The “Second Chance Act” authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, and other services that can help reduce recidivism.
The “Second Chance Act”, first enacted into law in 2008, was fully funded on December 13, 2009 with appropriations in 2010 for the following programs
- • $37 million for reentry demonstration projects under Sec. 101
- • $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 to improve education in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities Sec. 114
- • $5 million for technology careers training demonstration grants under Sec. 115
- • $13 million for reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration Sec. 201
- • $10 million for reentry research under Sec. 245