St. Mary’s County commissioners approve multiple grant awards and applications including jail treatment, school resource officers and 9-1-1 spending plan

St. Mary’s County commissioners unanimously approved a series of grant awards and grant applications at their Aug. 19 meeting, authorizing county staff to accept or submit documents needed to secure state and federal funding for public safety, emergency communications, recreation and services for people with developmental disabilities.

The package of approved actions included awards and applications that will fund jail-based treatment for opioid use disorder, residential substance abuse programming, continuation of school resource officer positions, a Maryland 9-1-1 spending plan, waterway improvements and other program grants. Several approvals included budget amendments and matched funding drawn from existing county personnel costs.

The board voted to accept a Governor’s Office Performance Incentive Grant Fund award of $185,688 to continue jail-based medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services at the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center. The award will partially fund two registered nurses and two contracted peer recovery specialists; it excludes medication funding. Commissioners also authorized a related budget amendment to establish the award in county accounting.

Commissioners approved a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) grant application for $224,556 to fund an aftercare planning licensed social worker and a peer recovery specialist to support the jail’s MOUD program. The application includes a 25% non‑federal match requirement ($74,852) to be covered in‑kind using salary/fringe for an existing offender reentry case manager already funded in the sheriff’s FY26 budget. In addition, the board accepted an unexpected RSAT carryover grant award of $71,909 that will continue funding for two contracted registered nurses through December 2025; that…