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December 8, 2016

2016 Second Chance Act Orientation for Technology Career Program Grantees

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice AssistanceDuring this webi...

Prisoner Reentry Program in New Jersey Gets $1M Grant to Help End 'Tragic Cycle' of Killings

NJ.com By Noah Cohen Officials on Thursday announced a Newark prisoner reentry program that will focus on providing services, including employme...

Opinion: How Federal Investments Make Us Smarter about Reducing Recidivism

By Michael Thompson Director, The Council of State Governments Justice Center Criminologists routinely lament politicians who, responding to headli...

November 1, 2016

Hamilton Project Panel Stresses Importance of Reentry Programs

By CSG Justice Center staffLast week, the Hamilton Project—a nonprofit focused on advancing evidence-based policies that promote economic growth—conve...

FY 2022 Pathway Home 3 Adult Re-Entry Grants

To support pre-release services, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of $55 million in Pathway Home 3 Grants that seek to reduce b...

Reentry Essentials: An Overview of Employment and Correctional Education

By CSG Justice Center Staff This is the first in a series of posts on aspects of successful reentry. Each post will include curated resources r...

A Look Back at the 2024 Second Chance Act Conference

In December 2024, 700 reentry leaders, experts, and Second Chance Act (SCA) grantees from across the country gathered in Philadelphia for the 2024 Sec...

White House Hosts Governors and Business Executives to Discuss Benefits of Hiring People Who Have Criminal Records

#carouselExampleIndicators .carousel-indicators li { background-color: #004b8d; } Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (left) and Colorado Gov. John Hic...

Can Hiring Ex-Offenders Make a Business More Profitable?

The Guardian By Autumn Spanne Jimmy Erickson went to prison for a violent felony when he was 25. When he was released, at 46, he felt reformed a...

Midwestern States Share Innovative Strategies for Hiring People with Criminal Records

By the CSG Justice Center StaffIn 2012, three Michigan-based employers—Butterball Farms, Cascade Engineering, and Grand Rapids Community College—set o...

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