This report reveals the Geelong Project is producing unprecedented results in preventing ‘at-risk’ young students from becoming homeless, disengaging in their education and leaving school early.

When an adolescent leaves school early, they're more likely to end up homeless than their peers at school — and to be struggling with issues later in life. In Geelong, Victoria, 250 young people leave school early every year and about 230 of them seek help for homelessness. But a new early intervention model adopted...

This AHURI Inquiry into the funding and delivery of programs to reduce homelessness in Australia provides the first comprehensive examination and assessment of the funding of Specialist Homelessness Services (SHSs) and other services assisting those experiencing homelessness. Government funding is the dominant form of funding, accounting for 84.6 percent of funding provided to SHSs (those...

This report forms part of an AHURI Inquiry into the funding and delivery of programs to reduce homelessness. It provides evidence from case studies of homelessness services into how services supporting those experiencing homelessness are funded, and how different forms and levels of funding impact on the delivery of homelessness assistance. This evidence is based...

This article argues that the Australian government needs to adopt a more sophisticated approach to addressing social problems such as homelessness, by investing in early intervention programs and more supportive social housing services.