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San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury
• 2016-2017
Residential Detox Finally, staff and service providers report a host of additional institutional challenges in
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Findings 10 findings
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Available and affordable residential detox services are necessary for delivering comprehensive substance abuse treatment in San Luis Obispo County.
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The opening of the Haven provides needed detox services for County residents who are privately insured or can afford the high costs. 2 016-2017 San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury Final Report 16 Residential Detox
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There are no residential detox services available in the County for those with limited financial resources or insurance through Medi-Cal or Medicare.
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The County Jail provides physical detox to newly admitted inmates but fails to provide the additional psychological and social treatments and supportive environment essential for the first phase of addiction treatment: detox-stabilization.
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There are some arrestees currently booked in the County Jail who would be more effectively served by a diversion program, like Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, and/or receiving treatment in a residential substance-abuse facility.
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There is a lack of integration in how medical and drug/alcohol services are provided at the County Jail.
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The use of medication-assisted approaches for detox and addiction treatment at the County Jail is limited while other jurisdictions have been able to provide such treatments.
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Logistical and environmental challenges at the County Jail make delivery of drug and alcohol treatment services difficult and inefficient due to placement of inmates with substance use disorders.
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With the opening of the women’s jail, there is unused space in the honor farm which presents an opportunity for alternative program development.
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The homeless shelter has no clear plan as to how it will provide its long-anticipated detox beds/service. 2 016-2017 San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury Final Report 17 Residential Detox
Recommendations 6
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R1Page 30The County Health Agency’s Drug and Alcohol Services should resume its concentrated efforts to develop a residential detox service in the County to serve its Medi-Cal and less financially able citizens.
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R2Page 30The Board of Supervisors should direct the Sheriff and the Health Agency to evaluate the feasibility of and approach to repurposing vacated buildings within the County Jail’s honor farm as a residential detox service. A final report on the feasibility and if indicated the specific steps required to convert this housing to a substance-abuse residential and/or treatment facility should be completed by June 2018.
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R3Page 30The County Health Agency’s Drug and Alcohol Services should expand its County Jail programs, including individual and group counseling, to cover inmates who go through withdrawal protocols regardless of AB 109 status.
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R4Page 30The County Jail should revise inmate classification and cell assignment to take into account the inmate’s substance abuse treatment needs and interest in such when determining cell placement.
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R5Page 30The County Jail should house inmates interested and/or involved in drug and alcohol services in such a way as to create groups of addiction-treatment participants (e.g., units or pods) that allow for efficient delivery of treatment services; this includes separation from other inmates who interfere or disrupt treatment participation.
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R6Page 30The County Health Agency and Sheriff should integrate the functions of the jail’s medical and drug and alcohol service providers by locating their offices in close proximity and requiring coordinated care for inmates with substance use disorders. 2 016-2017 San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury Final Report 18