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The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) serves as a hub of information on reentry, collateral consequences, and records clearance that can assist ...
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 ...
This U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics report provides statistics on whether individuals in prison were required to have a work assignment, the types ...
More than 400,000 individuals reenter communities from state prisons and nearly 10 million people cycle into and out of local jails each year. When st...
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...
This brief explores how jurisdictions can leverage existing models and national best practices to create pathways to public employment for the many qu...
This brief examines the legislative action that states have taken to limit the risks—real or perceived—of negligent hiring liability faced by employer...
In this online article, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics shares key fin...