Silicon Valley homeless prevention program goes national - San Jose Spotlight

"We've used the model successfully locally here, but I think it's a model we can advocate and push for at a larger scale. In 2017, the nonprofit saw more people in Santa Clara County falling into homelessness. It started a homelessness prevention program to provide rental assistance, case management and supportive services to hundreds of families on the brink of eviction, and received help from private funders to make the work possible."

"A randomized control trial found 90% of people who received this assistance remained housed two years later, according to data collected by the University of Notre Dame's Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities. Now, Destination: Home is launching the Right at Home initiative to make a case that federal funding should be set aside not only for when people become homeless, but before it even starts."

"Nonprofit Destination: Home is partnering with 10 different organizations across the U.S. to bring rental assistance and case management for people facing eviction, with a goal of helping more than 10,000 families remain stably housed. These organizations span both large and small cities, rural areas and tribal communities in Minnesota, Alaska, Atlanta, Georgia, Asheville, North Carolina and more."

Destination: Home, a nonprofit that successfully implemented a homelessness prevention program in Santa Clara County starting in 2017, is now expanding nationally through the Right at Home initiative. The program provides rental assistance, case management, and supportive services to families facing eviction. Partnering with 10 organizations across diverse communities including Minnesota, Alaska, Georgia, and North Carolina, the initiative aims to help more than 10,000 families remain stably housed. A randomized control trial showed 90% of program participants remained housed two years later. Santa Clara County adopted the program countywide in 2024, and since 2017, it has helped nearly 44,000 people avoid homelessness. The expansion advocates for federal funding prioritization on prevention rather than only addressing homelessness after it occurs.

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