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SCA GRANTEE SUCCESS STORY: Cherokee Nation’s Key to Long-Term Employment after Jail

Finding jobs isn’t always the hardest part—keeping them can be. The “Coming Home” program provides solutions for both.

How Trauma-Informed Care Leads to Post-Jail Success in Pennsylvania

With the help of the Second Chance Act, addressing trauma is a “life or death” part of reentry for some in Pennsylvania.

SCA GRANTEE SUCCESS STORY: Pima County’s “Pay for Success” Reentry Program Bolsters Housing and Community Safety

With SCA funding, this award-winning program in Arizona has cut criminal-justice costs in half and helped address the connection between homelessness ...

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...

Paving the Path From Prison to College

In this Newseek opinion piece, Dr. Amy Loyd, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) at the U.S. Department...

Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes Action During Second Chance Month to Strengthen Public Safety, Improve Rehabilitation in Jails and Prisons, and Support Successful Reentry

At the conclusion of Second Chance Month 2023, the Biden-Harris administration released an evidence-informed, multi-year Alternatives, Rehabilitation,...

Second Chance Month 2023: Closing Remarks from Ruby Qazilbash, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance

Ruby Qazilbash, Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), closes out Second ...

Justice Today: Mayor Jermaine Wilson and Second Chances

During this episode of the Justice Today podcast, Mayor Jermaine Wilson describes his personal journey from maximum security prison to the highest ele...

Second Chances, First Opportunities

In this month's OJJDP blog, Administrator Liz Ryan reflects on the importance of Second Chance Month for system-involved youth.

Gault Center Collateral Consequences Resource Library

The Gault Center, which is dedicated to promoting justice for all children and youth by ensuring excellence in youth legal defense, houses a resource ...

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