Through a randomized controlled trial, we test whether providing personalized case management alongside emergency financial assistance more effectively prevents homelessness than financial assistance alone. For a sample of young adults and families with children who are at risk of homelessness, our results indicate that participants assigned to case management and financial assistance are more likely to access other homeless programs and no less likely to be evicted. Downstream outcomes are mostly unchanged, though arrests increase. Using non-experimental variation across staff, we find that case management is associated with better outcomes when it is more intensive and pays financial assistance quickly.

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个性化无家可归预防：随机对照试验的证据

通过随机对照试验，我们测试提供个性化案件管理和紧急经济援助是否比单独提供经济援助更有效地防止无家可归。对于面临无家可归风险的年轻人和有孩子的家庭样本，我们的结果表明，分配到案件管理和经济援助的参与者更有可能获得其他无家可归者计划，并且被驱逐的可能性也同样如此。尽管逮捕人数有所增加，但下游结果基本没有变化。利用员工之间的非实验差异，我们发现，当案件管理更加密集并且能够快速支付财务援助时，案件管理与更好的结果相关。