Human services unaccompanied Children Program. I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. And maxwell, the office of Inspector General department of health and Human Services, Jonathan Hayes, director of the office of Refugee Resettlement department of health and Human Services and jonathan white, commander Public Health service commissioned. This hearing is part of our oversight responsibility which we take this hearing is really part of our oversight responsibility which we take very seriously. Taxpayer resources are at stake and something even more precious is at stake and that is the mental and physical wellbeing of children. That is why the office of Inspector Generals report was so alarming. It confirms our worst fears that intentional policy choices by this administration created what i would call a Mental Health crisis which the office of Inspector General said health and Human Services and the office of Refugee Resettlement failed to address. It is a crisis of deliber
Of the department of health and Human Services unaccompanied Children Program. I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. And maxwell, the office of Inspector General department of health and Human Services, Jonathan Hayes, director of the office of Refugee Resettlement department of health and Human Services and jonathan white, commander Public Health service commissioned. This hearing is part of our oversight responsibility which we take very seriously something even more precious is at stake and that is the mental and physical wellbeing of children. That is why the office of the Inspector General report was so alarming. It confirms our worst fears that intentional policy choices by this administration created what ive called a Mental Health crisis which the office of the Inspector General said health and Human Services and the office of Refugee Resettlement fails to address. It is a crisis of deliberate government sanctioned child abuse. We must stop the problems inflicted
And members of the Departments Office of Inspector General to discuss the recently released report on the Mental Health needs of children and the care of the department of health and Human Services unaccompanied Children Program. I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. And maxwell, the office of Inspector General department of health and Human Services, Jonathan Hayes, director of the office of Refugee Resettlement department of health and Human Services and jonathan white, commander Public Health service commissioned. This hearing is part of our oversight responsibility which we take very seriously something even more precious is at stake and that is the mental and physical wellbeing of children. That is why the office of the Inspector General report was so alarming. It confirms our worst fears that intentional policy choices by this administration created what ive called a Mental Health crisis which the office of the Inspector General said health and Human Services and th
Supervisor haney and the Community Advocates for working on them. Supervisor yee supervisor brown. Thank you. Yes, i too want to give my thanks to mayor breed and supervisor mandelman for taking on this and really diving deep into this really difficult, complicated issue. For people suffering with ex trem mental illness, i think we really need to do better. I think we all agree of that. We shouldnt wait for contact with the police to provide shelter and treatment. I agree we need a better, much more Robust Mental Health system and that we need to have appropriate housing for people facing mental illness. And yes, we also need more front line Mental Health providers on the streets to connect with people already on the streets and suffering. I think thats really important and especially i would love to see that kind of force out there to be ahead of the police contacting people on the streets. But, we also need a way to help people who are in severe crisis but wont accept help. We cannot
The night vision goggles, you go from about 200 degrees of peripheral vision now looking through 40degree field of view. Today berman is showing me how he trains pilots by first using a flight simulator. He says learning to fly at night even for experienced pilots can take time. Theres different subconscious movements that you have to acquire when flying on night vision. Before this program cal fire was never able to fight fires aerially at night. Thats because the helicopters they had before the fire hawks were much smaller and didnt have as many safety features. Berman says to think of the difference between the old helicopters and these new ones like you would the difference between an old used car and a brandnew ferrari. Its capable of carrying 1,000 gallons of water where the huey is onethird of that. Its also dual engine. Cal fire believes these new helicopters will be a huge tool in fighting large, dangerous wildfires. Being able to continue to attack the fire at night offers a