TrueBase Outreach Connect Cost Benefit Analysis

The Investment

"TrueBase Outreach Connect" – 6-Week Pilot Cost:
£3,750 (£625 per week)
Scope: 1 x Community Outreach Practitioner, Community-based delivery, Appointment accompaniment, Practical independence and routine stabilisation, Regular check-ins and outcome tracking

This is early, preventative outreach designed to stabilise independence before escalation into statutory or crisis-led services.

The Cost of Inaction (The “Crisis” Comparison)

If these 8–10 adults continue to disengage without early support, the likely outcomes include:

Escalation to Adult Social Care intervention

Increased A&E attendance and unplanned health use

Safeguarding concerns triggered by neglect, isolation, or missed appointments

Tenancy breakdown, homelessness risk, or emergency accommodation

Higher reliance on crisis services, advocacy, and statutory casework

Once escalation occurs, support becomes:

More expensive

More intensive

Less preventative

Harder to step down

Scenario Approximate Cost

Single Adult Social Care assessment & follow-up

£1,500–£3,000+ | Single episode (often within weeks, but cost is one-off)
6-Week Outreach Connect Pilot

£3,750 | £25,000 If annualized 

Emergency accommodation / tenancy failure

£5,000–£20,000+ | Short-term episode (weeks to a few months)

Repeated A&E attendances (per individual)

£2,000–£4,000+ | Typically over 6–12 months per individual

Crisis-led statutory intervention |

Significantly higher | Annual / ongoing

Cost ranges are indicative and based on typical local authority, NHS, and housing service responses once escalation occurs. Outreach Connect costs are fixed, predictable, and time-limited.

£3,750 invested over 6 weeks can prevent £20,000+ in annual crisis-led statutory costs — while preserving independence and dignity.