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Board cleans up opioid MOU, approves MAT funding and adds nurse for jail program
Summary
The board approved termination of an earlier MOU and reauthorized opioid-settlement funding to support a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program in the Granville County jail, including $60,000 per year to contract with Southern Health Partners for a dedicated nurse; staff said quarterly data reporting will follow.
Sheriff Fountain and public-health partners asked the board to terminate an earlier memorandum of understanding for opioid treatment programs because some allocated positions and funds were not used, and to reauthorize opioid-settlement spending for an amended MAT program in the jail. Kathy Hazlett, facilitator of the Granville County Opioid Advisory Committee, said the revised plan keeps the same total dollar amount previously approved (round 2)…
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