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• Administration of the Prison-to-College Pipeline--Founded in 2011, P2CP is designed as a reentry college-in-prison program that targets students within five years of release from prison, and are returning to the New York City area. The program model also provides supports as students transition back to the community where they are encouraged to continue their studies at a CUNY institution. P2CP was named a Second Chance Pell Pilot site and is in the process of increasing its enrollment in Otisville Correctional Facility in Orange County and expanding its operations to a second prison, Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City, Queens.

PRI duties include raising financial support for P2CP and reporting to funders, all aspects of administering the college program, and managing relationships with outside stakeholders. The Director oversees the process of student recruitment, selection, enrollment, and applications for financial aid, and of provision of a rigorous academic program. Additionally, PRI assists with release planning and provides reentry supportive services for students returning to the community. PRI staff track student performance in a Salesforce database and regularly review data to monitor program operations. Regular communication with all levels of correctional staff and with faculty and students is essential to managing the program well and addressing concerns in a timely way.

• Technical Assistance to the College-in-Prison Providers and Outreach to Incarcerated students—PRI has been engaged to work with the Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) and the State University of New York (SUNY) to provide technical assistance and support to seven colleges providing academic programs in 17 prisons. Our collective goal is to assist new providers in developing their programs, ensure educational quality control and the transferability of credits, and assist providers in designing and implementing reentry processes for students. The focus of reentry is to stabilize the student’s life in general and enable them to continue their academic journey in the community. The PRI role focuses on assisting the college providers in developing their reentry processes and protocols, convening learning exchanges among the grantees, and identifying best practices. PRI will additionally be identifying and developing relationships with community based resources in upstate New York that can provide support to students after their release, and conducting outreach to students returning to the city to invite them to participate in College Initiative, a community-based PRI reentry program.