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Department of Justice (DOJ) <br />Office of Justice Programs <br />Bureau of Justice Assistance <br />Name and Address of Recipient: <br />Award Number: 1 5PBJA-23-GG-02353-COAP <br />Recipient UEI <br />, State and Zip: <br />KITTITAS, COUNTY OF <br />2O5WsTH AVE STE 1OB <br />ELLENSBURG, WA 98926 <br />WQ23XPBSAU44 <br />eral Award Amount:7,044.00 <br />l,/ashington, D.C. 205 3 I <br />ect Title: Evidence-Based SUD <br />n mpre mulant, and Substance Use ram <br />wa <br />ce Justice Programs <br />Bureau of Justice Assistance <br />Instrument Type:Grant <br />n ry: <br />ce Listing: <br />16.838 - Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program <br />roject Date= 1011123 P <br />lBudget Period Start Date: 1011123 Period End Date: 9130126 <br />Project ption: <br />Kittitas County Sheriffs Office is applying for funding in the amount of$797 ,044.67. lf funded, the project will serve <br />ose incarcerated at the Kittitas County Jaillocated in Ellensburg, Washington including both Kittitas County residents <br />well as otherclients from other areas of the state as well. As of 2020, Kittitas County has an estimatedpopulation of <br />,337 and the Jail's daily population is steadily rising since the pandemic, butcurrently an average of g8 people <br />carcerated daily. The request for this funding is to develop aproject that will expand and enhance evidence-based <br />ication for opioid use disorder(MoUD), as well as recovery support services within the Kittitas County Jail. The <br />KittitasOounty 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 />nting 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 ol 2023 <br />states "Crime lab data for police evidencetesting indicate a 186% increase in the number of cases positive for <br />ids statewide between2002- and 2018-2020, with increases in most counties". The Kittitas County Jail houses <br />lpersons who are booked within the 2,297.3 square miles and serve all local Law Enforcementagencies as well as <br />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 />hancingthe already established programming and consist of medical providers carrying certifications inAddiction and <br />Emergency Medicine, lnternal, OB/GYN, and Family Medicine, as well as otherspecialties. The program will include a <br />rcher to develop and provide the necessary data asrequired and to further find ways to increase its capabilities by <br />tilizing a mixed methodapproach consisting of participant interviews, MAT retention rates, and recidivism statistics <br />Page: 1 of 22