Improving Health and Safety as Youth and Young Adults Leave the Justice System: State Implementation of Policies to Strengthen Continuity of Care at Reentry

Policy changes that offer youth and young adults Medicaid and CHIP-covered services during reentry offer an important opportunity to support the health and safety of youth and communities. The paper delves into the impact these health policies can have on youth, and examines the work underway in New Mexico, Massachusetts, and North Carolina, with a focus on juvenile justice system implementation.

Resources for Correctional Leaders to Implement Medicaid Continuity of Care Policies

HARP aims to support sheriffs, jail administrators, and leaders of state corrections agencies address health-related factors that contribute to crime for reentering individuals, aid in the development of operations-responsive reentry partnerships in the health sector, and strengthen continuity of care approaches. To support this work, HARP created a series of…