Reentry Resources from the Justice Center

Resources for Second Chance Act Grant Applicants

For Reentry Demonstration Project (Section 101) Applicants:

For Mentoring Grant (Section 211) Applicants:

Click here for more information about the Second Chance Act.

Other products and publications:

  • Grantwriting Webinar (May 20, 2009)
  • Grantwriting Webinar PowerPoint slides
  • Reentry Resource Guide
  • Reentry Partnerships: A Guide for States & Faith-Based and Community Organizations (pdf)
  • Planning and Assessing a Law Enforcement Reentry Strategy: Toolkit
  • Improving Assessment Processes in Corrections Settings: Web-Based Tool
  • Federal Benefits online tools: Federal Benefits Comparison Chart / Federal Benefits Comparison Chart
  • Repaying Debts: Report Summary (pdf) / Full Report (pdf) / Online Report
  • Interactive Reentry Housing Options Chart
  • Ensuring Timely Access to Medicaid and SSI/SSDI for People with Mental Illness Released from Prison: Four Case Studies (pdf)
  • Homelessness and Prisoner Reentry (pdf)
  • How and Why Medicaid Matters for People with Serious Mental Illness Released from Jail (pdf)
  • Public Housing Authorities and Prisoner Reentry (pdf)
  • Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council
  • Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council Preview (pdf)

    • Coming Soon

    • A Guide to Improving Assessment Processes in Corrections Settings. Will provide a framework for corrections administrators to consider in developing strategies for improving their assessment procedures. This guide will accompany the interactive Assessment and Risks/Needs Determination Tool, which highlights examples of common instruments and lessons from the corrections field about assessment procedures in various jurisdictions.

      Read more about the RPC's project on Improving Assessment Processes.

    • Sex Offender Housing Guide. Assists state and local government officials seeking options for housing people convicted of committing a sex offense who have been incarcerated and released to the community.

      Read more about the RPC's Housing projects.

    • State Strategies for Expanding Housing Opportunities for Adults Released from Prison and Jail. Offers three approaches that criminal justice agencies and their partners can use to meet the housing needs of people re-entering the community from prison or jail: housing placement and rental assistance, housing development, and high-stakes neighborhood improvement.

      Read more about the RPC's Housing projects.

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