4: Funding a Re-Entry Initiative
Maximize the value of discrete local, state, federal, and private sources of funding that target people released from corrections facilities, their families, and the communities to which they return.
Overview
Recommendations under this policy statement explain how officials in a jurisdiction could make best use of existing expenditures, tap resources that officials may have been unaware can be used for a re-entry initiative, and generate revenue to fund the expansion or initiation of a new effort.
Recommendations
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Focus resources on programs that have an evidence base and concentrate whatever limited funding is available on periods immediately preceding and following a person's release from prison or jail.
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Determine how sources of funding intended for the same populations and communities can be coordinated and leveraged effectively.
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Manage the growth of the corrections population by making smart use of release decision policies and graduated sanctions for violators of probation and parole and then reinvesting the savings generated through such measures in the communities to which
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Cultivate volunteers from community and faith-based groups to increase staffing and program capacity.
Our Publications
How and Why Medicaid Matters for People with Serious Mental Illness Released from Jail
Hundreds of thousands of people with mental illness are released from jail each year. Without continuity of care, they are likely to be reincarcerated. Enrollment in Medicaid increases access to treatment for people with mental illness released from jail, who typically lack other means to pay for those services.
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Reentry Partnerships