News and Updates
May 15, 2019
Five factors underpin good homelessness service implementation
A review of the implementation issues evidence from the Evidence and Gap Maps reveals that some barriers/facilitators apply across all homelessness interventions
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May 15, 2019
Our Intervention Tool now includes a new implementation section
How a policy or service is implemented on the front line can make or break an intervention. Our Intervention Tool, which summarises the reliable evidence for homelessness interventions, is designed to inform commissioners, policymakers and practitioners, and improve intervention strategies and implementation.
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April 25, 2019
The Homelessness Reduction Act: one year on
On 2nd April 2019, we joined forces with Solace and the District Councils Network to bring together Local Authority leads from across England to mark the anniversary of the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act and identify 5 opportunities for evidence and data to be used to improve outcomes.
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April 3, 2019
Putting people first: building a common vision for a new national data system for street homelessness in Scotland
In this post we describe our engagement and approach to undertaking an options appraisal for a new national data and monitoring system for street homelessness in Scotland.
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March 20, 2019
Looking back at our first year + mapping 2019 with our Advisory Panel
We brought our Advisory Panel together to share the progress and learnings from our 1st year, get their input on key opportunities in the year ahead, refining our offer for local areas and seeking their guidance on where to build upon the evidence baseline in homelessness.
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March 6, 2019
Preventing premature deaths among people experiencing homelessness
This guest post by Dr Emily Tweed considers the latest developments in generating and linking data about health, homelessness and deaths and suggests what we might do to ensure that we have the evidence necessary to prevent unnecessary deaths in future.
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March 4, 2019
Taking a closer look at the quality of evidence: releasing a new version of our Effectiveness map
Our effectiveness map now includes information of how confident you can be on the findings of the studies captured. CHI Senior Fellow and CEO of the Campbell Collaboration explains why it was vital to create this new version of the map.
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March 1, 2019
Towards a harmonised definition of homelessness statistics
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland currently use different definitions of homelessness for their official statistics. We believe harmonised definition would improve the evidence and data infrastructure.
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