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July 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
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.
November 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
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.
June 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Project staff at the Urban Institute commissioned seven research-based discussion papers by leading experts in the field of public health and prisoner reentry, and sponsored a two-day conference based on issues and findings detailed in the papers.
November 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Criminal justice researchers and practitioners, community leaders, former prisoners and policy-makers convened at the Reentry Roundtable to discuss research and policy regarding prisoner reentry and its impact on individuals, families and communities.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Hepatitis C Awareness Project expanded circulation of the Hepatitis C Awareness News and developed a Web site to provide incarcerated adults with information about hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that causes cirrhosis of the liver.
July 14, 2008 | Program Result Report
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.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
In 2002, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, in collaboration with the New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute, created the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Researchers at McKinsey & Co. explored the potential of social impact bonds as a pay-for-performance means to finance the expansion of proven social service programs. Their study focused on two areas: homelessness and prisoner recidivism.
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.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Reclaiming Futures incorporates some of the concepts of the overarching case management juvenile reentry model, particularly in the areas of continuity of care, evidence-based care, service coordination and positive youth development that engages family and community members.