Governor Kathy Hochul’s Safe Option Support (SOS) outreach teams have helped find “bed placements” for 150 homeless individuals living in the subways in their first six months of operation, according to the New York State Office of Mental Health.
The SOS teams are made up of medical professionals, social workers, and other service providers, and intended to work with city agencies to find placements and wraparound services for homeless individuals. A majority of the teams, which are administered by Coordinated Behavioral Care, a nonprofit contracted by the state’s Office of Mental Health (OMH), operate in Manhattan, with others in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.