Los Angeles County’s marquee program to provide housing for very sick homeless people saved taxpayers thousands of dollars by reducing hospitalizations and emergency room visits, a three-year Rand Corp. study released Monday found.
Considered a national model, Housing for Health uses county and federal money to subsidize rents and intensive case management for acutely ill homeless people.
Rand, a Santa-Monica-based research group, found that the medical savings more than offset the cost of housing. For every $1 invested in the program, county government was spared $1.20 in healthcare and social service costs, the study said.
Participants improved their mental health, and 96% remained in housing for more than a year, the study found.
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