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Coos County approves lease and startup funding for ADAPT-run sobering center at county jail
Summary
County commissioners approved a five-year lease of former juvenile space in the Coos County Jail to ADAPT, and authorized settlement and state funds to cover startup operations and early-year operating costs.
Coos County commissioners on Feb. 4 approved a five-year lease of about 3,700 square feet inside the county jail to ADAPT to operate a sobering center and approved related funding agreements to get the center started.
The action followed presentations from county staff and behavioral-health partners about the center’s role in taking intoxicated people off the streets and connecting them with treatment. Commissioners approved the lease (monthly rent: $1,000) for space formerly used for juvenile detention and authorized a county operational agreement committing settlement and legislative funds to support the project.
Nut graf: County officials said the sobering center is intended to reduce arrests and repeated calls for service by providing a place to safely hold and begin treatment for people who are highly…
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