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The Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Visiting Fellows Program invests in future and current leaders in the crimina...
This Fact Sheet, from Federal Student Aid an office of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), provides information on the Fresh Start Program. 
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 ...
At the conclusion of Second Chance Month 2023, the Biden-Harris administration released an evidence-informed, multi-year Alternatives, Rehabilitation,...
In this month's OJJDP blog, Administrator Liz Ryan reflects on the importance of Second Chance Month for system-involved youth.
During Second Chance Month 2023, the National Reentry Resource Center, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Office of Juven...
On March 31, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden proclaimed April 2023 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, educat...
The FAFSA Simplification Act (the Act), signed into law in December 2020, restored Pell Grant eligibility to individuals who are confined or incarce...
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...
In October 2022, the U.S. Department of Education published final regulations for the federal Pell Grant program that promote accountabili...