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Second Chance Act-Funded Middle Tennessee Rural Reentry Program Highlighted in Grantee Training and Media Coverage

By Elizabeth Fleming, CSG Justice Center Staff and a program participant of the Middle Tennessee Rural Reentry (MTRR) Program in Franklin County, T...

Rikers Program Provides “Green Technology” Job Training, Placements

By Mai P. TranDuring a ceremony on Rikers Island last month, William Torres told the crowded room, “I am a better man now than I was 12 years ago.”Tor...

Technology Bridges Distances for a Reentry Program in Western Wisconsin

By Maureen Richey, CSG Justice Center A screenshot of Workforce Connections' online mentor training This is the s...

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...

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...

St. Louis Second Chance Act Grantee Sees Promise in New Prison-to-Reentry Program

By the CSG Justice CenterFrom Prison to Prosperity, a new program offered by the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE), seeks to curb re...

Birmingham-Area Employers Work to Break Down Barriers to Employment for People with Criminal Records

By the CSG Justice Center Staff For Stephanie Mason—human resources manager at Dunn Building Company in Birmingham, Alabama—what appears on a p...

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...

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...

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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