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Recommendations CHAPTER 1: POLICY BACKGROUND AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EVALUATION
Introduction
Background
A short history of the programme
Eliminating the need to sleep rough
The integration of RSI within strategic responses to all forms of homelessness
Findings of the interim evaluation
The Aims and objectives of this evaluation
Methods
A critical assessment of research and monitoring information on rough sleeping in Scotland
The national telephone survey
Eight in-depth case studies
Structure of the report CHAPTER 2: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH AND MONITORING INFORMATION ON ROUGH SLEEPING
Introduction
Existing research on people sleeping rough
A review of studies of people sleeping rough
A critical assessment of the existing research base
Existing statistical measures of rough sleeping and service delivery in scotland
The George street Research monitoring of the target to end the need to sleep rough in Scotland by 2003
Summary of methodology
Summary of findings of the George Street Research Monitoring
The GSR research: a critical assessment
National rough sleeping initiative core data collected by Glasgow Homelessness Network
Summary of methodology
Summary of findings
The GHN Monitoring: a critical assessment
HL1 data on rough sleeping
Summary of methodology
Summary of findings
HL1: a critical assessment
Gaps in information CHAPTER 3: THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RSI FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND NATIONAL LEVEL AGENCIES
Introduction
Perspectives on the Development and objectives of the RSI
The development of the programme
The objectives of the programme
The use of RSI funding
The uses to which RSI funds were put
Views on the effectiveness of RSI
New and expanded service provision
Joint Working and Co-ordination
Standards and performance
Raising awareness and promoting cultural change
Wider Cultural and Policy Change
The Impact of RSI on Rough Sleeping
The overall impact
Difficulties in reaching some groups of people sleeping rough
Contextual factors and other issues adversely affecting rough sleeping levels in some areas
The future of RSI CHAPTER 4: RSI FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS
Introduction
The services that participated in the fieldwork
Service providers' perceptions of the needs of people sleeping rough
The needs of people sleeping rough
Service effectiveness: the views of service providers
The factors influencing success
The overall success of services
The effectiveness of rsi: the views of service providers
The future of RSI CHAPTER 5: SERVICE USERS
Introduction
Service effectiveness
Services in receipt of RSI funding
Changes
Unmet needs and gaps in services
Overall findings CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS
Introduction
RSI effectiveness and the need to sleep rough in Scotland
The effectiveness of RSI
The limitations of RSI
Ending the need to sleep rough
The mainstreaming of RSI services
Monitoring information on rough sleeping and RSI services
The GSR Monitoring of the need to sleep rough
GHN National Rough Sleeping Initiative Core Data
Progress since the interim evaluation
The future of RSI
Overall conclusions
Recommendations
The future of the programme
The monitoring of rough sleeping and rough sleeper services REFERENCES APPENDIX ONE: LIST OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE FIELDWORK APPENDIX TWO: TOPIC GUIDE FOR THE TELEPHONE AND FACE TO FACE INTERVIEWS WITH NATIONAL LEVEL AND LOCAL AUTHORITY RESPONDENTS APPENDIX THREE: TOPIC GUIDE FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS APPENDIX FOUR: TOPIC GUIDE FOR SERVICE USERS List of tables and figuresFigure 2.1: Total number of individuals sleeping rough reported by projects participating in the GSR monitoring between May 2001 and October 2003
Figure 2.2: Reported experience of sleeping rough reported by respondents to the GSR monitoring during October 2003
Figure 2.3: Total number of new service users reported by services to GHN monitoring over the period July 2000 to March 2004
Figure 2.4: Total number of new service users with any history of sleeping rough reported by services to GHN monitoring
Figure 2.5: Total number of new service users currently sleeping rough reported by services to GHN monitoring over the period July 2000 to March 2004
Figure 2.6: Total number of service users reported by services participating in the GHN monitoring by local authority area from 1st July 2000 to 31st March 2004
Figure 2.7: Total number of service users coming from outside the local authority area where projects were located
Figure 2.8: Percentage of service users coming from outside the local authority area where projects were located
Figure 2.9: Where people who had last lived outside Edinburgh had come from (by percentage of those who had lived outside Edinburgh)
Figure 2.10: Percentage of individuals who reported any history of sleeping rough by LA area
Figure 2.11: Total reported project activity by local authority
Figure 2.12: Percentage of service users / clients reporting selected characteristics by whether their case was open or closed
Figure 2.13: Positive outcomes recorded by projects
Table 2.1 Households with any experience of rough sleeping in the last three months by household type
Figure 2.14 Total households reporting recent experience of sleeping rough by month
Figure 2.15: Total households reporting recent experience of sleeping rough by local authority area AcknowledgementsThe Centre for Housing Policy would like to thank all those interviewees who made their time available to participate in the research. We are particularly grateful to those agencies providing services to people sleeping rough which made themselves available as case studies for the research and to the people using those services who gave up their time to take part in focus groups. The research team would also like to give special thanks to Glasgow Homeless Network for making their monitoring dataset available for the purposes of this evaluation. Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Nicholas Pleace
Mark Bevan |