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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...

Expanding Access to Public Employment for People with Criminal Records

This brief explores how jurisdictions can leverage existing models and national best practices to create pathways to public employment for the many qu...
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Beyond Confidentiality: Modernizing Criminal Record Clearance Policies in the Digital Age

This brief discusses the strategies some states have developed to ensure that clearance remains as effective as possible in the digital age.

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...

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...

Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers

This article from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) offers a broader discussion, derived from an NIJ-hosted webinar, of the difficulty of clea...
Clean Slate

Nondisclosure Orders and Sealing Your Criminal Record in Texas

This Texas Law Help article provides general information about nondisclosure orders in Texas, including the different types and the nondisclosure orde...

Second Chance Act Reentry Education and Employment Factsheet

This factsheet from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provides information on the following three current Second Chance Act (SCA) investme...

Improving Educational and Vocational Outcomes for Youth Reentering Rural Communities

This brief from the Corrections and Community Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CCETAC) describes the importance of focusing on education...

A Second Chance: The Impact of Unsuccessful Reentry and the Need for Reintegration Resources in Communities

This article discusses the impact unsuccessful reentry has had in communities.

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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.