BARNSTABLE – Federal officials have rescinded the cancellation of grant funding for the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office addiction treatment program after just a day pause.
The $2.6 million dollar grant slated to end this September supported their Expanded Medication Assisted Treatment (EMAT) Program, providing re-entry planning for individuals with opioid use disorder.
It included group counseling and more for up to 6 months after release.
Sheriff Donna Buckley said there will be no service interruption, but it does erode trust in the federal grant process.
She says that it sends a message that the grant is unlikely to be renewed in the fall, so their challenge to continue the service may have only been postponed.
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