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Fort Worth expands High Impact homeless program, triples outreach staffing
Summary
Homeless Strategies reported pilot outcomes — high housing acceptance and retention — and plans to expand capacity with more vouchers and staff; outreach staffing tripled to six and the program seeks treatment integration to reduce law enforcement contacts.
Tara Perez of Homeless Strategies told the Public Safety Committee on Feb. 3 that the city’s High Impact pilot yielded high housing acceptance and retention and that the city is expanding both housing vouchers and outreach staffing.
Perez said the 17-month pilot met its goal of serving 80 clients: 86% accepted housing offers and 94% of those housed remained housed after one year. The city plans to add 30 vouchers and expand the program’s capacity toward roughly…
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