2012 Second Chance Act Conference

The 2012 Second Chance Act Conference, "Second Chances and Safer Communities," was held May 22-24, 2012, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The 2012 conference was the third national reentry conference convened by the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center with support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice under the Second Chance Act. The conference featured keynote addresses by the Attorney General and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.

To view the full conference program, click here. Photos and videos from the conference will be available here soon, as well as PowerPoint presentations from those sessions where they were used. The following PowerPoint presentations are currently available:

Tuesday, May 22

• Smaller Group Sessions: Learning from One Another
  • Adult Planning Grantees: The Role of Reentry Councils in Implementing a Comprehensive Recidivism Reduction Strategy
    • Presentation of Le’Ann Duran, Corrections Program Director, CSG Justice Center
  • Adult Demonstration (Implementation) and Technology Career Training Grantees: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices with Fidelity
    • Presentation of Cindy Booth, Administrator, Transition & Release, Oregon Department of Corrections
    • Presentation of Kathryn Myers and Rise Haneberg, Johnson County, KS
  • Co-occurring Disorder Treatment Grantees: Integrated Responses for Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in the Corrections System
    • Presentation of Dr. Roger Peters, Chair and Professor, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida
    • Presentation of Dr. Virginia Barber Rioja, Forensic Psychologist, Division of Forensic Psychiatry/Inpatient Service, Bellevue Hospital Center; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine
    • Presentation of Kevin Warwick and Ross Cunningham, Sullivan County, NH
  • Juvenile Demonstration (Planning & Implementation) and Technology Career Training Grantees: Collaborating for Results
    • Presentation of Dr. David Altschuler, Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Building Relationships across Grant Programs
    • Presentation of Carl Chadband, Employment Program Manager, Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action, Inc.
    • Presentation of Mel Harrington and Sara Miller, Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota
    • Presentation of Jocelyn Fontaine, Senior Research Associate, The Urban Institute
• Plenary: The Federal Interagency Reentry Council: Reducing Barriers to Successful Reentry
• Topic Discussions:
  • Constructing Tribal Reentry Programs
    • Presentation of Mary Elam, Director of Program Operations, Alaska Native Justice Center
  • Trauma-based Approaches to Reentry
    • Presentation of David Washington, Program Coordinator, Washington County Health Department, Maryland
  • Using Graduated Responses to Improve Juvenile Reentry
    • Presentation of Dr. David Altschuler, Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University
    • Presentation of Randy Muck, Senior Clinical Consultant, Advocates for Youth and Family Behavioral Health Treatment, LLC
  • Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Substance Abuse and Mental Health/Criminal Justice Collaborations
    • Presentation of Dr. Roger Peters, Professor, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida
    • Presentation of Glenn Tapia, Program Director, Office of Community Corrections, Division of Criminal Justice, Colorado Department of Public Safety
    • Presentation of Stephanie Ainsworth, Research Assistant, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence, Department of Criminology, Law, & Society, George Mason University
    • Presentation of Amy Seidlitz, Chief, Offender Programs and Classification, Washington State Department of Corrections
  • Engaging Families and Positive Support Networks for Reentering Adults
    • Presentation of Margaret diZerega, Director, Family Justice Program, Vera Institute of Justice
    • Presentation of Erik Vecere, Vice President, National Programming, National Fatherhood Initiative
    • Presentation of Kelli Finley, One Family Program Manager, Community Works

Wednesday, May 23

• Improving Employment Outcomes and Reducing Recidivism
• Principles of Effective Practice for Juvenile Reentry
• Evaluators Meet with 2009 Adult Demonstration Grantees
• Responding to Adults with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Needs under Correctional Supervision
• Responding to Juveniles with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Needs under Correctional Supervision
  • Presentation of Randy Muck, Senior Clinical Consultant, Advocates for Youth and Family Behavioral Health Treatment, LLC
  • Presentation of Valerie Williams, Research Instructor and Co-Director, National Youth Screening & Assessment Project, Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Topic Discussions:
  • Integrating Risk-Reduction Principles into Mentoring Programs
  • Developing Housing Support for Reentering Adults
  • Families & Juvenile Justice Agencies: A Necessary Partnership
    • Presentation by Ned Loughran, Executive Director, Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators
    • Handout by Grace Bauer, Co-Director, Justice for Families
  • Working with Women and Girls: Gender-Responsive Treatment Strategies in Corrections
    • Presentation of Lisa Freese, Consultant, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency
    • Presentation of Erica Molett, Program Administrator, Offender Reentry Division, City of Dallas, Texas, and Stacey Burns, Clinical Director, Nexus Recovery Center, Inc.
  • Leveraging National Health Reform to Sustain your Program, Reduce Recidivism and Build Recovery
    • Presentation of Jac Charlier, Director, Consulting and Training, Center for Health and Justice, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC)
    • Presentation of Gabrielle de la Gueronniere, Director for National Policy, Legal Action Center
  • Sharing Lessons Learned from the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-entering Fathers and their Partners (MFS-IP) Grants
    • Presentation of Tasseli McKay, Project Manager, RTI International
  • Focusing on Rural Reentry
    • Presentation of Dudley Bush, Administrator, Reentry & Programs, Virginia Department of Corrections
• Measuring and Reducing Adult Recidivism
  • Presentation by Ryan King, Research Director, Public Safety Performance Project, Pew Center on the States, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Thursday, May 24

• Performance Measurement Workshops:
  • Adult Demonstration Grantees
  • Reentry Court Grantees
  • Family-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Grantees
  • Adult Mentoring Grantees
  • Adult Co-occurring Grantees
  • Technology Career Training Demonstration Grantees
  • Juvenile Demonstration and Co-occurring Grantees
  • Juvenile Mentoring Grantees
• Introduction to the What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse