Impact Bond: Fusion
Stage of development: Complete
Policy sector: Homelessness
Social challenge: Homelessness
Intervention: The Fusion delivery model is based on a team approach with staff members specialising in different aspects of the support package offered to young people. Following referral Intervention Workers provide holistic and informal support to individuals throughout the programme supported by the wider team. 
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: 840000
Total investment commitment (USD): 1283333.286
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: 353
Actual unit type: Individual
Notes: Referral routes: Each of the three local authorities covered by the project (Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale and City of Wakefield Council), had their own referral gateway arrangements, with Assessment and Outreach workers engaging with young people and assessing their needs and aspirations using the Outcomes Star. Referrals were also taken from a range of other organisations in each locality. These referrals were then passed on to the appropriate gateway for verification.
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.