Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (16.593)

Program

16.593 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners

Federal Agency

Agency: Department of Justice
Office: Bureau Of Justice Assistance

Authorization

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Title I, Section 1001, as amended, Public Law 90-351, 42 U.S.C. 3796ff et seq.

Program Number

16.593

Last Known Status

Active

Objectives

To assist States and units of local government develop and implement residential substance abuse treatment programs within State and local correctional facilities in which prisoners are incarcerated for a period of time sufficient to permit substance abuse treatment.

Types of Assistance

FORMULA GRANTS

Uses and Use Restrictions

The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment formula grant funds may be used to implement residential substance abuse programs that provide individual and group treatment activities for offenders in residential facilities operated by State and local correctional agencies. These programs must 1) last between 6 and 12 months; 2) be provided in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general correctional population; 3) focus on the substance abuse problems of the inmate; and 4) develop the inmate's cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills to solve the substance abuse and related problems. Grant funds shall not be used for land acquisition or construction projects.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, America Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands are eligible to apply. The State office may award subgrants to State agencies and units of local government. Applicant States must agree to implement or continue to require urinalysis and/or other proven reliable forms of drug and alcohol testing of individuals assigned to residential substance abuse treatment programs in correctional facilities.

Beneficiary Eligibility

State and local correctional agencies will implement programs to provide treatment to incarcerated offenders.

Credentials/Documentation

The applicant must submit a completed Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424), including signed assurances that it will comply with statutory and administrative requirements. The applicant is also required to submit a description that includes the goals of the program, the implementation process, timetable for implementation, how the State will coordinate substance abuse treatment activities at the State and local levels, and the State's law or policy requiring substance abuse testing of individuals in correctional residential substance abuse treatment programs. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.

Application Procedure

This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Application Procedure: Immediately after enactment of the appropriations (usually in the first quarter of the fiscal year). BJA notifies the Byrne State Administering Agencies (SAAs) that the program solicitation is available online. The Byrne SAAs then have 60 days in which to submit an application through the online, Internet-based Grants Management System (GMS).

Award Procedure

A letter with copies of the grant award are sent to the applicant agency upon approval by the Office of Justice Programs. One copy of the grant award must be signed by the authorized official and returned to the Office of Justice Programs.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

Applications will generally be approved or denied within 60 days of receipt of a complete application.

Appeals

Formula grant applicants will be notified in writing of reasons for disapproval of their application and will be given an opportunity for reconsideration.

Renewals

Formula grants will be renewed each year.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

This program has no statutory formula.

Matching Requirements: Percent: 25.%. Grant funds are allocated to the States using the following formula: a) each participating State is allocated a base amount of 0.4 percent of the total funds available for the program; and b) the remaining funds are allocated to each participating State in the ratio its prison population bears to the total prison population of all participating States. The most recent National Prisoner Statistics collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics will be used to make these allocations. The Federal share of a grant-funded project may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the project. The 25 percent matching funds must be in the form of a cash match.

This program does not have MOE requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Funds for each fiscal year will be awarded for a period that includes the fiscal year of the appropriation plus two additional years. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Please contact the program office for more information.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Program reports are not applicable. Cash reports are not applicable. Semiannual. Quarterly financial reports are required. To assist in fulfilling the Department's responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), Public Law 103-62, applicants who receive funding under this solicitation must provide data that measures the results of their work.

Audits

In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. .

Records

In accordance with the requirement set forth in 28 CFR Parts 66 and 70, grantees must maintain all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to the award for at least 3 years following the close of the most recent audit.

Program Accomplishments

Not Applicable.

Financial Information

Account Identification

15-0404-0-1-754.

Obligations

(Formula Grants) FY 08 $8,812,378; FY 09 est $10,000,000; FY 10 est $30,000,000

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

Approximately $250,000 to $6.8 million.

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

Program Guidance and Application Kit, and the OJP Financial Guide.

Related Programs

Not Applicable.

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

None.

Headquarters Office

Timothy Wight Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, 810 Seventh Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20531 Phone: 202-616-6500

Web Site Address

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bja

Examples of Funded Projects

Not Applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Criteria for selecting proposals to implement State and local residential substance abuse treatment programs for prisoners with formula grant funds will be defined by the States.