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How Pell Grant Restoration Impacts Jails

Pell Grant restoration took effect on July 1, 2023, ending the nearly 30-year prohibition on need-based federal postsecondary financial aid for people...

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. 

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 ...

Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes Action During Second Chance Month to Strengthen Public Safety, Improve Rehabilitation in Jails and Prisons, and Support Successful Reentry

At the conclusion of Second Chance Month 2023, the Biden-Harris administration released an evidence-informed, multi-year Alternatives, Rehabilitation,...

Increasing Public Safety by Restoring Voting Rights

The studies featured in this brief from the Sentencing Project underscore the beneficial impacts of restoring voting rights for all Americans who have...

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.

Second Chance Month 2023 Webinar Archives

During Second Chance Month 2023, the National Reentry Resource Center, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Office of Juven...

A Proclamation on Second Chance Month, 2023

On March 31, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden proclaimed April 2023 as Second Chance Month and called upon all government officials, educat...

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...

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