NCDHHS Communicable Disease Branch Corrections Team What We Do The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Corrections Team serves as a resource to correctional entities to strengthen and improve the delivery of healthcare, assist in infectious disease prevention and control, and statewide support to ensure the health and wellbeing of detained and incarcerated persons in the state of North Carolina. Our Mission To serve as a resource to strengthen and support the delivery of healthcare and infectious disease prevention for correctional entities of our state. Our Vision To be regarded as the leading corrections team within any DHHS across these United States. Our Goals Develop working relationships with stakeholders to establish credibility and collaborative partnership to effect any needed change in the delivery of healthcare services. Provide technical assistance with COVID-19 mitigation to correctional entities. Promote correctional healthcare best practices based on national correctional standards. Provide opportunities for local correctional entities to enhance their service delivery. Inform correctional health entities of state and/or national legislative guidance that may be helpful in their provision of services. COVID-19 Resources Webinars NCDHHS Corrections Team COVID "Testing Within Confinement Facilities": December 16, 2021 Webinar. NCDHHS Corrections Team "How to Approach Isolation and Quarantine Challenges within Confinement Facilities": April 19, 2022. Webinar. Newsletters Corrections and COVID-19 Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 1. Guidance and Toolkit NCDHHS COVID-19 Corrections Resources Guidance. COVID-19 Outbreak Toolkit for Local Confinement Facilities. CDC COVID-19 Corrections Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities. Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities Funding CDC, in partnership with the Department of Justice, is providing financial assistance to ELC recipients to respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in confinement facilities within their jurisdictions. A total of $700,000,000 ($20,230,000 for the state of NC) made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and this Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities project, was awarded to the current 64 ELC recipients according to a formula based on the recipient’s jurisdictional incarcerated population divided into the total national incarcerated population. The objectives and goals of this funding are primarily focused on providing resources to confinement facilities for the detection and mitigation of COVID-19. The period for RFA submissions is now closed. Information regarding the Notice of Intent to Award will be released. RFA A399 Addendum #1 Questions and Answers can be found here.RFA A399 Addendum #2 Notice of Award Notification Date Change RFA A399 Awarded Counties: Alamance County Alexander County Alleghany County Ashe County Avery County Buncombe County Caldwell County Chatham County Cherokee County Chowan County Cleveland County Craven County Dare County Davie County Franklin County Gaston County Graham County Granville County Guilford County Harnett County Hertford County Iredell County Jackson County Madison County McDowell County Mecklenburg County Nash County New Hanover County Onslow County Pitt County Robeson County Rockingham County Stokes County Washington County Wilkes County Yadkin County Application Process Timeline 06/01/2022: Contract Term begins NC Law and Rules General Statutes County Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities – Article_10.pdf (ncleg.gov) State Prison System – General Statute Sections - North Carolina General Assembly (ncleg.gov) Administrative Code Jails and Local Confinement Facilities Subchapter 14J Jails, Local Confinement Facilities Public Safety Title 14B - Public Safety Communicable Disease General Statutes and Administrative Code - NC DPH: Communicable Disease Laws and Rules Resources North Carolina Sheriffs AssociationNorth Carolina Jail Administrators AssociationNational Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)American Correctional Association (ACA) Contact NCDHHS CDB Corrections Team 225 N McDowell St Cooper Building Raleigh, NC 27699 Email: NCDHHSCorrectionsTeam@dhhs.nc.gov
NCDHHS Communicable Disease Branch Corrections Team What We Do The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Corrections Team serves as a resource to correctional entities to strengthen and improve the delivery of healthcare, assist in infectious disease prevention and control, and statewide support to ensure the health and wellbeing of detained and incarcerated persons in the state of North Carolina. Our Mission To serve as a resource to strengthen and support the delivery of healthcare and infectious disease prevention for correctional entities of our state. Our Vision To be regarded as the leading corrections team within any DHHS across these United States. Our Goals Develop working relationships with stakeholders to establish credibility and collaborative partnership to effect any needed change in the delivery of healthcare services. Provide technical assistance with COVID-19 mitigation to correctional entities. Promote correctional healthcare best practices based on national correctional standards. Provide opportunities for local correctional entities to enhance their service delivery. Inform correctional health entities of state and/or national legislative guidance that may be helpful in their provision of services. COVID-19 Resources Webinars NCDHHS Corrections Team COVID "Testing Within Confinement Facilities": December 16, 2021 Webinar. NCDHHS Corrections Team "How to Approach Isolation and Quarantine Challenges within Confinement Facilities": April 19, 2022. Webinar. Newsletters Corrections and COVID-19 Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 1. Guidance and Toolkit NCDHHS COVID-19 Corrections Resources Guidance. COVID-19 Outbreak Toolkit for Local Confinement Facilities. CDC COVID-19 Corrections Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities. Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities Funding CDC, in partnership with the Department of Justice, is providing financial assistance to ELC recipients to respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in confinement facilities within their jurisdictions. A total of $700,000,000 ($20,230,000 for the state of NC) made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and this Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities project, was awarded to the current 64 ELC recipients according to a formula based on the recipient’s jurisdictional incarcerated population divided into the total national incarcerated population. The objectives and goals of this funding are primarily focused on providing resources to confinement facilities for the detection and mitigation of COVID-19. The period for RFA submissions is now closed. Information regarding the Notice of Intent to Award will be released. RFA A399 Addendum #1 Questions and Answers can be found here.RFA A399 Addendum #2 Notice of Award Notification Date Change RFA A399 Awarded Counties: Alamance County Alexander County Alleghany County Ashe County Avery County Buncombe County Caldwell County Chatham County Cherokee County Chowan County Cleveland County Craven County Dare County Davie County Franklin County Gaston County Graham County Granville County Guilford County Harnett County Hertford County Iredell County Jackson County Madison County McDowell County Mecklenburg County Nash County New Hanover County Onslow County Pitt County Robeson County Rockingham County Stokes County Washington County Wilkes County Yadkin County Application Process Timeline 06/01/2022: Contract Term begins NC Law and Rules General Statutes County Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities – Article_10.pdf (ncleg.gov) State Prison System – General Statute Sections - North Carolina General Assembly (ncleg.gov) Administrative Code Jails and Local Confinement Facilities Subchapter 14J Jails, Local Confinement Facilities Public Safety Title 14B - Public Safety Communicable Disease General Statutes and Administrative Code - NC DPH: Communicable Disease Laws and Rules Resources North Carolina Sheriffs AssociationNorth Carolina Jail Administrators AssociationNational Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)American Correctional Association (ACA) Contact NCDHHS CDB Corrections Team 225 N McDowell St Cooper Building Raleigh, NC 27699 Email: NCDHHSCorrectionsTeam@dhhs.nc.gov
