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DPH reports early success at Tenderloin Linkage Center and preliminary decline in accidental overdose deaths
Summary
Director Grant Colfax updated the commission on the Tenderloin Linkage Center and preliminary overdose data, citing more than 200 daily guests, 1,100 first-week visits, nearly 200 referrals and a preliminary 7% drop in accidental overdose deaths in 2021 versus 2020.
Director Grant Colfax told the Health Commission the Tenderloin Linkage Center, a multiagency site modeled in part on the city's COVID response, is serving hundreds of residents daily and providing referrals to housing, behavioral health treatment and other services.
Colfax reported the linkage center welcomed more than 200 guests on the day of his report, hosted over 1,100 visits in its first week and logged nearly 200 referrals. He said naloxone had been administered three…
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