Reentry and Federal Benefits
Related Information
Reentry News Clips
7/5/2008: Hartford Courant (CT): Licensing Plan Assists Inmates
Publications
Helping Inmates Obtain Federal Disability Benefits
National Institute of Justice
(2007)
Social Security Administration's Program for Issuing Replacement Social Security Cards to Prisoners
Office of the Inspector General
(2006)
Program Examples
California: Community Re-Entry Program
Veterans Administration and Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
In the Report
Our Publications
How and Why Medicaid Matters for People with Serious Mental Illness Released from Jail
Hundreds of thousands of people with mental illness are released from jail each year. Without continuity of care, they are likely to be reincarcerated. Enrollment in Medicaid increases access to treatment for people with mental illness released from jail, who typically lack other means to pay for those services.