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released: 28 Feb 2006 author: AIHW media release

In 2003-04, 1,300 non-government, community and local government organisations were funded nationally under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) (Chapter 1). This report provides information on the wide range of substantial support services provided by these agencies to people experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. An analysis of one-off or casual assistance provided by SAAP agencies on a daily basis is also included. Additionally, the report presents information about the level of unmet demand for SAAP services, as agencies cannot always meet all of the requests from existing SAAP clients, or the requests from potential clients (that is, people who request services but are turned away). A major focus of this report is the level of unmet demand for accommodation, as the provision of accommodation is one of the core activities of SAAP.

ISBN 978 1 74024 554 8; Cat. no. HOU 143; 146pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (210K PDF)
    • Half title page and verso
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Glossary
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. An overview of homelessness and SAAP (280K PDF)
      1. The SAAP National Data Collection
      2. Estimating the number of homeless people
    2. Total demand for SAAP assistance
      1. How is the total demand for SAAP estimated?
      2. Daily and annual estimates of the demand for SAAP services and accomodation
      3. Tables
    3. Meeting the needs of clients and accompanying children
      1. Meeting the needs of clients
      2. Meeting the needs of accompanying children
      3. Tables
    4. One-off assistance to casual clients
      1. Requesting group
      2. State and territory
      3. Tables
    5. One-off assistance to groups with unmet requests for accomodation (237K PDF)
      1. State and territory
      2. Referrals for accomodation
      3. Tables
    6. Unmet requests for accommodation
      1. Valid and invalid unmet requests
      2. The immediacy of need for accommodation
      3. Tables
    7. Number of people making a valid unmet requests for accommodation
      1. Number of potential clients and accompanied children
      2. The immediacy of need for accommodation
      3. Tables
    8. Characteristics of people who made a valid unmet request for accommodation (255K PDF)
      1. Gender and age of potential clients
      2. Gender and age of accompanying children
      3. Country of birth of potential clients and accompanying children
      4. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status of potential and accompanying children
      5. Tables
    9. People turned away without receiving accomodation
      1. Daily request turn-away rate for adults and unaccompanied children
      2. Daily request for accommodation turn-away rate for accompanying children

      3. Ratio of unmet demand to total demand for accommodation for adults and unaccompanied children

      4. Ratio of unmet demand to total demand for accommodation for accompanying children

      5. Meeting the expressed demand for SAAP accommodation

      6. Tables

  • End matter
    • Appendix 1 Additional tables (1.37M PDF)
    • Appendix 2 The data
      • A2.1 The Client Collection
      • A2.2 The Demand for Accommodation Collection
      • A2.3 The Casual Client Collection
      • A2.4 Interpretation of the tables
      • A2.5 Counting rules and other definitions used in the analysis
    • Appendix 3 Collection forms
    • References (87K PDF)

SAAP NDCA Report Series 9

Recommended citation

AIHW 2006. Demand for SAAP assistance by homeless people 2003-04. SAAP National Data Collection Agency (NDCA) report series 9. Cat. no. HOU 143. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 13 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442467823>.