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LaSalle County State's Attorney reports $45,000 opioid-abatement award to jail for MAT program
Summary
LaSalle County State's Attorney told the Law and Justice Committee the county reviewed and approved an application from the county jail for about $45,000 from the opioid abatement fund to buy injectable medications and treatment materials for a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program for inmates and post-release continuity of care.
LaSalle County State's Attorney reported to the Law and Justice Committee that the county approved an application from the county jail for approximately $45,000 from Fund 73, the county's opioid abatement fund, to support a jail-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program.
The award, the state's attorney said, will cover treatment materials and injectable medications that are administered to inmates while in custody and arranged to continue with a doctor after release. "They are providing these both for their inmates while they're in custody and then upon release," the state's attorney said.
The state's attorney told the committee the funds are restricted and must be used for narrowly defined abatement purposes; applications are reviewed through the office's process. Committee members asked whether the jail also provides counseling and post-release treatment coordination; the state's attorney said the jail has ongoing classes and a video-based portion of treatment, and that staff set up post-release appointments with doctors.
Jason Edgecomb, identified in the meeting as a jail representative, was credited in the report for operating a progressive treatment program at the jail; the state's attorney said staff there run classes and arrange follow-up care.
The committee received the report as information; no committee vote was recorded on the grant award during the meeting. The state's attorney described the award as the month's largest single expenditure from Fund 73 and answered committee members' questions about how the MAT program is delivered.
LaSalle County's use of opioid-abatement funds for corrections-based treatment follows an administrative application and review process handled by the state's attorney's office, the committee was told.
