 All right, so. Welcome again. I'm john Edmstern on the applicant and reservist manager. Today we're going to talk about the community living campaign, which is the organization and nonprofit under which SF reserve operates. It's a program of the community living campaign. Today we're going to talk about, as I said, the community living campaign, our values. What is the reserve program, how we recruit applicants and how we partner with nonprofits and small businesses. How we have adapted and are continuing to adapt to this changing environment, and how we plan to continue to grow the program. The community living campaign was founded about 14 years ago small group of activists who really wanted to make San Francisco a better place for older adults and people with disabilities. Basically was to help people. These stay in their homes and develop more sense of community get to socialize with their neighbors get to know their neighbors. And that's where the origins of the community living campaign is. We have a lot of programs. We have the keep community connectors program in about nine different neighborhoods throughout San Francisco, we have computer skills classes on zoom, all kinds of them. We have advocacy work, and the reserve program is basically one that helps to bridge the gap and provides a certain amount of economic security for older adults and people with disabilities. You can see community empowerment advocacy I like the cornerstones of the community living campaign and SF reserve fits under senior disability employment. So many things we like to think we are helping with is achieving basic financial security that's number one, but also ending isolation and loneliness, especially during this past year and a half, or so when people suddenly found themselves isolating in place, and maybe alone, maybe with no other family members or friends. So we can contribute to people living in a home that enhances dignity, and really building communities that value fairness equity and justice. We do support the black lives matter movement in our board of directors. Very early on, last year, started developing programs, and really trying to see how community living campaign could contribute to the equity and social justice movement that we're all a part of. And the full statement can be found on our website. We are funded through DOS, the Department of Disability and Aging Services. Out of then somewhere around 880,000 residents in San Francisco, nearly a quarter of them are at risk of not meeting their basic needs. Not only in housing, but in food and health services and other supporting services so DOS helps bridge the gap between those services and what people need, and reserve is one of those bridges that helps to provide economic security to seniors and those with disabilities. The population of San Francisco fully 20% of the residents of San Francisco are over 60. That's quite a large number and that number continues to grow as a matter of fact the percentage is growing. Many want to work and contribute to their communities. We have had to do some real adaptation over these past year plus to adopt to a post COVID-19 world. And let me just say today is a very happy day I think for for many of us. For the first time we can go out and act somewhat normally not wear a mask. Out on the streets we can go to a restaurant we can visit with our friends and families, because everyone was so good about wearing a mask and social isolation and getting a vaccine so today is a real, a real terrific day to be doing this program because things are really looking up. So SF reserve is, it's an affiliate of the national reserve program that does pretty much the same thing matches older adults and adults with disabilities with organizations that need part time employees. So, we don't do it exactly like the national program which is all based on the East Coast. In San Francisco after all we do things a little differently. We may disassociate ourselves from the national program. And so that we may have a name change coming up sometime this year but that's, that's not for sure. Basically it's to help seniors, people who are 60 plus who have a lifetime of experience doing all kinds of jobs, and put those skills and experiences to benefit nonprofit organizations and small businesses. We work as part of the work matters coalition SF reserve leads the coalition. And there are four organizations that are part of the coalition, as you can see here. And they all have a slightly different constituency. Some are training programs and include training. Reserve is not a training program we work with folks who are basically job ready jobs now has just increased the income requirements, or decreased I should say so if you're making less than 300% of the federal poverty level, you're eligible for their services. So, also the positive resource center is our newest member of the coalition. They also provide training. So, reservists come from all walks of life. We have people who have done teaching social work we've got CEOs. We've got lawyers. We have a very diverse group of constituents speak many different languages, which is a good thing because San Francisco I think they're about 112 different languages spoken in San Francisco, and almost 50%, about 45% of people in San Francisco, speak a language other than English at home. So, we sort of meet you where you live. The newest addition to our team is the partnership development associate. She will be doing outreach to the nonprofits and helping create new jobs for us. We negotiate regional hourly rates for with our partners and the very minimum is $17 and five cents an hour that is the absolute minimum for nonprofits. But recently we placed someone in a position that's going to pay $30 an hour so there's quite a range. It's going to be 10 to 15 hours per week, and it's part time, and the hours are flexible in that you, if you are placed in a position and the your supervisor whoever that might be will decide what your hours are going to be what days you're going to work and all that sort of stuff so it's quite flexible. I've just added this slide. I always get questions about benefits. So if you're on SSI or SSDI. It is possible that earning too much income could impact those benefits. We really want to make sure that that doesn't happen. So, your income can be impacted if it's more than you estimated. If you have more resources, then you're allowed. For instance, if you get a job and start getting income that put you over the cap. I will say it's quite rare that it would happen. Based on the amount of money that you would be paid for 10 to 15 hours a week it is unlikely that that would impact your benefits, but we can't make any advice around that so you'll be getting this deck. And these links here are to some great sites by the government that can explain some of the issues around SSI and SSDI benefits and how working might impact them. I also have, I just got it was too late for me to include it in the in the deck, but there is a deck that is specifically addressing SSI and SSDI benefits when you're working with a number of different scenarios. And I've asked Lori and Angela to send that to all of you after the presentation is over so that should answer pretty much any questions you might have about that. So, the pandemic has certainly changed the way we live and work. In the pandemic, I would go to the office every day, I would meet applicants in the office in person and have interviews. We fill out paper forms. You would fill out paper forms. I would scan them and attach them to your profile. Now everything is pretty much done online. I interview via zoom and other media like that. And was that many people did not have obviously they did not have their own computers. They might not have internet access. They previously would have accessed the internet through places like the San Francisco Public Library and their bank of computers. They could get their email that can connect to their friends and family. And that all went away with pandemic for many people so we have been working on, not only providing laptops and tablets, but providing training and internet service for people who don't have them. If you are interested in something like that or you have friends who might be interested in something like that, you can contact me afterwards. My contact information will be up here later and see if we can get them hooked up with something like that if they qualify. So, yeah, this is just something about what I was talking about. We do have training. We're giving out computers and tablets pretty regularly now for several months and the program is starting to become very well. It's working very well and very smoothly. Excuse my dogs. It's quite simple. We have what we call a third party vendor of choice. They handle all our HR things like direct deposit, your paychecks, all that kind of thing. So, it makes it very simple for us and for the nonprofit and for you. We keep hiring simple. I'll talk a little bit about the process. These are some of the skills that are most in demand, but it's not an exhaustive list. These are just the things that are that usually rise to the top when we're actually looking for work. And excuse me. So the way it works is we get your resume and you fill out a couple of forms with your skills and experience that we put into our database. When we get a new job description, we also have them do it in a certain way so that we can do a search for people that have the skills that they're looking for and come up with folks who then would would match those skills and then send their resumes off to the hiring managers if they're interested. So we have a pretty good track record. Most 90% or more of SF reserve organizations and reservists are highly satisfied with their placements. I have actually in was a surprise didn't expect this a current reservist who has been working with reserve longer than I have her name is Carolyn gauge, and she has agreed to say a few words about her experience with reserve so Caroline if you would like to meet yourself and give a little bit of your experience with SF reserve. And I can continue to catch my breath. Okay. Can you hear me. Yes. Okay. Carolyn, your side has a lot of feedback. I don't know if other people are hearing the feedback or just me. You can hear. Yeah, a lot of feedback from your side. Maybe can john, can you continue your presentation maybe Caroline you can work on the audio on your computer, please. Yeah, okay. Sorry about that. These are some of our partners. You may be familiar with some of them. As I mentioned earlier, the Felton Institute is where the CSEP program is housed that's a senior community service employment program. Children's Council League of Women voters. We have reservists there. San Francisco Interfaith Council. Little brothers friends of the elderly so we have in senior disability action is another one of our long time. We have partners where a number of reservists work. So here's how it works. I'm going to focus on the job seekers side of this because I think that's most of the audience here today. So you, one way or another, I get your resume. Now you can send it to us through our website which you can see the link here, or you can send it to me directly as an attachment. If you have any other ways to get information to me you can give me a phone call, and we'll figure out how to do that. And once I have your resume I'll create a profile for you in our system, and then I'll schedule a call, probably on zoom if we can, so I can get to know you a little bit and you can get to know me. We talked about what you're looking for the kinds of things you want. And then we kind of match you up with a job that matches your interests. So I stay with you pretty much the whole time, even once you're placed, I'll be your contact with reserve. And I'm always available via email and texting. So, as I say, I, we get to know you, I meet you, we talk, and then I try to make the best placement for you and connect you with employers. Once you are hired, you make an offer, then I help you through the process of being on boarded with, as I mentioned earlier, our third party vendor who will handle payroll, and all the other HR functions. Sheri Sawyer, she's one of my colleagues, she works for the Community Living Campaign. She's a great resource. We are continuing to adapt the program all the time and it's not a static organization or a program. Time to changing very quickly. And we're going to be just today's matter of fact I learned of a job that is had been on hold for a long time. I think maybe I mentioned this earlier and now they're opening it up and some person will be able to get a job if they are willing to work on site and many people are actually dying to get out and work and see people again. This is my contact information. I'm John Sheila McElroy is our new partnership development associate. And Jamie Goddard is the director of the program. I'll leave this contact information up for now if anybody wants to write anything down, but you will be getting a copy of this deck, following the presentation. And I'm wondering now if Carolyn has addressed your sound. Yeah, it's still kind of. Oh, yeah. It wasn't like that earlier when you were first on but I don't know what's happened. I don't know either. Perhaps we can do it next time. Sorry, if you come back next time and we'll figure out what's going on. But now I'd like to open it up to questions that anyone has. And do I need to do anything to allow people on mute or somebody. I, we have some question in the chat I can read them out and then we can allow people to unmute themselves and ask questions directly. The question we got from conzi. He asked, does SF reserve work with other cities like Falejo and or Oakland. No, our funding comes from San Francisco so we can only work with residents of San Francisco we can refer to some similar types of organizations there's nothing exactly like us in the East Bay or the South Bay or Marin. But are the people who we connect with jobs have to be San Francisco residents. Got it. A question question from Jess. You have to be 60 if you are 58 is the only option to go through fountain and or size up. If you are living with a disability there isn't the age requirement is only 18 it can be an adult of any age. Otherwise, you need to be 60 but we do refer the between organizations. So, if you came to us and you're not living with this disability and you're not 60 we can refer you directly to CSEP, or some of the other programs jobs now. And there are some requirements that we, you know, you have to have an ID available a few little basic things like that but we can make referrals for you. Does that answer the question. Just does it answer your question. Oh, he actually has a follow up. Okay. He is 58 with no disability. So could he come through you. Yeah, you can contact me and then we'll see what the correct referral would be for you. Okay. Thank you. Another question. Can we find jobs with more than 15 hours weekly. In rare cases reserve does work with partners who want more hours, you know, 20 is usually the outer limit. But most of the time it's going to be 10 to 15 hours. Some of the now jobs now has people who are looking for maybe 30 hours or more. A lot of adults 60 and older don't really want to get a 30 or 40 hour a week job anymore. So, although it's possible that we can refer you to another agency if you're looking for more full time, or more work than 10 to 15 hours a week. Got it. Another question. Do you refer if I am temporarily disabled. What do you mean refer. I guess that will you accept her as a participant of the SF reserve program. Yes, yes. Yeah, many people have temporary disabilities due to injuries or illness or something like that so that's perfectly fine. And we also, we don't ask for any documentation around your disability we don't ask you to name your disability anything like that you tell us you're living with a disability. That's that's all we need. There is no proof requirements for or anything like that. Thank you. I don't see other question. Maybe if any participant would like to unmute themselves. And mute and ask question directly. Yes. Good afternoon. This is a wife. Hi. I have a question slash concern. If someone is selected for employment. I don't know what you mean by exempt the money that you earn through working with reserve is taxed. Then if you were working for a full time for product company, but the vendor when you get paid, all your FICA taxes and social security and all that is, is taken out. Well, what I meant by that is through the US Labor Department, or, for example, if one is living in a with a federal housing program. So you do not have to be reported as income. No, I think. I think income must be reported. I can look that up but I believe that income has to be reported, at least as far as SSI and SSDI now. Yes, I understand, you know, the federal withholdings. I'll just if you want to contact, I know you have my contact information and you want to contact me offline. Then I can, I can do some research for you. Alrighty, thank you. Sure thing. John, I see two more questions coming through chat. First question is, how do you differ from CSEP? CSEP is more of a training program. So they, if you're accepted into the program, then there are classes and trainings that you take. Once this pandemic is has ended a little more, they place you in positions with government agencies and other organizations so that you can develop your skills. Get better at the various things you're interested. A lot of administrative work that way with the end goal of getting you full time employment, following the training. You can stay with CSEP up to four years, and they try to give you a number of different placements so that you build your skills and there's lots of classes and training involved with that. So CSEP is a little different model because reserve tries to place you somewhere that you'll be happy to stay in for as long as you feel like working, whereas CSEP is more of a training program where you work for different organizations and hone your skills, improve your skills, and by the end of your training, you, and they help you get placement with a permanent position. Thank you, John. Next question. I think you probably answered this question. Where are the jobs located? Is it all in San Francisco? During the pandemic, because everything was remote, we had a few jobs outside of San Francisco, we had some in the East Bay, but you didn't have to commute to the East Bay. You could do the job, even though the organization was based there, you would be doing the work from home. And I believe those jobs will continue, but I think for the most part, the organizations we'll be working with will be headquartered here in San Francisco or we'll have an office or even at least just a mailing address in San Francisco. Thank you, John. Oh, Carolyn said that she apologized for sound difficulty. As a reserve, it's a great opportunity with a fantastic support team. The challenges have been good insecurities, teleology challenges, and environmental for seniors. There are tablets available for visual impaired. And she's not able to share, but her experience, you know, directly, but she put it in the chat share with us how great an opportunity as a reserve is. Thanks, Carolyn. And that's a good point. I didn't mention, we do have laptops or tablets that are designed for folks who have visual impairments. So that's a, that's a good thing for Carolyn to have brought up. Thank you. I don't see any other questions in chat. Again, if you want to ask your question directly, you can unmute yourself. All right. No further questions. So we can return 25 minutes to your day. Let me have set aside. Thank you everybody for being a part of the presentation. Lauren Angela will be sending you this deck so you'll have my contact information. Feel free to shoot me an email. The phone number that you see listed for community living campaign. It works, but it's a, it's a rather odd system where the phone doesn't actually ring it goes directly to voicemail. And then I get an email saying they've got a voicemail. You can believe that. So it takes a little longer. So the fastest way to get a hold of me is through email. Thank you, John. I see a sick question here from Lauren. She need help doing a resume. Do you have the opportunity in person for that? Not yet. But now that we are reopening. We're looking at how we can open up our offices again. We used to have a computer lab. We're going to have to reconfigure the office space. To meet the requirements. But I think if everyone is vaccinated. That would be a lot easier for us. And we, we do plan to reopen the office and then we, we did have in person help with, with resumes. At that time, so we'll, we'll look to be having that again, but also just a shout out for the public library they're having that resume writing and review service available. I think that even is tomorrow, isn't it, Lauren? Yes, tomorrow at 12 we have a resume writing workshop. And then if you have your resume already draft, you can also use our brain fuse job now service upload your resume, and someone will review your resume and give you feedback within 24 hours. Try both come to the workshop tomorrow and also try to bring fuse service. And we'll be making announcements about our offices reopening. Some folks have started coming back to the office. But right now we're in sort of a transition phase so I can't really say what, you know what dates will be opening to, to applicants, when we'll have those kinds of services in person. We don't have to have them but but we don't really have a date for that yet. Okay. Thank you, John, and thank you. Thank you, Carolyn. We really appreciate you taking the time to share with us as a reserve program and your experience as a reservist. And thank you everyone for joining the program I hope you find the presentation informative and helpful to you. We'll be sending our evaluation survey together with the slide deck and link to the recording for today. Give us your feedback so we can continue to improve. Again, thank you everybody and have a wonderful rest of the day. Okay, bye bye. Thanks so much.