The idaho state police planning, grants, and research (PGR) is applying for the FY 2022 residential substance abuse treatment grant to create or enhance jail-based programs and to support the…

The Idaho State Police received a $365,447 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program to support a jail-based substance use treatment program. The goal of the RSAT program is to increase access to evidence-based substance use disorder treatment and reduce overdose deaths. Funding will support treatment, case management, and reentry services delivered through a sub-award to the Twin Falls County Jail from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. An addictions counselor and case managers will provide substance use treatment, mental health assistance, and community reentry support to incarcerated individuals with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. The program aims to help participants maintain sobriety and lead law-abiding lives post-release.

The idaho state police planning, grants, and research (PGR) is applying for the FY 2022 residential substance abuse treatment grant to create or enhance jail-based programs and to support the under-funded jail or prison-based residential substance abuse treatment programs in idaho. The current rsat subgrantee that may apply for continued funding is the twin falls county adult detention facility. To date, no other entities throughout the state have been identified as being able to meet the required rsat elements. Twin falls county adult detention facility seeks to continue improving access to care for drug dependent or addicted offenders (oftentimes with CO-occurring mental illness) incarcerated at the adult detention facility in twin falls, idaho. Collaborating with criminal justice organizations and the community, rsat funds are used to employ an addictions/mental health counselor, a case manager and a part-time case manager. The counselor provides substance use disorder treatment and mental health care assistance to inmates wishing to lead a sober and law-abiding lifestyle. The case managers provide inmate support in obtaining services in their community prior to and at the time of release; such services include substance use treatment, aftercare, mental health treatment, medical care, housing, employment, sober community supports, education and job training, and links to other needed services that allow clients continued recovery and resiliency. This is the first jail-based program funded with rsat funds in idaho.