Center for Self-Sufficiency Project 180 Second Chance Act Adult Mentoring Program

The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) helps to address these significant challenges by providing comprehensive responses to the significant number of incarcerated adults who are returning to communities from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities. Programs funded under the Second Chance Act help to promote public safety by ensuring that the transition individuals make from prison and jail to the community is successful. Section 211 of the Act authorizes grants to nonprofit organizations and federally recognized Indian tribes that may be used for comprehensive wrap-around services/programs which incorporate the use of trained mentors to promote the safe and successful reintegration into the community of adults who have been incarcerated.

The Comprehensive Community-Based Adult Reentry Program Utilizing Mentors is aimed at promoting more effective and successful reentry for formerly incarcerated individuals through the utilization of comprehensive, evidence-based wrap-around reentry plans which address the identified needs of the individuals and are supported by trained mentors. These needs are often related to housing, employment, substance abuse, and mental health.

This project will promote effective and successful reentry for individuals through the utilization of comprehensive, evidence-based reentry plans which address identified needs of the individuals and are supported by trained mentors. During the project period the grantee will recruit and train 70 mentors, provide group mentoring to 255 medium or high risk individuals as well as match 120 mentees with a mentor for one-on-one mentoring post release.

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