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released: 6 Oct 2000 author: AIHW media release

Provides a profile of children who attended Supported Accommodation and Assistance Program (SAAP) agencies with people who were homeless or at risk of being homeless. The report describes a six-week survey period in which there were about 8,000 visits by children accompanying adults.

ISBN 978 1 74024 059 8; Cat. no. HOU 39; 130pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (103K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Contributors
    • Executive summary (40K PDF)
  • 1. Introduction (71K PDF)
    • The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
    • Background to the Accompanying Children Collection
    • The Accompanying Children Collection
    • Participation in the Accompanying Children Collection
    • Completeness of data
    • Interpretation of analyses
    • Structure and content of this report
    • Detailed tables
  • Part A: Accompanying Children (255K PDF)
    1. Characteristics of accompanying children
      1. Background of accompanying children
      2. Detailed tables
    2. Circumstances of accompanying children
      1. Usual living situation
      2. Legal processes
      3. Experience and recent history of children
      4. Detailed tables
    3. Support services to accompanying children and unmet needs
      1. Support services provided or referred
      2. Case management and support plans
      3. Duration of support
      4. Unmet needs
      5. Detailed tables
  • Part B: Agency Profile (200K PDF)
    1. Agency profile
      1. Resources and facilities at SAAP agencies
      2. Physical accessibility to agencies
      3. Services at SAAP agencies
      4. Human resources
      5. Detailed tables
  • End matter (82K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: Counting rules
      • Appendix B: Accompanying Child Form
      • Appendix C: Accompanying Children Agency Profile
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2000. Accompanying children: special collection. Cat. no. HOU 39. Canberra: AIHW.