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Council OKs contracts to launch Building Bridges co‑occurring treatment court using opioid settlement funds
Summary
The council authorized three professional services agreements to support the new Building Bridges Court (co‑occurring mental‑health and substance‑use treatment court), each contingent on opioid settlement funding. All three motions passed unanimously.
Lake Havasu City Council on Feb. 11 authorized three professional services agreements to support a new Building Bridges Court — a co‑occurring mental‑health and substance‑use treatment court planned to begin participant identification as soon as mid‑March. Each contract approval was contingent on available opioid‑settlement funds and the motions passed 7‑0.
Judge Clowley, who presented the items, told the council the Building Bridges Court is modeled on the city’s veterans and youth courts and is intended to provide extended, treatment‑focused supervision and services for people identified with both mental‑health and substance‑use needs. He said the program aims to reduce the harms of incarceration for people with untreated behavioral‑health conditions and improve long‑term outcomes.
The three agreements approved were: - A professional services…
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