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Local recovery programs, drug court and jail treatment ask Weber County for opioid funds
Summary
Four proposals at the Weber County Commission work session sought county opioid‑response dollars: SOAR requested $15,000 for scholarships; the Family Crisis Center requested $65,165 to embed opioid recovery into domestic‑violence services; the misdemeanor drug court sought $94,050 to reduce participant fees; and the county jail asked for $1.74 million over three years to reestablish a therapeutic‑community treatment program.
The Weber County Commission heard presentations on April 20 from four local programs seeking county opioid‑response funds to expand recovery services and reduce barriers to treatment.
Brent Jamieson, executive director of the School of Addiction Recovery (SOAR), asked the commission to prioritize funding for peer‑based recovery supports that follow detox and rehab. “Every dollar invested in a place like SOAR goes to prevent future hospitalizations, overdoses, incarceration costs,” Jamieson said, noting SOAR tracks improvement on a validated recovery‑wellbeing measure and reports that about 43% of participants receive partial or full scholarships. Jamieson said SOAR’s $15,000 request would fund roughly five scholarships for its 90‑day program and that the program runs rolling 12‑week cycles.
Amber Paso, victim assistance center director at the Weber‑area Family Crisis Center (YCC), asked…
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