October 18, 2024
The Just Home Project–a partnership between MacArthur and the Urban Institute–is expanding to support community-driven efforts to break the link between homelessness and incarceration in more cities and counties. Participating communities will receive grant funding to create a plan to disrupt the cycle of homelessness and continued engagement with the criminal justice system, with technical support and coordination from the Urban Institute.
$3 million in funding will directly support the work in selected communities, and $2.7 million will support the Urban Institute’s technical assistance work and its coordination of the program. At the end of their planning process, each community will be eligible to apply for additional funding from MacArthur to implement their plan and acquire or develop housing for populations that are not currently served by existing housing resources.
The following communities have joined the Just Home Project:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Allegheny County, PA
- Milwaukee, WI
- Buncombe County, NC
- Missoula County, MT
They join four communities selected in 2022: Minnehaha County, SD; Tulsa, OK; San Francisco, CA; and Charleston, SC.