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Parents, clinicians and judges urge City to shore up Edgewood as supervisors probe residential care
Summary
After hours of testimony, San Francisco supervisors heard parents, clinicians and judges say the Edgewood Center’s residential program provides irreplaceable 24/7 treatment for severely ill children and that the program faces a multi‑million dollar shortfall. Members of the Government Audit & Oversight Committee agreed to continue the issue for interagency follow‑up and possible bridge funding.
Supervisor Matt Maxwell and colleagues convened a lengthy hearing on placement and residential treatment for high‑need children, where dozens of officials, parents and providers described a system under strain and an immediate funding shortfall at Edgewood Center for Children and Families.
Edgewood’s chief executive Nancy Rubin told the committee the campus provides specialized, hospital‑level care for the city’s most severely ill children and that the agency has run a roughly $2.5 million annual operating deficit in its residential program. She said Edgewood has drawn down about $11 million from private reserves in recent years and warned the residential program would likely be forced to curtail San Francisco placements unless the city resolves a funding gap.
Human Services Agency Director Trent Rohr outlined…
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