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The Reentry Education Tool Kit was created by RTI International with support from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), to help education providers and their partners create a reentry education continuum in their communities.
This webinar spotlights Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP) Centers. These centers, which currently operate in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, connect individuals reentering their community with employment in manufacturing.
This webinar showcases the work of several prison-based education programs to develop student advisory boards in prison, establish reentry navigators on college campuses, and collaborate with formerly incarcerated people within student-led and other community-based organizations that support current students.
Fresh Start is a one-time, temporary program from the U.S. Department of Education that offers special benefits for borrowers with defaulted federal student loans. Fresh Start automatically gives you some benefits, such as restoring access to federal student aid grants and post-release loans, but you need to act to claim the full benefits of Fresh Start and get out of default.
This fact sheet provides more information for confined or incarcerated students about the federal Pell Grant and prison education programs.
This is a Spanish translation of an existing fact sheet. The fact sheet provides more information for confined or incarcerated students about the federal Pell Grant and prison education programs.
The purpose of this fact sheet is to outline the Department of Education’s requirements that will be effective on July 1, 2023, at 34 CFR 668 Subpart P for nationally recognized institutional accrediting agencies for its accredited institutions to establish eligibility of a prison education program (PEP).
As of July 1, 2023, a confined or incarcerated individual is eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant if they enroll in an eligible prison education program (PEP). This fact sheet provides more information for postsecondary schools about the approval process for a postsecondary program to become an eligible PEP.
This form is to be completed by institutions of higher education or postsecondary vocational institutions applying to the Department of Education for approval of a prison education program (PEP) in collaboration with the appropriate state department of corrections or other entity responsible for overseeing correctional facilities or the Federal Bureau of Prisons, if applicable.
Postsecondary institutions use the E-App to apply for designation as an eligible institution, and for initial participation, recertification, reinstatement, or change in ownership, or to update a current approval. Updates include changes such as name or address change, new location or program, increased level of offering, change of officials, or mailing address for publications.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the first step in the financial aid process. You use the FAFSA form to apply for federal student aid, such as grants, work study, and loans. In addition, most states and colleges use information from the FAFSA form to award nonfederal aid.
This is a Spanish translation of an existing application. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the first step in the financial aid process. You use the FAFSA form to apply for federal student aid, such as grants, work-study, and loans. In addition, most states and colleges use information from the FAFSA form to award nonfederal aid.
This web center was created to keep both financial aid community and prison education program administrators updated on tools, training, and news related to the implementation of financial aid in carceral settings.
Produced by Incarceration Nations Network (INN) and its global justice partners, this document examines how virtual education is implemented behind bars, what it looks like around the world, the benefits and concerns of virtual education, and some do's and don'ts that allow education in prisons to continue.
The Incarceration Nations Network (INN) developed this toolkit to push for long-term systemic change that moves spending away from futile punishment and devastating harm and toward community justice. This toolkit describes what this effort looks like in the context of the United States.
In October 2022, the U.S. Department of Education published final regulations for the federal Pell Grant program that promote accountability, expand college access to students who are incarcerated, and strengthen protection for veterans, service members, students, and borrowers.
This fact sheet includes additional details on the major provisions of the rule and changes made in response to public comment.
This story from Margaret diZerega, Initiative Director for the Vera Institute of Justice's Center for Sentencing and Corrections and Unlocking Potential, and Hannah Eddy, Communications Manager for Unlocking Potential, discusses the "closed doors" many individuals with a criminal record face in pursuing postsecondary education, and highlights the forthcoming reinstatement of federal need-based financial aid—or Pell Grants—for people
The bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), signed by President Obama on July 22, 2014, created a new vision for how America prepares an educated and skilled workforce that expands opportunities for workers and employers.
The Federal Interagency Reentry Council worked to reduce recidivism and improve employment, education, housing, health and child welfare outcomes.
