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- EIN 36-3221830
- (773) 880-1460
- 1145 W Diversey Pkwy Chicago IL 60614-1318 USA
- www.ncchc.org
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Causes: Correctional Facilities, Crime & Law, Health, Mental Health
Mission: The commission was formed to promote educational and research activity in correctional health care; and to devise, develop and implement programs that will improve the health care provided for inmates of prisons, jails, detention and juvenile correctional facilities through accreditation and such other activities as revision of standards, survey and data collection, analysis of health care needs of inmates and cost effectiveness of upgrading mental and health services, technical assistance, consulting services, education and training, certification of correctional health professionals, and the publication of useful monographs, manuals and other literature.
Programs: Educational conferences and seminars for correctional health care providers; publications, newspapers and journals that provide guidelines, reference material, and news of current developments in correctional health care.
health care accreditation of correctional facilities; professional certification of correctional health care providers; quality assurance and technical assistance to correctional facilities.
other services and activities, including research and development of standards, to improve health care systems in correctional facilities.