Pell Grants offer prison inmates a chance to pursue a college education
For the first time in decades, prison inmates are eligible for the Pell Grant, a federal financial aid program that helps low ...
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Pell Grant eligibility for students in prisons to be reinstated in July
The return of the Pell grant for students in prisons has occurred incrementally since 2015, when the Obama-Biden administration established the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program and made the grants ...
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Financial Aid Options for Incarcerated Individuals
Georgetown's program is an example of a newly chosen Second Chance Pell site, where participants in the program receive Pell Grant funding in an experimental capacity ahead of the wider expansion ...
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Justice Matters: We should expand college access for incarcerated people
The reason this matters is education programs in prisons can help reduce recidivism and increase employment rates for ...
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ND DOCR receives grant funding for residents to pursue more secondary education opportunities
The 2024 Second Chance Act Grant on Improving Reentry Education ... ND DOCR staff said the program was pushed forward when federal Pell Grant funds became accessible for individuals who are ...