Christian County approves pilot jail counseling program using opioid settlement funds

Dec 27, 2024

The fiscal court approved a memorandum of understanding to pilot counseling and post-release treatment connections for misdemeanor county inmates, using up to $39,999 in opioid settlement funds for the year and tracking recidivism over 12 months.

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Christian County’s fiscal court on a special call approved a memorandum of understanding to launch a pilot counseling program for county jail inmates, using opioid settlement funds to pay an outside provider for in-jail counseling and a post-release treatment “bridge.”

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