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YP4 – Joining up services for Homeless jobseekers

Purpose of Report

This report has been prepared for the National Homelessness Strategy to account for funding received from this source. In 2004/2005, YP4 received National Homelessness Strategy funding of $297,000. These funds were applied to manage the implementation of YP4 in its first year. Specifically, these funds enabled the completion of all developmental work for YP4, the finalisation of agreements and protocols with participating government departments and service providers, the creation of a communication strategy and the establishment of an evaluation framework. Whilst YP4 is a three-year trial which seeks to demonstrate that joining up programs and services in a client-centred manner will result in more sustainable employment and housing outcomes for young homeless jobseekers, the focus of this report is on the first year of YP4 operations.

The purpose of this report is to:

  1. document the planning and implementation phase of YP4
  2. describe the evaluation model adopted by YP4
  3. note the implications of planning, implementation and evaluation work for future efforts to integrate program and services across diverse sectors

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