New York State Increasing Employment and Improving Public Safety
Aligned SDGs
- New York State Increasing Employment and Improving Public Safety
- General overview
- Location
- Involved organisations
- Outcome metrics
- Results
- SyROCCo reports
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- Spreadsheet of data
- New York State Increasing Employment and Improving Public Safety
- General overview
- Location
- Involved organisations
- Outcome metrics
- Results
- SyROCCo reports
- Other resources
- Spreadsheet of data
General overview
Stage of development: Implementation
Policy sector: Criminal justice
Date outcomes contract signed: Oct 2013
Start date of service provision: Dec 2013
Capital raised (minimum): USD 13.50m
Service users: 2k+ individuals
Intervention
The project will expand a comprehensive, evidence-based employment intervention for 2,000 formerly incarcerated individuals in New York City (“NYC”) and Rochester with the goals of increasing employment, reducing re-incarceration, and thus improving public safety. The intervention is composed of a set of evidence-based, comprehensive core services, including intensive life skills training for five days, immediate placement into a part-time subsidized subsidized transitional job (generally, 9 weeks of work over a period of 4 months), job placement into an unsubsidized job as participants are assessed to be job-ready; and job retention support for one year. The intervention is predicated on the belief that in order to succeed in life after prison, ex-offenders need to become attached to their communities and the job market as soon as possible after release.
Target population
Recently-released individuals under community supervision in NYC and Rochester who are at high-risk of returning to prison.
Location
Country
- United States
Service delivery locations
- New York City and Rochester, New York, USA
Involved organisations
Outcome metrics
- Recidivism (phase 1). Average reduction in 5-year bed days. NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision administrative data systems. Comparing treatment group to control group members between initial release from prison and the end of the relevant observation period.
- Recidivism (phase 2). Average reduction in 5-year bed days. NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision administrative data systems. Comparing treatment group to control group members between initial release from prison and the end of the relevant observation period.
- Employment in unsubsidized job - cohort 1. Binary indication of positive earnings in the fourth quarter following release from prison. NYSDOL quarterly unemployment insurance wage data.
- Employment in unsubsidized job - cohort 2. Binary indication of positive earnings in the fourth quarter following release from prison. NYSDOL quarterly unemployment insurance wage data.
- Engagement in transitional jobs cohort 1. Number of treatment group members who start a CEO transitional job during the relevant observation period. Proof of CEO employment intervention data.
- Engagement in transitional jobs cohort 2. Number of treatment group members who start a CEO transitional job during the relevant observation period. Proof of CEO employment intervention data.
- Engagement in low hours transitional jobs cohort 1. If average hours worked in trasntitional job is less than 111 hours. CEO intervention data.
- Engagement in low hours transitional jobs cohort 2. If average hours worked in transitional job is less than 111 hours. CEO intervention data.
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