Project Overview
Third Sector worked with Marion and Multnomah Counties to conduct PFS feasibility in partnership with the national nonprofit Youth Villages and its Intercept program, with the goal of reducing crime and systems involvement for youth ages 10-18 assessed at medium or high risk of committing further delinquent acts in the next 12 months and at-risk of placement in a youth correctional facility at the Oregon Youth Authority. Marion and Multnomah Counties demonstrated an innovative partnership between two county-level governments and the state Oregon Youth Authority, offered unique urban and rural contexts for demonstration sites, and also created an opportunity to work with Youth Villages, a national evidence-based nonprofit with ability to scale interventions. — This project closed in 2016.
The feasibility study is available here.
Diversion and Reentry
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| Pennsylvania DOC REACH Project | State | PA | Closed |
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Third Sector worked with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to expand its existing Housing Assistance Program via an outcomes-based contract to serve reentrants with limited ability to earn an income due to disability and/or older age. The expanded program – ReEntrants Attaining Community Housing (REACH) – will provide enhanced case management and financial assistance to those reentrants, and PADOC will use federal DOJ Second Chance Act Grant dollars to make bonus payments to providers for achievement of initial housing placement, permanent housing placement, and recidivism reduction outcomes. Third Sector supported PADOC in developing the procurement and outcomes contract by co-designing the eligibility criteria, outcomes, and data tools for continuous improvement with PADOC and their providers.
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| California Interagency Council on Homelessness | State | CA | Closed |
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From March 2022 to December 2023, Third Sector advised counties receiving Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) funds on how to improve state performance goals through various outcomes contracting and continuous improvement strategies. Third Sector also advised the 13 state departments in the state's Funding and Programs Working Group to act on various policy and program priorities by developing a racial equity data plan to improve system coordination and administrative efficiency, a pathway for counties to escalate persistent challenges that require more state support, guidance, or collective problem-solving; and peer-learning forums across state and county departments.
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