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ORD -2024- 019 r ® W 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : June 18 , 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . 8 -w <br /> SUBJECT : Approval of Budget Amendment # 11 - B to Fund the Mobile Crisis Team Pilot <br /> ( CARE ) with Grant Funding Awarded to Alliance Healthcare <br /> DEPARTMENTS : Emergency Services , Criminal <br /> Justice Resource <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT . <br /> Survey Submitted to NC DHHS by Alliance Kirby Saunders , 919 -245 - 6123 <br /> With Scope of Services and Funding Kim Woodward , 919 -245 - 6133 <br /> Requested Caitlin Fenhagen , 919 -245 -2303 <br /> Email from Alliance Healthcare with Notice <br /> of Award <br /> Draft Agreement between Alliance <br /> Healthcare and Orange County <br /> c <br /> Year-to - Date Budget Summary <br /> • - - ea 11 B to provide rant funding for the two r I' <br /> PURPOSE . To approve Budget Amendment # p g g y <br /> Mobile Crisis Pilot : the Crisis Assistance , Response and Engagement ( CARE ) Team , in <br /> collaboration with Alliance Healthcare and the Town of Chapel Hill . <br /> BACKGROUND : Orange County in collaboration with the Chapel Hill Police Department , is <br /> conducting a two -year- long Mobile Crisis Pilot program with the mission to provide a more <br /> appropriate response to certain 911 calls . The Crisis Assistance , Response and Engagement <br /> ( CARE ) Team consists of a Crisis Counselor embedded in the 911 Call Center and a mobile team <br /> that includes a Crisis Counselor , an Emergency Medical Technician and a Peer Support <br /> Specialist . The unarmed Team will respond immediately in lieu of law enforcement to behavioral <br /> health and low level , non -violent offense 911 calls as designated by the Chapel Hill Police <br /> Department and the 911 Call Center . The program seeks to increase therapeutic interventions <br /> and direction to resources while ensuring the safest and best immediate response . <br /> The two -year Pilot phase will initial ) serve only Chapel Hill 911 calls and includes an evaluation <br /> Y p Y Y p <br /> of the Pilot being conducted by UNC ' s School of Government Criminal Justice Innovation Lab . <br /> The CARE Team was established in March 2024 and launched officially in collaboration with the <br /> 911 Call Center on May 6 , 2024 . Between the CARE Team ' s official start on May 6th and June <br /> 3rd , the mobile team has responded to 213 events and 57 individuals who would have otherwise <br /> required a law enforcement response . The goal for the CARE Team is to be operational county- <br /> wide in Fiscal Year 2025 - 26 with the participation of all law enforcement agencies . <br /> The CARE team Fiscal Year 2023 -24 funding was previously approved as a joint commitment <br /> between the County and the Town of Chapel Hill . Fiscal Year 2024 -25 funding was recommended <br /> Is",, <br />