County authorizes operational agreement to join Blue Ridge Regional Jail recovery-and-reentry program
The board authorized staff to sign an operational agreement allowing Appomattox County to join a Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority recovery-and-reentry program projected to serve about 80 people per year; the program pairs in-jail clinical treatment with re-entry planning.
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John Spencer presented the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority's proposed recovery-and-reentry program, describing two components: evidence-based in-jail clinical treatment (to be delivered by Horizon Behavioral Health) and structured re-entry planning addressing housing, employment and treatment continuity. Spencer said the program is projected to serve "approximately 80 individuals per year" and aims to reduce recidivism and downstream emergency-services costs.
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