In this episode of Reentry Now, the NRRC’s Sara Trevino and Felice Trirogoff recap highlights and some of their favorite moments from April 2022’s Second Chance Month. They review selected events and resources from Second Chance Month, complete with audio clips from featured presenters. 

Sara and Felice also talk with the NRRC’s Interim Director, Nick Read, about the Center’s new reentry toolkit, Building Second Chances: Tools for Local Reentry Coalitions — who it’s for, how to use it, and what makes it unique. Listen to find out how the toolkit can help guide your reentry work.

If you missed Second Chance Month or want a recap and/or want to learn more about the NRRC’s new reentry toolkit – this is the perfect episode for you.

Featured Organizations:

• Second Chance Month
• National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC)
• U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• American Institutes for Research (home of the Corrections and Community Engagement Technical Assistance Center, CCETAC)
• Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center
• Performance-based Standards (PbS)
• Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice (RFK)
• Vera Institute of Justice (Vera)
• National Inventory of Collateral Consequence of Crime (NICCC)
• Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International

Featured Resources:

• Building Second Chances: Tools for Local Reentry Coalitions (NRRC)
• Second Chance Month 2022 Presidential Proclamation
• Checklist of Practices for Effective Reentry (CCETAC)
• Probation System Review Guidebook, 3rd edition (RFK)
• Developmental Reform in Juvenile Justice: Translating the Science of Adolescent Development to Sustainable Best Practice (RFK)
• Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform (RFK)

Featured Second Chance Month Events:

• Effective Practices: Removing Barriers to a Successful Reentry (CCETAC)
• Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Reentry Programming (CSG)
• Raising the Bar on Juvenile Reentry: What Young People Say They Need (PbS)
• Step by Step Decision-Making for Youth Justice System Transformation (RFK)
• Manufacturing a Future Post-Release: Two Paths to High-Skill Manufacturing Jobs (Vera)
• Countdown to Pell Reinstatement: Getting Ready for Pell Reinstatement in 2023 (Vera)
• Using American Rescue Plan and CARES Act Housing Resources to Support Reentry: HUD and Community Perspectives (CSG)
• Understanding and Overcoming the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction (NRRC/NICCC)
• Storytelling for Reentry Programs: Using the Power of Story to Build Strong Support for Your Program (RTI)
• Opening Remarks by Amy Solomon, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
• Opening Remarks by Kristen Mahoney, Principal Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Opening Remarks by Chyrl Jones, Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Closing Remarks by Ruby Qazilbash, Associate Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Reentry Matters Videos
• Second Chance Month 2022 Full Archives