The National Reentry Resource Center will conduct a free webinar to help applicants respond to the Second Chance Act solicitation for state and local reentry demonstration projects, which was released on December 22, 2009, by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Le'Ann Duran, director of the resource center, will host the webinar, which will feature Dr. Gary Dennis, BJA senior policy advisor for corrections, and Thomas Murphy, OJJDP state representative, who will explain the solicitation and application process and answer common questions. (The grant application deadline is March 4, 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 Thursday, January 14, 2010.

To register for the webinar, click here.

In 2009, the Council of State Governments Justice Center, with funding support from the Public Welfare Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, and the Open Society Institute, developed a fact sheet about the demonstration grant program and an application checklist for state and local governments. The resource center recently updated these materials.

To view the updated checklist, click here.
To view the updated fact sheet, 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.