Research

In this section you will find research documents and links that relate specifically to youth homelessness and as well as research that intersects with youth homelessness, such as youth homelessness and leaving care.

You will also find research that relates to practice models and practice issues in relation to youth homelessness, as well as homelessness statistical data and information.

Where relevant, documents and links are "tagged", associating them with other pages within this website with similar or complimentary content.

From Youth to Adult Homelessness

Guy Johnson and Chris Chamberlain, Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 43, No. 4, Summer 2008

This paper investigates what happens when early intervention programs are not in place and young people progress to adult homelessness.

http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/salvwr/_assets/main/documents/crisisserv...

Leaving Care

Improving housing outcomes for young people leaving state and out of home care, Positioning Paper, No. 117, 27th April 2009, Guy Johnson, et.al., Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.

Responding to the lack of information in Australia on the effectiveness of leaving care programs generally, and the role of housing in leaving care programs more specifically, this project aims to inform policy and service practice to promote positive and sustainable housing outcomes for young people ageing out of the state out-of-home care system. The project is driven by the research question: which support model(s) most effectively facilitate positive housing outcomes for young people leaving care?

http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?ShowSearch=False&Search=...

Early Intervention

The development of prevention and early intervention services for homeless youth: intervening successfully, Positioning Paper, No. 048, 1st April 2003, Chris Chamberlain and Guy Johnson, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.

http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?ShowSearch=False&Search=...

Foyer Models in Rural Australia

Youth Homelessness in Rural Australia, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Research and Policy Bulletin, Issue 82, August 2006.

Young people facing or experiencing homelessness in rural Australia have different experiences to their urban contemporaries. The Foyer model is one response that could help young rural people in New South Wales establish themselves, without relocating them to cities away from their support networks.

http://www.ahuri.edu.au/search.asp?sitekeywords=youth+homelessness&Curre...

Case Management

What makes case management work for people experiencing homelessness? Final report, No. 127, Dr. Hellene Gronda, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

Case management has been central to homelessness assistance practice in Australia since at least the early 1990s, when it was adopted as a key strategy to enhance SAAP. The approach was formally documented in 1997 with the release of the SAAP Case Management Resource Kit. This research synthesis project provides a rigorous and independent evidence base for informing practice and policy, in particular the negotiation of the next SAAP program agreement. It aims to provide an evidence-based understanding of how case management works to contribute to the development of more effective responses to the needs of people experiencing homelessness. This report defines case management and synthesises the international scientific evidence on case management practice for the homelessness sector.

http://www.ahuri.edu.au/search.asp?sitekeywords=what+makes+case+manageme...

Employment, Education and Training

YP4 – joining up services for young homeless job seekers
YP4 represents a new approach to assisting people experiencing both homelessness and unemployment. It recognises that existing housing and employment assistance is too often fragmented to the point of being ineffective for homeless jobseekers.
http://www.yp4.org.au/

2006 Census

Counting the Homeless 2006: Victoria, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Nationally, 19% of the homeless were in SAAP accommodation on census night in 2006, but in Victoria it was 31%. Sixty-three per cent of the homeless in Victoria were aged 34 or younger, compared with the national figure of 58%.

http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10747