2022 residential substance abuse treatment program 2022 rsat

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs awarded $144,923 to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency through the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program. The funding will support the Agency's 2022 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Project at the Tafuna Correctional Facility from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026.

The award will provide federal assistance to treatment and counseling services for the RSAT program and its affiliates at the correctional facility. The goal is to enhance access to evidence-based substance use disorder treatment and reduce overdose deaths. Strategies include using the funding to support additional innovative efforts in treatment and rehabilitation without supplanting existing local resources. The award will also help provide teaching, training, and development of vocational skills to facilitate inmate transitions back into their communities as productive citizens.

Abstract

I. Applicant name: criminal justice planning agency A.P. Lutali executive office building, 3RD floor american samoa government pago pago, american samoa 96799 MRS. Mariana timu-faiai executive director MR. Leonard seumanutafa, deputy director II. Project title: 2022 residential substance abuse treatment (rsat) project goal: the primary goal of the 2022 rsat program is to provide federal grant funding assistance to the rsat program and its affiliates at the tafuna correctional facility of the american samoa government which are providing treatment and counseling services in support of the rsat program in its system improvement projects. Strategies: the strategy is based on the provision of federal funding assistance to the criminal justice system service providers, not to supplant existing local funding resources, but to support additional and innovative efforts to provide assistance in the treatment and rehabilitation aspect of the program. The strategy is based on the provision of federal funding assistance to the criminal justice system providers, to help provide teaching and training of vocational trades and skills to help the inmate's transition back into the community as clean and productive citizens.