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INDIGO-POJ-0261

Reducing homelessness - Denmark

General overview

Stage of development: Implementation

Policy sector: Homelessness

Date outcomes contract signed: Dec 2021

Start date of service provision: Jan 2022

Capital raised (minimum): DKK 3.60m (USD 572.34k)

Service users: 20 individuals

Intervention

Based on the principles of Housing First, the homeless people receive help to find housing and social support. The intervention is targeted at the homeless citizens in Ikast-Brande Municipality, who are having a particularly difficult time and who need a focused effort to be helped further in their lives. The intervention is based on the Housing First method CTI and citizens receive support for approx. nine months.

Target population

All homeless and vulnerable citizens in Ikast-Brande Municipality.

Location

Country

  • Denmark

Service delivery locations

  • Ikast-Brande

Involved organisations

Commissioners/outcome payers

Service Providers

Investors

Outcome metrics

  • At least 80% of the citizens who are screened for the effort (16 of the 20 recruited citizens) complete the course with participation throughout all 9 months.
  • At least 80% of the citizens who, prior to the start of the initiative, had a significant use of hostels (>30 days over 6 months before the start of the initiative), spend less than 6 days in a hostel per 6th month in the follow-up period which runs for 3 years from the start of the effort
  • At least 60% of the citizens who, prior to the initiative's start, did not have a significant consumption of hostels, succeeded in reducing their consumption of housing benefit - defined as receiving no or little housing benefit during the follow-up period (3 years)

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