Resources Available To You
Click each link to find more information about these programs. Scroll down to find interesting news articles and websites, statewide resources and more.
NEW Looking for internships or scholarships? We've moved that information to a new Rising Scholars Opportunities webpage.
Campus Services
- Basic Needs – Food, Housing, Mental Health
- EOPS: Extended Opportunities Programs and Services
- Financial Aid – How to Apply
- Men of Color Community
- Student Services Directory
Community Resources
Reentry Resource Center (Santa Clara County) – offers services to formerly incarcerated individuals, including
- Alcohol and drug treatment referrals
- Cal Fresh food assistance
- Clothes closet
- Computer literacy lab
- Counseling
- Expungement (record clearance)
- General assistance benefits
- Health referrals
- Healthcare coverage
- Housing assistance and referrals
- Intake and assessment
- Medical Clinic
- Mental health referrals
- Peer mentoring
- Resources to the faith communities
Articles and Websites of Interest
- After 30 Years in California Prison, He Starts New Life at UC Irvine (EdSource)
- Minutes Before Six is a nonprofit website that publishes essays, poetry and artwork by incarcerated individuals around the country.
- Reform Alliance is a group working to change probation and parole, and create real pathways to work and well-being
- Survive Bay Area Punishment is a website with information and resources for people navigating county jail systems in the Bay Area.
- The ‘Un-Becoming’: A Former L.A. Gang Member Finds His Resurrection Tale at UC Berkeley (Los Angeles Times)
Statewide Resources
California Community Colleges Rising Scholars Network
California State University
- Project Rebound – now active on 15 CSU campuses
University of California
- UC Berkeley Underground Scholars
- Underground Scholars Transfer Pledge – get transfer support for community college students who were formerly incarcerated or affected by the criminal justice system
Internships and Scholarships
Looking for internships or scholarships? We've moved that information to a new Rising Scholars Opportunities webpage.