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Simple but effective: local solutions for adults facing multiple deprivation: adults facing chronic exclusion evaluation: final report
- Authors:
- CATTELL Jack, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Adults facing Chronic Exclusion programme (ACE) tests new ways of working with excluded people who do not access services in the community because their lives are chaotic and their needs are too complex. The programme comprised 12 pilots across England which began in 2007. The pilots differed in terms of the characteristics of their clients, the intervention, the cost of the service, and their outcomes. They were tasked with helping clients access local services and benefits, supporting them with transition points in their lives, and changing the way in which local agencies responded to their needs. In all cases the interventions offered support from a consistent, trusted adult who could advocate between local services and service users. This report presents the findings of a 3-year evaluation of the ACE pilots. The evaluation looked at the following outcome measures: accommodation status; employment status; use of health services; receipt of benefits; offending and victimisation; and subjective health and well-being. The report concludes that the work of the pilots was effective and inexpensive. They were effective in bringing about better outcomes for the individuals, particularly in terms of health, and persuading local services to engage with the client group. Some of the pilots were highly replicable and half have received continuation funding locally. The lessons for public sector reform, particularly how to make services more flexible and collaborative, are discussed.
Adults facing chronic exclusion programme: evaluation findings: summary
- Authors:
- CATTELL Jack, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Adults facing Chronic Exclusion programme (ACE) tests new ways of working with excluded people who do not access services in the community because their lives are chaotic and their needs are too complex. The programme comprised 12 pilots across England which began in 2007. The pilots differed in terms of the characteristics of their clients, the intervention, the cost of the service, and their outcomes. They were tasked with helping clients access local services and benefits, supporting them with transition points in their lives, and changing the way in which local agencies responded to their needs. In all cases the interventions offered support from a consistent, trusted adult who could advocate between local services and service users. This report summary outlines the findings of a 3-year evaluation of the ACE pilots. The evaluation looked at different outcomes measures including: accommodation status; employment status; use of health services; receipt of benefits; and offending and victimisation. The report summary concludes that the pilots were effective in achieving positive housing, health and well-being outcomes with the clients. The pilots reduced the cost of healthcare, but the positive outcome of securing accommodation and benefits for homeless people resulted in an overall net cost. The pilots demonstrate that long term, positive, outcomes can be secured for this client group, and that these interventions are likely to be cost effective.