The Office of Justice Programs funds and administers Second Chance Act (SCA) grants, with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarding SCA grants serving adults and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarding SCA grants serving youth.
| SCA Grant Notices of Funding Opportunities | Purpose | Eligible Entities |
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| Community-based Reentry Program | Provide transitional services to help adults reintegrate into the community. |
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| Family-based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program | Implement family-based treatment in correctional settings or as an alternative to incarceration. |
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| Improving Adult Reentry Education & Employment Outcomes Program | Implement programs to improve academic and vocational education and/or career training in correctional settings and upon reentry. |
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| Pay for Success Initiative | Establish performance-based and outcomes-based contracts to deliver reentry services, including housing. |
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| Smart Reentry Demonstration Program | Pilot reentry programs that address a specific gap in the community’s reentry strategy. |
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| Strengthening Community Supervision Agency Operations Program | Improve probation or parole supervision agency operations and strategies to reduce recidivism among those under supervision and provide technical assistance (TA). |
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Available Funding
See the Available Funding page for opportunities that are currently accepting applications.
Corrections and Medicaid Resources
The Health and Reentry Project has developed materials to support the corrections field in implementing new continuity of care requirements for Medicaid-eligible youth and young adults in adult correctional facilities. These resources provide correctional leaders with operational guidance on key elements of implementation, insights on where corrections administrators should start, answers to frequently asked questions about the policies, and targeted resources for leadership. They include:
- Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Youth Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions For Jails: Highlights key questions and answers for sheriffs and jail administrators.
- Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Youth Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions For State Departments of Correction: Key questions and answers for state correctional leadership and systems.
- Brief Operational Checklist for Section 5121 and Post-Adjudicated Youth: A two-page resource with quick, concrete considerations to guide initial implementation of new requirements.
- Getting Ready: Key Elements for the Implementation of Section 5121 Youth Requirements in Adult Correctional Facilities: A deeper dive, highlighting seven key elements jurisdictions need to think about to be ready to implement the new requirements.