The Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison (DTAP) Program enables drug addicted criminal defendants to plead guilty to an offense and then enter a residential, therapeutic community treatment system for three years as an alternative to a prison sentence. The Program begins with three months of in-patient, residential drug treatment followed by wraparound recovery support services managed by a resources specialist, including transitional housing, literacy services, higher education, job training and placement services, and counseling, accompanied by drug testing, probation monitoring, and regular court hearings.

The Arizona Department of Health Services prepares an annual report on drug abuse treatment programs in this state that receive funds from the Department to be submitted by January 1 of each year to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to be made available to the general public through the Arizona Drug and Gang Prevention Resource Center.