The Underground Scholars Initiative was recently funded with $490,000 annually by the state to support higher education for formerly incarcerated students and those directly impacted by the criminal justice system.
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BERKELEY, Calif. — Jessi Fernandez joined a street gang at 13. By his 20s, he had been shot at more times than he could count. He got busted for methamphetamine