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2 Arizona health centers get $1.7 million to help people released from prison

prison cells at Arizona State Prison Complex
Arizona Department of Corrections
Cells at Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence.

The Health Resources and Services Administration announced nearly $52 million in grants to help boost care for formerly incarcerated people reentering the community.

Two health centers in Arizona are among the grant recipients.

More than $1.7 million will be distributed between two health centers in Arizona, one in Phoenix and the other in Nogales.

According to HRSA, up to 80% of people released from incarceration suffer from “chronic medical, psychiatric, or substance–use conditions.”

The HRSA’s goal is to “increase access to high-quality primary care for people soon to be released from incarceration and those reentering the community.”

The HRSA says the Maricopa County Special Health Care District will receive $999,831, and the Mariposa Community Health Center Inc. will receive $777,258.

All recipient centers will also provide case management services and help address related social needs with community partners.

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Jill Ryan joined KJZZ in 2020 as a morning reporter, and she is currently a field correspondent and Morning Edition producer.