Housing Conservatorship - SAN FRANCISCO - City and County of San Francisco

 
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SAN FRANCISCO

Housing Conservatorship
Overview
     Housing Conservatorship is designed to help individuals:
     • who cycle in and out of crisis;
     • are incapable of caring for health and well being;
     • have refused multiple offers of voluntary services;
     • are not eligible for other existing programs (e.g., AOT, LPS).

•   Criteria includes:
     • Be diagnosed with a serious mental illness and substance use disorder;
     • As a result the individual has functional impairments or a psychiatric history
         demonstrating that without treatment it is more likely than not that the person will
         decompensate to functional impairment in the near future;
     •   Be incapable of caring for their own health and well-being;
     •   Have eight or more 5150 detentions in a 12-month period;
     •   Have been provided with opportunities to engage in voluntary treatment.                2
Implementation

•    Legislation
     •   September 2018- SB1045 signed by Governor
     •   June 2019- SB1045 adopted by San Francisco Board of Supervisors
     •   October 2019- SB 40 signed by Governor

•    Continued collaboration across partners

•    Active engagement and outreach for individuals

•    Notice for individuals with 5+ 5150 WIC Holds

•    Forms finalized with court (June 2020)
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Implementation

• 1 person is conserved

• As of 1/31 15 individuals had 8+ 5150’s
       •   8 of those are being served in ICM or AOT/3 linked to outpatient services
       •   7 are currently experiencing homelessness/4 are housed in SIP hotel
       •   7 people have been served (are on the pathway)
       •   5 cases are close to being filed

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Evaluation Requirements from Health Code- FY 19/20
Requirement

1. Number and status of persons who have been recommended for a Housing Conservatorship, evaluated for eligibility for a
Housing Conservatorship, and/or conserved

2. The effectiveness of these conservatorships in addressing the short and long term needs of those persons, including a
description of the services they received

3. The impact of conservatorships established on existing conservatorships and on mental health programs provided by the
city

4. The number of detentions for evaluation and treatment under Section 5150 that occurred in SF during the evaluation
period, broken down by the type of authorized person who performed the detention

5. Where a detention under Section 5150 was performed by a peace officer, an explanation as to why the peace officer was
the appropriate person to perform the detention

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Evaluation Requirement #4
The number of detentions for evaluation and treatment under Section 5150 that occurred in SF
during the evaluation period, broken down by the type of authorized person who performed the
detention

Note: Data includes a significant number of duplicate individuals included in both counts.

  Data Source                                                 Unique Individuals            Total 5150 Count

  SFDPH: Coordinated Care Management System
                                                                     1,048                         2,224
  (CCMS)

  Local hospital systems                                                -                          6,751

  Total unduplicated cases                                              -                          8,975

*CCMS data represents only those treated at PES
**11 individuals with eight or more 5150s; 450 individuals with more than one 5150
*** includes data from California Pacific Medical Center, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center, and UCSF

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Evaluation Requirement #4: Limitations
• Likely a large number of duplicates
    • No data from some hospitals in San Francisco

• Plans to address duplication:
    • New data pull after migration to Epic database is complete
    • Outreach to Hospital Council of Northern and Central California

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Evaluation Requirement #5
Where a detention under Section 5150 was performed by a peace officer, an explanation
as to why the peace officer was the appropriate person to perform the detention

Data sources:

    • Data from SFPD on all officer-involved 5150s in FY2019-20
       • Date, reason for emergency call, resolution

    • Data from a random sample of SFPD incidence reports
       • 147 unique reports pulled from FY2019-20
       • More information on type of incidence including incidence narrative

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Evaluation Requirement #5
                           50%

                                                              34%

                                                                                                                10%
                                                                                                                                                             5%

                   Stranger/no relation          Friend, acquaintance, relative               Caseworker, social worker, facility staff       Police officer, security officer

                                 61%

                                                                                     38%

                                                                                                                                                12%

                           Danger to self                                      Danger to others                                           Gravely disabled

                                            N                        Harm to Self                                 Harm to Victim             Incidents with Weapons Involvement
Detention Reason

Danger to self                              89                           21%                                            1%                                    20%
Danger to others                            55                           4%                                            16%                                    36%
Gravely disabled                            17                            -                                             6%                                        -

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Population Data: Fiscal Year 2019/20

• Information for individuals who had 4+ 5150’s and seen at PES (113 individuals):

• Demographics
    • 32% between ages 40-50
    • 64% Male
    • 32% African American/Black, 50% White

• Urgent/Emergent Services
   • Average of 10.4 visits to PES

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Demographics

62.50%

                 49.6%
50.00%                         47%
                                     48%

                         37%
37.50%   33.4%                                                                                 34%
                                             30.8% 31.9%

                                                           26%
25.00%                                                                23%

                                                                                                                            15% 15%
                                                                                                             12.1%                    12%
12.50%                                                                                               10%
                                                                                                                     8.8%
                                                                 5%         6.0%          5%
                                                                                   2.7%

 0.00%
                    White                  Black/African American                     Asian                             Latinx
         FY 18/19- 4+ 5150                                  FY 19/20 4+ 5150                           FY 19/20 Overall PES
         2018 SF US Census Estimate                         SFPD incident report sample
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Information Sharing and Engagement

    Email: Housing.Conservatorship-Workgroup@sfdph.org

                     Website Updates:
www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/knowlcol/housingconserv/default.asp
Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)
Assisted Outpatient Treatment

 •   Commonly known as “Laura’s Law”

 •   Must be adopted by a county

 •   Court ordered outpatient treatment for individuals with severe
     mental illness

 •   Does not allow for forced treatment or forced medications

 •   Designed to assist individuals with severe and persistent mental
     illness who are not engaged in treatment, are deteriorating, and
     have a history of poor treatment compliance

 •   Goal of reducing hospitalization, incarceration, and victimization
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AOT San Francisco

•   Community based, mobile, multidisciplinary, mental health team

•   Multiple opportunities to engage in voluntary services

•   Whatever it takes approach focused in principles of recovery and wellness

•   AOT Care Team
            • Program Manager (Psychologist)
            • Clinicians
            • Team Members (Peer Specialist, Family Liaison)

    • UCSF Department of Psychiatry-Citywide AOT
        •     Clinical Supervisor
        •     Clinical Case Managers
        •     Psychiatrist
        •     Peer Specialist
        •     Nurse

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Referral Source

• Referral sources outlined in the legislation

• Predominantly treatment providers and family members

• Focus on family support

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Demographics- Served in FY19/20
                                                         Gender
                                         52%
                     40%

                                                                                    1%                       1%

                  Female                 Male                                      Trans                  Nonbinary

                                                              Age
                                                28%
                                22%
              14%                                                          14%                   15%
                                                                                                                   7%

             18-25             26-35            36-45                      46-55                 56-65             65+

                                                 Race/Ethnicity
                 Other          5%
                 Latinx                      11%
                 Asian                         12%
                 White                                                                                       34%
 Black/African American                                                                                                  37%
                          0%   5%      10%              15%           20%                  25%      30%      35%               40%
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                                                          Race/Ethnicity
Risk Factors

                        PES                                                                 82%

Psychiastric Hospitalization                                                                82%

             Incarceration                                              55%

             Homelessness                                                       67%

                               0%   10%   20%   30%         40%   50%     60%   70%   80%         90%
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Outcomes

• 51% successfully connected to intensive case management

• 3 individuals were treated under a court order
• Citywide Case Management FY 19/20
   – 9% reduction in PES contacts
   – 24% reduction in psychiatric hospitalizations
   – 49% reduction in jail contacts

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Information Sharing and Engagement

               Phone: 415-255-3936

              Email: aot-sf@sfdph.org

        Website Updates: www.sfdph.org/aot

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