5225 Corrections and Rehabilitation
Program Descriptions

46 - ADULT EDUCATION, VOCATION, AND OFFENDER PROGRAMS - ADULT SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM

The objective of the Office of Substance Abuse Treatment Services is to plan, develop, implement and monitor addiction and recovery services within the CDCR. The Office is responsible for overseeing and implementing a full continuum of evidence-based substance abuse treatment, including in-prison substance abuse treatment programs and community-based aftercare, to reduce recidivism and relapse, and to promote pro-social behavior and successful reintegration of adult offenders. These programs include, but are not limited to, the in-custody substance abuse treatment programs, residential aftercare programs, the Female Offender Treatment Employment program, the Parolee Services Network, and the community and jail-based in-custody drug treatment programs.