Ending rough sleeping Making it happen by working together

What will success look like? We want to ensure people get the help they need so no one has to sleep rough and, most importantly, no one is living on the streets in England in Through services and interventions that: Prevent rough sleeping Bring people in as quickly as possible (with the aim that no one sleeps rough for a second night and no one else becomes entrenched living on the streets) Support people who have slept rough to sustain lives away from the streets.

Implementation: A Strategic Delivery Framework Strategic Approach and Partnerships Prevention and Early Interventions Services Emergency Accommodation Services Contact and Assessment through Assertive Outreach Accommodation and Support Pathways Specialist Support for health, skills and work The Right Help in the Right Place at the Right Time

Strategy, partnership and infrastructure support for delivery Self –assessment checklist for local authorities Champions Programme, Specialist Advisers, good practice notes, seminars and conferences, small grants Individual budget pilots Street Doctors, complex needs panels Befriending services Engage to Change (Accredited training) PrOMPT, hospital and prison discharge and reconnections protocols flow/ stock/ returner models and street needs audits, Outreach Balanced Scorecard, TfL Bendy Bus project and advice from Crisiswww.privaterentedsector.org.uk GROW Nowrongdoor

Making it happen: Challenges? A8 nationals with no recourse to public funds Sustaining services Stemming the flow – early intervention to make prevention work Engagement and health input – mental health, complex needs, personality disorder/ complex trauma Limited use of enforcement

Making it happen: critical success factors to end rough sleeping Tackling entrenched rough sleeping ensuring no one is living on the street by 2012 personalised services housing first models inclusion focused services creative, community based responses assertive outreach enforcement action Preventing future rough sleeping timely interventions – understanding the risks (health and support needs, trigger events and key transitions) homelessness prevention for all rapid responses and accommodation and support pathways in every area (assessment beds, service gateways, reconnections and sub regional arrangements to remodel outdated patterns of provision) community commitment and engagement