Second Chance Stipends RCT

NCT ID: NCT07265375

Last Updated: 2025-12-04

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

450 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2026-01-31

Study Completion Date

2029-06-15

Brief Summary

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Investigators will execute a mixed methods randomized controlled trial to determine the impacts of cash transfers of $750 per month for 12 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.

Detailed Description

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The transition from incarceration to community reintegration represents a finite time period of unique challenges, often exacerbated by fines and other structural constraints associated with limited access to housing, the workforce, and public benefits. As such, individuals exiting prisons are most vulnerable for recidivism and other poor wellbeing outcomes during the initial period after their release.

The project will enroll approximately 200 individuals in the Omaha, NE area to receive $750 per month over a one-year period. Another 250 will be assigned to the control group and will not receive the cash transfers but will be eligible to participate in research activities. Adults exiting Nebraska state prisons will be eligible to participate if they are exiting prison during the specified time frame and do not have a conviction of a sex crime or homicide.

Longitudinal repeated measures will be utilized through surveys conducted at baseline, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 month intervals. Future involvement with the criminal legal system will be measured using linked administrative data from the Department of Corrections. A select group of 30 participants across study groups will also be invited to participate in in-depth interviews with a CGIR research scientist and team at multiple time points.

Conditions

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Poverty Incarceration

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment

Recipients of stipend

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cash transfer

Intervention Type OTHER

Provision on monthly cash transfer

Control

No intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Cash transfer

Provision on monthly cash transfer

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 18 or older
* Exiting Nebraska state prisons during the study enrollment period

Exclusion Criteria

\- Conviction of a sex crime or homicide
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Stacia West, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Pennsylvania

Amy Castro, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Pennsylvania

Central Contacts

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Stacia West Principle Investigator, PhD

Role: CONTACT

215-898-5512

Other Identifiers

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11235

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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