Name of Project: Evaluation of Female Offender
Treatment and Employment Project (FOTEP)
Principal Investigator: Christine E. Grella,
Ph. D.
Co-Principal Investigators: n/a
Project Director: n/a
Funding Agency: California Department of Corrections, Office of Substance Abuse Programs (CDC/OSAP)
Funding Period: July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2006
Scope of Project: (i.e., abstract)
The UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs is conducting the
evaluation of the Female Offender Treatment and Employment Project
(FOTEP), under contract with the California Department of Corrections,
Office of Substance Abuse Programs (Contract no. C98.316). FOTEP
was designed to provide residential drug treatment for women
parolees with a history of substance abuse problems, along with
intensive case management, vocational, and family services. FOTEP
programs have been implemented in 13 counties throughout the
state. The goal of the project is to enable the successful reintegration
of these women parolees into the community, particularly with
regards to reducing criminal behavior, substance use, and welfare
dependence, and to facilitating their reunification with dependent
children, if appropriate. The evaluation study (N = 500) compares
FOTEP participants with a comparison group of women offenders
who were eligible for program participation but who did not enter
the program, either because of personal or logistical reasons.
Outcomes examined include rates of criminal behavior, alcohol
and drug usage, parental status (i.e., custody status and parental
rights), and employment status at 12-months following parole
and rates of re-arrest and reincarceration for up to 48 months
following parole, using state administrative records.
For more information, contact Christine E. Grella.
Last updated - 04/09/04