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Speakers urge Collin County to retain substance-abuse office and address jail staffing for programs

5528629 · August 4, 2025
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At Collin County Commissioner's Court public comments, local nonprofit and volunteer speakers warned a proposed cut to the Collin County Substance Abuse Office would reduce access to treatment resources and said jail programs are being disrupted by staffing changes.

Collin County — Speakers at the Collin County Commissioner's Court public-comment period said county leaders should not eliminate the Collin County Substance Abuse Office and urged action to restore jail programming they say has been disrupted by reassigned detention staff.

Paul Chabot, of McKinney and president of Coalition Drug Free Texas, told the court that he recently learned there may be a proposal to eliminate the Collin County Substance Abuse Office and asked commissioners to reconsider any such plan. He said local nonprofits and parents rely on the…

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