§10593 Program Requirements

Summary

Requires grant-funded drug treatment programs to follow strict rules. All treatment providers must be approved by the State or Tribe and licensed if needed. Programs must work with the State’s Single State Authority for Substance Abuse. They must offer long-term, clinical family treatment that helps the nonviolent parent who used drugs, the child, and other family members. The program must be in a residential setting, not a hospital or intensive outpatient program. If a parent does not finish the program, they must serve an appropriate prison sentence for the crime. Programs must check completion, use step-based rewards and penalties to encourage progress, and make a reentry plan for each person. Prison-based programs must assess family strengths and needs, keep care going if a person moves to another facility, and be kept apart from the general prison population. The Attorney General gives priority to nonprofit applicants that have written agreements showing they work with state or local criminal justice or corrections agencies and have a history of working with people in custody.