The Queensland Department of Housing and Department of Communities has released the final report of its Review of the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) and the Crisis Accommodation Program (CAP). The review of the program management arrangements aimed to identify areas of improvement and explore how the programs could be more effectively administered through changes to Departmental administration arrangements.

Two key recommendations arose from the review.

• Recommendation 1: That a single line of accountability, at Ministerial level, be established to give effect to the areas of improvement for program administration for both SAAP and CAP. This could be achieved through a heads of agreement.
  
• Recommendation 2: The establishment of Homelessness as a ‘program’ rather than a ‘strategy’ underpinned by a cross government governance structure. This would enable translation of key policy objectives into an integrated program delivery structure that identifies the requirements and functions of policy, planning, funding and resource allocation, performance monitoring and sector development.

Read the Final Report and the background documents.

Service providers and agencies with an interest in addressing the needs of homeless people and people at risk of becoming homeless are invited to participate in the consultation process for the development of the NSW Homelessness Strategic Framework.