OAJJA: Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners

The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Grant Program enhances the capabilities of state, local, and tribal governments to provide residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment to adult and juvenile populations during detention or incarceration, to initiate or continue evidence-based SUD treatment in jails with pre-trial populations, prepare individuals for reintegration into the community, and assist them and their communities throughout the reentry process by delivering community-based treatment and other recovery aftercare services. The RSAT Grant Program encourages the establishment and maintenance of drug-free prisons and jails and development and implementation of specialized residential and pre-trial SUD treatment for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. The program also encourages the inclusion of medication-assisted treatment as part of any SUD treatment protocol.

RSAT’s objectives are to:

• Enhance the capabilities of state, local, and Indian tribal governments to provide substance use disorder (SUD) treatment to people during detention or incarceration;
• Prepare them for their reintegration into a community by incorporating reentry planning activities into their treatment programs; and
• And assist them and their communities throughout the reentry process by delivering community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services.

Amount Available: FY 2023 RSAT for State Prisoners Program Formula Grant awards is $583,391.00

Project Application DEADLINE: October 25, 2024

PROJECT APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE.

Failure to submit a complete project application may result in denial of funding.

RSAT funds must be used to support the provision of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment to adult and juvenile populations during detention or incarceration and recovery support and aftercare services post release. RSAT funding may also be used for treatment for co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, and for medication-assisted treatment (MAT), which is the use of medications in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies for individuals with alcohol and opioid use disorders. Treatment programs and their associated requirements include:

RSAT Program funds may be used to implement three types of programs: residential, jail-based, and aftercare.

Local correctional and detention facility programs in rural and tribal areas will be given priority consideration for RSAT awards.

Residential

Residential SUD treatment programs in prisons and juvenile detention centers must meet all of the following criteria:

• Engage individuals with SUD or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders for a period of between 6 and 12 months.
• Require periodic/random drug testing of individuals while they are in the program and under community supervision.
• Establish a therapeutic community (i.e., program participants are set apart from the general population).
• Provide aftercare services.

Whenever possible, RSAT residential program participation should be limited to inmates with 6 to 12 months remaining in their confinement.

Residential SUD treatment programs in jails must meet all of the following criteria:

• Engage individuals with SUD or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders for at least 3 months.
• Require periodic/random drug testing of individuals while they are in the program and under community supervision.
• Make every effort to establish a therapeutic community (i.e., program participants are set apart from the general population).
• Provide Aftercare Services.

Jail-based

Jail-based SUD treatment programs with pre-trial populations must meet the following criteria:

• Must initiate or continue evidence-based SUD treatment programs, including medication-assisted treatment in pretrial populations during their confinement; and/or
• Foster connections to SUD treatment in the community upon pretrial release.
• Programs supporting pre-trial populations do not need to meet the criteria for jail-based residential SUD treatment programs.

Aftercare

Aftercare services must involve coordination of the correctional facility treatment program with other human service and rehabilitation programs, and with the federal assistance for substance abuse treatment and aftercare services currently provided by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Aftercare services include case management and the full continuum of recovery and aftercare services, which may include:

• Educational and job training programs;
• Parole supervision programs;
• Half-way house programs; and
• Participation in self-help and peer group programs that may aid in the rehabilitation of individuals in the SUD treatment program.

State agencies (state prisons and juvenile programs) and units of local and tribal government (local correctional and detention facilities), including federally recognized Indian tribes, as well as community-based service providers, in which residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs are being developed and implemented with inmates with substance use disorders or challenges and/or co-occurring mental health disorders and who are incarcerated for a period of time sufficient to permit substance use treatment.

Local correctional and detention facility programs in rural and tribal areas will be given priority consideration for RSAT awards made with funds set aside for units of local and tribal government.

What is Fluxx?

Fluxx is the official grants management system (GMS) for the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ).

A Fluxx account must be created to view the details of a grant, requirements, access application materials, and much for all grants administered by DCJ. 

This platform is the central hub for all grant-related activities. Applicants use Fluxx to find funding opportunities and submit applications. Grantees must create a Fluxx account to use the portal, manage every aspect of an award, including:

• Submitting Financial and Narrative Reports
• Requesting Payments
• Filing Project Modifications
• Communicating with Grant Managers

Fluxx is designed to be a robust and accessible system that streamlines the entire grant lifecycle, reducing administrative burden and simplifying grant management for our community partners.

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Grant Technical Assistance

The job aids below will assist grantee's in navigating the Fluxx grant management system.  A Fluxx account must be created to view the full details, requirements, access application materials, and much for all grants administered by DCJ. 

Below are the job aids for Fluxx:

• How to Login to Fluxx.io
• Need Help Resetting your Password?
• New Organization Guide
• Add New Users
• Organization and User Permissions
• Complete and Submit a Payment Request
• Create, Complete, and Submit DCJ Modification Forms

If you experience problems or have questions about how to use Fluxx, contact dcjgms@state.co.us