AKRON – Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree is excited to announce that the Sheriff’s Office has been awarded $187,000 as part of an Opioid Remediation Grant through the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Sheriff Fatheree intends to use the funds to contract with VitalCore Health Strategies to hire a full-time Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to serve as an Addiction Services Coordinator at the Summit County Jail.
According to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, around 65% of jail inmates nationwide are addicted to opioids or other substances. Fatheree estimates that an even larger number of inmates booked in Summit County are dealing with substance abuse disorders. “It’s upwards of three-fourths in our jail,” said the Sheriff.
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