PADS Evaluation with Syracuse University and BBI

The County of Orange has engaged Syracuse University to evaluate the Psychiatric Advance Directives Project (PADS), a multi-county collaborative mental health services act innovation project. The university will provide fiscal and administrative support, lead the evaluation efforts, and ensure that the project is implemented effectively. The contract includes provisions for payment, termination, indemnification, insurance, and confidentiality. The university will conduct semi-structured interviews, surveys, and data analysis to evaluate the project's effectiveness. The key aspects of this contract include: • Evaluation of the PADS project • Provision of fiscal and administrative support • Leadership of evaluation efforts • Implementation of the project • Payment provisions • Termination clauses • Indemnification and insurance requirements • Confidentiality provisions The contract aims to empower peers to direct their medical and mental health care, as well as other supports and services, in crisis and everyday situations by creating personalized effective PADS. The project's success will be measured by the increase in peers' self-determination, independence, and community participation, as well as the reduction in incarceration, homelessness, and involuntary hospitalization rates.