Getting Started

College Access & Success for Justice-Impacted Students

Launching a partnership to support justice-impacted students can be complex. The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) understands this and has compiled a list of resources and tools to help you get started.

• Complete this landscape map to better understand the needs of your community and begin to identify how your program might meet existing needs.
• Complete this needs analysis to better understand how your program can be adapted to support justice-impacted students.
• Complete this goal-setting worksheet to identify how you want to begin offering services to support this population of learners.
• Read this report: Filling Critical Gaps for College in Prison Programs - Strategies from Two Community Based Organizations
• View this webinar on appropriate language and terminology to use when working with justice-impacted individuals (NASFAA)
• Check out this resource: Beyond the Box (US Department of Education)
• Check out this webinar about effective ways to support Justice Impacted Learners, from College Now Greater Cleveland. 
• BONUS: For financial aid agencies, check out lessons from the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance on their work to support justice impacted students.