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Discussion on coordination between agencies for mental health and homelessness
1:24:49
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer inquires about coordination between agencies for addressing mental health issues among the homeless population. She specifically mentions the Support and Connection Center run by Project Renewal in East Harlem as a successful model.
- Brewer suggests the need for more Support and Connection Centers to address the issue effectively
- The council member expresses frustration with the current state of coordination between agencies
- The discussion highlights the complexity of addressing mental health and homelessness simultaneously
Gale A. Brewer
1:24:49
Thank you very much.
1:24:51
I think the biggest issue, and you know this better than I, this is more coordination with other agencies, mental health on the street.
1:24:57
So when you talk to doctor Katz, he I think what happens is sometimes they end up in his hospitals and then they go out on the street.
1:25:04
So I guess my question is when I go out with be heard, meaning social workers and EMS, they say their best support is support and connection center run by project renewal in East Harlem.
1:25:17
And that's psychiatric, OT, and nursing.
1:25:21
And they say, can't we have more of those?
1:25:23
So that's my question.
1:25:24
I don't know if that's you.
1:25:25
I don't if that's mental health.
1:25:26
I don't know if that's the mayor's office.
1:25:28
Yeah.
1:25:28
But it seems to me there's the answer.
1:25:30
And doctor Cass said there are a thousand people.
1:25:32
That's it.
1:25:34
So why can't we get to that point?
1:25:35
I know it's bureaucracy, I got it, but
Molly Wasow Park
1:25:39
the support and Calm
Gale A. Brewer
1:25:40
my goddamn constituents down and everybody else's.
1:25:42
Go ahead.
Molly Wasow Park
1:25:42
The support and connection center centers are DOHMH's contract, so I will have to defer to them on the specifics.