Community Oriented Correctional Health Services

What Community Oriented Correctional Health Services does

Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS) is a nonprofit policy and technical assistance organization founded in 2005 and headquartered in Oakland, California. The organization works to build connectivity between county and local jails and community healthcare providers, serving justice-involved populations with significant physical and behavioral health needs. COCHS' primary offerings include direct technical assistance to government jurisdictions (RFP development, vendor monitoring, best practices assessments), policy advocacy around Medicaid reforms (inmate exclusion rule, Reentry Act, Section 1115 waivers), and educational convenings such as Washington D.C. conferences co-hosted with Health Affairs, the National Council for Behavioral Health, and the National Minority Quality Forum. The organization has served jurisdictions including San Diego County CA, Chatham County GA, Nassau County NY, Vermont DOC, New Jersey, Marion County FL, and Washington D.C.

COCHS' primary technology asset is the COCHS M.A.P. Tool, a web application that generated maps identifying high-need areas for justice-involved individuals and was recognized as a Quality Tool by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The organization operates on a grant-funded nonprofit model with no commercial product pricing. Its revenue is derived from foundation grants (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Arnold Ventures, Public Welfare Foundation, Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation, California Healthcare Foundation, California Endowment) and contracted technical assistance engagements with county and state government agencies. The team is small at 1-10 employees, with leadership including Founder/Board Chair Steve Rosenberg, Acting President Dan Mistak, COO Michael DuBose, and CIO Ben Butler.

Name

Community Oriented Correctional Health Services

Legal name

Community Oriented Correctional Health Services

Website

https://cochs.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS) is a 2005-founded Oakland nonprofit that provides technical assistance, policy advocacy, and consulting to connect county jails with community healthcare providers for justice-involved populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Correctional Healthcare Consulting

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Correctional healthcare consulting
• Health information exchange
• Medicaid policy advocacy
• Jail community health
• Technical assistance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: COCHS is a nonprofit organization originally funded by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant and continues to receive support from foundations including Arnold Ventures, Public Welfare Foundation, Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation, California Healthcare Foundation, and California Endowment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

COCHS is a non-profit organization that provides technical assistance, consulting, and policy advocacy to county and state government jurisdictions to integrate community healthcare with correctional healthcare. It builds connectivity between jails and community health providers through health information exchange, supports jurisdictions in developing RFPs for correctional healthcare vendors, monitors vendor performance, and advocates for Medicaid reforms affecting justice-involved populations.

Product overview

Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS) operates as a non-profit policy and technical assistance organization rather than a traditional software product company. Its primary offerings include advocacy and technical assistance services to improve healthcare delivery in correctional settings, policy work related to Medicaid and criminal justice integration, and research publications including the COCHS M.A.P. Tool web application for mapping high-need areas for justice-involved populations. COCHS also publishes a weekly newsletter (COCHS Weekly Update) aggregating news related to correctional health and publishes various briefs and fact sheets for different stakeholder groups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• High rates of connection to behavioral and physical health services for program participants
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered co-host and founding model.

• The National Council for Behavioral Healthco-hostStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the December 2015 conference 'Opportunities and Intersections: Health Reform, The Excellence Act and Criminal Justice Reform' in Washington D.C.
• Health Affairsco-hostStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the April 2014 conference 'Advancing New Opportunities: Health Reform and Criminal Justice' and published a cluster of articles on health and healthcare for the jail-involved.
• National Minority Quality Forumco-hostStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the December 2012 conference 'Addressing Health Disparities Among the Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations in Jails' with support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
• Hampden County Sheriff's Department (Massachusetts)founding modelStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrigin of the COCHS community-oriented correctional health model under Sheriff Mike Ashe. The 'Promise Story' demonstrates the partnership between local jail and community health providers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vera Institute of Justice: Nonprofit that works at the intersection of criminal justice and public health/equity, providing research, policy advocacy, and technical assistance to government agencies — the most direct functional analog to COCHS in scope and model.
• Council of State Governments Justice Center: Nonprofit policy and technical assistance organization that helps state and local governments improve outcomes for justice-involved individuals, including behavioral health and reentry — overlapping directly with COCHS' correctional health integration mandate.
• National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD): Nonprofit policy organization providing research, consulting, and advocacy on juvenile and adult criminal justice, including health-related justice reform — analogous consulting/advocacy profile for state and local jurisdictions.
• Impact Justice: Nonprofit driving innovation in criminal justice reform, including programs addressing health and reentry needs of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people — comparable mission and policy/TA delivery model to COCHS.

Others

• National Association of Counties (NACo): Membership organization representing U.S. county governments, including on healthcare delivery in jails and detention facilities — a key channel partner and audience for COCHS' policy and TA work rather than a direct competitor.
• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA): Federal agency within DOJ that administers grant programs and provides training/TA to state and local criminal justice agencies — adjacent funder/convener in the same correctional-health ecosystem where COCHS operates.

Emerging players

• Manatt Health: Healthcare policy and consulting arm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips that advises states on Medicaid waivers, correctional health integration, and reentry — a for-profit competitor pursuing the same Medicaid 1115 waiver and integration opportunities COCHS targets.
• Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC): Nonprofit that provides case management and treatment services for justice-involved individuals with substance use and mental health conditions — overlaps with COCHS' reentry/behavioral health focus, with an emphasis on direct service rather than policy TA.

Broad incumbents

• National Institute of Corrections: Federal agency that provides training, technical assistance, and policy support to all U.S. correctional agencies — the public-sector incumbent in COCHS' space, offering similar TA functions but funded by federal appropriations rather than foundations.
• Pew Charitable Trusts — Public Safety Performance Project: Major philanthropy that funds research and TA to improve correctional and justice systems, including behavioral health — comparable funder/advocate role and policy influence to COCHS but with vastly larger resources and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/community-oriented-correctional-health-services-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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