A FIVE MEMBER TEAM FROM LEWIS
AND CLARK COUNTY 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.
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{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.}
A GRANT WILL PAY FOR THE TRIP
EXPENSES.
IT COMES FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE AS
