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Study Name
Study of Center for Employment Opportunities Prisoner Reentry Program Pay for Success Pilot
Study Sharepoint ID
101015.02
Evaluation name
U.S. Department of Labor’s “Pay for Success” Pilots

Subgroups

Subgroup data - Female
No
Subgroup data - Male
No
Subgroup data - White
No
Subgroup data - Black
No
Percent Justice involved
100.00
Group formation formatted
The CEO Pay For Success (PFS) pilot intervention utilized a RCT research design to consider the impact of CEO services on recidivism and employment. The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision identified eligible participants 2-4 weeks prior to their release on parole. Eligible participants were individuals being released in either Rochester or New York CIty who were identified as highest risk for recidivism. Participants were required to participate in the CEO services and intervention study as part of their parole. Once individuals were screened for eligibility, participants were randomized individually for either the CEO services treatment or the business-as-usual control conditions. Analysis was also conducted at the individual level.
Study timing formatted

December 2013 to October 2016

Implementing organization formatted

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)

Treatment condition formatted

The Center for Employment Opportunities Prisoner Reentry Program Pay for Success Pilot (CEO Prisoner Reentry PFS Pilot) connected participants with transitional employment soon after release from incarceration. The reentry program lasted 4-6 months and focused on helping parolees get a job, make money, and build workplace skills. The program provides job-readiness training, transitional employment, staff support, job placement assistance, and one year of post-placement follow up. The PFS pilot intervention differed from prior implementations of CEO services by targeting participants with higher risks of recidivism and by assigning participation in CEO as a "special condition" of parole rather than a suggested resource.

Comparison condition formatted

The authors do not provide any descriptions of the control condition but noted that more than 50% of control participants also accessed CEO services. Control group individuals were able to self-refer for CEO services.

Mandatory services formatted

None

Setting details formatted

The CEO PFS pilot intervention was implemented in New York State in Rochester and New York City.

Delivered by public or private entity?
Public-private partnership
Secondary domains examined

Recidivism, defined as average number of days incarcerated over the four year period.

Earliest publication year
2020
Most recent publication year
2020
Manuscripts
101015_01_Kean
Check edits flag
No
Primary Service
Subsidized employment/transitional jobs
Services Referred
Housing supports and subsidies
Services Unclear
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Enrollment Period
[Enter the full name of the month and the 4-digit year when study enrollment started and ended. For example, "September 1997 to October 2001" or "March 2005 to May 2006"]
Intervention Duration
0.00
Subgroup data - Hispanic
No
State & Region
New York