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.
The SCA suite of programs offered through BJA are as follows:
- Community-based Reentry
- Community-based Reentry Incubator
- Community Supervision Strategies
- Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry
- Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes
- Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Outcomes for Adults in Reentry
- National Reentry Resource Center and Second Chance Technical Assistance
- Pay for Success
- Smart Reentry: Housing Demonstration
- Smart Supervision
Grantees
The BJA-supported National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) maintains a directory of all current SCA grantees around the country and has compiled a reentry grant profile for each state. See the SCA Grantee Program Map for access.
Training and Technical Assistance
In support of SCA grantees around the country, the NRRC works collaboratively with SCA technical assistance providers. These agencies provide on- and off-site training and technical assistance (TTA) to the government agencies and nonprofit organizations that receive grants under the provisions of the SCA.
Additionally, BJA’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) provides no-cost TTA on a variety of criminal justice topics to improve the knowledge and skills of criminal justice professionals. Agencies interested in receiving TTA can submit a request through an online application.
Section 5121 Resources
The Health and Reentry Project, in partnership with BJA and BJA NTTAC has developed new materials to support the corrections field in implementing new continuity of care requirements for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program-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.
Learn More
Visit the Second Chance Act Grant Program section of the Council of State Governments Justice Center website for additional information.