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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 1, 2020 <br />Presentation <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-209 PRESENTATIONS <br />Agenda Number:4.A <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Jeanette Dong <br />Recreation and Human Services Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Liz Warmerdam <br />Interim Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Discussion on the Community Assessment Treatment and Transport Team <br />(CATT) <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />History <br />The Recreation and Human Services Department (RHS) contracted with the Urban Strategies <br />Council (USC) to conduct a Human Services Gap Analysis to determine the social services <br />needs of the San Leandro community. USC issued the report on April 2017. One of the key <br />findings of the report is the need for services for severe mental health cases. Data from Alameda <br />County shows that San Leandro experiences the third highest 5150 transports (involuntary <br />psychiatric holds) and third highest repeat holds in Alameda County. Alameda County has the <br />highest number of 5150 transports in the State of California. <br />The City of San Leandro has made significant structural improvements to the mental health <br />landscape in San Leandro. Historically, the San Leandro Police Department was the only entity in <br />San Leandro with the ability to place a 5150 hold outside of Kaiser Hospital. San Leandro <br />Hospital (SLH) was not a designated 5150 facility. The City of San Leandro worked with SLH, <br />Alameda Health System, and Alameda County to achieve the 5150 designation two years ago. <br />Additionally, as a result of the Human Services Gap Analysis, the City focused its Community <br />Assistance Programs (CAP) funding on the key findings of the report including mental health. <br />For the past few years RHS and SLPD worked together to advocate for the implementation of a <br />Community Assessment and Transport Team (CATT). The CATT will be an innovative pilot <br />program created by Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, Alameda Care Connect <br />(Whole Person Care), the Alameda County EMS Agency, Bonita House, and Alameda County’s <br />911 ambulance provider, Falck, in order to better serve those coping with behavioral health and <br />substance abuse issues through on scene assessment and triaging of resource needs rather than <br />the traditional transport of every client to either an emergency room or the John George Medical <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/28/2020 <br />12