Community Voices Heard has been working with the Community Service Society of New York to draft a concept paper outlining a statewide program for paid Transitional Jobs for former felons and public assistance recipients.  Attached here is the concept paper for this innovative initiative as well as a Return on Investment Study completed by the Fiscal Policy Institute that demonstrates how money spent now will definitely pay off later.  While the program has a direct cost of $80 million to provide for an annual 4,000 subsidized transitional job slots, the net cost is only $49 million, and within three years the statewide initiative could pay for itself.  For public assistance recipients, an initial $17 million investment in the TJ initiative results in state/ local cost savings of $60 million dollars.  For formerly incarcerated individuals, an initial $32 million investment results in state/ local cost savings of $96 million.

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TRANSITIONAL JOBS RETURN ON INVESTMENT STUDY.pdf	133.51 KB
NYS TJ Proposal - FINAL.pdf	189.47 KB