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Second Chance® Month

These powerful second chance stories challenge the status quo, demonstrate the power and potential of people with a criminal background, and inspire us to keep fighting for second chances. 

WHAT IS SECOND CHANCE MONTH?

Every person has dignity and potential. But approximately 1 in 3 American adults has a criminal record, which limits their access to education, jobs, housing, and other things they need to reach that potential. Since launching the first Second Chance® Month in 2017, Prison Fellowship® has spearheaded the nationwide effort to raise awareness about these barriers and unlock brighter futures for people with a criminal record. Together we can open the door for approximately 70 million Americans to live up to their potential after paying their debt to society!

Second Chance Month 2017 Review

Second Chance Month 2018 Review

Second Chance Month 2019 Review

Second Chance Month 2020 Review

WE HOPE YOUR CHURCH WILL JOIN US IN CELEBRATING SECOND CHANCES!

Prison Fellowship welcomes you and your church to download the free Second Chance Sunday toolkit to help break down barriers and create opportunities for second chances through teaching, study, and prayer.

Our carefully cultivated toolkit includes pastors’ notes, a small-group discussion guide, a bulletin, and coloring pages for children—everything your church needs to host a Second Chance Sunday.

Get the Toolkit

GET INVOLVED

Together with our partners, we’re raising awareness of the importance of second chances.

BECOME A SPONSOR

Does your organization want to help build stronger, safer communities, where everyone can live up to their full potential? As a sponsor, you will help restore the dignity of the nearly 1 in 3 American adults with a criminal record and unlock brighter futures for returning citizens who have paid their debt to society.

Become a Sponsor

SHARE YOUR SECOND CHANCE STORY

Are you a returning citizen who received a second chance? Did you face obstacles to finding jobs, housing, or education? Is your organization passionate about providing second chances?

Share Your Story

OUR RESPONSE TO COVID-19

During the current public health situation, it is more important than ever that we raise awareness about the challenges men and women face upon re-entering society, as they seek healthcare, housing, and employment. See how we’re working to advance reforms that unlock second chances in the wake of COVID-19.

See Our Response

BECOME A PARTNER

Let’s partner together to advance and celebrate second chances through events, social media messages, and more. We can work together throughout the year and start planning for Second Chance Month 2021. Tell us how you’d like to be involved, and we will be in touch with tools and resources to support you in your planning.

Become a Partner

GET UPDATES FOR SECOND CHANCE MONTH 2020

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SECOND CHANCE MONTH PARTNERS

Join more than 435 congregations, businesses, and organizations that have partnered with Prison Fellowship in celebrating Second Chance Month in April!

*Second Chance partnership does not imply endorsement of particular legislation


2nd Chance USA

A Helping Hands Ministry

A New You Outreach Ministry

Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School

Acceleron Learning

Acts 26:18 Ministries

Acts 519 Ministries

Addiction Policy Forum

Advance Memphis

Affinity Missionary Baptist Church

Agape Central Valley

Aleph Institute

Alpha USA

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union Minnesota

American Civil Liberties Union Texas

American Conservative Union Foundation for Criminal Justice Reform

American Probation and Parole Association

American University, Justice Programs Office

Americans for Prosperity

Americans for Tax Reform

America’s Movers Inc.

Anacostia River Church

Another Chance Outreach Ministries, Inc.

Antioch Baptist Church

Arms Around You

Asbury Church

Asiel Chaplain Services

Association of Prosecuting Attorneys

Association of State Correctional Administrators

Augusta’s Angels

Austin Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Back on Track Counseling for Kids

Bay Area Legal Aid

BDAI (Before During After Incarceration)

Beechland Baptist Church

Better Together

Bibleway

Bibleway Church

Bless The Streets Ministries

Boise Rescue Mission

Brand New Revival Ministry

Bread for the World

Breckinridge County Detention

Brenda D Ford Ministries

Brennan Center for Justice

Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey, Attorney at Law

Bridge of Faith

Bridge The Gap Ministries, Inc.

BridgeBuilders

Bridges to Life

Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center

Building Entrepreneurs for Success in Tennessee – BEST

Building Relationships in East Texas (BRET)

C3E Geomatics LLC

C5 Insight

Cafe Momentum

Cambridge Academies

Campaign for Youth Justice

Canton United Methodist Church

Capstone Church

Carter Temple CME Church

Caruso Inc.

Catholic Charities USA

Catholic Diocese of San Diego

Catholic Mobilizing Network

Center for Advancing Opportunity

Center for American Progress

Center for Community Alternatives

Center for Community Transition

Center for Employment Opportunities

Center for Public Justice / Shared Justice

Central Union Mission

CENTRALongmont Presbyterian

Charis of MN Prison Ministry

Charles Koch Institute

Chatham Transitional Ministries

Chicago West Bible Church

Christ Care Unit

Christ Church

Christ Fellowship Miami

Christ Memorial Church

Christ the King Episcopal Church

Christian Community Development Association

Cristian Credit Development

Christian Discipleship Church

Christian Legal Aid of D.C.

Christian Legal Society

Christian Life Church

Christian Life Commission

Christian Life Community Church

Church of Living Waters

Church Without Walls

Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending

Clean Bee Cleaning Services

Clean Turn Enterprises

Clearwater Farms

Coalition for Juvenile Justice

Coalition for Public Safety

Coat of Many Colors Ministries, Inc.

Coatesville Area Juvenile Alliance

Coeur d’Alene Church of the Nazarene

Coffee Crafters Academy

College and Community Fellowship

Communities of Belonging

Con Body

Cons Helping Cons Free To Serve

Consolidated Container Company

CoreCivic

Cornbread Hustle

Correctional Ministries and Chaplains Association

Council for Christian Colleges and Universities

Council of State Governments Justice Center

Covenant Elevation Christian Center

Criminon Florida

Crossing HOME

Crossroad Women and Family Services

Crossroads Prison Ministry and Re-Entry

C-Tech Associates, Inc.

Daughters Beyond Incarceration

Dayspring of Life Ministries

DC Dream Center

Del Ray Baptist Church

Discover Life Church

Divine Truth Ministries

Donutland

Doors of Hope

Douglass Leadership Institute

Drive-To-Work

Drug Policy Alliance

Due Process Institute

Educate To Engage LLC

EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute

El Bethel Assembly of God

El Ministerio El Sol Sale para Todos Internacional

Embassy Christian Center

Emmanuel Temple Outreach Ministries

Emmanuel Worship Centre

Epicenter

Episcopal Church of the Ascension

Equal Justice USA

Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention

Evangel Ministries


Evident Church

Exodus.Life

Experience Studios

Faith & Freedom Coalition

Faith Fellowship

FHI 360

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

Fil-Am Christian Fellowship

First Baptist Church Deerpoint Lake

First Baptist Church of Frankford

First Hectares Capital

First Presbyterian Church

Fit Results

Flagger Force Traffic Control Services

Florida Cares Charity Corporation

Florida Rights Restoration Coalition

FOCUS Ministries

Foertmeyer & Sons Greenhouse

Forever FREE

Franklin Together Re-Entry Coalition

Free Will Ministries

FreedomWorks

Fresh Coast Alliance

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Generations with Purpose Inc.

Georgia Justice Project

Georgia Public Policy Foundation

Glimmer of Light Fellowship Ministries

Good Life Choices Consulting

Good News – Walter’s Way Regaining Your Life

Goshen Chapel Prison Ministry

Grace Fellowship Church of God

Grace Independent Chapel

Greater Gwinnett Reentry Alliance

Greater Works Ministries International

Grooming Store

GTL

Hance Photography, L.L.C

Harvest Life Fellowship Church

Harvest Time Ministries

Healing Hands Ministry

HEAT, Inc.

HELP Program – St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church

Holy Temple of God in Christ

HOPE Connection

Hope For Life Ministries

Hope with Love

Hornbuckle Foundation

Hossana Temple

House Church Ministries

House of Dreams Outreach & ReEntry

I Have a Bean

Immanuel Church

Impact Equitable Justice Inc.

In His Footsteps Christian Center

Innovative Community Solutions

Innovative Living Solutions & Associates, L.L.C

INSIDE-OUT BAR

InsideOut Reentry

Institute for Prison Ministries at Wheaton College

Jail Ministry of Otsego County

Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Jobs for Felons Hub

Jubilee Jobs GR

Justice Action Network

Justice Debate League (IL)

Justice Innovations

Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice

Keys to Freedom Ministries

Kingdom Builders Ministries

Kingdom Life Church

Kingdom Mission Society

Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC

Konnect MD

Ladies of Grace

LatinoJustice

Law Enforcement Action Partnership

Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

legalresearch&guidlines

Legal Rights Center

Lifted From The Rut

Lomax Temple A.M.E. Zion Church

Louisiana Parole Project

M.A.S.Y. Ministries

MADE Enterprise

Mahoning Valley Criminal Justice Reform Team

Main Thing First Ministry

Michigan Council for Crime and Delinquency

Middletown United Methodist Church

Mildrie’s Road Foundation Inc.

Mildrie’s Road Foundation Inc.

Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Minnesota Corrections Association

Minnesota Department of Corrections

Minnesota Second Chance Coalition

Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ

Mississippi Justice Center

Momma T’s Letters of Love

More Than Conquerors Church

Mountain Grove Chapel Church of the Nazarene

Moving On Up Ministry

Mt. Zion M.B. Church

My Father’s House

Nation Outside

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National Association of Evangelicals

National Association of Social Workers

National Criminal Justice Association

National Employment Law Project

National Hispanic Leadership Conference

National Latino Evangelical Coalition

National Network for Justice

National Network of Community Advocacy

National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens

National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Navigate Recovery Gwinnett

New Beginnings Counseling Consulting & Restoration

New Birth Missionary Baptist Cathedral

New Creations Ministries, Inc.

New Hope And Life Church of God

New Hope Baptist Church

New Jersey Reentry Corporation

New Life Church

New Season Worship

New Sunlight Baptist Church

Nexus Community Church

Oasis on the Mount

Odyssey Impact

Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church (OAR)

Offender Alumni Association

Ogden Friendship House United Methodist Church

Oil of Joy Worship Baptist Church of Philadelphia

One Gospel Ministries

Our House


Our Lady Of Guadalupe Catholic Church

Paradise Independent Living

Park Avenue Baptist Church

Partners in Transition, Inc.

Peace, Blessings & Joy Fellowship

Peacemakers Outreach

Peloton College

Perfecting Community L.A.

Pharaoh’s Daughter Inc.

Pillar of Fire Church San Diego

Plymouth Heights Christian Reformed Church

Port City Church

Port City Church Prison Ministry

Press On Ministries

Pretrial Justice Institute

Prison Mission Association

Project Give Back To Community

Project New Opportunity

Promises of Life Prison Ministry

Providential Financial Services LLC

R Street Institute

R.Y.S. Ministries

R3 Collaborative

Reaching America

Rebuilding Independence My Style

Rebuilding Lives Coalition

Redeemer City Church

Reentry Faith Initiative

Reentry Relief Project, Inc.

Refuge Campus Ministries

Refuge Temple Cathedral of His Glory COGIC

Restoration Anglican

Restore Fellowship

Restorer of City Streets

Returning Home, Inc.

Right on Crime

Rivers of Living Waters Fellowship

Rock Springs Excavation, Inc.

Rolling for Freedom

Royalty Ministries

RS EDEN

Safe & Just Michigan

Safer Foundation

San Joaquin Gospel Justice Center

Say Life! Personal Coaching, LLC

Second Chance Firm

Second Chance Quest

Second Chance Staffing, LLC

Second Chances Community Thrift & More

Shalom Community Church

Sharing Hope Ministry

Sharp County Jail Ministry

Shepherding the Next Generation

Six Mile Baptist Church

Solid Rock Worldwide Outreach Ministry

Soteria Community Development Corporation

Sound Community Solutions

South Dakota Women’s Prison

South Jersey Aftercare

Spectrum Church

Spokane County Law & Justice Department

Spokane Fatherhood Initiative

St. Francis De Sales

St. John The Evangelist Baptist Church

St. Luke Community United Methodist Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

Stats Free Living, Inc.

Stay Sharp Community Outreach McAllen

Steve Rummler Hope Foundation

Straight Ahead Ministry

Students for Prison Education and Reform

TASC-Illinois

Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission

Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

Texas Public Policy Foundation

Texas Voices for Reason and Justice

The Almond Connection

The Chalmers Center

The Clapham Group

The Cottage HOPE love LIFE

The Daniel Initiative

The Education Trust

The Four-Seven, Inc.

The Friendly Felon

The Friends of Guest House

The Haven, Inc.

The Help KC

The Heritage Foundation

The House of Refuge Temple

The National Incarceration Association, Inc.

The Phoenix Reintegration Project

The Point Church of the Triangle

The Reading Clinic, Inc.

The Remnant Fellowship Church

The RUTH Foundation

The Sentencing Project

The Taifa Group, LLC

The UpProject

The Woods Fuller Foundation

The Word Network

Threshold Reentry Community

Together We Bake

Trade Institute of Pittsburgh

Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC) Inc.

Tri Counties Crusaders Reentry Program

Tri-Rivers Baptist Area

Tribe Recovery Services

Trinity Baptist Church

True Vine Christian Academy Prison Ministry

Twin Cities Prison Ministry

UCAN City Mission

Ujamaa Place

Understand Before You Judge

United Evangelical Free Church

United Trinity Baptist Church

Unlocking Doors (Dallas)

UpWorks

Valley Baptist Church

Valor Village Foundation, Inc.

VantagePoint Church

Vehicles for Change

Vera Institute of Justice

Victory In Praise Church

Victory Resource Center, Inc.

Virginia Baptist State Convention, Inc.

Volunteers of America (MN & WI)

Walk by Faith Inc.

Walking by Faith Ministries, Inc.

WB2C Outreach Ministry

WENO

Willow Crystal Lake

Women’s Justice Consortium

Women’s Bean Project

Word Fellowship International Ministries

Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral

Word Of Restoration International

WorkFaith Birmingham

XOFactor Inc.

YWCA McLean County

Youth First

Zion A Habitation of God’s Glory and Praise



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CELEBRATING SECOND CHANCES EVERY APRIL

No life is beyond God's reach. Just as God forgives our sins and offers us a second chance, the Bible shows us that we can offer a second chance to those who have paid their debt to society. People with a past can still have a bright future, and their families and communities stand to benefit from their contributions.

Prison Fellowship and its partners are working to reduce barriers keeping formerly incarcerated Americans from successfully rejoining society. We’re also raising awareness of the importance of second chances through targeted press campaigns, policy briefings, Second Chances 5Ks, "Second Chance Sunday" services held by churches, and coordinated petition and social media campaigns.

If you share our passion for breaking down barriers and creating opportunities for second chances, we invite you to partner with us and celebrate April as Second Chance Month!

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