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DOC seeks annualized staffing for Pocatello reentry center and pilot for opioid‑use medication in jails
Summary
Legislative analysts said the Department of Correction requests funding to annualize staff at the Pocatello Community Reentry Center, and the agency described a small pilot to provide medications for opioid use disorder to incarcerated people and coordinate follow-up in the community.
The Idaho Department of Correction’s Community Corrections Division told the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 it needs funding to annualize staff costs at the Pocatello Community Reentry Center and requested resources for a pilot to provide medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while people are incarcerated.
Noah Peterson, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, said the department earlier received six months of personnel funding for 17 operations positions at the…
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