The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is now accepting applications for the Residential Substance Abuse and Treatment (RSAT) Program.
Donor Name: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/02/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Grant Program assists states with developing and implementing residential substance abuse treatment programs within state correctional facilities, as well as within local correctional and detention facilities, in which inmates are incarcerated for a period of time sufficient to permit substance abuse treatment.
The program encourages the establishment and maintenance of drug-free prisons and jails and developing and implementing specialized residential substance abuse treatment programs that identify and provide appropriate treatment to inmates with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders or challenges. RSAT is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Purpose of the Program
The purpose of the RSAT Program is to assist state, local, and tribal efforts to break the cycle of drug addiction and violence by reducing the demand for, use, and trafficking of illegal drugs. The RSAT Program objectives are to:
- Enhance the capabilities of states and units of local and tribal governments to provide residential substance abuse treatment for incarcerated inmates;
- Prepare individuals for their reintegration into communities; and
- Assist individuals and communities through the reentry process by delivering community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services.
Program Areas
RSAT funding may be used to implement three types of programs as defined by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The eligible program areas include:
- Residential Programs
- Last at least 6 months and no more than 12 months.
- Focus on substance abuse problems of the inmate.
- Require urinalysis and/or other proven reliable forms of drug and alcohol testing for program participants, including both periodic and random testing, and former participants while they remain in the custody of the state or local government.
- Provide residential treatment facilities set apart – in a completely separate facility or dedicated housing unit in a facility exclusively for use by RSAT participants – from the general population.
- Ensure that individuals who participate in the grant-funded substance abuse treatment program will be provided with aftercare services when they leave incarceration.
- Develop the inmate’s cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills to solve the substance abuse and related problems.
- Coordinate with the federal assistance for substance abuse treatment and aftercare services currently provided by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
- Whenever possible, RSAT residential participation should be limited to inmates with 6 to 12 months remaining in their confinement.
- Jail-Based Programs
- Last at least 3 months.
- Focus on substance abuse problems of the inmate.
- Require urinalysis and/or other proven reliable forms of drug and alcohol testing for program participants, including both periodic and random testing, and for former participants while they remain in the custody of the state or local government.
- Provide residential treatment facilities set apart – in a completely separate facility or dedicated housing unit in a facility exclusively for use by RSAT participants – from the general population.
- Ensure that individuals who participate in the grant-funded substance abuse treatment program will be provided with aftercare services when they leave incarceration.
- Develop the inmate’s cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills to solve the substance abuse and related problems.
- Coordinate with the federal assistance for substance abuse treatment and aftercare services currently provided by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
- Aftercare Programs
- Aftercare services must involve coordination of the correctional facility treatment program with other human service and rehabilitation programs such as educational and job training programs, parole supervision programs, half-way house programs, and participation in self-help and peer group programs that may aid in the rehabilitation of individuals in the substance abuse treatment program. In addition, grant recipients should coordinate these activities with any SAMHSA-funded state and/or local programs that address the needs of this target population.
- To qualify as an aftercare program, the head of the substance abuse treatment program must work in conjunction with state and local authorities and organizations involved in substance abuse treatment to place program participants into community substance abuse treatment facilities upon their release.
Grant Period
The award period for this grant opportunity begins on May 1, 2024, and ends on April 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
State agencies, units of local government, and units of tribal governments are eligible to apply for RSAT program funding. A local unit of government is defined as: a city, county, town, township, or other political subdivision of a state; any law enforcement district or judicial enforcement district that is established under applicable state law and has authority to, in a manner independent of other state entities, establish a budget and impose taxes; and includes Indian tribes which perform law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. A city or county jurisdiction must be the recipient on behalf of city and county departments.
For more information, visit ICJI.
