![A bearded man with a maroon beanie looks into the distance outside.](https://socialfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0047_for-web-e1667854422325-1000x1000.jpg")
Highlights
76%Reduction in shelter stays in Anchorage, Alaska
In outcomes-based funding for permanent housing to address homelessness in Anchorage
Home for Good is a $12.75 million Pay for Success project designed to help 150 residents of Anchorage, Alaska experiencing persistent homelessness access permanent housing and supportive services. The Municipality of Anchorage, United Way of Anchorage, Social Finance, and more than 20 other organizations are collaborating on this three-year initiative, which launched in October 2020. This project represents an innovative approach to Pay for Success where philanthropy provides initial funding and the government takes over financial support in later stages, so long as outcomes are achieved.
Due to systemic inequities that disproportionately contribute to the experience of homelessness for Alaska Natives, Social Finance expects that more than half of this project’s eligible residents will be Alaska Native, compared to 9% of Anchorage’s overall population. Home for Good will partner with Southcentral Foundation, an Alaska Native-owned and -led healthcare system, to provide intensive case management using its award-winning Nuka System of Care. The project’s governance structure also includes people with lived experience with housing insecurity or health disparities in the Anchorage community.
![Photo of Martha, a participant in the Home for Good Anchorage Pay for Success Project.](https://socialfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/martha-home-for-good-e1685125905665.png")
“[Home for Good] looks at you as a whole person,” Martha said. She is now serving as an Advisory member of the Home for Good Executive Steering Committee, where she is using her experience with homelessness and housing insecurity to help others experiencing similar challenges.
![Shane Home for Good Headshot](https://socialfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/homeforgood-image-providence.org_-1000x667.jpg")
Today, Shane lives in a small downstairs apartment with a full kitchen. His humble dwelling is a far cry from the tent he was living in a year ago—thanks to the support of Home for Good. “Zach, my case worker, said, ‘Do you want to get out of here? I can help you.’ And he did. He did everything he said he’d do; it never stopped,” said Shane.
![Alice Home for Good Headshot](https://socialfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/alice.png")
After more than ten years of living outside and in shelters, Alice now has her own apartment thanks to Home for Good. The safety of a home has allowed her to focus on her recovery and her future. After working with her case management team, Alice is enrolled in a career training program and on a path of sustained success.
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To date, Home for Good has seen reductions in emergency service use across the board—to the tune of a 77% reduction in Anchorage Safety Center intakes, a 69% reduction in Anchorage Fire Department Emergency Medical Services transports, and a 76% reduction in shelter stays.
The full consequences of extreme trauma, untreated severe mental illness, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, physical disabilities, or addiction don’t develop overnight and won’t end overnight. Lasting improvement is a long journey. And the data we now have confirms we are on the right path.Mike Abbott, CEO, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Paul Hollie, Head, Premera Social Impact
Diane Kaplan, President and CEO, Rasmuson Foundation
Preston M. Simmons, CEO, Providence Health and Services Alaska
Photos courtesy of United Way of Anchorage and Providence Alaska.
