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SCA GRANTEE SUCCESS STORY: Supporting Women Before (and Long After) Jail Yields Remarkable Results

In a city with a 76 percent recidivism rate, just 8 percent of the women in Baltimore’s PIVOT reentry program reoffend after leaving jail or prison—an...

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...

Building Reentry Ecosystems: A Blueprint for Innovation

This resource from Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Visiting Fellow John Bae introduces a framework to develop reentry ecosystems and highli...

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...

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Guide to Advancing Justice-Related Goals

This guide from The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center outlines need-to-know information about how state and local leaders can...

‘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...

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