Impact Bond: Local Solutions
Stage of development: Complete
Policy sector: Homelessness
Social challenge: Homelessness
Intervention: On referral young people are allocated an Intense Mentor, who provides a single contact point delivering holistic and personalised support, based on individual action plans developed following an assessment of needs, across multiple services. The project takes a housing led approach and the Intense Mentors prioritise securing accommodation through use of their own supported housing options as well as through other local providers. Based in Liverpool and Knowsley.
Date outcomes contract signed: 2015-01
Start of service provision: 2015-01
Actual completion date: 2017-12
Total investment commitment currency: GBP
Total investment commitment: 550000
Total investment commitment (USD): 840277.7465
Target population: Young people aged 18-24 not in employment, education, or training (NEET); homeless as defined in the homelessness legislation but not in priority need under that legislation and deemed a priority for local authority support but unable to be accommodated in a supported housing scheme.
Actual number of service users or beneficiaries engaged: 139
Actual unit type: Individual
Notes: Referral route: A single gateway, Mainstay, ensured referrals were identified independently and provided a standardised assessment of supported housing need across Liverpool City Council and Knowsley Council.
Additional assessment: The project also uses other non-outcome payment-related assessments, including process evaluation (following a mixed methods approach), costed case studies, and review of perfromance data against forecast. No impact evaluation or value for money analysis was conducted due to inability to establish a comparison group.