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released: 3 Apr 2009 author: AIHW media release

In 2007-08, 1 in every 104 Australians, or 202,500 people, received substantial support from the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP). The total funding allocation to SAAP was $400.4 million, of which $383.9 million was direct funding to SAAP agencies. This is the Series 13 annual report of the SAAP National Data Collection, and provides an overview of assistance given to clients and their children by the Program in 2007-08.

ISSN 1445-498X; ISBN 978 1 74024 893 8; Cat. no. HOU 191; 146pp.; $29.00

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (112KB PDF)
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Summary
  • Body section (348KB PDF)
    1. Introduction
    2. Funding
      • 2.1 Tables
    3. Level of support
      • 3.1 Tables
    4. Age, sex, country of birth and cultural and linguistic diversity
      • 4.1 Tables
    5. Client groups and reasons for seeking assistance
      • 5.1 Tables
    6. Support provided
      • 6.1 Tables
    7. Meeting the needs of clients and accompanying children
      • 7.1 Tables
    8. Circumstances of clients before and after support
      • 8.1 Tables
    9. Support from 1996-97 to 2007-08
      • 9.1 Tables
  • End matter (357KB PDF)
    • Appendixes
      1. Innovation and Investment Fund Pilot Projects: additional tables
        • A1.1 Tables
      2. The data
        • A2.1 The National Data Collection
        • A2.2 The Client Collection
        • A2.3 Interpretation of tables
        • A2.4 Counting rules and glossary
      3. Client Collection form
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

AIHW 2009. Homeless people in SAAP: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2007-08, Australia. SAAP NDC report series 13. Cat. no. HOU 191. Canberra: AIHW.