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inmate's home location. This commitment to increasing MAT access to the greater community, <br />in addition to the inmates at the Kittitas County Jail, will impact both of Kittitas County's <br />Qualifi ed Opportunity Zones. <br />Drug treatment has been shown to be both less expensive and more effective at reducing <br />recidivism, drug abuse, and crime compared to prisonls. Dr. Nora D Volkow, the director of the <br />National Institute on Drug Abuse, stated "Detox alone in jail or prison is not treatment. Without <br />proven treatment and therapeutic follow-up in a community setting, addicted offenders are at a <br />high risk of relapse despite a long period of forced sobriety." re By instituting evidence-based <br />treafment in the jail setting, along with a clear path for care coordination post-release, the <br />proposed program should have a positive impact on the public safety20 of the area surrounding <br />the Kittitas County Jail, <br />Program Design and Implementation <br />With the size and complexity of the Kittitas Counfy Jail in mind, as well as best practice <br />grridelines published by SAMHSA and other organizations for cutting operational costs in jails <br />related to inmates going through withdrawal, reducing overdose rates post-release, and lowering <br />the rate of recidivism the following rninimum qualifications will be used to identify a partner to <br />provide onsite medication-assisted treatment fsr inmates with substance use disorder. The <br />Kittitas County Jail has researched available MAT organization and reviewed programs offered <br />in other jail programs in the State of Washington. The Kittitas County Jail is confident an <br />organization with all minimum qualifications can be procured for this project. <br />r3 National Admissions to Substaaee Abuse Treatment Services. 2005- Treatmenr Episode Data Sei TTEDS) Highlights-20O5: Hairison, Paige M., <br />and Allen J. Beck.2006. Prisoners in 2005. Washingron, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics1'Narional Instirute on Drug Abuse. NIDA announces recommendatiors to treat drug abusers, $aye money, and rcduce crime, Press releasc July <br />24, 2A06. Onlioe at: hrqr:/ldrugabuse.govlnewsroom/064,{R7 -24.brml <br />:n Natarajan, Nila, et al. "subsrance Abuie Treatment and Public Safety." Justice policy lnstitute . , Jan, 2008. <br />www justicegol icy. org/image#up load108_0 l_rep*drugtx_ac-ps.pdf <br />7 of2A