Jay Weatherill, Premier, South Australia

Foreword

Jay Weatherill, Premier, South Australia

Editorial

Jenny Smith, Chief Executive Officer, CounciltoHomeless Persons

Feature: Responding to Homelessness in SouthAustralia

Introduction —Change in Homelessness Services inSouth Australia, 2002–15

Professor Andrew Beer, Dean, ResearchandInnovation, UniSA Business School

Chapter 1: Homelessness Policy

South Australian HomelessnessResponses Since 2008

Nicholas Mchawala, Assistant Project Officer, Housing SA

It Takes a Village…andGoodInfrastructure

Suzanne Pang, Senior Project Officer, Housing SA

Innovation in the HomelessnessSector: The Homelessness Strategic Group and Models of Consultation inthe Homelessness Sector inSouthAustralia

Andrew Beer, University of South Australia BusinessSchool

Housing SA’s NewServiceDelivery Model

Teresa Keogh, Assistant Project Officer, PracticeDevelopment and MikarlaPapini, AssistantProject Officer, Evaluation, Housing SA

Responding to Mental Healthand Homelessness in South Australia

Amelia Traino, Manager, Strategy and Change, Mental Health Strategy, SA Health

Chapter 2: Programs, Services andPractice

Local Responses toHomelessness in the City of Adelaide

Lauren Grant, Safety Strategy Consultant and SarahCleggett, Social Planner, AdelaideCityCouncil

Building PartnershipsToward Better Health

Ian Milverton, Team Leader of Aged City Living, Hutt St Centre

‘Your call is importantto us’

Patrick Kukla, Team Leader, Supported Accommodation and Recovery Services East, SalvationArmyTowards Independence

Access to Justice: TenYears On

Amanda Tsoundarou, Outreach Case Worker, Welfare Rights Centre (SA) Inc

50 is the new 65

Eddie Bullitis, Senior Service Coordinator, Homelessness Support Program, ExceptionalNeeds Unit, Department for Communities and Social Inclusion

A Place to Call Home

Alice MacFarlane, Marketing and Fundraising Manager, Corporate Services UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide

Quantifying Our Impact:Evaluating the Impact of Homelessness Services and Interventions — TheChallenges of Evaluating Long-term Impact on Client Life Trajectories

Robert Martin, Executive Manager, Client Services, Common Ground Adelaide and Tracey Dodd, Managing Director, Perfect Pitch Communications

The Homeless Connect Expo

Olivia Taylor, Expo Management Team, Shelter SA

The Supported ResidentialFacilities Sector: AChangingLandscape?

Eddie Bullitis, Senior Service Coordinator, Homelessness Support Program and Peter Jessup, Program Manager, SRF Intake and Support Service, Exceptional Needs Unit, Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI)

Homeless is Not aNebulous Concept: The Need foranIntegrated Response

Kerry Dawson, Clinical Service Coordinator and Peter Beaumont, Clinical Nurse, StreetToHomeServices

Social Impact Bondsand Homelessness: Questions fromthe Field

Sean Sheehy, Research Assistant, Amanda Taylor, Stakeholder Engagement Manager and Alice Clark, Executive Director Shelter SA, AndrisBanders, Consultant

Exceptional Needs Unit:AUniqueService Response

Judy Clutterbuck, Program Manager, Homelessness Support Program, Michelle Hardy, Senior Assessment Practitioner, Supported Residential Facilities Intake and Support Service, Richard O’Loughlin, Program Manager, Management Assessment Service, Exceptional Needs Unit, Department for Communities and Social Inclusion

Aspire Adelaide SeekstoBecomeSouth Australia’s FirstSocial Impact Bond

Ben Taylor, Manager Client Services, HuttStreetCentre

‘But I have a roof overmy head now’ Discussing Service Response and theNeeds of Clients Once Housed

Jess Dobrovic and Sam Pielichaty, HuttStreetCentre

Chapter 3: Key Themes and Issues

A: Aboriginal Homelessness

The Quality of Mercy

(Ms) Prema Joy, Wellbeing Program Manager, NungaMi:MinarInc

KornarWinmilYunti:MenWorkingTogether

Catherine Ponsana, KornarWinmilYunti

Shelter SA Aboriginal HousingSummit: ‘Our Grannies are OurStrength’

Sean Sheehy, Research Assistant, AmandaTaylor,Stakeholder Engagement Manager and Alice Clark, Executive Director, Shelter SA

Uniting CommunitiesAboriginal Community Connect: KurlanaTampawardli (NewHouseonthe Plains)

Ruth Tulloch, Service Manager, Aboriginal Community Connect, Intensive Support Services, UnitingCommunities AboriginalHub Centre

The Resource Learning Mix:EssentialIngredientsin the Provision of Case-Management with Aboriginal YoungPeopleExperiencing Homelessness

Charlie Wickins and Dr Janette Hancock, UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide

Best Practice in Working withand Supporting Aboriginal Young People in Regional South Australia: AGeneric Homelessness Service Perspective

Joanne Clark, CEO, West Coast Youth and Community Support Inc, Port Lincoln Homelessness Services (Youth Focus)

B: Housing

Homeowner and Homeless:Relocatable Home Owners’ Insecure Tenure inResidential Parks in South Australia

David Bunce, Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Adelaide

House for Rent — Apply Within:AReport on Renting in SA

Amanda Taylor, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Shelter SA

Homes for HeroesSouth Australia

Darren Adamson, Director Communications andDevelopment, ReturnedSoldiersLeagueCareSouth Australia

Snapshot:WhoisLookingforHousing Assistance inSouthAustralia?

Sean Sheehy, Research Assistant, Shelter SA

Making a Real Difference:TheResponsive Housing Model

By Joe Gannon and Dr Janette Hancock UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide

Community Led Development©2015 — Ethical, Socially Responsible Investment in Social and Affordable Housing and the Sustainable Use of Land

Alice Clark, Executive Director, Shelter SA

Ten Years of Inclusionary Zoningin South Australia

Belinda Hallsworth, Senior Strategic Planner, Strategy and Innovation, Renewal SA

C: Children and Families

Homeless Children inSouth Australia and Together4Kids, Specialist Children’s Therapeutic Service

Christine Gibson, Australian Centre for Child Protection and Deborah Lockwood, Relationships Australia South Australia (SA)

Improving Outcomes forFamilies Experiencing Homelessness: Working Together as Multi-Disciplinary Teams to Increase Health Outcomes for Children and Families

Dr Yvonne Parry, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, DrSophia HarrybaUnitingCare Wesley Bowden Research and Evaluation Consultant, Susan Horsfall Inner Southern Homelessness Service, UnitingCare Wesley Bowden

D: Domestic and Family Violence andWomen’s Homelessness

Young Mothers Caughtin Cycle of Violence

Vicki Lachlan, Manager, Louise Place, GrazziellaRosmini, Coordinator, Malvern Place and Cathy Araki, Coordinator, Coolock House, Centacare Catholic Family Services

Understanding the Effect ofSocial and Geographical Isolation onWomen’s Ability to Seek Help Following Domestic and Family Violence: A Research Project

Elizabeth Rowe, Communications Manager, CentacareCatholicFamily Services, AssociateProfessor Sarah Wendt, University of South Australia, Professor Donna Chung, CurtinUniversity and Dr Alison Elder, UniversityofSouth Australia

Bridge to aNewFuture

Deirdre Flynn, Director Client and CorporateServices, Catherine House

Aged Homeless AssistanceProgram: A Perspective on Older Women andHomelessness

Liz Francis, Manager, Service Delivery, Homelessness Strategy, Housing SA

E: Youth Homelessness

What’s Happening at Home?Providing Family Assessment and Reunification for Young People Seeking Emergency Accommodation

Cheryl Hillier, Therapeutic Youth Services Uniting Communities Shantel Thyer, Central Support Uniting Communities

Therapeutic Care: Puttinga Therapeutic Lens on the Issue of Homelessness for our Guardianship Young People Leaving Care

Vanessa Kolarz and Kate Melvin, YarrowPlaceRapeand Sexual Assault Service, DepartmentofHealth, South Australia

Youth Perceptions of PartnerViolence and Homelessness: TheNeedtoBridge the ServiceDivide

Leanne Cornell-March and Kirsten Sandstrom, Helping Young People Achieve (HYPA) ServicetoYouth Council (SYC)

Clients Influencing AdvocacyandStrategic Direction intheYouthSector

Cheryl Hillier, Uniting Communities and RebeccaSander, Salvation Army

Youth HomelessnessandTransitional Housing

Tracy Ingram, Manager, Outer North Youth Homelessness Services, Centacare

F: Rural and Regional Homelessness

Overcoming the Barriers inResponding to Homelessness in Regional and Rural South Australia

Trish Spark, Manager Homelessness Services, ac.care

Struggles Faced by WomeninRegional South Australia

Elizabeth Rowe, Communications Manager, Centacare Catholic Family Services

Turning Talk Into Actionin Ceduna — A Case Study

Dr Gillian Britton, Principal Policy and Programs Officer, Policy and Community Development, Department for Communities and Social Inclusion

The 2015 RegionalEngagement Strategy Report

Amanda Taylor, Stakeholder Engagement Manager and Alice Clark, Executive Director, Shelter SA

Chapter 4: Opinions

Philip Fagan-Schmidt

Executive Director, Housing SA

Peter Sandeman

Chief Executive Officer, AnglicareSA

Alice Clark

Chief Executive Officer, Shelter SA

Joe Gannon

Manager, Homelessness Services, UnitingCareWesley Port Adelaide, ChairoftheWestern Adelaide Homelessness Collaboration

Dale West

Director, Centacare Catholic Family Services

Graham Brown

Chief Executive Officer, Junction Australia