Better Futures Enterprises
September 10, 2012 | Grantee
A model that improves the lives of high-risk men by connecting them with the resources they need—housing, jobs, healthcare, and a supportive community.
Inmates and Former Inmates
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Return to Drug Use and Overdose After Release from Prison
March 15, 2012 | Journal Article
Former inmates face many challenges in the post-release period as drug use and the risk of overdose is highly prevalent due to lack of social support, exposure to drugs in their environment, financial trouble, and difficulty integrating back into the community.
Is There Life After Prison?
March 26, 2012 | Story
RWJF scholar studies ways to help former inmates survive the difficultand often deadlytransition to freedom.
Mapping the Innovation in Correctional Health Care Service Delivery in New York City
April 1, 2008 | Report
An electronic database and map of reentry services available to prisoners returning from New York City's jails to communities in its five boroughs finds services are often inaccessible.
Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges for Prisoners
December 4, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute analyzed the characteristics and experiences of former prisoners returning from prison to homes in Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland and Houston.
Coming Home from Prison: Policy Council Studies Ways to Improve Community Re-Entry
July 29, 2009 | Program Result
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are released from prison, many with health, substance abuse, economic and family problems that need to be addressed in order for them to become productive, law-abiding members of society.
Bringing Coordinated Services to Soon-to-be-Released Puerto Rican Inmates in Springfield, Mass.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result
North End Outreach Network in Springfield, Mass., expanded outreach to soon-to-be-released inmates and their families and coordinated access to social and medical services once they returned to the community.
Recommendations to Improve Access to Health Care for Prisoners Coming Home in Alameda and Los Angeles Counties
November 11, 2008 | Program Result
Urban Strategies Council led a coalition to design programs and make recommendations to improve access to health care for formerly incarcerated individuals who have reentered the community.
Rhode Island Opens Center to Help Inmates Transition Back to Communities
May 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Family Life Center, based in Providence, R.I., and founded to help recently released ex-offenders and their families' transition back into the community after release from prison, opened its doors in 2003.
Access to Health Care in the Community for Ex-Prisoners - Defining Guidelines
July 14, 2008 | Program Result
The Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved program of Morehouse School of Medicine convened two meetings in 2006 to define guidelines for health care access for prisoners re-entering the community.