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Felon Voting Rights

As outlined by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), it has been common practice in the United States to make people convicted of a fe...

Trauma-Informed Practices for Reentry Providers

This brief from the Corrections and Community Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CCETAC) provides an overview of the prevalence and impact o...

Look Beyond Recidivism: How to Capture Your Reentry Program's Impact

This brief from RTI International and The Center for Justice Innovation (formerly The Center for Court Innovation) encourages reentry program staff an...

Second Chance Month 2023 Webinar Archives

During Second Chance Month 2023, the National Reentry Resource Center, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Office of Juven...

Resource Brief: Change Systems, Change Lives: Assessing Systems Change in Reentry Program Evaluations

Not all reentry programs or initiatives focus exclusively on individual people (clients). Many reentry initiatives also work to advance "systems chang...

Strengthening and Maintaining Family Connections: Best Practices for Child-Friendly Video Visiting

This brief from The Council of State Governments Justice Center provides an overview of current and best practices, challenges, and solutions for stre...

A Proclamation on Second Chance Month, 2023

On March 31, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden proclaimed April 2023 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, educat...

Eligibility of Confined or Incarcerated Individuals to Receive Pell Grants

The FAFSA Simplification Act (the Act), signed into law in December 2020, restored Pell Grant eligibility to individuals who are confined or incarce...

Pell Grants will return to prison, but for many, college will still be out of reach

This online article from USA Today discusses the expansion of Pell Grants that were eliminated in the 1994 crime bill for people in prison and ended t...

Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs FY 2024 Budget Request Overview

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is the primary grantmaking component of the U.S. Department of Justice and houses the Department’s science a...

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