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 The Road to Reentry: A Randomized Control Trial of Young Adults in Custody from the Inside to the Outs
Award Information
Awardee
              UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Award #
              2020-R2-CX-0038
Funding Category
              Competitive Discretionary
Location
                    IRVINE, CA
Congressional District
              45
Status
              Open
Funding First Awarded
              2020
Total funding (to date)
              $1,557,676
Original Solicitation
              Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2020
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2020, $1,557,676)
The applicant proposes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to study the impact of being housed in a young adult treatment pod in a jail setting on institutional misconduct and recidivism.  The Orange County (CA) Sheriffs Department will implement the Alleghany County Jail-based Reentry program in the Orange County jail for 18 to 25 year olds with a moderate-to-high risk of reoffending who have been sentenced for 6 to 12 months.  The RCT will rely on 300 participants, randomly assigned to the young adult pod with structured treatment (N=75, 3 cohorts of 25), young adult pod without treatment (N=75, 3 cohorts of 25), and the control of treatment as usual (N=150, 3 cohorts of 50).
The pod with treatment will receive two phases of programming.  While in the facility, the pod with treatment offenders will participate in monthly meetings with a case manager and involvement in a tailored, RNR treatment plan.  Phase 2 will continue after release at the Orangewood Foundation treatment center.  Orangewood will continue holistic programming and provide a day center offering meals, showers, laundry, computer lab, housing assistance, therapeutic programming and linkages to community resources.  The pod without treatment will give participants the opportunity to live in an age-segregated pod.  The offenders will be offered the same resources as the control of treatment-as-usual (TAU).
Participants will be interviewed in the facility at 3-months, 6-months, and upon release.  They will also participate in 6 waves of post-release interviews, with the last wave at three years post-release.  Participants will be compensated between $20 to $35 for the in-facility interviews and $50 to $150 for the post-release interviews.  These interviews will be augmented by official records.  The primary outcomes are in-facility misconduct and recidivism.  The impact of the treatment groups will be analyzed using growth curve analysis.  The study will also conduct two waves of correctional staff interviews.  Participants will be compensated $25 per interview.  The interviews will focus on perceptions of the program, perceptions of young adult offenders, and their work history.  Correctional officers will also receive training in young adult offender programming.
Note: This project contains a research and/or development component, as defined in applicable law, and complies with Part 200 Uniform Requirements - 2 CFR  200.210(a)(14). CA/NCF

  
Date Created: September 16, 2020
    
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