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Riverside Drive to Home Report

This evaluation was undertaken to inform Micah Projects Inc’s reflections on its work practices with homeless people in the context of a hot spot. It is based on interviews with homeless people, Micah Projects’ Street to Home service staff and the Mater Community Clinical Nurse based at the Brisbane Homelessness Service Centre. The evaluation was funded by Micah Projects.

Overview

The following information, mostly provided by Street to Home personnel, outlines what took place between April 2008 and July 2008 in relation to relocating 58 homeless people from Riverside Drive, South Brisbane.

To summarise, Micah Projects, through its Street to Home service, worked closely with most of these people who were advised that the Queensland Police Service would be exercising Move On powers and the site cleared by Brisbane City Council. Preparation for the intervention began before April 2008 and Street to Home is still working to house and support many of these people at the time of writing this report in August 2008. The scope of the evaluation however is for the period of 7 April 2008 when the lead worker commenced on site, to 25 July 2008.