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Presentation given by Ricardo Caldeira, PT at the Ninth European Research Conference on Homelessness, "Homelessness in Times of Crisis", Warsaw, September 2014 http://feantsaresearch.org/spip.php?article222&lang=en
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9th European Research Conference
Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
CASCAIS IS CHANGING
Ricardo Caldeira Câmara Municipal de Cascais
(Cascais City Hall)
Portugal ricardo.caldeira@cm-cascais.pt
9th European Research Conference
Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
ricardo.caldeira@cm-cascais.pt
38.696827415273375 latitude
-9.420730769634246 longitude
The Capital
9th European Research Conference
Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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POPULATION - 206.479 Inhabitants (2011)
- Municipal Council with the higher growth in the last 10 years
-3.500 news inhabitants for year (average of last decade)
- 6th Council national level with more population
EDUCATION - Third highest rate of university graduates in the country
- The lowest taxes of school dropout for elementary students
(2,7%)
- The lowest taxes of school dropout for second grade students
(5,6%)
TERRITORY - 97 Square km (divided in 4 Parish’s)
- Two thirds of Cascais is natural reserve
-One third of Cascais has a view of the sea
- 7th place at national level as municipal council with the best
quality of life (within 308 municipal councils)
9th European Research Conference
Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
ricardo.caldeira@cm-cascais.pt
ECONOMY - 4th place on municipal council richness ranking (2009)
- 7th less industrialized municipal council in the country (2008 -
308 councils)
- 277 business for square KM
- 2,3% of Gross National Product (GNP) is produced in
Cascais 1% Agriculture
17% Industry
82% Services
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT/COHESION - Local network with 110 entities (NGO and public agents)
- 24 thematic networks- Homelessness, domestic violence,
handicap people, first infancy, health promotion in schools(….)
- 4.045.607,69 € - Municipal investment in social development (
4% of global municipal investment) 3.653.218,0€ - Housing, social and health resources, individuals, families
and groups
319.612,0€ - Intervention in communities and territories
72.777,€ - Knowledge, communication and local governance
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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BACKGROUND (UNTIL 2010)
Homelessness was not in the local political agenda;
Homelessness intervention wasn’t as important as other
social issues;
The local partner’s intervention towards homelessness was
not aligned with common goals or methodological
principles;
The number of homeless people was a speculative one;
The social measures to deal with homelessness were the
same as the ones to deal with other social issues,
disregarding some specificities of homelessness;
The intervention didn´t produce real changes in people’s
lives;
There was only one specific local response to deal with
homelessness, with financial aid from the city hall.
No
strategic
intervention
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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ACTION PLAN (2010-2013)
Assumption
of the local
network
2010-2011
Alignment of local action plan with the methodological
principals and goals of the national strategy for
homeless people;
Definition of a procedure scheme and territorial
organization regarding intervention;
Diagnosis of the nature and dimension of the homeless
people (local census) and maintenance of a data base on
active cases ;
Intervention based on quality of action and follow-up;
Ensure financial support to the action plan.
2012-2013
New/ adjusted measures
Training
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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ACTION PLAN (2014-2018)
Reinforce
the local
network
2014-2018
Quality intervention focused on tailored measures;
Enhance prevention and immediate intervention;
Define goals for intervention on structural, institutional,
relationship and personal risk factors and triggers for
homelessness;
Attract new partners for the network.
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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ACTION PLAN – Simplified scheme of procedures
COMMUNITY (citizens, civil forces, ONG, private sector)
Identifies a homelessness situation
INFORMS PARISH COORDINATION FOR HOMELESSNESS INTERVENTION
ASSIGN A CASE MANAGER
Cascais/Estoril Alcabideche Parede/Carcavelos
Legal aid Health care and access to medicines Hygiene care Food Clothing Public space maintenance Emergency housing Money Transportation
RESOURCES FOR INTERVENTION S. Domingos de Rana
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2010
13 87
42 - WHITHOUT
CASE
MANAGER
100
42%
2013
4 72
76
28 -WHITHOUT
CASE
MANAGER
36% Decrease
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN CASCAIS
0,04% of council inhabitants 0,03% of council
inhabitants
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2013 76
IMMEDIATE QUESTION:
0,03% of council inhabitants
Why to invest in a reality that statistically represent’ s only
0,03% of the population?
Because reality It’s made of people, who have the right to live the plenitude of their
life’s;
Because for the construction of a cohesive territory all percentages count;
Because it’s not an isolated investment, it’s part of a local public policy towards
territorial cohesion, by the reduction of social, economic and educational/cultural
gaps of individuals and groups/communities;
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
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2011
24
3 41
44
110%
Increase
2012
29
2013
HOMELESS PEOPLE IN CASCAIS – NEW REPORTS - Evolution by years
Economic and financial crisis as background
scenario
2010
21
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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LOCAL PUBLIC INVESTMENT – Evolution by years
2011 2012 2013 2010
70.180,0€ 70.180,0€ 141.311,0€ 88.368,0€
1,92€ for person/day
2,20€ for person/day
4,30€ for person/day
2,10€ for person/day
Average of 2,63€ for person/day
43.236,0€
GRANT
2014
104.511,0€
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
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LOCAL PUBLIC INVESTMENT – Sources by responses
2011 2012 2013 2010
35.000,0€
2014
35.180,0€ 35.180,0€
43.236,0€
62.895,0€
35.180,0€
53.180,0€
35.180,0€
69.331,0€ 35.000,0€
35.180,0€
Housing First
Emmergency/transitional housing (6 mont’s up to a 1year)
Case management
Basic services support (hygiene, food, health)
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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New approaches
Housing First Pilot Project (October 2012);
Changes in the grade criteria’s for the access to
municipal social housing program by homeless
people
Enhance prevention
New results
5 homeless people that lived in the streets for
more than 5 years and that had a diagnosis of
mental illness, were relocated in 1 room apartments
in the local community;
In 2013 - 15 people left their homeless condition
due to the relocation in municipal social houses (1
room apartments).
Reduction of the % of new homeless situations due
to socioeconomic privation.
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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MAIN CHANGES/ RESULTS (2014)
Bring homelessness in Cascais into the local political agenda;
Mobilize financial resources for the intervention;
Align the local partners intervention to common goals reinforcing
their action towards homelessness, within the scope of the
Portuguese National Strategy for Homelessness;
Bring homelessness intervention to the same level as other social
issues in Cascais;
Assign a case manager to 70% of registed homeless people;
Introduce new social measures to deal with homelessness;
Reinforce the local net service support for homeless people;
Produce real changes in people’s lives.
9th European Research Conference
Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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KEY ASPECTS OF CASCAIS INTERVENTION
Local political engagement to ending
homelessness;
Financial support available;
Local Network;
Exchange of experiences with national and
transnational partners;
Intervention based on evidence that individual
approaches with net services support, achieve
better results for homeless people towards a path of
changing.
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
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MAJOR CHALLENGES
Development of new approaches regarding employment
and social activities for homeless people;
Efficiency and impact analysis as key concern regarding
public investment;
Maintain the financial investment for the action plan;
Tackle the risk factors and triggers for homelessness
(structural, institutional, relationship, personal) – Social
Investment package – European Commission
Development of a national/ transnational partnership for a
housing first national program within the scope of the
financial investment of Europe 2020.
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Homelessness in Times of Crisis
Warsaw, Friday 19th September 2014
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CHANGING THE PRESENT
It’s possible, it’s not a statement
It’s imperative for the maintenance of individual rights
and dignities;
It’s a “building” in permanent construction;
Defines a different and more balanced future for Cascais
inhabitants (Cascalenses)
This is one of the reasons why
CASCAIS IS CHANGING
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