Impact Bond: Massachusetts Juvenile Justice PFS Initiative
Stage of development: Implementation
Policy sector: Criminal justice
Intervention: The initiative aims to reduce recidivism and improve employment outcomes for young men at high risk of re-offending.  The four-year intervention consists of two years of intensive engagement and two years of follow-up, and includes four basic elements: outreach to young men by Roca staff; intensive case management; life skills, educational, prevocational, and employment programming; and connection to work opportunities with community partners. Roca helps young men change their behaviors while learning how to go to work, beginning with subsidized employment opportunities and transitioning when ready into full-time positions with employer partners. 
Date outcomes contract signed: 2014-01
Start of service provision: 2014-01
Total investment commitment currency: USD
Total investment commitment: 18000000
Total investment commitment (USD): 18000000
Target population: The project is serving young men aged 17-24 who are in the Boston, Chelsea or Springfield areas and (i) leaving the juvenile justice system, (ii) are involved in the probation or parole system, or (iii) are leaving the custody of the Suffolk, Essex, Hampden, and Middlesex Houses of Correction or the state's Department of Correction. 
Notes: This project is still in progress and no evaluation data has yet been published.