Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Rearrest (STARR)

This is an education and training program for community supervision officers who provide direct service to offenders under supervision. The goal is to change the role of the probation officer from a traditional compliance officer to an agent of change, i.e., one that is geared towards reducing recidivism rates, through the training received.
The training follows a structured cognitive behavioral supervision approach that addresses risk factors by improving interactions between officers and offenders. Officers were also trained in motivational interviewing for high-risk offenders.

Parents as Teachers

This is an educational program of home visits for parents with children from 0 to 5 years of age. The objective is to improve parenting skills, prevent child abuse and mistreatment, detect developmental delays and deficits, and promote children’s preparation for entry into the educational system.

Family Group Decision Making (FGDM)

This is a program for parents of abused and/or neglected children that defines an “extended family group” as a leader in making decisions about the safety and well-being of children.
The program positions parents and children in a larger family group composed of people affectively connected to that family, and offers support for planning childcare and protection strategies. The goal is to build alliances for the process and prevent institutional interventions focused only on parents and children from alienating this nucleus from the support of the rest of the family and friends.

Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (Midwestern State)

This is a reintegration program for individuals convicted of violent crimes, consisting of the provision of social reintegration services through two components:
1) Within the prison, where assessment and planning of interventions and access to services takes place.
2) In the community, when entry into community services and follow-up for six months takes place.
The approach follows the principles of risk, demand, and responsiveness, adapting the intensity of the intervention to the level of risk and demand presented.

Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (North Dakota)

This is a reintegration program for parolees aimed at reducing recidivism and reincarceration.
The program offers social reintegration services, such as substance use treatment, psychiatric treatment, educational training, and home care.
The intervention is structured in three phases:
1) Institutional, where the assessment occurs and the treatment plan is developed.
2) Transitional, which takes place during incarceration, informs participants about parole rules, and implements the initial points of the treatment plan, such as contact with community services.

Targeted RECLAIM (Ohio)

This is a program of alternative community treatment measures for youth in contact with the criminal system. The goal is to reduce incarceration and recidivism through interventions in communities, not in correctional institutions.
Three services are offered:
1) Residential programs, where more intensive interventions are provided for educational and vocational training, mental health treatment, and substance use rehabilitation.

Knoxville Public Safety Collaborative (KPSC)

This is an initiative of the Knoxville Police Department and Parole Board to reintroduce offenders to the community.
Parole revocation data and crime statistics were reviewed and analyzed to define which offenders are at the most risk of reoffending and what factors are involved in those re-offenses. The following factors were addressed: drug addiction, unstable family relationships, mental health disorders, intellectual deficits, and poor housing.

Allegheny County (PA) Jail-Based Reentry Specialist Program

This is a social reintegration program with the aim of reducing recidivism and improving the transition of those released from the prison system into the community.
The program includes two phases:
1) The first phase provides inmates with five months of preparation for their release, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy sessions.
2) The second phase provides up to 12 months of support services in the community.