The program provides funding to help facilitate the type of assessment, planning, and monitoring critical to understanding if a system, agency, or juvenile reentry program is functioning as intended and meeting its goals and target outcomes.
Reentry Announcements
Reentry Announcements
Apply Now: Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program
The TTA provider must offer tribal jurisdictions assistance to plan, implement, or enhance community supervision practices and reentry programming strategies for tribal communities.
Palm Beach County Inspiring Change Reentry Summit
The inaugural Palm Beach County Inspiring Change Reentry Summit will allow leaders who are committed to criminal justice system reform the opportunity to share best practices and identify opportunities to collaborate on solutions.
Register for Webinar: Young Adult Justice–Emerging Research and Innovative Practices
In this webinar, representatives from the National Reentry Resource Center and the New York City Department of Probation will discuss emerging research and innovative practices related to improving outcomes for young adults in the justice system.
2018 Reentry Practitioners’ Symposium
The Maryland Reentry Partnership Network will host a reentry practitioner symposium on collaboration and enhancing reentry partnerships.
Register for Webinar: Addressing the Needs of Veterans in the Criminal Justice System
This webinar will provide an overview of national estimates of incarcerated veterans; explain components of the Veterans Health Administration’s veterans justice programs; expand awareness of the needs of veterans in the justice system; and discuss new developments in the Veterans Administration and community interventions to provide services to veterans in the justice system.
Apply Now: Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents with Minor Children
This program provides funding for states (including territories), and units of local government to promote and expand services for incarcerated individuals who have children younger than age 18.
Apply Now: Second Chance Act Ensuring Public Safety and Improving Outcomes for Youth in Confinement and While Under Community Supervision Program
This program provides funding for states (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized tribal governments, nonprofit and for profit organizations, and institutions of higher education to implement evidence-based substance addiction and mental illness treatment services for youth who are returning to their communities from incarceration.
Symposium on the Future of Juvenile Community Supervision
As part of the American Probation and Parole Association’s 43rd Annual Training Institute, the CSG Justice Center will partner with other leading organizations to host a symposium on the future of juvenile community supervision.
American Probation and Parole Association 43rd Annual Training Institute
This year’s APPA conference will focus on the latest research and the most critical issues facing community corrections professionals by offering a number of educational workshops and trainings, ranging from topics in behavioral health treatment, community supervision, pretrial supervision, juvenile justice, reentry, workplace safety, and more.
Apply Now: Research on Reducing Violence in Communities
This program provides resources to improve scientific knowledge of factors related to the commission of violent crime and develop knowledge to advance strategies for violence prevention and reduction.
Available Now! 50-State Data on Public Safety Workbooks
Top officials from every state contributed to the research effort that culminated in these workbooks, which were developed to provide a framework for discussions that took place at the 50-State Summit on Public Safety held in November 2017 in Washington, DC.
Apply Now: Innovations in Supervision Initiative—Building Capacity to Create Safer Communities Program
The program provides funding for probation and parole agencies to implement more effective practices to reduce recidivism, and for a training and technical assistance provider to assist in developing a model for probation agencies to partner with other justice agencies to further mutual public safety goals.
Apply Now: Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction Program
The program provides funding to effectively target and address significant and violent crime issues in neighborhoods with high rates of crime through collaborative cross-sector approaches that are linked with broader neighborhood development goals.
International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference
This year’s IACP conference will include topics that address contemporary or emerging issues confronting the law enforcement profession and the leaders of law enforcement agencies.
2018 Janet Reno Forum: Transforming Juvenile Justice Systems
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform will host a forum to highlight strategies for how to restructure and reorient juvenile justice systems to more effectively enhance public safety and improve outcomes for youth.
Apply Now: Second Chance Act Comprehensive Community-Based Adult Reentry Program
The grant program supports community- and faith-based organizations and Indian tribes in developing and implementing comprehensive and collaborative programs that support people who are reentering communities from incarceration and are at medium-to-high risk of reoffending.
Apply Now: Opening Doors to Public Housing Initiative
The initiative will provide technical assistance for public housing authorities that, in collaboration with justice system partners, are seeking to plan and implement reentry programs and/or change their admissions policies regarding people with conviction histories.
Apply Now: NIC’s Norval Morris Program on Corrections Innovation
The program, which is part of the National Institute of Corrections, is soliciting nominations from agencies that are implementing important innovations in correctional practices or policies.
Apply Now: RFK National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice Training Institute
The training institute features a portfolio of on-site training opportunities addressing critical topics in juvenile justice, including probation system review training and multi-system information and data sharing.
CSG Justice Center Releases Checklist to Help States Analyze Risk and Needs Assessments
The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center today released an innovative Risk Assessment Quality Improvement (RAQI) checklist to help state and local corrections agencies, community supervision agencies, and treatment/programming providers analyze how well their risk and needs assessment tool is working.
DOJ Announces FY2015 Second Chance Act Awards to Support Reentry Initiatives for Adults and Youth
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that $53 million in grants will be awarded to 45 jurisdictions under the Second Chance Act program in FY 2015. Including this year’s cohort of grantees, more than 700 SCA grants have been awarded to agencies and organizations in 49 states since 2008.
Individuals with Criminal Records Could Receive ‘Fair Chance’ at Employment with New Legislation
A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced on Thursday, Sept. 10, legislation that would allow people who were formerly involved with the criminal justice system to apply for federal jobs without disclosing previous criminal history until the final stages of hiring.
Call for Article Submissions to the Juvenile and Family Court Journal
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is now accepting submissions to its scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, “Juvenile and Family Court Journal.” Articles should focus on issues of interest to the field of juvenile and family justice, including child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, dual status youth, domestic violence, substance use, child custody and visitation, judicial leadership, and related topics.
Health Coverage and County Jails: Suspension vs. Termination
This brief from the National Association of Counties provides an overview of the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on county jail systems across the country, particularly with the suspension and termination of Medicaid coverage.
Collateral Consequences Resource Center Launched
The Collateral Consequences Resource Center launched in the fall of 2014 provides news and commentary about developments in courts and legislatures, practice and advocacy resources, and information about how to obtain relief from collateral consequences in various jurisdictions.
Taking Action: Continuing the “Pathways to Prosperity” Conversation in Your Jurisdiction
Understanding and addressing challenges associated with putting people with criminal records on pathways to employment requires a two-way dialogue between business leaders and government officials.