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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...

U.S. Department of Education Announces It Will Expand the Second Chance Pell Experiment for the 2022-2023 Award Year

On July 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced it will expand the Second Chance Pell experiment for the 2022-2023 award...

Reentry Week 2021: Getting Involved for Education and Employment

We all have a responsibility—as a federal agency, as partners across the country working in reentry, and as citizens—to understand why r...

Report: A Better Path Forward for Criminal Justice

In this report from the Brookings Institution and American Enterprise Institute's Working Group on Criminal Justice Reform, experts from a...

Funding: Public Welfare Foundation Grants

The Public Welfare Foundation regularly accepts letters of intent for projects that support the Foundation’s core values of racial ...

A Piece of the Puzzle: State Financial Aid for Incarcerated Students

This report from the Vera Institute of Justice examines state financial aid for incarcerated students. Incarcerated students who are unable to ac...

Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative Update

Postsecondary education in prison has been shown to contribute to successful reentry for people who have been incarcerated as well as promote public s...

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