IS
PREPARING TO HEAD TO WASHINGTON
D- C...TO TRAIN ON A NATIONAL
INITIATIVE
TO EXPAND OPIOID ADDICTION
TREATMENT IN JAILS.ONLY 15
COUNTIES ARE PARTICIPATING IN
THE INITIATIVE.LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY
IS THE SMALLEST...COOK COUNTY,
CHICAGO, IS THE LARGEST.THE
TEAM WILL TRAIN WITH EXPERTS TO
LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME
BARRIERS TO PROVIDING OPIOID
TREATMENT; INCLUDING CREATING
TREATMENT GUIDELINES AND
EDUCATING JAIL STAFF.DIRECTOR OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES KELLIE
MCBRIDE SAYS THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY TO
TACKLE GROWING OPIOID ABUSE IN
THE
AREA.####




{THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY TO
ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT IS
BROKEN, AND FIGURE OUT TOGETHER
AS A TEAM ACROSS SYSTEMS WHAT
WILL WORK BEST TO FIX THIS
AND ULTIMATELY THIS MEANS WE GET
TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
}[(***JFUHRER***)]A
GRANT WILL PAY FOR THE TRIP
EXPENSES.IT COMES FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE AS
A
PARTNERSHIP WITH ARNOLD
VENTURES.####




[(***JFUHRER***)]VICE P
