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Mayor’s office proposes new community care specialist to expand outreach to unhoused residents
Summary
The mayor’s office and community relations staff proposed adding a full‑time community care services specialist to the city outreach team, to provide on‑the‑street mental‑health‑qualified support intended to reduce law‑enforcement interactions with unhoused residents.
The mayor’s office told the Jan. 14 Committee of the Whole it is proposing to add a full‑time community care services specialist to the city’s outreach team to expand direct services to people experiencing homelessness.
Mike Disco, the mayor’s chief of staff, and Ethan Posey, community relations, presented the mayor’s office organizational budget and said the new position would be a qualified mental‑health professional who would work primarily in the community to connect unhoused residents with services and to reduce unnecessary law‑enforcement contact.
Posey described recent outreach…
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