Kittitas County Jail Project Narative for Opioid Settlement Funding Request 3-2026 (updated)

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speciflcally designed for jails since they are a community medical provider. The second line is for management and administrative overhead for CompassDirect Healthcare. This funding would be used to pay for indirect business expenses that accrue including Human Resources, Finance, IT, insurance and liability coverage, licensing fees, and other additional costs. The MOUD Program at the Kittitas County Jail has been successful and has the recognition and stats to prove it. There has been a research component to COSSAP/COSSUP grants by Dr. Roger Shaefer from Central Washington University. Because of the jail still actively part of the 2nd of those two grants, Dr. Shaefer has provided a complete document covering statistics from the flrst three years and the impact it had on the facility, those who were incarcerated, and those getting released. Some of the highlights out of the lengthy document (which is available upon request) show a decrease in major inmate behavior incidents, increased involvement in treatment, and that no one who was released during the timeframe he was conducting his research had a fatal overdose in our community. Because of the success the Kittitas County had implementing this type of program in a rural jail they received multiple accommodations and had the opportunity to share about the program from the community level to the national level. The jail also keeps monthly stats on various parts of this program. Utilizing just 2025 as a snapshot of the program and what it achieves, it shows that the program is a value-added beneflt. Last year there were 1795 intakes completed. These do not include those who are administratively booked and released. Of these 1795 bookings, 3077 unique individual services were performed, indicating that around 171% of those booked received some type of service. MOUD was an important part of this while inducting or continuing 219 individuals on their MOUD medications, 27 introductions into MAUD (medication for alcohol use disorder), 29 individuals treated for acute opioid withdrawals, and 19 for alcohol withdrawals. A third of all bookings gave a voluntary Urine Drug Screen at intake, and 104 had individualized release planning completed, 70 substances use disorder assessments by a SUDP, and 134 connected with peers for help with their reentry. These are just pieces of programming that helped the jail provide 171% of the inmates booked with services, but important ones to highlight the value-added beneflt and need for MOUD programming like the jail has already established. Currently the Jail Based Mental Health Team consists of one case manager and two therapists. To have this quantity of professionals focused on one area of treatment in a rural jail like Kittitas County, the jail applied for and were awarded a grant through the Bureau of Justice Assistance for Justice and Mental Health Collaboration in 2022. The jail was awarded $483,552 and has used this to build the jail-based therapy team. There