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.
This policy outline provides an overview of state financial aid access for students enrolled in prison postsecondary education programs or students with prior criminal convictions who are enrolled in postsecondary education outside of prison.
Award announcement for FY 2021 Second Chance Act: Adult Reentry Education, Employment, Treatment and Recovery Program to Expanding Pathways from Incarceration to Higher Education in Georgia
This brief from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education describes efforts to provide secure and cost-effective access to technology in correctional facilities to help strengthen and expand educational and reentry services.
This letter from the U.S. Department of Education provides guidance to institutions regarding the requirements for confined or incarcerated individuals to receive Federal Pell Grants on or after July 1, 2023.
Other than statutory and regulatory requirements included in the document, the contents of this guidance do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public. This guidance is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.
This announcement from the U.S. Department of Education details new terminology related to the full implementation of the FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts.
This report highlights national and state-level practices in community-based correctional education.
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.
