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| MATC program helps children of incarcerated parents finish high school |
| By jsonline.com- Gina Barton |
| Published: 04/05/2016 |
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Nineteen-year-old Bree Anna Wallace attended three different high schools before she finished her junior year. Then she dropped out. Her father has been in and out of prison her whole life. Her mother died last year. "I was trying to be on my own, but no one can do anything by themselves," said Wallace, who has found a second family through the Right Path program at Milwaukee Area Technical College. The program aims to help young adults whose parents have spent time in prison or on probation to break the cycle of poverty and criminality. The program covers tuition and course materials for students in GED prep classes or adult high school, as well as providing stipends to help them cover daily living expenses. (Full-time students get about $200 per month.) Right Path is funded by the MATC Foundation and the Creative Corrections Education Foundation, which was created three years ago by a retired federal Bureau of Prisons employee from Wisconsin. Read More. |
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