WHAT´S NEXT?

PAAVO 2008 – 2015

Jari Karppinen, PAAVO program leader

Why an international evaluation?

• Good results from the international peer review in 2010: experience and views from other countries

• Now the main focus is in the changing service stucture and finding innovative work practises.

instructions for planning the future strategy

• Interesting new outlook and openings

The conclusions of the evaluation

• A more thorough analysis on the materials after the observations and discussions during the second visit

• An evaluaton report ready in 12/2014• The report is published in 1/2015• The results are utilized in planning the future strategy as

well as policy work and developing services

AUNE• Planning the strategy on homelessness for 2016-2019

• A working paper to be used as backgound material in planning the policy work (not a ready proposal)

• Based on the preliminary proposal made last spring• The final policy proposal is made after a process of joint

discussions and planning

• The working paper and a link to send feedback :

http://www.asuntoensin.fi/asunto_ensin/paavo-verkostokehittajat/aune_-_valmistelu

Goals

The target is to integrate housing social work and the housing first principle in a more comprehensive and closer way to the policy on social integration and combating social exclusion.

Goals:•To prevent homelessness and to improve prerequisities for housing•To prevent people from ending up homeless again

Principles

• Understanding the meaning of housing first and

underlining the view of housing • Focus on prevention and identifying risk factors at an

early stage• Participation, empowerment, integration and normal

housing• Innovations and effectiveness• Regional and international connections

Financing

•The tripartite model in financing the work has perhaps been the most important factor in achieving good results in housing social work. The target is to complement the tripartite model with ESF-funds.

•Negotiations with financiers during autumn 2014

•Discussions about financing also in the small PAAVO steering group during this autumn.

Structures for cooperation

More extensive and more commited cooperation

• Better understanding of the operational environment in different cities and regions in the letters of intent •In international relations towards a more coordinated cooperation with countries tackling the same challenges (Denmark, the Netherlands).•Connections with other ongoing reforms, programs and projects ( SOTE = Social and health services reform, Youth guarantee)

Evaluation

The evaluation of the program in based on utilizing realtime evidence based information in a systematic way

•HEAVY (A network of useful evidence)•Overall plan •Improving the methology in future research•Peer evaluations (experts by experience, people working in the services) connected as an integral part in the evaluation work

Development work

Experience from the coordination of the development work (Networking for Development project in Y-Foundation) has proved that it is reasonable to concentrate the coordination to a network project with sufficient resources

•Continuity•Information about a great variety of development projects•Working in/with networks•Supporting experimentation, finding quick ways to test new work models

Homelessness Prevention

In preventing homelessness a coordinated multiprofessional cooperation of various admistrative sectors is necessary to utilize the expert knowledge in an effective way

1.Minimizing the risks of homelessness + strengthening the protecting factors

2.1000 rental aparments for homeless people per year. Measures to lower the threshold in renting to homeless people are developed

3.Influencing the structures and norms but also supporting the tenants to be able to keep their homes

Homelessness Prevention

4. Housing advice services are extended: they are available all over the country and also in private rental housing

5. Immigrant homelessness is not considered only as a problem of the individual but also as a matter of social integration, housing policy and developing welfare services

6. Housing & support are guaranteed for young people as a part of the Youth Guarantee, construction of youth housing is increased.

7. Special needs of various groups of homeless people are taken into account

Preventing ending up homeless again

1.The principles in Housing First work are clarified and quality criteria are developed to steer the housing social work and procurement of services

2. Securing the housing for most vulnerable homeless people and testing new work models

3. Developing meaningful, low threshold daily activities

A collective planning process

• Development teams to work on spesific issues• A meeting of ministries• A meeting of financiers• Visits in the cities• Seminars and working groups• A summarized proposal 1/2015

Feedback received• All necessary fields of activities are not involved yet (Still too much attention to housing questions)• The roles of different services must be defined• How is it possible to connect addiction treatment and

mental health services more closely to homeless services• AUNE must also be connected more closely to both the

present and future policy programs and actions.• At best it offers decision makers a solution to speed up

the change in the organisational structure (without AUNE the social and health services reform will be ”hollow”)

• What are the key approaches in AUNE in the process of structural change? Which key features are selected?

Pilot work on floating support

•12 process descriptions A service process and/or a description of the cooperation

•EvaluationA model for self evaluation (practical tools, commensurate results

Peer evaluation model for promising practices

A research on cost effects of the models?

Testing ACT in Finland

•A desciption of the pilot work process

Essential characteristics• A new way of planning services, coordination of multi

diciplinary cooperation, reorganization of tasks and allocating resources a challenge to leadership

• Developing service processes a challenge to create work models

• The change: floating support, teams, work in pairs a challenge to professional identity and personal

development

Evaluation based on the special features in the work?

Special questions?

PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS: MANAGEMENT BY INFORMATION

A review on homelessnessA review on

homelessness

PAAVO-management team

PAAVO-management team

Youth guidance and service network

Youth guidance and service network

Executive board in welfare services

Executive board in welfare services

Executive groupExecutive group

Data collection Processing and evaluating the data together

Definition of policies, actions

Follow-up work

Other organizations

Other organizations

Defining

InformingOrganizing

PAAVO Networking for Development & Research and Development House Ajatustalo Oy

A draftA draft