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New Psychiatric Center for People Experiencing Homelessness Opens in Mission District

"The Hummingbird model is a proven concept that can make a real difference in the crisis on our streets, and we need many more of them," District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said in a statement.
The new location will further use "the Hummingbird model" in its care, which includes referrals to primary care, transportation to medical appointments, one-on-one counseling services, discharge planning and employment opportunities.
Positive Resource Center/Baker Places worked with the city to operate the original facility at General Hospital. Brett Andrews, CEO of the organization, says that he's proud to build on the service further.
"We provide a proven, cost-effective alternative to emergency room care," he said. "Our model enables people in crisis to de-escalate and stabilize in a safe, home-like environment, and then connect with additional services, if they choose to."

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S.F.'s new street crisis teams are helping people in distress. But is it enough?

S.F.'s new street crisis teams are helping people in distress. But is it enough?
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San Francisco paramedic Eddy Bird (left) joins two emergency medical technicians in assessing a homeless man in distress near 16th and Mission streets.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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San Francisco firefighter Jonathan Baxter checks in with a response team member after identifying a homeless man in crisis near Sixth and Market streets.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Street Crisis Response Team member and clinical social worker Stephanie Chiri (left) and peer specialist Vania Mendoza offer resources to Paul Lumpkin, 59, near 16th and Mission streets.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less

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SF Mayor Breed Proposes New Team to Help Homeless Residents

Breed's proposed budget for 2021-2023, which she will submit to the Board of Supervisors on June 1, will include $9.6 million for five SWRT teams over two years.
If the funding is approved, which could happen at the end of July, the SWRT will deploy at least one team by January 2022, and build five teams by April 2022.
"Many calls to 911 or 311 about someone who appears to need help on our streets don't require an armed police response, and often the services and care people need would be best provided by a paramedic or outreach worker instead of a police officer," Breed said.

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San Francisco moves forward with sobering center

San Francisco moves forward with sobering center
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There's a new approach to police response to mental health emergencies. Taking the police out of it

See how a Street Crisis Response Team takes on 911 mental health calls 10:31
There's a new approach to police response to mental health emergencies. Taking the police out of it
Updated 8:24 PM ET, Fri April 2, 2021
(CNN)It's a sunny afternoon in San Francisco, and an agitated woman is screaming in the middle of the street, urgently pleading for help rescuing her daughter and granddaughter from a locked building on the corner of a busy intersection. She's stopping traffic; saying she's convinced they are going to die.
Behavioral health clinician Shari Lachin sees her and within seconds approaches the woman in distress, immediately engaging with her and attempting to deescalate the situation.

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Oakland OK's pilot program where crisis unit would respond to some 911 calls instead of police

Oakland OK's pilot program where crisis unit would respond to some 911 calls instead of police
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Oakland considers responding to some 911 calls with crisis response unit run out of fire department

The goal is to hire peer counselors and EMTs from the neighborhoods that they would serve. Some would be formerly incarcerated and unhoused people, who truly understand the situations many people in crisis are calling about. A typical salary would be $70,000 plus benefits.

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Oakland considers responding to some 911 calls with mental health unit run out of fire department

Oakland considers responding to some 911 calls with mental health unit run out of fire department
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Introducing Community Responders: How To Dispatch the Right Response to Every 911 Call

Introducing Community Responders: How To Dispatch the Right Response to Every 911 Call
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'Guy lay dead there and no one noticed': What has happened to supposedly compassionate San Francisco?

'Guy lay dead here and no one noticed': What happened to supposedly compassionate San Francisco?
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Payal Gupta left a bouquet of flowers and sign at the median on Webster and Bush Streets, where a man died.Heather KnightShow MoreShow Less
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Mary Ellen Carroll of the Department of Emergency Management said the city’s response should have been better.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Payal Gupta lives in a second story apartment on the corner of Webster and Bush streets, where her days pounding away on a laptop are accompanied by the bustle of Lower Pacific Heights outside her windows: Drivers zipping past, residents coming and going, construction crews working on neighboring buildings.

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