The new hampshire department of justice (NH DOJ) is the implementing state agency for the residential substance abuse treatment program for state prisoners (rsat) grant

The New Hampshire Department of Justice (NH DOJ) has been awarded a $223,293 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. This grant will support evidence-based residential treatment, medication-assisted treatment, counseling, and reentry services for incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders across state prisons and county jails in New Hampshire. Key funded activities will include comprehensive, client-centered aftercare programming, random drug testing, and transitional services to facilitate successful community reintegration. The NH DOJ will administer a competitive Request for Grant funding to county jails and the state Department of Corrections to implement these RSAT treatment and recovery initiatives over the 4-year award period from October 2023 to September 2027.

Currently the NH DOJ has active rsat funding subgrant programming in three of the states ten county jails. The department of corrections, which on occasion receives rsat funding, includes three prisons, transitional work centers, and halfway houses. Rsat programming generally consists of evidence-based cognitive treatment, case management, medical assistant treatment (mat), and for utilization of rsat funding for approved TA providers to improve current treatment and aftercare services. In conjunction with these programs, staff administers conduct risk and needs assessments, random drug testing, and submit referrals for aftercare services. Upon receiving the anticipated rsat award, the NH DOJ will release a competitive request for grant (RFG) that will be open for all ten county jails and the NH department of corrections. IT will require that subgrantees provide comprehensive, holistic, client-centered aftercare, and to closely monitor those individuals with substance use disorders. This will include ensuring there are random and frequent drug testing conducted for participants while they participate in the institutions evidence-based treatment, both while incarcerated and while in aftercare programming, which may include rsat supported medical assistant treatment (mat) services programs.