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Summary

The Center for Employment Opportunities Prisoner Reentry Program (CEO Prisoner Reentry) was a four to six month program to help individuals on parole get a job, make money, and build workplace skills. The Pay for Success (PFS) Pilot program adapted the CEO Prisoner Reentry program by targeting participants with higher risks of recidivism, requiring participation as a special condition of parole rather being than a voluntary program, and increasing resources for outreach and communication with parole officers.

Participants began with a five-day life skills education class focused on resume writing, job search skills, answering questions about a criminal record, and other job readiness skills. After completion of this class, participants were placed into temporary paid jobs for city and state agencies with supervision and support from CEO staff. Participants then received job placement assistance and post-placement follow-up services—including career planning, financial counseling, educational and vocational opportunities, and financial incentives for maintaining full-time employment.

After the initial five-day job readiness class, the short-term transitional employment typically lasted for about 75 days of employment across four months. Post-placement follow-up services lasted for up to one year.

The program was implemented in New York City, NY.

101015.02-Study of Center for
Populations and employment barriers: Justice involvement

Implementation at a glance

Primary service
Program services
Basic skills/bridge programs, Case management, Job development, Job placement, Job readiness, Job search assistance, Performance- or behavior-based financial incentives, Post-employment participant follow-up, Subsidized employment/transitional jobs
Review services terms
Setting(s)
Urban only
Year evaluation began
2013
Implementing organization(s)Center for Employment Opportunities

Effectiveness ratings

  • Well- supported
  • Supported
  • Mixed support
  • Not supported
  • Insufficient evidence
  • Cannot assess support

Studies of this program

Study quality rating Study counts per rating
Low Low 1
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Program cost

No cost information available.

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Implementation details

The information contained here reflects how the program was implemented at the time of the evaluation.

Local context

State(s) where implemented

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