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One-Stop Resource Center Offers Online Access to Prisoner Reentry Information |
The Council of State Governments recently launched an unprecedented initiative to advance the safe and successful return of individuals from prisons and jails to their communities.
The National Reentry Resource Center, established by the Second Chance Act administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, is now up and running to provide education, training and technical assistance to states, tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, nonprofit organizations and corrections institutions working on prisoner reentry.
The National Reentry Resource Center is a project of the Council of State Governments Justice Center, with key project partners: the Urban Institute, Association of State Correctional Administrators, and the American Probation and Parole Association. The center is guided by an advisory board that helps coordinate support and services for Second Chance Act grantees and the reentry field.
The center's mission is to advance the reentry field through knowledge transfer and dissemination and to promote evidence-based best practices.
The center will:
- Provide a one-stop, interactive source of current, user-friendly reentry information.
- Identify, document and promote evidence-based practices.
- Deliver individualized, targeted technical assistance to the Second Chance Act grantees.
- Advance the reentry field through training, distance learning and knowledge development.
For more information, visit the National Reentry Resource Center. Also visit the Justice Fellowship resource page on Prisoner Reentry. |
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