TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation preparation costs of virtual reality job interview training in prisons
T2 - a budget impact analysis
AU - Danielson, Elizabeth C.
AU - Smith, Matthew J.
AU - Ross, Brittany
AU - Parham, Brittani
AU - Johnson, Jennifer E.
AU - Cuddeback, Gary S.
AU - Smith, Justin D.
AU - McGregor, Dean
AU - Suganuma, Aaron
AU - Jordan, Neil
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Justice under Grant [2019-MU-MU-004; PI: Matthew Smith]; and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research under Grant [90ARHF0003].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) has increased employment rates for returning citizens when added to a successful prison-based employment readiness program. However, implementation preparation cost—expenses prior to offering VR-JIT to intended recipients—is unknown. We estimated the cost of implementation preparation activities (e.g., organizing workflow) for two prisons to deliver VR-JIT. We conducted a budget impact analysis and enumerated the labor costs incurred during this important stage of implementation. Labor costs were approximately $8,847 per prison. Our sensitivity analysis estimated the labor costs to replicate this effort in a new prison to range from $2,877 to $4,306 per prison. Thus, VR-JIT may be an affordable tool for prison-based employment readiness programs to improve gainful employment.
AB - Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) has increased employment rates for returning citizens when added to a successful prison-based employment readiness program. However, implementation preparation cost—expenses prior to offering VR-JIT to intended recipients—is unknown. We estimated the cost of implementation preparation activities (e.g., organizing workflow) for two prisons to deliver VR-JIT. We conducted a budget impact analysis and enumerated the labor costs incurred during this important stage of implementation. Labor costs were approximately $8,847 per prison. Our sensitivity analysis estimated the labor costs to replicate this effort in a new prison to range from $2,877 to $4,306 per prison. Thus, VR-JIT may be an affordable tool for prison-based employment readiness programs to improve gainful employment.
KW - budget impact analysis
KW - implementation preparation
KW - recidivism
KW - virtual reality job interview training
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U2 - 10.1080/10509674.2022.2160040
DO - 10.1080/10509674.2022.2160040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146255634
SN - 1050-9674
VL - 62
SP - 81
EP - 97
JO - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
IS - 2
ER -