Work of health right 360. Im excited to be here today and be joined by supervisor haney and dr. Grant colfax from the department of Public Health to really express my excitement about what these new beds due to provide an opportunity for people who we know need this level of support. As someone who grew up in San Francisco and especially now as mayor, i do spend a lot of time in the neighborhood. And the consistent theme of people, who in some cases that i grew up with, or the parents of people who i grew up with, who unfortunately have had challenges with Substance Use disorder, they are maybe getting the kind of help and treatment they need to, but then once they go through the 90 day program, thats when the struggle really begins. They dont know where they are going to go. And the truth of the matter is, in many cases, there are challenges around trust with some of their family members. So they cant always go home. So what do we do to make sure that they stay clean and sober . How do we provide an opportunity for them to rebuild those relationships with theres front with their friends and family members so they can continue to focus on their sobriety . This is an opportunity to do just that. What an amazing place. Seventytwo new beds for the sole purpose of helping to make sure that people are able to get back on their feet with dignity. Thats what today is about. Theres not a one size that fits all in San Francisco and we know that there is a real need to reform our systems of care. Whether it someone suffering from Substance Use disorder or someone suffering from mental illness. How do we, as a city, start to remove the stigma attached to the challenges that people face and incorporate it into how we provide healthcare in general in our city and in our country . We have come to a crossroads where there is a strong need to ensure that we are making the kinds of investments necessary to build up on all the Amazing Things that we already do in San Francisco to increase our capacity and the remnants. I am grateful to supervisor haney and supervisor ronen for working with me on Mental Health s. F. To do just that. A commitment to san franciscans to ensure that we completely reform the Mental Health system in a way that is responsible, in a way that delivers a level of support necessary to help people and meet them where they are. To have a clear understanding of the data and who actually needs the help that we are able to provide and how we expand upon those that we are not able to reach. Dr. Colfax and his team at the department of Public Health have done an amazing job with identifying 4,000 individuals that we know we are not providing sufficient care for. And the only way we are going to do that is increase our capacity , provide Additional Resources and we couldnt do this work without organizations like health right 360 who since the days of the three clinic of walden housing organizations that emerged to create something so powerful that it has truly delivered an opportunity for people, who in some cases, have lost hope to find a new way of living, to find a new life and to thrive again. So i am grateful. I am grateful to be here. I am grateful for this opportunity. In this past years budget, we committed to opening 212 new beds. These 72 beds that we are opening here today, we reached almost half of that goal and overall, our commitment is to make sure that we are adding to our already 2,000 Behavioral Health beds and an additional thousand. Of course, we need more. Of course, we know it is expensive. Of course, we need to expand our workforce and provide wraparound supportive services. We know what we need and now it is time that we get there. We are almost, maybe not almost, but close enough because these 72 beds need a regular basis. This means that there are people who will have a place to move forward, a place to grow, a place to really thrive in our city where we know anything is possible. I want to say thank you to everyone for being here and a thank you to health right 360 and the work you continue to do. It means so much to have you all here with us. And i see sherry young from one Treasure Island. Thank you for the work that you have done and we the work we did together. Many years ago, when i worked for the Treasure IslandDevelopment Authority in San Francisco, and it was the Treasure IslandHomeless Development initiative, which is now one Treasure Island, doing great work to make sure that formerly Homeless People and veterans and families have access to a safe, affordable place to call home. This is an Amazing Community. This is an amazing opportunity. This is what happens when we come together to do what is in the best interest of the people of our city, especially those who are most vulnerable. I am so proud of each and every one of you for participating in this amazing opportunity. Thank you all so much for being here. [applause] thank you so much, mayor breed. You should know that 90 4 of the people who come here for Substance UseDisorder Treatment come to us experiencing homelessness. Most of those people are unsheltered. They live outdoors. We all know that San Francisco, if you are unsheltered when you come into residential treatment under 90 days, you will leave without housing. That is a tragic, tragic circumstance. It is impossible to maintain the benefits of treatments if you dont have a safe place to live. It is common sense. We are so grateful to the mayor s office in the department of Public Health that worked with us to work with us to house people so that they will have a safe place to live, continue their treatment with work, get job training, and go to school. We thought this was a good idea. It has exceeded our wildest expectations. Our wildest expectations. It has been amazing. I have thought that maybe more clients would actually access treatment if they knew there was housing on the other end, and if you dont have a house or a place to live, why go into treatment if you are going to be in a tent on the other side of that . One day i am walking to my office, and i happen to work in the Mission Street location which is where our central intake is and i hear one guy waiting to go into intake telling another gay another guy going into intake and he says, hey, if you come into treatment, they will house you for another year or two afterwards. He said really . Anecdotal evidence, but i think that its exactly what is happening. I think that more clients come into treatment, they stay in treatment because they know there is housing on the other side. So it is our deepest gratitude to the Mayors Office, to the department of Public Health, to supervisor haney for helping us secure this space. I thank you to one Treasure Island her being a supporter for us. I also hope that this is im so glad you have this here. I hope this holds up as a beacon of what treatment should look like for low income people throughout california. This is not just a San Francisco issue. This is an issue that is oakland and san jose and los angeles, and all the other counties where we work. People come into treatment and they need to be assured they have a safe place to live on the other side of it. I thank you all for your support i would like to i also have to acknowledge our amazing staff the programs are staffed by people with lived experience because they are there to help coach the client and help build optimism and to show that it can be done. We can do this. It is working. People get jobs, people are moving out into independent living just as we projected. Thank you to amazing staff. I would like to bring up one of our amazing residents. [applause] thank you. Hello, everyone. My name is daniel. I go by danny. I live here at the Recovery Residence Program on Treasure Island. Im very grateful to be where i am matt today. This program has prepared me for my future and bettering my life and the Endless Possibilities ahead of me. Like many of my peers here, my journey has had its shares of ups and downs. I was selling drugs and eventually developed a problem with drug use which led me to a cycle of incarceration and drug use. I have had experience with other treatment programs, but none were the right fit for me with their strict rules and judgement i even completed treatment at walden house a few years back, but my heart wasnt in it since i was court ordered. Eventually i relapsed. Fastforward to march 2019 where i realized my life was passing me by and i wasnt where i pictured myself to be at 28 years old. I decided to cut out the negative aspects of my life and make an honest and heartfelt decision and put the past behind me and move forward. Move forward towards a cleaner and healthier lifestyle. I know i needed help so i turned to health right 360 for the skills and guidance i needed moving forward in my life. The Recovery Residence Program has given me an opportunity to get away from the drugs and the craziness i created in my life. It also has given me a place to clear my head and a healthy and supportive environment which allows me to see things in a new , positive perspective. With the help of the staff here at the program, i have learned about addiction, recovery, in healthy ways to cope and deal with life. Most importantly, though, i have found my authentic self again and learned to love myself again and live a sober and healthy lifestyle. Thank you, guys. [applause] thank you, daniel. We really appreciate you sharing your personal story with us and we are rooting for you and we are here for you. Thank you and congratulations. [applause] now i want to bring up supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney and i worked with supervisor ronen to come together in an effort to address Mental Health reform in San Francisco and which we all know is critically important to the success of so many people who are suffering on our streets. I really appreciate his work and his leadership around Mental Health reform and i know he also is the representative of Treasure Island so he is your supervisor, whoever is living here. Ladies and gentlemen, supervisor matt haney. [applause]. Thank you. We were able to come together and announce Mental Health s. F. Just last week and there are some big changes that will be coming, some systemic reform that we are working together on and i am really appreciative of the mayors leadership and dr. Colfaxs leadership. People have to know what the solution looks like. This is what the solution looks like. One people make the commitment for a change in their own lives, we as a city have to make the commitment back to them. That means not just a 90 day treatment program, although that is sometimes where it starts, but it also has to mean a commitment to housing. I think that they painted this picture that if people are going to take that big step themselves in their lives, many folks who maybe living on the street, maybe have been suffering with Substance Use disorder for some time, they need to know they will be off the streets. That journey will be one that they will carry with them over a much longer period of time and is not involved in going back out onto the streets. Daniel, we are proud of you. We are inspired by you. I thank you represent what is possible and what is happening, and what health right 360 does every day. I want to recognize and thank the leadership of health right 360 and all of the staff who are here for your extraordinary work i have the privilege of not representing this area, but many of your other facilities as well i am so grateful for everything that you do and for your commitment to expanding and partnering here on Treasure Island. I want to thank sherry and everyone from one Treasure Island who has been a close partner in identifying this opportunity of housing here and expanding the Amazing Things that are happening on Treasure Island. If you are here, some of you live here, some of you spend time here, isnt this a beautiful place, a Beautiful Island . The weather seems to be better out here. It has a great view, but if you look around, what is even more beautiful are the things that are happening in the lives of people who are here. The commitment to help people get back on their feet. A path to have stability in their lives, the compassion and the hope that is here on this island, and through health right 360 and the other organizations that are part of one Treasure Island really reflect that. This is part of what the solution looks like. Helping people with a longterm commitment to get on their feet, to stay on their feet when people are concerned about whats happening in our streets and the people who are suffering , they should also think about whats happening here in the things that we are going to continue to do together thank you, mayor breed. Thank you to everyone who is part of doing this. We appreciate it. Lets do more. Thank you. Last but not least, the director of the department of Public Health who has not even been on the job for a year. Not even a year. He has already hit the ground running and doing a great job. Dr. Grant colfax. [applause] good morning, everybody. And other treasure on Treasure Island. Thank you, mayor breed for making investment for Substance Use treatment and Mental Health. Thank you for making a priority from day one. As a clinician, this really resonates with me because i have seen many patients who have come to me asking and they are ready for Substance Use treatment and usually we can get them to a crisis treatment, we can also even get them to 90 days, but 90 days is often necessary but not sufficient. I have had many conversations with patients, whether they are using alcohol, meth, opioids, and the question comes up, what happens after 90 days . Today i think we have a very important answer and a solution for so many people. I really want to thank h. R. 360 for making this happen. Supervisor haney for your commitment to the health of our San Francisco community, and the partners in innovation. They are really helping us move forward with reforming our Mental Health system. Daniel, thank you for sharing your perspective, your history, your story. We are here to support you as the department of Public Health. I am a big believer in programs. The department of Public Health deliver services to thousands of people every year including key Mental Health and Substance Use treatment services. We know, both from the clinical perspective and from assistance perspective that housing is health. Housing is a key part of health. From most people, it is the most Important Health intervention you can do. We cant expect people to continue in their recovery. This is a key part of that work. We know from research that clients are twice as likely to maintain their ongoing outpatient treatment if they have a stable place to live. It is common sense. And we know that data makes a difference. Im proud that h. R. 360 is such a key partner for many years now with the Health Department. We focus on the data and you listen to clients and ushaped programs according to peoples needs. You are increasing not only the number people who continue to use outpatient treatments, but also the length of time that they stick with it. We will continue to invest in programs like this as we, the Health Department and the director of Mental Health reform work on a major expansion in Behavioral Health. We heard today Mental HealthMental Health s. F. And with the support of supervisor haney, ronen, and our fellow board members, and with the Health Departments of h. R. 360, we will transform the behavioral Health System to serve the people in greatest need. We do big things in San Francisco and we do big things in the Health Department and we will do big things Going Forward we look forward to having more days like this today as we continue to build San Francisco where wellness and recovery are possible for everyone. Congratulations h. R. 360, congratula