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Study Name
Clean Slate Clinic
Study Sharepoint ID
28076
Evaluation name
Evaluation of Clean Slate Clinic
Intervention (standard name)
Clean Slate Clinic
Strength of Evidence Tag
Low
Reason for the Rating

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a quasi-experimental design that does not demonstrate that the intervention and comparison groups were sufficiently similar before the intervention.

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a quasi-experimental design that does not demonstrate that the intervention and comparison groups were sufficiently similar before the intervention.

Design
Quasi-experimental design
Services
Legal assistance
Populations targeted
Justice system involvement
Settings in which the intervention was studied
Urban only
Count age
235
Count Young Adults
0
Count Hard-to-employ
0
Count Disability
0
Count chronically ill
0
Count mentally ill
0
Count substance dependent
0
Count formerly incarcerated
0
Count Justice involved
235
Count limited work history
0
Count homeless
0
Count immigrants
0
Count refugees
0
Count veterans
0
Count female
87
Count Male
148
Count Any postsecondary education
0
Count With a high school diploma or GED
0
Count No high school diploma or GED
0
Count Married
0
Count Parents
0
Count Single Parents
0
Count Non-Custodial Parents
0
Count Employed
176
Count Self employed
0
Count Unemployed
59
Count Disconnected/discouraged workers
0
Count general low-income population
0
Count Very low income (as classified by the authors)
0
Count welfare population
0
Count long-term welfare recipients
0
Count Asian
0
Count Black or African American
0
Count Hispanic or Latino of any race
0
Count American Indian or Alaska Native
0
Count Pacific islander
0
Count White
0
Count More than one race
0
Count Unknown race
0
Count another race
0
Percent Justice involved
100.00
Percent female
37.00
Percent Male
63.00
Percent Employed
75.00
Percent Unemployed
25.00
Mean age
40.80
Group formation formatted

This intervention was analyzed using a difference-in-difference analysis. Participants were eligible to be included in the analysis if they were represented by the East Bay Community Law Center. People who received consultations or referrals, but were not ultimately represented by the center, were excluded from the study. Eligible participants in the study received services from the Clean Slate Clinic between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009. Study participants consisted of 264 individuals, drawn randomly from the pool of individuals who received services during this time. Evaluators obtained anonymized administrative data on employment outcomes from 2000-2011 for eligible participants from the Social Security Administration. Of the 264 participants who were selected to be in the study, it was not possible to obtain outcome data for 29 participants. The 235 participants with outcome data were grouped into four cohorts based on the timing of service receipt. At each point in time, the intervention group consisted of participants who had already received Clean Slate services, whereas the comparison group consisted of participants who had not yet received services.

Study timing formatted

Study participants received services between 2007 and 2009. The study measured outcomes for study participants through 2011.

Implementing organization formatted

East Bay Community Law Center

Treatment condition formatted

The Clean Slate Clinic provided legal assistance to clients with criminal records. The intervention involved a lawyer obtaining the client's records of arrests and prosecutions (known as a rap sheet), reviewing the sheet to identify items that might be eligible to be cleared from the client's criminal history, and then completing a petition on behalf of the client for all eligible items. Items eligible to be cleared included arrests, misdemeanor convictions, and some felony convictions. If a petition was successful, a client was not required to disclose these items as part of their criminal history on job applications.

Comparison condition formatted

People in the comparison condition were clients who had not yet received services from the Clean Slate Clinic at the time outcomes were measured. These people received intervention services later.

Mandatory services formatted

None

Setting details formatted

The East Bay Community Law Center's Clean Slate Clinic is located in Alameda County, CA.

Delivered by public or private entity?
Private
Earliest publication year
2018
Most recent publication year
2018
Manuscripts
28706
SRG File Path
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Check edits flag
No
Primary Service
Supportive services- legal assistance