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Heated hearing on McMillan Drop-In Center closure: providers warn of gaps, city outlines respite plan and mitigation steps
Summary
Departments presented plans to convert McMillan from a 24-hour drop-in to a 60-bed medical respite collocated with a 12-bed sobering center; dozens of service providers, formerly homeless residents and advocates urged the Board to fund a replacement 24-hour drop-in and raised concerns about showers, transportation, turnaways and impacts on vulnerable clients.
The Budget & Finance Committee held an extended hearing on the planned closure of the McMillan Drop-In Center and its conversion into a medical respite facility, drawing sustained public testimony from providers, formerly homeless residents and advocacy groups.
Department of Public Health (DPH) staff described the proposed medical respite as a 60-bed facility collocated with an approximately 12-bed sobering center that will provide primary and specialty care, transport for IV therapy and linkages to case management, benefits counseling and housing services. DPH said it would stop accepting new assessments on Sept. 22 and would close the facility for renovation on Oct. 13 so the respite can be constructed and opened in the…
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