OC Community Response Team seeks data support after reporting 18 peer-support completions

Apr 9, 2026

The OC Community Response Team reported 18 successful Peer Support Services completions in 2025 but identified complex data collection and a lack of standardized success metrics; the committee is seeking a data consultant and highlighted upcoming law-enforcement deflection training.

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Erika Kleinschmidt summarized the OC Community Response Team’s 2025 annual evaluation, reporting 18 successful completions in the Peer Support Services Team. She told the committee that the program’s data collection processes are complex, that different grants require different measures, and that the team lacks specific standardized measures of success. The committee has solicited proposals and has received three proposals for a data support consultant to help define metrics and improve data collection.

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