Preventing tomorrow's rough sleepers: a good practice handbook

Author:
CASEY Louise
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Publication year:
2001
Pagination:
61p.,list of orgs.
Place of publication:
Wetherby

This handbook, based on the work of the Rough Sleepers Unit, gives practical and realistic ways for local authorities and other key partners to prevent homelessness. It contains sections on: identifying people at risk of homelessness; clear pathways for people entering and leaving institutions; preventing rough sleeping; and effective homeless prevention strategies. Also included are tables of service provisions to prevent rough sleeping and homelessness, listed by accommodation type and by user group. There is an appendix listing contact details for further information on projects that the manual identifies as being examples of good practice.

Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, housing, mental health problems, prevention, social care provision, alcohol misuse, drug misuse, good practice;
Content types:
practice guidance, government publication
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