The lorain county recovery court (lcrc) is a specialty docket for felony cases that focuses on opioid abuse reduction, while using a treatment team to coordinate multiple complex systems

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $808,667 Project Grant under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to the County of Lorain, Ohio, for the Lorain County Recovery Court (LCRC). This 4-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will expand and enhance LCRC services to reduce opioid abuse, recidivism, and racial disparities among high-risk/high-need participants. Specific enhancements include implementing data-driven strategies to address racial inequities, separating participants by risk level, providing overdose prevention training, and supporting harm reduction approaches. The goal is to help participants achieve increased recovery capital and live healthy, drug-free, and crime-free lifestyles upon completion of the program.

The mission is to provide participants positive diversion from ongoing addiction and incarceration through treatment, supervision, and accountability with the goal of providing participants with the tools to live sober and crime free lives. If approved, this category 2 enhancement grant would expand and enhance services by allowing lcrc to implement data received through the racial and ethnic disparities program assessment tool to help alleviate racial disparities within the court making more services available and appealing to underserved populations. This funding would allow lcrc to reduce risk and decrease recidivism among participants by separating them by risk level. Additionally, IT would add overdose prevention training and toolkits for all participants and staff while supporting harm reduction. Upon completion of the project, participants will show evidence of increased recovery capital by living a healthy, drug free and crime free lifestyle. The target population is high-risk/high-need.