Thread by @TheCoalitionSF

Our release report panel is live! Catch it via FB: bit.ly/3hMPb15

We’ll be covering our findings and policy recommendations on homelessness prevention, SF’s shelter system, substance use, mental health, and trans homelessness!

#Stoptherevolvingdoor

First up! The methodology we utilized on our ‘Stop the Revolving Door’ report!

Olivia Glowacki, @theCoalitionSF Development Director, speaks on our approach led by people w/ lived experience w/ homelessness alongside academics from SFSU, UC Berkeley, UNC Chapel Hill, & others

Next up! Facilitated by @cherring_soc of Harvard/UCLA and Tracey Mixon to talk about the report’s findings on homelessness prevention! Even before the pandemic, many asked how do you support people with precarious housing status?

#Stoptherevolvingdoor #homelessnessprevention

@cherring_soc and Tracey reflect on our study which found Black San Franciscans left housing due to eviction or threat of eviction 2x the rate of white San Franciscans

How can we address this with real solutions? We offer policy recommendations to prevent homelessness before it even begins! More details in our report.

As we speak, @MattHaney, @D4GordonMar, and Aaron Peskin will be in a hearing about SF’s current supportive housing vacancies!!

Next we have Mark Fleming of UC Berkeley & @TJJohnston415 speaking on the powerful barriers that exist in people who try to access SF’s current shelter system

Remember that due to COVID, many shelters closed and 75% of people who would stay in a shelter are now on the street!

Our panelists have covered the difficulties in accessing shelter, but even for those who could access shelter. The issues only proliferate!

#Stoptherevolvingdoor #SFshelters

Mark Fleming and @TJJohnston415 highlight exactly how to address the historical and contemporaneous barriers and cycles of trauma that occur across SF’s current shelter system.

Jaime Chang of Santa Clara and Cesar Espinoza Perez will now speak on substance use amongst our survey respondents.

During the pandemic, deaths from substance use have skyrocketed underlining the necessity of housing and support services!

#Stoptherevolvingdoor #substanceuse

Similarly to the feedback we received on shelters. Our panelists note that unhoused San Franciscans want diverse choices on services that respond to their needs and though it shouldn’t have to be said CAN CHOOSE what is best for them!

Jaime and Cesar are concluding by highlighting that SOLUTIONS exist! The cycle of pain and trauma can be stopped and SF can be at the forefront of trauma-informed care!

#Stoptherevolvingdoor #substanceuse

@MsPikeLong introduces our findings on mental health services based on 295 survey respondents. Unhoused folks who had either received MH services in past 5 years or who self-identify with a MH and are open to treatment

#Stoptherevolvingdoor #MentalHealth

Unfortunately, @MsPikeLong emphasizes that many unhoused San Franciscans struggle to access services and confront a tangled web of sites, services, and treatment strategies. The numbers are shocking!

@MsPikeLong is now describing our policy recommendations. Police SHOULD NOT respond to homelessness or mental health crises, services must be accessible and responsive to the needs of unhoused folks! 

#Stoptherevolvingdoor #mentalhealth

Mike Solorio - fmrly. @ElLaTranslatina, and two SFSU scholars Dilara Yarbrough & Chris Hanssmann are now discussing the CRISIS of trans homelessness. Transphobia is pervasive in housing, shelters, & city services across SF

#Stoptherevolvingdoor #transhomelessness

Our panelists covering trans homelessness are offering policy recommendations to confront the findings of the ‘Stop the Revolving Door’ report. The need for services that reflect and respond to trans San Franciscans

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Our Q&A is wrapping up! Get on now! We will answer your questions afterwards for those who couldn't make it or want to ask later!!

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Thanks to everyone who attended!! Shoutout to @fbach4, Olivia Glowacki, @samklew, @TJJohnston415 @cherring_soc, @MsPikeLong, and all the others who presented!

Report, slides, and recording will be made available shortly!

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