Well Told Grants

Federal grant programs / Department of Justice

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (16.593)

Also known as (RSAT)

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (Assistance Listing 16.593) is run by the Office of Justice Programs, part of the Department of Justice. It awarded $158 million in 265 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $594,762 per award on average. 1 funding opportunity is open or forecast now.

The typical award was $425,352. Half of the 265 awards fell between $209,746 and $754,796, and they ranged from $323 to $4.3 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

Program goal(s) name: Improve substance use treatment during and after incarceration to reduce recidivism. Program goal(s) description: Increase access to treatment for individuals with substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders during detention or incarceration and improve continuity of care during and after reentry by delivering community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services. Program objective(s) name: Improve access to substance use treatment, continuity of care and other services to support long term recovery in the community. Program objective(s) description: Enhance the capabilities of states and units of local and tribal governments to provide residential substance use treatment for incarcerated inmates; Provide individuals leaving incarceration with support to connect to needed services before they are released, ensuring they have a plan for ongoing treatment and other support services in the community; and Support individuals leaving correctional facilities to connect with aftercare services in the community, such as education, job training, housing, and peer support, to help them stay in treatment and reduce recidivism.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

Rules from the program listing

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

The FY24 RSAT awards ranged from $35,000 to $3,227,183 for individual states and territories, with an average award of $549,836.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (16.593) awarded$158 million across 265 grant awards, an average of $594,762 per award.

Top states: Texas ($17.2 million), California ($13.1 million), Florida ($10.2 million), Georgia ($6.4 million), Ohio ($6.0 million), Pennsylvania ($5.1 million), Arizona ($4.8 million), New York ($4.7 million), Virginia ($4.3 million), Massachusetts ($4.1 million).

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 98% of the money, businesses 1.7%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments263$155 million98%
Businesses2$2.7 million1.7%

By state

39 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Texas5$17.2 million
California5$13.1 million
Florida5$10.2 million
Georgia5$6.4 million
Ohio5$6.0 million
Pennsylvania5$5.1 million
Arizona5$4.8 million
New York5$4.7 million
Virginia5$4.3 million
Massachusetts7$4.1 million
Illinois5$4.1 million
North Carolina5$4.0 million
Louisiana5$3.9 million
Alabama5$3.6 million
Missouri5$3.4 million
Tennessee5$3.4 million
Oklahoma5$3.3 million
Michigan4$3.3 million
Wisconsin5$3.1 million
Indiana5$2.9 million
Kentucky5$2.8 million
Colorado5$2.7 million
Arkansas5$2.6 million
Mississippi5$2.6 million
Washington5$2.5 million
Maryland5$2.5 million
South Carolina5$2.4 million
Oregon5$2.2 million
Nevada5$1.9 million
Idaho5$1.7 million
Kansas5$1.7 million
Minnesota5$1.6 million
Iowa5$1.5 million
Connecticut5$1.4 million
West Virginia5$1.2 million
Utah5$1.2 million
New Mexico5$1.2 million
Montana5$1.1 million
Delaware5$1.0 million
Hawaii5$959,239
New Hampshire5$915,799
North Dakota5$908,279
Wyoming5$902,691
Alaska5$839,804
Puerto Rico4$837,282
Rhode Island5$810,299
Vermont5$753,863
Guam5$672,739
Nebraska3$670,817
American Samoa5$647,124
District of Columbia5$643,504
U.S. Virgin Islands5$616,278
Maine4$586,611
Northern Mariana Islands2$282,187

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.