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Author: Olson, Richard

Title: The Safer Foundation: An In-Depth Program Evaluation and Recidivism Study

Summary: The Safer Foundation is a non-profit organization in the Chicago area. Its primary mission is to reduce recidivism among formerly incarcerated persons (FIPs) by supporting, through a full spectrum of services, their efforts to be employed, law-abiding members of the community. The organization has been working toward this goal for more than forty years and regularly reshapes and reimagines their programming in order to best serve the changing needs of the community. An multi-method process and outcome evaluation of the Safer Foundation was conducted to understand the extent to which the foundation is achieving desired outcomes as well as to collect and synthesize staff and client input in order to improve client services. Under the direction of Safer administrators, this evaluation was completed with a number of aims. We have identified three primary objectives and their expected outcomes. First, it was predicted that clients enrolled in services at the Safer Foundation will have significantly lower rates of recidivism than formerly incarcerated persons not enrolled in Safer services. Second, data collected from clients and staff will contribute to the understanding of the service model and how efficacy and efficiency can be improved. Finally, we predicted that time spent in Safer Foundation programming will correlate positively with scores on two measures of work self-efficacy.

Details: Chicago: Loyola University Chicago, 2013. 100p.

Source: Internet Resource: Thesis: Accessed August 22, 2014 at: http://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2468&context=luc_theses

Year: 2013

Country: United States

URL: http://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2468&context=luc_theses

Shelf Number: 129975

Keywords:
Ex-Offender Employment (Chicago)
Prisoner Reentry
Recidivism
Safer Foundation