Project Overview
From 2014-2019, Third Sector designed and launched two projects to support residents facing homelessness and behavioral health challenges in Salt Lake County, Utah. Homes Not Jails, a $6 million effort, scaled comprehensive Rapid Rehousing and wraparound supportive services to 315 individuals exiting county jail, which resulted in a 46% increase in timely access to mental health services and a 16% reduction in shelter and jail month utilization (vs. control group). Another $6 million project, “Criminal Justice REACH,” served over 225 high-risk, high-need justice-involved residents suffering from substance use disorder and other co-occurring criminogenic characteristics, which reduced days of incarceration by 40% and improved employment by 20% (vs. control group).
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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