SF City College Will Continue To Offer Classes For Seniors and People With Disabilities
San Francisco Mayor assures that Classes for Older Adults were removed from SF City College's spring 2020 schedule as a result of budget cuts, in order to close a reported $13 million deficit
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and members of the city’s Board of Supervisors announced Monday they will continue to offer classes for Older Adults at City College of San Francisco. Programs for seniors were at risk of being cut as the school faces funding deficits.
The Associate Press reports that "According to the new plan, resources from the Dignity Fund, passed by voters in 2016 as Proposition I, would be used to leverage existing contracts with community-based organizations to keep the classes going for the next three years. Under the plan, the city would be replicating the classes without the involvement of City College officials."
About the Programs:
The program’s 17 classes are spread across 13 different senior and community centers and serve about 100 older adults and people with disabilities. The classes include physical fitness, wellness, nutrition, language arts, art, and music appreciation.
“City College is having to make some tough choices to address ongoing structural financial issues, and while that is happening we can lessen the impact for our seniors who visit our community centers to enrich their lives,” Breed said in a news release."
CBS SF reports “Many of our older adults rely on these classes, which keep them active and connected to the community, and I’m glad we’re able to find a way to ensure that they can continue,” she said. The school’s annual cost to operate the Older Adults classes is about $216,000, according to the mayor’s office. City College officials were not immediately available to comment on the mayor’s plan to provide funding, but Chancellor Mark Rocha had sent a letter to the mayor and other city officials earlier this month saying the school intended to make its own plans to address proposed cuts to classes. The available Dignity Fund revenue being used to fund the classes will be distributed to City College through the city’s Department of Disability and Aging Services. The community-based organizations are responsible for administering the classes by securing instructors, supervising curriculum and managing student enrollment."
Mayor Breed, Board of Supervisors President Norman Yee, and SF Supervisors efforts and leadership to help ensure older adults will have access to senior programms at city locations is important to older adults. Seniors appreciate their efforts, and we hope the school can resume some of the 300 classes removed from its spring 2020 schedule as a result of budget cuts. To read more about the City's plans and School's response to cuts CLCIK HERE
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Source: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/12/30/sf-city-college-will-continue-to-offer-classes-for-seniors-people-with-disabilities/