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Supervisors back amended response to civil grand jury27s behavioral health staffing report
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee heard the civil grand jury27s findings on behavioral health services, received departmental responses on hiring bottlenecks and information access, and voted to recommend an amended Board response acknowledging recent reorganization and targeted hiring steps.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Dec. 3 heard the San Francisco civil grand jury27s report "Strengthening Our Behavioral Health Services" and recommended an amended response to the full Board of Supervisors.
The grand jury foreperson Jaime Guandique and lead author Dr. Patricia Levenberg outlined three priority concerns: lengthy hiring timelines that delay care, high executive turnover in behavioral health leadership, and challenges in public information and directories. "We issued 3 findings and 2 recommendations directed at reducing staffing shortfalls," Levenberg said.
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