To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Marlene Collick, Deputy Director of Community Corrections
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RE: Approval of a Letter of Agreement Amendment No. 1 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 between Genesee County Community Corrections and Genesee County Sheriff's Office regarding the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) In-Kind Matching Grant for a R.I.S.E Deputy Coordinator
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval request for GCCC to enter into an interdepartmental Letter of Agreement for $87,923.00 with the GCSO for one (1) Full-Time Employee (FTE), Reach, Inspire, Serve, Empower, (R.I.S.E.) Coordinator for FY 2026, beginning October 1, 2025 (Letter of Agreement Amendment 1 and supporting documentation Attached).
This funding will serve as the in-kind matching requirement to the RSAT Grant award from the Michigan State Police (MSP) to the GCSO.
BACKGROUND:
In partnership with the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC), New Paths, Inc. (NPI), and Region 10 Pre-Paid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP), along with technical assistance from Health Management Access, a RSAT grant opportunity from the Michigan State Police (MSP) was awarded to the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) in FY2025 that allowed Genesee County Jail inmates to receive Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) / Medicated Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), and be seamlessly transitioned upon release to a substance use disorder treatment provider in the community (RESO 2024-1193). The RSAT agreement has specific stipulations, one being it cannot be initiated without a designated In-Kind match.
During FY2025, integration of assessment tools upon admission to identify inmates in need of continuing MAT/MOUD, processes for prescribing the necessary medications, ensuring each client is enrolled in jail-based outpatient treatment and is receiving Peer Recovery Coaching through the service delivery period, and aftercare plans being developed with each inmate prior to reentry began.
Having the R.I.S.E. Coordinator facilitated through the GCSO allows for seamless processes to be facilitated within the jail thoroughly with care, maintaining contract validity. We are applying for this grant again for FYE 2026.
DISCUSSION:
Genesee County is now receiving funding from Opioid Settlements and as of August 29, 2025, there is an available cash balance of $7,363,084.97. The Opioid Executive Committee (OEC) meets regularly to determine best practices for spending these dollars. To allow GCSO to accept the RSAT grant opportunity from the MSP, an In-Kind match must be designated. The RSAT scope of work is an identified Core Remediation service listed within Exhibit E.
A maximum amount of $250,000 will be awarded to the GCSO for FY2026. To accept and receive this funding, $87,923 is being requested from GCCC for Core Remediation from the Opioid Settlement fund to enter into an agreement with the GCSO for a R.I.S.E. Coordinator.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
N/A
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Amendment No.1 – Core Remediation – $87,923.00
2960-260.10-702.000 SALARIES & WAGES 64,373.00
2960-260.10-709.000 SOCIAL SECURITY 4,925.00
2960-260.10-718.000 MEDICAL INSURANCE 7,719.00
2960-260.10-723.000 POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT 2,600.00
2960-260.10-725.000 OPTICAL INSURANCE 49.00
2960-260.10-726.000 DENTAL INSURANCE 329.00
2960-260.10-727.000 LIFE HEALTH INSURANCE 395.00
2960-260.10-728.000 RETIREMENT 6,438.00
2960-260.10-729.000 WORKERS COMPENSATION 966.00
2960-260.10-730.000 UNEMPLOYMENT 129.00
The grant will be accepted under a separate resolution with a separate budget amendment.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
N/A
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
N/A
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
The Genesee County Board of Commissioners have committed to creating a Healthy, Livable & Safe Community. This program further helps that goal by assisting those individuals that are experiencing substance use disorder while incarcerated in seeking affective treatment during incarceration and transition into a program after release. This will impact both public health and public safety.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Deputy Director of Community Corrections to authorize amending the Letter of Agreement between Genesee County and the Office of Genesee County Sheriff, said amendment being necessary to extend the agreement one additional year commencing October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, at a cost not to exceed $87,923.00 to be paid with opioid settlement funds, whereby the Sheriff will provide one full-time Reach, Inspire, Serve, Empower (“RISE”) Coordinator to assist jail inmates in need of Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT)/Medicated Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and to assist with transitioning inmates from jail to a substance use disorder provider in the community upon release, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request, Letter of Agreement Amendment No. 1, and all supporting documents being on file with the official records of the September 3, 2025 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board), and both the Chairperson of this Board and the Sheriff are authorized to execute the agreement.