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Commissioners approve jail behavioral‑health grants, MOUD grant application and research MOU
Summary
The board approved $665,257 in FY26 agreements with the health department to fund jail‑based mental health and reentry services, authorized a FY27 PIGF application for $259,320 to fund two nurses for MOUD services, and approved an MOU with Friends Research Institute for a NIH HEAL study that includes $25,000 per year to the county.
The commissioners approved multiple agreements and applications intended to fund behavioral-health services at the St. Mary's County Detention and Rehabilitation Center and authorized participation in a research study aimed at improving medication treatment and reentry supports.
Health department staff described three FY26 grant agreements to support jail mental‑health services, jail‑based medication‑assisted treatment, reentry work and…
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