Each entity that receives a grant from the commission to establish or expand a community collaborative shall select at least four of the following outcome measures that the entity will focus on meeting through implementing and operating the collaborative:

1. (1) individuals the collaborative serves finding employment that results in those individuals having incomes that are at or above 100 percent of the federal poverty level;
2. (2) individuals the collaborative serves finding permanent housing;
3. (3) individuals the collaborative serves completing alcohol or substance use programs;
4. (4) the collaborative helping to start social businesses in the community or engaging in job creation, job training, or other workforce development activities;
5. (5) a decrease in the use of jail beds by individuals the collaborative serves;
6. (6) a decrease in the need for emergency care by individuals the collaborative serves;
7. (7) a decrease in the number of children whose families lack adequate housing referred to the Department of Family and Protective Services or a local entity responsible for child welfare; and
8. (8) any other appropriate outcome measure the commission approves that measures whether a collaborative is meeting a specific need of the community the collaborative serves.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.