Correctional Health Care, Reentry & Diversion Services
The corrections health care, re-entry, and diversion market is defined as the provision of medical and behavioral health services to the incarcerated, services to ease the transition back into the community, and diversion services related to decreasing or avoiding jail time for certain offenses. The corrections market faces a number of challenges including the high number of individuals with serious mental illness, an increasingly female population, providing adequate care, and helping former inmates adapt and succeed in the community.
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Nebraska Corrections Launching 5-Key Model Peer-Led Reentry Program
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) is launching a three-year program called “5-Key Model for Reentry” to train prison case managers and peer mentors to provide reentry support services to all incarcerated individuals. The program, funded by an anonymous grant of nearly $900,000, is a partnership with the Florida State University (FSU) faculty, and… Read
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- North Carolina Offers $6.7 Million In Grants To Address Behavioral Health In The Criminal Justice System
- Arizona Awards NaphCare A Five-Year $1.4 Billion Correctional Health Contract
- NaphCare, Inc. - Winning Proposal & Contract For Inmate Correctional Health Care Services To Arizona Department of Corrections, 2022
- The 2022 OPEN MINDS I/DD Executive Summit
- The Criminal Justice System & The Consumer With I/DD — Innovative Programs
- Colorado To Increase Behavioral Health Access To Divert People Away From The Criminal Justice System
- Washington State DOC Contracts With Securus For Inmate Communications Services
- Care For The Incarcerated - Better Or Worse?
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- Corizon Health Employees Form YesCare
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Government Contract Bidding Opportunities
- Arizona's Maricopa County Seeks Onsite Correctional Dialysis Services
- New Jersey's Camden County Seeks Comprehensive Medical, Mental Health, Substance Use, and Dental Health Care Services for Inmates.
- Illinois' DuPage County Seeks Jail Management System Software Services
- California's Lake County Seeks Jail Comprehensive Health Care Services
Government Contract Award Announcements
- Ohio's City of Solon Awards Inmate Medical Services Contract to Arnold J. Feltoon, MD
- New Jersey's Passaic County Awards Jail Contract Monitor Services Contract to Perselay Associates, Inc.
- Delaware Awards DOC Crisis Intervention Team (Program Training) Services Contract to NCCHC Resources, Inc.
- Wisconsin Awards Polygraph Examination Services Contract to Veridicus, Inc.
