Problem · Families entering homelessness from a financial shock
Level 3 · RCT-evidencedPrevent homelessness with up to $2,000 day-0 stipends for families about to become homeless — a fast-follow of the Notre Dame LEO-validated model.
- Action
- Raise grants to fund $2,000 stipends via Shepard. At the San Jose benchmark, roughly 13 stipends per month ($26K/mo) prevent all at-risk families from becoming homeless.
- Metrics
- Notre Dame LEO validated (RCT) that $2K spent day-0 is 2.47x more cost-effective than $5K spent day-1 post-homelessness, and avoids the ~$300K/year long-tail cost when day-180+ street homelessness compounds into mental-health and assault-related care.