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Reach Up Annual Report 2020 22 forced to leave Reach Up during this period was 122, down from 166 a year earlier. For families who exited Reach Up more than once, this analysis focused on the experiences related to their earliest Reach Up exit during FFY 2018.

On average, 13 families were forced to leave Reach Up due to time limits each month during FFY 2018.

Most time limit leavers continued to use 3SquaresVT Few families forced to leave Reach Up because of time limits stopped using the 3SquaresVT program after leaving Reach Up. The percentage using 3SquaresVT dropped from 97.5% in the exit month to 88.5% two months after leaving Reach Up. However, during the entire 12-month period after exiting Reach Up, 97.5% of the time limit leavers had used 3SquaresVT at some point—down slightly from the leavers a year earlier.

Use of 3SquaresVT after forced Reach Up exit Period of forced Reach Up exit In exit month 1st month after RU exit 2nd month after RU exit At any time during 12 months after exit Oct 2017-Sep 2018 97.5% 95.1% 88.5% 97.5% Oct 2016-Sep 2017 99.3% 96.4% 94.4% 99.3% Nov 2015-Oct 2016 99.5% 97.4% 93.7% 99.5%

About 30 percent used GA during the year after leaving Reach Up About 30% of the leaving families used the GA program during the 12 months after their forced Reach Up exit. This is down from the 37% of GA use among the time limit leavers a year earlier.

Use of GA after forced Reach Up exit

In exit month 1st month after RU exit 2nd month after RU exit At any time during 12 months after exit Families exiting Reach Up in Oct 2017-Sep 2018 4.9% 8.2% 7.4% 29.5% Families exiting Reach Up in Oct 2016-Sep 2017 6.5% 7.7% 7.4% 36.7% Families exiting Reach Up in Nov 2015-Oct 2016 5.3% 6.3% 4.2% 25.4%

Getting help with housing continued to be the most common type of GA needed among the Reach Up time limit leavers; 82% of the families who used GA during the 12 months after leaving Reach Up used it for housing (temporary housing and rental assistance). This is up from 51% percent among the time limit leavers during the prior year.