California 2023 rsat program on july 1, 2012, the board of state and community corrections (bscc) became the state administering agency for californias residential substance abuse treatment for…

The California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) was awarded a $3,295,091 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program (CFDA 16.593) on October 1, 2023. This funding will support BSCC in developing and implementing evidence-based residential substance abuse treatment, counseling, and reentry services for incarcerated individuals in county jails across California.

The RSAT program aims to break the cycle of drug addiction and criminal behavior by providing cognitive-behavioral therapy, medication-assisted treatment, vocational training, and aftercare support to justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders. BSCC will distribute sub-awards through a competitive process to selected county jail facilities to build their capacity to deliver these critical prevention, treatment, and recovery services to the increased inmate population. This funding will enable BSCC and its local partners to enhance access to substance abuse treatment and improve continuity of care during reentry to reduce recidivism rates among this population.

California 2023 rsat program on july 1, 2012, the board of state and community corrections (bscc) became the state administering agency for californias residential substance abuse treatment for state prisoners (rsat) program. The bscc is also responsible for administering state and federal funds, guiding local policy and programming and providing technical assistance to local stakeholders in their criminal justice realignment efforts. The bscc, with support from the governors office, is committed to providing treatment services for incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders. As such, the bsccs 2023 rsat program will ensure that sufficient prevention, treatment and recovery services are provided to its clients. The goal of this program is to break the cycle of drugs and violence associated with substance abuse that has impaired a significant number of californias citizens. Implemented through californias local correctional and detention facilities and treatment providers, the bsccs rsat program will help develop the participants cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational and other skills to address drug-induced criminal conduct. Underscored by a workable structure designed to systematically reduce the demand, use and trafficking of illegal drugs, the bscc has identified evidence-based strategies that, when put into operation, will improve the rsat programs success rate in terms of reducing recidivism. Californias public safety reforms have shifted certain responsibilities for the inmate population from the state to the local level, and many of the offenders that would have been previously sentenced to prison are now the responsibility of the county jails. Given this transfer of responsibility, californias rsat funding will be directed toward local county jails, selected through a competitive-bid process, to help them build capacity to provide substance abuse programs to meet the needs of the increased inmate population during their incarceration and upon reentry into the community. Each project will be funded for a three-year cycle. A new competitive-bid process was competed in june of 2021 resulting in the selection of new cohort of sub-grantees that began on july 1, 2021.