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Substance Use Site-based Program <br />Application Number <br />GRANT13830379 <br />Program Office <br />BJA <br />Grant Manager Name <br />Elizabeth White <br />Phone Number <br />202-598-7402 <br />E-mail Address <br />Elizabeth.White3@usdoj.gov <br />Project Title <br />Evidence-Based SUD Treatment <br />Performance Period Start <br />Date <br />10/01/2023 <br />Performance Period End Date <br />09/30/2026 <br />Budget Period Start Date <br />10/01/2023 <br />Budget Period End Date <br />09/30/2026 <br />Project Description <br />The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office is applying for funding in the amount of$797,044.67. If funded, the project will serve <br />those incarcerated at the Kittitas County Jaillocated in Ellensburg, Washington including both Kittitas County residents <br />as well as otherclients from other areas of the state as well. As of 2020, Kittitas County has an estimatedpopulation of <br />44,337 and the Jail's daily population is steadily rising since the pandemic, butcurrently an average of 98 people <br />incarcerated daily. The request for this funding is to develop aproject that will expand and enhance evidence-based <br />medication for opioid use disorder(MOUD), as well as recovery support services within the Kittitas County Jail. The <br />KittitasCounty Jail currently has been working under the award (#2020-AR-BX-0148) for $600,000from the Bureau of <br />Justice Assistance FY2020 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and SubstanceAbuse Program (COSSAP) and are <br />wanting to continue with the successes they have had, whileenhancing the program to continue to lower recidivism and <br />having a positive effect on the entirecommunity they serve. According to the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer, <br />KittitasCounty is eligible for Rural Health Grants. According to the most available stats in 2018, Theration of Kittitas <br />County residents to primary care physicians is 1710:1. The University ofWashington released stats in January of 2023 <br />that states “Crime lab data for police evidencetesting indicate a 186% increase in the number of cases positive for <br />opioids statewide between2002- and 2018-2020, with increases in most counties”. The Kittitas County Jail houses <br />allpersons who are booked within the 2,297.3 square miles and serve all local Law Enforcementagencies as well as <br />the United State Marshalls and Washington State Department of Corrections.The program is designed to enhance and <br />increase staff training, screening, delivery of onsiteservices including intake, induction, dosing, care coordination and <br />post-release coordination.The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office will seek a MOUD partner that is committed to <br />enhancingthe already established programming and consist of medical providers carrying certifications inAddiction and <br />Emergency Medicine, Internal, OB/GYN, and Family Medicine, as well as otherspecialties. The program will include a <br />researcher to develop and provide the necessary data asrequired and to further find ways to increase its capabilities by <br />utilizing a mixed methodapproach consisting of participant interviews, MAT retention rates, and recidivism statistics. <br />[ ] <br />I have read and understand the information presented in this section of the Federal Award Instrument . <br /> <br />Financial Information <br />This award is offered subject to the conditions or limitations set forth in the Award Information, Project <br />Page: 5 of 22