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specificatty designed for jaits since they are a community medicat provider. The second line is for management and administrative overhead for CompassDirect Heatthcare. This funding woutd be used to pay for indirect business expenses that accrue inctuding Human Resources, Finance, lr, insurance and Liabitity coverage, licensingfees, and other additionaL costs. The MOUD Program at the Kittitas County JaiL has been successfut and has the recognition and stats to prove it. There has been a research component to COSSAP/COSSUp grants by Dr. Roger Shaefer from Centrat Washington University. Because of the jail, stitl, activety part of the 2nd of those two grants, Dr. Shaefer has provided a comptete document covering statistics from the first three years and the impact it had on the facil,ity, those who were incarcerated, and those getting reteased. Some of the hightights out of the Lengthy document (which is avaiLabte upon request) show a decrease in major inmate behavior incidents, increased invotvement in treatment, and that no one who was released during the timeframe he was conducting his research had a fatat overdose in our community. Because of the success the Kittitas County had imptementing this type of program in a ruraI jait they received muttipte accommodations and had the opportunity to share about the program from the community [eve[ to the nationa[ levet. The jaiL atso keeps monthty stats on various parts of this program. Utitizing just 2025 as a snapshot of the program and what it achieves, it shows that the program is a vatue-added benefit. Last year there were 1795 intakes comp[eted. These do not incl.ude those who are administrativel,y booked and reteased. Of these 1795 bookings, 3077 unique individuat services were performed, indicating that around 171o/o of those booked received some type of service. MOUD was an important part of this white inducting or continuing2lg individuats on their MOUD medications, 27 introductions into MAUD (medication for atcohol use disorder), 29 individuals treated for acute opioid withdrawats, and 19 for atcoho[ withdrawats. A third of atl, bookings gave a votuntary Urine Drug Screen at intake, and 104 had individuatized retease ptanning compteted, 70 substances use disorder assessments by a SUDP, and '134 connected with peers for hetp with their reentry. These are just pieces ot prograrirming that hel.ped the jait provide 171o/oof the inmates booked with services, but important ones to highl.ight the vatue-added benefit and need for MOUD programming tike the jait has atready estabtished. Currentty the Jait Based MentaI Heatth Team consists of one case manager and two therapists. To have this quantity of professionals focused on one area of treatment in a rurat jait tike Kittitas County, the jail. apptied for and were awarded a grant through the Bureau of Justice Assistance for Justice and Mental. Heatth CotLaboration in 2022. The jait was awarded $483,552 and has used this to buitd the jaiL-based therapy team. There