Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot stood with those impacted by the criminal justice system, including Alderman Walter Burnett and community leaders, to sign an executive order creating a first-of-its-kind Interagency Reentry Council. This newly established Council will convene City Departments, sister agencies, and community partners with the shared goal of promoting positive reentry outcomes for Chicago residents returning from incarceration and jail.  This executive order was crafted in partnership with the 2021 Returning Residents Working Group and is aimed at addressing the specific needs identified by those members with first-hand experiences returning to society post-incarceration. “A Roadmap for a Second Chance City” is the culmination of the recommendations made by the Returning Residents Working Group and will serve as the cornerstone for the new Reentry Council’s work. This first-of-its-kind interagency Reentry Council will closely examine the recommendations made in the “Roadmap for a Second Chance City” and work to implement those recommendations throughout City Government and its sister agencies. This order builds upon the investments made for returning residents in Mayor Lightfoot’s recently passed Chicago Recovery Plan, which invests $10 million in a 3-year Reentry Workforce program for training and wrap-around supports for formerly incarcerated residents to attain employment and stabilization, and $3 million in expanded community legal services like expungement and record sealing. The newly created Council will convene no later than March of 2022 and will publish annual reports on their progress.