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Delaware County sheriff seeks $200,000 from Ohio attorney general grant to subsidize jail MAT medications
Summary
At the May 8 commissioners meeting the sheriff’s office asked the board to authorize applying for the Ohio attorney general’s OVIA remediation grant to fund medications for the county’s Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) program in the jail, citing a correlation between prior incarceration and local overdoses.
The Delaware County sheriff’s office on May 8 asked commissioners to authorize an application to the Ohio attorney general’s OVIA remediation grant program to subsidize medications for the county’s jail‑based Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) program.
A sheriff’s office representative told the board that local data show a notable correlation between overdose incidents and prior incarceration, and described the county program as a fully in‑house MAT effort that couples medication with…
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