NRRC: SCA Conference: Keynote: Importance of Making Second Chances Work

June 15, 2010

Suzanne Brown-McBride, Deputy Director, Council of State Governments Justice Center, discusses the important role that Second Chance Act grantees can play in protecting communities and families by achieving improved outcomes for recently released individuals.

The National Reentry Resource Center is operated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GK-05503-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.