The Program Associate delivers technical assistance to partners in the Unlocking Potential project and supports Vera’s research projects in this area. This portfolio includes technical assistance to some of the 130 colleges and 42 corrections agencies as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative, as well as any new sites selected to participate in the initiative, and various other projects designed to enhance the quality and quantity of postsecondary programs in prison across the country and the equitable rate of completions among incarcerated students.

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The Vera Institute of Justice, founded in 1961, is a nonprofit criminal justice organization that strives to build just government institutions and safe communities free from the scourge of racism, white supremacy, profit, and inequity that is pervasive in this country’s legal systems. We are an “inside” lane organization that drives change at scale with ambitious public sector leaders who share our commitment to building anti-racist, reparative systems that deliver justice. We leverage our access to government to transform these systems and work collaboratively with stakeholders across many movements—including advocacy, grassroots, and grassroots organizations.

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