TITLE
Title
APPROVE CONTRACT FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANT FOR DHHS CONSOLIDATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND OPIOID SETTLEMENT
end
SPONSOR
Sponsor
Victor Isler, Assistant County Manager for Successful People
end
BACKGROUND
Background
Guilford County staff has identified a need to conduct strategic planning processes in the “Successful People” service area around 1) Health & Human Services Consolidation, 2) Behavioral Health Asset & Access Mapping, and 3) Opioid Recovery and Epidemic Response.
The County issued a RFP for these planning processes for bid with initial advertisement on October 25, 2022, and proposals due on November 17, 2022. The County received six bids in response to this RFP. After evaluating these bids, staff recommend Cansler Collaborative Resources, Inc. (CCR) as the vendor best able to meet the requirements of the RFP to conduct the strategic planning processes. CCR will bring a consulting team with a broad array of knowledge and significant experience in health and human services, policy, finance, innovation, and executive management and present as being able to provide continuity in strategic development in all three areas of work.
The need for strategic planning processes around HHS Consolidation, Opioid Recovery, and Behavioral Health is driven by the negative impacts of the opioid and COVID-19 health crises and by operational and organizational changes in these areas that have occurred over the last several years. In addition, various revenue providers such as the Opioid Settlement MOA and ARPA are requiring the County to promote the development of priorities, strategies and community engagement tactics to enhance environmental conditions for the most vulnerable community members based on the social determinants of health framework. Finally, these programs serve an often-interconnected client base and are operated under specific federal and state guidelines. These considerations mean that the programs will benefit from the ...
Click here for full text