Second Chance Month

Second Chance Month 2022

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April 2022 was Second Chance Month

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention supported Second Chance Month to help individuals, communities, and agencies across the country recognize the importance of reentry and their role in supporting safe and successful reentry—building second chances!

The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) hosted Second Chance Month. Together with the American Institutes for Research, Vera Institute of Justice, CSG Justice Center, RTI International, and more, the NRRC hosted resources, videos, podcasts, live learning events and webinars during the month of April to support the justice field and Second Chance Act grantees with their reentry programs.

In addition to opening and closing remarks, events and their related resources cover a range of topics essential to successful reentry, including:

Recordings of all public live events are available. Click a topic area above to access the archives!

 

SECOND CHANCE MONTH 2022 HIGHLIGHTS

SECOND CHANCE MONTH ESSENTIALS

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Second Chance Month Events AND RELATED RESOURCES

 

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National Corrections & Recidivism Statistics National Corrections & Recidivism Statistics Moderated by BJS Corrections Statistics Unit Chief Richard Klückow, this Second Chance Month 2022 event features BJS Statisticians Leonardo Antenangeli, Ph.D., E. Ann Carson, Ph.D., Matt Durose, and Danielle Kaeble.
Effective Practices: Removing Barriers to a Successful Reentry Cover Effective Practices: Removing Barriers to a Successful Reentry This Second Chance Month 2022 event features representatives of five Second Chance Act grantees that have established innovative ways to enhance the reentry experience through standards of programming, practices, and policy changes.
Clean Slate Policies Cover Clean Slate Policies: Clearing the Way for Real Second Chances This panel (1) explores the barriers criminal records present, (2) highlights the work CSI has done and some of the states leading the way in clean slate policies, and (3) shares the impact of clean slate policies and practices from individuals who were able to clear their records.
Serving Young Adults On Probation/Parole Cover Serving Young Adults on Probation/Parole: The Role of Juvenile Justice Probation/Parole in Reentry This Second Chance Month 2022 session addresses issues such as selective service registration, obtaining a driver’s license, vocational training opportunities, and the important task of creating individualized treatment plans to better prepare and ease the youth’s transition from secure care to the community.
Trauma and Its Relationship to Successful Reentry Cover Trauma and Its Relationship to Successful Reentry In this Second Chance Month 2022 event, Dr. Chris Branson, trauma expert, and Kathleen Guarino, Corrections and Community Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CCETAC) coach, share research on the lasting impacts of trauma and prevalence of individuals with traumatic experiences involved in the justice system.
Making Reentry Work in Tribal Communities Cover Making Reentry Work in Tribal Communities This session focuses on effective reentry strategies in Tribal communities, shares a multitude of effective resources, and highlights guidance from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Planning a Reentry Program: A Toolkit for Tribal Communities released in October 2021.
Exploring Efforts to Provide Coordinated Reentry Services to Youth Cover Exploring Efforts to Provide Coordinated Reentry Services to Youth This Second Chance Month 2022 session focuses on localized efforts to support youth who are returning to their communities with gang involvement, reintegration in school, employment, and housing.
Lessons Learned From Reentry Coordinators Cover Lessons Learned from Reentry Coordinators: Overcoming Challenges in the Field During this Second Chance Month 2022 event, perspectives from state and local reentry coordinators on how they have overcome challenges to implementing reentry programs and supports are shared.
The Hidden Costs of Reentry: Understanding the Barriers to Removing a Criminal Record Cover The Hidden Costs of Reentry: Understanding the Barriers to Removing a Criminal Record The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) hosted a webinar to discuss under-researched aspects of reentry: expungement of criminal records and the impact of those records.
GAINS Center logo Peer-Led Innovations in Reentry Support Programming: Towards Holistic Recovery This webinar provides information about supporting reentry peer support programs to effectively serve people in transition from incarceration to the community.
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Strategies for Youth Reentry in Rural Communities Cover Strategies for Youth Reentry in Rural Communities This Second Chance Month 2022 session focuses on youth reentering rural communities and emphasizes effective strategies to address education and workforce solutions, meaningful family engagement, and youth wellbeing.
Incorporating People with Lived Experience into Behavioral Health Programs Cover Incorporating People with Lived Experience into Behavioral Health Programs In this panel discussion, people with lived experience working in reentry discuss program development and implementation.
Maintaining Family Ties in the Federal Prison System Cover Maintaining Family Ties in the Federal Prison System Hosted by Adrienne McCormick, Senior Correctional Programs Specialist with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, this webinar explores the experiences of mothers who are incarcerated.
Honoring Trauma: Serving Returning Youth with Traumatic Brain Injuries Cover Honoring Trauma: Serving Returning Youth with Traumatic Brain Injuries The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice’s (FDJJ) SCA funded project, Decreasing Recidivism among Juveniles with Brain Injury Re-Entering the Community using Resource Facilitation, creates and evaluates a traumatic brain injury (TBI) continuum of services for youth reentering the community from residential placement.
Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Reentry Programming Cover Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Reentry Programming This webinar includes behavioral health reentry programs that are focused on developing culturally responsive programming for their communities. Program staff share how they are approaching culturally affirming program development to meet the needs of people reentering the community.
Strengthening Supports for Families of People Who Are Incarcerated Cover - Strengthening Supports for Families of People Who Are Incarcerated In this webinar, presenters discuss strategies for supporting parents who are incarcerated and their families, including engaging children’s caregivers in reentry planning and incorporating families’ voices in program implementation.
Step by Step Decision-Making for Youth Justice System Transformation Cover Step by Step Decision-Making for Youth Justice System Transformation This interactive Webinar features leaders from participant jurisdictions who discuss challenges, innovative solutions, and valuable lessons learned that support future replication in other states and local jurisdictions.
Addressing Housing Needs for Youth Returning from Juvenile Justice Placement Cover Addressing Housing Needs for Youth Returning from Juvenile Justice Placement This session highlights how Maine’s Department of Corrections has partnered with the University of Southern Maine and Youth Advocate Programs to help youth returning to the community from secure settings obtain healthy, supportive housing.
Raising the Bar on Juvenile Reentry: What Young People Say They Need Cover Raising the Bar on Juvenile Reentry: What Young People Say They Need During this Second Chance Month event, a panel of young people with lived experience discuss their experiences and how juvenile justice agencies can better help them with reentry.
Connections to Behavioral Health and Support Services through Reentry Cover Connections to Behavioral Health and Support Services through Reentry This webinar features two grantees who have utilized innovative ways to provide post-release connections to care for people who are returning to various communities.
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Outcomes-Based Contracting for Reentry and Housing Supports Cover Outcomes-Based Contracting for Reentry and Housing Supports Panelists discuss how and why outcomes-based contracts can be used to support people reentering the community and how justice partners can use performance-driven contracting to help define outcomes and support getting desired results.
Understanding and Overcoming the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction Cover Understanding and Overcoming the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction In this panel, staff from the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Crime (NICCC) hosted a discussion on the current state of collateral consequences across the country and state legislative efforts to address such consequences.
Building Student Leadership Opportunities During and After Incarceration Cover Building Student Leadership Opportunities During and After Incarceration This webinar showcases how corrections education programs can create student leadership opportunities and promote student success.
Using American Rescue Plan and CARES Act Housing Resources to Support Reentry: HUD and Community Perspectives Cover Using American Rescue Plan and CARES Act Housing Resources to Support Reentry: HUD and Community Perspectives This webinar features a message from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) focusing on Secretary Fudge’s guidance encouraging communities to prioritize people in reentry for the 70,000 ARP Emergency Housing Vouchers available nationwide, as well as HUD’s continued efforts to increase housing opportunities in this area.
Countdown To Pell Reinstatement Cover Countdown to Pell Reinstatement: Getting Ready for Pell Reinstatement in 2023 This webinar highlights the impending reinstatement of Pell grants for eligible incarcerated people in 2023.
Manufacturing A Future Post Release Cover Manufacturing a Future Post-Release: Two Paths to High-Skill Manufacturing Jobs This webinar highlights the work of Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP) Centers—which are currently operating in all 50 states and Puerto Rico—that can be a resource to connect individuals reentering the community with employment in manufacturing.
Building Effective Partnerships with Continuums of Care Cover Building Effective Partnerships with Continuums of Care to Increase Housing Options for People Leaving Prisons and Jails This webinar provides strategies for corrections leaders and staff to build these relationships, with a focus on establishing buy-in to serve a shared population and implementing community-wide prioritization and referral processes.
Justice Briefing Live Logo [RECORDING] Responding to Homelessness: Effective Strategies for Law Enforcement and Community Partners This webinar explores practical strategies communities across the U.S. are implementing to build and strengthen Police-Mental Health Collaborations to respond to homelessness.
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Toolkit Showcase: How to Use the Reentry Program Sustainability Toolkit to Plan for Your Program's Sustainability Cover Slide Toolkit Showcase: How to Use the Reentry Program Sustainability Toolkit to Plan for Your Program's Sustainability Introducing a newly developed Reentry Program Sustainability Toolkit: Resources for an Effective Sustainability Strategy. This Second Chance Month 2022 webinar explored how to navigate the Toolkit and apply its lessons to reentry programs.
Taking Stock: An Overview of NIJ's Reentry Research Portfolio and Assessing the Impact of the Pandemic on Reentry Research Cover Taking Stock: An Overview of NIJ's Reentry Research Portfolio and Assessing the Impact of the Pandemic on Reentry Research During this panel, an overview of NIJ's reentry research portfolio is provided and researchers discuss their NIJ-funded reentry projects, the impact of the pandemic on the ability to conduct research, and lessons learned.
How to use Participatory Research in Your Reentry Program Evaluation Cover Webinar: Participatory Research: What It Is and How It Can Strengthen Your Reentry Program This webinar for Second Chance Month 2022, led by the Evaluation and Sustainability Training and Technical Assistance (ES TTA) team and featuring reentry program practitioners, provides an overview of participatory research and discusses different ways that reentry programs can engage impacted populations (e.g., formerly incarcerated persons, past program participants) in the evaluation of their programs.
Learning from Doing: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program Cover Learning from Doing: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program During this panel, National Institute of Justice-funded researchers detail two ongoing evaluations of the SCA grant program: an evaluation of the effectiveness of the SCA grant program per Title V of the First Step Act, and (2) a longitudinal examination of the long-term impacts of the SCA program.
Storytelling for Reentry Programs Cover Storytelling for Reentry Programs: Using the Power of Story to Build Strong Support for Your Program In this webinar, tips are shared on how to use storytelling to share compelling narratives and to tell a story with your data.
Strengthening Your Reentry Program Evaluation Through Primary Data Collection Cover Strengthening Your Reentry Program Evaluation Through Primary Data Collection This webinar shares best practices from evaluation experts with the Evaluation and Sustainability Training and Technical Assistance (ES TTA) team and local research partners currently evaluating a BJA-funded reentry program.
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