JOPLIN, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Social Services awards Ozark Center $1.46 million.
Ozark Center will use the Horizon 2 grant to renovate a 4,500 square foot building near 34th and Schifferdecker.
The 8-bed residential treatment facility will serve Missouri defendants who aren’t competent to stand trial because of their mental health. Del Camp, Ozark Center’s Chief Clinical Officer, says without help these defendants can spend more time in jail than the original charges warrant…