Danielson Elizabeth C, Smith Matthew J, Ross Brittany, Parham Brittani, Johnson Jennifer E, Cuddeback Gary S, Smith Justin D, McGregor Dean, Suganuma Aaron, Jordan Neil
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
J Offender Rehabil. 2023;62(2):81-97. doi: 10.1080/10509674.2022.2160040.
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.
虚拟现实求职面试培训（VR-JIT）在被添加到一个成功的基于监狱的就业准备项目中时，提高了回归公民的就业率。然而，在向目标受众提供VR-JIT之前的实施准备成本支出尚不清楚。我们估计了两所监狱提供VR-JIT的实施准备活动（如组织工作流程）的成本。我们进行了预算影响分析，并列举了这一重要实施阶段产生的劳动力成本。每所监狱的劳动力成本约为8847美元。我们的敏感性分析估计，在一所新监狱中重复这项工作的劳动力成本为每所监狱2877美元至4306美元。因此，VR-JIT可能是基于监狱的就业准备项目提高有收益就业的一种经济实惠的工具。
