Chair Lee questions MOIA on post-detention mental health support
Lee asks about mental health services for immigrants post-detention. Ali describes coordination with DOHMH and Envision Freedom Fund, and preliminary research to assess mental health impacts of immigration detention and identify service gaps.
Okay, and moving on to health and mental health, how, so I know that aside from the traditional
mental health and health services, I know that more specifically there's been a lot of trauma around the federal immigration detention that's been happening across the city.
Do you support immigrants post-detention with their mental health needs or other services, and what does that look like?
Yeah.
MOIA has been working really closely with agency partners, including DOHMH, to really understand better the kinds of support and mental health support that we can provide to immigrants following detention.
This includes coordination with organizations such as the Envision Freedom Fund, which is a bail and bond support nonprofit organization to strengthen connections between community-based organizations and the relevant agencies.
MOIA also, I'm proud to say, is in the preliminary stages of research to assess the mental health impacts that immigration post-detention and to identify
Where are the gaps in services and support that is needed?
And we'll continue to engage our partners on this process and share those additional findings once we have them.
Okay, perfect.