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Strengthening and Maintaining Family Connections: Best Practices for Child-Friendly Video Visiting

This brief from The Council of State Governments Justice Center provides an overview of current and best practices, challenges, and solutions for stre...

Look Beyond Recidivism: How to Capture Your Reentry Program's Impact

This brief from RTI International and The Center for Justice Innovation (formerly The Center for Court Innovation) encourages reentry program staff an...

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...

Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs FY 2024 Budget Request Overview

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is the primary grantmaking component of the U.S. Department of Justice and houses the Department’s science a...
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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.

Preferred Terms for Select Population Groups and Communities

This online tool from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Health Communication Gateway provides preferred nomenclature for sele...

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...

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...

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...

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