Franklin County Municipal Court Secures $749,121 for Clinical Assessments and Expanded Testing
Columbus City Council approved emergency legislation allowing the court to accept OneOhio Recovery Foundation grants for clinical assessments, smartphones and expanded evening and weekend testing.
The Columbus City Council approved emergency legislation on Oct. 19 authorizing the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept two grant awards totaling $749,121 from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation. The measure appropriated the $749,121 from the private grant fund to court assessors and drug lab technicians.
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A $297,000 grant will fund The MARCH Program: On-Site Recovery, Connectivity, and Justice Innovation to deliver on-site clinical assessments and provide 4G-enabled smartphones to justice-involved individuals. The court initiative is designed to remove structural barriers and accelerate access to recovery and harm-reduction services while expanding outreach, according to foundation grant records.
A second award of $452,121 for expanded diagnostic capacity will allow the court to hire two additional laboratory monitors. The new monitors will expand evening and weekend testing for approximately 13,000 individuals under court probation supervision, according to the award terms. Court officials plan to eliminate predictability in testing, ease burdens on participants, enable timely clinical responses, reduce overdose risk, and advance fair, evidence-based recovery, the records state.
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Columbus City Council · 2026-10-19
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The Columbus City Council approved emergency legislation on Oct. 19 authorizing the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept two grant awards totaling $749,121 from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation.
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REGULAR MEETING NO. 45 OF COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL, OCTOBER 19, 2026
The Columbus City Council approved emergency legislation on Oct. 19 authorizing the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept two grant awards totaling $749,121 from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation.
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To authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept two grant awards from OneOhio Recovery Foundation; to appropriate $749,121.00 from the unappropriated balance of the private grant fund to assessors and drug lab technicians; and to declare an emergency. ($749,121.00)
The measure appropriated the $749,121 from the private grant fund to court assessors and drug lab technicians.
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To authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept two grant awards from OneOhio Recovery Foundation; to appropriate $749,121.00 from the unappropriated balance of the private grant fund to assessors and drug lab technicians; and to declare an emergency. ($749,121.00)
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A $297,000 grant will fund The MARCH Program: On-Site Recovery, Connectivity, and Justice Innovation to deliver on-site clinical assessments and provide 4G-enabled smartphones to justice-involved individuals.
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Franklin County Municipal Court $297,000 to support The MARCH Program: On-Site Recovery, Connectivity, and Justice Innovation, which will remove structural barriers and accelerate access to recovery and harm-reduction services by delivering on-site clinical assessments, providing 4G-enabled smartphones to justice-involved individuals, and expanding outreach.
The court initiative is designed to remove structural barriers and accelerate access to recovery and harm-reduction services while expanding outreach, according to foundation grant records.
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Franklin County Municipal Court $297,000 to support The MARCH Program: On-Site Recovery, Connectivity, and Justice Innovation, which will remove structural barriers and accelerate access to recovery and harm-reduction services by delivering on-site clinical assessments, providing 4G-enabled smartphones to justice-involved individuals, and expanding outreach.
A second award of $452,121 for expanded diagnostic capacity will allow the court to hire two additional laboratory monitors.
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Franklin County Municipal Court: $452,121 to support Enhancing Judicial Accountability and Equity through Expanded Diagnostic Capacity, which will hire two additional laboratory monitors to expand evening and weekend testing, eliminate predictability, ease burdens on participants, and enable timely clinical responses, reducing overdose risk, supporting treatment engagement, and advancing fair, evidence-based recovery for approximately 13,000 individuals under Court probation supervision.
The new monitors will expand evening and weekend testing for approximately 13,000 individuals under court probation supervision, according to the award terms.
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Franklin County Municipal Court: $452,121 to support Enhancing Judicial Accountability and Equity through Expanded Diagnostic Capacity, which will hire two additional laboratory monitors to expand evening and weekend testing, eliminate predictability, ease burdens on participants, and enable timely clinical responses, reducing overdose risk, supporting treatment engagement, and advancing fair, evidence-based recovery for approximately 13,000 individuals under Court probation supervision.
Court officials plan to eliminate predictability in testing, ease burdens on participants, enable timely clinical responses, reduce overdose risk, and advance fair, evidence-based recovery, the records state.
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Franklin County Municipal Court: $452,121 to support Enhancing Judicial Accountability and Equity through Expanded Diagnostic Capacity, which will hire two additional laboratory monitors to expand evening and weekend testing, eliminate predictability, ease burdens on participants, and enable timely clinical responses, reducing overdose risk, supporting treatment engagement, and advancing fair, evidence-based recovery for approximately 13,000 individuals under Court probation supervision.