Source: Daniel Gubits, Marybeth Shinn, Michelle Wood, Stephen Bell, Samuel Dastrup, Claudia D. Solari, Scott R. Brown, et al., Family Options Study: Three-Year Impacts of Housing and Services Interventions for Homeless Families (Washington, DC: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2016).

Notes: Monthly costs = cost of all resources used to provide shelter or housing and services to a family during the first month the family received assistance. Overall costs = costs of all programs families used during the 37-month demonstration period. Overall costs of Usual Care is based on the comparison sample for vouchers. Other comparison costs are available from the study.