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C. 50

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services
Date:	June 11, 2019

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Costa

County

Subject:

Add one Research and Evaluation position and cancel one Health Services Planner/Evaluator-Level B position in the Health Services Department

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/11/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Sabrina Pearson, (925) 957-5240

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 11, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 22471 to add one Research and Evaluation Manager (APHB) position at salary plan and grade level B85-1874 ($7,856-$9,549) and cancel one vacant Health Services Planner/Evaluator-Level B (VCXD) position #17591 at salary plan and grade level Z82-1323 ($4,688-$7,683) in the Health Services Department.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval, this action as an annual increase of $34,584 with $8,526 in pension costs already included. 100% funded by Continuum of Care Planning grant.

BACKGROUND:

The Health Services Department is requesting to add one Research and Evaluation Manager position and cancel one vacant Health Services Planner/Evaluator-Level B position #17591 in the Health, Housing and Homeless Division. As the federally designated lead agency for the homeless continuum of care (CoC), systems-level evaluation of our internally operated or community-based CoC programs, is a requirement of new and/or continued funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Currently, there is no capacity within this division to do continuous research into best practices around services and housing which is needed to compete for federal and state funding.

The new position is responsible to lead the research and evaluation efforts around homelessness for the county-wide homeless coordinated entry system of care; analyze systems and processes to identify areas of inefficiency, interact with other departments or external sources, and recommend changes and improvements to existing standards and procedures. In addition, the incumbent will supervise, coordinate and participate in the implementation of the organization, staffing and operational activities for an assigned research, evaluation and or health assessments. and perform the more technical and complex tasks of the work unit including providing solutions to user needs through the development and implementation of information system procedures.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this action is not approved, the Health, Housing, & Homeless Services Administration- Data and Evaluation Unit will not have the proper staffing to evaluate the systems to ensure program effectiveness while servicing our clients.