The board of state and community corrections (bscc) is the state administering agency for california's rsat program

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the California Board of State and Community Corrections $1,093,153 on October 1, 2025, under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program (CFDA 16.593).

The BSCC administers California's RSAT program to break the cycle of drugs and violence through residential substance abuse treatment delivered in local correctional and detention facilities. The program develops participants' cognitive, behavioral, social, and vocational skills to address criminal conduct. Funding is directed toward county jails selected through competitive bid to build capacity for substance abuse programs serving the increased inmate population transferred to local custody under California's public safety realignment, with services provided during incarceration and upon reentry into the community.

Performance runs October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with administrative oversight at the BSCC in Sacramento, California. The BSCC distributes federal funds through sub-awards to local county governments, correctional facilities, and treatment providers. The assistance type is a formula grant.

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 goal of this program is to break the cycle of drugs and violence associated with substance abuse. Implemented through california's local correctional and detention facilities and treatment providers, the bscc's rsat program will help develop the participants' cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills to address criminal conduct. California's 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, california's 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.