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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Background/l ntroduction The Kittitas County Jail is a 208-bed facility located in Ellensburg, WA, and part of the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office. The Kittitas County Jail centrally located in Washington State in a rural area with limited access to many services for those incarcerated who are battling opioid, stimulant, and other substance abuse. The Kittitas County Jail houses arrests from all localjurisdictions as well as contracted agencies. Those incarcerated are from our own community as well as other areas of the state of Washington and beyond. Summarv of Proiect The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office is seeking a MOUD (Medications for Opioid Use Disorder) partner that can provide services within the jail and prepare those to be released to have follow up services within the county, or in other communities across the state of Washington or as needed. The Jail is looking for a partner with a commitment to serving the Ellensburg, WA area and other communities within the state. This commitment to increasing MOUD access to the greater community, in addition to those incarcerated at the Kittitas County Jail, will impact both of Kittitas County's Qualified Opportunity Zones, Drug treatment has been shown to be both less expensive and more effective at reducing recidivism, drug abuse, and related crime compared to prison. Dr. Nora D Volkow, the director of the National lnstitute on Drug Abuse, stated "Detox alone in jail or prison is not treatment. Without proven treatment and therapeutic follow-up in a community setting, addicted offenders are at a high risk of relapse despite a long period of forced sobriety." By enhancing the already implemented evidence- based treatment in the jail setting, along with elaborating on the post-release care coordination, the proposed program should have a more positive impact on the public safety of the area surrounding the Kittitas County Jail and the program that is already established. ln 2020 the Kittitas County Jail received its first grant funding regarding MOUD treatment and implemented a program. That program is currently funded and contracted through September 2024. The funding received for the next three years, ending in Septemb er 2025 (unless an up to 12-month extension is granted due to available funding left available) equals 5709,995. This solicitation will cover all the necessary information regarding the use of this funding to enhance and continue the MOUD programming and its components for those incarcerated in the Kittitas County Jail. Program Design and lmplementation To enhance the already established MOUD programming within the Kittitas County Jail there are things to consider when responding to this solicitation and the things the Jail is requesting to follow the statement of work approved for this funding. The size, complexity, and relatively limited community resources of the Kittitas County Jail and the community make up the most important because of the