U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation Office
The aim of the RP grants is to improve employment and criminal justice outcomes for young adults and adults with prior justice involvement by providing employment services, case management, and other supportive services. The Department of Labor’s Chief Evaluation Office contracted with Mathematica and its partner Social Policy Research Associates to design and conduct an evaluation that will build evidence about effective strategies for helping people with justice involvement gain employment and avoid future justice system contact.
The study includes an impact evaluation to understand how the RP grant programs affect the employment and recidivism outcomes of participants and an implementation study to document program operations and identify promising practices grantees are using. The impact study will draw on administrative data on service receipt, employment, earnings, and justice-system involvement. The in-depth implementation study will include analysis of grant documents, virtual site visits, a grantee survey, and individual-level program data. Collectively, the Evaluation of the RP grant program will build evidence about effective strategies to serve people with prior justice involvement and facilitate their successful reentry into the community.
Evidence & Insights From This Project
Supporting Reentry Employment and Success: A Summary of the Evidence for Adults and Young Adults
This brief summarizes existing research on interventions to improve employment and recidivism outcomes for justice-involved adults and young adults.
Learn MoreUsing Risk/Needs Assessments in Reentry Services
Implementing Employment Programs to Support Reentry: Lessons from the 2018 and 2019 Reentry Project Grants
Portrait of Reentry Project Grantees
Connecting Reentry Project (RP) Participants to In-Demand Local Industries: Insights from RP Grant Programs
Adult and Young Adult Reentry Project Grants: Differences in Service Offerings and Implementation Challenges
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