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Fire Commission backs retroactive NSF and state grants to bolster community paramedicine and buprenorphine access

San Francisco Fire Commission · October 9, 2024
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Summary

The commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors retroactively authorize two grants — $205,200 (NSF via San Jose State) for research on equity and moral injury and $217,500 (state funds via Sierra Health Foundation/California Paramedic Foundation) to expand buprenorphine and opioid/stimulant treatment initiatives.

The Fire Commission on Oct. 9 recommended that the Board of Supervisors retroactively authorize two grant awards to support the San Francisco Fire Department’s community paramedicine work.

Mark Corso, finance and planning, described Resolution 2024‑43: a $205,200 National Science Foundation subaward administered through San Jose State University to support a pilot study aimed at improving equity in emergency medical services and interrupting moral injury and burnout among community paramedicine staff. "This is a partner pilot study…

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