Cash Transfers for Reentry
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Pennsylvania
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Aged 18 or older
Exiting Nebraska state prisons during the study enrollment period
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Cash transfer
Other interventionProvision on monthly cash transfer
Treatment groups
450 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: TreatmentExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Recidivism
As applied to adults, recidivism shall mean a final conviction of a Class I or II misdemeanor, a Class IV felony or above, or a Class W misdemeanor based on a violation of state law within 1 year of being successfully released.
Time frame
1 year following release date2
Post-release compliance with payment of fees
Compliance/non-compliance with post-release payment of fees. A count of fee payments (continuous) and on-time payment as a binary outcome variable (y/n) for each instance.
Time frame
1 year post release date or for the duration of required supervision, whichever is sooner3
Post-release compliance with conditions
Compliance/non-compliance with post-release conditions. A count of instances for each condition bounded by dates of conditions imposed.
Time frame
1 year post release date or for the duration of required supervision, whichever is soonerSecondary outcomes
1
Housing status
Housing status (e.g., renter, homeowner, rent-to-own, etc.) reported in the prior month.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 months, 12 months2
Food security (Household Food Insecurity Access Scale)
9 items to assess past four week food insecurity: 1) worry about not having enough food, 2) inability to eat preferred foods, 3) eating a limited variety of foods, 4) having to eat foods that they did not want to eat, 5) eating a smaller meal than needed, 6) eating fewer meals in a day, 7) having no food to eat, 8) going to sleep at night hungry, and 9) going a whole day and night without eating. Items scored as "yes" (1) or "no" (0).
Time frame
Baseline, 6 months, 12 months3
Employment
Employment status as measured by one item with attributes per the U.S. Department of Labor.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 months, 12 months4
Financial wellbeing (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Financial Wellbeing Scale)
Each item is scored 0 to 4 and summed to a total. The sum total is then converted to a total response value on the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale score from 0-100, where higher scores indicate a greater sense of financial well-being.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 months, 12 monthsLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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