Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025

What This Bill Does

Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 various federal grants for state, local, and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and service providers to support individuals who reenter the community following a period of incarceration.

Specifically, the bill reauthorizes the following:

grants for adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects;

grants for family-based substance abuse treatment programs;

grants to evaluate and improve educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities;

grants for career training education;

the offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration program; and

grants to nonprofit organizations for community-based mentoring and transitional services.

Summary as of 05/21/2025, via Congress.gov / Congressional Research Service.

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