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Cuyahoga County committee advances MetroHealth extension for jail opioid treatment
Summary
A county committee moved a two-year extension of a MetroHealth agreement to continue addiction treatment and reentry navigation inside the county jail and to fund some community outreach; members asked about long-term opioid settlement funding and transport cost savings.
Cuyahoga County’s Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee voted to send to full council a resolution extending an agreement with MetroHealth to provide opioid treatment and addiction support services inside the county jail and for some community outreach programs.
The extension, described by Brandy Carney, director of public safety and justice for Cuyahoga County, would cover services in the jail for 2025 and 2026 and continues funding of an on-site team and community components such as MetroHealth’s outreach RV. “This is a third extension of these services,” Carney said, adding the county intends to combine the addiction-services contract with the larger jail medical contract before the next procurement cycle.
Committee members pressed staff for fiscal and operational details. Council members asked how long opioid-settlement…
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