The Berkshire Eagle is reporting Second Street Second Chances, an initiative to support formerly incarcerated people in Berkshire County, Mass., was awarded a $240,000 grant from the commonwealth on February 3. Berkshire Community College intends to start the program, as "a one-stop facility that will offer comprehensive wrap-around support services, case management, and workforce training opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals in order to reduce rates of recidivism in Berkshire County," according to a statement. The college will work on the program with the Berkshire County Sheriff's Office, the county jail, as well as the house of correction, to "provide integrated support services that will help to provide the encouragement, motivation, basic life skills, and life-long learning educational opportunities to former inmates as they seek to successfully re-enter their communities as productive citizens." The state announced the funding through the Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant Awards, which were given to 62 organizations in 17 different cities and towns, according to a statement from state officials. Read the full story in The Berkshire Eagle.