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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="4477" measure-id="id118s4477" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2024-12-04" update-date="2025-08-26">
        <title>Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118s4477v55" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2025-08-26">
            <action-date>2024-12-04</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes 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.&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2029 the following:</p><ul><li>grants for adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects;</li><li>grants for family-based substance abuse treatment programs;</li><li>grants to evaluate and improve educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities;</li><li>grants for career training education;&nbsp;</li><li>the offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration&nbsp;program; and</li><li>grants to nonprofit organizations for community-based mentoring and transitional services.</li></ul>]]></summary-text>
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