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Study Name
Study of Emergency Financial Assistance
Study Sharepoint ID
101030
Evaluation name
The Effect of Emergency Financial Assistance on Employment and Earnings
Intervention (standard name)
Emergency Financial Assistance
Outcome domains examined
Increase short-term earnings
Increase long-term earnings
Strength of Evidence Tag
Low
Reason for the Rating

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a quasi-experimental design that does not demonstrate that the intervention and comparison groups were sufficiently similar before the intervention.

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a quasi-experimental design that does not demonstrate that the intervention and comparison groups were sufficiently similar before the intervention.

Design
Quasi-experimental design
Services
Diversion payments
Settings in which the intervention was studied
Tested in multiple settings

Subgroups

Subgroup data - Female
No
Subgroup data - Male
No
Subgroup data - White
No
Subgroup data - Black
No
Percent Disability
4.71
Percent veterans
1.60
Percent female
80.73
Percent Male
19.30
Percent Black or African American
88.73
Percent Hispanic or Latino of any race
7.50
Percent White
7.39
Percent another race
3.19
Percent Cash Assistance
3.67
Mean age
39.30
Group formation formatted
Individuals in need of emergency assistance to pay their rent or utilities may call Chicago's 3-1-1 hotline, which is routed to the HPCC. HPCC intake specialists gather demographic characteristics from callers and assess their eligbility. Eligibility requirements include being currently in a demonstrable and eligible crisis, such as losing their job, be at immediate risk of homelessness which can be solved with assistance of less than $1,500. The caller must also have sufficient future income to demonstrate that this limited financial assistance need only be temporary. If the caller is eligible, the intake specialist will check a list of delegate agencies to see if there are funds available that day for referral. Funding availability varies day-to-day. Those who are referred to financial assistance form the treatment group while those who are eligible but are not referred due to a lack of available funds form the comparison group.
Study timing formatted

July 2013 to December 2019

Implementing organization formatted

Call center is public. Organizations distributing assistance include both government and private entities.

Treatment condition formatted

The treatment gorup was composed of Homelessness Prevention Call Center callers who were referred to financial asssistance

Comparison condition formatted

The comparison group was composed of HPCC callers who were not referred to financial assistance.

Mandatory services formatted

None

Setting details formatted

Chicago, Illinois emergency assistance call centers

Delivered by public or private entity?
Public-private partnership
Earliest publication year
2024
Most recent publication year
2026
Manuscripts
101030_01_Hungerman
101030_02_Hungerman
Check edits flag
No
Primary Service
Diversion payments
Services Unclear
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Enrollment Period
[Enter the full name of the month and the 4-digit year when study enrollment started and ended. For example, "September 1997 to October 2001" or "March 2005 to May 2006"]
Intervention Duration
0.00
Subgroup data - Hispanic
No
State & Region
Illinois