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Health commission reviews MHSA three‑year plan and approves Hummingbird program expansion
Summary
Commissioners reviewed the Mental Health Services Act three‑year integrated plan and unanimously approved a consent‑calendar item to expand the Hummingbird navigation program to 24/7 operation with 15 beds, funded by mayoral Prop I allocations.
The San Francisco Health Commission reviewed the Department of Public Health’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) three‑year program and expenditure plan and voted to approve a consent‑calendar expansion of the Hummingbird navigation program.
Imo Momo, director of the MHSA program, presented the plan’s structure and priorities: community support and full‑service partnerships, prevention and early intervention, workforce education and training, capital facilities, and the innovation component. Momo summarized recent outcomes — increased peer staff placement, reductions in crisis episodes for program participants, and workforce development metrics — and described upcoming work such as requests for proposals and monitoring of the No Place Like Home housing bond (estimated San Francisco allocation $86–$96 million).
The commission’s community public health committee recommended a Prop I–funded expansion of Hummingbird — converting a daytime navigation center to a 24/7, 15‑bed navigation/respite model — to improve transitions from psychiatric emergency and crisis services. The item was presented as part of the consent calendar with a stated cost of $1,500,000 drawn from the mayor’s 100‑bed expansion allocation; commissioners approved the consent calendar unanimously.
Commissioners asked for clearer outcome matrices and program evaluations in future reports, and suggested the department better document public participation and leverage (matching/partner) funds in annual updates. The commission indicated it will receive MHSA annual and three‑year updates going forward as part of routine program oversight.
