ONDCP Excel Sixtieth Row

Action Item Number:

4.4.A

Action Item Name:

Expand Reentry Support and Services Through Second Chance Act and Other Federal Grants

Action Item Description:

The Second Chance Act authorizes the provision of treatment, employment assistance, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, expanded probation and parole supervision, and other services that can help reduce recidivism.

The Act provides resources to States and local governments to help reduce recidivism by expanding evidence-based prisoner reentry programs. This includes two dedicated programs to provide treatment services for individuals returning to communities from prisons and jails. The number of treatment-focused reentry programs has increased with some measured success (as highlighted in the TASC Update below). The Administration will expand Second Chance-related activities, which include the prosecution-led Drug Treatment Alternatives to Prison program and other efforts.

Lead Agency:

DOJ

Component(s):

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