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Over the five-year period, there were cost savings of $82.9 million associated with the FSP outcomes

• Those savings represent a 24 percent reduction in non-FSP government spending.
• For the five outcomes studied, non-FSP government spending on the 24,282 FSP beneficiaries was reduced from $345 million to $262 million.
• The largest cost savings came from reductions in criminal justice detention ($63.1 million in savings). This was followed by savings for behavioral health inpatient stays ($14.2 million, or 18 percent) and homelessness ($2.6 million, or 4 percent).
• When comparing cost savings by group (children, transition-age youth, and adults), the largest cost savings in relative terms came from transition-age youth (30 percent) and in absolute terms from adults ($51.6 million).
• Cost savings were observed across four of the five outcomes examined. The exception was connection to outpatient primary care, where there was a 16 percent increase in spending; however, this increase likely mitigated the risk — and associated costs — of inpatient care for physical health conditions.

The average annual FSP program expenditure for 2012–2016 was $13,807 per client

• The total expenditures for the first year of enrollment for the 24,282 enrollees were $335.3 million.
• The estimates of costs and savings are intentionally conservative but indicate that at least 24.7 percent of the expenditures for clients' first year in FSP programs was offset by savings, without accounting for indirect financial benefits, other potential financial benefits not associated with the five outcomes, or any nonfinancial benefits associated with improved health, housing, and employment among beneficiaries.