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Offender Reentry Programs: Housing Options for Successful Reentry

Event Dates

September 24, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

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Attorney General Barr Chairs Meeting of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry

View a Department of Justice press release to learn about an August 7 principals meeting of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry.

Incorporating Relationship Building Practices in Your Organization

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September 15, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

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Leveraging the Secret Sauce of Relationships to Improve Reentry Outcomes: The Value of Social Capital

Fostering Organizational, Participant, and Mentoring Relationships

Event Dates

September 1, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

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Leveraging the Secret Sauce of Relationships to Improve Reentry Outcomes: The Value of Social Capital

Developing Organic Connections, Peer Groups, and Accountability

Event Dates

August 18, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

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Leveraging the Secret Sauce of Relationships to Improve Reentry Outcomes: The Value of Social Capital

Valuing Data and Individuals with Similar Experiences

Event Dates

August 4, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern

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Leveraging the Secret Sauce of Relationships to Improve Reentry Outcomes: The Value of Social Capital

Office of Justice Programs Observes Second Chance Month

In this press release, BJA and other Office of Justice Programs efforts related to offender reentry are highlighted.

Second Chance Month

Each April, the Office of Justice Programs celebrates Second Chance Month to recognize the importance of helping individuals, communities, and agencies across the country appreciate their role in supporting the safe and successful reentry of millions of people returning from incarceration each year.

Nearly $70 Million in OJP Grants Available to Support Reentry

Almost $70 million in grant funding is available from the Office of Justice Programs to help support successful reentry of adult and juvenile offenders into their communities.

Second Chance Act Pay for Success Funding Announced

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting To Lower Recidivism and Address Substance Use Disorders Through Reentry and Housing Services solicitation.

FY 2020 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting To Lower Recidivism and Address Substance Use Disorders Through Reentry and Housing Services

Closing Date

June 9, 2020

Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program Solicitation Released

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program.

FY 2020 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program

Closing Date

May 4, 2020

Innovations in Reentry Funding Announced

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Building System Capacity & Testing Strategies to Reduce Recidivism opportunity.

FY 2020 Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Building System Capacity & Testing Strategies to Reduce Recidivism

Closing Date

May 12, 2020

Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Reduction Strategies (CAREERRS) Program Funding Available

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Reduction Strategies (CAREERRS) Program.

FY 2020 Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Reduction Strategies (CAREERRS) Program

Closing Date

April 27, 2020

Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program Opportunity Released

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program.

Funding Available: Improving Reentry for Adults with Substance Use Disorders Program

BJA is seeking applications for funding through the FY 2020 Improving Reentry for Adults with Substance Use Disorders Program.

FY 2020 Improving Reentry for Adults with Substance Use Disorders Program

Closing Date

April 27, 2020

Corrections Information Sharing To Improve Reentry Success: Conference Remarks by John Kenney

April 2011

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BJA Justice Podcast Series

During this podcast, John Kenney, Assistant Deputy Superintendent of Special Operations at the Hampden County Sheriffs Office in Ludlow, Massachusetts, discusses Hampden County's information sharing and reentry initiatives.

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Corrections Information Sharing To Improve Reentry Success: Conference Remarks by John Kenney

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Podcast 12 KENNEY

What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse

What Works features research on the effectiveness of a wide variety of reentry programs and practices, leveraging programs rated by the National Institute of Justice's CrimeSolutions.gov.

National Reentry Resource Center

Funded and administered by BJA, the National Reentry Resource Center is the nation's primary source of information and guidance in reentry.

Over $55.8 Million Awarded to Support Offenders Returning to Communities

 

OJP has announced awards totaling more than $55.8 million to reduce recidivism among adults and youth returning to their communities after confinement. The awards include more than $39.3 million under BJA's Second Chance Act suite of grant programs. Read the press release and corresponding fact sheet for additional details.

 

Awards Announced to Support Offenders Returning to Communities

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has announced awards totaling more than $74.5 million to reduce recidivism among adults and youth returning to their community after confinement. View the press release to learn more about the grants awarded by BJA and other OJP bureaus and offices.