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Shreveport Guaranteed Income Program

Intervention (standard name)

The Shreveport Guaranteed Income Program provided $660 per month for 12 months to eligible single parents or guardians with low incomes. Parents or guardians had to reside in Shreveport or Caddo Parish, have a child between the ages of 3 and 20 living with them, and have a household income less than or equal to 120 percent of federal poverty level at the time of application. Participants also were offered optional financial education and benefit navigation services.

The program was evaluated in Shreveport, LA.

Ecologically-Based Treatment

Intervention (standard name)

Ecologically-Based Treatment provided short-term housing assistance with intensive supportive services to young mothers experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders to facilitate stabilization. Participants received three months of rental and utility assistance and six months of supportive services, including strengths-based case management, HIV prevention, and clinical counseling for substance use and mental health needs using the Community Reinforcement Approach.

The program was evaluated in central Ohio. 

Bridges to Success

Intervention (standard name)

Bridges to Success was an intensive adult mentoring and comprehensive case management program where mentors worked with participants over two years to identify their short- and long-term goals, create step-by-step plans for progress, and provide cash incentives for completing planned steps. Bridges to Success adapted a Mobility Mentoring approach for implementation in Rochester, NY.

Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Program

Intervention (standard name)

Twenty-four grantees offered the RExO program, including national nonprofits, faith-based community organizations, community health organizations, and local or regional nonprofits. The exact bundle of services each grantee provided varied significantly. In all programs, case managers coordinated service delivery and supported participants. Most grantees offered group mentoring for participants, and a smaller subset offered individual mentoring.

Project-Based Transitional Housing (PBTH) (as compared with Permanent Housing Subsidy [SUB])

Eligible families had spent at least one week in an emergency homeless shelter, had at least one child age 15 or younger, and had sufficient income to pay their share of rent or had the ability to seek employment. They received subsidized housing in agency-controlled housing units, along with intensive case management. Families paid 30 percent of their unadjusted monthly income toward housing costs.