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Visit Our New Website!!
We're delighted to introduce our revised website with better navigation and accessibility. You should also find it more read-able on smaller phone and tablet screens. Many thanks to Mighty Minnow for their work on the web design. One exciting new feature is the colorful calendar of CLC classes and activities.
Come check it out!
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Toward A More Justice and Equitable Budget
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Dignity Coalition Advocacy Blooms at Hearing
Thanks to everyone who came to testify at the June 19 City Budget Hearing and who reached out to their local Supervisor for support. In addition to the Dignity Fund, the Board of Supervisors added significant new funding over the next two years ($4.62 million) for seniors and adults with disabilities, with the largest amount going to
Food & Nutrition Programs (including congregate meals, home delivered meals and groceries) at $3.53 million
. Other priorities addressed include efforts to reduce isolation, increase funding for case management and neighborhood senior centers, and targeted services for Veterans and those Aging with HIV/Aging.
Find a detailed list of add-backs from the June 23 Budget Hearing here
. The final vote on the budget will be at the July 18 Supervisors meeting, which begins at 2:00.
You can also watch the vote live on SFGovTV
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Join us for a continuing update on the Budget and schedule for funding disbursement at the n
ext meeti
ng of the Dignity Fund Coalition, which will be
Wednesday,
July 26 from 2:30 to 4:30
at ILRC, 825 Howard.
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Arts and Crafts Enliven Community Action
The S.F Budget process can be grueling for everyone involved, including residents whose future can depend on the outcome. So we kept our spirits up with art and engagement. This year, the theme was "Summer of Love - 50 Years Later" which suggested tie dyed shirts (we made 42!) and paper flowers that we delivered to Supervisors and their staff with messages about funding needed in the budget.
See more on our SF Healthy Aging Blog.
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Dignity Fund Provider Group Holds Initial Meeting
The Dignity Fund legislation calls for the creation of a "Service Providers Working Group" to offer input and guidance to the Dignity Fund's enhanced needs assessment and planning process. The provider group, which is open to current and prospective service providers to seniors and adults with disabilities, held its inaugural meeting in June facilitated by Ashley McCumber (pictured below left) and Anni Chung. Shireen McSpadden and her staff provided a detailed overview of the
current status of the fund and
timeline for implementation of initial funding and future planning.
View a powerpoint from the meeting here.
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Rally to Protect Health & Long Term Care Benefits
Those whose very lives depend on Medi-Cal and their allies and supporters convened for the second big rally to oppose the dismantling of health and long term care services by the Trump administration and Republican Congress. The National Day of Action was organized by Bay Resistance.
Keep up with developments on the
Justice in Aging website
or connect with Senior and Disability Action to learn of future actions at
info@SDAction.org.
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Bridging the Digital Divide
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We're Back at 360 Valencia!! Woo Hoo!!
Join us for a little "welcome back party" as CLC trainers and tutors return to the Valencia Gardens Computer lab on
July 10 from 10:00 to 1:00.
Then we will be back every Monday from 10:00 to 1:00. Thanks to Mission Housing Development Corporation for welcoming us back after the recent remodel and congratulations to their new managing lab partner dev/Mission, which is providing additional open lab hours.
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SF
Tech Council Hosts LA Senior Tech Leaders
A delegation of leaders from St. Barnabas Senior Center in Los Angeles came to meet with representatives of the SF Tech Council to share ideas and information and to explore ways to help one another. St. Barnabas Senior Center has long been ahead of the curve with its popular Cyber Cafe and mobile lab.
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Tech'd Out: Laptop and Wireless Internet Lending
San Francisco Public Library is piloting a program to allow patrons to check out laptops and mobile wireless internet hotspot (mifi) devices for use outside the library so that you can connect with the internet on your own terms!
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Creating an Age and Disability Friendly SF
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ReServe Reaches 1st Milestone - 15 People Placed
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Participants in a recent First Impression session |
CLC's newest Initiative,
SF ReServe, is matching part-time jobs at community organizations with talented seniors and people with disabilities.
Potential partners and participants can make their interests know by logging into the
ReServe website
. Participants can also use that link to sign up for one of the two upcoming "First Impressions"
session -
July 18 1:00 to 3:00 and August 23 1:00 to 3:00
at 1360 Mission, Suite 400.
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Curry Senior Center's Work Shines on KQED
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Aging 360 Workshop Series Launches in Cayuga
At Home With Growing Older
(AHWGO), a Bay Area nonprofit, recently launched a creative workshop series, Aging 360, that teaches participants how to turn their home into an ally that supports a healthy aging experience with safety and delight.
Susanne Stadler (pictured right) and her colleagues at AHWGO developed this workshop as a response to a growing need for private homes, from apartments to houses, to adapt to changing personal needs as one ages and to unlock the potential of one's home as a resource for healthy aging.
AHWGO sponsors free monthly, interdisciplinary learning forums with the goal of sparking conversations and encouraging collaboration to help individuals be "at home with growing older."
Learn more at their website.
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Cayuga Community Connectors
The Cayuga neighborhood was host to so many activities this past month, including the Aging 360 Workshops, some craft production for the budget hearing and a visit from CLC's own Lizette demonstrating how food can be a Connection for Health Aging.
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Award Event Honors Former Supervisor Eric Mar
Mark your calendar for Thursday, September 28
for a return engagement at the Marine's Memorial Hotel for our annual Norma Satten Award event.
This year's event will honor community leader and former SF Supervisor Eric Mar.
During his 8-year tenure on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Eric Mar became the go-to guy on senior and disability issues. In addition to being a strong advocate for his district, he became a key force in brokering agreements to place the Dignity Fund legislation on the November ballot. He continues his public service as an instructor at San Francisco State University and is fostering efforts to expand city investment around internet access for all.
Sponsorship opportunities are available -
sponsor form
here or call 415-821-1003. Invitations will be mailed later in August.
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FDR Democratic Club Honors Dignity Fund Coalition
Come celebrate the hard work of the Dignity Fund Coalition and one of its strong partners in the passage of Proposition I, the FDR Democratic Club for seniors and adults with disabilities.
The party is planned for Monday, July 24 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at
Credo,
360 Pine Street ,
San Francisco.
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