Grant Details
Grant Program
Health Care Quality and Access
Organization
Council on Criminal Justice
Year
2021
Scope
Grant Amount
$125,000
Links
A six-month grant to support the first phase of work, led by the Council on Criminal Justice, Vikki Wachino, and collaborators, that seeks to translate anticipated policy changes allowing Medicaid coverage during incarceration into tangible, positive impact on the health and well-being of people who are incarcerated.
More from the Health and Reentry Project (HARP)
On April 17, 2023, Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced groundbreaking new guidance offering states the opportunity to strengthen health care access during the process of reentry to improve people’s health and wellbeing as they return to communities after incarceration.
The landmark policy change was informed directly by input from health and justice leaders and advocates, including the Health and Reentry Project (HARP), formed in 2022 as a collaboration between the Council on Criminal Justice, former CMS Deputy Administrator Vikki Wachino, and Waxman Strategies. After convening more than 70 health care and criminal justice stakeholders and leaders, social justice advocates, policymakers, researchers, service providers, and people with lived experiences to share their perspectives on anticipated policy changes and implementation, HARP released its first policy brief, “Redesigning Reentry: How Medicaid Can Improve Health and Safety by Smoothing Transitions from Incarceration to Community”, in July 2022.
Most recently, HARP has expanded recommendations of services and standards that Medicaid can and should cover to advance quality, evidence-based services for opioid use disorder in state prisons and local jails, titled “Recommendations for Medicaid Coverage of Opioid Use Disorder Services in Jails and Prisons”.
Learn more about HARP and their advocacy for improved health at the point of reentry by reading these short blog posts:
Welcoming Two New Grant Partners and Several Updates from Our Network
Original publication date: March 2024 In this month’s issue we are thrilled to warmly welcome two new partners in our Building Capacity for Health Advocacy grant cohort, and share several updates, upcoming events, and job opportunities from our network. Three Things ”What’s My Life Worth?” The Big Business of Denying Medical Care Watch: A short…
Engaging Community Organizations in Redesigning Reentry
In this webinar, colleagues from the Health and Reentry Project (HARP) provide an overview of groundbreaking new policies creating the first opportunity to build systems of care for people leaving incarceration, their potential to improve health and wellbeing, and how community based organizations can translate these policies into improvements in peoples’ lives. Engaging Community Organizations…
Improving Health At Reentry: HARP’s Latest Policy Recommendations
In October 2023, the Health and Reentry Project (HARP) issued a new report that provides expanded recommendations of services and standards that Medicaid can and should cover to advance quality, evidence-based services for opioid use disorder in state prisons and local jails, titled “Recommendations for Medicaid Coverage of Opioid Use Disorder Services in Jails and…
The Health and Reentry Project on Medicaid’s Groundbreaking Policy Guidance
Original publication date: June 2023 This month, we are honored to feature the Health and Reentry Project, an Rx grant partner whose mission is to “improve the lives, health, and safety of people and communities…by building bridges across sectors and stakeholders, advancing policies that promote continuity across carceral and community healthcare settings, and accelerating and scaling innovative…