Maggies outreach community economic development center will implement the break every chain resource center to strengthen the community-based second chance youth reentry program

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $705,604 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to the Maggies Outreach Community Economic Development Center in Raeford, North Carolina. The grant will fund the implementation of the Break Every Chain Resource Center to strengthen the community-based second chance youth reentry program, which serves 60 youth annually in Hoke and Scotland counties. The program will provide collaborative case management, multidisciplinary, family/community, trauma-informed, and best-practice reentry services. Expected outcomes include strengthening youth reentry, reducing recidivism, increasing educational and employment opportunities, and stabilizing housing for justice-involved youth.

The program serves 60 youth annually in hoke and scotland counties in north carolina. The program will provide collaborative case management, multidisciplinary, family/community, trauma-informed, and best-practice reentry services. Expected outcomes include: strengthening youth reentry, reducing recidivism rate by providing comprehensive support service to address the factors that contributed to criminal behavior; increasing educational and employment opportunities and stabilizing housing by providing support in securing stable housing arrangement to reduce homelessness of justice involved youth.