Lane County Jail Substance Use Intervention and Transition Program

The Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) was developed as part of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) legislation. COSSAP’s purpose is to provide financial and technical assistance to states, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop, implement, or expand comprehensive efforts to identify, respond to, treat, and support those impacted by illicit opioids, stimulants, and other drugs of abuse.

The objective of Category 1 is to encourage and support the development of comprehensive, locally driven responses to opioids, stimulants, and other substances that expand access to supervision, treatment, and recovery support services across the criminal justice system; support law enforcement and other first responder diversion programs for nonviolent drug offenders; promote education and prevention activities; and address the needs of children impacted by substance abuse.

The project serves Lane County, Oregon, which has a population of 382,067. The purpose of the Lane County Jail Substance Use Intervention and Transition Program is to stand up a comprehensive in-jail medication assisted treatment (MAT) program with community transition through peer support and transitional housing. The in-jail program will be paired with peer support, which will facilitate a transfer to the program’s primary partner, Lane County Health and Human Services, MLK Community Health Clinic. The clinic houses the county’s MAT program and behavioral support unit. The program will also offer transitional housing support to encourage MAT engagement with community providers. The program will use multiple housing providers in order to best meet the needs of participants (for example, veterans and those with co-occurring disorders and higher or lower service needs,).

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