Addiction Treatment Program in Covington Jail Launching Soon

COVINGTON, Ky. - July 23, 2018 - PRLog -- An addiction treatment program at the Kenton County Jail in Covington, Kentucky will begin in September to assist inmates struggling with opioid use disorders.

The Kenton County Jail affiliated with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation to set up this addiction treatment program, which is called Start Strong, to provide medication assisted treatment to prisoners struggling with opioid use disorders.

The Kenton County jail has an existing addiction treatment program in place but this will be their first time starting MAT to begin treating opioid use disorders.

"We had an existing relationship with their program and custody," said Jordan Hansen, the senior manager of clinical programming and strategy for Hazelden Publishing. "They used one of our evidence-based curriculum. We were familiar with their programming and it was really solid programming."

He stated that his group had decided that the Kenton County Jail would be ideal for the new program after several visits were made to the facility.

"We had been wanting to expand the reach of MAT into correction settings for some time,"  Hansen said. "But we wanted to make sure that we had a really solid partner and they fit the bill. In addition, they had existing relationships with the University of Kentucky and the Governor's cabinet and it was a really good fit, I think, for us."

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