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BHS presents Mental Health SF expansions: coordinated care, respite, overdose response and hiring plan
Summary
Director Hilary Conins told the Health Commission about expanded Behavioral Health Services programs funded in part by Prop C — including pharmacy-hour expansions, an Office of Coordinated Care, psychiatric respite capacity at Hummingbird Valencia, a 24/7 street crisis response and the SWORT street overdose response team — and outlined hiring and data-dashboard plans.
Dr. Hilary Conins, Director of Behavioral Health Services, briefed the Health Commission on Oct. 19 on the department's priorities, performance metrics and program expansions under Mental Health SF and Prop C funding.
"Our goals are to increase quality of life and reduce mortality among all people in San Francisco with serious mental illness and or substance use issues," Conins said, laying out priorities that include reaching people experiencing homelessness, reducing overdose deaths and strengthening the behavioral health workforce.
Conins said BHS served roughly 20,000 people for treatment in the prior fiscal year and provided prevention and early-intervention services to…
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