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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 ...
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 online tool from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Health Communication Gateway provides preferred nomenclature for sele...
In October 2022, the U.S. Department of Education published final regulations for the federal Pell Grant program that promote accountabili...
According to this article from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, with an affordable housing crisis across the U.S., it is i...
This factsheet from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provides information on the following three current Second Chance Act (SCA) investme...