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New Opportunities to Improve Health Care Access for People Leaving Incarceration

4 Jun 2024

The SEP begins on the day the person is released from incarceration and the SEP ends the last day of the 12th month after the person I released. [...] Finally, recognizing the important role that community health centers play in providing care to people leaving incarceration, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) recently announced the availability of $51 million in grant funding to support 51 community health centers to strengthen care transitions. [...] Meeting the Health-Related Social Needs of People Leaving Incarceration Improving the health outcomes of people leaving incarceration will also require strategies to better meet the health-related social needs of these individuals, who are often released without secure and stable access to housing, income, transportation, and other basic needs. [...] The SEP begins on the day the person is released from incarceration and the SEP ends the last day of th... [...] Meeting the Health-Related Social Needs of People Leaving Incarceration Improving the health outcomes of people leaving incarceration will also require strategies to better meet the health-related social needs of these individuals, who are often released without secure and stable access to housing, income, transportation,...

Authors

Kyra Sanborn

Pages
4
Published in
United States of America

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