Gov. Perry Announces $1.6 Million in Grants

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry awarded more than $1.65 million to eight programs across the state that provide individual and group substance abuse treatment to juvenile and adult offenders. The grants are awarded through the federal Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program (RSAT) and are distributed by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division (CJD).

“These grants fund important programs that help those caught in a cycle of self-destructive substance abuse return to a path of leading healthy productive lives” said Gov. Perry.

The RSAT program funds comprehensive drug rehabilitation resources for high-risk offenders. The residential treatment programs work to develop offenders’ cognitive behavioral social and vocational skills in efforts to promote a stable livelihood and reduce recidivism.

Each year CJD awards more than $113 million in grants for a variety of juvenile justice criminal justice and victim services programs.

The awards include:

$83590
West Texas Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) 
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

$164772 Lubbock County
Treatment Intervention for Special Needs Offenders
 
$185253
Dallas County
Residential Drug Treatment Center
 
$429897 Harris County
CSCD Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners
 
$179609 Harris County
New Choices
 
$298479 Dallas County
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment - Wilmer
 
$208438 Nueces County
CSCD Substance Abuse Treatment Facility
 
$109356 Travis County
Leadership Academy (Dual Diagnosis Unit)