The guam bureau of statistics and plans, state administering agency (SAA), proposes to implement the fiscal year 2024 residential substance abuse treatment (RSAT) for state prisoners grant

The Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans, as the State Administering Agency, has been awarded a $126,000 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program (CFDA 16.593). The purpose of this 4-year grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028, is to continue developing a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary residential substance use treatment program for incarcerated individuals at the Guam Department of Corrections facility. Key objectives include enhancing the territory's capability to provide evidence-based residential treatment, incorporating reentry planning, assisting with community reintegration, and providing access to medication-assisted treatment services. Expected outcomes involve ensuring participants have the tools for successful recovery and reentry, establishing a therapeutic residential treatment center, completing evidence-based programs, and providing peer specialist support for aftercare coordination.

The purpose is to continue to develop a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary residential treatment program that provides substance use treatment program for individuals incarcerated in the guam department of corrections facility. The objectives are to enhance the capability of guams local government to provide residential substance abuse treatment for incarcerated inmates; preparing offenders for their reintegration into the communities from which they came by incorporating reentry planning activities into treatment programs; to assist both the offenders and their communities through the reentry process through the delivery of both community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services; and to provide access to mat services to incarcerated individuals with an alcohol and/or opioid use disorder. Expected outcomes are to ensure participants are provided with the tools to maintain their recovery and to make the transition from prison life to community life as stress free as possible; establish a therapeutic residential community treatment center; completion of evidence-based treatment programs such as cognitive behavioral therapy, matrix model for substance use treatment and the moral reconation therapy (MRT); regular program assessments, and peer specialist support to assist with aftercare coordination with community-based organizations prior to program completion. Subrecipient activities include general education development (GED), vocational skills-building training, employment preparation, and peer specialist certification.