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Programs Offered

Allan Hancock College

Santa Maria, CA

Operating In

  • Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution (federal prison)
  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • AA in Liberal Arts (non-transfer Social and Behavioral Sciences)
  • AA in Social Science
  • AA in Psychology
  • BIGE - Beyond Incarceration, Greater Education (campus)

Contacts

Antelope Valley College

Lancaster, CA

www.avc.edu

Operating In

  • California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC)

Programs Offered

  • AA-T in Communications Studies 

Contacts

Bakersfield College

Bakersfield, CA

Operating In

  • Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP)
  • North Kern State Prison (NKSP)
  • California State Prison, Corcoran (COR)
  • California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (SATF)
  • Wasco State Prison (WSP)
  • Delano MCCF (contract prison - City of Delano)
  • McFarland Female Community Re-Entry Facility (contract prison - GEO)
  • Shafter MCCF (contract prison - City of Shafter)

Programs Offered

  • CSU Breadth General Education
  • Free on the Outside (FOTO) student club

Contacts

Berkeley City College

Berkeley, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Underground Scholars Initiative

Contacts

Butte College

Butte, CA

Operating In

  • Butte County Sheriff’s Office Day Reporting Center
  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Non-credit workforce readiness, Career Technical Education and General Education courses
  • Ascending Scholars student club (on campus)

Contacts


Cabrillo College

Aptos, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Forgotten Scholars

Contacts

Cal Poly Pomona

Pomona, CA

cppprojectrebound.org/

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Project Rebound

Contacts

Cal State East Bay

Hayward, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Level V

Contacts

Cal State LA

Los Angeles, CA

www.calstatela.edu/engagement/prison-graduation-initiative

Operating In

  • California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC)
  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • BA in Communication Studies (prison)
  • Project Rebound (campus)
  • Second Chance Pell Grant Site

Contacts



California State University Dominguez Hills

Carson, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Scholars United

Contacts

Cañada College

Redwood City, CA

Operating In

  • on-campus

Programs Offered

  • Resilient Education Program 

Contacts

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

Operating In

  • on campus (alternative to incarceration)

Programs Offered

  • Court to College

Contacts

Cerro Coso Community College

Ridgecrest, CA

Operating In

  • California City Correctional Facility (CAC)
  • California Correctional Institution (CCI)

Programs Offered

  • AA in Administration of Justice (transferable) 
  • AA in Anthropology (transferable) 
  • AA in Business Administration and English (transferable, only at CAC) 
  • AA in Liberal Arts - Social & Behavioral Sciences (transferable)
  • AA in Psychology (transferable)


Contacts

Chabot College

Hayward, CA

chabotcollege.edu/apss/rise/

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • RISE: a collaboration between Open Gate and Chabot College

Contacts

Chaffey College

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Operating In

  • California Institution for Women (CIW)
  • California Institution for Men (CIM)
  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • AS in General Business
  • Second Chance Pell Grant Site
  • Turning Point (prison)
  • Pinto Club (campus)


Contacts

City College of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

ccsf.edu/student-services/new-directions

Operating In

  • on campus
  • San Francisco County Jails

Programs Offered

  • Courses in College Success, Diversity and Social Justice (jail, in partnership with Five Keys)
  • New Directions (on campus program)


Contacts

Coastline College

Fountain Valley, CA

Operating In

  • 35 state prisons, several federal prisons, and some county jails

Programs Offered

  • Distance Correspondence: AA's in American Studies, Arts & Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Science & Math, Business, Sociology; Certificate in Business

Contacts

College of Alameda

Alameda, CA

alameda.peralta.edu/new-dream/

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • New D.R.E.A.M Program

Contacts

  • Nicole Kelly
    Project Manager|Transitions Liaison, Adult Education Transition Program
    nkelly@peralta.edu
    (510) 748-5250

College of San Mateo

San Mateo, CA

Operating In

  • on campus
  • San Mateo County juvenile hall

Programs Offered

  • Project Change Educational Services
  • Services for preparation to transition to community college on-site at the juvenile youth facilities

Contacts

College of the Canyons

Santa Clarita, CA

Operating In

  • Los Angeles County Jail - Pitchess Detention Center

Programs Offered

  • Credit courses in English, Counseling, Sociology, and Philosophy.

Contacts

College of the Redwoods

Eureka, CA

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Operating In

  • Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP)
  • Humboldt County Correctional Facility (jail)

Programs Offered

  • ADT (prison)
  • Non-credit courses in academic support, basic skills, and career readiness (jail)

Contacts


Columbia College

Sonora, CA

Operating In

  • Sierra Conservation Center (SCC)
  • on campus
  • Pine Grove Youth Conservation Class
  • Tuolumne County Jail 
  • Mother Lode Regional Juvenile Detention Facility


Programs Offered

  • AA in Human Services (SCC)
  • CTE courses in Firefighting, Wastewater Treatment, Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, and Business/Entrepreneurship (SCC)
  • Making Alternative Transformations (campus)
  • Transition and matriculation support (Mother Lode Regional Juvenile Detention Center)
  • Fire Classes (Pine Grove Youth Conservation Class)
  • Transition workshops and matriculation support (Tuolumne County Jail)


Contacts

Compton College

Compton, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Formerly Incarcerated Students in Transition Program (F.I.S.T.)

Contacts


Contra Costa College

San Pablo, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Education Transition Support Services
  • Navigation assistance of campus systems
  • Grants for materials & books
  • Financial support services
  • Career services
  • Post-secondary certificate
  • Degree or training programs

Contacts

Cosumnes River College

Sacramento, CA

Operating In

  • Folsom Women's Facility (FWF)
  • Mole Creek State Prison (MCSP)
  • Rios Cosumnes Correctional Center (RCCC)

Programs Offered

  • Re-Emerging Scholars 
  • Academic counseling support
  • Access to job opportunities, internships, community events, services, and more 

Contacts

CSU Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Project Rebound

Contacts

CSU Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

fullerton.edu/rebound | facebook

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Project Rebound
  • Rebound Scholars 

Contacts

CSU Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Rising Scholars

Contacts

CSU Northridge

Northridge, CA

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Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Revolutionary Scholars 

Contacts

CSU San Bernardino

San Bernardino, CA

csusb.edu/project-rebound

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Project Rebound

Contacts

CSU San Marcos

San Marcos, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Transitions Collective

Contacts

CSU Stanislaus

Turlock, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Project Rebound

Contacts

Cuesta College

San Luis Obispo, CA

Operating In

  • California Men's Colony (CMC)

Programs Offered

  • ADT in Sociology
  • CSU General Education
  • AA in Human Development 
  • AA in Liberal Arts 
  • Certificates in Addiction Studies and Culinary Studies 
  • Second Chance Pell Grant Site

Contacts

Cuyamaca College

El Cajon, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Academic counseling and assistance with registration and enrollment

Contacts

Cypress College

Cypress, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • FITE club

Contacts

East Los Angeles College

Monterey Park, CA

www.elac.edu/Student-Services/Education-Justice

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Education Justice Scholars Program East Los Angeles College

Contacts

El Camino College

Torrence, CA

Operating In

  • on campus
  • FCI Terminal Island

Programs Offered

  • Academic Counseling and assistance with registration and enrollment (on campus)
  • Welding, parenting, and small business training courses (FCI Terminal Island)

Contacts

Feather River College

Quincy, CA

Operating In

  • 28 state prisons (distance correspondence)
  • Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) (hybrid interactive correspondence)

Programs Offered

  • Distance Correspondence: AA in Humanities (CSU transferable), AAT in Sociology, AA's (nontransferable) in Social and Behavioral Science and Humanities
  • Hybrid Interactive Correspondence: Certificate in Entrepreneurial Business (MCSP)

Contacts

Five Keys Schools & Programs

San Francisco, CA

Operating In

  • San Francisco County Jails - in partnership with San Francisco Sheriff's Department

Programs Offered

  • In partnership with CCSF: Transferrable General Education classes (9-12 units per semester) in multiple disciplines.
  • In partnership with San Francisco State University: Roots of Success

Contacts

Folsom Lake College

Folsom, CA

Operating In

  • Folsom Women's Facility (FWF)
  • Folsom State Prison (FSP)
  • Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP)
  • Sacramento Youth Detention Facility (SYDF)
  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Stackable certificates to AA's in Business and Human Services (FWF, FSP, MCSP)
  • Rev It Up (campus)
  • Human and Career Development (SYDF) 

Contacts

Fresno City College

Fresno, CA

Operating In

  • on campus 

Programs Offered

  • EOPS academic advising and tri-semester academic check-ins, counseling and Referrals services, one on one tutoring, textbook support
  • Unbound Scholars

Contacts

Fresno State- Project Rebound

Fresno, CA

fresnostate.edu/studentaffairs/projectrebound/ | facebook

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Project Rebound

Contacts

Gavilan College

Gilroy, CA

Operating In

  • on-campus
  • San Benito County Jail

Programs Offered

  • Writing Workshop
  • High School Equivalency Preparation
  • Career Preparation

Contacts

Glendale Community College

Glendale, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Reentry Pathways 
  • System Impacted Intellectuals

Contacts

Grossmont College

Santee, CA

Operating In

  • Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility

Programs Offered

  • Pathways to Success Academy 
  • Courses offered in Reading, Communications, Mathematics, Keyboarding and College and Career Success

Contacts




Hartnell College

Salinas, CA

Operating In

  • Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP)
  • Correctional Training Facility (CTF)

Programs Offered

  • AAT in Psychology/Sociology

Contacts

Imperial Valley College

Imperial, CA

Operating In

  • Calipatria State Prison (CAL)
  • California State Prison, Centinela (CEN)
  • Imperial County Jail
  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Courses in Welding, Air Conditioning Technology, OSHA Safety and Standards 30-Hour Card (County Jail)
  • Alcohol & Drug Studies Certificate (Jail – Inside/Out Program)
  • Associate Degree for Transfer in Sociology (CAL), Associate Degree for Transfer in Psychology (CEN)
  • FIRST (Formerly Incarcerated Resilient Students in Transition)

Contacts



LA City College

Los Angeles, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • High Risers Club
  • Break it to Make it

Contacts

Lake Tahoe Community College

South Lake Tahoe, CA

Operating In

  • Folsom State Prison (FSP)
  • California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC)
  • Folsom Women's Facility (FWF)
  • High Desert State Prison (HDSP)
  • Growlersburg Conservation Camp (GCC) 
  • Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) 
  • Center Placer County Juvenile Facility

Programs Offered

  • Hybrid Interactive Correspondence: AAT in Sociology ("Enhanced One-On-One" Model)

Contacts

Laney College

Oakland, CA

laney.edu/restoringourcommunities/ | facebook

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Restoring Our Communities

Contacts

Lassen College

Susanville, CA

Operating In

  • High Desert State Prison (HDSP)
  • California Correctional Center (CCC)
  • 41 state prisons, 6 federal prisons, 3 youth facilities, and Lassen County Adult Detention Facility (distance correspondence)

Programs Offered

  • AST in Business Administration
  • Certificate in Entrepreneurship
  • Distance Correspondence: AS in Social Science, AA in General Studies: Emphasis in Social Science

Contacts

Long Beach City College

Long Beach, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Justice Scholars 

Contacts

Los Angeles Mission College

Sylmar, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • College Culture Reentry Hub (CCRH)

Contacts

Los Angeles Trade-Tech College

Los Angeles, CA

college.lattc.edu/bridges/contact-us/

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Reentry Pathway Program

Contacts

Mendocino College

Ukiah, CA

Operating In

  • off-campus
  • Mendocino County Jail

Programs Offered

  • CTE Courses - Welding and Culinary
  • General Education Courses - Online

Contacts

Merced College

Merced, CA

Operating In

  • Valley State Prison (VSP)
  • Central California Women's Facility (CCWF)

Programs Offered

  • AA (VSP)
  • Credit and noncredit courses in English and Math (VSP)
  • Credit courses in Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Counseling, Business, Management, and Kinesiology (VSP)
  • Courses offered in Remedial English and Guidance (CCWF)

Contacts

Merritt College

Oakland, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Street Scholars (with The Gamble Institute)

Contacts

MiraCosta College

Oceanside, CA

Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Transitions Program


Contacts

Mission College

Santa Clara, CA

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Operating In

  • on campus

Programs Offered

  • Student support services

Contacts

Modesto Junior College

Modesto, CA

Operating In

  • On campus
  • Stanislaus County Juvenile Probation

Programs Offered

  • Reentry to Success Network

Contacts

Norco College

Norco, CA

Operating In

  • California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) 

Programs Offered

  • ADT in Sociology 

Contacts

Palo Verde College

Blythe, CA

Operating In

  • Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) (in-person)
  • Ironwood State Prison (ISP) (in-person)
  • 17 state prisons (distance)

Programs Offered

  • Courses in American Sign Language and Concert Choir
  • Distance Correspondence: AS in Business Management, five AA's, two Certificates of Achievement, seven Certificates of Career Preparation

Contacts




    Palomar College

    San Marcos, CA

    www2.palomar.edu/pages/transitionsprogram/

    Operating In

    • Vista Detention Facility
    • On campus

    Programs Offered

    • Transfer courses
    • Summer Transition Program
    • Transitions Collective Student Club

    Contacts

    Pasadena City College

    Pasadena , CA

    Operating In

    • on campus 

    Programs Offered

    • Formerly Incarcerated Radical Scholars Team (FIRST)
    • Community Overcoming Recidivism through Education (CORE)

    Contacts

    Pitzer College

    Claremont, CA

    Operating In

    • California Rehabilitation Center (CRC)

    Programs Offered

    • Credit courses in Cultural Studies, Sociology, History, Political Studies, and Psychology

    Contacts

    Prison University Project (in partnership with Patten University)

    San Quentin, CA

    prisonuniversityproject.org

    Operating In

    • San Quentin State Prison (SQ)

    Programs Offered

    • AA in Liberal Arts
    • Transfer Courses
    • College Preparatory Program 

    Contacts

    Rio Hondo College

    Whittier, CA

    riohondo.edu/rise

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • R.I.S.E. Scholars

    Contacts

    Sacramento City College

    Sacramento, CA

    www.scc.losrios.edu/reemergingscholars/

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • ReEmerging Scholars

    Contacts

    Sacramento State

    Sacramento, CA

    csus.edu/student/projectrebound

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Project Rebound

    Contacts

    San Bernardino Valley College

    San Bernardino, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • All of Us or None

    Contacts

    San Diego City College

    San Diego, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Urban Scholars Union club
    • City Scholars Program

    Contacts

    San Diego Mesa College

    San Diego, CA

    sdmesa.edu/student-services/eops-care/project-restart.shtml

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Needs assessment and practical supports
    • Project Re-Start 
    • Borderless Scholars 

    Contacts

    San Diego Miramar College

    San Diego, CA

    miramarreact.com/usu/

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Urban Scholars Union

    Contacts

    San Diego State University

    San Diego, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Project Rebound

    Contacts

    San Francisco State University

    San Francisco, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus
    • SF Women's Jail

    Programs Offered

    • Project Rebound
    • Educational Empowerment classes (non-credit courses) 

    Contacts

    San Joaquin Delta College

    Stockton, CA

    Operating In

    • Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI)
    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Associates Degree for Transfer in Psychology
    • Phoenix Project

    Contacts

    San Jose State University

    San Jose, CA

    Operating In

    • Santa Clara County Jail - Elmwood Correctional Facility

    Programs Offered

    • Courses in Kinesiology, English 1A, Philosophy (Logic and Critical Reasoning, plus, Moral Issues), Career Exploration, Public Speaking, and Child Development
    • Student Success: Education and Career Planning workshops

    Contacts

    Santa Ana College

    Santa Ana, CA

    sac.edu/sce/student-services/projectrise/Pages/default.aspx

    Operating In

    • Santa Ana City Jail
    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Noncredit courses in ten subjects

    Contacts

    Santa Barbara City College

    Santa Barbara, CA

    Operating In

    • Santa Barbara County Jail
    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Credit courses in Personal Development; Noncredit courses for ServSafe certificate, GED preparation, and computer skills (jail)
    • Transitions Program (campus)

    Contacts

    Santa Monica College

    Santa Monica, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • The Homeboy and Homegirl Scholars of SMC

    Contacts

    Santa Rosa Junior College

    Santa Rosa, CA

    student-services.santarosa.edu/

    Operating In

    • Sonoma County Jails - Main Adult and North County Detention Facilities
    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Courses in Basic Math, Basic English, Counseling, Intro to Culinary (jail)
    • Second Chance Program and Student Club (campus)



    Contacts

    Santiago Canyon College

    Orange, CA

    Operating In

    • Orange County Jails
    • on campus 

    Programs Offered

    • Ten Noncredit courses 
    • Certificates in Receptionist/Information Clerk and Commercial and Institutional Food Preparation
    • Academic counseling services 
    • Project Rise (campus) 

    Contacts

    Shasta College

    Redding, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus (alternative to incarceration option)

    Programs Offered

    • Shasta Technical Education Program United Partnership (STEP-UP)
    • AA's and Certificates in Technical Education in Office Administration, Business Entrepreneurship, Heavy Equipment Operations, Automotive Technology, Welding, Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Social Services, and Psychology


    Contacts


    Skyline College

    San Bruno, CA

    skylinecollege.edu/projectchange/

    Operating In

    • on campus
    • San Mateo County juvenile hall

    Programs Offered

    • Project Change (on campus)
    • Preparation to transition to community college services (juvenile hall)

    Contacts

    Solano Community College

    Fairfield, CA

    solano.edu/soar

    Operating In

    • California State Prison, Solano (SOL)
    • California Medical Facility (CMF)
    • Solano County Juvenile Detention Center 
    • Solano County Jails (Stanton and Claybank Correctional Facilities)
    • on campus 

    Programs Offered

    • ADTs in Business and Psychology (CMF) 
    • ADTs in Political Science and Sociology (CSPS)
    • Students Overcoming Adversity & Recidivism (campus)

    Contacts

    Southwestern College

    Chula Vista, CA

    www.swccd.edu/administration/office-of-student-equity-programs-and-services/restorative-justice/index.aspx | facebook

    Operating In

    • Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD); Adult Males 
    • San Diego County Jail - East Mesa Reentry Facility; Adult Males 
    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • ADT/Business Administration, ADT/Communications, Certificate of Completion/American Sign Language, and CSU General Breadth Requirements (prison)
    • Personal Development, Reading, Communication, Financial Literacy, Sociology, Geography, Keyboarding and Computer Skills (jail)
    • Second Chance Pell Pilot Grant Site
    • Urban Scholars Union (on campus student organization)

    Contacts


    Taft College

    Taft, CA

    Operating In

    • Taft MCCF (contract prison - City of Taft)
    • Taft Correctional Facility (federal prison)
    • both hybrid, and face-to-face courses in each facility 

    Programs Offered

    • Distance Correspondence: AS in General Business and AA in Liberal Arts (Business and Technology)

    Contacts

    UC Berkeley

    Berkeley, CA

    undergroundscholars.berkeley.edu | facebook

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Berkeley Underground Scholars

    Contacts

    UC Davis

    Davis, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Beyond the Stats

    Contacts

    UC Irvine

    Irvine, CA

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    Operating In

    • on campus 

    Programs Offered

    • Underground Scholars Initiative 

    Contacts

    UC Riverside

    Riverside, CA

    facebook

    Operating In

    • on campus 

    Programs Offered

    • Underground Scholars Initiative 

    Contacts

    UCLA

    Los Angeles, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Underground Scholars Initiative

    Contacts


    University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, CA

    facebook

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Unchained Scholars (graduate student interest group) 

    Contacts

    • Genna Rimer
      geneviej@usc.edu

    Victor Valley College

    Victorville, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • RamFORWARD

    Contacts

    West Hills College Coalinga

    Coalinga, CA

    Operating In

    • Avenal State Prison (ASP)
    • Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP)

    Programs Offered

    • ADT in Business
    • Transfer-Level Courses

    Contacts

    West Los Angeles College

    Culver City, CA

    Operating In

    • on campus

    Programs Offered

    • Reentry Success Pathway Program

    Contacts

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