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Study Name
Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration (TJRD)
Study Sharepoint ID
2941
Evaluation name
Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration (TJRD)
Characteristics
male
black

Subgroups

Subgroup data - Female
No
Subgroup data - Male
No
Subgroup data - White
No
Subgroup data - Black
No
Percent fomerly incarcerated
100.00
Percent Male
100.00
Percent Any postsecondary education
5.80
Percent No high school diploma or GED
25.10
Percent With a high school diploma or GED
74.90
Percent Parents
52.00
Percent Black or African American
80.70
Percent Hispanic or Latino of any race
4.70
Percent White not Hispanic
10.20
Percent unknown race
4.30
Mean age
35.00
Group formation formatted

Former prisoners were recruited in each of the four sites from early 2007 to September 2008. Each site implemented its own recruitment strategy, which varied across sites and over time. The participants were randomly assigned to either the TJRD program or to a comparison group, which received job search assistance.

Study timing formatted

Random assignment occurred on a rolling basis from early 2007 to September 2008. Participants' outcomes were measured one and two years after random assignment.

Study funding formatted

The Joyce Foundation funded the study with support from the JEHT Foundation and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Sample Characteristics

The program was offered to men age 18 or older who had been released from prison within the previous 90 days, were interested in and available for full-time employment, and had not participated in transitional employment within the previous year. The average participant enrolled 44 days after release.

Implementing organization formatted

Goodwill (in Detroit and St. Paul), Safer Foundation (in Chicago), and New Hope Project (in Milwaukee)

Program history

The TJRD program was developed for this demonstration project. It had been in operation for two years at the time of data collection for this study. The organizations providing the services, however, each had longer histories in their communities.

Treatment condition formatted

The TJRD program provided former prisoners with 30 to 40 hours of temporary paid employment, job search assistance, and other supports, including job coaching and classes before employment. Participants in later cohorts in the Milwaukee and St. Paul sites also received bonuses (up to $1,500) for obtaining and retaining unsubsidized employment.

Comparison condition formatted

Participants assigned to the job search assistance program received job search and placement assistance through the placement organization in their city.

Mandatory services formatted

None.

Timing of study formatted

Participants began reporting to their temporary jobs within two weeks of random assignment. The programs were designed to offer 90 days of subsidized employment, with the option to extend as slots were available.

Program funding formatted

Joyce Foundation.

Setting details formatted

The demonstration project recruited participants in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and St. Paul. In Chicago, the same organization provided the transitional jobs program and job search assistance. In Detroit, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, the demonstration recruited different organizations to provide the two programs. 

Delivered by public or private entity?
Private
Secondary domains examined

Criminal justice

Earliest publication year
2010
Most recent publication year
2012
Manuscripts
2941
3106
SRG File Path
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Check edits flag
No
Primary Service
Transitional jobs
Enrollment Period
January 2007 to September 2008
Intervention Duration
3.00
Subgroup data - Hispanic
No
Intervention Cost
$4879
Comparison cost
$1097