Earnings

Earnings

Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration (TJRD) had the largest effects on long-term annual earnings (an average of $1,094 per year). The TJRD provided people who were formerly incarcerated with job search and placement assistance and subsidized employment opportunities to help reduce recidivism and increase self-sufficiency among participants.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.
Employment

Employment

Abstinence-Contingent Wage Supplements for Drug Use had the largest effects on long-term employment (an average of 18 percentage points). Abstinence-Contingent Wage Supplements for Drug Use was designed to promote drug abstinence and vocational entry among unemployed adults in treatment for opioid use disorder by providing financial incentives dependent on verified abstinence.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.
Public benefit receipt

Public benefit receipt

Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Program had the largest effects on long-term benefit receipt (decreasing the amount of public benefits received by $0 per year). The RExO program aimed to promote employment and reduce recidivism by providing case management, mentoring, and other employment services to people recently released from prison.

Effects on long-term benefit receipt

Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Program
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Decrease long-term benefit receipt

Education and training

Education and training

Bridges to Pathways (Bridges) had the largest effects on education and training (increasing the attainment of a degree or credential by an average of 4 percentage points). Bridges offered educational services and subsidized internships to help Chicago male youth with previous justice system involvement earn a GED and find employment.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program

Intervention (standard name)
Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program

Participants started the program with a four-day preemployment, life-skills class focusing on job-readiness issues, such as workplace behavior, job search skills, and decision making. The program then placed participants in transitional jobs at New York City agencies. Participants worked in these transitional jobs for four days a week at the state minimum wage and were paid at the end of each day. On the fifth day of each week, participants met with job coaches at the CEO office to discuss their performance at the transitional job and prepare for future interviews.

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