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Second Chance Fellows—About the Visiting Fellows Program

The Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Visiting Fellows Program invests in future and current leaders in the crimina...
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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. 

Bureau of Justice Assistance Programs That Support Corrections

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 ...

Second Chances, First Opportunities

In this month's OJJDP blog, Administrator Liz Ryan reflects on the importance of Second Chance Month for system-involved youth.

Voices of Reentry

Voices of Reentry uplifts the stories of youth, family members, and practitioners impacted by youth reentry programs. Submissions were gathered from t...

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...
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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.

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...

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