Support4Families: Available Data

About the Support4Families project:

Support4Families is a 14 session, group-based, program that is designed to be delivered directly to family members during the transitional period when their loved one leaves prison and returns home. Families attend the first six weeks of programming before their loved one is released; the remaining sessions occur during the early weeks after their loved one comes home. The goal of Support4Families is to help families reduce stress as a means to enhance stability and sustainability of families upon a loved ones’ reentry, to intervene on reentry-related problems before problems intensify or escalate, and to recognize when and how to connect themselves and their loved ones to formal and informal support resources.

Existing data from the Support4Families pilot test:

The Support4Families intervention was tested using a randomized controlled trial among 480 family members in 2017. Family members were randomly assigned to receive either the Support4Families intervention or "Services as usual" in the community.

Quantitative data were collected one month pre-release (Baseline), one month post-intervention (T1), and four months post-intervention (T2). Data were collected from 120 incarcerated adults, 480 family members, and 600 additional social network members.

Data includes measures of Demographics and criminal justice history, Substance use, Psychological distress, Coping, Healthy thinking patterns, Interpersonal relationships, Social activities, and Recidivism. 

Qualitative data recorded and transcribed from the content of group sessions are also available.