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Urban Institute evaluation found promising housing and employment outcomes for Bridge House’s Ready to Work program
An Urban Institute evaluation linked Bridge House program records with Colorado homelessness and corrections data. Ready to Work graduates were significantly less likely to experience housing instability six to 36 months after graduation than people who dropped out or were referred but did not enroll. Reported employment among graduates increased from 5 percent at intake to 64 percent upon or after graduation. Graduates also had lower post-program incarceration rates, although those differences were not statistically significant. Researchers cautioned that graduates and comparison groups could differ in motivation and other unmeasured ways.
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Donor relevance
Why this matters
Ready to Work combines transitional employment, housing and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness. The evaluation offers donor-relevant evidence of improved stability while clearly identifying costs, implementation weaknesses and limits to causal interpretation.
Attribution
Who reported or established this
The findings were reported by Urban Institute researchers Rochisha Shukla, Will Engelhardt, Krista White and Sam Tecotzky.
Evidence limits
What remains unverified
No Halo has not independently verified Bridge House’s records or the public-savings estimates. The design was not randomized, attrition and preexisting differences may explain part of the results, and the available cost analysis omitted several categories of public cost and benefit.
Right of reply
Organization response
No formal Bridge House response was located in the consulted material. Participants interviewed for the evaluation generally praised staff and the combination of housing, paid work and treatment support, while also identifying staffing and service-quality concerns.
Classification
How No Halo records this event
Event type: Independent Impact Evidence. Current state: Reported. No Halo preserves the current procedural state rather than treating every mention as a finding.
Published March 12, 2025 · Last verified September 16, 2026. See an error or a later outcome? Submit a correction or right of reply.