Wednesday, March 30, 2011

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS: VA Extends Post-Incarceration Health Care

VA Extends Post-Incarceration Health Care

“There’s hard evidence that lack of access to health care, including mental health care, for newly released inmates is a factor in people becoming homeless or returning to prison and jail,” said Jim McGuire, director of VA’s Veterans Justice Outreach Programs. “These are Veterans who otherwise qualify for VA health care."

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