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County approves additional funding request for jail peer-support program
Summary
A community reentry/peer-support program requested $57,236 from county restricted funds to sustain five peers in the jail and one for released individuals; commissioners moved to provide the requested assistance after city and other contributions were discussed.
Chris Ehrhardt, program director of Blytheville County IRX, told the Blackford County Commissioners at their Aug. 6 budget workshop that his program is seeking county help to cover a shortfall in a contract for jail-based peer support.
Ehrhardt said the program originally sought $107,236.18 and that the city had committed $50,000 from the county’s restricted opioid fund. "So now I'm back, and we're asking for $57,236," Ehrhardt said. He described the funding as a one-year request to support five peer positions inside the jail and one peer dedicated…
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