San Francisco is experiencing a drug crisis, with nearly 200 overdose deaths reported this year. In response, Mayor Daniel Lurie has championed the Restore program that promises immediate shelter for individuals willing to engage in treatment for addiction. Launched a year ago with 35 beds, the city plans to expand the program to 70 beds. With a significant portion of participants moving on to other support services, city officials highlight the program's impactful and immediate nature, aiming to provide comprehensive recovery support.
The Restore program is meant to be an immediate stabilization sort of program. Getting someone lugged into treatment one, two, three weeks initiated on treatment and work with that individual with daily case management and other treatment supports to help get to the next step of their treatment journey, said Tsai.
As a department, we are not content nibbling around the edges looking at these overdose numbers - we have an epidemic before us and we are going to tackle it as such, said Daniel Tsai, director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Collection
[
|
...
]