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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.

Resource Brief: Building and Sustaining Your Reentry Program Brand

Branding raises awareness of your reentry program and communicates the work of the program and the population it serves. If developed correctly, a pro...

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...

Resource Brief: Maximizing Your Reentry Program’s Reach by Pretesting Participant Recruitment Materials

Many agencies and organizations that serve returning citizens seek to inform prospective clients about their services by developing written recruitmen...

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...

Proposed Ban the Box Rule for Federal Employment

This resource is part of The Federal Interagency Reentry Council's A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future. In May 2016, th...

Microloan Program Expanded Eligibility and Other Program Changes

This resource is part of The Federal Interagency Reentry Council's A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future. In June 201...

Connecticut Launches Prison-Based Reentry Center as Part of Statewide Initiative

Connecticut Governor Dannel P. MalloyAs part of Governor Dannel Malloy’s Second Chance Society reentry initiative, Connecticut has opened a new reent...
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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 ...

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The National Reentry Resource Center is operated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GK-05503-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.