In 2024, homelessness surged by 18% nationwide, with 23 out of every 10,000 people living on the streets or in shelters. The costs of homelessness are enormous – not just to the health and well-being of those experiencing it, but also to taxpayers, as governments spend billions on housing and services.
But there’s a smarter solution: prevention.
Santa Clara County, California, has proven it works. By helping 17,000 at-risk residents stay housed — 93% remained in their homes two years later — the county kept families stable and saved taxpayers money. Every $1 spent on prevention returned $2.47 in public benefits. Join the webinar to see how this strategy can work in your community.
Speakers:
Ross Tilchin is the Director of the Economic Mobility Catalog on the Solutions Team at Results for America. Previously, he was a Senior Policy and Research Assistant for the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, where he focused on a range of urban economic development and local government policy issues. He has also served as a Kreisman Fellow with Enterprise Community Partners, where he worked to advance several community development initiatives in Chicago. Ross received an M.P.P. from the University of Chicago and a BA in Government and History from Lafayette College.
Brendan Perry is the Head of Research Operations, and manages LEO’s team of Research Associates with the goal of successfully launching and completing impact evaluations that lead to meaningful change. Brendan started his career with LEO as a Research Associate, supporting active research projects in the field, and later served as LEO’s Project Design Manager. Prior to moving into his current role at LEO, Brendan earned his MA in Public Policy from University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and worked as an Economic Consultant at Analysis Group in Chicago. Brendan completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame where he earned degrees in Applied Mathematics and Philosophy.
Chad Bojorquez is the Chief Program Officer at Destination: Home, a public-private partnership dedicated to ending homelessness in Silicon Valley, where he’s overseen the Homelessness Prevention System since its inception. Previously as a case manager at InnVision, he crafted his approach helping women and families toward self-sufficiency through homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing. Chad also played a critical role in the growth of Downtown Streets Team in terms of size, scope, impact and geography. Over five years, he helped craft a whatever-it-takes approach to case management and employment services, co-founded a social enterprise as a living-wage job creation platform, and launched an East Bay branch of the organization. Chad is a senior fellow of American Leadership Forum, a graduate of Leadership San Jose, a two-time Most Valuable Player in the international sport power soccer, and holds a bachelor’s degree in business psychology from Palo Alto University.