Colorado

Denver Permanent Supportive Housing Pay for Success

Denver sought to provide individuals experiencing homelessness with permanent alternatives to costly emergency services such as hospitals and shelters. As part of the Permanent Supportive Housing Pay for Success initiative, the GPL helped Denver identify the most costly chronically homeless individuals who were also involved with the criminal justice system as candidates for supportive housing. With its project partners, the City is building 160 new units and using 90 existing units to house these individuals and testing the results with a five-year randomized control trial....

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Governing: How the New Stimulus Can Strengthen Local Governments

April 9, 2021
In this opionion piece for Governing, Zachary Markovits from Results for America encourages local governments to utilize stimulus funds to, "invest in all kinds of infrastructure: physical, data and social," and points to the GPL's work to expand broadband internet access in Boulder, Colorado as an example of high-impact, equity-driven infrastructure development that helps create a... Read more about Governing: How the New Stimulus Can Strengthen Local Governments

Urban Institute: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative

November 12, 2019
The Urban Institute published a research report on the GPL's Permanent Supportive Housing project in Denver. The report, Maintaining Housing Stability: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative, highlights key lessons that were learned and outcomes that were achieved over the first three years of the program. Read the report... Read more about Urban Institute: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative

Urban Institute: How Denver Is Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle

March 20, 2019

The Urban Institute published a feature on the GPL's Permanent Supportive Housing project in Denver. The feature explains how former Program Director Tyler Jaeckel and other stakeholders helped the City set up a social impact bond to build 160 new units of housing for the homeless and includes quotes from residents and photos of their new homes. Read the feature ...

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