Contingency Management (CM) is a behavioral treatment model that is based on operant conditioning and uses positive reinforcement to modify behavior. Developed in the 1980s and 1990s for substance use disorders, CM primarily employs voucher-based and prize-based reward systems to incentivize desired behaviors. In voucher-based CM, clients earn vouchers with monetary value for achieving targeted behaviors such as abstinence, and in prize-based CM, clients earn opportunities to win prizes.
In the attached literature and training resources, we review various studies across treatment and cultural contexts to uncover information about effectiveness and outcomes of CM in the treatment of various substances.