As i was mentioning. There was training available in different languages. And computers. Have a range of accessibility features. Built in. As well as most sites of accessible computer. Table. So folks can use them. Regardless of disabilities. And it goes to adult centers. So there is extra help for people learning about applications. And software. For people with vision. And hearing loss. And other kinds of disabilities. Heres a map of where these sites are across the city. These are not the only computer labs. You can ...