Vulnerable Populations

Incarcerated Parents Outreach Programs — PEACE,

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Incarcerated Parents Outreach Programs — PEACE, Inc.

Type of Activity: Program services Funding Mechanism : American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) — Early Head Start Expansion Total Available Funding : $2 Million Number of Awards: 2 Award Amount : FY2010 - $1,017,411 FY2011 - $1,079,820 *A portion of the award amount will be used to support the Incarcerated Parents Out

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Head Start/Early Head Start

Type of Activity: Head Start and Early Head Start Program Services Funding Mechanism : Ongoing Head Start grant Total Available Funding : Amounts allocated by grantees in their ongoing Head Start grant Number of Awards: N/A Award Amount : No special awards have been made — Grantees utilize their ongoing Head Start grant to serv

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Fathers for Life

Type of Activity: Demonstration and program services Funding Mechanism : Head Start Innovation and Improvement Project Grant Total Available Funding : (none at this time) Number of Awards: 1 Award Amount : $999,917 Length of Project Period: 3 years (July 2008- June 2011) Federal Partners: N/A

Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated Fathers and their Partners (FY 06-10)

Funding Mechanism : Grant Total Available Funding : $4 million Number of Awards : 12 Average Award Amount per Year : $400,000 Length of Project Period : 5 years, 2006-2011 Federal Partners : None

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Office of Head Start

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Office of Family Assistance (OFA)

Projects in Support of the Prisoner Reentry

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Projects in Support of the Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI)

Type of Activity: Demonstration Projects Funding Mechanism : Discretionary grants under section 1115 of the Social Security Act. Grant awards represent 29 percent of total costs; state grantees provide 5 percent; the remaining 66 percent is regular FFP. Total Available Funding : $2,753,748 is available in total project funds (the sum of t

Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Projects and Products Related to People with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System

Type of Activity: Services, Training, Information Dissemination and/or Research (varies by university center) Funding Mechanism: Grant Total Available Funding: $39 Million for UCEEDs Number of Awards: 67 Average Award Amount per year: $582,000 Length of Project Period: 5 years

Administration on Developmental Disabilities

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Administration on Developmental Disabilities

Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program (MCP)

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program (MCP)

Type of Activity: Demonstration Projects Funding Mechanism: Discretionary Grants Total Available Funding: $49.3 Million Number of Awards: 149 Average Award Amount per Year: $303,504 Length of Project Period: 3 years Federal Partners: None

Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)

Administration for Children and Families

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Administration for Children and Families

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

Boyer, E.M., Nielsen-Thompson, N.J., & Hill, T.J. (2002). A comparison of dental caries and tooth loss for Iowa prisoners with other prison populations and dentate U.S. adults. Journal of Dental Hygiene , Spring: 76(2), 141-150. Brunswick, M. (2005, February 6). ‘Meth mouth’ plagues many state prisoners. Star Tribune . Retr

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

At any one time, over 7.3 million people are on probation, in jail, in prison, or on parole in the United States . Each year, more than 735,000 individuals return home from prison and nine million cycle through the nation’s nearly 3,000 jails (Robinson, 2010). The Department supports the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals into communit

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Women’s Health

Incarcerated women represent about ten percent of the incarcerated population. While they exhibit many of the same disease patterns as men, there are some additional factors that are worth addressing. First, the rates of mental illness appear to be significantly higher for women than for men; in one study, 73 percent of female inmates had mental h

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

Dental health needs are commonly reported by inmates but information on severity and care is limited. One study finds that over one-third of inmates reported problems with their gums and teeth and less than a quarter of men and two-fifths of women had seen a dentist in the last year. An Iowa study found that the state’s incarcerated population h

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

Few studies look at the prevalence of chronic illness among jail or prison inmates. Although, a National Commission on Correctional Health Care report (2001) states that the prevalence of chronic illnesses and communicable diseases is greater among people in jails and prisons. Hypertension, asthma, and diabetes are among the more common chronic di

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

Infectious diseases appear at higher rates among inmates than among the general public (Colsher et al., 1992; Fitzgerald et al. 1984; Garrity et al., 2003; Kahn et al, 2004; Lindquist and Lindquist, 1999; Wallace et al., 1991; Hammett et al., 2002). The estimated prevalence of HIV infection in the United States is over two times higher among incar

Overview and Inventory of HHS Efforts to Assist Incarcerated and Reentering Individuals and their Families . Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Substantial evidence shows that the use and abuse of illegal drugs and the abuse of legal drugs — including alcohol, tobacco/nicotine, and prescription drugs — are prevalent health issues in incarcerated populations (Hammett, Roberts, and Kennedy, 2001).

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