Pryor quelled any worries, noting the project is indeed eligible because it provides comprehensive wrap-around services - including housing, transportation, job placement/training and child care - to individuals with opioid use disorders and any co-occurring substance use or mental health condition. Robinson said the organization is currently seeking grant funding.īrandon Talsma, chair of the Jasper County Board of Supervisors, mentioned that the opioid settlement funds had to be spend on the prevention and abatement of the use of opioids and treatment of those with addictions to opioids, so he worried the project might not be eligible. The check will be given when the project has received enough money to complete the project, including the $100,000 earmarked from the county. If the project does not come to fruition, Nicholson said the county would not be out $100,000. Robinson said the center allows staff to assess the needs of both men and women experiencing homelessness or addiction issues. The resource center also provides individuals with Discover Hope's current transitional housing and job retention programs to bring them back into the community.
But both Robinson and Nicholson say this does not work and provides no accountability for addressing the actual issues or getting them the help that they need. Typically, when some individuals are in crisis, the practice in Newton has been to temporarily house people in hotel rooms. What we do in that timeframe is do their assessments to determine if they need inpatient treatment our outpatient treatment or get them into longer term transitional living." Robinson added, "Our vision with the resource center is to house them on site for 30 to 60 days.
In the past, Nicholson said insurance companies used to pay for 60 days of treatment. Discover Hope 517 was earmarked funds that would be given after successful fundraising.īoard of health administrator Becky Pryor and county attorney Scott Nicholson, who are both members of the Jasper County Opioid Settlement Committee, presented the recommendations to supervisors during the June 6 meeting, and they explained why each entity wanted the funds.Ĭlearview Recovery, an addiction treatment center in Prairie City, was provided $43,070 to pay for 30 additional days of treatment on top of the 30 days that insurance companies already supplement. programs, which are operated through county sheriff's office. All five requests were approved.įunds were given to Clearview Recovery, Inc., Colfax Public Library, MercyOne House of Mercy and the Lynnville-Sully and PCM school districts' D.A.R.E. The county board of supervisors on June 6 were given five recommendations by a committee. 10-More than $259,000 in settlement money was authorized to be distributed or earmarked to organizations in Jasper County that are helping individuals affected by the opioid crisis in some way.
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