Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Behavioral Health topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
County authorizes $1.7M+ deflection grant amendment; Grants Pass Sobering Center to expand services
Summary
Commissioners authorized an amendment to the state behavioral health deflection grant that opens an additional allocation (presented as approximately $1,723,614) and approved a pass‑through contract with the Grants Pass Sobering Center to operate the deflection program; county will retain administration funds and fund a deflection deputy position.
The board approved an amendment to Josephine County’s behavioral health deflection grant from the State of Oregon and authorized pass‑through contracts to local providers to operate the program.
Community Justice Director Hyde explained that the county was initially awarded $291,692 in October 2025 to stand up deflection services and that the state has now released an additional allocation that staff described in the meeting as approximately $1,723,614. The board voted to authorize the county to accept the amendment and sign the grant documents.
Most of the additional funds will be passed through to the Grants Pass Sobering Center, which runs the deflection intake and wraparound services for people who opt into treatment instead of criminal charges. Director Hyde said the center has hired a deflection program coordinator (Jordan Griffin) and retrofit space to serve deflection clients; county staff will retain administrative oversight and a portion of funds to cover reporting and a deputy liaison embedded with the sheriff’s office.
Hyde said the county selected the sobering center as the hub of the program because the facility can receive people at the point of police contact and deliver immediate wraparound services, increasing the chance that people engage with treatment rather than reoffend. The board also approved related family‑treatment court contracts with local providers as part of the broader criminal‑justice grant set.
Commissioners asked for program data and regular reporting on outcomes; staff offered to provide monthly totals and a program summary for the board.
