Helping Little Children Face Big Challenges ... Including a Parent in Prison
June 14, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Sesame Street releases an episode about the children of prisoners as part of "Little Children, Big Challenges" series.
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Like Close to Two Millions Kids, New Sesame Street Character Has an Incarcerated Parent
June 13, 2013 | New Public Health Post
A White House “Champions of Change” event yesterday honored 12 men and women who spent their careers improving the lives of children who have a parent in prison. Sesame Street released a toolkit to be distributed to jails, schools and therapists.
Thoughts on the APHA Closing Session: In the End, It is All About Power
November 1, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The closing session of the APHA meeting focused on incarceration, justice, and health.
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.
The MOMobile Home Visiting Program Goes to Jail and Follows the Babies Home
April 26, 2012 | Program Result Report
Through its MOMobile at Riverside program, the Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia provided education and support services to female inmates who were pregnant and/or mothers of young children. RWJF supported the program from 2006 through 2010.
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.
Health Care for Prisoners in Haiti
September 21, 2011 | Journal Article
An adequate prison health care program is necessary for human rights and public health in Haiti.
Shira Shavit Honored for Creating a 'Medical Home' for Former Prison Inmates
August 23, 2010 | Story
San Francisco physician receives 2010 RWJF Community Health Leader Award for work with ex-offenders and their families.
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.
Helping Former Prisoners Reenter Society
January 1, 2009 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Will Bunch, a journalist with the Philadelphia Daily News, looks at Health Link, an early prisoner re-entry program that ran between 1992 and 2002 and was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program tested the idea of caseworkers helping recently released inmates with jobs, education, health, housing and other social services.