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With Suboxone more available in Allegheny County Jail, post-release care becomes even more crucial

Our low-barrier care extends outside of our clinic walls, with our street outreach program. One of the members of that program is Central Outreach nurse practitioner Janice Kocik, who was featured in Public Source's article on post-release care.

“People are falling through the cracks,” she said, expressing concern over what those patients told her. “They’re discharged and they’re standing outside the jail and they have no idea where to go. Their choices are back by the railroad tracks or in a camp.”

Read more about the importance of post-release care and what Central Outreach is doing to help those efforts.