Remarks by Steven Leifman
5 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Homeless Trust Board · Jun 26, 2026
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“Mr. Chair, one more comment. You're recognized, Your Honor. I don't want to lose sight of the most important part of this. It truly will help us fundamentally address the last group of people on our street that we have not been able to help. Um, we receive the court receives a list every single day of individuals with serious mental illnesses who are arrested, who are eligible to be diverted into treatment. And over the last five years, there's about 16,000 of those individuals, but narrowing them down to the top 1000. We sent them to Vicki, and of course she did an amazing job and compared…”
Homeless Trust Board · Jun 26, 2026
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“Do you recognize, Judge? I just want to add that the facility is also something to write up about as an example of where we're going, and that will be a major attempt to get this number down significantly. So I think it's just another area that helps us going forward.”
Homeless Trust Board · Jun 26, 2026
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“Thank you. Um, I'm sure you're aware of it just in case you're not Vicky. City of Miami has been piloting a co-responder.”
Homeless Trust Board · Jun 26, 2026
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“The City of Miami has been using, has been piloting this co-responder team, which is made up of a police CIT crisis intervention team officer, a psychologist, and a peer. And they're doing an amazing job. And when you have cases involving people that are more acute, they send this entire team out, and I don't know if we're coordinating with them because they're almost all homeless, and I want to make sure that they have access to what we have and vice versa.”
Homeless Trust Board · Jun 26, 2026