National Reentry Resource Center Launched

The new home on the web for the most up-to-date information about the Second Chance Act, including new solicitations, is the National Reentry Resource Center.

• To visit the Second Chance Act page on the National Reentry Resource Center's website, please click here.
• To register to receive the National Reentry Resource Center's monthly newsletter, please click here.

The National Reentry Resource Center, a project of the Council of State Governments Justice Center, is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Appropriations Update:

In fiscal year 2009, $25 million was appropriated for Second Chance Act programs, including $15 million for state and local reentry demonstration projects and $10 million for grants to nonprofit organizations for mentoring and other transitional services.

In fiscal year 2010, $114 million was appropriated for prisoner reentry programs in the Department of Justice, including $14 million for reentry initiatives in the Federal Bureau of Prisons and $100 million for Second Chance Act grant programs:

• $37 million for reentry demonstration projects under Sec. 101 of the Second Chance Act
• $15 million for mentoring grants to nonprofit organizations under Sec. 211
• $10 million for reentry courts under Sec. 111
• $7.5 million for family-based, substance abuse treatment under Sec. 113
• $2.5 million for grants to evaluate and improve education in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities under Sec. 114
• $5 million for technology careers training demonstration grants under Sec. 115
• $13 million for reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration under Sec. 201
• $10 million for reentry research under Sec. 245

In FY10, $108,493,000 was appropriated for prisoner reentry programs in the Department of Labor, including $15 million for a transitional jobs grant program.