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Supervisors forward DPH contract amendments after questions about SOAR, mobile response and case-management waitlist
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee forwarded a set of Department of Public Health contract amendments — including Seneca Center and UCSF-supported case management services — to the full Board after supervisors pressed for clearer contracts, school-based SOAR coverage and a plan to eliminate a 150-person intensive case-management waitlist.
San Francisco — The Budget & Finance Committee on May 18 moved a package of Department of Public Health (DPH) contract amendments to the full Board after supervisors said they still lacked enough detail about how the work fits into the city’s Mental Health SF system.
Chair Hillary Ronan said the committee would not accept similar contracts in the future without a clear explanation of “how these services fit within the system of care under Mental Health SF.” She pressed DPH officials for a step-by-step plan to eliminate a reported 150-person waitlist for intensive case management (ICM): “I am not going to approve these contracts in the future unless you explain to me how it fits into the overall system of care,” Ronan said at the hearing.
The package included an amendment to Seneca…
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