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The Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it invited 73 colleges and universities to participate in the latest round of its Second Chance Pell Experiment, a push to expand access to ...
Tara Bahrampour/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen the Obama administration launched the Second Chance Pell program in 2016, the idea was to provide incarcerated people the chance to get a ...
While Pell Grants will soon give access to free college for more than 760,000 inmates under an expansion announced this month, experts warn of inequities and difficulties that will plague ...
In the United States, second-chance hiring or fair-chance hiring is when an employer does not automatically disqualify all prospective job applicants who have prior involvement in the criminal justice system. [1] Instead, the hiring process includes an evaluation of the individual. [2]
A Pell Grant is a subsidy the U.S. federal government provides for students who need it to pay for college. Federal Pell Grants are limited to students with exceptional financial need, who have not earned their first bachelor's degree , or who are enrolled in certain post-baccalaureate programs, through participating institutions.
Second Chance Month, observed in the United States during April since 2017, is a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction, and unlock second-chance opportunities for people who have completed their sentences to become contributing citizens.
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The Second Chance Program was established by Rick Pendery, a former real estate developer and veteran Scientologist. [1] During the 1970s he worked for Narconon, [2] a drug rehabilitation program linked with the Church of Scientology, [3] eventually becoming Executive Director for the U.S.-wide organization. [2]