Housing & Homelessness 

Report of the Reconnect Longitudinal Study: Building Community Capacity for Early Intervention 

April 2003 

This report outlines the conclusions of a two-year longitudinal study of Reconnect services' role in building community capacity for early intervention into youth homelessness, which was undertaken as part of the Reconnect Program evaluation. The Community Study consisted of an investigation of twelve Reconnect services over a one-year period, selected to be reflective of the broader Reconnect program. The selected services were located in remote, rural and urban locations and included specifically targeted as well as generalist services.


Table of Contents

  1. Executive summary
  2. Background
  3. The Reconnect longitudinal community study
  4. Building infrastructure to support community capacity for early intervention
  5. Strengthening organisational capacity for early intervention
  6. Strengthening service networks and enhancing collaboration between agencies
  7. Building capacity within Indigenous communities
  8. Factors affecting Reconnect community capacity building for early intervention
  9. Conclusions of the study
  • Appendix 1: Methodology of the study
  • Appendix 2 : Interim Report Findings in relation to issues faced in Reconnect communities

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