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Chautauqua County sheriff announces $1.3 million COSIP grant to expand jail diversion and peer programs
Summary
Sheriff Jim Quattrone told the Audit & Control Committee the county won a $1.3 million Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSIP) grant over three years to fund CARES program staff, a jail-based counselor and peer advocate; officials said they’ve budgeted the award for 2024–25 and will track outcomes next year.
Sheriff Jim Quattrone told the Chautauqua County Audit & Control Committee that the county has been awarded the maximum federal COSIP grant of $1,300,000 over three years to support the county’s CARES program and related jail diversion efforts. "The grant is for 1,300,000 over a 3 year period," Quattrone said, and county budget staff have included the award in the 2024–25 budgets.
Quattrone said the funding will help sustain a suite of services: a corrections officer who runs the IGNITE program, a…
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