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Consider recommendations regarding the First Amendment to the Services Agreement for Crisis, Recovery, Engagement, Diversion and Outreach, Proposition 47 (CREDO47) Research and Evaluation Services for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2026; First Amendment to the Data Transfer and Use Agreement for the CREDO47 Program for FYs 2022-2026; Services Agreement with The Regents of the University of California for Justice and Healing Collaborative (JHC) Research and Evaluation Services for FY 2025-29, and Data Transfer and Use Agreement for the JHC Program for FYs 2025-2029, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with The Regents of the University of California (Board Contract No. 24-075) to extend the contract term through June 30, 2026, allow for program incentives to be provided to participants, and increase the contract amount by $115,000.00 for additional research and evaluation services for the CREDO47 Program (Cohort 3) for a revised, total maximum contract amount not to exceed $244,337.00;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute a First Amendment to the CREDO47 Program (Cohort 3) Data Transfer and Use Agreement with The Regents of the University of California to include expanded behavioral health service data to answer additional questions related to the target population, with no change to the contract term of September 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026;
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with the Regents of the University of California for the provision of University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) research and evaluation services for the JHC Program (Cohort 5) under California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Grant Agreement No. BSCC 1416-25 for a maximum contract amount not to exceed $96,100.00 for the period of October 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, (Cohort 5):
i) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the JHC Services Agreement for convenience and make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Sections 20 and 26 of the Agreement, respectively, without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time;
d) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute a JHC Program (Cohort 5) Data Transfer and Use Agreement with The Regents of the University of California to provide a limited data set for research purposes for the period of October 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029; and
e) Determine that the above-recommended actions are not a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) and (b)(5), finding that the actions are governmental funding mechanisms and/or administrative or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.