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Commissioner Johnson - DHHS - Community Support Services - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds for Phase 2 of the Gaston County Jail Medication Assisted Treatment / Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Program (Year 1: $21,000/ Total Phase 2: $52,500)
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STAFF CONTACT
Gregory Grier - Community Support Services - 704-862-6735
BUDGET IMPACT
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Year 1 (FY2025 - 10/01/2024 - 06/30/2025):
Increase Opioid Settlement Fund revenue by $21,000. No additional County Funds.
Increase operating expenditures by $21,000.
Year 2 (FY2026):
Increase Opioid Settlement Fund revenue by $31,500. No additional County Funds.
Increase operating expenditures by $31,500.
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BACKGROUND
Gaston County’s Jail Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program was implemented July 1, 2024 for incoming inmates with an active MAT prescription or pregnant approved with Resolution 2024-207. In the first month, 10 inmates received daily MAT. Three Jail MAT inmate patients were released, and all were connected to continuing treatment with a community provider. During July, there were an additional 15 inmates who entered the jail in active withdrawal but without an active MAT prescription. It is believed these 15 individuals would have been eligible for induction into a MAT program. There were also three overdose reversals with Naloxone in the jail during the month of July.
Moving to Phase 2 of the Jail MAT program involves adding the ability for GEMS to induct individuals who enter the jail in active withdrawal from opioids into the MAT program. These individuals would also be connected to continuing treatment in the community post release.
Proposed expansion costs are eligible to be funded by opioid settlement funds and include additional costs for medication to ensure continuity of care and service delivery for all Jail MAT patients while they are incarcerated and post-release across all County and community opioid programming.
POLICY IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
Spending Authorization Resolution; Budget Change Request (BCR) - Year 1