Board authorizes county to join Blue Ridge Regional Jail recovery and re-entry program
John Spencer briefed the board on a regional recovery-and-re-entry program that pairs in-jail treatment from Horizon Behavioral Health with coordinated re-entry planning. The program is projected to serve about 80 people per year; the board authorized staff to sign the operational agreement so the region can meet the opioid-abatement award timeline.
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John Spencer presented a regional operational agreement for the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority's Recovery and Re-entry Program, which combines evidence-based substance use treatment while incarcerated with coordinated transition planning addressing housing, employment, transportation and continuing treatment before release.
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