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Adams County commissioners approve $300,000 opioid-settlement grant for jail reentry program run by Project Connect
Summary
Commissioners approved transferring $300,000 in opioid-settlement funds to Project Connect to operate a jail reentry/navigation program after the county determined it no longer qualifies for the state IRACS recovery-community certification.
A majority of the Adams County commissioners voted to direct $300,000 in opioid‑settlement money to Project Connect to support a jail reentry and navigation program.
Judge Conrad and program representatives including Rob Parker of Project Connect and Sheriff Bay described a model that begins contact with people at booking or early pretrial detention and continues navigation and support after release. Speaker 6 (presenter) said the county no longer qualifies for the state IRACS recovery community organization certification and therefore cannot participate in the state IRACS grant, but added that "we still wanna pick commissioner's blessing to use that opioid settlement money to do a jail reentry" through Project Connect. The commissioners…
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