In partnership with Our Path Home and the City of Boise, the Idaho Policy Institute completed its fifth year of evaluation of New Path Community Housing. A 40-unit, single-site Permanent Supportive Housing program, New Path uses a “housing first” approach.
The evaluation, conducted by Idaho Policy Institute team members Vanessa Fry, McAllister Hall, Lantz McGinnis-Brown and Kristy Spalding, found that New Path achieved the following:
- A reduction in utilization of emergency services by 5,569 days
- Total savings/cost avoidance of $8,852,827
- An increase in the overall well-being of program participants