National Evaluation of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Programs in the United States, 1995-1999
Description
The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners
Formula Grant Program, created by Title III (Subtitle U of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994), was designed by Congress
to implement residential substance abuse programs providing individual and group
treatment for inmates in residential facilities operated by state and local
correctional agencies. Under the Corrections Program Office of the Office of
Justice Programs of the United States Department of Justice, state and local
correctional agencies received funds to develop or enhance existing programs
that: (1) lasted between six and 12 months, (2) provided residential treatment
facilities set apart from the general correctional population, (3) were
directed at the substance abuse problems of the inmate, (4) were intended to
develop the inmate's cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other
skills in order to treat related problems as well as the substance abuse, and (5)
continued to require urinalysis and/or other proven reliable forms of drug
and alcohol testing of individuals assigned to treatment programs during and
after release from residential custody. The National Development and Research
Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) entered into a cooperative agreement with
the National Institute of Justice wherein NDRI would evaluate the extent to which the goals of the RSAT program
were being accomplished and the problems that were encountered by the
participating states. The methods of this national evaluation were: (1)
an initial state survey to ascertain the RSAT programs and program directors
in each of the 50 states plus five territories and the District of Columbia
and to collect basic information on the aggregate impact of the RSAT-funded
programs in each state or territory (Part 1, State Data), (2) a follow-up state survey to
collect more detailed information on the aggregate impact of the RSAT-funded
programs in each state (Part 1, State Data), and (3) an initial program survey to describe
the separate RSAT programs as they came on line and to assess whether a few of
the programs might serve as model programs which could undergo subsequent
intensive evaluation (Part 2, Program Data). The sampling method used was a census of all the existing RSAT-funded
programs and all of the state RSAT officials. Part 1 variables include the
amount of RSAT funds received by the state in fiscal years 1996 to 1998,
amounts from other sources of funding, and amount spent on salaries, training,
drug tests, other supplies, and facilities, as well as number of residents, number of
staff, reasons why funding was delayed, RSAT award date, and RSAT end date.
Part 2 variables include the number of clients in the program, number of beds
available, number of staff by gender, race, age, education, profession, and
years of experience, admission inclusion criteria, reporting procedures, treatment
type and duration, type of drug testing and number of tests, annual budget,
sources of funding, and cost per capita.
Resources
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ICPSR02914.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02914.v1 |
Tags
- substance-abuse
- correctional-facilities
- program-evaluation
- drug-testing
- drug-treatment
- grants
- inmate-programs