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QUESTION
How is mental health support provided to migrants after witnessing a violent incident?
1:50:20
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Molly Schaeffer confirms that mental health support is available for migrants who witnessed a violent incident, with behavioral health specialists on-site.
- Behavioral health specialists are available on-site for migrants.
- The Mayor's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations (MOASO) collaborates with health and hospital services to provide support.
- The support is in response to a specific violent incident witnessed by migrants.
Diana I. Ayala
1:50:20
But lastly, I wanted to ask because I think this is also really important is after that the incident where the young man was was murdered in front of, you know, many other migrants.
1:50:30
Was there any effort to bring in any level of, like, mental health support so that they had, you know, somebody to talk to about what they had just experienced.
1:50:53
Okay.
1:50:54
Appreciate it.
1:50:54
Thank you.
1:50:54
Thank you.
1:50:56
We will now go to council member EVEN'S FOLLOWED BY CONSULUMEMBER, RUSLER, HANIEF AND BURE.
Molly Schaeffer
1:50:40
And, again, happy have a conversation specific on Randalls.
1:50:43
But yes, we have behavioral health specialists on-site, and we worked with our health and hospitals runs that site, and we worked with them to ensure that there was supports for the people who witnessed that.