Cash Transfers for Reentry
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Cash transfer.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Poverty, Incarceration. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Investigators will execute a mixed methods randomized controlled trial to determine the impacts of cash transfers of $1,000 per month for one month followed by $750 for eleven months. Investigators will measure the impacts of the cash transfers on physical and mental health, housing stability, healthcare utilization, financial stability, and interactions with the criminal legal system.
Detailed description
The transition from incarceration to community reintegration represents a finite time period of unique challenges, often exacerbated by fines and other structural constraints associated with limited access to housing, the workforce, and public benefits. As such, individuals exiting prisons are most vulnerable for recidivism and other poor wellbeing outcomes during the initial period after their release.
The project will enroll approximately 200 individuals in the Omaha, NE area to receive cash transfers over a one year period. Another 250 will be assigned to the control group and will not receive the cash transfers but will be eligible to participate in research activities. Adults exiting Nebraska state prisons will be eligible to participate if they are exiting prison during the specified time frame and do not have a conviction of a sex crime or homicide.
Longitudinal repeated measures will be utilized through surveys conducted at baseline, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 month intervals. Future involvement with the criminal legal system will be measured using linked administrative data from the Department of Corrections. A select group of 30 participants across study groups will also be invited to participate in in-depth interviews with a CGIR research scientist and team at multiple time points.
Interventions
- Other Cash transfer
Provision on monthly cash transfer
Primary outcome measures
- Recidivism [Time frame: 1 year following release date]
- Post-release compliance with payment of fees [Time frame: 1 year post release date or for the duration of required supervision, whichever is sooner]
- Post-release compliance with conditions [Time frame: 1 year post release date or for the duration of required supervision, whichever is sooner]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- Housing status [Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months]
- Food security (Household Food Insecurity Access Scale) [Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months]
- Employment [Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months]
- Financial wellbeing (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Financial Wellbeing Scale) [Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months]
- Psychological distress (Kessler 6) [Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months]
- General health [Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months]
- Substance use (UNCOPE) [Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Aged 18 or older
- Exiting Nebraska state prisons during the study enrollment period
Exclusion criteria
\- Conviction of a sex crime or homicide
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07265375 · 11235