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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Federal Student Aid for Students in Adult Correctional and Juvenile Justice Facilities

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

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