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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Jordyn Rosenthal, Director of Advocacy at Community Access
6:18:39
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Jordyn Rosenthal, Director of Advocacy at Community Access, emphasizes the importance of investing in a peer workforce for mental health crisis response, especially in light of rising societal pressures. She argues for the necessity of responders who can relate to the experiences of those in crisis and requests funding for various mental health support programs.
- Requests $4,500,000 for 60 staff lines to add peers to B-HEARD teams
- Advocates for $37,000,000 to develop and preserve New York City's 15/15 initiative, with additional funding for services and operating budgets
- Presents data showing the effectiveness of Community Access's homeless mobile treatment teams in improving housing situations and decreasing system contact
Jordyn Rosenthal
6:18:39
Hi everyone.
6:18:41
Oh, are we at two minutes?
6:18:43
Yes?
6:18:43
No?
6:18:43
Okay.
6:18:45
Hi, I'm Jordan Rosenthal, sheher director of advocacy at Community Access and lead organizer for Correct Crisis Intervention today.
6:18:55
So as per Charley's request, I'm gonna go off script and kinda talk about really the importance of investing into a peer workforce, especially as we see this rise of fascism.
6:19:08
The reason why I'm going to say this in such explicit terms is as situations become more dire on different levels of government, we're going to see more people reaching out for mental health supports, and mental health crises may happen at higher rates, and it's really essential to connect people to care with care that actually looks and understands what that person is experiencing.
6:19:31
As a white Jewish social worker, I can say from my own experience, I do not I know jack shit about being black and poor and homeless and having a drug addiction on the corner of 30 Fourth Street.
6:19:45
It is inappropriate for me to be the responder to someone in crisis who has that identity and that experience.
6:19:53
This is why we're asking for $4,500,000 for 60 staff lines to add to be heard to have peers being responders on these teams.
6:20:03
Additionally, really quickly, we need $3.00 $7,000,000 to develop and preserve New York City's Fifteen Fifteen, with $72,600,000 for services and operating budgets for new and existing projects, dollars 4,800,000.0 for JISH, and then more money again for ACT, INFACT, and IMT teams.
6:20:24
And just to talk about that earlier, there is a wait list for ACT, FACT, IMT, all of that stuff.
6:20:31
And community access is actually done in a longitudinal analysis of our homeless mobile treatment teams, We found that over time, 41% have an improvement in housing, 70% have a decrease in systems contact, 20% increase in connection to outpatient care, and 32% increase in positive social supports.
6:20:51
Peers work.
6:20:52
Thank you.
6:20:54
Thank you.