Measurable Outcomes

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has instituted a rigorous assessment process known as PART that analyzes management and outcomes from programs receiving federal money. Only 18% of the 1,004 programs evaluated have been declared “effective”. The Vermont Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs is among that distinguished group. VCRHYP programs deliver critical safety nets to at-risk youth while providing the State of Vermont and taxpayers with an effective, efficient, & economical alternative.

The following data represents results for fiscal year 2011:

VCRHYP programs provided 975 Vermont youth with 22,898 nights of shelter.

VCRHYP street outreach workers distributed 1,396 health hygiene products, 7,493 food items, and more than 4,000 resource cards to Vermont youth. Street outreach workers efforts helped 71 yourh living on the street enter comprehensive runaway and family stabilization services. 

The average cost of youth receiving services from VCRHYP Runaway & Homeless shelter programs is $2,303 per year. For those receiving Transitional Living Program services, the cost is $3,354 per year.

By contrast, the average cost of foster care is about $9,500 per year and the average cost of out-of-home placement (residential treatment, juvenile detention, and other types of residential care) is over $40,000 per year.
 

Of the youth served by VCRHYP in fiscal year 2011:

49% needed short-term housing - and 49% received it.  

49% needed food - and 49% received it.

21% needed clothing - and 21% received it. 

60% needed educational support - and 55% received it. 

28% needed health care - and 28% received it. 

22% needed dental care - and 9% received it. 

Because funding is so limited and the need has grown so significantly,

46% of youth served needed long-term housing – and only 25% received it.

Beyond basic support services for physical needs, VCRHYP agencies delivered other important life-skill services to youth: • 53% received individual counseling, • 30% received family counseling, • 28% received group counseling, • 56% received interpersonal skill building, • 62% received conflict resolution skills training, • 77% received life skills training, • 35% received mediation, • 14% received drug & alcohol counseling. • 33% received vocational supports, • 49% received transportation assistance • 33% received recreational opportunities.

Most importantly, at completion of VCRHYP programs in fiscal year 2011, 86% of youth receiving services from Coalition agencies exited to a safe living situation.