Effect of the high-touch program on referral rates and uptake rates related to Isolation & Quarantine Support Program (IQSP) services as estimated by an intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis on the left-hand side and an instrumental variables (IV) analysis on the right-hand side.
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Author’s analysis of CalCONNECT and IQSP data. Effects, standard errors, and 95% confidence interval values are reported as percentages. The data for both these evaluations consists of 5,430 cases. SE = standard error.***The IV results are on the right-hand side and largely corroborate the ITT results. Assignment to the high-touch program resulted in an 8.38% (0.82%-15.94%, 95% confidence interval) increase in the overall referral rate, improved food assistance referral and uptake, and improved cleaning supplies uptake, statistically significant at the 5% level. We also see evidence of a 4.86% (-0.24%-9.97%) increase in the overall uptake rate and improved cash assistance referral, though these estimates are statistically significant only at the 10% level. As with the ITT results, we do not observe substantial effects on motel placement or rental assistance referral or uptake rate.