STOP THE CLOSURE!SAVE SUNSET MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
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STOP THE CLOSURE!
The San Francisco Department Of Health Has Slated Sunset For Closure
§ Slashing the staff in half
§ Moving to Ocean Park on 24th Ave. will create a volatile mix of patients such as mothers, children and the Mentally Ill
§ Reducing services to the children in our community
§ Leaving only one therapist for over 100 children
§ Leaving 200 Severely Mentally ill and/or Developmentally Disabled people at risk for homelessness
§ Depriving 600 clients of crucial services
§ Leaving one Cantonese speaking clinician for 350 monolingual clients
Sunset Provides Comprehensive Services To 2500 People A Year!
§ On site school services
§ Education and support for parents
§ Consultation with schools
§ Mental Health and Substance Abuse Assessment, and Treatment
§ Crisis Intervention and Stabilization
§ Individual, group, family and Therapy
§ Medication treatment
§ Consultations to primary care providers and community organizations
§ The largest program in the City for Severely Mentally Ill and Mentally Disabled people
§ People learn living skills, how to manage symptoms and receive rehabilitation
§ Daily medication monitoring
§ Community environment and family Support
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The main motivation of this contingency plan is NOT TO MERGE SERVICES but to ELIMINATE SERVICES! The proposal to shut down Sunset is purely driven by the City’s ill-conceived, shortsighted plan to sell the land in order to reduce the budget deficit! Selling the building is a onetime fix that limits options if space is ever needed for future programming.
