Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill keeps key “second chance” programs going to help people leaving jail or prison return to their communities. It continues funding for reentry grants and updates them to cover 2026 through 2030. It also adds support for treating substance use disorders, including peer recovery help, case management, overdose education and reversal medications, and reentry housing services. It keeps grants for family-based addiction treatment, education programs in prisons and juvenile facilities, career training, partnerships between treatment providers and the justice system, and mentoring and transitional services run by nonprofits .

In plain terms, this aims to lower repeat offenses by helping people find stability—through treatment, housing, education, job training, and mentoring—during the tough first months after release .

• Who is affected: People returning from jail or prison; their families; local nonprofits and agencies that run reentry, treatment, education, and job programs .
• What changes: Extends existing reentry programs and adds specific support for substance use treatment, overdose prevention, and reentry housing; continues grants for education, career training, family-based treatment, justice-treatment collaboration, and nonprofit mentoring/transitional services .
• When: 2026–2030 .