Montana 2022 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program

The proposed project/goal of the Montana Board of Crime Control’s RSAT project is to break the damaging cycle of addiction and violence by reducing the demand for,  and use of drugs.

The planned purpose/objectives are:  1) to develop and implement substance abuse treatment programs in correctional and detention facilities at the local, state, and tribal levels, implementing MAT and other effective treatment strategies; 2) to prepare RSAT participants for successful community reintegration, and 3) to partner with community-based treatment, recovery and other broad-based aftercare services, preparing  RSAT participants for successful community reintegration. 

Primary activities/deliverables once federal RSAT funds are awarded to MBCC are:  1) to release a statewide RSAT funding opportunity.  2) review applications, convene a MBCC Application Review Committee to develop funding recommendations to go to MBCC Board of Directors for final awards; 3) Create subawards based upon final awards from MBCC; 4) subrecipients provide narrative, fiscal and performance reporting as required through MBCC reporting formats; and MBCC provides required federal reporting through JustGrants and PMT reporting systems;  4) MBCC monitor subrecipient projects activity to ensure program compliance; and 5) MBCC submit a federal RSAT closeout package upon execution of the grant and full funds expenditure.

Expected outcomes include  implementing successful and effective jail based substance abuse treatment programs and strategies, implementing effective offender aftercare services, effectively preparing and assisting offenders for successful community reintegration, thereby reducing offender recidivism rates.        

The RSAT service area is open to the entire state of Montana. 

Eligible applicants and intended beneficiaries/subrecipients are projected to include state agencies and units of local and tribal governments.