Fighting Chances

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This blogpost from Homeroom, the official blog of the U.S. Department of Education, highlights Damian Archer, one of the first recipients in Maine of a Pell Grant through the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative.

Damian discusses the impact the initiative has had on his life as he pursues a bachelor's degree through the Prison Education Partnership from the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA). 

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