546189 - 2023 RSAT - Continuation Applications
Funding Opportunity Details

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

Final Application Deadline: Mar 8, 2024 4:30 PM

Description

• Description

  GENERAL GRANT PROGRAM INFORMATION
  The Iowa Department of Public Safety, Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP), under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment, provides financial assistance to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system. The RSAT program places an emphasis on violent crime, drug offenses, serious offenders, and justice system improvement.
  Funding for this solicitation is available through Iowa’s RSAT allocation. The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program provides funding to units of government in developing and implementing residential substance use disorder treatment programs in state and local correctional and detention facilities. RSAT programs provide individual and group treatment activities for offenders and must meet the following requirements: Correctional Facility - last between 6 and 12 months or Jail – last at least 3 months; be provided in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general correctional population; focus on the substance abuse problems of the inmate; include drug/alcohol testing of participants including periodic and randomized testing; and develop the inmate's cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills to solve substance abuse and related problems.
  Funding for this solicitation is available through Iowa’s Residential Substance Abuse Treatment allocations. Approximately $200,000 will be committed through this competitive grant process for use in State Fiscal 2025. Of the RSAT program funds, federal guidelines currently require a minimum of 10% be passed through to local jurisdictions and a maximum of 90% to be passed to state agencies.
  Evidence-Informed and Innovative Programs/Practices
  The Office of Drug Control Policy places strong emphasis on the use of data and evidence in policy making and programming. Applicants should document and describe, to the extent possible, a data/evidence focused response to particular crime and substance abuse problem(s) in their grant applications. Applicants are encouraged to propose initiatives that use sound criminal justice principles, and innovation to create strategies that are effective, economical, and sustainable in response to one or more of the priorities listed above.
  For more information about evidence-based programs, as outlined by the U.S. Department of Justice, go to www.crimesolutions.gov.