Jail Navigator
Wayne County Sheriff’s Office
Goldsboro, NC
Machelle Bass has served Wayne County, NC, with over 20 years of mental health experience that has unexpectedly evolved into much more. From 2019 to 2021, Machelle worked at the Wayne County Health Department in order to help the community manage the Opioid epidemic as well as assisted with writing grants. In 2021, she began working with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office as the Jail Navigator for the Wayne County Detention Center managing their COSSAP grant awarded in October 2020. As the Jail Navigator, she works to help those reentering the community overcome the barriers they face by connecting them with resources within and outside the detention center through a collaborative approach.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM