Second Chance Act (SCA)

FY 2020 Improving Reentry for Adults with Substance Use Disorders Program

Closing Date

April 27, 2020

Through this opportunity, BJA is seeking applications for funding to establish, expand, and improve treatment for people with substance use disorders during their incarceration and reentry into the community.

Center for Research Partnerships and Program Evaluation (CRPPE)

CRPPE provides information on practitioner-researcher partnerships, performance measures, logic models, program evaluation, and more to devise solutions to improve the quality, quantity, and equity of criminal justice and public safety services.

Making Second Chances Work: Conference Remarks by James H. Burch, II

April 2011

Series

BJA Justice Podcast Series

This podcast is a recording of remarks at the 2011 Making Second Chances Work National Conference by James H. Burch II, BJA Acting Director.

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.

Category 1: National Reentry Resource Center

2019-MU-BX-K015

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$10,843,302

Category 1: National Reentry Resource Center

2019-MU-BX-K015

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$1,050,000

BJA FY 19 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting To Lower Recidivism and Homelessness

Closing Date

October 15, 2019

The Second Chance Act Pay For Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting To Lower Recidivism And Homelessness will provide assistance and funding to state, local, and tribal governments to price, write, negotiate, fund, and manage contracts that pay for these services in a way that ensures accountability of the contract service providers, and incentivizes improved performance over time. Contracted services that may be purchased with grant funds...

BJA FY 19 Improving Reentry for Adults with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

Closing Date

June 25, 2019

Second Chance Act Program for Improving Reentry for Adults with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness improves access to and delivery of services to offenders with co-occurring substance abuse and mental illness when they leave incarceration to reenter the community. The focus of the Program is to provide standardized screening and assessment; collaborative comprehensive case management; and pre- and post-release programming that address criminogenic risk...

BJA FY 19 Second Chance Act Comprehensive Community-Based Adult Reentry Program

Closing Date

June 11, 2019

The Second Chance Act Comprehensive Community-based Adult Reentry Program supports organizations or tribes providing comprehensive reentry services to program participants throughout their transition from jail or prison to the community. Under this solicitation, BJA is seeking applications to implement or expand on reentry programs that demonstrate strong partnerships with corrections, parole, probation, law enforcement, and other reentry service providers. These partnerships should develop comprehensive case...