The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office has community partners that offer a variety of programs and resources designed to to provide inmates with the opportunity to improve behavior health, addiction treatment, and basic life skills. These programs are designed to assist them with re-integration into the community. The goal of these programs is to reduce recidivism, and crime that is often associated with addictions.  

MEDICATED ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT)

This innovative grant funded MAT program identifies inmates that are suffering from Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD) as well as mental health illnesses. The treatment utiliizes counseling, medication assisted treatment, and post-release after care. The process for which individuals are identified as high risk for substance abuse orders, starts during the intake process when they are medically screened upon entering the jail. Candidates for the addiction treatment program are medically assessed by licensed medical personnel to find the best course of treatment for that person, which may also include managing withdrawals. It is an individual’s choice to be a participant of the addiction treatment program.

MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

Through a collaborative effort with community partners, the Crawford County Jail provides access to licensed and certified mental health professionals. Services include intake, initial screening, and appropriate treatment to individuals exhibiting a mental health crisis or suffering from other mental health illnesses. 

JAIL OUTREACH 

The Crawford County Jail has a full time on-site Community Health Worker (CHW) that provides outreach services to inmates. This grant funded program assists and prepares incarcerated individuals with post-release life. A variety of services and classes are available to assist inmates with finding employment, housing, and addiction treatment programs.  Many of these individuals have been in and out of the justice system their entire adult life.This program has helped them break the cycle of reoffending.This innovative program has produced several success stories in which individuals have become productive citizens in our community. We have seen indivuduals getting and keeping their jobs, staying drug/alcohol free, recconnecting with their families and improving their quality of life. 

Some of the self-guided life skill courses that are offered include: Parenting, Employment, Anger Management, Substance Abuse, Offender Responsibilty, and Offender Corrections.