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San Francisco officials review DPH plan for rapid trauma outreach after shootings
Summary
The Board of Supervisors’ Government Audit and Oversight Committee heard a Department of Public Health plan to contact neighbors after shootings within 72 hours, prioritize hot‑spot neighborhoods (including the Tenderloin), and pilot the approach once funding is secured; the committee voted to file the hearing request.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Dec. 1 heard a Department of Public Health presentation on a proposed citywide trauma response to gun violence that would activate outreach within days of an incident.
DPH director of Comprehensive Crisis Services Stephanie Felder told the committee the protocol stems from a May 24, 2022, board resolution requiring DPH to produce an implementation plan and to respond proactively to gun‑related community trauma. Felder said the plan calls for the San Francisco Police Department to notify DPH, after which Comprehensive Crisis Services would contact a “gun violence healing response outreach coordinator” within 24 hours and coordinate outreach within 72 hours to at least a one‑block radius around the incident.
"Within 24 hours, Comprehensive Crisis Services will contact a gun violence healing response outreach coordinator," Felder said, describing outreach activities that could include in‑person presence, flyers, phone calls, community…
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