presentation by terri byrne, solve program coordinator and gillan plumadore, community advocate mental health association of san francisco. b, resources and supports for hoarding and cluttering challenges an overview of the services, supports and resources in san francisco for both individuals with hoarding and cluttering challenges, stakeholders and advocates providing services. presentation by michael gause, deputy director meth health association of san francisco. c, mental health and veterans an overview of various mental health conditions affecting veterans including post traumatic stress disorder, presentation by star lara, swords to plow shares. d, seeking is mental health help when in distress, the promise and the reality, firsthand accounts and reports on the challenges of finding treatment in san francisco for individuals who are in mental health cyrus, presentation by david elliot lewis ph.d. co-chair mental health board of city and county of san francisco. e, in our own voice stories of hope and recovery, a unique public education presentation that offers insight into the h

san francisco gillan croen. >> she is unable to be here today. >> and nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker and id yell wilson co-chair mayor's disability council nami peer-to-peer mentor and ioov speaker. >> thank you. we are the san francisco affiliate of the national alliance on mental illness. our mission is to advocate for a life of quality and dignity by providing education resources and emotional support to families and those affected by mental illness. we strive to end discrimination and stigma for all those persons affected by these illnesses through broader education and collaboration with the whole community. so we partner a lot with the mental health association. we have similar programs to them and where we differ is we have many programs for family members. we have a family to family class that is a free 12-week program taught by family members for family members. providing insight and information to help them help their loved ones who are suffering from a mental illness. then we offer a peer-to-peer program, which idell wilson is one of our peer mentors, a 12-week fre

we have really moved into the field of peer-based services and as gillan will talk about, we have a peer response team through the community behavioral service and that we have five peer responders who work as part of that, who have also experienced hoarding challenges themselves. and are in recovery and are supporting others in the community. so we have worked with over 50-60 people in the last two years. anybody can receive support from that. it's free. if to anybody in san francisco. there has been a huge demand for services, one-to-one peer-based support. you call us, john, one of the coordinates or our other staff you want support, we'll meet you on-site, at the office and provide that one-on-one peer support and that has branched out into more groups and i will we'll talk more about a variety of peer-run support groups that are are valuable free of charge and those are 12-15 weeks in our offices. entirely run by peers, and a lot of different goal-setting and a lot of different structure in those meetings each week. the one other clinical group we offer is a resource to anybody in s