Wilson asks Dalton about multidisciplinary outreach teams

And my some colleagues at the state level have introduced legislation that would require for multidisciplinary teams to go out to do this engagement.

Would how so that just who is going to do those initial assessments on?

When the 311 is placed, is that a DSS worker?

Is that a contracted outreach?

Who's the first point of contact?

It could either be a contracted outreach or a DHS employee.

And you didn't quite ask, but I do agree, if that's where you're headed, that different skills are required at different parts of an engagement and a core theory of engagement is also required.

Peers can be very helpful.

People who have experienced unsheltered homelessness or homelessness can be excellent at talking with folks.

And there are times when clinicians are required.

We do have clinicians on our team at DHS, and our contracted providers also have clinicians on those teams.

And we work closely with the state's SOS team as well.

Of course, we need that kind of multidisciplinary approach to handle various types of encounters.

Thank you, Chair.

And, you know, I just want to say, too, that I do.

I welcome a perspective from Pittsburgh.

I welcome a new way of looking at this because I think the agencies get.

We kind of get bunker mentality.

This is the way we do things, and this is how it's done.

And so I respect that you've been on the job for six months, but I'm hopeful that we can have that outside perspective really peel back all these layers here because it's resulting in folks not really getting connected to what they need.

So thank you, Chair.

Thank you.

Councilmember Wong.