The executive office of the state of kansas, kansas governor's grants program, will administer the federal rsat for state prisoners formula grant program award in kansas

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Executive Office of the State of Kansas, Governor's Grants Program, $156,184 under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners formula grant on October 1, 2025.

The grant funds residential substance use disorder treatment programs and continuity of care services for incarcerated and detained individuals with substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. The Kansas Department of Corrections, the primary sub-recipient, will sustain and enhance the existing Substance Use Recovery Program at the Women's Correctional Facility in Topeka, maintain and strengthen the program at the Men's Correctional Facility in Lansing, and sustain and expand the program at the Men's Correctional Facility in Winfield. The Governor's Grants Program will ensure that no less than 10 percent of federal funds support local jail substance use disorder treatment programs, pretrial treatment initiatives, or stand-alone aftercare services.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. Place of performance is Topeka, Kansas.

The primary goal of this project is to increase access to substance use disorder treatment for individuals with substance use or CO-occurring substance use and mental health disorders during detention or incarceration and to improve continuity of care during and after reentry. Federal rsat funds will be subgranted to eligible state prisons and local jails to support these efforts. The kansas department of corrections will be the primary subrecipient of federal rsat funds. The kansas department of corrections proposes to sustain and further enhance the existing substance use recovery program at the women's correctional facility in topeka, to maintain and strengthen the existing substance use recovery program at the men's correctional facility in lansing, and to sustain and expand the existing substance use recovery program at the men's correctional facility in winfield. The kansas governor's grants program will ensure that no less than 10 percent of the federal rsat funds is used to assist a local jail or jails in providing substance use disorder treatment programs in the jail, initiating or continuing treatment programs in pretrial populations, or initiating or continuing stand-alone aftercare services that identify and support aftercare programs that serve participants in residential treatment programs.