Financial investment in homelessness 2003-2014 2014: £26m (approx £6m Floating Support) - Total investment: £236m

Supporting homeless people to flourish

Investment in service development Capacity doubled to 5000 places 3,200 floating support places 130 services

Recent commissioning & innovation Focus on north west (2012-14)

Place prevention at the forefront of delivery Reduce length of time people experience homelessness Floating Support Enniskillen: tenancy sustainment pilot 2013 Foyle Women‘s Aid: floating support extended to Limavady & Strabane Women's Aid: criminal justice support specialists Methodist City Mission: resettlement Clarendon St: resettlement

Remove need to sleep rough Foyle Haven extension, harm reduction services & community hubs. FHASS – extension of floating support to harm reduction focus

House in the Wells: development of ‘wet’ environment Night support service

Improve services to vulnerable households Remodelling of Simon Community NI Bond’s Hill for PBNI & complex needs beds & 17 new beds for general support at Melrose Terrace Praxis: 15 units, Derry Triangle: 20 units – Antrim, Ballymena and Larne Action for Children: 8/10 units – Enniskillen Sleight: 8/10 units - Omagh

Quality, Governance and Accountability

‘...change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat...’ The Duke of Edinburgh

Challenges Ring fencing and Departmental responsibility The problem of inflation Tendering and procurement More than a transaction – outcome reporting Rethinking our options

Opportunities Listening to our users Contracts not grants Synthesis of homelessness and SP structures Working to our strengths and sharing them A new focus and new vision