The wyoming rsat in-prison residential treatment programs are fully supported through the state budgeting process

The Wyoming Department of Corrections will receive $196,027 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Formula Grant program (CFDA 16.593) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. Funds will support four forensic peer specialist positions - two at the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp and one each in Lusk and Rawlins, Wyoming. The peer specialists will work with the agency's RSAT programs, which provide in-prison substance use disorder residential treatment at two locations. Additional monitoring and tracking of continuing care services after release will also be supported. Funds will aid more intensive coordination, collaboration, service delivery and post-release referral efforts for the evidence-based prevention and treatment programs. Performance measurement and reporting for the RSAT programs will likewise receive assistance.

However, additional support and funding for utilization of forensic peer specialist positions and ongoing monitoring and tracking of continuing care is needed. Wdoc rsat programs provide substance use disorder residential treatment in two (2) separate locations and require more intensive monitoring to ensure requisite levels of program coordination, collaboration, service delivery, and continuing care referrals are maintained. Collecting and reporting on rsat performance measures is also more demanding and time intensive. Rsat fiscal year 2022 grant funds will be used to fund four (4) forensic peer specialist position: one in lusk and one in rawlins and two at the wyoming honor conservation camp (whcc).