Comment on that item. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . Hearing then, the moments the minutes are adopted. Item three is directors report. That afternoon, commissioners you have the directors report for june 4th in front of you. I will just highlight a few items. One key piece is that last friday, london breed unveiled her Budget Proposal for fiscal year 2019 to 2021, and really focused on important investments and programs to create more housing, prevent homelessness, and transition people into services and housing to clean the city streets and to expand Behavioral Health treatment services. In continuing in her commitment to help people with Behavioral Health and Substance Use issues, the budget contains over 50 million in new investments to support this expansion of Behavioral Health. Behavioral Health Treatment, and other health services. This includes funding that will support 102 additional Health Treatment beds, and of the hundred and two beds, 52 will be made for resid
Into, we havent yet engaged the Mayors Office. The timing is perfect introducing the topic and report in draft form should be in the official form by the end of the year, which is coming right up. But we would look to you supervisor and other members of this board on how we can best communicate to the Mayors Office to include in his initiatives this element. I know the need is so great but you have identified where there are other needs and we think it should be included as well. What is the department of Public Health Patch Program . Can someone explain that to me . Im not an expert but ill take a stab. For patients in our system of care we have Transitions Division to move from acute to lower levels of care. As part of the patient flow, some patients are placed in Residential Care facilities in the county and out of county. And so many of the patients do receive Social Security income benefit. On top of that, they provide an additional subsidy to have access to facilities. I thought
State because of the fact of the closure and our patients is our pride and our joy. Its not just a job. And what our concern is is that say like for you and i, its easy for us to get up and relocate and deal with new faces. With our clients its not like that. It can be devastating and can even lead into death possibility, which we pray not, but this is our concern. Our clients have very challenging behaviors that we understand and our first step or recourse is not to medicate. We know how to interact or defuse their behavior and not allow them to get hurt and protect them. Everything that is very, very difficult for a Family Member to do, you need a team like the irene swindel center. We hope the board can review the track record of the center, which we were one of the leading models of the residential facility in the northern california. We had other facilities sending their clients to us. When they came to us, there was a drastic improvement in ways there wasnt at the other facility.
Hi everyone on the board. Im one of the caregivers that has been at the irene swindel alzheimers unit since it opened and we have several coworkers here. We wanted to express to the board that the whole department right now is like in a mourning state because of the fact of the closure and our patients is our pride and our joy. Its not just a job. And what our concern is is that say like for you and i, its easy for us to get up and relocate and deal with new faces. With our clients its not like that. It can be devastating and can even lead into death possibility, which we pray not, but this is our concern. Our clients have very challenging behaviors that we understand and our first step or recourse is not to medicate. We know how to interact or defuse their behavior and not allow them to get hurt and protect them. Everything that is very, very difficult for a Family Member to do, you need a team like the irene swindel center. We hope the board can review the track record of the center,
Board that the whole department right now is like in a mourning state because of the fact of the closure and our patients is our pride and our joy. Its not just a job. And what our concern is is that say like for you and i, its easy for us to get up and relocate and deal with new faces. With our clients its not like that. It can be devastating and can even lead into death possibility, which we pray not, but this is our concern. Our clients have very challenging behaviors that we understand and our first step or recourse is not to medicate. We know how to interact or defuse their behavior and not allow them to get hurt and protect them. Everything that is very, very difficult for a Family Member to do, you need a team like the irene swindel center. We hope the board can review the track record of the center, which we were one of the leading models of the residential facility in the northern california. We had other facilities sending their clients to us. When they came to us, there was