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How One City Used Federal Funds to Create Reentry Housing Opportunities

This article discusses how the City of Salina, Kansas leveraged U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Solutions Grant funding to ...

Second Chance Act Program Spotlight: Paths to Recovery, Santa Maria Hostel—Harris County, Texas

By the CSG Justice Center Program Basics: Click here to tweet above image. Santa Maria Hostel provides substance use treatment and supportiv...

How Pell Grant Restoration Impacts Jails

Pell Grant restoration took effect on July 1, 2023, ending the nearly 30-year prohibition on need-based federal postsecondary financial aid for people...

Second Chance Act Reentry Education and Employment Factsheet

This factsheet from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provides information on the following three current Second Chance Act (SCA) investme...

‘A Resource for Change’: The Role of Peer Recovery Support Specialists in Reentry Programs

This article discusses the unique ways that peer recovery support specialists can enhance reentry programs.

Building Capacity to Advance Local System Change for People with Behavioral Health Needs: A Snapshot of State-Led Solutions

As discussed in this brief from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, state and local jurisdictions are taking new approaches to ...

National Reentry Resource Center Launches Clean Slate Clearinghouse

By CSG Justice Center StaffFor the more than 70 million adults in the U.S. who have a criminal record, and the more than one million youth who acquire...

Second Chance Act Grantees Receive DOL Grants to Continue Reentry Efforts

By NRRC Staff Several current and former Second Chance Act grantees—including Volunteers of America of Los Angeles, Pima Prevention Partn...

Kansas Second Chance Act Grantee Helps Secure Tech Jobs for Women Returning Home from Prison

By Mai Tran, CSG Justice Center The Topeka Correctional Facility—Kansas’s only female correctional facility—is easing barriers to employment for wo...

Second Chance Act Grantee Success Stories

This series of briefs spotlighting Second Chance Act grantee accomplishments highlights some key successes and explores the lessons learned along the ...

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