Wayne County approves $5 million jail mental‑health contract and multiple violence‑prevention grants

The Wayne County Commission on May 20 approved a package of five grants and agreements that county officials said will fund jail mental‑health treatment, community violence‑prevention programs and a safe‑storage public‑education campaign.

Commissioner Garza moved approval of items 1 through 5 under “Immediate Consideration”; the motion was supported by Commissioner Wilson and carried without a recorded roll call tally. County staff described each item and answered commissioners’ questions before the vote.

The most consequential item was a clinical outpatient services agreement with the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network to provide mental‑health treatment at the Wayne County Jail. Ebony McCann, division director for the Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services, said the agreement is for $5,000,000 annually with two one‑year renewal options at the sole discretion of the network.…