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County accepts $213,916.60 opioid-abatement grant to expand mental-health and veterans treatment court services
Summary
Judge Haney told commissioners Carroll County received a $213,916.60 Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust grant to fund a two-year contract for a peer support specialist, housing and rehab assistance, and counseling for mental-health court and veterans treatment court participants; the board approved the funding 6-0.
The Carroll County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously April 1 to accept a Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust grant totaling $213,916.60 to expand services for the county's mental health court and veterans treatment court.
Judge Haney, who presented the award to the board, said the two-year grant will fund a contract peer support specialist (described as a contractor rather than a county employee), housing assistance (deposits and move-in costs), rehab intake fees and additional counseling for program participants. "Research shows" peer support with lived experience is effective, Haney said, and the position is intended to provide case-management-style support for participants.
Haney said the mental health court had about 25 participants last year; the program applied to expand to 50 and is currently serving about 60 participants. The grant fills gaps not covered by the state operations grant (referred to in the presentation as CACJ) and county supplemental funds.
Commissioners discussed and confirmed that the peer-support position is grant-funded for two years and would be contracted rather than made a county payroll position. The board approved the grant acceptance by motion; the vote was 6-0.
No county match or additional permanent county obligation was approved beyond the grant-funded contract terms described at the meeting.
