The Los Angeles Diversion, Outreach, and Opportunities for Recovery program (LA DOOR) is a program designed by the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office to provide a comprehensive, health-focused, preventative approach that proactively engages individuals at elevated risk of returning to the Los Angeles City Attorney's office on a new misdemeanor offense related to substance use, mental illness, or homelessness. The LA DOOR model serves the geographic area bounded by the Southwest, Southeast, and 77th Street Los Angeles Police Department divisions, encompassing historically underresourced areas in South LA.In June 2017, LA DOOR was funded through the Proposition 47 grant program, which is administered by the California Board of State and Community Corrections. Proposition 47 was passed by California voters in 2014 and reduced certain drug and theft offenses from felonies or "wobblers" (i.e., offenses that can be charged as either felonies or misdemeanors) to misdemeanors. LA DOOR is one of 23 grant projects funded through the resulting savings on incarceration. Programs funded through Proposition 47 are intended to serve individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement and mental health issues or substance use disorders and to offer mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, and/or diversion programs for justiceinvolved individuals (Board of State and Community Corrections, 2016). In addition to providing direct services to this target population, grant-funded projects such as LA DOOR are required to be evaluated to understand how they are being implemented and whether they are achieving their intended outcomes. The formal evaluation of the program is being conducted by the RAND Corporation and its subcontractor, KH Consulting Group.This final evaluation report summarizes our findings from a process and outcome evaluation of Cohort 1 of LA DOOR, which provided services from July 2018 to March 2021. Interested stakeholders of this report include the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, Board of State and Community Corrections, the City of Los Angeles, as well as other jurisdictions that provide supportive services to criminal justice populations or may be interested in implementing a similar program. This research was funded by the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.The research reported here was conducted in the RAND Justice Policy Program, which is part of the RAND Social and Economic Well-Being division. RAND Social and Economic Well-Being is a division of the RAND Corporation that seeks to actively improve the health and social and economic well-being of populations and communities throughout the world. The program focuses on such topics as access to justice, policing, corrections, drug policy, and court system reform, as well as other policy concerns pertaining to public safety and criminal and civil justice.Questions or comments about this report should be sent to the project leader, Melissa Labriola
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