Program type Total Taxpayer Costs Benefits Benefit Chance Benefits Benefits Taxpayer minus to benefits Benefits costs cost will (net ratio exceed present costs value) EM (probation) $27,363 $6,691 $20,673 $1,102 $28,465 n/a 94% Cognitive $11,201 $2,884 $8,317 ($424) $10,777 $26.47 100% behavioral tx for high & moderate risk offenders Employment $6,831 $1,568 $4,635 ($139) $6,064 $44.66 99% training/job assistance in the community $5,064 $1,368 $3,696 ($838) $4,226 $6.05 91% intensive drug tx in community Inpatient/intensive $1,416 $481 $935 ($1,032) $384 $138 52% out patient tx in community Housing Assistance: In addition to the services identified above, as reported in the 2015 Recidivism Reduction Plan, the AHFC’s Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program provides motivated probationers in need with $700 a month in housing assistance.20 With this housing assistance, these individuals recidivated at a 50 percent lower rate than the typical offender. During the year of this study, the state saved $386,000 in costs associated with incarceration. Additionally, another study showed that addressing homelessness reduced recidivism by about 34%.21 Services Funneled through the Partner’s Reentry Center/ANJC (Anchorage) and through the Community Reentry Coalitions 2015 Recidivism Reduction Plan: Solutions to Slow prison Population Growth 20 and Reduce Recidivism, February 2015, page 25. Homelessness and reentry, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR, Vol. 41, No. 4, April, 2014, 21
Program type Total Benefits Taxpayer Benefits Taxpayer Benefits Costs Benefits minus costs (net present value) Benefit to cost ratio Chance benefits will exceed costs EM (probation) $27,363 $6,691 $20,673 $1,102 $28,465 n/a 94% Cognitive behavioral tx for high & moderate risk offenders $11,201 $2,884 $8,317 ($424) $10,777 $26.47 100% Employment training/job assistance in the community $6,831 $1,568 $4,635 ($139) $6,064 $44.66 99% intensive drug tx in community $5,064 $1,368 $3,696 ($838) $4,226 $6.05 91% Inpatient/intensive out patient tx in community $1,416 $481 $935 ($1,032) $384 $138 52% Housing Assistance: In addition to the services identified above, as reported in the 2015 Recidivism Reduction Plan, the AHFC’s Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program provides motivated probationers in need with $700 a month in housing assistance.20 With this housing assistance, these individuals recidivated at a 50 percent lower rate than the typical offender. During the year of this study, the state saved $386,000 in costs associated with incarceration. Additionally, another study showed that addressing homelessness reduced recidivism by about 34%.21 Services Funneled through the Partner’s Reentry Center/ANJC (Anchorage) and through the Community Reentry Coalitions 20 2015 Recidivism Reduction Plan: Solutions to Slow prison Population Growth and Reduce Recidivism, February 2015, page 25. 21 Homelessness and reentry, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR, Vol. 41, No. 4, April, 2014,
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