On October 18, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved the proposal from the Public Protection Committee to establish an Office of Reentry and Justice (ORJ) within the County Administrator's Office (CAO) as a pilot project. The CAO's office consulted with the Community Advisory Board (CAB) in the development of a proposal, which built on the work of the CAB and provides for a 2.5 year pilot project during which the ORJ will be established and implemented. The ORJ formally commenced on January 1, 2017 with budgeted funding approved through the end of fiscal year 2018-19. As per the approved October 18, 2016 Board Order (item C.117), in the third year of the project, the ORJ would recruit and hire a Research and Evaluation Manager  
  
The mission of the ORJ is to build on, align and formalize a cohesive structure for the work currently being provided by the CAO and the contracted Reentry Coordinator in advancement of reentry, public safety realignment and justice initiatives.  
  
In January 2018, the ORJ began working in conjunction with County Human Resources to begin recruitment efforts for the Research and Evaluation Manager. The classification of Health and Human Services Research and Evaluation Manager (VQHA) was identified as the most comparable of the County's existing job classes. Historically, and as reflected in the current job specification, the Health and Human Services Research and Evaluation Manager (VQHA) class was only assigned to the Health Services Department and the Employment and Human Services Department. To expand this classification for its needed use in the ORJ, and for any other County departments that may need human/social services program analysts and evaluators in the future, Human Resources recommends expanding the class to a County-wide classification. The Health Services Department and Employment and Human Services Departments are aware of proposed specification revisions and Human Resources' recommendation to expand the class to a County-wide classification.  
  
It is recommended that:  
  
1. The Health and Human Services Research and Evaluation Manager be retitled to Research and Evaluation Manager, and  
2. The class code be changed from VQHA to APHB.  

Without approval, the Office of Reentry and Justice will not be able to recruit for and hire a Research and Evaluation Manager, and therefore will be unable to meet their FY 18-19 staffing levels as set forth in the approved board order from October 18, 2016 (C.117).