A Place for Grace

HOUSE PLEDGE

We pledge to maintain a housing community in which all residents receive holistic care and academic support.

Enjoy a safe, drug & alcohol free environment.

Embrace opportunities of mentorship & leadership.

Take ownership of forging a healthy, interdependent future.

A Place to call Home

A Place to Study

OUR MISSION

Project Rebound is committed to the successful reintegration and education of formerly incarcerated students. We aim to increase public awareness and inspire meaningful dialogue about higher education and criminal justice in California and the United States.

A Place for Leadership

JOHN IRWIN MEMORIAL HOUSE

The first transformative housing community for formerly incarcerated university students in the nation.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
                                                                                                                                               - Nelson Mandela

HOUSE REQUIREMENTS

• Currently attending (or accepted admittance into) CSUF
• Complete interview and screening process with Program Director and Housing Coordinator .

• Demonstrate a need for housing assistance.

• Enroll and successfully complete a minimum of twelve (12) units per semester.

• Maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA each semester.

• Secure and maintain part-time employment.

• Meet with Housing Coordinator regularly for one-on-one case management.

• Must adhere to the Student Licensee Agreement.
• Maintain good standing with all PR program requirements.

HOUSE EVENTS

Peer-2-Peer Meetings

Tutoring Support

Bridge-2-Success

Mentorship Meetings

Research and Study Sessions

Food Pantry

PR Community Bar-B-Q's

Movie & Game Night

The John Irwin Memorial House provides holistic healing, life-affirming reentry housing and wraparound support services to improve academic, psychosocial, and employment outcomes for formerly incarcerated California State University, Fullerton students. Project Rebound Scholars deserve a second chance to continue their education and earn a baccalaureate degree at CSUF.

We have a passion for inspiring and assisting people with incarceration histories actualize their college ambitions. In an effort to inform, mentor, and guide prospective students toward admission and a successful transition to Cal State Fullerton, Project Rebound staff, students, and volunteers give customized pre-admission presentations and workshops, student panel presentations, and other support-oriented services.

We offer ongoing harm reduction workshops, such as alternative to violence workshops, restorative justice circles, and groups that deal with gender specific issues like shame, rape, and homelessness.

Our students are involved in substance-abuse counseling training, outreach at local correctional facilities and community colleges where they mentor and inspire other formally incarcerated students to continue their education in a university setting.