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Council member Brewer inquires about mental health clubhouses funding and expansion
1:18:46
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Council Member Brewer inquires about the funding and status of mental health clubhouses, particularly focusing on smaller clubhouses. Acting Commissioner Morse provides information on the current state of clubhouse funding and expansion.
- 12 out of 13 funded clubhouses are currently open
- By 2027, about 6,600 people are expected to benefit from these clubhouses
- Brewer expresses concern for smaller clubhouses and their funding
Gale A. Brewer
1:18:46
Quickly, clubhouses.
1:18:47
I know you mentioned the big ones.
1:18:49
What about our small ones?
Michelle Morse
1:18:51
Thank you for that question, Chair.
1:18:53
No,
Gale A. Brewer
1:18:53
you're loving that question.
Justin Brannan
1:18:55
Go
Gale A. Brewer
1:18:55
ahead.
1:18:56
I love that question.
1:18:58
The Chair loves that question.
1:19:00
The people that got at Riverside love that question.
1:19:04
$4,000,000.
1:19:04
Where's my $4,000,000?
Michelle Morse
1:19:06
What I can tell you, council member Brewer, is that 12 of the 13 clubhouses that we have funded through our RFP are open.
1:19:14
We expect by 2027 to have about 6,600 people benefiting from the clubhouses.
Gale A. Brewer
1:19:20
Oh, the big ones.
Michelle Morse
1:19:21
From those 12 of 13.
1:19:23
We did develop this map to just describe for you all in a little bit more detail.
1:19:28
I think it helps to see it visually exactly where our 13 clubhouse
Gale A. Brewer
1:19:33
I know where they are.
Michelle Morse
1:19:33
Are located and how they overlap with neighborhoods of the highest of highest.
1:19:37
Okay, we're still going
Gale A. Brewer
1:19:38
to fight for the small ones.
Michelle Morse
1:19:39
And completely understand that strategy, but thank you for highlighting again how powerful this model is for addressing the needs of people with severe mental illness, and I'd encourage council members who are not as aware as you are about the locations and how they match to the communities of need to take a look at the map over here that really describes that matching.
Gale A. Brewer
1:20:03
We want the small ones too.