{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-547a.0004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 547A.0004","heading":"OUTCOME MEASURES FOR COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES.","body":"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:\n(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;\n(2) individuals the collaborative serves finding permanent housing;\n(3) individuals the collaborative serves completing alcohol or substance use programs;\n(4) the collaborative helping to start social businesses in the community or engaging in job creation, job training, or other workforce development activities;\n(5) a decrease in the use of jail beds by individuals the collaborative serves;\n(6) a decrease in the need for emergency care by individuals the collaborative serves;\n(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\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 547A. COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.547A.htm#547A.0004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"c84721d251e7a657256dee563e60fb374f427a3b0972df42497b20050c2b9534","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-547a.0003","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-547a.0005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}