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How many social workers currently staff B-HEARD and what is the vacancy rate?
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The be heard program, a part of NYC Health and Hospitals, employs 39 social workers, and all positions for active teams are filled.
- NYC Health and Hospitals reports 39 social workers are employed under the be heard program.
- Mitch Katz clarifies that these are separate from fire department EMS workers.
- Upon inquiry, John Ulberg was initially uncertain about the vacancy rate, but Mitch Katz confirms that there are no vacancies for the program's active teams.