Second Chance Month 2023 Resources

Second Chance Month
April 2023

Best Practices for Successful Reentry for People Who Have Opioid Addictions report cover image

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Behavioral Health

Best Practices for Successful Reentry for People Who Have Opioid Addictions

This fact sheet describes the best practices that correctional, community-based behavioral health, and probation and parole agencies can implement wit...

Children of Incarcerated Parents Framework Document Cover

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Family Engagement

Children of Incarcerated Parents Framework Document

This framework document synthesizes lessons learned about promising practices, and it provides information about the context surrounding children and ...

How Corrections Departments are Preparing People for In-Demand Careers that Support America's Infrastructure Cover

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Education & Employment

How Corrections Departments are Preparing People for In-Demand Careers that Support America's Infrastructure

This brief from the Vera Institute of Justice was developed in response to President Biden's 2022 Infrastructure Bill. As the brief asserts, j...

Accessing Pell Grants for College Programs in Correctional Settings

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Education & Employment

Accessing Pell Grants for College Programs in Correctional Settings

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice is a summary of the Pell Reinstatement regulations and requirements developed by the U.S. Department of...