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Supervisors press city officials to map, coordinate dozens of street-based teams before scaling new alternatives
Summary
A lengthy hearing on June 9 examined how proposed street crisis, wellness and overdose response teams would coordinate with existing outreach. Supervisors and community members warned the city risks duplication without a functioning Office of Coordinated Care and more data and dispatch pathways.
Supervisor Hillary Ronan convened a lengthy hearing on coordination among multiple street-based response teams proposed or active in San Francisco, urging clarity on how teams will share data, triage calls and link clients to long-term care.
City presenters from the Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing, the Department of Emergency Management, the Fire Department (community paramedicine / EMS 6) and DPH described a layered system: SCRT (street crisis response) for acute behavioral health crises, a Street Wellness Response Team for well-being checks and outreach in public…
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