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.
Jails and Prisons
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A New Model of Health Care for Juvenile Offenders
December 1, 2011 | Program Result Report
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services expanded its juvenile offender program to an additional site and negotiated for a third. The program connects juvenile offenders with health services during and after detention.
Bringing Coordinated Services to Soon-to-be-Released Puerto Rican Inmates in Springfield, Mass.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result Report
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.
Meditation Course Helps Native Americans Sustain Recovery
July 23, 2009 | Story
Marlatt and colleagues conducted a study in a prison in Seattle in which inmates were given the opportunity to participate in a 10-day Vipassana meditation course.
Northwestern Juvenile Project Finds Drug Use, Psychiatric Disorders, Risky Sex Among Young Chicago-Area Offenders in the Late 1990s
June 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Researchers from Northwestern University Medical School interviewed 1,829 youth detained at the juvenile facility in Cook County, Ill., as part of a longitudinal study of the health issues and outcomes of youth in juvenile detention.