SC H4268

Declares April 2025 as "Second Chance Month" in South Carolina to raise public awareness about supporting individuals who have completed their sentences

Commends Soteria Community Development Corporation, founded by Jerry Blassingame, for its work helping formerly incarcerated individuals reenter society through housing, job training, and discipleship programs

Soteria CDC's recidivism rates from 2021-2023 were significantly lower than the state average: 3% for those completing six months and 0% for those completing twelve months, compared to the state's 21%+ average

Soteria CDC operates a fifteen-bed residential facility for men in Traveler's Rest (opened 2018) and a sixteen-bed transitional housing facility for women (opened May 2022) in Greenville County

Encourages individuals, employers, congregations, and communities to extend second chances to formerly incarcerated people facing barriers to housing, employment, education, and voting rights