Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families

Prepared by:
Erica Meade and Linda Mellgren

February 2011

The views expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

• Purpose
• HHS Interest and Role
• Organization and Contents

Overview of the Relevant Research

• Human Services Needs
• Health Care Needs
• Implications

Administration for Children and Families

• Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)/Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
• Administration on Developmental Disabilities
• Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
• Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
• Office of Head Start

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion/Division of Adult and Community Health 
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion/Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion/Division for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
• National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/ Division of Injury Response

Health Resources and Services Administration

• Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service
• Bureau of Primary Health Care
• HIV/AIDS Bureau/Division of Science and Policy
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Indian Health Service

• Office of Clinical and Preventive Services/Health Care for Individuals Incarcerated in Bureau of Indian Affairs Jails

National Institutes of Health

• Basic Sciences Program/Division of AIDS (DAIDS)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Institute of Mental Health

Office of the Secretary

• Assistant Secretary for Health/Office of Adolescent Health (OAH)
• Assistant Secretary for Health/Office of Minority Health (OMH)
• Assistant Secretary for Health/Office of Population Affairs (OPA)
• Assistant Secretary for Health / Office on Women’s Health (OWH)
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation/Office of Disability, Aging, and Long Term Care Policy
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation/ Office of Human Services Policy

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

• Center for Mental Health Services
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Acknowledgements

This report builds on a draft of an inventory of HHS programs for incarcerated and re-entering individuals that was designed and compiled by Diana Merelman in 2009. Her contribution to this current effort is gratefully acknowledged. Appreciation is also extended to the members of the HHS Discussion Group on Incarceration and Reentry for their help in updating and expanding the scope of the inventory.

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