EMPLOY (Minnesota)

This is an employability program for incarcerated individuals in the prison system. The aim is to reduce recidivism and help with the occupational reintegration process after leaving prison.
Follow-up begins in the final months of the sentence and continues until the first year of release. A week before the inmates leave prison, a vocational development specialist identifies possible job vacancies, taking into account each individual’s skills, occupational experience ,and geographical area of residence.

Idaho DUI Courts and Misdemeanor/DUI Courts

This is a residential treatment program for adults who have committed multiple DUI offenses.
The program consists of:
1) Weekly drug testing;
2) Going to court twice a month;
3) Attending 3 group meetings (Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous) in the first month;
4) Meetings with a parole police officer at least 4 times a month;
5) Participation in 3 group therapy sessions per week, while participating in individual sessions with a referral counselor;
6) Installation of an ignition interlock device for at least 60 days;

Seattle Community Crime Prevention Program (CCPP)

This is a program that combines strategies of physical modifications in residential areas with community prevention. Its main objective is to reduce burglaries in residential areas and increase the number of intrusion reports that are in progress.
The program focuses on implementing three prevention strategies:
1) Identification and marking of all valuable tangible property;
2) Replacement of door and window locks with more resistant and secure materials;

Returning Home - Ohio (RHO) Pilot Program

This is a jail-to-community transition program. Its goal is to reduce recidivism, address homelessness, and promote the use of multiple systems and services for people with disabilities (with developmental disorders, severe addictions, and health or behavioral problems) who were in the prison system.
The core components of the program included placement in housing and referral to at least one service related to education, mental health, substance use, or other category, such as community services, access to a gym, anger management treatments, and financial literacy training.

Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Aftercare Program

This is an educational and vocational training program for young people over 16 years of age, male and moderate risk, placed in a correctional institution. The objective is to provide academic and vocational training and improve social and living skills.
The program has two components:
1) Educational, in which individualized interventions are implemented under constant monitoring of performance and adherence.
2) Vocational, where operational skills are trained, and paid employment is offered.

Three Data Driven Supervision Protocols for Parole Violations (Georgia)

This is a program that defines supervision protocols for parolees. The goal is to achieve greater success in serving open sentences and reducing recidivism.
The program identifies and analyzes effective interventions to develop protocols based on data collected on open offenders and probationers.
The protocols analyze situations of drug addiction, unemployment, and chronic offending behaviors, and assess the risk of recidivism, average time interval to recidivism, and police interventions with a positive impact.

Minnesota's Affordable Homes Program

This is an in-prison work program through hands-on training for inmates to increase their chances of finding employment in the construction industry after their release from prison.
Eligible for the program are those who:
1) Are in minimum security establishments;
2) Do not have any contraventions, misdemeanor charges, or felony charges;
3) Have made no escape attempts in the past five years;
4) Have no history of sex offenses;
5) Have no discipline violations in the past six months resulting in segregation or prolonged incarceration;

Project Connect

This is a family intervention program for children and adolescents from 0 to 17 years old, whose families are in risky situations or under the supervision of specialized child protection institutions due to the abusive use of psychoactive substances. The objective is to promote the protection of children and prevent institutional separation between parents and children.
The program offers home counseling, parenting skills training, drug abuse monitoring, assessment, and referral to other assistance services. The intervention lasts 13 months and includes home visits twice a week.

Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP)

This is a substance use treatment intervention for pregnant and postpartum women. The goal is to provide care services, reduce substance use, enable greater financial and health stability, and prevent psychological and developmental consequences in children.
The program is based on relational theory, behavioral change, and harm reduction, and is implemented by case managers throughout the woman’s pregnancy or shortly after delivery. Home visits and referrals are made to specialized health, housing, parenting, and vocational training services.