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File #: 23-1036    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Approval Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 10/12/2023 In control: Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
On agenda: 10/31/2023 Final action:
Title: Approval of Agreement with O'Connell Research, Inc. in the Amount of $105,000, to Provide Services to Support the Completion of the Justice and Mental Health Collaborative Program Stepping Up Grant, Effective Upon Full Execution through March 31, 2024
Attachments: 1. Agreement 23-180
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To:  Board of Supervisors

FromBehavioral Health 

Meeting DateOctober 31, 2023

 

Department Contact:  

Jenine Miller, Psy.D.

Phone: 

707-472-2341

 

Item Type:   Consent Agenda

 

Time Allocated for Item: N/A

 

 

Agenda Title:

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Approval of Agreement with O’Connell Research, Inc. in the Amount of $105,000, to Provide Services to Support the Completion of the Justice and Mental Health Collaborative Program Stepping Up Grant, Effective Upon Full Execution through March 31, 2024

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Recommended Action/Motion:

recommendation

Approve Agreement with O’Connell Research, Inc. in the amount of $105,000, to provide services to support the completion of the Justice and Mental Health Collaborative Program Stepping Up grant, effective upon full execution through March 31, 2024; authorize the Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Director or designee to sign any future amendments that do not increase the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.

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Previous Board/Board Committee Actions:

N/A                     

 

Summary of Request

Kevin O’Connell (O’Connell Research, Inc.) is an analytics and research consultant specializing in social policy analytics, process improvement, and evaluation. O’Connell Research, Inc. is an expert on the intersection of behavioral health and criminal justice and is uniquely familiar with Mendocino County Behavioral Health and Recovery Service’s (BHRS) Stepping Up grant, and has worked with the Stepping Up initiative for many years. Through the proposed Agreement, O’Connell Research, Inc. will utilize the Data Driven Recovery Project strategies it has developed to assist BHRS in completing BHRS grant projects.

 

Alternative Action/Motion:

Return to staff for alternative handling.                     

 

Does This Item Support the General Plan? Yes

 

Strategic Plan Priority Designation: A Safe and Healthy County

 

Supervisorial District:  All

                                          

vote requirement:  Majority

                                          

 

 

Supplemental Information Available Online At: -’About  OConnell Research (oconnellresearch.com) <https://oconnellresearch.com/about/>

 

Fiscal Details:

source of funding: Bureau of Justice Administration

budgeted in current f/y: Yes

current f/y cost: $105,000

if no, please describe:

annual recurring cost: N/A

revenue agreement: No

 budget clarification: 2019-MO-BX-0028 Grant Funding

Agreement/Resolution/Ordinance Approved by County Counsel: Yes

 

CEO Liaison: Darcie Antle, CEO

 

 

CEO Review: Yes 

 

 

CEO Comments:

 

FOR COB USE ONLY

Executed By: Atlas Pearson, Senior Deputy Clerk

Final Status: Approved

Date: October 31, 2023

Executed Item Type: Agreement   Number: 23-180