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2012
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More Than a Job: Final Results from the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Transitional Jobs Program
By Redcross, Cindy; Millenky, Megan; Rudd, Timothy; Levshin, Valarie.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) (Washington, DC); MDRC (New York, NY).
The final results from a three-year evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) are reported. “Based in New York City, CEO is a comprehensive employment program for former prisoners — a population confronting many obstacles to finding and maintaining work. CEO provides temporary, paid jobs and other services in an effort to improve participants’ labor market prospects and reduce the odds that they will return to prison” (p. v). Chapters following an overview and executive summary... Read More
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166 pages
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2012
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More Than a Job: Final Results from the Evaluation of the Center for
Employment Opportunities (CEO) Transitional Jobs Program
By Redcross, Cindy; Millenky, Megan; Rudd, Timothy; Levshin, Valerie.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) (Washington, DC).
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (Washington, DC); MDRC (New York, NY).
The final results from the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) three-year evaluation are presented. CEO is a comprehensive employment project for recently released inmates located in New York City. Chapters following an executive summary are: introduction; CEO program implementation and service receipt; impacts of CEO on employment and recidivism; benefit-cost analysis of the CEO program; and conclusion. While CEO significantly reduced recidivism for its clients and criminal justice system... Read More
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166 pages
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2010
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Transitional Jobs: Background, Program Models, and Evaluation Evidence
By Bloom, Dan.
MDRC (New York, NY).
People working with offender employment services will find this article of interest. It provides another strategy for finding work for this often hard-to-employ population. “Transitional jobs programs provide temporary, wage-paying jobs, support services, and job placement help to individuals who have difficulty getting and holding jobs in the regular labor market” (p.vii). After an abstract come these sections: background—the goals and evolution of subsidized employment programs; transitional j... Read More
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51 p.
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2010
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Recidivism Effects of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Program Vary by Former Prisoners’ Risk of Reoffending
By Zweig, Janine; Yahner, Jennifer; Redcross, Cindy.
MDRC (New York, NY).
The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) is a transitional jobs program for released inmates. It aims to help them achieve long-term employment which reduces recidivism. Individuals developing or modifying similar programs will find the lessons learned by this organization to be very useful. Sections of this report include: background; the CEO program impact evaluation; current research questions; the analytic approach; what predicts risk of recidivism; whether the impact of CEO on recidivi... Read More
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24 pages
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2009
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Transitional Jobs for Ex-Prisoners: Implementation, Two-Year Impacts, and Costs of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program
By Redcross, Cindy; Bloom, Dan; Azurdia, Gilda; Zweig, Janine; Pindus, Nancy.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Labor (Washington, DC); Urban Institute (Washington, DC).
MDRC (New York, NY).
Interim results from an evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), a program which finds ex-offenders jobs, is provided. Sections of this report include: overview with key findings; introduction; the implementation of the CEO Program; impacts of CEO on participation and service receipt; impacts on employment and earnings; impact on recidivism; impacts on other outcomes such as noneconomic; and costs of the Center for Employment Opportunities. “CEO generated a large but short-li... Read More
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187 pages
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2009
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The Joyce Foundation's Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration: Testing Strategies to Help Former Prisoners Find and Keep Jobs and Stay Out of Prison
By Bloom, Dan.
Joyce Foundation (Chicago, IL); MDRC (New York, NY).
The effectiveness of the Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration (TJRD) is investigated. TJRD offers “transitional jobs (TJ) – temporary, subsidized jobs that provide participants with a source of legitimate income, support services and work experience as they return to the community” (p. 4). Topics discussed in this report include: why successful prisoner reentry is a national imperative; what TJRD is and its significance; the need to provide prisoners with transitional jobs; how the TJRD pro... Read More
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17 p.
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2009
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Transition Jobs for Ex-Prisoners: Implementation, Two-Year Impacts, and Costs of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program
By Redcross, Cindy; Bloom, Dan; Azurdia, Gilda; Zweig, Janine; Pindus, Nancy.
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Labor (Washington, DC).
MDRC (New York, NY).
“This report presents interim results from a rigorous evaluation of the New York City-Based Center for Employment Opportunities, a highly regarded employment program for ex-prisoners” (p.iii). Seven chapters follow and executive summary: introduction; the implementation of the CEO program; impacts of the CEO on participation and service receipt; impacts of CEO on employment and earnings; impacts of CEO on recidivism; impacts of CEO on other outcomes; and costs of the Center for Employment Oppor... Read More
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159 p.
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