Second Chance Month Webinar – Making Young Persons’ Reentry Successful

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 3:00 pm

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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR

Adolescent development research over the last decade tells us what justice-involved young people need to be successful when they leave residential placement and/or exit community supervision: education, employment, family and community connections, stable housing, at least one positive adult relationship, confidence, resilience, and hope- to name a few. As part of a cooperative agreement with Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Performance-based Standards (PbS) operationalized the research findings into reentry practice standards and data to measure how well the practices are implemented – shifting the field from a focus on preventing and measuring failure, aka recidivism, to positive youth outcomes. Juvenile justice leaders from Alabama, Kansas and Rhode Island will share how they use data to create successful reentry programs and strategies.

Presenters:

Kim Godfrey Lovett, Executive Director
PbS Learning Institute

Megan Milner, Superintendent
Kansas Juvenile Correctional Center

Larome Myrick, Executive Director
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families

Shannon Weston, Executive Assistant to the Director/Director of Quality Assurance
Alabama Department of Youth Services

Moderators:

Ransom Washington
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

ABOUT THE NATIONAL REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER

The NRRC was established by the Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-199). Signed into law in 2008 and reauthorized in 2018, the Second Chance Act authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide reentry services—including employment assistance, substance use treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, and other services—and to support corrections and supervision practices that aim to reduce recidivism.

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