15PBJA23GK05503MUMU

The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSGJC) seeks $3,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) through the Second Chance Act (SCA) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program. Category 1: National Reentry Resource Center. Our goals will be to: 1) advance the knowledge and practice of the reentry field by identifying and promoting evidence-based practices (EBPs) and supporting innovation; 2) serve as the centralized coordinator of all SCA TTA providers; and 3) educate correctional leaders, service providers, and the public about reentry issues and promising approaches.

CSGJC will produce resources designed to ensure that grantees implement a system-wide, coordinated approach with accurate screening and assessment procedures, effective data-collection and program evaluation, and the development of sustainability plans. Leveraging our status as a thought leader in the reentry field, we will help SCA grantees and the broader field to plan, implement, expand, and/or sustain programs and policy changes that work to improve outcomes for people who are reentering their communities from carceral settings. We will employ a robust, multi-pronged strategy to improve and expand the NRRC website to uplift SCA grantee successes, offer thought leadership, promote EBPs to grantees and the field, and disseminate lessons learned.

We will also offer numerous learning opportunities to advance innovation and peer learning in the reentry field. CSGJC will lean on more than a decade of experience serving as the SCA TTA provider across 25 grant tracks and the decade of experience operating, managing, and developing resources for the NRRC to produce high quality and easily digestible tools and publications geared to advance innovative and evidence-based strategies for grantees and the broader field to employ. To supplement our expertise, we have assembled a strong team of partners, including JustLeadership USA, the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, and Jeweld Legacy, to further enhance products created and TTA offered through this award.

The Council Of State Governments

THE SCA TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TTA) PROGRAM PROVIDES THE FIELD AND OJP GRANTEES WITH RESOURCES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO IMPROVE THEIR REENTRY SYSTEMS AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM AMONG PEOPLE RETURNING FROM DETENTION AND INCARCERATION TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. SCA TTA WILL BE A HUB AND SPOKE MODEL TO SERVE THE FIELD AT LARGE AS WELL AS SCA GRANTEES. THE NATIONAL REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER (NRRC) WILL SERVE AS THE HUB, CURATING AND MAINTAINING THE CLEARINGHOUSE WEBSITE OF REENTRY-RELATED RESOURCES FOR THE FIELD AND SERVING AS A CONVENOR OF SCA GRANTEES AND TTA PROVIDERS. THE TTA PROVIDERS WILL SERVE AS SPOKES ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT INTERSECT WITH REENTRY; EACH WILL PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTENT EXPERTISE TO A SUBSET OF SCA GRANTEES AND CONTRIBUTE CONTENT TO NRRC ON THEIR TOPIC.

16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) [DOJ - OJP]

Lexington, Kentucky 40511 United States

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BJA FY 23 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program (O-BJA-2023-171780)

Termination This cooperative agreement was reported on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) partial or complete termation list as of its last report October 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/26 to 09/30/27 and the total obligations have increased 83% from $2,718,256 to $4,976,276.