Project Rebound is an academic support program that helps currently and formerly incarcerated people enroll and stay in college. Originally founded at San Francisco State University, it has since expanded to eight California State University campuses.^[2865] Project Rebound answers letters from people incarcerated across California and helps them apply to college before they’re released. Once people enroll in college, Project Rebound connects them to supportive resources on campus and in the community.^[2866]

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www.asi.sfsu.edu/asi/programs/proj_rebound/about.html

Underground Scholars Initiative (USI) is and academic support program at U.C. Berkeley aimed at connecting formerly incarcerated students with resources and information, including peer counseling, scholarship information, campus and community advocacy, and networking with other service organizations, to increase each student’s prospects of success at U.C. Berkeley ^[2867]

The Street Scholars program at Merritt College in Oakland, California is a peer mentoring and training program focused on academic success for formerly incarcerated students enrolled in one of the four Peralta District Colleges (Merritt College, College of Alameda, Berkeley City College, Laney College). All Street Scholars programs and services are designed with the input of members who were formerly incarcerated. Formerly incarcerated students also direct and facilitate most of Street Scholars’ programs to ensure that formerly incarcerated students are understood and supported throughout their reentry experience.

www.merritt.edu/wp/streetscholars/

NEW D.R.E.A.M at the College of Alameda is an academic support program for formerly incarcerated students who are on parole or probation. NEW D.R.E.A.M helps students with the transition into college. The program is tailored to meet the individual needs of each student.

http://alameda.peralta.edu/new-dream/

(List continues on next page.)The Formerly Incarcerated Student Transition (F.I.S.T.) Program at El Camino College in Compton, California is a support program for formerly incarcerated students. F.I.S.T. holds regular support meetings and helps connect students with campus and community resources. Additionally, F.I.S.T. helps its students to develop professional and “soft” skills, learn to how to network, explore career options, and enter the professional world.

www.compton.edu

Restoring Our Communities Initiative (ROCI) at Laney College is a student-led program by and for formerly incarcerated students in Oakland, California. The goal of ROCI is to support and equip formerly incarcerated students to transcend reentry barriers, envision and implement their educational goals, make informed decisions, increase their self-determination and create positive life outcomes for themselves, their families and the broader community.

510) 464-3176

The Green Workforce Development Initiative at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC) is a program specifically designed for formerly incarcerated people and people coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Goal of the Green Initiative is to ensure that people from groups that have been historically disadvantaged or “left behind” in emerging economies (e.g., people of color, people living in poverty, people with criminal records) are at forefront and prepared to obtain the most promising occupations and careers in the new, emerging green economy. These fields include sustainable energy, sustainable architecture, alternative fuel, conditioning/HVAC, solar design, and more.

http://college.lattc.edu/green/

Extended Opportunities Program and Services (EOPS) is a support program for low-income community colleges students. EOPS primary goal is to encourage the enrollment, retention and transfer of students disadvantaged by language, social, economic and educational circumstances, and to facilitate the successful completion of their goals and objectives in college. EOPS offers academic and support counseling, financial aid and other support services. Most community colleges throughout the State have an EOPS programs. Contact the California Community College’s Chancellor’s Office to ask for more information about EOPS and to find a community college with an EOPS program near you

http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/StudentServices/EOPSCARE.aspx

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Los Angeles Times, “Project Rebound wants to make life after prison successful through education,” (Nov. 11, 2016), http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-wknd-et-1023-project-rebound-cal-state-fullerton-20161112-story.html. ↑
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Project Rebound, Associated Students, Inc. of SF, http://asi.sfsu.edu/asi/programs/proj_rebound/about.html. ↑
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Underground Scholars Initiative, Univ. Cal. Berkeley, https://callink.berkeley.edu/organization/usi/about. ↑

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