Results
Current Results
- 8 out of 10 participants get housed within 3 months.
- 9 out of 10 are permanently housed one year after moving into their home
Independent Study Documents Results
The Boston-based National Center on Family Homelessness conducted a comprehensive evaluation of Hearth Connection's Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot, including studies on participant outcomes, children and government costs. The evaluators found that the Pilot served participants with highly complex needs, that participants' lives improved while they were in supportive housing, and that the intervention caused desirable shifts in costs associated with their care.
Highlights
- Since 2001, the Pilot supported 748 people, including 157 families with 412 children and 135 single adults, all with long and complex histories of homelessness.
- Additionally, participants experienced a reduction in mental health symptoms and used illegal drugs less frequently.
- Data on service use from 15 state and county data systems were assembled for Pilot participants and a matched comparison group of similar Minnesotans who were not in the Pilot. The cost impact analysis shows that while participants lives improved, the intervention also caused desirable shifts in the costs associated with their care. Costs for jails, prisons, detox and inpatient care decreased for Pilot participants relative to the comparison group.
- Hearth Connection has leveraged over $1 for every $1 the Minnesota Legislature invested in the Pilot: $4.6 million from foundations; $9 million in State and federal rental assistance; and over $1.5 million in federal Medicaid funds.
- Download the Executive Summary
- Hearth Connection's Minnesota Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot Webinar is now available. The Webinar, held on December 15, presents the findings from the study that demonstrated how participants' lives improved and supportive housing caused desirable shifts in costs associated with their care.
NOTE: In order to view the webinar you will need to download the free WebEx player here (choose the WRF option). After doing so, please click here to view the webinar.
Reports
- The Population Being Served - A Quantitative Portrait (2004-09-03).pdf
- Changes Between Baseline and Nine Month Interviews (2004-11-22).pdf
- Analysis of Nine Month Outcomes (2005-06-20).pdf
- Quantitative Outcome Study Final Report (2006-08-14).pdf
- Qualitative Evaluation Year 1 (2003-02).pdf
- Qualitative Evaluation Year 2 (2004-01).pdf
- Qualitative Evaluation Year 3 (2005-01).pdf
- Qualitative Evaluation Year 4 (2006-06).pdf
- Child Study (2007-02).pdf