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Adams County committee recommends $125,000 for jail navigation program, approves a slate of opioid-settlement grants
Summary
A JERAC subcommittee recommended using opioid-settlement funds to support local treatment and reentry services, including $125,000 for Project Connect (split 50/50 now and on next draw), and smaller awards to behavioral-health and recovery programs; commissioners accepted the recommendations.
A local JERAC (Joint Effort for Recovery and Community) subcommittee recommended a package of awards from Adams County's opioid-settlement funds and the Board of Commissioners voted to accept the panel’s list of recommendations.
Ian (subcommittee lead) told commissioners the group reviewed applicants at two meetings and assessed how each program would serve county residents. He said the committee recommended full funding for Project Connect’s jail navigation program at $125,000 for calendar year 2026, but recommended paying half now and the remainder after the county receives…
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