Federal grants to Seattle and King County focus resources on opioid abuse and reentry from criminal justice system

Seattle – U.S. Lawyer Nick Brown right this moment highlighted Division of Justice grants awarded to Seattle and King County to help with problems with opioid abuse and reentry to the neighborhood for these concerned within the prison justice system.  The three awards complete greater than $4 million.

“Increasingly, opioid habit impacts our associates, neighbors, and family members. And anybody strolling in our metropolis right this moment sees the hurt of opioid habit in those that stay on our streets with little hope of a greater life,” stated U.S. Lawyer Nick Brown.  “These grant funds from the Justice Division are for regionally designed packages to assist with the habit disaster.”

The most important grant is to town of Seattle — $1,597,836 — for a program that may present transitional housing and different providers to ladies who’ve substance use dysfunction and are transitioning out of jails and prisons.  The Seattle Police Division will work with the Division of Corrections and case managers to handle the a number of wants of ladies reentering the neighborhood.

King County is awarded $1,586,310 to help the creation of an Overdose Fatality Evaluation course of in King County that may function a community-based fast response community to develop methods for the remedy and prevention of overdose.  The grant will assist fund naloxone kits for legislation enforcement and first responders.  Grant funds will even be used to assist set up networks to supply schooling and details about rising drug tendencies.

King County’s Division of Grownup and Juvenile Detention additionally obtained $842,851 to enhance instructional alternatives within the correctional setting.  The funding is aimed toward enhancing instructional providers on the county corrections services by utilizing know-how and packages tailor-made to the inmates’ language and academic stage.

All three grants are from DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Help.