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x. Sustainability <br />1. Explore strategies for sustainability: <br />a. Create a five-year plan <br />b. Engage Advisory Committee members in identifying funding <br />sources; <br />c. Develop a sustainability proposal; <br />d. General outcome data reports showing results; <br />e. Prepare a presentation that shows impact of Reentry Council on <br />local community; and <br />f. Request technical assistance from NCDPS <br /> <br />III. Report from the Orange County Jail Mental Health Workgroup (Pam Weiden, Caroline Ginley, <br />Allison Zirkel, Dr. Carol Vanderzwaag, Ric Bruton) <br />a. Overview of membership and mission of the Group <br />b. Recent Efforts to address issues of the mentally ill in our Jail; Psychiatrist a priority and <br />funding now allows Dr. V’s contract work. <br />c. Allison Zirkels’s position and collaboration with Detention Center stakeholders. Provided <br />a case study of a successful MH intervention. <br /> <br />IV. The Collaboration Between the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness and Criminal <br />Justice Stakeholders (Corey Root) <br />a. Funding Updates <br />b. Criminalization of homelessness overview <br />c. Coordination between service agencies <br />i. There are different paths from homelessness to stable permanent housing for <br />different people. <br />ii. Systems mapping <br />d. Outreach court <br />i. Overview of operation, Data, challenges, <br />ii. Most charges are voluntarily dismissed if there is compliance. <br />