Pennsylvania Implements Safe Streets & Second Chances Program

The State of Pennsylvania is implementing a recidivism reduction and criminal justice reform project developed by Safe Streets and Second Chances (S3C). The project is the S3C Initiative 5 Key Model for Reentry Program Demonstration Project; it is a research initiative conducted by Florida State University. The Pennsylvania effort is a partnership between S3C, Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC).

The 5 Key Model for Reentry was primarily developed by Carrie Pettus-Davis, Ph.D., MSW at Florida State University. The five keys are as follows:

Development of healthy thinking patterns – such as empathy and . . .