The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) is aimed at reducing homelessness in Australia. SAAP started in 1985 when Commonwealth and State/Territory funding programs were brought together. The object of the new arrangement was to grant financial assistance to the States to administer the SAAP program.[1] These programs were aimed to provide transitional supported accommodation and related support services, in order to help people who were homeless to achieve the maximum possible degree of self-reliance and independence.[1] Each of the states and territories runs a SAAP program,[2] providing accommodation to 100,000 homeless Australians.
The SAAP programs are aimed at three levels of homeless people:
- Primary Homeless
- People without conventional accommodation, living on the streets.
- Secondary Homeless
- People staying in boarding houses and people already in SAAP accommodation and other similar emergency accommodation services.
- Tertiary Homeless
- People with no secure accommodation staying temporarily with friends or relatives in private dwellings.[3]
In 2011, the Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) program replaced the SAAP program.[4]
See also
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edit- ^ a b Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994
- ^ Western Australia SAAP information
- ^ ABS definition of homelessness
- ^ "Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) (AIHW)". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-13.