Funder: Mississippi Division of Public Safety Planning
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Original deadline) | October 2027 (Extended deadline)
Funding Amounts: One-year award with a 25% cash or in-kind match
Summary: Supports residential or jail-based substance-use treatment and recovery programs in Mississippi adult local detention facilities.
Key Information: Only counties operating adult local detention facilities may apply, with one proposal per county.
Description
The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program is administered by the Mississippi Division of Public Safety Planning within the Department of Public Safety, using U.S. Department of Justice funding. It supports detention-based residential or jail-based substance-use treatment and recovery, including evidence-based practices. Counties may propose new programs or continue and expand existing RSAT treatment programs.
The treatment model is a nine-month, highly structured residential therapeutic community involving peer groups, counselors, and staff supervision. It targets high-risk, high-needs offenders nearing release, court-sentenced probationers, court- or MDOC-referred offenders, and others needing intensive substance-abuse programming. Participants have substance-abuse histories that contributed to their correctional supervision. Activities combine individual counseling, process and psycho-educational groups, work details, vocational education, and random drug screening.
