COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has awarded a fourth round of opioid settlement grants totaling $5.3 million to expand addiction treatment services for people incarcerated in county jails and community-based correctional facilities, his office announced.
“These grants do more than prevent overdoses – they give inmates a fighting chance to break the cycle of substance abuse and incarceration,” Yost said in a statement, crediting sheriffs and local officials for implementing the programs.
The funding, awarded during the final quarter of 2025, goes to 17 county jails and 13 community-based correctional facilities, extending the program’s reach to 49 jails serving 54 counties, according to Yost’s office. Eligibility was also expanded to include community-based correctional facilities, or CBCFs — residential prison-diversion programs for nonviolent offenders, many of whom struggle with addiction.
With the latest awards, the total issued through the attorney general’s Opioid Remediation Grant Program since it launched in March has surpassed $10.9 million, the office said. Yost’s office has committed to offering $60 million in opioid settlement money over the next several years.
Overdose remains a leading cause of death in Ohio jails, accounting for at least 70 deaths since 2020, according to a USA Today report.
The grant program provides county jails and CBCFs up to $200,000 per year to hire a full-time addiction-services coordinator or contract for treatment services aimed at addressing opioid and other substance use disorders, including support through detox and recovery. Counties that operate a jail are also eligible to apply for a separate $50,000 grant to purchase medications and supplies for people experiencing opioid withdrawal.
Among the jail recipients and amounts listed by the attorney general’s office are Adams County ($200,000), Clark County ($220,000), Columbiana County ($250,000), Fairfield County ($244,364), Geauga County ($149,088), Greene County ($220,000), Hancock County ($90,022), Harrison County ($107,000), Jackson County ($200,000), Knox County ($104,675), Lawrence County ($250,000), Licking County Justice Center ($200,000), Logan County ($200,000), Noble County ($200,000), Portage County ($200,000), Scioto County ($215,000) and Wood County ($200,000).
CBCF awards listed include the Community Correctional Center serving Butler, Clermont and Warren counties ($50,000), CROSSWAEH CBCF in Seneca County ($101,948), Eastern Ohio Correction Center serving Jefferson and Columbiana counties ($199,881), Franklin County CBCF ($246,227), the McDonnell Center in Cuyahoga County ($134,240), MonDay Community Correctional Institution in Montgomery County ($151,375), the Northeast Ohio Community Alternative Program in Trumbull County ($145,390), Northwest Community Corrections Center in Wood County ($121,394), STAR Community Justice Center in Scioto County ($250,000), Stark Regional Community Correction Center ($72,349), Summit County CBCF ($134,240), West Central Community Correctional Facility in Union County ($199,248) and the WORTH Center in Allen County ($200,000).
Applications for 2026 grants will be available in January, Yost’s office said.