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The MOMobile Home Visiting Program Goes to Jail and Follows the Babies Home

April 26, 2012 | Program Result Report

Through its MOMobile at Riverside program, the Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia provided education and support services to female inmates who were pregnant and/or mothers of young children. RWJF supported the program from 2006 through 2010.

RWJF Physician Faculty Scholar Tackles Crisis in Care for Women in the Justice System

August 26, 2010 | Story

Continuity and access issues in prison health care increase lifelong health risks for people who pass through the system.

Shira Shavit Honored for Creating a 'Medical Home' for Former Prison Inmates

August 23, 2010 | Story

San Francisco physician receives 2010 RWJF Community Health Leader Award for work with ex-offenders and their families.

Release from Prison

January 11, 2007 | Journal Article

A High Risk of Death for Former Inmates

Helping Former Prisoners Reenter Society

January 1, 2009 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, Will Bunch, a journalist with the Philadelphia Daily News, looks at Health Link, an early prisoner re-entry program that ran between 1992 and 2002 and was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program tested the idea of caseworkers helping recently released inmates with jobs, education, health, housing and other social services.

Jails and Community-Based Health Care Slideshow

June 24, 2009 | Presentation Material

This slideshow references quotes and statistics which underscore the need for high-quality health care that protects both jail inmates and the public.

A New Family-Focused Database for Bodega de la Familia's Work with Prisoners Coming Home in New York

October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report

Staff at Family Justice designed and implemented a comprehensive database designed to support its approach to improving the health and well-being of formerly incarcerated individuals and their families in New York.

Inmates Go from Big House to Greenhouse on Rikers Island

December 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

The Horticultural Society of New York hired a project coordinator a horticultural program that provides education, counseling, job training, and transitional employment to New York City inmates.

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.

Health Link Program Provided Health and Community Services to Current and Former Inmates of New York City's Rikers Island Jail

February 23, 2006 | Program Result Report

The Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health designed and ran Health Link, which provided in-jail and post-release services to women and adolescent inmates ages 16 to 18 at New York City's Rikers Island correctional complex.

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