Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI)
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This year's final episode features one of CHC's TCOOMMI service providers, Kelsey Heichelheim to discuss what the program involves and how folks are referred. Within this discussion, Kelsey breaks down the levels of care and community partners she utilizes when working with clients, and how we as a society still have much to change regarding our prison systems.
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