Recovery board and jail officials present $1M‑plus plan for opioid settlement funds; commissioners warn of restrictions

April Carraway, director of the Trumbull County Mental Health & Recovery Board, presented a multi-part plan at the April 15 workshop that would put opioid-settlement dollars toward jail-based treatment, transportation for people released from custody, workforce development and other programs to support people with substance-use disorders.

Carraway and jail administrator David Bobby told commissioners the board can propose a package that would use roughly $1,000,000 per year to sustain expanded services, including: jail-based behavioral-health services to increase onsite treatment capacity; transportation funds to take people released from custody to treatment providers; funding to repair a body scanner used to keep contraband out of the jail (Carraway cited an estimated repair cost of $92,000); and workforce-development contracts to help residents in recovery get job training and placement. The board…