This brief discusses how the implementation and sustainability of Second Chance Act programs for juveniles were affected by the changing policy contexts in Houston, Texas, and Sacramento, California. Findings are based on interviews with grantees and community and state stakeholders between 2013 and 2015. This brief is part of the Evaluation of Juvenile Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects that was funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in fiscal year 2010.