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DPH outlines 1,500‑bed goal, Unified Street Team and RESTORE pilot to speed people into treatment
Summary
Department of Public Health leaders described a multi‑pronged plan to expand treatment capacity, unify street outreach teams, and scale the RESTORE conversion program that pairs beds with medication treatment for opioid use disorder.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health detailed a rapid expansion plan for behavioral health and homelessness responses that combines a consolidated, neighborhood‑based street team model, a treatment program called RESTORE that pairs immediate beds with medication for opioid use disorder, and plans to add hundreds of beds across shelter and clinical settings.
DPH Director Daniel Tsai framed the work as part of a broader goal to build a more proactive system to reduce fatal overdoses and move people from unsheltered settings into sustained treatment. He said the administration is aiming at a long‑range target described by the mayor of expanding beds and capacity citywide – a figure referenced at the meeting as 1,500 beds in the mayor’s broader plan — while improving pathways to care and retention in services.
Unified, place‑based street teams DPH described a consolidation that…
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