Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Act (RSAT)

Question 1 – Program Summary (10 Points)

Provides a clear, concise summary of the proposed program and explains the program’s goals and objectives.

a. Identifies the proposed program type (Pretrial SUD Treatment, Prison-Based Residential SUD Treatment, Jail-Based Residential SUD Treatment, and/or Stand-Alone Aftercare Services).

b. Describes the target population to be served.

c. Describes the facility, location, or service setting in which the program will operate.

Question 2 and Question 3 – Statement of Need (10 Points)

a. Identifies current or foreseeable barriers to providing substance use disorder treatment, recovery support, and/or reentry services for the target population.

b. Describes strategies to address identified barriers and improve access to services.

Question 4 – Evidence-Based Practices (15 Points)

a. Identifies the evidence-based or evidence-informed treatment models, curricula, practices, or interventions that will be implemented.

b. Provides a rationale and supporting research demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed approach for the target population.

c. Describes how the proposed practices will be sustained and integrated into ongoing operations.

Question 5 and Question 6 – Recovery Support and Reentry Planning (10 Points)

a. Describes how participants will be connected to treatment, recovery support, and/or reentry services during and after program participation.

b. Describes coordination with community partners, treatment providers, correctional agencies, and other stakeholders, as applicable.

Question 7 – Project Implementation (20 Points)

a. Provides a completed implementation schedule with reasonable milestones and responsible parties.

b. Describes a reasonable and achievable plan to implement the proposed project.

c. Clearly describes the program activities and services to be funded.

Question 8 – Goals, Objectives, and Performance Measures (10 Points)

Provides a completed Performance Plan that includes at least one program goal, two process objectives, two outcome objectives, and corresponding performance measures.

Question 9 – Project Management (15 Points)

a. Describes how project success will be measured and how data will be collected, tracked, and reported.

b. Describes the plan for coordination, supervision, and oversight of project activities.

c. Describes a plan to sustain project activities beyond the grant period.

Question 10 – Budget Detail and Narrative (10 Points)

a. Proposed costs are allowable, reasonable, necessary, and allocable to the project.

b. Budget narrative is complete and clearly justifies all requested costs.

Total Possible Points: 100

Applications that pass the eligibility screening will be reviewed and scored by a panel of ICJIA staff and other subject matter experts with experience in substance use disorder treatment, recovery support services, reentry programming, correctional rehabilitation, and/or criminal justice systems.

ICJIA reserves the right to reject incomplete applications, applications that include unallowable activities or costs, applications that fail to meet eligibility or program requirements, and applications that are otherwise determined to be nonresponsive to the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

ICJIA may request clarification of application information and may require applicants to revise budgets containing unallowable, unreasonable, or inadequately justified costs. Application budgets will be reviewed for allowability, reasonableness, completeness, and cost effectiveness. ICJIA will conduct a detailed budget review of all recommended awards and may require budget modifications that do not materially alter the scope or intent of the proposed project.

Applications will be scored in accordance with the published scoring criteria. Funding recommendations will be based on application scores, available funding, geographic distribution of services, programmatic considerations, and other factors determined by ICJIA to support the goals of the RSAT Program.

Successful applicants whose applications contain unallowable or unreasonable costs may receive awards that are reduced by the amount of those costs. Following acceptance of the award, grant award information will be published in accordance with GATA and applicable state requirements.

Review team recommendations will be forwarded to the ICJIA Budget Committee for consideration and approval. Applicants will be notified of the final funding decision following completion of the approval process.

*Dates are subject to change based on the ICJIA Budget Committee schedule and the availability of federal funds.