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13 1 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to 2 adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution approving the acceptance by Orange 3 County of the conservation easements, and approve and authorize the Chair and the Clerk to 4 sign the conservation easement agreements and trail easement documents, subject to final 5 review by staff and County Attorney, with a closing and recordation of the document expected to 6 occur on or about March 30, 2022, and approve Budget Amendment#7-A. 7 8 Roll call ensued 9 10 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 11 12 7. Reports 13 a. Orange County Crisis/Diversion Facility — Updated Progress Report by the Orange 14 County Behavioral Health Task Force and Special Recognition of Tony Marimpietri 15 The Board received updated information from the Crisis/Diversion Facility Subcommittee of the 16 Orange County Behavioral Health Task Force, and expressed special recognition to Tony 17 Marimpietri, the Chair of the Subcommittee. 18 19 BACKGROUND: In April 2019, over thirty community stakeholders from the criminal justice 20 system, healthcare, behavioral health system, and housing came together to participate in the 21 Orange County Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) Workshop facilitated by the North Carolina 22 Department of Health and Human Services. The SIM process is designed to inform and address 23 community-based responses to the involvement of individuals with behavioral health issues and 24 intercepts with the criminal justice system. An intercept map and Final Report were created 25 (SIM Final Report), and one of the identified community gaps that emerged from this process 26 was the critical need for a Crisis/Diversion facility that would support diverting individuals in 27 behavioral health crisis from the criminal justice system and the Emergency Departments at 28 UNC Hospitals. 29 30 The Behavioral Health Task Force (BHTF), co-chaired by Deputy County Manager Travis Myren 31 and Caitlin Fenhagen, Criminal Justice Resource Department Director, and with subject matter 32 expertise from Barbara-Ann Bybel, Director of Inpatient Psychiatry Services at UNC Hospitals, 33 formed in 2019 to address the behavioral health intercept gaps identified in Orange County. The 34 mission of the BHTF is to improve outcomes for individuals with behavioral health disorders 35 through partnerships across justice, law enforcement, mental health, homelessness and 36 substance use service systems. Later in 2019, the Crisis/Diversion Facility Subcommittee was 37 formed and tasked with developing recommendations and a plan for a dedicated Facility. 38 39 This Facility will offer behavioral health crisis services and allow for law enforcement and 40 hospital ED diversion. The Subcommittee, under Tony Marimpietri's leadership as Chair, has 41 met diligently and frequently over the last two years, to address this high priority need. The 42 process has included a lengthy literature review of best-practices and elements for a 43 crisis/diversion facility, studying existing state and national crisis/diversion facilities, seeking 44 input from critical local stakeholders, looking at use case scenarios, examining available data 45 and determining the appropriate scope and function for an Orange County Facility. 46 47 In April 2021, the BOCC received a presentation with the detailed findings and 48 recommendations of the Subcommittee's work. An overview of these findings and 49 recommendations has previously been shared with the Behavioral Health Task Force, the 50 Justice Advisory Council and Orange County's law enforcement leaders. These presentations 51 have been met with broad support and interest. It is the Behavioral Health Task Force's strong