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DPH outlines behavioral-health roadmap: RESTORE program, unified street teams and bed-expansion targets
Summary
San Francisco DPH presented a behavioral-health update that consolidates street outreach into a neighborhood-based model, reported initial RESTORE pilot results and outlined a multi-year plan to expand treatment and shelter capacity as part of a mayoral 1,500-bed goal.
San Francisco Department of Public Health officials presented a behavioral-health roadmap to the Health Commission that emphasizes faster engagement on the street, low-barrier pathways into treatment and significant bed expansions.
Why it matters: The department said it aims to make it easier for people who are unhoused and living with substance use disorders or serious mental illness to move from street outreach into treatment and longer-term care. Officials described both programmatic and capacity changes intended to reduce fatal overdoses and improve treatment retention.
Street teams: DPH described a citywide consolidation of street outreach into a single, multidisciplinary, neighborhood-based model. The consolidated teams combine clinical behavioral-health staff, nurses, social workers, peers and public-agency partners (including HSH, Department of Emergency Management, Fire…
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