![PHACS team](/sites/default/files/styles/default/public/2023-11/image-20230418-215216-80cc13ef.jpeg?itok=qooomrOp)
![PHACS RN checking vitals](/sites/default/files/styles/default/public/2023-11/BP.jpeg?itok=2wxOLEab)
Providing healthcare at Permanent Supportive Housing sites
PHACS is a team of interdisciplinary healthcare professionals who provide care at PSH sites. We partner with the community-based organizations that run the sites. Our goal is to increase residents’ quality of life and housing retention by stabilizing their health and connecting them to ongoing care.
PHACS Facts
![PHACS team member taking resident's blood pressure](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Taking%20BP%20%282%29.jpeg)
Why is there a PHACS team?
- To meet the complex healthcare needs of residents in Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH).
- To support the health and wellness of PSH residents, which leads to housing retention.
- To be a healthcare partner to the HSH contracted on-site community-based organizations that manage PSH sites.
![PHACS team members arrive at a PSH site](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Staff%20with%20city%20vehicle%20outside%20PSH.jpeg)
What does the PHACS team do?
As a multidisciplinary team of behavioral health clinicians, nurses, nurse practitioners and health workers, we provide:
- Non-urgent, short-term direct care for PSH residents;
- Consultation, coaching and training for the CBO staff on-site
- Connection and linkage to long-term, ongoing support; and
- Care coordination and Enhanced Care Management (ECM) services.
![PHACS team members knocking to visit a PSH resident](/sites/default/files/2023-10/knocking%20at%20PSH%20door.jpeg)
How do PSH residents get PHACS?
- PSH residents interested in PHACS should contact their on-site support services staff for direct referral to PHACS.
- PHACS is expanding services to encompass the Department of Homelessness's (HSH) 150+ PSH buildings that house more than 11,000 residents.
![PHACS team](/sites/default/files/styles/default/public/2023-11/image-20230418-215216-80cc13ef.jpeg?itok=qooomrOp)
About
PHACS Leadership
- Robin Candler, PHACS Program Director: robin.candler@sfdph.org
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