Project Overview
San Diego County had a significant population of justice-involved youth and young adults that are at a high risk of recidivism, and are disconnected from both employment and education due to lack of services from traditional workforce channels. Second Chance, a local service provider, looked to deliver a program tailored to justice-involved youth that would provide skills training and other wraparound supports that prepare youth to attain and succeed in employment and post-secondary education. Third Sector provided SDWP, the county workforce board that contracts for employment services, with technical advisory in building the project. SDWP, through this partnership, looked to replicate an outcomes-oriented service model across its county-wide programs, and project involvement from the state level Employment Development Division (EDD) to pave the way for scaling outcomes-orientated services to workforce boards throughout California.
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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