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Rules committee moves ordinance to prioritize housing for people leaving residential behavioral‑health programs
Summary
An ordinance to prioritize permanent supportive housing placements for adults discharged from residential behavioral‑health programs moved out of committee with amendments clarifying permanent housing and coordination with DPH; providers and clients urged adoption to break cycles of relapse and street discharge.
The Rules Committee voted to forward to the full Board an ordinance intended to reduce the cycle of people leaving residential behavioral‑health programs and returning to the streets by prioritizing housing assignments for those individuals and coordinating post‑placement services through the Department of Public Health.
Sponsor Supervisor Mark Sheehy described the problem as repeated episodes of treatment followed by street…
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