Job Opportunities at the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

BJA just published a job announcement to hire three Policy Advisors (Grant Program Specialists) in its Policy Office. One will be on the Corrections and Reentry team. This new team member will help to support a team that oversees implementation of the Second Chance Act, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative. Two additional positions will be hired for the Tribal and Drug Courts team which oversees BJA’s courts and justice system work such as defense, wrongful conviction and Sixth Amendment projects; diversion, alternatives to incarceration and problem solving courts. The announcement closes March 1st.

A Second Chance Act Evaluation and Sustainability Fact Sheet – Comparing Web-Based Survey Platforms

This fact sheet compares web-based survey platforms that can assist you, as a grantee, with your evaluation tasks.

Second Chance Act Program Evaluation Readiness Planning Guide

This planning guide accompanies the resource brief “Improving Evaluation Readiness for Second Chance Act Programs" and provides some questions to consider as you review the five main recommendations.

A Second Chance Act Evaluation and Sustainability Resource Brief – Improving Evaluation Readiness for Second Chance Act Programs

This brief summarizes key steps that you (as a grantee) and your research partners can  take to build your program’s evaluation readiness and increase its capacity for evaluation.

A Design for Workforce Equity

Reimagining Employer Engagement: A Toolkit for Providers

The toolkit provides workforce professionals with information and tools to expand their work and demonstrate the value their services bring to employers.

Homeward Bound: The Road to Affordable Housing

Levers of Change in Parole Release and Revocation

This report describes 12 “levers of change” related to potential discretionary parole release reforms; the reforms are called “change levers” because, once a lever is pulled, it is designed to impact prison populations by altering parole grant rates and durations of time served.

2019 Second Chance Act Orientation: Improving Reentry for Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

2019 Second Chance Act Orientation: Innovations in Supervision Initiative

2019 Second Chance Act Orientation: Community Based Adult Reentry Grantees

2019 Second Chance Act Orientation: Innovative Reentry Initiatives