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The Effectiveness of Interventions in Preventing Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Among Ex-Service Personnel in London
PROJECT SUMMARY (2006)
This project will evaluate the impacts of the services and programmes designed to counteract rough sleeping and homelessness among ex-Service personnel in London , which have been developed by the Ex-services Action Group on Homelessness since 1997. Findings of the research will help to identify those initiatives which are most effective and which could be suitable for further deployment across the UK.
The research will be conducted in two phases:
1) A statistical review designed to assess the numbers and proportion of ex-service personnel among the rough sleeping and homeless population of London, contrasting levels in 2005/6 with those found in earlier research.
2) Four strands of of fieldwork involving:
a) Interviews with formerly homeless ex-service personnel who have been successfully resettled from homelessness and who have demonstrated success in tenancy sustainement after support from initiatives established within the ESAG strategy;
b) Interviews with managers and frontline staff in services working with homeless ex-service personnel and interviews/focus groups involving bodies with a strategic or commissioning role in homelessness across London;
c) A cohort study on one year's duration with a sample of around 30 ex-service personnel who are sleeping rough or staying in short-stay hostel accommodation at the point of first contact, involving three interviews over the period; and
d) Reviewing the statistical evidence available on service success and integrating this with the results of the interviews conducted during the research to assess the effectiveness of the various ESAG service models.