Denver SIB Resulted in Cost Offsets in Every Public Service Category

Average annual cost savings per SIB participant

Source: Sarah Gillespie, Devlin Hanson, Josh Leopold, and Alyse D. Oneto, Costs and Offsets of Providing Supportive Housing to Break the Homelessness-Jail Cycle: Findings from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative (Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2021).
Notes: Denver SIB = Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative.
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