Oireachtas reports on homelessness and housing

The Pathway to Home model is a culmination of the most comprehensive review that took place on homelessness in 2008, which sought to measure the extent of homelessness in Dublin, an evaluation of current measures in response to homelessness and to review expenditure on these responses in order to determine whether the resource is deployed in a way that ensures that value for money is achieved. Pathway to Home is linked to national policy, it is aligned to the national strategy The Way Home 2008-2013 and the National Implementation Plan.

The Review of Finance and Expenditure for Homeless Services in Dublin report is published by the Homeless Agency Partnership as part of the evidence base produced in 2008 that helps us better understand how well we are working towards achieving and realising our 2010 vision to end long?term homelessness and the need to sleep rough in Dublin, set out in our action plan A Key to the Door. Together with Counted In, 2008 and the Evaluation of Homeless Services 2008 Series, the Homeless Agency Partnership has used the evidence base from these three reports to generate a detailed number of recommendations for action.

This is a qualitative longitudinal study (part ii) of homeless young people in Dublin city. The research adopted a pathways approach and set out to document, record and understand temporal change in the homeless experience over time. A core
aim was to generate in-depth understanding of the process of youth homelessness, with a particular focus on young people’s trajectories into, through and out of homelessness. The study also aimed to inform policy relevant
recommendations related to service provision, early intervention and the prevention of negative outcomes.

Submission on the implementation of national homeless strategy The Way Home 2008 - 2013 and on realising the 2010 vision of the Homeless Agency Partnership's Action Plan on Homelessness in Dublin A Key to the Door 2007 - 2010.

The Way Home, the new strategy to address adult homelessness in Ireland, 2008 to 2013,marks a very important departure in Government policy on homelessness. It sets out avision for the next 5 years, underpinned by a detailed programme of action, with 3 coreobjectives:
- eliminating long-term occupation of emergency homeless facilities;
- eliminating the need to sleep rough; and
- preventing the occurrence of homelessness as far as possible.

The Evaluation of Homeless Services 2008 Series, is published by the Homeless Agency Partnership as part of the evidence base produced in 2008 that helps us better understand how well we are working towards achieving and realising our 2010 vision to end long-term homelessness and the need to sleep rough in Dublin, set out in our action plan A Key to the Door. Together with Counted In, 2008 and the Review of Finance and Expenditure for Homeless Services in Dublin, the Homeless Agency Partnership has used the evidence base from these three reports to generate a detailed number of recommendations for action.

Evaluation of the SafetyNet Methadone Programme in the Dublin Simon Emergency Shelter that was undertaken after six months of programme implementation in order to evaluate its impact. Methods included interviews with staff and clients of the shelter, assessment of drug use and social functioning before and after commencing treatment and an analysis of quantitative shelter and nursing data.

A periodic assessment from a weeklong survey of people experiencing homelessness including; accident and emergency departments, people sleeping rough, emergency accommodation, local authority homeless lists, food and day services and street outreach teams.