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Health department to accept $350,000 to expand reentry services for people leaving prison
Summary
The committee approved forwarding a resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept $350,000 from the San Francisco Public Health Foundation for the California Community Reinvestment Grants Program to provide reentry health services, including hiring a social worker to serve roughly 200 clients.
The committee voted to forward a resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health (DPH) to accept and expand a $350,000 grant from the San Francisco Public Health Foundation as part of a two-year CalCRG program.
DPH staff said the total program award is $650,000 over two years: $300,000 to the San Francisco Public Health Foundation for an associated project and $350,000 to DPH. Funds, which derive from cannabis excise and cultivation tax revenue under Proposition 64 (the Adult Use of Marijuana Act), will support services for people within 12 months of release from state or federal prison in partnership with the Transitions Clinic Network.
DPH said the $350,000 will fund one temporary, full-time licensed social worker to provide behavioral-health, substance-use treatment referrals and system navigation for approximately 200 clients, plus training (EMDR) and an indirect cost allocation (17 percent cap under CalCRG). The foundation’s portion will fund community advisory-board support, twice-monthly reentry wellness groups and job supports such as $100 Clipper cards and $200 for interview clothing.
The committee forwarded the resolution to the full Board with a positive recommendation "without objection."
