G4 Winter Shelter Study into rough sleepers
The Public Mental Healthcare Collaborative Centre of the G4 10 June 2011 Marcel Buster, Amsterdam Public Health Service Eva Mandos & Staf van Zeele, Rotterdam-Rijnmond Public Health Service, Renske Gilisen, The Hague Public Health Service Regien Vleems & Addi van Bergen, Utrecht Public Health Service, Matty de Wit & Mariette Hensen-Baas, Amsterdam Public Health Service
5/5/20153 Mapping exercise on the basis of sleeping locations Photo: ANP / Paul Stolk
5/5/20154 Total number of people in shelters Dec. 2010, Jan * including the Stoelenproject shelter
5/5/20155 Average occupancy of the shelter per day during the winter provision (Dec 2010, Jan 2011) * including the Stoelenproject shelter
5/5/20156 Average occupancy per day (with/without winter provision) * including the Stoelenproject shelter
5/5/20157 When did you last sleep rough?
5/5/20158 Where nights were spent in last 30 days before winter shelter (% night shelter)
5/5/20159 Where nights were spent in last 30 days before winter shelter (% street)
5/5/ Result: “Quick and Dirty” estimate of number of rough sleepers A’damR'dam The HagueUtrecht ratio: nights on the street / shelter1.140., Occupancy night shelter estimated rough sleepers on an average night * ≈ 180 ≈ 20≈ 70≈ 20 *: this group will consist of different individuals on different nights but the size of the group will be constant. *: Assumption: surveyed group is a fair reflection of actual rough sleepers
5/5/ Characteristics: “Nationality”
5/5/ Characteristics: “Nationality”
5/5/ Characteristics: Regional connection
5/5/ Dynamics: homeless for < 1 year
5/5/ Origin of people who are new to the city (< 1 yr; 29% survey) G4, elsewhere in the Netherlands, abroad 63% 31% %
5/5/ Conclusion / Discussion First G4 study Dynamics in every city!!! More rough sleepers in The Hague and Amsterdam –Stricter policy on homeless people without regional connection (looking at R’dam) –Capacity of shelter (looking at Utrecht) - Or do other factors play a role?
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5/5/ Rose-ringed parakeets in the G4, mid-winter count NRC-next 19 January
5/5/ Alcohol and drug use (survey)
5/5/ Reason for homelessness (last period)