Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Program

Overview

The RSAT Program assists states and local governments in developing and implementing substance usedisorder treatment programs in local detention facilities, and supports efforts to create and maintain community-based aftercare services for individuals who are/have been justice involved. Historically, the California RSAT Program has funded local detention facilities to provide in-custody treatment services with an aftercare component requirement. The goals of the RSAT Program are to enhance the capability local units of government to provide substance use disorder treatment for people who are incarcerated; prepare individuals who are/have been justice involved for their reintegration into the communities from which they came by incorporating reentry planning activities into treatment...