Returning Citizens Public Health Center

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Returning Citizens Public Health Center

• City of Detroit
• Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
• Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment
  and Recovery

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• The Returning Citizens Public Health Center (RC
  Center) provides an opportunity for persons
  returning to the community from a period of
  incarceration to connect with a variety of
  service providers.

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• The vision of the RC Center is to house valuable
  community resources in one centralized location,
  offering a holistic approach towards individual
  success and the promotion of public safety.

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• The RC Center has identified key community
  partners currently involved in providing
  resources for vulnerable populations including
  the prisoner reentry population.
• The RC Center provides satellite offices for
  these community service providers enhancing
  access to services.

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Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
(DHWP) Programs

• Physical examinations
• Primary health care (such as, diabetes, high
  blood pressure, nutrition, obesity)
• Communicable disease treatment (HIV, Hepatitis,
  AIDS, STDs, TB, etc.)
• Dental care
• Prescription medicine
• Birth certificates (a process has been
  established between the Returning Citizens Public
  Health Center and the RC Center to receive copies
  of birth certificates.
• Housing, food stamps and other benefits (the DHWP
  social work representative will assist clients at
  the Center with eligibility requirements to
  become recipients of Medicaid insurance, housing
  assistance and food stamp benefits, if eligible).

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Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment
and Recovery (BSAPTR)

• In-kind screening
• Assessment
• Referral for Substance Abuse Treatment within a
  network of 45 providers for those clients
  warranting these types of services.
• Detroit Reentry Initiative Project
• A Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
  Administration (SAMHSA) funded program under
  BSAPTR (2005) Substance Abuse (SA), HIV and
  Hepatitis Prevention for Minority Reentry
  Populations in Communities of Color.

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Detroit Reentry Initiative Project

• Goal to prevent and reduce the onset of
  substance abuse and the transmission of HIV and
  Hepatitis among minority reentry populations in
  the City of Detroit.
• Prevention Program
• Substance Abuse
• HIV/ AIDS
• Hepatitis C
• and the behaviors that place persons at risk
• Program Components
• Individualized Comprehensive Case Management
  Services
• to identify needs and provide referrals for
  service
• Evidence-Based Curriculum and HIV /Hepatitis
  Counseling
• to educate and prevent of HIV /AIDS and Hepatitis
  C.

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Partnering Community Programs

• Detroit Recovery Project will provide peer
  mentorship, recovery support groups, relapse
  prevention workshops, educational workshops,
  volunteer opportunities and transportation
  services.
• Wings of Faith, a faith and community-based
  organization targeting ex-offenders, will provide
  job and life skills training, job placement and
  mentors of faith.
• Metropolitan Counseling Center, a substance abuse
  provider, will provide relapse prevention
  workshops and activities as well as life skills
  development.

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Partnering Community Programs

• Community Mental Health will provide both
  assessments and referrals for mental health
  treatment.
• Change the Culture Initiative of the Wayne County
  Prosecutors Office will assign representatives
  from the Wayne County Community College (WC3) and
  the Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS)
  Customized Training and Constructive Trades
  Program to conduct assessments for MRS
  eligibility. Additionally, several series of
  vocational and empowerment training workshops and
  activities will be available for Detroits
  returning citizens.

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Partnering Community Programs

• Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. will
  provide outreach and legal services including
  public forums and legal clinics.
• The Prisoner Creative Arts Program of the
  University of Michigan will provide an artist to
  paint a mural at the entrance of the Returning
  Citizens Public Health Center. This will make
  the Center a display location for art work
  completed by current and former incarcerated and
  persons who participate in this
  university-sponsored program.

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• The RC Center offers a comprehensive approach to
  service provision for the reentry population
  supports the development and cohesion of a
  community coalition and the reduction of
  recidivism. This comprehensive approach will
  encourage the following benefits
• Effective collaboration
• Enhanced service provision
• Reduction of service duplication
• Identification of gaps in services
• Development of a community comprehensive
  approach.

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LOCATION

• The Returning Citizens Public Health Center (RC
  Center) is located on the newly renovated 5th
  floor A wing of the Herman Keifer Building of the
  DHWP.

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CONCLUSION

• The volume of persons returning to the city of
  Detroit from incarceration demands collaboration
  in order to maximize the utilization of and
  effectiveness of available resources.
• Overall, the concept of a centralized location
  for access to and the provision of community
  resources is essential to the city of Detroits
  ability to maximize limited resources, increase
  public safety and promote community involvement.

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Michigan Department of Corrections and the
Returning Citizens Public Health Center

• The benefits to the correctional system include
  an opportunity to participate in the assessment,
  development and evaluation of services by
  contributing their knowledge of the needs of
  reentrants and the establishment of communication
  through one centralized service location
  supporting and enhancing the parole departments
  capacity to monitor their reentrant caseload.

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City of DetroitKwame M. Kilpatrick, Mayor

• Detroit City Council
• Kenneth V. Cockrel, President
• Monica Conyers, President Pro Tem
• JoAnn Watson
• Sheila Cockrel
• Barbara-Rose Collins
• Kwame Kenyatta
• Alberta Tinsley-Talabi
• Martha Reeves
• Brenda Jones
• Janice M. Winfrey, City Clerk

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Detroit Department of Health and Wellness
Promotion 1151 Taylor Detroit, Michigan
48202 [phone] Phyllis Meadows, Ph.D.,
MSN, RN Public Health Director William Ridella,
MPH, MBA Deputy Director
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BUREAU OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT
AND RECOVERY

• Calvin R. Trent, Jr., Ph.D.
• Director
• Kanzoni N. Asabigi, MD, MPH, MBA
• Deputy Director

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Honorable Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Co-Chair Calvin
R. Trent, Jr., Ph.D. Co-Chair