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From Surviving to Thriving: Supporting Transformation, Reentry, and Connections to Employment for





Too many young people cycle in and out of prison, jails, and detention centers and face probation and parole conditions that keep them locked out of opportunity. These interactions with the criminal justice system demand the need for both equitable practices and programs that support second chances and large-scale investments in decarceration. They also require a critical analysis and undoing of historical policies that manifest in an unequal and unjust criminal justice system.

Incarceration has devastating and life-long consequences on the employment, education, health, and well-being of formerly incarcerated individuals and their communities. FHI 360 and Center for Law and Social Policy's (CLASP's) recent report *From Surviving to Thriving: Supporting Transformation, Reentry, and Connections to Employment for Young Adults* offers practical programmatic solutions that support second chances for young people and raise policy and systems considerations to address equity, collateral consequences, and opportunity.

The report features insights of best practices from nine communities that are part of the Compass Rose Collaborative (CRC). Launched in 2017, the CRC began as a three-year program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The CRC connects young adults ages 18-24 who have had contact with the juvenile justice or criminal justice system to employment, education pathways, and supportive services across nine communities.

Policymakers and practitioners can use this analysis to increase equity and access to jobs and education for young people in need of another chance and in navigating the converging fields of workforce development, education, and criminal justice. Ultimately, the lessons shared here can offer a variety of stakeholders, including public agencies and employers, a roadmap to better understand strategies to support dismantling structural barriers and implementing strategies that support young adults on a journey of transformation and connectedness.

*#SurvivingToThriving Sample Tweets*
* To support those impacted by the justice system, particularly youth and young adults of color, we need equitable practices and programs that allow #secondchances and large-scale investments in decarceration. #SurvivingtoThriving @CLASP_DC @fhi360 bit.ly/SurvivingtoThriving
* NEW @CLASP_DC and @fhi360 report, #SurvivingtoThriving uplifts practical programmatic solutions that support #secondchances for young people and raise policy and systems considerations to address #equity, #collateralconsequences, and opportunity. bit.ly/SurvivingtoThriving
* Programs working with youth and young adults impacted by the justice system must prioritize youth transformation, maintain organizational partnerships, and remove systemic obstacles and barriers to youth success. #SurvivingtoThriving @CLASP_DC @fhi360 bit.ly/SurvivingtoThriving




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