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CityCouncil | 2021-06-15 | 25 | healthy street operations center; stated the program helps homeless individuals who have been criminalized due to behavioral mental health; FEST works closely with law enforcement for the healthy street operations center initiative and provides motivational interviewing and harm reduction by giving people a social justice restorative justice lens; FEST goes out and operates proactively and reactively in the community, while engaging individuals where they are located and providing documentation when needed; mental health is extremely important; however, efforts from the Felton Institute do not stop at mental health; once a connection is made, mid-support and documentation is provided on a continuum level of care; outlined the supporting treatment and reducing recidivism program that works with citizens being discharged by connecting people with services around housing and mental health; stated the goal is to provide sustainable housing, connection to mental health services and working with medical clinicians in order to triage for the proper programs; mental health providers need to be first responders. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the model being proposed requires a Police Officer to go to a call. Mr. Gilbert responded in the negative; stated the programs in San Francisco and Alameda County do not require Police to be present; the City would decide who would go to 911 calls; the Felton Institute has hotlines it runs, which could receive any calls directly to respond to people in crisis; the program proposed is a 24 hour mental health service program, not a crisis response program; the programs are staffed with a majority of people of color, which is a majority of the people being served; the agency is extremely diverse; staff reflects the clients served. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the Felton Institute has a vehicle, to which Mr. Gilbert responded in the affirmative; stated two of the three agency vehicles are parked at the headquarters on Atlantic Avenue; an additional vehicle will be added and was included in the proposal. In response to Councilmember Knox White's inquiry regarding a crisis response program not being proposed, Mr. Gilbert stated the program is not only a model to respond when someone in crisis, but support provided will include people in the field working with landlords, store owners, Police, training and constantly working with people; the goal is to create more functionality, particularly around the homeless, mentally ill people and people with a drug addiction; people will not be served to remain in their current status; more functionality is needed; a movement system is needed to eliminate or reduce the number of homeless people in Alameda County and make sure people have access to mental health services. Councilmember Knox White inquired whether the Felton Institute is offering the same program somewhere else. Mr. Gilbert responded the approaches are new; stated the issues are everywhere; Regular Meeting Alameda City Council June 15, 2021 16 | CityCouncil/2021-06-15.pdf |