Announcement for 01/26/10

National Reentry Resource Center Announces Second Chance Act Grant Webinar: Guidance for Nonprofit Organizations Applying for Mentoring Grants

The National Reentry Resource Center will conduct a free webinar to help applicants respond to the Second Chance Act Mentoring Grants to Nonprofit Organizations FY 2010 Competitive Grant Solicitation, which was released on January 19, 2010, by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice. Le'Ann Duran, director of the resource center, will host the webinar, which will feature Dr. Gary Dennis, BJA senior policy advisor for corrections, who will explain the solicitation and application process and answer questions from participants. (The grant application deadline is March 18, 2010.)

The webinar, supported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, will be held at 2:00 P.M. (E.T.) on Friday, February 5, 2010.

To register for the webinar, click here.

The resource center is continually updating its website with materials relevant to the reentry field. To learn more about the resource center, including how to upload content to the site, please click here.

The National Reentry Resource Center, established by the Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-199) and administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, provides education, training, and technical assistance to states, tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, non-profit organizations, and corrections institutions working on prisoner reentry. The resource center is a project of the Council of State Governments Justice Center.

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