WARREN — Commissioners approved providing $50,000 from the county’s opioid settlement funds to assist sheriff officials to maintain the Medication-Assisted Treatment Program in the Trumbull County jail.

The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office last year received $50,000 to start a medication-assisted treatment program from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

Sheriff’s Major David Bobby told commissioners on Tuesday those funds have been exhausted.

“We’ve always been doing a part of it,” Bobby said. “We received $50,000 just for medication.”

Bobby noted the program has been used to help nearly 50 inmates.

Commissioner Rick Hernandez said the program has been helpful.

The $50,000 approved by the commissioners will be used to support the program while the sheriff’s office is seeking a renewal of the grant.