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Second Chance Act (SCA)

BJA FY 15 Second Chance Act Technology-Based Career Training Program for Incarcerated Adults and Juveniles

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The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities and returning to communities. Section 115 of the Second Chance Act authorizes federal awards to states, units of local government, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes to provide technology career training to persons...

BJA FY 15 Second Chance Act Two-Phase Adult Reentry Demonstration Program: Planning and Implementation

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The SCA Two-Phase Adult Reentry Demonstration Program: Planning and Implementation (Section 101) authorizes federal awards for demonstration projects to promote the safe and successful reintegration of individuals into the community who have been incarcerated or detained. This program furthers the Department's commitment to providing services and programs to help facilitate the successful reintegration of offenders returning to their communities.

BJA FY 15 Second Chance Act Reentry Program for Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders

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The Second Chance Act Programs are designed to help communities develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by reentry and recidivism reduction. "Reentry" is not a specific program, but rather a process that starts when an individual is initially incarcerated and ends when he or she has been successfully reintegrated in the community as a law-abiding citizen. The reentry process...

BJA FY 15 Second Chance Act Statewide Adult Recidivism Reduction Strategic Planning Program

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The Statewide Recidivism Reduction Strategic Planning Program will provide $100,000 awards to State Departments of Correction to develop Planning & Implementation guides to serve as the basis for an application for funds to implement a comprehensive reentry program to effect a reasonable reduction in the documented statewide recidivism rate.