Building Reentry Workforce Capacity in Tennessee
GrantID: 73691
Grant Funding Amount Low: $10,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $100,000
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Grant Overview
Tennessee houses 14 state prisons and 95 county jails serving a population dispersed across three grand divisions. The state reports an average three-year recidivism rate of 47 percent for individuals released from incarceration. The grant supports causal evaluation of workforce reentry interventions that alter post-release employment and re-arrest outcomes.
Tennessee Reentry Employment Outcomes
Primary outcomes include measuring the causal effect of employer tax-credit programs on hiring rates and subsequent criminal justice contact. Proposals should exploit the 2021 statewide expansion of the Second Chance employer tax credit across 21 workforce development districts. Assistant professors require letters confirming access to Tennessee Department of Labor wage records merged with Department of Correction release files.
These outcomes are salient because Tennessee’s manufacturing and logistics sectors generate distinct demand for entry-level workers with criminal records compared with service-dominated economies. The state’s three metropolitan areas contrast with 78 predominantly rural counties where transportation barriers limit job access. Designs must incorporate division-level fixed effects to capture differing baseline employment opportunities.
Capacity Requirements for Tennessee Researchers
Data-use agreements must cover both state prison release cohorts and county jail populations, a scope larger than required in many states. Applicants need to demonstrate capacity to geocode employer locations relative to release addresses to measure commute feasibility. Budgets should include provisions for secure data transfer given incomplete broadband coverage in 23 Appalachian counties.
Tennessee’s structure of 95 independently operated county jails creates variation in reentry program availability not present in centralized systems. Reviewers assess whether proposed instruments address selection into job-training programs offered by the Tennessee Department of Correction. Successful applications typically pre-specify analyses by industry sector and prior offense category.
Implementation Design Elements
Researchers can employ difference-in-differences comparing employment outcomes in districts that adopted versus delayed the tax credit. Additional designs may instrument for program participation using county-level variation in employer outreach events. All specifications require robustness checks against changes in unemployment insurance rules enacted during the study period.
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