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Effectiveness of supportive housing programs
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Stanley Richards discusses the proven effectiveness of supportive housing programs, focusing on the FUSE (Frequent Users of Services Enhancement) study.
- The FUSE program targets individuals who frequently cycle through shelters and jails.
- A ten-year study by the Corporation for Supportive Housing demonstrated significant positive impacts.
- The study showed that supportive housing led to fewer returns to jail, increased stable housing, and improved community connections.
- Richards emphasizes that successful implementation requires investment and leadership.
Stanley Richards
0:49:21
We have done study after study, and one of the most impressive studies is a program called FUSE, frequently users of services.
0:49:29
Right?
Althea V. Stevens
0:49:30
Mhmm.
Stanley Richards
0:49:30
People who cycle through shelters and jails were placed in permanent supportive housing.
0:49:36
They did a ten year study, Corporation for Supportive Housing, and showed the impact.
0:49:42
Supportive housing had people on people who were high users, and high users meaning they were in both systems at least three times or more over the last two years, the number of people who did not go back, the number of people who remained stably housed, the number of people who remained connected to communities, the numbers are phenomenal.
0:50:03
And so it takes investment and leadership, and that's what the commission is calling for on all 12 of the points of recommendation we have in the report.