1. Monitoring Homelessness Prevention 18.04.2012

2. Outline Why monitor homelessness prevention? What information should be collected? How would it be implemented? Questions and discussion

3. Why?

4. Growing demand from.. Scottish Housing Regulator Local Authorities Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee (Recommendation 20)

5. What?

6. What to collect Case level or summary information? Why not expand the HL1? Homelessness Prevention Work Other Outcomes

7. What to collect Basic Demographic Information –Number of adults and children –Age of Head of Household –Ethnicity? Circumstances surrounding the approach Local Authority Action or Actions Outcomes –Homeless Application –Tenancy/ Returned to previous accommodation, etc…

8. How?

9. Submit LA System 1.Send to SG Server 2.Check Validation SG Web Server LA System Success Screen Basic Idea

10. Submit LA System 1.Send to SG Server 2.Check Validation SG Web Server …if a validation fails

11. Submit LA System 1.Send to SG Server 2.Check Validation SG Web Server LA System Success Screen …errors fixed then re-send

12. Submit LA System 1.Send to SG Server 2.Check Validation SG Web Server LA System Pending Screen LA Database But what happens if the LA Systems can’t connect to the SG Web Server?

13. SG Web Server LA Database Dear, Case ABC12345 has been submitted successfully and contains no errors. Regards, …send a simple success email

14. SG Web Server LA Database Dear, Case ABC12345 has the following errors. Error1, Error2 Link to Case ABC12345 Regards, Submit LA System …send an errors email with a link to the case

15. Advantages Can potentially integrate with existing IT systems All becomes much simpler if LA systems can validate the data before submitting Real time information collection –Data is submitted instantly Real time data validation –Errors reported back to user. –Greatly reduced need for data chasing

16. The End www.scotland.gov.uk/homelessstats