Announcements:
RSAT Training and Technical Assistance Provider
As a result of a competitive process, BJA awarded a 2-year cooperative agreement to the Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP). AHP will deliver an array of training and technical assistance (TTA) services to Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) programs that seek to maximize the use of evidence-based substance abuse treatment and assist with the provision of aftercare for inmates in need of such treatment. AHP will be joined by its partners, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) Illinois and AdCare Criminal Justice Services, to provide the following:

• Developing new training curricula.
• Providing onsite as well as offsite training and technical assistance.
• Creating webinars available for RSAT program practitioners.
• Establishing a national RSAT TTA web site.
• Forming a social network linking RSAT grantees and sub-grantees to facilitate the establishment of a national RSAT learning community.

Overview:
The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Formula Grant Program assists states and units of local government in developing and implementing residential substance abuse treatment programs in state and local correctional and detention facilities.

RSAT programs provide individual and group treatment activities for offenders and must:

• Last between 6 and 12 months.

• Be provided in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general correctional population.

• Focus on the substance abuse problems of the inmate.

• Develop the inmate's cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills to solve the substance abuse and related problems.

Legislation: The RSAT Program was created by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322).

Funding: FY 2011 funding is approximately $22.8 million.

Eligibility: States may apply for a formula grant award under this program. "State" means any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The award is made to the state office designated under Section 507 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to administer the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. The state office, known as the state administering agency (SAA), may award subgrants to state agencies and units of local government.

All applicant states must agree to implement or continue to require urinalysis and/or other proven reliable forms of drug and alcohol testing of individuals assigned to RSAT programs in correctional facilities. States must also give preference to subgrant applicants who will provide aftercare services to program participants.

How/When To Apply: The FY 2011 formula grant announcement was released November 30, 2010, and applications were due January 27, 2011. Applicants must apply through OJP's Grants Management System (GMS).

Reporting Information:
RSAT reporting in Grants Management System (GMS) changed from annual to semi-annual basis. Grantees must report narrative and numerical data in both the Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) and the GMS.

All reporting must be completed in PMT on a quarterly basis with the following due dates: April 30, July 30, October 30, and January 30. In the PMT, grantees can create a report that can be downloaded to a computer. The downloaded report can then be uploaded and submitted to BJA through GMS on a semi-annual basis. The semi-annual report is due by January 30 and July 30.

For questions regarding the PMT or performance measures, please call the BJA PMT help desk at 1-888-252-6867 or send an e-mail to BJAPMT@csrincorporated.com.

For all other questions, please contact your assigned BJA State Policy Advisor (i.e., grant manager).

Performance Measures:
Starting with the January-June 2009 reporting period, RSAT performance measures are now collected quarterly through BJA's Performance Measurement Tool (PMT). Grantees will upload a PDF of their performance measures results from the PMT to the Grants Management System (GMS) on a semi-annual basis. The BJA PMT will support grantees' ability to identify, collect, and submit performance measures data for BJA grant awards. An assigned userID and password is needed to access the system. Please contact our partner, CSR, Inc., at the BJA PMT help desk at 1-888-252-6867 for more information.

Treatment Costs Per Offender

RSAT Definitions

Results from Performance Measure Data:
January-June 2009

Related Information:
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Program (FY 2010 Formula Grant Announcement)
FY 2010 RSAT Awards
FY 2010 RSAT Allocations

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners RSAT Training and Technical Assistance Program (FY 2010 Competitive Grant Announcement)
Frequently Asked Questions

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (FY 2009 Formula Grant Announcement)
FY 2009 RSAT Awards
FY 2009 RSAT Allocations

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (FY 2008 Formula Grant Announcement)
FY 2008 RSAT Allocations

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (FY 2007 Formula Grant Announcement)
FY 2007 RSAT Program Allocations

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (FY 2006 Formula Grant Announcement)
FY 2006 RSAT Program Allocations

FY 2005 awards
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (FY 2005 Formula Grant Announcement)
FY 2005 RSAT Program Allocations

Contact Information:
BJA State Policy Advisor
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Programs Office
810 Seventh Street NW.
Washington, DC 20531
202-514-6638
Fax: 202-305-2543

or

State Administering Agency (SAA)