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Judge asks council for $169,522 in opioid-settlement funds for mental-health treatment court; request tabled
Summary
Judge Dan Kelly and coordinator Janet McBride requested $169,522 from opioid-settlement funds to fund a full-time case manager and drug screening for the Vigo County Mental Health Treatment Court; the council voted to table the appropriation pending more information about restricted vs. unrestricted opioid money and program capacity.
Judge Dan Kelly and program coordinator Janet McBride asked the Vigo County Council to approve $169,522 in opioid-settlement funding to support a full-time case manager and drug-screening for the county’s newly certified Mental Health Treatment Court.
McBride said the program — provisionally certified July 22, 2022 — serves people with co-occurring serious mental-health and substance-use disorders and uses an evidence-based, problem-solving approach. The request was tied to the opioid litigation settlement’s stated purpose of…
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