Ending Homelessness in the Inner City Through Service Coordination: Feasibility Study
In an effort to solve a complex issue such as homelessness, collective goodwill on its own is often not enough. Collective intent and commitment across government and non-government sectors must be matched by investment from all levels of government and operationalised through an integrated coordination of services.
Building on recommendations from international homelessness experts including Baroness Louise Casey, Institute of Global Homelessness and Dr Nonie Brennan, Adelaide’s former Thinker In Residence, this research report investigates how greater service coordination has and must play a major role in efforts to end homelessness.
After hearing from a range of voices across government and non-government service providers, stakeholders and people who have experienced homelessness, the report assesses the feasibility of establishing an inner city service coordination network in Adelaide including opportunities for colocation and coordination.
The report was prepared by The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise, The Australian Alliance to End Homelessness for the Adelaide Zero Project, on behalf of the SA Housing Authority and City of Adelaide.
Better understanding the People on the Adelaide Zero Project’s By-Name List: The Evidence on Acuity and Inflows
The Adelaide Zero Project (AZP) holds some of the most comprehensive data on rough sleeping homelessness for a defined geographical area—the Adelaide CBD—in Australia. This report presents the findings of a targeted deep dive into the rich data source that is the AZP’s By-Name List, using two distinct lenses: acuity and inflows.
The report articulates some of the ways forward for the homelessness sector and interfacing systems to end street homelessness in Adelaide’s inner city area. It offers a framework (a ‘recipe book’) for more regular data analytics for the AZP. Such work must be prioritised for the AZP, as with such ‘live’ data analysis we can respond more effectively to the changing needs of people in the system, as well as driving individual, sustainable outcomes as well as system-level outcomes through greater service coordination. Additionally, more nimble data analysis enables AZP to rapidly test strategies to coordinate housing and support in a more efficient yet person-centred way.
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