Impact Bond: NYC Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (i.e. ABLE) Project for Incarcerated Youth
Stage of development: Complete
Policy sector: Criminal justice
Intervention: The ABLE program aims to break the cycle of re-incarceration for adolescents in jail using Moral Reconation Therapy (i.e. MRT), an evidence-based intervention that focuses on improving decision-making. MRT is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy in which participants progress through a series of steps with the help of a trained facilitator, graduating from one stage to the next by delivering testimonies or presentations about themselves. The goal of the intervention is to decrease the participant's likelihood of future criminal behavior and reincarceration. 

Start of service provision: 2012-08
Total investment commitment currency: USD
Total investment commitment: 7200000
Total investment commitment (USD): 7200000
Target population: Youth between ages of 16 and 18 attending school while being detained at Rikers Island jail.
Actual number of service users or beneficiaries engaged: 1255
Actual unit type: Individual
Notes: The intervention failed to reach the outcome goal and was therefore discontinued after 3 years.