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1. Helping Homeless People: Homelessness Statement, Ministerial Statement on Abolition of Priority Need by 2012 (2005: 14-16).
2. Helping Homeless People: Homelessness Statement, Ministerial Statement on Abolition of Priority Need by 2012 (2005: 14-16).
3. Helping Homeless People: An action plan for prevention and effective response, 2001 and Helping Homeless People, Delivering the action plan for prevention and effective response, April 2005. Report from the Homelessness Task Force to Scottish Ministers.
4. Code of Guidance on Homelessness, May 2005: 3
5. Scottish Executive (2005) Code of Guidance on Homelessness, para 2.1
6. Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 Guidance on Homelessness Strategies. Homelessness Team, Scottish Executive Development Department, March 2002.
7. Scottish Executive (2007) Evaluation Of Homelessness Prevention Activities In Scotland, Pawson, H, Davidson, E and Netto G.
8. ibid.
9. This announcement was made by the then Communities Minister, Malcolm Chisholm, MSP.
10. This had not been spelt out to projects in establishing how they were expected to undertaken their evaluations and undermined the potential for action research on this occasion.
11. Evaluation of Homelessness Prevention Innovation Fund Projects, Interim Good Practice Guidance, January 2008
12. Scottish Executive (2007) op cit
13. Ibid.
14. Shelter, Homelessness prevention, March 2007
15. Ibid.
16. Scottish Executive (2007) op cit
17. See (2008) Evaluation of Supporting People (Housing Support) Outcomes Framework, Scottish Government
18. Such cases include enquiries from people with concerns about security generally or child safety in the home.
19. Apex works with offenders and young people at risk of offending to address their employability needs and progress them towards employment, education or training.
20. For example, there is evidence to suggest that women are more likely than men to make use of alternative forms of accommodation, for example staying with friends and relatives. It is also likely that the extent of women's homelessness is underestimated in official figures. See Jones, A (1999) Out of Sight, Out of Mind? the experiences of homeless women London: Crisis.
21. Drawn by Helen Wilson, Envision, www.envision-uk.org A similar live graphic facility was offered to other projects at the Exchange Event and was much appreciated.
22. Indeed, a number of the HPIF projects took decisions about whether to 'roll-out' after the pilot stage in the absence or in advance of any formal evaluation evidence being available.
23. Evaluation of Homelessness Prevention Innovation Fund Projects, Scottish Government, November 2008.
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