Program to Increase Housing Stability Reduces Arrests, Jail and Shelter Stays

Denver's Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative Rated Effective This is a program for individuals experience homelessness who are often in jail, to increase their housing stability and reduce their criminal justice involvement. The program is rated Effective. Individuals in the treatment group had statistically significant reductions in arrest, jail stays, days in jail, and shelter stays and visits, and statistically significant increases in mental health services, compared with the control group, but there was no statistically significant effect on substance use services.  An Effective rating implies that implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s). CrimeSolutions assigns ratings to programs based on the preponderance of evidence from up to three studies that have assessed outcomes related to crime, delinquency, or victimization prevention, intervention, or response. LEARN MORE You received this e-mail because you asked for an alert when we post new program ratings, practice ratings, and other updates to CrimeSolutions.gov. To manage your subscriptions, login to your Subscriber Preferences page. If you have any questions or problems with the subscription service, visit Subscriber Support. GovDelivery is providing this service on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice and may not use your subscription information for any other purposes. Review privacy policies for the Department of Justice and GovDelivery.

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