Assists the Washington State Department of Corrections and units of local government in developing and implementing 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.

The Department of Commerce receives funding from the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (1968 as amended), to develop or enhance substance abuse treatment programs for offenders. The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program application to the DOJ/Bureau of Justice Assistance was submitted Jan 19, 2006. The 2006 RSAT Federal Application is now available (PDF).

The Department solicited for the SFY 2006 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Applications for continuation projects.  The Department released two applications, one for the Department of Corrections, and one for Local Jurisdictions having jails certified for residential treatment projects. For more information contact Harvey Queen at (360) 725-3034.  The SFY 2006 RSAT Prisons (DOC) application is available in  PDF format for your information and use. The SFY 2006 RSAT Local Jursidictions application is available also in PDF format.

Services we Support:

• Supervised substance abuse treatment
• Residential Therapeutic Community treatment environment
• Various behavior-modification modalities
  such as Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT^®)
• Life skills education and training
• Transitional services upon release from incarceration into community
• parole supervision
• self-help and peer group programs
• Aftercare services and referral to continuing treatment services

Active Programs we Support:

• Department of Corrections Pine Lodge Pre-Release RSAT Project
• Benton-Franklin County Correctional RSAT Project
• Thurston County Correctional Facility RSAT Project

RSAT Projects must meet certain facility and professional staffing certifications before being eligible for funding under the grant. All current projects have been certified by the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse's Certification Section. Staff certification is done by the Department of Health. Chemical Dependency Staff Certification by DOH requires professionally certified Chemical Dependency treatment personnel to staff CD treatment facilities providing CD treatment to participants who are state funded. RSAT also requires this certification for participants receiving CD treatment.

For more information on the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program in Washington state, please e-mail  Harvey Queen, RSAT Program Manager or call (360)725-3034, Safe and Drug-Free Communities Unit, Local Government Division, Washington State Department of Commerce.