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Research on the impact of rough sleeping in Australia as well as elsewhere predominantly focuses on the experiences of men. While men represent the majority of the rough sleeping population the lack of focus on women sleeping rough leaves a significant gap in our knowledge of the experiences of rough sleeping women in Australia.

The Adelaide Zero Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Framework is the structure guiding routine and ongoing checking of progress (monitoring), periodic assessment of results (evaluation) and the reporting of such for the Adelaide Zero Project and
beyond. We have included ‘the beyond’ as part of the document to reflect the fact that what is contained in this document has broader application.

The Adelaide Zero Project has brought together a coalition of over 40 homelessness, housing, health, government, university, corporate and community Partners, with the goal of achieving Functional Zero homelessness for people sleeping rough in Adelaide’s inner-city. A truly collective approach has been revolutionary—Partners have united with shared goals, shared measurement and shared outputs to achieve better outcomes for people sleeping rough.

Mr David Pearson
Dr Selina Tually
Dr Debbie Faulkner
Professor Ian Goodwin-Smith

January 2021

A research report prepared by The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise and The Australian Alliance to End Homelessness for the Adelaide Zero Project (on behalf of the City of Adelaide)

This scorecard is created to help your community determine whether it has quality data for single adults experiencing homelessness. Once the community does have quality data, one can leverage system-performance data for advocacy/education through visuals such as this one.

This scorecard is created to help your community determine whether it has quality data for single adults experiencing homelessness. Once the community does have quality data, one can leverage system-performance data for advocacy/education through visuals such as this one.

The evidence on acuity and inflows from the September 19 2019 By-Name List data capture

FULL DEEP DIVE DATA REPORT

Dr Selina Tually and Professor Ian Goodwin-Smith, May 2020

Report prepared for the Adelaide Zero Project by The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise, University of South Australia.

Authors: Rosie Dodd (Launch Housing), Natasha Rodrigues (Micah Projects), Tamara Sequeira (Homelessness NSW) and Leah Watkins (Ruah Community Services).

The Housing First Principles for Australia were adopted by the Homelessness Australia Board on 5 March 2020. This project has been made possible through the generosity of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation in Melbourne, the Sisters of St John of God and Ruah Community Services, along with the above-mentioned organisations who supported their employee’s participation in Homelessness Australia’s Housing First Project. To find out more visit homelessnessaustralia.org.au

AAEH is seeking to implement an Advance to Zero campaign - a national movement of communities working together to permanently house and support Australia’s most vulnerable people starting with rough sleeping – including individuals, families, and children living in cars, squats, motels and cycling through short-term accommodation options.

12 June 2020

"Homelessness is a policy choice. It will be the actions of policy makers that enables Australia to not just manage, or even reduce homelessness – but to end it for individuals, population groups, communities and ultimately all of Australia."