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County-funded opioid/meth treatment program presented to Bay County commissioners
Summary
Bay County Community Corrections presented an opioid- and meth-specific residential and outpatient program funded in part by county opioid settlement dollars, describing program structure, recent enrollments and how settlement funds have been used.
Lisa Neil, representing Bay County Community Corrections, told the Board of Commissioners on Sept. 1 that the county is using opioid settlement funds to support a targeted program for chronic opioid and methamphetamine users and to expand services at a residential diversion site she identified in the presentation. Neil described residential and outpatient services, medical and behavioral-health support, and aftercare planning for people leaving the program.
"It consists of 16 groups, 4 1 on 1 sessions, and this goes on for 5 months for a total of 150 days," Neil said, describing the county-funded program's structure. She said the residential facility (referred to in the transcript as 'Tri Cap') currently holds about 220 residents and provides housing capacity for roughly 40 women in addition to services such as medical and mental-health care and assistance obtaining identification and licenses.
Neil said referrals for the opioid/meth-specific program come through the county's community corrections manager and noted the program can now accept referrals at the pretrial level to connect people to services before conviction. She reported success among those who complete the program: "Right now, everyone that has completed, we we are sitting at 100 100 percent success rate for everyone that's completed," while also acknowledging the program has not yet produced post-completion conviction data at consistent 3-, 6-, 9- or 12-month intervals.
Neil outlined recent uses of opioid settlement money: two enrollments in May, three in June, $404,005 used for the April–June period (presented as "440 $404,005" in the transcript), and $3,050 used in July. She said settlement-funded enrollments will remain under settlement funds until the county fiscal year begins Oct. 1, when grant funding will be used until settlement allocations are exhausted.
Commissioners asked how program housing ties to sober-living options and whether state corrections (MDOC) covers housing and treatment costs. Neil said MDOC covers housing and some treatment costs for participants in certain programs and that local sober-living homes are available for some participants after treatment. Commissioners expressed support for the program and appreciation for reported outcomes.
The board voted to receive the presentation by voice vote.
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