Site Logo
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Our Services
Home News Evaluating the Impact of Mentoring for Individuals Transitioning from Jail to Community

Evaluating the Impact of Mentoring for Individuals Transitioning from Jail to Community

December 21, 2020

A new issue brief from PPA shares findings from its evaluation of the I-CAN mentoring program, conducted by Fortune Society in partnership with the New York City Department of Corrections, between 2016 and 2020.

The I-CAN mentoring program exceeded its target for reduced recidivism, with 67% of participants not being rearrested within 12 months of release from jail. While the study did not find statistically significant impacts on employment, housing, or substance-use outcomes among participants compared to the control group, there were promising results in all three areas. Key lessons from the program’s implementation study included:

  • The need for mentors of diverse backgrounds—at least some of whom had justice-involved experience.
  • Adding mentoring to existing reentry services had a positive impact on increasing post-release service uptake among I-CAN participants.
  • A focus on removing barriers was helpful, from the time of release from jail and onward.
  • Mentoring needed to be flexible to facilitate participant engagement in services.

The study highlighted the importance of building in program data tracking or data sharing across agencies to support evaluation and the advantages and disadvantages of randomized controlled trials studying innovations to social service programs.

To learn more about PPA’s work on criminal and juvenile justice, contact Robb Burroughs, Director of Justice Policy, at 517-485-4477 or rburroughs@publicpolicy.com.

 

Share: Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn
Bridge Michigan Shares PPA’s Digital Gap Research, Quotes Director for Education Policy
Developing Partnerships across Health and Food Systems

Archives

  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
© Copyright 2023
Public Policy Associates
119 Pere Marquette Drive Suite 1C
Lansing, MI 48912-1231
Phone: 517-485-4477