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Download full textMegan Schwartz – MDRC, 2025
For decades, most states have made a practice of giving citizens returning from prison or jail a small amount of money, called "gate money," to cover the cost of transportation and other immediate needs. Many legislatures have considered increasing the dollar amount of their cash assistance and offering this kind of support more widely.…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Recidivism, Financial Support, Pilot Projects
Direct linkTurner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2007
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile justice programs and designated the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), formerly named the Board of Corrections, the administrator of funding. California counties receiving state funds for Juvenile Justice…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention
Peer reviewedHile, Matthew G.; Walbran, Bonnie B. – Mental Retardation, 1991
Behavior of direct care staff serving clients with mental retardation in 13 units of a large state-operated residential facility was observed. Results indicated that the activities of direct-care staff were influenced by the client's functioning level, the presence of professional staff, the location of the observation, and the resident- staff…
Descriptors: Behavior, Caregivers, Institutionalized Persons, Interaction
LeBlanc, Linda A.; And Others – 1991
A 3-year study of the operation of Chapter 1 Neglected or Delinquent (Chapter 1 N or D) Program, which provides compensatory education services to youths in state-operated juvenile and adult correctional facilities, was conducted. The study found that Chapter 1 N or D Program participants had the following characteristics: (1) over half of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compensatory Education, Correctional Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation
McFalls, James – 1983
The paper briefly discusses 12 critical issues that significantly affect program success in reducing severe self-injurious behavior (SIB) in group homes. The paper emphasizes the necessity of: (1) a process approach to the development and monitoring of treatment; (2) demythologizing the self-injurious client; (3) discussing and clarifying legal…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Group Homes, Institutional Personnel, Institutionalized Persons
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1988
The Adult Basic Education (ABE) program of the Saginaw (Michigan) Public Schools achieved 8 of its 11 objectives for 1987-88. The program is designed for adults who have less than an eighth grade education, and provides basic and remedial instruction in mathematics and communication skills, as well as Michigan Life Role Competencies (MLRC),…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults
