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Summary

The Paid Transitional Housing pilot was a reentry housing intervention that fully covered rent at transitional housing facilities for a period of 3 months, targeting male adults who were entering re-entry centers 8 weeks from their release date and at higher recidivism risk.

The Paid Transitional Housing pilot was a reentry housing intervention that fully covered rent at transitional housing facilities for a period of 3 months, targeting male adults who were entering re-entry centers 8 weeks from their release date and at higher recidivism risk. The program aimed to improve housing stability, employment, and recidivism outcomes. All participants received existing transitional housing services at re-entry centers focused on job readiness. Other voluntary services offered included classes on mental health, parenting, and financial management.

Eligible participants were males being released from an Arizona prison who were assessed as having moderate or high risk of recidivism and indicated as having a need for transitional housing. The study was conducted at one re-entry center in Phoenix, AZ.

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Populations and employment barriers: Justice involvement
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Populations and employment barriers: Justice involvement

Effectiveness rating and effect by outcome domain

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Outcome domain Term Effectiveness rating Effect in 2024 dollars and percentages Effect in standard deviations Sample size
Increase earnings Short-term No evidence to assess support
Long-term No evidence to assess support
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Increase employment Short-term Supported favorable 16% (in percentage points) 0.388 315
Long-term No evidence to assess support
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Decrease benefit receipt Short-term No evidence to assess support
Long-term No evidence to assess support
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Increase education and training All measurement periods No evidence to assess support
* This intervention was assessed as supported for this domain, meaning it achieved one or more statistically significant, favorable effects. However, the intervention has an average effect size that is unfavorable because the average includes all effects in this domain - both statistically significant and favorable effects and statistically insignificant but unfavorable effects.

Effectiveness rating key:

  • Well-supported Well-supported   
  • Supported  Supported   
  • Not supported  Not supported   
  • Mixed support  Mixed support   
  • Insufficient evidence  Insufficient evidence   
  • No evidence  No evidence
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Studies of this intervention

Study quality rating Study counts per rating
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Implementation details

Dates covered by study

Study participants were enrolled between September 2019 and March 2020 with a follow-up period through May 2020.

Organizations implementing intervention

One re-entry transitional housing provider in Phoenix, AZ implemented the program.

Populations served

Paid Transitional Housing served men being released from prison who were at moderate to high risk of recidivism and entering a transitional housing re-entry program. Participants represented multiple racial and ethnic groups (40 percent White, 28 percent Mexican American or Mexican National, 24 percent Black), were mostly single (71 percent), and on average, about 39 years old.

Description of services implemented

The program tested in the study paid for three months of transitional housing; study participants in the comparison group paid for transitional housing out-of-pocket. All participants received standard transitional housing services, including employment readiness services and offer of voluntary classes on mental health, parenting, and financial education.

Service intensity

The program provided three months of payments for transitional housing costs.

Comparison conditions

The comparison group was individuals entering the same re-entry center who did not receive payments for transitional housing and covered the costs out-of-pocket.

Partnerships

No partners for implementing the program were identified.

Fidelity measures

No measures of program fidelity were indicated in the study.

Funding source

The funding source for the housing payments was not described in the study.

The information contained here reflects how the intervention was implemented at the time of the evaluation.

Local context

The program was implemented at a re-entry center in Phoenix, AZ.

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
24%
White
40%
Another race
1%
American Indian or Alaska Native
8%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
28%

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.

State(s) where implemented

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