Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Category 1: National Reentry Resource Center

The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSGJC) will use $2,258,020 from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to continue to serve as the Second Chance Act (SCA) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program. Category 1: National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) provider. As the provider for the NRRC, CSGJC will continue to work with BJA, SCA TTA providers, and systems partners to advance the knowledge and practice of the reentry field.
Leveraging status as a thought leader in the reentry field, CSGJC will help SCA grantees and the broader field to implement programs and policy changes that work to improve outcomes for people who are reentering their communities from carceral settings. CSGJC will produce resources designed to ensure that grantees implement a systems-wide, coordinated approach with accurate screening and assessment procedures, effective data-collection and program evaluation, and the development of sustainability plans. CSG will employ a robust, multi-pronged strategy to improve and expand the NRRC website to uplift SCA grantee successes, offer thought leadership, promote evidence-based practices (EBPs) to grantees and the field, and disseminate lessons learned. CSG will take advantage of strategic moments, such as Second Chance Month and the SCA Conference, to offer learning opportunities and elevate resources to advance innovation and peer learning in the reentry field. CSG will continue operating the NRRC website.
CSG will manage additional online information centers (e.g., The National Clean Slate Clearinghouse, the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences, and Public Safety and Risk Assessment Clearinghouse). Organize and promote Second Chance Month efforts.
CSG will lean on more than a decade of experience serving as the SCA TTA provider across 25 grant tracks and the decade of experience operating, managing, and developing resources for the NRRC to produce high quality and easily digestible tools and publications geared to advance innovative and evidence-based strategies for grantees and the broader field to employ. To supplement thieir expertise, CSG will continue partnerships with JustLeadership USA, the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, Jeweld Legacy, and the Correctional Leaders Association (CLA) to further enhance products created and TTA offered through this award.