2.16: Homelessness
Streamline processes across the system, fostering a better understanding of client needs and ensuring better matching to appropriate
housing, as well as the provision of flexible support options.
Other Information:
Breaking the Cycle—The ACT Homelessness Strategy was launched in April 2004. Underpinning the strategy was a funding commitment
of $3 million per year over and above the matching requirements under the National Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
(SAAP) Agreement. The funding provided supported accommodation for an additional 30 families and 20 single men, as well as
new outreach services targeted at young people, single men, single women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
at risk of, or transitioning from, homelessness. One of the most significant achievements of the strategy is the evolution
of services for the homeless in the ACT from a series of separate services to a coordinated system that includes public and
community housing. The immediate benefits for people who are homeless or at risk include more equitable access to services,
more targeted responses, support from the moment of contact, and better support for children and young people. Building on
these successes, the future direction of the ACT Government’s homelessness services will include streamlining processes across
the system, fostering a better understanding of client needs and ensuring better matching to appropriate housing, as well
as the provision of flexible support options.
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