Delaware county, pennsylvania is in suburban philadelphia

The County of Delaware, Pennsylvania was awarded a $769,825 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The funding will be used to enhance the capacity of the George W. Hill Correctional Facility to treat co-occurring substance use disorders and mental health disorders among inmates. Specifically, the grant will create a new clinician position to increase medical and mental health care capacity, and will support additional staffing for comprehensive case management and connecting inmates returning to the community with needed treatment and recovery services. The project aims to address the high rate of drug overdoses in Delaware County over the past decade. An evaluation of the county's efforts will also be conducted under this three-year grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

IT has approximately 575,000 residents, a majority of which are either white (64 percent) or black/african american (22 percent). During the past decade, the drug overdose rate in the county has more than doubled. The applicant seeks to enhance the george w. Hill correctional facilitys (GWH) capacity to treat CO-occurring substance use disorders and mental health disorders by creating a new treatment provider position. The selected clinician will increase theirmedical and mental health care capacity. The applicant will also increase staffing inside GWH to support comprehensive case management for those with substance use disorders and CO-occurring mental health disorders, and to connect those returning to the community with needed treatment and recovery services.GWH staff will conduct an evaluation of their own efforts.