DOI: 10.3886/icpsr36992.v1
title: Evaluation of Seven Second Chance Act Adult Demonstration Grantees, December 2001-September 2014
title: Version 1

description: These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
This study evaluates the impacts of re-entry programs developed by seven grantees awarded funds under the Second Chance Act (SCA) Adult Demonstration Program to reduce recidivism by addressing the challenges faced by adults returning to their communities after incarceration.
The collection contains 3 SAS data files: admin30.sas(n=966; 111 variables), MIS.sas(n=606; 48 variables), and survey.sas(n=789; 273 variables) and 1 SAS syntax file.
description: This evaluation estimates the impacts of programs developed by seven agencies that were awarded grants through the first round of funding under the SCA Adult Demonstration Program; these grants were awarded in fiscal year(FY) 2009. The Adult Demonstration Program represents one of a number of separate grant programs authorized through SCA.
description: The seven grantees were purposively selected and drawn from only one grant program. In estimating impacts, the evaluation used a randomized controlled trial, whereby 966 individuals eligible for SCA were randomly assigned to either a program group, whose members could participate in individualized SCA services, or a control group, whose members could receive all re-entry services otherwise available but not individualized SCA services. Each study participant was measured on a range of outcomes at 18 months after random assignment and again approximately one year later.
The grantees selected by BJA for the study include:
State Agencies
1. Kentucky Department of Corrections
2. Oklahoma Department of Correction
3. South Dakota Department of Corrections
Local Agencies
4. Allegheny County (PA) Department of Human Services
5. Marion County (OR) Sheriff's Office
6. San Francisco (CA) Department of Public Health
7. San Mateo County (CA) Division of Health and Recovery Services
description: The outcomes at 18 months, measured through a survey of study participants and from administrative data, included services received, recidivism (re-arrest, reconviction, and re-incarceration), employment and earnings, housing stability, and self-reported health, among others. The outcomes measured one year later were drawn solely from administrative data and included recidivism and employment and earnings. Crime related variables include the number and nature of convictions and time spent incarcerated. Other demographic variables include gender, age, race, ethnicity, education, income, marital status, and number of children.
description: Presence of Common Scales: 
					Several likert-type scales were used.
description: Response Rates: 
					82 percent (18 Month Follow-up Survey)
description: Datasets: 
					
						DS1: Dataset
description: record abstracts
description: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI)
description: computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI)
description: Adults who have been imprisoned in a state, local, or tribal prison who were convicted as an adult and are classified as being at medium or high risk of recidivism.
				   		Smallest Geographic Unit: none
description: Those determined eligible for SCA were randomly assigned to either a program group or a control group. The study allowed each grantee to establish its own criteria for determining who was eligible for SCA. All those eligible were at medium or high risk or recidivism.