$1.3M Invested in Nine Ohio Residential Treatment Programs

The Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) has announced that nine (9) residential substance use disorder treatment programs in eight counties received more than $1.3 million in federal grants through the Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program (RSUDT). Programs receiving funding are located in the following counties: Allen, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lorain, Montgomery, Shelby, and Union.

RSUDT seeks to prepare individuals with substance use disorders for reintegration into communities by delivering community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services. The initiative assists states and local governments in developing and implementing residential programs within state correctional, local correctional, and detention facilities where inmates are incarcerated long enough to receive treatment. OCJS recommended that applicants target high-risk offenders as program participants.

RSUDT funds may be used to implement three types of programs: residential, jail-based, and aftercare. A minimum of 10 percent of Ohio’s RSUDT allocation must be available for local correctional and detention facilities for any of the three areas. The residential based treatment programs must focus on the inmate’s substance use diagnosis. Jail-based treatment programs must develop the inmate’s cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills to help treatment and support recovery. Aftercare treatment programs must provide aftercare services that coordinate between the correctional treatment program and other social service and rehabilitation programs.