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Pell Grant restoration took effect on July 1, 2023, making incarcerated people in the United States eligible for need-based federal postsecondary financial aid for the first time in nearly 30 years. Since the launch of the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative (SCP) in 2016, more than 45,000 incarcerated students have enrolled in SCP programs. Today, there are more than 750,000 people in prison eligible to enroll in a postsecondary program. #pellgrants #educationinprison #education #facts Get the facts and learn more at vera.org https://www.vera.org/publications/the-first-year-of-pell-restoration For more information visit: https://www.vera.org https://www.facebook.com/verainstitute https://twitter.com/verainstitute

Pell Grant restoration took effect on July 1, 2023, making incarcerated people in the United States eligible for need-based federal postsecondary financial aid for the first time in nearly 30 years. Since the launch of the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative (SCP) in 2016, more than 45,000 incarcerated students have enrolled in SCP programs. Today, there are more than 750,000 people in prison eligible to enroll in a postsecondary program. #pellgrants #educationinprison #education #facts Get the facts and learn more at vera.org https://www.vera.org/publications/the-first-year-of-pell-restoration?utm_source=chatgpt.com For more information visit: https://www.vera.org https://www.facebook.com/verainstitute https://twitter.com/verainstitute

Short-term programs will become Pell-eligible beginning July 1, 2026. That one change will reshape how community colleges and regional universities recruit adult learners, partner with employers, and report outcomes. The...

Trump’s OBBB slashes Pell Grants, kills loan relief, and opens taxpayer funds to predatory programs—hurting low-income and first-gen students most.

Almost 450,000 people return from prison every year. Giving those people access to Pell Grants, need-based financial aid for college coursework, while they are behind bars could make a huge difference to the communities they return to. It can help fill employment gaps, put families on new economic trajectories, and end the cycle of incarceration for many. #pellgrants #education #endmassincarceration Get the facts and learn more at vera.org For more information visit: https://www.vera.org https://www.facebook.com/verainstitute https://twitter.com/verainstitute

A proposal to brand a new type of federal Pell Grant as “Trump Grants” has sparked pushback from Rhode Island lawmakers who want the program to retain the name of its creator — the state’s longest-…

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This blog post focuses on how the OBBBA will impact cosmetology education and the students it enrolls.