This session explores the importance of cross-sector collaboration to support individuals transitioning from jail back into the community. It addresses challenges faced by people with complex health, behavioral, and social needs, including substance use, mental illness, and homelessness. Attendees will learn strategies for improving care coordination, creating warm handoffs, and fostering collaboration between teams to enhance quality of life, reduce recidivism, and promote safer, more supportive reentry outcomes.

Educational Objectives

• Review the benefits of the collaborative jail-community partnerships
• Explain the collaboration process between correctional health services, courts, sheriff's office, and community service agencies as it applies to reentry
• Identify innovative programs that support public safety and recidivism reduction

Level: Intermediate