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Medical Respite Center that weve had kind of longer discussionses with dph about is how do you create welcoming spaces for people . A lot of concerns that people have who are struggling with Mental Health is that they actually know that theyre struggling with Mental Health and they actually want support and services, but the way that we provide the support and services are often in these very cold mandatory like were forcing you to do this, this, and this. And none of us in this room want to be forced to do anything. Like if we were in that situation, we wouldnt want to walk into an environmen...

Understood] and im a nurse so, of course, i have a perspective, the perspective of peoples wellbeing and health and also the wellbeing of the community. And in terms of Mental Health, about 40 of the people in the jails have Mental Health issues. And jails are not places to heal. The clinics that ive worked in that was even a stretch. People with paranoid schizophrenia, jails just are not therapeutic places. About 10 years ago i went to the old baker center to hear a presentation about the missouri project for youth, and i think it would also relate to adults. They had communitybased alternati...

I have a serious concern about families having to go out to san bruno. I have a concern about our volunteers. I work with im a volunteer with an organization that goes into the jails and im concerned about our volunteers having to go out to san bruno into away from the area where they live. I volunteer while we live in San Francisco, we have to go out there. The families, many of the families do have to take Public Transportation and theres almost no Public Transportation out there. It is a long way from here if youve got to take the bus. Let me tell you. The last stop is maybe you could call ...

Transportation and theres almost no Public Transportation out there. It is a long way from here if youve got to take the bus. Let me tell you. The last stop is maybe you could call it bart, but really its over there at San Francisco state and its a great hardship for people. We work to help parents, incarcerated parents stay in contact with their children through reading programs. And unfortunately its hard for the children to visit their parents. We work so hard and the parents are working so hard to stay connected to their families and we need to do everything we can. If we must have incarce...

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