On Friday, October 8, 2010, United States Attorney General Eric Holder announced that 187 programs have been selected to receive funding in 2010 under the Second Chance Act (SCA). In making the announcement, Holder said that the Justice Department reviewed more than 975 applications for SCA funding. According to the Attorney General, "A decade ago, few programs focused on prisoner reintegration. Today, coalitions of government organizations and community groups in every corner of our country are working together to improve reentry outcomes."

In discussing the new grantees, he said, "While most of these new investments will go to states, localities, and nonprofit organizations, we are also awarding funds to support the National Reentry Resource Center—a ‘one stop shop’ for state-of-the-art information assistance."

The following chart breaks down the funding by for FY2010 SCA Grantees by program type:

Second Chance Act Grant Tracks Funded in 2010

To see a list of the projects funded, please click on the title of the grant program.

• Adult Demonstration Projects: Funding under this program helps state and local agencies implement projects and strategies to reduce recidivism and ensure the safe and successful reentry of adults released from prisons and jails back to the community. In 2009, fifteen Adult Demonstration Projects were funded. In 2010, fifty-two Adult Demonstration Projects received funding. To see a list of the 2010 local government grantees, please click here. A list of the 2010 state government grantees is located here, and a list of the 2010 tribal grantees is located here.
• Juvenile Demonstration Projects: Funding for these projects helps state and local agencies implement projects and strategies to reduce recidivism and ensure the safe and successful reentry of juveniles released from youth detention facilities back into the community. This grant program is administered through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. In 2009, five Juvenile Demonstration Projects were funded. In 2010, fourteen Juvenile Demonstration Projects received funding.
• Reentry Court Projects: This grant program helps state and local government agencies and federally recognized Indian tribes establish state, local, and tribal reentry courts monitor offenders and provide them with the treatment services necessary to establish a self-sustaining and law-abiding life. This section did not receive funding in 2009. In 2010, nine Reentry Court Projects received funding.
• Family-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Projects: This grant program helps state and local government agencies and federally recognized Indian tribes establish or enhance residential substance abuse treatment projects in correctional facilities that include family supportive services. This section did not receive funding in 2009. In 2010, twenty-three projects received funding.
• Program to Evaluate and Improve Education in Prison, Jails, and Juvenile Facilities: This program provides funding for a multi-year study of academic and vocational education for incarcerated adults and juveniles that will result in a report that identifies and makes recommendations to the Department of Justice regarding best practices relating to academic and vocational education for incarcerated adults and juveniles, and methods to improve the correctional education programs. In 2010, one project received funding.
• Technology Career Training Demonstration Projects: This grant program helps state and local governments and federally recognized Indian tribes establish programs to train individuals in prisons, jails, or juvenile residential facilities for technology-based jobs and careers during the three-year period before their release. This section did not receive funding in 2009. In 2010, seven projects received funding.
• Substance Abuse & Criminal Justice Collaboration: This grant program helps state and local governments and federally recognized Indian tribes provide treatment and recovery support services to offenders during incarceration and after their return to the community. Funds may be used for treating co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders in prison programs, jails, and juvenile detention facilities, providing recovery support services, reentry planning and programming, and post-release treatment and aftercare programming in the community. This section did not receive funding in 2009. In 2010, eighteen projects focused on adults received funding, and four projects focused on juveniles received funding.
• Adult Mentoring Projects: This grant program helps nonprofit organizations and federally recognized Indian tribes implement mentoring projects to promote the safe and successful reintegration into the community of adults who have been incarcerated. In 2009, thirty-six Adult Mentoring Projects were funded. In 2010, fifty Adult Mentoring Projects received funding.
• Juvenile Mentoring Projects: This grant program helps nonprofit organizations and federally recognized Indian tribes implement mentoring projects to promote the safe and successful reintegration into the community of juveniles who have been incarcerated. This grant program is administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. In 2009, eleven Juvenile Mentoring Projects were funded. In 2010, nine Juvenile Mentoring Projects received funding.

In addition to these awards, other reentry research and technical assistance Second Chance Act awards were announced.