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by sodality2 727 days ago
I was more responding to the fact that if a program like this had even a 50% exit rate in one year it would not be a failure, but that is surprising.
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Have to be careful with how you look at those numbers. It was already the case that most people who are homeless are not "chronically homeless".

I don't doubt that there was some degree of reduction but if you are looking at it as a "50% cure rate" or something like that, you shouldn't be claiming things like "fact" or "success/failure" regarding the topic, without at least adding some more context.