The Fiscal Year 2007 RSAT Program

The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Formula Grant Program (RSAT) assists states and local governments in developing and implementing substance abuse treatment programs in state and local correctional and detention facilities. The RSAT Program also assists states and local governments in creating and maintaining community-based aftercare services for offenders who are released from institutionally based substance abuse programs. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Formula Grant funds may be used to implement three types of programs. At least 10 percent of the total state allocation for FY 2008 shall be made available to local correctional and detention facilities (provided such facilities exist) for either residential substance abuse treatment programs or jail-based substance abuse treatment programs as defined below.

The Fiscal Year 2008 RSAT Program in American Samoa will be used to fund the treatment-based project within the Tafuna Correctional Facility. The primary goals of the RSAT Program are to ensure that the clients receive the following services: drug and alcohol counseling; anger management counseling; periodic and need-based based urinalysis/blood testing; group-based rehabilitation/treatment; and individual client-based rehabilitation/treatment. These services are provided at the facility through the cooperative efforts of the American Samoa Department of Human & Social Services, LBJ Medical Center Authority Social Services Division, LBJ Medical Center Authority Laboratory Services, Catholic Social Services, and the Criminal Justice Planning Agency.

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