Transcript MPHASIS - Mutual Progress on Homelessness through Advancing

MPHASIS
Mutual Progress on Homelessness through Advancing and
Strengthening Information Systems
National Seminar
Portugal
Lisbon, February 13th 2009
Matt Harrison (Resource Information Service, UK)
Barbara Illsley (University of Dundee, Scotland)
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Purpose of Mphasis
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Measuring Homelessness Report
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Improve Capacity
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National Authorities in data collection on homelessness
MPHASIS Approach
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Mutual Learning / Practice Strand
Research Strand
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Seminar Purpose
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PROGRESS - Social Inclusion Strategy
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Commission Expectations
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Mutual Learning
Mobilising all actors
Concrete Outputs and Outcomes
National Seminars
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Agreed outcome statement on actions required to
improve data collection on homelessness
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Purpose of Data Collection
Strategy Aims to
Data needed for
Prevent homelessness
People vulnerable to eviction
People who leave an institution with no
home
Tackle the causes of homeless-
Data reflecting different pathways
Reduce the level of
Scale and prevalence of homelessness
Reduce the negative effects on
homeless people
Longitudinal analysis / repeat
Ensure that formerly homeless
people can sustain permanent
independent housing
Number who gain access to permanent
supported accommodation and remain
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Homeless Pathways and Data
Sources
CAUSES
STRUCTURAL
FACTORS
Poverty
Unemployment
Housing
TRIGGERS
Eviction
DATA SOURCES
Housing
Judiciary
INSTITUTIONAL
RELATIONSHIP
PERSONAL
Institutional Living
Foster / State Care
Prison Experience
Armed Forces
Abusive relationship
(childhood)
Abusive relationship
(with a partner)
Family Breakdown
(death or separation)
Mental Illness
Learning Difficulty
Drug Dependency
Alcohol Dependency
Discharge
Leaving family home
Fleeing violent relationship
Penal System
Social Welfare
Surveys
Coping with living alone
Illness episode
Support breakdown
Health Services
Service
Providers
Substance Misuse
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Data Collection Overview
Homeless persons surveys
France, Spain, Italy
Service Providers / Client
Registers
Netherlands, Ireland
Official Registers of Services
Czech, Hungary, Latvia
Regulation
Denmark
Funding
UK
Allocation
UK
Needs Assessment
Finland, Ireland, Scotland
Homeless
Social Welfare /
Support
Housing
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Graph Slide
Typology of Living Situations
Types of housing
Housing Units
Conventional
dwelling
Nonconventional
dwelling
Collective
Living Quarters
Institutional
Building
Other
Living Situations
Noninstitutional
Building
Public Spaces
external spaces
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Operational Definition
Operational Category
Living Situation
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People Living Rough
1
Public space / external space
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People in emergency
accommodation
2
Overnight Shelters
3
People living in
for the homeless
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5
6
Homeless Hostels
Temporary Accommodation
Transitional Supported Accommodation
Women’s shelter or refuge
4
People living in institutions
7
8
Health care institutions
Penal institutions
5
People living in nonconventional dwellings due to
lack of housing
9
10
11
Mobile homes
Non-conventional building
Temporary structure
6
People living temporarily with
family and friends
12
Conventional housing, but not the
usual place of residence
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Homelessness Information
Strategy
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Driven by Strategy
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Definition of homelessness and housing
exclusion
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Review of information sources
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Service Provider Database
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Core Variables Definition
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Client Register information
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Administrative Data / Survey Data
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Homelessness System
Indicators
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Input Indicators
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System Indicators
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Threatened with eviction
Leaving institutions
Children leaving care
Number of people receiving services
Time spent in the system
Flow of people through the system
Output Indicators
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People re-housed (with/without support)
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Homelessness Accommodation
System
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Supply and User Statistics
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Directory of Services
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Client Registers
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Bed-spaces
Prevalence occupancy rate
Occupancy level
Turnover
Duration
Profile and Trends
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Profile demography
Pathways profile
Administrative geographies
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Core Variables
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Test usability of Core Variables in all MPHASIS
countries
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Demographic characteristic (age and gender),
Nationality and migration background (country of
birth),
Composition of homeless households,
Accommodation situation (immediately before
service period and at time of data collection),
Duration of (current) homelessness
Reasons for (last) homelessness.
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Common understanding? Data available?
Harmonisation possible? Amendments
necessary?
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Obstacles for implementation of missing
variables and possible solutions
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Outcome Statement
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Homelessness Strategy
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What are the data needs of strategy / policies?
Are there any plans for regular monitoring?
How can an operational definition of homelessness be
developed and used?
Existing Systems
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National/regional databases of services set up?
Client register systems installed and used for providing
more continuous information?
What gaps exist / Reliability of data?
Is definition of core variables agreed by actors?
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Outcome Statement
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Barriers
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Information Strategy
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How can data protection issues be addressed?
Is funding adequate / sustainable?
How can barriers be overcome?
Is responsibility / governance clear?
Is there a mechanism for review?
What is the action plan for implementation?
National Action
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Agreement of outcome statement and action to progress data
collection
Sharing progress and information from national meetings and
MPHASIS website www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/mphasis/
Report back to final MPHASIS conference in September 2009
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