1. G4 Winter Shelter Study into rough sleepers

2. 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

3. 5/5/20153 Mapping exercise on the basis of sleeping locations Photo: ANP / Paul Stolk

4. 5/5/20154 Total number of people in shelters Dec. 2010, Jan. 2011 * including the Stoelenproject shelter

5. 5/5/20155 Average occupancy of the shelter per day during the winter provision (Dec 2010, Jan 2011) * including the Stoelenproject shelter

6. 5/5/20156 Average occupancy per day (with/without winter provision) * including the Stoelenproject shelter

7. 5/5/20157 When did you last sleep rough?

8. 5/5/20158 Where nights were spent in last 30 days before winter shelter (% night shelter)

9. 5/5/20159 Where nights were spent in last 30 days before winter shelter (% street)

10. 5/5/201510 Result: “Quick and Dirty” estimate of number of rough sleepers A’damR'dam The HagueUtrecht ratio: nights on the street / shelter1.140.,10 0.680.19 Occupancy night shelter160 214105106 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

11. 5/5/201511 Characteristics: “Nationality”

12. 5/5/201512 Characteristics: “Nationality”

13. 5/5/201513 Characteristics: Regional connection

14. 5/5/201514 Dynamics: homeless for < 1 year

15. 5/5/201515 Origin of people who are new to the city (< 1 yr; 29% survey) G4, elsewhere in the Netherlands, abroad 63% 31% -3 +6+6 -2 6%

16. 5/5/201516 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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18. 5/5/201518 Rose-ringed parakeets in the G4, mid-winter count 2011 1200 215 3490 3297 NRC-next 19 January 2011 8202

19. 5/5/201519 Alcohol and drug use (survey)

20. 5/5/201520 Reason for homelessness (last period)