Formerly Incarcerated Transition (FIT) Program
What is NC FIT?
Hundreds of people are released from state prisons in North Carolina each week. Upon release from incarceration, individuals frequently lack housing, employment, health insurance or access to health care services.
The Formerly Incarcerated Transition (FIT) Program connects individuals with a chronic disease, mental illness and/or substance use disorder with appropriate health care services and other reentry resources even before they come out of incarceration. CCHC partners with the Center for Community Transitions, UNC Family Medicine, the NC Department of Public Safety, the NC Community Health Center Association, and Mecklenburg County Re-Entry Services to care for these individuals.
FIT is part of the LifeWorks! Program run by the Center for Community Transitions at the Goodwill Opportunity Campus. LifeWorks! equips people who have a criminal record with a variety of resources and tools necessary to reach their professional and personal goals. FIT employs Community Health Workers who have personal experiences with incarceration to help participants put together a comprehensive reentry plan.
Read more about Robert’s story, the FIT Program at CCT, and the national Transitions Clinic Network.
