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Resource Brief: The Second Chance Act Grantee’s Guide to Local Evaluation Milestones

Program evaluations require careful timing and planning at each stage in the Second Chance Act (SCA) grant life cycle to ensure a program’s long-term ...

Fact Sheet: Process Evaluation Question Bank

Process evaluations of reentry programs serve several critical functions, such as documenting the program model, capturing how activities have been im...

Resource Brief: Building and Sustaining Your Reentry Program Brand

Branding raises awareness of your reentry program and communicates the work of the program and the population it serves. If developed correctly, a pro...

Resource Brief: Case Management Systems Commonly Used by Reentry Programs

Reentry programs typically rely on a case management system (CMS) to store client information.

Resource Brief: Maximizing Your Reentry Program’s Reach by Pretesting Participant Recruitment Materials

Many agencies and organizations that serve returning citizens seek to inform prospective clients about their services by developing written recruitmen...

Second Chance Fellows—About the Visiting Fellows Program

The Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Visiting Fellows Program invests in future and current leaders in the crimina...

Getting Out of Student Loan Default with Fresh Start

This Fact Sheet, from Federal Student Aid an office of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), provides information on the Fresh Start Program. 

Resource Brief: Reentry Program Process Evaluation Strategies

This brief from the Evaluation and Sustainability Training and Technical Assistance (ES TTA) team explores essential considerations for designing and ...

Eligibility of Confined or Incarcerated Individuals to Receive Pell Grants

The FAFSA Simplification Act (the Act), signed into law in December 2020, restored Pell Grant eligibility to individuals who are confined or incarce...

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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