The success of the Community-Based Care model is being realized even before full control over case management decisions has been transferred from DFPS to Single Source Continuum Contractors. While the data presented in Rider 21 shows that community-based care is already outperforming the statewide legacy system in a number of key performance areas, it is just a glimpse of the improvements in store as the model expands.
Homelessness
Homelessness Services Audits
In 2013, the Obama Administration offered “Housing First” as the means to end homelessness in 10 years. Over a decade later, homelessness is more prevalent than ever, and taxpayers have been financing ever-increasing funding to programs that are failing to achieve their stated goal of ending homelessness. Key points: The “Housing First” approach was proposed...
August 31, 2026