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Reentry Spotlight: Understanding and Mitigating the Impacts of Juvenile and Criminal Records

The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) serves as a hub of information on reentry, collateral consequences, and records clearance that can assist ...

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. 

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...

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...

How State Higher Ed Leaders Are Expanding College in Prison

This story from Margaret diZerega, Initiative Director for the Vera Institute of Justice's Center for Sentencing and Corrections and Unlocking Potenti...

A Monumental Shift: Restoring Access to Pell Grants for Incarcerated Students

This fact sheet from the Vera Institute of Justice provides further information on the background, purpose, and significance of the FAFSA Simplificati...

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...

Guide to Federal Student Aid for Students with Criminal Records

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

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