for coordinated entry service. thank you very much. next speaker please. good afternoon, supervisor. thank you so much for calling this hearing. this is very important. i have been meeting with a few of you over the last few weeks and months. i am the c.e.o. of prc. bill just beat me. again, thank you for holding the hearing. we made notable gains in key areas of treatment. it is clear our system of care needs to be assessed comprehen civil to be sure we have providing the most effective interventions. we have behavioral health services which includes 143 beds of crisis, 117 beds of supportive housing. most recently and a big nod to kelly here who helped us with the humming bird project. we partnered with the two week at the zuckerberg general. we have seen a significant increase in the utilization of that program. approximately 2000 people move through the program and we see about a 10% to 15% transition from behavioral health at zuckerberg to the treatment program. we l
kelly here who helped us with the humming bird project. we partnered with the two week at the zuckerberg general. we have seen a significant increase in the utilization of that program. approximately 2000 people move through the program and we see about a 10% to 15% transition from behavioral health at zuckerberg to the treatment program. we look to increase those numbers. behavioral health respite works. we need to grow. i would say as recommendation in terms on the back end stabilizing the programs. co-ops are needed. we need to increase capacity one way is to look at the small side acquisition to make it more robust. lastly the disproportionate amount of people of color in the system. we need to look through a racial equity lens. thank you for your service and leadership. thank you very much. a few other names. vivian, meg, allen, spencer, theresa, cw johnson, sarah short. jessica. next speaker, please. thank you for holding this hearing. it has been alluded to a coupl
civil to be sure we have providing the most effective interventions. we have behavioral health services which includes 143 beds of crisis, 117 beds of supportive housing. most recently and a big nod to kelly here who helped us with the humming bird project. we partnered with the two week at the zuckerberg general. we have seen a significant increase in the utilization of that program. approximately 2000 people move through the program and we see about a 10% to 15% transition from behavioral health at zuckerberg to the treatment program. we look to increase those numbers. behavioral health respite works. we need to grow. i would say as recommendation in terms on the back end stabilizing the programs. co-ops are needed. we need to increase capacity one way is to look at the small side acquisition to make it more robust. lastly the disproportionate amount of people of color in the system. we need to look through a racial equity lens. thank you for your service and leadership.
we need more. thank you. next speaker, please. hi, thank you for hearing us today. i am here as a resident of d8 and larkin street youth servicend around co-chair of hespa. you have heard a lot today about needs. we have a proposal to bridge the biggest gaps in the short term. i am here to rent the behavioral health of our funding asks. that is $1.77 million. which would serve the highest needs in the short term. i am in a cost-effective way. the first ask is pop up peer based clinics to provide low barrier access to services, rapid clinical assessments and peer based he say escorts to community-based services to serve 300 folks. the second ask is to restore family and children s mental health services that experienced severe cuts in six years to put five clinical directors at the five agencies and the stayover program. that represents a critical intervention for children who are a factor of three times more likely than peers with stable housing to experience behavioral c
again, thank you for holding the hearing. we made notable gains in key areas of treatment. it is clear our system of care needs to be assessed comprehen civil to be sure we have providing the most effective interventions. we have behavioral health services which includes 143 beds of crisis, 117 beds of supportive housing. most recently and a big nod to kelly here who helped us with the humming bird project. we partnered with the two week at the zuckerberg general. we have seen a significant increase in the utilization of that program. approximately 2000 people move through the program and we see about a 10% to 15% transition from behavioral health at zuckerberg to the treatment program. we look to increase those numbers. behavioral health respite works. we need to grow. i would say as recommendation in terms on the back end stabilizing the programs. co-ops are needed. we need to increase capacity one way is to look at the small side acquisition to make it more robust. lastly