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When Pre-Release Optimism Meets Post-Release Reality: Understanding Reentry Success Through a Longitudinal Framework Assessing Pre- and Post-Release Perceptions

In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...

FY 2023 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program

With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to deliver training and technical assistance to Second C...

At the Intersection of Reentry and Public Safety: Using the Reentry Toolkit to Promote Safer Communities

More than 400,000 individuals reenter communities from state prisons and nearly 10 million people cycle into and out of local jails each year. When st...

Directors of Justice Department Science and Research Offices Talk Reentry

National Institute of Justice Director Nancy La Vigne and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics Alex Piquero discuss important topics, prog...

Resource Brief: Reentry Program Process Evaluation Strategies

This brief from the Evaluation and Sustainability Training and Technical Assistance (ES TTA) team explores essential considerations for designing and ...

Resource Brief: Change Systems, Change Lives: Assessing Systems Change in Reentry Program Evaluations

Not all reentry programs or initiatives focus exclusively on individual people (clients). Many reentry initiatives also work to advance "systems chang...

Look Beyond Recidivism: How to Capture Your Reentry Program's Impact

This brief from RTI International and The Center for Justice Innovation (formerly The Center for Court Innovation) encourages reentry program staff an...

Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans Update Release

The Council of State Governments Justice Center's Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans web tool has been updated to include new content focusing on ...

Breaking Down Barriers: Lessons from Housing and Justice System Collaborations

Affordable housing is fundamental to successful reentry. To help policymakers build sustainable pathways to housing, The Council of State Governm...

Building Connections to Housing During Reentry: Results from a Questionnaire on DOC Housing Policies, Programs, and Needs

The Council of State Governments Justice Center, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Bur...

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The National Reentry Resource Center is operated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GK-05503-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.