Authors: Bethany Divakaran, Anna Steiner, Sidney Lin, Sharon Fennix, Shira Shavit
Formerly incarcerated individuals face serious health challenges, worsened by COVID-19. To help, community health workers with similar experiences launched a California reentry health care hotline. From June 2020 to June 2023, it assisted 1,276 people in accessing medical care after release. This peer-led initiative offers valuable insights for states using Medicaid waivers to improve health care for justice-involved populations.
Link: A Novel Reentry Hotline Led by Community Health Workers to Address the Health Needs of People Returning From Incarceration: Transitions Clinic Network, California, June 2020‒June 2023
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Incarceration, Prisoners
Resource Type: Evaluation
Year: 2025
Region: North America (U.S. and Canada)
Country: United States of America
Publisher May Restrict Access: Yes