Grants to Montana state and local government agencies and Tribes to develop and implement substance abuse treatment programs in correctional facilities. Funding is intended to help applicants provide services to individuals who are incarcerated, assist individuals in their reintegration into communities, and assist individuals and communities through the reentry process by delivering community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services.

The Montana Board of Crime Control (MBCC) is soliciting proposals for the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program to be funded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance. The RSAT for State Prisoners Program assists state, local and tribal governments in the development and implementation of substance abuse treatment programs in state, local and tribal correctional and detention facilities, as well as in the creation and maintenance of community reintegration services for offenders.

The purpose of the RSAT for State Prisoners Program is to break the cycle of drug addiction and violence by reducing the demand for, use, and trafficking of illegal drugs. RSAT’s objectives are to enhance the capabilities of states and units of local and tribal government to provide residential substance abuse treatment for incarcerated inmates; prepare inmates for their reintegration into a community by incorporating reentry planning activities into treatment programs; and assist these offenders and their communities through the reentry process by delivering community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services. Treatment practices and/or services are required to be evidence-based as shown through treatment outcomes that are consistent with the RSAT Program objectives.

Funds may be used to implement three types of programs:

1. Residential
   
2. Jail-based
3. Aftercare

For residential programs (engages inmates for 6-12 months) and jail-based program (engages inmates for at least 3 months) are to:

• Require urinalysis and/or other forms of drug and alcohol testing for program participants
  
• Provide residential treatment in a facility separate from the general correctional population to be used exclusively by RSAT participants;
• Ensure program participants will be provided with aftercare services upon leaving incarceration;
• Ensure aftercare services coordinate between correctional facility treatment program and other social service and rehabilitation programs (i.e. educational and job training, parole supervision, halfway house, and self-help and per group programs); and
• Coordinate with 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).