Chapter 1 – General Administration

15020.4 Office of Recovery Services

• The Office of Recovery Services serves as the centralized point of substance abuse treatment and recovery program development, management, coordination, and program fund administration. The ORS:

  • Develops CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation standards for substance abuse treatment and recovery programs to ensure that offenders housed within the CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities and those supervised within the community receive consistent, quality programs likely to impact the drug use and crime continuum.

  • Develops new and innovative pilot substance abuse and recovery programs in CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities and community settings.

  • Monitors program implementation and audits program operation.

  • Drafts regulations pertinent to the operation of substance abuse programs to ensure consistent program development.

  • Provides grant management for substance abuse-related grant projects, and seeks potential grant sources which may provide assistance in furthering CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s programs.

  • Establishes a strategic plan to address offender needs for treatment and recovery services.

  • Assesses strategic plan progress.

  • Assesses the status of the delivery of program services to CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s offender population.

  • Manages the Joint Venture Program (JVPJoint Venture Program) pursuant to the 1990 Inmate Labor Initiative.