Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2011, $600,000)
The Second Chance Act of 2007 provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of people who are released from prison and jail and returning to communities, including resources to address the myriad needs of these offenders to achieve a successful return to their communities. Section 201 of the Second Chance Act authorizes federal awards to states, units of local government, and Indian tribes to improve the provision of treatment to adult offenders in prisons and jails during the period of incarceration and through the completion of parole or other court supervision after release into the community.
The goal of Section 201 of the Second Chance Act is to provide support to eligible applicants for the development and implementation of comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by reentry to increase public safety and reduce recidivism. The objectives of this program are to provide offenders with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders with appropriate evidence-based services' including addressing individual criminogenic needs-based on a reentry plan that relies on a risk and needs assessment that reflects the risk of recidivism for that offender. Funds may be used for treating co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders in prison programs and jails, providing recovery support services, reentry planning and programming, and post-release treatment and aftercare programming in the community through the completion of parole or court supervision.
The grant recipient will use the FY 2011 SCA grant funds to implement the Bexar County Co-Occurring Re-Entry (CORE) Court. The CORE Court will be modeled after the Ten Key Components of treatment courts as articulated by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP). The Bexar County CORE Court will leverage local expertise in the treatment court model and will allow Bexar County to address the clinical needs of high risk and high need offenders.
CA/NCF