Participatory Research: What Is It and How Can It Strengthen Your Reentry Program Evaluation?

This brief provides an overview of participatory research and discusses different ways that reentry programs can engage impacted populations (e.g., formerly incarcerated persons, past program participants) in the evaluation of their programs. It also summarizes key benefits of this approach, potential challenges, and how to navigate them, and provides examples of how to build off existing participatory engagement strategies.