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Commission hears first‑year outcomes for Assisted Outpatient Treatment program
Summary
The commission reviewed the first year of San Francisco’s Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program (implemented 11/02/2015): 214 calls, 108 referrals, 53 contacts, seven court petitions (five individuals), outcomes including settlements and court orders, and reported housing and service linkages; staff to submit the required annual state report in May.
The Health Commission received a comprehensive first‑year report on San Francisco’s Assisted Outpatient Treatment program from Angelica Halmeida, director of AOT, detailing operations and preliminary outcomes from the program’s launch on Nov. 2, 2015 through Nov. 1, 2016.
Halmeida described implementation steps taken before rollout — 63 stakeholder trainings to hospitals, jails, peer organizations and family groups — and outlined the San Francisco care‑team model, which includes a psychologist director, a peer specialist and a family liaison and emphasizes extended engagement (commonly ~60 days before filing court petitions, though the program allows at least 30 days).
In the first year the…
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