in san francisco known as the san francisco homeless outreach team, to extend the contract agreement term for an and to increase the contract amount by $15,367,886 for a total contract amount of $39,133,942. >> good morning. >> good morning, supervisors. jeff kasitski with the department of homeless and supportive housing. our team was established in 2004 under the department of public health. their goal is to provide outreach and case management for hard-to-serve individuals who are experiencing homeless. services are currently provided under a contract with a non-profit organization, heluna health. they're operating under an r.f.p. that was issued in 2014, which is valid for ten years. they provide outreach and case management services seven days a week on two shifts. the outreach staff work in small skill teams of two, supported by supervisors that are designed to work in specific neighborhoods that are actually based on police districts. outreach teams have a goal of engaging with five to 10 clients a week or 20 to 40 a month. the case manag

can offer shelter immediately to any unsheltered family and we work closely with the san francisco homeless outreach team which is part of our department. we work with 311. we work with the san francisco police department and others who do outreach on the street to make sure they are aware of this opportunity for unsheltered families. finally, about 4.5 years ago we expanded our shelter system with a new model that goes under the name navigation centers. we currently have five sites open, and we have 494 beds, in those programs. those programs serve adults, they are not serving families. placement into navigation centers is by referral from specific organizations. the homeless outreach team can place people. we have now introduced programs in our department called, coordinated entry, where all people are assessed the same way related to their history of homelessness, their vulnerability and their barriers to resolving their homelessness. that helps us determine who gets offered permanent supportive housing and in the case of the family shelter system it helps to prioritize people into our family she

san francisco residents are open to helping. under the right circumstance. do you feel comfortable doing it? with your kid, walking down the street? >> not with my child, but i do a lot of homeless outreachith my church and it would be really great to be train nd that when i'm working with homeless neighbors. >> they're all good samaritan laws if you do administer it to someone on the street. the supervisor tells me he is working on organizing a larger community training. live in san francisco, abc 7 w news. gl thank you. we'll take a look at the poll. and more than 50% we're at like 58% saying they were not comfortable and you know, how many people are really, willing and able to administer such a drug if they're not medically trained. we'll keep it opened up until 7:00 tonight and see how the numbers shake out. want to hear your ideas, share them by joining our better bay area fwroup on facebook. >>> a 21-year-old man police say opened fire near a library at san yoes state last week nearly hilting several people. made his first court appearance today. chris is live outside the santa clara hall of justice with what we learned about the suspect today. chris. >> good afternoon. he hardly