Module 1: Getting Started

Module 2: Leadership, Vision and Organizational Culture

Module 3: Collaborative Structure and Joint Ownership

Module 4: Data-Driven Understanding of Local Reentry

Module 5: Targeted Intervention Strategies

Module 6: Screening and Assessmentessment

Module 7: Transition Plan Development

Module 8: Targeted Transition Interventions

Module 9: Self-Evaluation and Sustainability

Reentry Revisited

Let’s revisit what we have learned so far in the Tailored Transition Interventions module. Please answer the following questions.

1. The first step toward developing an intervention in your jail is

Identify key stakeholders.

Select interventions.

Determine which individuals should receive interventions.

Successfully implement the intervention.

2. An evidence-based intervention is a treatment or program that has demonstrated statistically significant effectiveness in empirical studies.

True

False

3. An important factor influencing the high-quality implementation of interventions is

Unambiguous buy-in on the part of all staff, especially leadership.

A smorgasbord of innovative and groundbreaking programs.

A willingness for staff to “follow their guts” rather than a manual.

A belief that “nothing works.”

Summary

In this section, you learned the five basic but necessary steps to develop and deliver evidence-based interventions. You learned that it is important to receive advice from programming experts, as well as to pilot-test intended interventions.

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