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AHURI RESEARCH WEBINAR SERIES Redesigning the system to reduce youth homelessness Associate Professor David MacKenzie University of South Australia Dr Michael Fotheringham Executive Director, AHURI #AHURIwebinar AHURI RESEARCH WEBINAR SERIES
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Presenter: Associate Professor David MacKenzie University of South Australia Research: Redesign of a homelessness service system for young people Download the report: ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/327
David MacKenzie, University of South Australia
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WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘A SYSTEM’?
▸ Young people are at the centre of ‘the
system’;
▸ The parts of the system interact; ▸ Interacting parts are interventions,
programs and institutions that affect young people;
▸ A system centred around young people is
local and community-based;
▸ The ‘community as system’ is open not
closed and influenced by policies and funding.
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THIS IS ONE WAY TO REPRESENT THE DYNAMICS OF A SYSTEM
A ‘stock’ & ‘flow’ diagram of the youth homelessness system
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THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO REPRESENT THE DYNAMICS OF A SYSTEM
A causal loop diagram of the youth homelessness system
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REDESIGN OF A HOMELESSNESS SERVICE SYSTEM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AHURI Webinar ➢ The ‘system’ as a place-based community of interventions, programs and institutions that affect young people, and are, in turn, affected by young people—an ecosystem around young people that extends beyond the SHS. ➢ The most promising initiatives for system change are most likely to be found in some form somewhere among the many programs and services across Australia. ➢ Using purposive sampling, key informants were sought in community settings known for promising initiatives or innovation. ➢ Redesigning the homelessness system is about finding reforms and measures that promise to lead to better outcomes, especially where there is a strong evidence-base. ➢ System redesign initiatives and reforms are not just about changes to the SHS.
young people be rebalanced to significantly expand early intervention and post- homelessness rapid rehousing and supported housing for young people?
as income and employment support policies and practices, would be needed to redress the current issues young people have in accessing and maintaining affordable housing
the community services/homelessness systems be better integrated systemically to reduce the cohort of disadvantaged and/or homeless individuals into the future and across the life course?
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YOUNG PEOPLE ARE A SIGNIFICANT CLIENT GROUP EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS’?
▸ About 44% of all individuals
who seek help from the SHS are young people and children;
▸ About 81,000 are children,
young people and young parents in family groups;
▸ About 16% or 42,000 SHS
clients are young people 15-24 years of age on their own.
20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000
SPECIALISTHOMELESSNESSSERVICES CLIENTS:15-24YEARS
CAUSES OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
▸ Family conflict and domestic
violence have not decreased;
▸ More young people referred to
care and protection services;
▸ Housing affordability has not
improved;
▸ Youth incomes and benefits
are too low.
The front cover image of HREOC Report ‘Our Homeless Children’ (1989)
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CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS REMAIN ISSUES
▸Young people leaving out-
independent living arrangements are particularly vulnerable to experiencing homelessness.
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THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS
▸Between 40 to 50% of
young people exiting homelessness services move into a further situation of homelessness
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THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS
▸Engagement in education
and training—as well as supported pathways towards employment— was raised as a crucial factor in the future options that homeless young people may or may not have.
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THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS
▸Access to social housing
remains highly problematic (2.9% of main tenants);
▸Youth-specific and youth-
appropriate housing is an under-developed policy concept;
▸Private rental housing is
problem due to low incomes.
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THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS
▸Understandable from lived
experience dealing with
another;
▸Feels intuitively right at the
coal-face … but;
▸Is this a policy informed by
system thinking that can end homelessness?
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INDIGENOUS HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTRALIA
▸Over-represented in
Specialist Homelessness Services;
▸‘Culturally-appropriate
service provision and practice’;
▸Choice of indigenous or
non-Indigenous support
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Policy options for reducing youth homelessness
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The COSS Model [aka The Geelong Project]
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Siloed service delivery ‘targeted programs’ Place-based service delivery ‘collective impact’
Individuals and organisations interested in further discussions about system change should contact:
Email: david.mackenzie@upstreamaustralia.org.au
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