Announcement for 11/19/09
Senate Approves $64 Million for Reentry Programs for FY 2010
On Thursday, November 5, 2009, the U.S. Senate approved an appropriations bill for the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2010 (H.R. 2847) that provides $64 million for prisoner reentry, including $50 million for Second Chance Act programs and $14 million for reentry initiatives in the federal Bureau of Prisons. The version of the bill that passed the House of Representatives in June provides $114 million for prisoner reentry, including $100 million for Second Chance Act programs. The Senate appropriations bill also provides $10 million for the
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA), whereas the House version provides $12 million. A conference committee including members of the House and Senate Appropriations committees will meet to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill.
