As part of a new community re-entry initiative funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the state Attorney General’s office of New Jersey has entered a unique collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, and COCHS to build connectivity between local and county correctional centers and community health care providers. Counties are encouraged to apply to the Attorney General’s office for ARRA funding.

COCHS will be available to provide technical assistance to counties that qualify free of charge to them. To learn more about the technical assistance available from COCHS, .

Deadline for applications is Jan. 4, 2010. Click here to download a copy of the Notice of Availability of Funds.

Presentations from Dec. 4 Conference
on Re-entry Initiative

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By collaborating with community health centers, jails can be part of the solution to improving both public safety and public health.

—Keith Barton, MD
COCHS
Download Affiliations between Health Centers and Local Correctional Facilities to Provide Continuity of Care for Offenders, a manual describing the legal relationships possible between health care centers and local correctional facilities. Produced by COCHS with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LP, legal counsel for the National Association of Community Health Centers.
Download Contracting for Health Care Service in Local Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities: Achieving a Community-Based Standard of Care, a guide for procuring community-based health care services in correctional facilities. Produced by COCHS with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LP, legal counsel for the National Association of Community Health Centers.
Please visit our partner sites: Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS), Juvenile Offenders Community Health Services (JOCHS) and COCHS M.A.P.Tool©.