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At the heart of the PRSCEO projects was the Reentry Education Model. PRSCEO aimed to address the chronic issue of underemployment for ex-offenders and provide a more constructive use of time for those under community supervision as well as create an education continuum for bridging the gap between prison and community-based education and training programs. Promoting Reentry Success through Continuity of Educational Opportunities (PRSCEO) was a one-time discretionary grant opportunity funded by the Second Chance Act, which is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component within the Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice. Department of Education and the Department of Justice awarded three grants totaling $924,036 to adult education providers in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Kansas for innovative correctional education programs aimed at helping America’s inmate population make a smooth re-entry to society through education and workforce training. Reentry Success through Continuity of Educational Opportunities JFF will work to support the success of the IRE grantees by: supporting reentry education programs providing direct technical assistance to grantees and other providers assisting Department staff in monitoring IRE projects assisting grantees to develop evaluation plans including unique processes for data collection and analysis facilitating conferences and, establishing online communities of practice. The Office of Correctional Education will assist the grantees throughout the performance period and they will be provided technical assistance through a contract with Jobs for the Future (JFF). Program structures vary from boot camp style programming, to common state wide wrap around services.

The grants, whose abstracts are available here, represent a diverse group of applicants who proposed programs ranging from those designed to serve all female populations to those targeting young men of color. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PA).Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (PA).In September 2015, the Department awarded IRE grants to nine sites: IRE seeks to demonstrate that high-quality, appropriately designed, integrated, and well-implemented educational and related services-provided in institutional and community settings-are critical in supporting educational attainment and reentry success for previously incarcerated individuals. The purpose of the IRE program is to support demonstration projects in prisoner reentry education that develop evidence of reentry education’s effectiveness. The Improved Reentry Education (IRE) program builds upon the success and lessons learned from OCTAE’s previous investment, Promoting Reentry Success through Continuity of Educational Opportunities ( PRSCEO) program (see below). While OCE has a unique coordinating role for correctional education, other administrative units within the Department of Education support and oversee specific programs that are based in correctional facilities.

The OCE function currently resides in the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL). Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, to coordinate and improve these efforts to support educational opportunities in correctional settings. Various federal education programs have supported education in State and local prisons and in 1991, an Office of Correctional Education (OCE) was created by the Carl D. A wide variety of administering entities operate correctional institutions in the United States, and a wide variety of organizations are the providers of onsite prison education programs.

Education "behind bars" presents an opportunity for the incarcerated to prepare for success upon release. Correctional populations are over-represented with individuals having below average levels of educational attainment. DAEL Home | DAEL Staff Directory | Correctional EducationĬorrectional education is a fundamental component of rehabilitative programming offered in juvenile justice confinement facilities, most American prisons, and many jails and detention centers.