This report presents RAND’s evaluation of Pima County’s Bureau of Justice Assistance fiscal year 2021 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative (SCA-PFS), a permanent supportive housing program that aims to address the interconnected challenges of homelessness, behavioral health conditions, and repeated incarceration in Pima County, Arizona. The evaluation builds on lessons from RAND’s 2019–2021 pilot study and examines the program’s evolution under a performance-based contracting model supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Evaluation of Pima County’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Fiscal Year 2021 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
RAND
Year: 2026