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Second Chance Program at Wor-Wic Community College Reentry Guide

Reentry guide: The mission of the Second Chance Program at Wor-Wic Community College is to increase access to post-secondary education for individuals incarcerated at Eastern Correctional Institution in order to reduced recidivism and to encourage positive educational, professional, financial, and personal outcomes post-release. This program serves adult men, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP) Program FASFA Information

This is a student FAFSA information document for the Institute for Justice and Opportunity. As a champion of institutional, structural, and personal transformation, the Institute opens doors and eliminates barriers to success for people who have been involved in the criminal legal system. We create access to higher education and pathways to satisfying careers. We advocate for the right to housing, employment, healthcare, and other human rights to often denied people with criminal convictions. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

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The Chillon Project at Life University Memorandum of Understanding

The Chillon Project at Life University provides credit-bearing classes and degrees to people in prison and formerly incarcerated people in Georgia; creates learning communities grounded in principles of compassion and conflict transformation; and shares resources and builds skills that enable people to thrive, benefit others, and build the world they wish to see, no matter where they are. This program serves adult women, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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Tennessee Higher Education Initiative Memorandum of Understanding

This is a sample memorandum of understanding from the Tennessee Higher Education Initiative. The Tennessee Higher Education Initiative disrupts systems of harm and creates opportunities for autonomy and success through education, support, and advocacy with and for justice-impacted individuals. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

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Programa de Estudios Universitarios para Personas en Confinamiento (MOU)

This program seeks to establish higher education in prison models to promote the reintegration of incarcerated persons (men and women) into society by fostering their intellectual curiosity; fostering their capacity for critical thinking, constant and ongoing learning, and effective communication skills; fostering an appreciation for and cultivation of ethical and aesthetic values; and providing an education of excellence that offers students a unified vision of knowledge that brings general education and specialization into harmony, and fosters in students a capacity for independent study and research. This program serves adult women, with college credit offerings.

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North Carolina Field Minister Program (MOU)

MOU: The mission of the North Carolina Field Minister Program is to educate and equip men of faith to serve as cultural assets within the incarcerated population of North Carolina. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

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Denison Inside-Out Course Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

This is an MOU between Denison University's Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program and Southeastern Correctional Institution. The program's purpose is to inspire and educate its students to become autonomous thinkers, discerning moral agents, and active citizens of a democratic society. This program serves adult men, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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Campus Within Walls Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

This is an MOU between the Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) Campus Within Walls program and Virginia's Department of Corrections. SVCC's Campus Within Walls program provides second chances through higher education to incarcerated students. Through college education, Campus Within Walls provides students with the tools they need to successfully re-enter society and become productive citizens. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings.

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Tennessee Higher Education Initiative Organizational Chart

This is an organizational chart from the Tennessee Higher Education Initiative. The Tennessee Higher Education Initiative disrupts systems of harm, creates opportunities for autonomy and success through education, support, and advocacy with and for justice-impacted individuals. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

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North Park's School of Restorative Arts (Organizational Chart)

Org chart: North Park University offers a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry/Restorative Arts through the School of Restorative Arts (SRA) to incarcerated and free persons. The degree is for servant leaders interested in seminary-level theological training who desire to do restorative justice ministry in contexts that are susceptible to conflict or violence. Graduates will demonstrate the ability to be agents of restoration in their communities. Participants are expected to be engaged community members at the time of application and throughout the program. The SRA welcomes people of all faiths and backgrounds. This program serves adult men, with college credit and non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP) Program Faculty Handbook

Faculty handbook: As a champion of institutional, structural, and personal transformation, the Institute opens doors and eliminates barriers to success for people who have been involved in the criminal legal system. We create access to higher education and pathways to satisfying careers. We advocate for the right to housing, employment, healthcare, and other human rights too often denied people with criminal convictions. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

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North Carolina Field Minister Program Instructor Handbook

Instructor handbook: The mission of the North Carolina Field Minister Program is to educate and equip men of faith to serve as cultural assets within the incarcerated population of North Carolina. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

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College in Prison Program at Feather River College Faculty Manual

Faculty manual: The mission of Feather River College's Incarcerated Student Program is to offer a high-quality, transferable associate degree in liberal arts to a diverse incarcerated student population. Its mission is to also offer life skills courses that culminate in an entrepreneurial business certificate. The program will enhance personal development and rehabilitation through an effective learning process that helps students to attain their goals, thereby increasing their self-worth, confidence, and employment opportunities. The program will encourage students' communication and critical thinking skills, and lifelong learning habits. In addition, the ISP seeks to broaden societal understanding of incarcerated student populations.
Instruction is remote, correspondence.

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Tennessee Higher Education Initiative FASFA Information

This document provides FASFA information from the Tennessee Higher Education Initiative. The Tennessee Higher Education Initiative disrupts systems of harm and creates opportunities for autonomy and success through education, support, and advocacy with and for justice-impacted individuals. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

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Florida Prison Education Project Curriculum

Curriculum overview: The Florida Prison Education Project provides educational opportunities to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Florida, researches the societal benefits of prison education, and integrates the study of justice into the University of Central Florida curriculum. This program serves adult men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.