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POSTCARDS FROM YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SERVICES IN THE US, UK &EUROPE
Michael Coffey
CEO of YAA (NSW)
Board of Homelessness Australia
Deputy Chair of the National Youth Coalition for Housing
YHM09 13th October 2009
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Where did I go?
Why did I go?
What was the ‘big question’?
What did I see ?
What did I think ?
What the ????
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Six countries in 26 days
USA : Washington & NYC
UK : London & Manchester
Denmark : Copenhagen
Netherlands : Amsterdam
France : Paris
… followed by 2 days of
shopping in Hong Kong
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Planned events and visits.
2 presentations and attendance at the National Alliance for Ending Homelessness
Conference in Washington DC
Service visits in Washington DC, NYC, London, Manchester, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Paris.
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Linkup and networking with services in the USA, Canada and Japan.
Link up and networking with academics in the UK and NGOs such as NAEH, Empire State Coalition (US), Commonground (US), FEANTSA (Europe),
Foyer Federation (UK), Depaul (UK), Udenfor(DK), Samusocial (FR), UNHAJ (FR), FNARS (FR)
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Limitations of scope.
I didn’t have much time so connections I made were strategic but not comprehensive.
The risk is that I may have looked in the wrong direction.
All agencies were NGOS.
I did not find many new empirical ‘outcomes’ studies that I trusted.
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Why did I go ? … and what were the big questions ?
‘White Paper’ thinking Reform or rebranding ?
Concern about cheap US and UK imports
Understanding overseas context and ‘backstory’
Looking for new ideas
Affirming existing practices
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Why did I go ? … and what were the big questions ?
Developing broader understanding of youth
homelessness.
Experiences and practices in other countries.
Thinking globally not just local
Checking assumptions.
Fact finding.
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Why did I go ? … and what were the big questions ?
Wondering if youth homelessness matters in other
countries ? Why or why not ?
Is there anything we can we learn ?
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… time for some ‘blue sky’ thinking
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First stop … Washington DC
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They have different ‘safety nets’ .. As we know in the US there is no such thing as free health system, employment
benefits (and lunch)
Youth homelessness services are provided by a complex array of federal, state, faith
based, NGO and philanthropic interests and resources.
First impressions was that it was all piecemeal and
incoherent and it was difficult to coordinate.
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Based on your knowledge of the difficulties in Australia in
around coordinating Commonwealth /State
agreements with just 8 states can you imagine what it would
be like with 50+ states ?
As far as a national plan goes the closet thing they have had so far to a national SAAP, is
the HUD funds
HUD = Housing and Urban Development.
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However there are signs of life thanks to the great work
by the National Alliance for Ending Homelessness
(NAEH) headed up by Nan Roman and their ten year plan to end homelessness and
call for street to home funding
has brought a national coherence to the work.
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In January 2009 the Obama govt. has ramped things up with the $US1.5 Billion
Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program and economic stimulus (i.e building
houses)
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The BIG numbers in the US
In a population of 305 millionthere are 670,000 + homeless people every
night.
In 08/09 they will spend $US4.1 billion (including new HPRP)
NAEH estimate that youth homelessness services get 1% of the funding or about $195 million
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The high profile groups are ex-veterans (21%)
There were 83935 homeless familiesThe profile of youth and women/child escaping DV very absent within this
discourse.
Chronic homeless 18%
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NAEH estimates 1.6 million adolescents have one episode of homelessness each year
In 2007 US NGO street outreach projects made contact with 700,000 but were only able
to connect 47,400 with supported accommodation and housing.
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NAEH Conference July 09
Well over a thousand delegates from NGO, faith based and Govt agencies.
I presented at two sessions.
Got to meet and network with services from US, Canada, Japan, UK.
Youth was a ‘little’ stream throughout the conference.
Ie .. “we sat at the little table separate to the main adults table”
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Most of the talk was about Rapid Re-Housing, rough
sleepers (or ‘unsheltered’ )ex veterans and families.
About making sure that people were in the ‘homeless shelter’
system for as little time as possible.
And of course … the need for more affordable housing,
incomes support and more accessible health systems
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Youth homelessness services were concerned about young people aging out of the child
care system and lack of services for 18-25 year olds.
Exposure to homeless subculture and lifestyle risks.
Not enough resources for youth homeless services.
That Rapid Re-Housing was a short term solution (only for
some young people)
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Some important differences between US and Australia.
They focus more on rough sleepers and the population in shelters.
They have ‘night shelters’ we don’t.They count their homeless differently.
They are only beginning to recognise the need for more supported accommodation.
They don’t have the same social safety net systems as Australia.
Youth homelessness is low profile in policy discussion.There is a lot of hype and rhetoric about aspirational goals
User pays culture rather than an inclusive culture
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Sasha Bruce Youthwork
On a budget of $US7 million, from HUD, state homelessness funds, donations, child
protection and juvenile justice.
A teen mothers program.Reach OOHC group home Program
A residential service for young mothers aged 18-21Short term shelter for youth aged 11 to 17
SAFAH Housing Assistance – preventing previously homeless families from falling back into homeless.
Transitional Living Program – semi supported apartments up to 12 months.
Independent Living Program – low intensive support apartments for up to 18 months
A group home for 16 to 21 year oldsAIDS Prevention Projects
Consortium for Youth Alternatives – a juvenile justice diversionSubstance abuse initiatives
Mobile outreach – Project Safe Place.Mobile outreach – family counselling
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Sasha Bruce House : Entrance
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Sasha Bruce House : Halls and Murals
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Sasha Bruce House : Kitchen
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Sasha Bruce House : Living / Common Room
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Sasha Bruce House : Utilities
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Sasha Bruce House : Girls Room
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Sasha Bruce House : Boys Room
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Sasha Bruce House : Boys Room
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Sasha Bruce House : Outcomes
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Sasha Bruce is the biggest of the three youth homeless services in Washington DC the others are a
Latin American Youth Service and the other a GLBTI service.
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Next stop … New York City
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Empire State Coalition
In their 2007 report ( the first of its kind in 20 years)
Over 3,800 young people were homeless in New York City;
1,600 of those young people spent the night outside, in an abandoned building, at a transportation site or in a
car, bus, train or some other vehicle;
150 of our children spent the night with a sex work client.
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Survey of 1000 homeless young people in NYC
28% of youth identified as GLBTI5% of youth interviewed stated they are transgender and
The vast majority of youth surveyed were born in the USA or Puerto Rico (81%) For those outside the US
5% were born in the Carribean1% were born in South America, Europe, and Africaothers were born in North and Central America, Eastern Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Mexico.
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Survey of 1000 homeless young people in NYC
Almost 30% of youth had been in foster care at some time in their livesOver 40% had been in the juvenile justice system or in jail
or prison The median age of the youth interviewed was 20
Almost 30% of youth reported that they were thrown out of their homes15% said they had runway28 % reported some other reason without specifying other reasons for homelessness included:
parents having movedparents being incarcerateddischarged from jail or a hospital into homelessnessleft foster care
Almost 30% had been in foster care at some time in their lives - Over 40% had been in the juvenile justice system or in jail or prison . The median age of the youth interviewed was 20
Almost 30% of youth reported that they were thrown out of their homes
15% said they had runaway
other reasons for homelessness included parents having moved parents being incarcerated discharged from jail or a
hospital into homelessness left foster care
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In NYC I linked up with the Empire State Coalition and Commonground and spent two days visiting services.
Again there were very few youth homeless services in
NYC.
I visited Rachel’s Place, Silva’s Place, Commonground
Christopher Residence (incl the “Chelsea Foyer”.
Within 30 mins of checking I was off to Hell’s Kitchen …
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MCCNY Homeless Youth Services: Silva’s Place
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MCCNY Homeless Youth Services: Silva’s Place
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Silva’s Place : Walking inside
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Silva’s Place : Walking inside
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Silva’s Place : From NY Times article
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Silva’s Place : From NY Times article
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Silva’s Place : Two young people who insisted on photos
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Rachel’s Place : a girls only services in Suburban
Brooklyn
Similar to a stand alone 24/7 intensive support
SAAP funded youth homeless service.
Seven beds.
All residents are working between ages 16 – 18
years
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Rachel’s Place : Living Room
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Rachel’s Place : Stairwells (Margo from NSC pictured)
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Commonground Christopher Residence NYC
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Commonground Christopher Residence NYC
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Christopher Residence : The Foyer
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Christopher Residence : The Foyer
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Christopher Residence : Residents Rooms
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Christopher Residence : Residents Rooms
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Christopher Residence : Residents Rooms
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Christopher Residence : Residents Rooms
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Christopher Residence : Residents Rooms
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Christopher Residence : Residents Rooms
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Christopher Residence : Common Areas
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Christopher Residence : Common Areas
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Christopher Residence : Common Areas
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Christopher Residence : Common Areas
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Christopher Residence : Common Areas
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Christopher Residence : Common Areas
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Christopher Residence : Chelsea Foyer
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Christopher Residence : Chelsea Foyer
“ Are you aging out of foster care and not sure how to live on your own? Are you a young person who is currently homeless and needs a helping hand to get back on
your feet?
The Chelsea Foyer works with young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 who are
homeless, at-risk of homelessness, or aging out of foster care.”
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Christopher Residence : Chelsea Foyer
“At the Chelsea Foyer, each time we accept a new resident into the program, we are making an investment – not just in that young person, but in a stronger community and a better future. The young people who have completed the
program have proven that we have invested wisely.”
Of the alumni who have reported back to us:
93% are completely self-sufficient90% are living in stable housing
92% are employed at least part-time75% have health insurance
93% earned a high school diploma or GED44% are pursuing higher education or vocational training
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• “
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan – July 2009
From a keynote at the NAEH conference .. Talking about the
successes of Commonground …
“We have proven that can house
anyone … now the job is to house
everyone”
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Next stop … London UK
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Big Numbers in the UK
In 2007 the first UK-wide review of youth homelessness for a decade revealed that despite falling numbers of young people being accepted as homeless in the last three years across England and Wales, at least 75,000 remain at risk and are in contact with homelessness services every year.
… Last time they counted it was 246,000+
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Big Numbers in the UK
Recent analysis of the data available in London on the number of people who sleep rough indicates that 7% of rough sleepers on any given night are under the age of 25.
However, we know from our own evidence that young people have very different patterns of rough sleeping to adults and those who are more entrenched rough sleepers.
Centrepoint UK and University of York
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Big Numbers in the UK
Most young people describe sleeping rough for under one month – often just a few days – which they intersperse with sofa-surfing or staying with friends. However, this experience may occur many times before a young person finally secures temporary accommodation.
Centrepoint UK and University of York
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Providers of homeless services in the UK include: Centrepoint, Children England, Depaul UK,
KYHP, National Childrens Bureau, Rainer, Shelter, St Basila, YPSS, YMCA, Youth
Access and The Foyers Federation
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Centrepoint UK
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De Paul UK
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Depaul UK : Westminster London
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De Paul UK
After running for 20 years, Depaul UK helps young people who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged.
provide over 100,000 bed nights and we are open every day and night.
prevent young people from becoming homeless by rebuilding family relationships and offering through the gate support to
young offenders.
provide young people with the chance to fulfil their potential in the community through education, volunteering, training
and jobs.
Since 1989 Depaul helped over 45,000 young people and we are now the largest UK charity for young homeless people
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De Paul : Projects
On an annual budget of $AUS16+ million
18 youth hostels across the UK‘crashpad’ temporary accommodationNightstop projects
Drive Ahead project based in London, Newcastle and Birmingham, is a six week programme (10 weeks in Newcastle) that offers the basis for young people to explore their employment and training needs alongside introductory driving lessons. Broadening Horizons scheme offers work placements for young people in a range of different environments to give them a taste of employment and to break down the barriers that exist for young homeless people to build a career.
Brent Linx is an employment and skills project for 15-25 year olds in the London borough of Brent providing training in basic life skills, numeracy, literacy and IT skills.
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Depaul : Outside Link – Juvenile Justice Program
Depaul UK runs a number of programmes to help young people adjust to life after prison and offers them intensive support and guidance to help reduce the chances of re-offending. Outside Link schemes work with young offenders to help them find housing on release. Support continues through the gate into the community to help young people access other services and get into training, employment or volunteering.
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Depaul UK : Brent Hospice
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Depaul UK: Brent Hospice Training Room
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Depaul UK : Brent Hospice Training Room
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Depaul UK : Brent Hospice 17 beds in clusters of 4
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Depaul UK : Brent Living Room
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Depaul UK : Brent Group Kitchen
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De Paul : Nightstop Project
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Depaul : Nightstop ProjectThe Nightstop Concept The Nightstop concept is simple - it is the provision of emergency accommodation for 16 to 25 year old homeless young people in the homes of approved volunteers.
Nightstop VolunteersNightstop volunteers are ordinary people who are willing to open the door of their home to help young people in need, or who offer their time to help local Nightstop services in other ways. All volunteers have to undertake specific training before commencing their volunteering role with a local Nightstop.
About half the young people who are referred to Nightstop are under 18. A young person would usually stay with a host for 1 to 3 nights at a time. Should the young person still be in need of emergency accommodation then it would be normal for them to stay with another volunteer from the same service. In some areas Nightstop services have developed their support to young people to offer such services as: tenancy support, mediation, preventative education work, housing advice and supported lodgings.
The first Nightstop was established in Leeds in 1987, and there are currently local Nightstop services in all of the nine government regions of England and in some regions in Scotland and Wales. Development into local communities within these regions where there is currently no provision of a Nightstop service remains a priority of Depaul Nightstop UK.What is a Nightstop service?
Local Nightstops are organisations based in a local community who offer a service that is suitable for some young people who are homeless or likely to be made homeless and are aged between 16 and 25.
How does Nightstop work?
Nightstop provides a safe bed on a short term basis in the homes of trained and approved volunteers who are called 'hosts'.
The Nightstop service will need to know some information about you to make sure that it is the best option for you. The information you give will be treated in confidence.
To ensure young people are kept safe all volunteers involved with Nightstop are checked by the Criminal Records Bureau and the local Nightstop service to make sure they are suitable to take young people into their own homes.
If you do stay with a host you will have a bed in a room of your own, you will also be offered an evening meal, a chance to have a bath or shower and breakfast the next morning.
To see if there is a Nightstop in your area use the 'Nightstop Near You' link below.
You can ring the Nightstop service direct and they will give you help and advice on how best to solve your accommodation problems. Alternatively if you know of an organisation in your area e.g. Connexions, youth service, housing departments, or the police you could ask them to contact Nightstop on your behalf.
It may be possible for you to stay at a local Nightstop for a number of nights until a longer term solution can be found.
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Depaul UK: Brent Youth Homelessness Service –
The Crash Pad
Can stay up to 8 weeks
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There is a widespread consensus within all the UK countries that policy on homelessness generally, and youth homelessness specifically, is moving in the right direction and the issue is being taken seriously. However, more work needs to take place in a number of key areas, including:Early intervention (identifying children at risk, providing a greater role for housing providers, greater focus on supporting family networks)Addressing homelessness (provision of emergency accommodation in every local authority, prevention of B&B use, a case manager for each young person, recruitment of good quality staff, more formal move-on arrangements)Monitoring and research (increasing the intervention evidence base, further inquiry into rough sleeping patterns, more research on high BME homeless levels in London, monitoring of non-statutory homelessness).
The main ‘trigger’ for homelessness amongst young people is relationship breakdown. Many young people have experienced long-term problems at home, often involving violence.
Centrepoint UK and University of York 2007
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In the UK from a number of sources I found about 90 emergency accommodation services641 medium – long term services (including Foyers)
“The Foyer movement grew from 35 schemes in 1995 to over 144 in 2009 and now supports more than 10,000 young people each year.”
Centrepoint UK and University of York
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Blackburn with Darwen Foyer opened 1st April 2002 and has 44 bedspaces.
Blackburn Darwen Foyer
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – Entrance
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer - Welcome
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – The foyer of the foyer.
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – Computers in the foyer area.
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – Meeting and Training Room
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – Creche
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – Creche
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – Kitchen Training Area
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – Rooms
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Blackburn Darwen Foyer – Rooms
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Manchester Foyer opened 22nd June 1998 and has 61 bedspaces and a chemist shop, doctor and café/bar on the ground floor.
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Manchester Foyer
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Manchester Foyer - Enterance
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Manchester Foyer – Foyer of the foyer.
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Manchester Foyer – Training and Meeting
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Manchester Foyer – Art on the walls
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Manchester Foyer – Art on the walls
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Manchester Foyer – Computer Rooms
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Manchester Foyer – Rooms
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Manchester Foyer – Rooms
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Manchester Foyer – Rooms
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Manchester Foyer – Rooms
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Manchester Foyer – Living Rooms
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Manchester Foyer – Kitchen Training Area
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Manchester Foyer – Upper Floor Rooms
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\Next stop … Copenhagen
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projekt UDENFOR is a private foundation which combines active social street work with training and research in approaches to homelessness and social
marginalisation...
ProjectUdenfor
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… in English, project OUTSIDE - refers to the fact that we see ourselves as a project-oriented organisation; the word ‘OUTSIDE’ refers to the fact that we literally work outside, that we work outside the official public system, and that we deal with a marginalised group of people, who are ‘outsiders’ to society in general.
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The population of Denmark is 5.5 million
They only count rough sleepers’
They pay up to 50% income tax for their welfare system.
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5.253 homeless people in Denmark in 2007.
60% of these live in and around the capital (Copenhagen)
estimated that between 11.000 and 13.000 people find themselves in a homeless-situation in a longer or shorter period during a year.
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Homelessness is not a poverty issue in Denmark (though this is changing).Mainly people who opt out of what is a great welfare system by choice.Youth homelessness is ‘invisible’ i.e a child protection issue.There is a new homelessness population of eastern Europeans including families and children and young people.
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A Big Mac costs $11 in Copenhagen
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Out on the night van in Copenhagen
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Out on the night van in Copenhagen
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Kofoeds is a classic Scandinavian ‘folk’ school..
KofoedsSkole
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Kofoed Skole
For disadvantaged people including homeless...
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Kofoed Skole
Sort of like a mix of SAAP like supported
accommodation, TAFE, Foyer, small cottage businesses run by
community educators.
Emphasis on community development rather than
just curriculum..
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Kofoed Skole
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The Danish ‘folk schools’ contributed to the inspiration behind community development, civil rights
movements in the 1950-60s
Paulo Friere, Myles Horton
There is still lots of that spirit of activitism in Denmark.
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Kofoed Skole– Upper Floor Rooms
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Kofoed Skole– Upper Floor Rooms
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Kofoed Skole– Upper Floor Rooms
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Kofoed Skole
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Next stop over … Amsterdam
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Volksbond and Opvang
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Briefing by Volksbond and Opvang
Fereratie Opvang
The Federation of Shelters promotes the interests of homeless shelters and women’s shelters. The Federation monitors trends and
developments, encourages innovation, initiates cooperation on national and local
level and influences policy making on actual themes.
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Briefing by Volksbond and Opvang
About Holland
Population 16 millionThey estimate about 6000 homeless
young people.Shelters are for people over 18 years.
Youth homelessness again is described more as a child protection issue or a
‘youth care’ system.
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Briefing by Volksbond and Opvang
Volksbond
“Youngsters: 4 different residential project (different in regard of the kind of support offered – long term/intensive/24 hours
staffing/day or partial support/day activities etc. But also in target groups: teenage
mothers, lower IQ, behavioral problems, psychiatric problems. Often the youngster
has all this problems. Between 150 and 250 persons a year.”
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Briefing by Volksbond and Opvang
How many young people do you think are homeless in your country every night?
“Really homeless in Holland, (not living is one of the various services or in another provisional
housings situation ) maybe between the 100 and the 250. I can’t be sure because there is no solid
and reliable actual comprehensive count based on the same criteria. There are about 5000 youngster
in need”
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Briefing by Volksbond and Opvang
Is youth homelessness a big issue in your country?
It has great politic focus. It is not a really big issue in terms of volume of actual/acute homeless
youngsters, but is a big issue in terms of potential homelessness. In Amsterdam a sizable percentage
of children, mostly in families with a ‘cultural’ background (Morocco, Turkey , former east
European countries etc) lives in some kind of economical/financial/pedagogic/emotional deprived situation. The causes and fundamental problems
witch can lead to homelessness are there!
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Briefing by Volksbond and Opvang
What resources, policy or systemic changes do you think would improve the situation?
We will have to address (policy and in social & economical system) the issues of poverty, social exclusion and – a very
hot issue at this moment –cultural issues.
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Last stop … Paris
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Population 65 million
The counting rules are different
There is no official definition of homelessness in France.
It is estimated there are 86,000 homeless people and 3 million without proper accommodation
Again young people are invisible. ‘youth’ means young adults 18-25 years.
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Kofoed Skole– Upper Floor Rooms
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Samusocial– Upper Floor Rooms
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Samusocial– Upper Floor Rooms
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Samusocial
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Kofoed Skole– Upper Floor Rooms
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Samusocial
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Samusocial
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Samusocial
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Samusocial
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Samusocial
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Samusocial – Emergency Accomm Line
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Samusocial – Emergency Accomm Line
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Samusocial – Night vans
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Samusocial – Night vans
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Samusocial – Night vans
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Samusocial – Night shelter
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Samusocial – Night shelter
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Samusocial – Night shelter
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Samusocial – Night shelter
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Samusocial – Night shelter
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Special thanks to the YAA board for funding this study trip and for our colleagues overseas who generously gave their time and insight.
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YAA
YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS
MATTERS 09 CONFERENCE
TWEED HEADS OCTOBER 12-14th 2009