Mental Health San Francisco Implementation Working Group

On December 6, 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish Mental Health San Francisco (Mental Health SF). This new program will provide access to mental health services, substance use treatment, and psychiatric medications to all adult San Francisco residents with mental illness and/or substance abuse who are homeless, uninsured, or enrolled in Medi-Cal or Healthy San Francisco. The ordinance establishes a Mental Health SF Implementation Working Group (IWG), a 13-member board, to advise its development and implementation and eventually to present final recommendations concerning the design and any steps that may be required to ensure a successful implementation of Mental Health SF.

Specifically, the IWG will address the ordinance service components via the following actions:

• Review program data
• Review and assess implementation plan
• Evaluate effectiveness

The IWG will conduct monthly public meetings, beginning in December 2020 and will terminate by September 2026. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on in-person gatherings, meetings will be held remotely, using the WebEx platform, until public health officials deem it safe to meet in person. Please see the meeting agenda for the WebEx meeting link.

Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday morning of each month.

MHSF IWG Street Crisis Response Team Recommendations

Drug Sobering Center IWG Recommendations

Mental Health SF Ordinance

By-Laws

Meeting Recordings