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Committee advances $10,000 opioid-settlement pilot to full board to expand police social-work follow-up
Summary
Crossroads Counseling asked the Grundy County Finance Committee to allocate $10,000 from the opioid settlement fund to expand a police social-work follow-up pilot countywide; the committee voted to forward the MOU and funding request to the full county board for approval.
Angie Solis, owner and therapist at Crossroads Counseling Services, asked the Grundy County Finance Committee on Feb. 9 to allot $10,000 from the county’s opioid settlement fund to expand a police social-work follow-up pilot to Grundy County.
Sol is proposed using the funds to provide follow-up services for behavioral-health-related referrals originating from law enforcement. She said the pilot mirrors a successful Morris Police Department program and outlined operations: police refer behavioral-health calls to Crossroads staff, who then provide resource connections, follow-up phone calls and in-person contacts as appropriate. Solis said the effort has included Crisis Intervention Team training and that the Crossroads team has tracked time and expenditures down to quarter-hour increments.
She told the committee that since the program began in December the group has received 33 referrals across Morris PD and Grundy County sheriff referrals: six were resourced and closed, 12 resourced and ongoing, four required only contact and no services, seven were unable to be contacted, and three entered Crossroads services. Solis said the Crossroads team has used $5,303 of grant funding to date and has $4,697 remaining under the current small grant; she requested a $10,000 county contribution to support roughly three to four hours per week of follow-up for the sheriff’s referrals over a one-year memorandum of understanding.
Committee members discussed the longevity and scale of the program, noting that $10,000 alone would likely be a modest start and that the county’s opioid settlement balance (staff reported roughly $430,000 on hand with further disbursements expected over time) means the county should consider longer-term funding structures if the pilot is successful. The committee noted the pilot would be renewable and that the opioid-subcommittee will continue to evaluate priorities.
The committee voted to move the MOU and $10,000 allotment to the full county board for consideration the following night.
