NIJ's most significant reentry investments include evaluations of the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) and the Second Chance Act, which sought to improve reentry outcomes. In a longer-term follow-up study in 2012, NIJ-supported researchers found that SVORI programs' participation was associated with longer times to rearrest and fewer arrests in general. As for the Second Chance Act programs, after 30 months, individuals in the program had better long-term employment and earnings but were no less likely to be rearrested, reconvicted, or reincarcerated. To further support the development of knowledge about what leads to successful offender reentry, NIJ is engaged in the newly created Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry (or Reentry Council).

National Institute of Justice is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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