The Second Chance Act funds programs that help people leaving prison reenter society — things like substance abuse treatment, job training, mentoring, education, and family support services. The original authorization expired in 2023. This bill would reauthorize all of those programs for another five years, through 2030, and adds two new eligible uses: treating substance use disorders with peer recovery services and overdose reversal medications, and providing reentry housing assistance.
Congressional Summary
Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025This 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; andgrants to nonprofit organizations for community-based mentoring and transitional services.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-05-21
- Date Added
- 2026-04-15