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How Pell Grant Restoration Impacts Jails

Pell Grant restoration took effect on July 1, 2023, ending the nearly 30-year prohibition on need-based federal postsecondary financial aid for people...

Bureau of Justice Assistance Programs That Support Corrections

This fact sheet was produced by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to provide information on BJA-funded programs that ...

Increasing Public Safety by Restoring Voting Rights

The studies featured in this brief from the Sentencing Project underscore the beneficial impacts of restoring voting rights for all Americans who have...

Voting Rights Briefs for 13 States

The Sentencing Project is committed to expanding voting rights in every state and works with state partners to provide data on state felony disenfranc...

Explainer: Creating Housing Opportunities for People with Complex Health Needs Leaving Incarceration

According to this article from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, with an affordable housing crisis across the U.S., it is i...

Eliminating Barriers That May Unnecessarily Prevent Individuals with Criminal Histories from Participating in HUD Programs

On April 12, 2022, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge instituted a HUD-wide effort to review programs an...

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This resource is part of The Federal Interagency Reentry Council's A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future. This U.S. I...

Explainer: Building Effective Partnerships with Continuums of Care to Increase Housing Options for People Leaving Prisons and Jails

This article from The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG) answers frequently asked questions about Continuum of Cares (CoCs') unique rol...

Opening Doors, Returning Home: How Public Housing Authorities Across the Country Are Expanding Access for People with Conviction Histories

This brief shares examples and lessons gleaned from Vera’s varied and continued experience through the Opening Doors: Safely Increasing Access to Publ...

Child Support Resources: Incarcerated Groups / Reentry

This resource is part of The Federal Interagency Reentry Council's A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future. The reentry res...

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The National Reentry Resource Center is operated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GK-05503-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.