San Francisco Could Pay Cash to Stay Clean

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July 29, 2024 – The proposal, called “Cash Not Drugs,” would create a voluntary sobriety incentive for eligible residents on public assistance, offering up to $100 a week for those who test negative for illicit drugs. nly residents who receive assistance from San Francisco County’s Adult Assistance Program, or CAAP, and who have been screened or diagnosed with substance abuse disorders and referred to treatment are eligible.

“Contingency management has been researched and studied for decades, and it is considered ‘one of the most effective behavioral interventions for initiating and maintaining abstinence from drugs,” said Dorsey.

“Some of you also know that I lost my sister to a drug overdose. She was down in the streets of the Tenderloin. It was definitely very difficult to get her the help she needs,” said Breed at the press conference. “I want to make it just as easy to get treatment, as it is to go out there and buy dope.”

Tenderloin resident Salvatore Zucco said if the legislation is approved, he would sign up for the program.

He is currently a CAAP recipient, who receives more than $700 in cash per month.

Zucco said he doesn’t have to go far to get his hands on fentanyl.