Program Profile: Denver (Colorado) Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative (Denver SIB)

This is a program for homeless individuals who are often in jail, to increase their housing stability and reduce their criminal justice involvement.

Evidence Rating: Effective | One study

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This is a program for homeless individuals 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).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 18+

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, American Indians/Alaska Native

Geography: Urban

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting

Program Type: Crisis Intervention/Response, Wraparound/Case Management

Targeted Population: Mentally Ill Offenders

Current Program Status: Not Active

Program Director:
Katie Bonamasso
Senior Program Manager
CSH

61 Broadway, Suite 2300
New York, NY 10006
United States

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Program Director:
Cathy Alderman
Chief Communications & Public Policy Officer
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

2111 Champa Street
Denver, CO 80205
United States

Phone: 303.312.9638
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Researcher:
Devlin Hanson
Principal Research Associate, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population
Urban Institute

500 L’Enfant Plaza SW
Washington, DC 20024
United States

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