The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether an apprenticeship-based workforce model, the Community Restitution Apprenticeship-Focused Training (CRAFT), improves recovery outcomes for persons with substance use disorder. The main research questions are:
* Does the CRAFT workforce model improve recovery and social capital for justice-involved adults with substance use disorder? * Does the CRAFT workforce model reduce Day Report Program violations for justice-involved adults with substance use disorder?
Secondary research questions include:
* Are there differences in program effects between men and women? * Are there differences in program effects across age groups? Researchers will compare the CRAFT apprenticeship-based workforce model to the standard employment model for Day Report Program participants to determine whether the apprenticeship-based model improves outcomes.
Participants assigned to the CRAFT apprenticeship-based workforce model will:
* Complete community service focused on job-specific training * Meet with study staff monthly to complete questionnaires * Work with study staff to engage in workplace mentoring * Maintain consistent follow-up with their Day Report Program case managers
Active client of the Greenbrier County, West Virginia Day Report program.
18+ years of age
An adult who has been charged with a nonviolent felony or misdemeanor offense and have a substance abuse problem.
Persons with a prior felony conviction in which he/she used force against another person with intent to cause serious bodily harm or death
An offender is currently charged with a sexual offense or any offense involving a child victim or offense involving the illegal use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon.
If death or serious bodily injury occurred to any person during an offender's crime or if any offender used force against another person during an offender's crime or if any offender used force against another person during the crime.
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Lead sponsor
West Virginia First Foundation, Inc.
Collaborator