Board approves multiple jail‑based medication‑assisted treatment grant applications totaling up to about $987,000
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Summary
The board approved applications and acceptance of several grants to support jail‑based medication‑assisted treatment: Day Reporting Center requested $270,000; the detention center requested $347,072 and a Moore grant up to $369,939, all approved unanimously.
The Board of County Commissioners approved multiple applications and acceptances of grant funding to advance jail‑based medication‑assisted treatment (MAT) and related services.
Carson Arnz (Office of Grant Management) and Megan Willis (director, Day Reporting Center) sought approval for several related requests: a $270,000 application for the Day Reporting Center to the Governor's Office for Crime Prevention to support parenting groups, counseling, behavioral health treatment, testing, electronic monitoring, a contractual case manager and participant supports; a $347,072 application for the Washington County Detention Center for jail‑based MAT services; and authorization to apply for Moore Grant funding not to exceed $369,939 from the Maryland Opioid Overdose Response program to support detention‑center MAT operations (medications, testing, contractual clinical staff).
Willis described the Day Reporting Center as an alternative‑to‑incarceration program serving justice‑involved individuals in Washington County and said the requested funds would support clinical staffing and participant services to reduce overdose risk and improve reentry outcomes. The board approved each request by voice vote, recorded as 4‑0.
Next steps: staff will submit the applications and accept any awarded funding in accordance with the approvals; awarded funds will be used to support medications, clinical staffing, testing supplies and related program operations.
