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<br />1. Term of the Agreement. The parties desire to create this CARE Team for an initial <br />period of two years, during which time the University of North Carolina, by and <br />through their School of Government’s Criminal Justice Innovation Lab, will analyze <br />all relevant call data to evaluate the efficacy of service delivery of the program; <br /> <br />2. Scope of Services. <br />a. Both parties agree that the CARE Team will be equipped to triage, assess, and <br />respond remotely and in-person to behavioral and mental health, substance use, <br />Intellectual/Developmental Disability and minor nuisance offense related calls that <br />are non-emergent and do not require a law enforcement response; <br />b. Both parties desire to have one of the Town’s Crisis Counselors embedded in the <br />9-1-1 Call Center and for them to be a member of the CARE Team that would <br />initially respond to calls in Chapel Hill for the duration of the Agreement; <br />c. The County agrees to provide the Community EMT employee to serve as a <br />member of the CARE Team for the duration of this Agreement; <br />d. The Town agrees to employ and assign a Crisis Counselor to be embedded in the <br />9-1-1 Communications Call Center, to serve as a conduit to resources for those <br />experiencing crisis and to serve on the CARE Team, and be cross-trained as a <br />certified Telecommunications Call-Taker; <br />e. The Town agrees to provide a Crisis Counselor and Certified Peer Support <br />Specialist to serve as members of the CARE Team; <br />f. The County agrees to provide a vehicle for use by CARE Team, if needed; Both <br />parties agree that at all times during its use by the CARE Team such county <br />vehicle shall be operated by a County or Town employee who has submitted a <br />county license verification form and is approved to drive by both of the parties; <br />Docusign Envelope ID: A4374658-8DD0-496B-9EC6-BB9E582C46B8