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Project Narrative Kittitas Gounty Jait Reqrrest for Funding from Opioid Settlement Funds for 2026-2027 Like most jaits in the United states, l(ittitas county JaiI faces high tiabitity for those who are arrested and booked into the jait facing unknown medical issues, substance use, and mentaI heaLth concerns. The Largest concern besides atcohotwithdrawats, is withdrawats from opioids inctuding Fentanyt. Mental, heatth crisis is atso just as important to monitor and address as there is atso an increased chance of a person sufferingfrom a crisis within the first T2hours of being incarcerated, or someone who have used a substance to handte their mental, itLness which is no Longer avaitabte to them. Depending on what research you look at, the number varies on how many peopte are incarcerated white under the inftuence of a substance, have a substance use disorder, and have any mentaI heal.th concerns or conditions. Research pubtished indicates that roughty 44o/o of the poputation in American Jaits suffer f rom a mentaI il,tness (SAMHSA 2024),63 percent of individuats sentenced in jaits have a substance abuse disorder (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2O2O), and other research indicating up to 48% of those incarcerated suffer from both or have co-occurring disorders. The trends seen at the Kittitas County Jai[ are not very different, but what is different is the work that is done to evatuate, treat, and set these clients up for success through programming by medicat, mental heatth, and reentry staff in a ruraI facitity setting. This request is to hetp the Kittitas County Jait continue these successfuI programs and this narrative witl. provide some history, past funding source(s), the requested amount and narrative for the attached budget spreadsheet for better understanding. ln totat, for the second hatf of 2O26 and the entire year of 2027, the Kittitas County Jait is requesting $1,239,981 .21 tromthe Opioid Setttement Funds and betieve the programs that have been imptemented and the design of them directLy relates to the authorized spending of these funds based on the guidetines provided for these funds and how they can be used for those who are incarcerated and sufferfrom opioid use disorder, menta[ heatth issues, and/or co- occurring disorders. The l(ittitas County Jail, started in 201 B deveLoping processes and protocols for treating Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), incl.uding withdrawats, by utitizing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD). From2O2O through September 2O26thejait has been funded bythe Department of Justice COSSAP/COSSUP (Comprehensive Opioid, Stimutant, and Substance Use Program formatty COSSAP)to devetop, imptement, and evatuate the program white al.so using additionat funding from the Washington State Heatthcare Authority MOUD/MAUD (medications for atcoho[ use disorder) in jail.s. The COSSUP f unding is on track to be done at the end of September, and the Heatthcare funding has been lowered everyyear since it started (2022) and neither of them appears to be a good