Two local elected leaders are teaming up on a plan to bring behavioral health workers directly to homeless residents living in shelters.

District 2 Santa Clara County Supervisor Betty Duong unveiled her proposal alongside San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan on Friday. The plan calls for adding another team of workers from the county Valley Homeless Healthcare Program to visit San Jose shelters and provide mental health care services starting later this year. Duong said the existing county budget will fund the proposal, but it requires approval by the Board of Supervisors at Tuesday’s meeting.

“Getting to an appointment can be half the battle,” Mahan said at a news conference inside the Guadalupe tiny home village. “We’re ending that war. We’re coming to people and meeting them where they are.”

Th

See Full Page