Resources and Research
Resources and Research
This page contains links to Department of Education, other Federal agency, and non federal resources and research that pertain to correctional and reentry education.
The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) is a national leadership initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE). LINCS maintains a Resource Collection which includes correctional education resources.
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services maintains a toolkit on special education and juvenile corrections. This toolkit includes evidence- and research-based practices, tools, and resources that educators, families, facilities, and community agencies can use to better support and improve the long-term outcomes for youth with disabilities in juvenile correctional facilities.
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education maintains The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk (NDTAC). The overarching mission of NDTAC is to improve educational programming for neglected and delinquent youth.
Two offices in the Department of Education also maintain resources on Prison Education Programs.
The Office of Federal Student Aid has information and resources on their Knowledge Center about Prison Education Programs.
The Office of Postsecondary Education has questions and answers for Prison Education Programs.
The Pipeline to Pell Webinar series focuses on advancing state and local implementation of inclusive, supportive, comprehensive, and high-quality correctional education programs that meet the diverse needs of students. These webinar sessions provide participants with information, resources, and noteworthy practices in providing confined or incarcerated students with career-connected prison education programs. Webinars will be posted or linked here, so be sure to check back.
Other Federal agencies also maintain resources and other information which are pertinent to or intersect with correctional education.
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration operates the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) program which provides funding, authorized as Research and Evaluation under Section 169 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014, for justice-involved youth and young adults and adults who were formerly incarcerated. For more information https://reo.workforcegps.org/
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provides leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support state, local, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities. BJA works with communities, governments, and nonprofit organizations to reduce crime, recidivism, and unnecessary confinement, and promote a safe and fair criminal justice system.
The Vera Institute of Justice's (Vera) Unlocking Potential initiative promotes access to life-changing education by supporting the scale and quality of college programs and developing strategies that reduce racial inequities in college access and completion rates. Vera has been a technical assistance provider for Second Chance Pell sites and for Prison Education Programs and has numerous resources for schools, correctional agencies and other stakeholders.
The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison works collaboratively to advance the field of higher education in prison by supporting practitioners and students, producing reliable data and research, and communicating the need, importance, and value of quality higher education in prison.
Jobs For the Future Normalizing Education project has resources and thought leadership and learn best practices to establish and administer postsecondary education in programs in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities. This project is part of the Center for Justice and Economic Advancement, which partners with employers, education and training providers, corrections agencies, and others to promote education, training, and fair chance employment for people in corrections facilities and communities.
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