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Jul 15, 2008 | Unity Health Care

District of Columbia Wins National Program of the Year Award

The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) selected the DC Department of Corrections and Unity Health Care to receive its annual Program of the Year Award for its discharge planning program. DC was the first site to receive intensive technical assistance and consulting from COCHS to launch this new health care model for inmates in the District's jail facilities.

Oct 02, 2006 | District of Columbia Department of Corrections

Department Of Corrections Institutes Community-Oriented Healthcare Service to Inmates

DC Department of Corrections Director Devon Brown announced the Department’s new partnership with Unity Health Care to institute an innovative model of Community Oriented health care services for individuals detained at the District's detention facilities.

Apr 06, 2006 | The Washington Post

D.C. Inmates' Health Care Will Continue Outside of Jail

by Susan Levine, Washington Post Staff Writer

The D.C. jail will become one of the first correctional facilities in the country to provide inmates with medical care that will follow them once they are no longer behind bars. The program will offer men and women incarcerated in the city's main detention center continuity of primary and specialty care after they are released. The approach, modeled on a successful project in central Massachusetts, was announced yesterday by Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) and other District officials.

Download Affiliations between Health Centers and Local Correctional Facilities to Provide Continuity of Care for Offenders, a manual describing the legal relationships possible between health care centers and local correctional facilities. Produced by COCHS with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LP, legal counsel for the National Association of Community Health Centers.

Download Contracting for Health Care Service in Local Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities: Achieving a Community-Based Standard of Care, a guide for procuring community-based health care services in correctional facilities. Produced by COCHS with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LP, legal counsel for the National Association of Community Health Centers.

Please visit our partner sites: Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS), Juvenile Offenders Community Health Services (JOCHS) and COCHS M.A.P.Tool^©.