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<br /> <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />Appendix <br />Data Sources Used for Projecting Episodes Served at the Facility <br /> <br />Previously the Crisis-Diversion Subcommittee prepared estimates of the projected usage of the Crisis <br />Diversion Facility (Facility). A summary of these projections is contained in the subcommittee report <br />provided to the BOCC on April 22, 2021. <br />The Subcommittee updated its estimate of Facility usage in early 2022. This 2022 update is based on: <br />• data for all of 2021, <br />• refining data previously collected, and <br />• adding several new categories not previously included in the projection of Facility usage. <br />Most of the new categories were added because it is now clear that the Facility will provide BHUC <br />services for individuals 4 years old and older. <br />Table 1 presents the data categories and data sources used for the 2022 update of projected Facility usage. <br />Endnotes provide details about sources of data and how the data were used. Exhibit A presents a <br />reconciliation of data collected from various sources with data provided by UNC Emergency <br />Department/Psychiatric Emergency Services (ED/PES). <br />Table 1. Data Categories and Data Sources used in Projecting Facility Cases <br />Data Category/Data Source Data Source <br />911 datai ii Orange County 911 Call Center <br />Municipal Police Dataiii Chapel Hill Police Department <br />Emergency Medical Servicesiv Orange County EMS <br />UNC Hospital ED v (also see Exhibit A) UNC ED/PES <br />Courts vi Orange-Chatham District Courts <br />Magistratevii Chief Magistrate, Clerk of Court <br />Detention Centerviii Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department <br />Juvenile Justiceix Orange County Criminal Justice <br />CHCCS x Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools <br />OC Public Schools xi Orange County Public Schools <br />OC DSS xii Orange County Department of Social Services <br />Sobering Casesxiii Stakeholder meeting (22SEP2022) <br />Walk-ins xiv Alliance Health <br /> <br /> <br />i Mental Health calls to 911 are taken from Orange County 911 records and reported separately for each <br />Orange County law enforcement agency. Two types of episodes are included: those coded as MH- <br />nonviolent and those coded as MH-violent. Examination of the potentially violent descriptions suggested <br />that most of these episodes could be addressed at the recommended Crisis-Diversion Facility. Response <br />by LE based on CHPD data indicates that about 80% of the MH calls result in voluntary transport (i.e., <br />transport to the ED without IVC). Data were compiled for the last nine months of 2020 and all of 2021 <br />and included jurisdiction data (e.g., CHPD, HPD, CPD, UNC-PD, OCSO). Few changes in number of <br />episodes were identified between 2020 and 2021, so the 2021 data were used in the projections. Note: <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 1920B089-58AA-4E97-8225-7BCF8DEBAAD4