OJP Readout of Second Chance Act Grantee Conference

Acting Assistant Attorney General Brent J. Cohen and Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Karhlton F. Moore joined 700 reentry professionals and allied leaders in Philadelphia on December 16-18 for the Second Chance Act Conference: Celebrating 15 Years of the Second Chance Act. During the event, recipients of funding from BJA’s Second Chance Act portfolio of grants gathered to discuss the reentry challenges facing America’s communities and innovations and best practices in the field.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Cohen and BJA Director Moore reflected on the history of the reentry movement, including OJP’s leadership in the space since the late 1990s when the National Institute of Justice first introduced the term “reentry,” and recounted progress since the award of the first Second Chance Act grants in 2009. BJA, the National Reentry Resource Center and the Council of State Governments Justice Center co-costed the conference in collaboration with Impact Justice, the Latino Coalition for Community Leadership and the Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities.

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