Second Chance Month 2023 Resources

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April 2023

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Education & Employment

How Education Works for You

This video, produced by the Vera Institute of Justice, is designed for corrections staff to learn more about importance of higher education in prison.
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Topic:
Education & Employment
Youth & Young Adults

Depicted: Success, Failures and the Way Back Home

This podcast features conversations with Performance-based Standards (PbS) Mentor Stephen and three young men he's been working with to help navigate ...
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Education & Employment

Pell Grants will return to prison, but for many, college will still be out of reach

This online article from USA Today discusses the expansion of Pell Grants that were eliminated in the 1994 crime bill for people in prison and ended t...
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Education & Employment

Fair Chance Hiring Employer Engagement Toolkit

The Fair Chance Employer Engagement Toolkit from the National Reentry Workforce Collaborative (NRWC) contains 12 resources designed to help com...
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Education & Employment
General Reentry

Fact Sheet: Changes to Protect Veterans, Students, and Taxpayers and Support Incarcerated Students

In October 2022, the U.S. Department of Education published final regulations for the federal Pell Grant program that promote accountabili...
Second Chance Pell: Five Years of Expanding Higher Education Programs in Prisons, 2016-2021 Cover
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Education & Employment

Second Chance Pell: Five Years of Expanding Higher Education Programs in Prisons, 2016-2021

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice examines whether expanding access to financial aid increases incarcerated adults' participation in post...
Incarceration to Employment: A Comprehensive Strategy to Expand Employment Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Persons Cover
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Education & Employment

Incarceration to Employment: A Comprehensive Strategy to Expand Employment Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Persons

This report from Biden/Harris White House outlines a comprehensive, inclusive strategy, along with concrete agency actions in support of tha...
Lessons from Second Chance Pell: A Toolkit for Helping Incarcerated Students Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid Cover
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Education & Employment

Lessons from Second Chance Pell: A Toolkit for Helping Incarcerated Students Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid

The toolkit is designed to aid new and existing participants as they guide students through the complexities of filing for federal financial aid in pr...
A Piece of the Puzzle: State Financial Aid for Incarcerated Students Cover
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Education & Employment

A Piece of the Puzzle: State Financial Aid for Incarcerated Students

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice examines state financial aid for incarcerated students. Incarcerated students who are unable to ac...
How Corrections Departments are Preparing People for In-Demand Careers that Support America's Infrastructure Cover
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Education & Employment

How Corrections Departments are Preparing People for In-Demand Careers that Support America's Infrastructure

This brief from the Vera Institute of Justice was developed in response to President Biden's 2022 Infrastructure Bill. As the brief asserts, j...

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