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The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will establish a Youth Reentry Technical Assistance Center (YRTAC) that will build the capacity of youth reentry grantees to implement reentry programming focusing on the strengths, needs, and voices of young people and families.

The center will accomplish this by providing training and technical assistance, incorporating youth lived experience by hiring and mentoring youth justice fellows (Fellows), and expanding youth reentry resources maintained by the National Reentry Resource Center.

AIR will also develop a youth voice community of practice that is co-lead by the Fellows. AIR will apply an equity lens while partnering with experts in community supervision, trauma-informed care, juvenile justice, positive youth development, data analysis, performance measurement, and implementation science.

The center expects these resources and activities to enhance jurisdictions access to tools and training, improve community supervision practices, produce better outcomes for youth and communities, reduce recidivism, and improve public safety.

American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences

THIS PROGRAM ENCOURAGES COLLABORATION BETWEEN STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND COMMUNITY- AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT REENTRY AND RECIDIVISM REDUCTION POSE FOR MODERATE TO HIGH-RISK JUVENILE OFFENDERS RETURNING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES FROM JUVENILE RESIDENTIAL OR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. THIS SOLICITATION HAS THREE CATEGORIES: CATEGORY 1: IMPROVING YOUTH REENTRY WILL SUPPORT STATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INTERESTED PERSONS (INCLUDING FEDERAL CORRECTIONS AND SUPERVISION AGENCIES), SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE REENTRY SERVICES FOR MODERATE TO HIGH-RISK YOUTH BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER RELEASE FROM CONFINEMENT. CATEGORY 2: STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY-BASED REENTRY PROGRAMS WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT DIRECT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES TO ASSIST YOUTHS' SUCCESSFUL REINTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TO DELIVER RELEVANT TRAINING TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS POSITIONED TO IMPACT YOUTHS' REENTRY PROCESS. CATEGORY 3: NATIONAL YOUTH REENTRY TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WILL SUPPORT TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND RESOURCES TO OJJDP-FUNDED YOUTH REENTRY GRANTEES AND TO THE FIELD TO STRENGTHEN REENTRY PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES AND ADDRESS COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES TO ENSURE YOUTHS' SUCCESSFUL REENTRY AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM.

16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) [DOJ - OJP]

Arlington, Virginia 22202-3289 United States

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OJJDP FY 2023 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program (O-OJJDP-2023-171707)

Termination This cooperative agreement was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 09/30/26 to 09/30/25 and the total obligations have increased 48% from $4,150,000 to $6,150,000.