cascais is changing

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)

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38.696827415273375 latitude

-9.420730769634246 longitude

The Capital







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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)







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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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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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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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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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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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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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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




Average of 2,63€ for person/day

43.236,0€

GRANT

2014

104.511,0€







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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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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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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.







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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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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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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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