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Voices from the Margins - Green Paper Submission

This submission to the Green Paper: Voices from the Margins includes the responses of people who have experienced homelessness. A decision was made to include as much raw data as possible so that a broad range of voices could be heard.

It includes the following sections:

1. Introduction.

2. Sleeping Rough - Results of a survey with 31 people currently sleeping rough in Brisbane to inform the practice and services responses to people who are homeless and sleeping rough. Prepared by Dr Annie Holden for Micah Projects.

3. Getting Housed - The compilation of input to the Green Paper collected over one week by people accessing the Brisbane Homelessness Service Centre.

4. Staying Housed - Results from a forum with seven people with a disability who have experienced homelessness, held to develop a response to the Green Paper.

5. Support For Families - Results from a forum held with families who had experienced homelessness in the past or were currently homeless to develop a response to the Green Paper.

6. Early Intervention - Results from two forums held with young families who had experienced homelessness in the past or were at risk of homelessness to develop a response to the Green Paper.

7. Example of Research and Data - Micah Projects contracted Carolyn Mason, Partnering Works, with Walter Robb, Analyse Australia, to undertake a project on the current homelessness service system, particularly in the greater Brisbane region.

8. Practitioners’ Wisdom – A compilation of responses from Micah Projects Homelessness Services Teams to the Green Paper’.

Our hope is that this response, Voices from the Margins, provides a broad range of responses to the Green Paper from people who have directly experienced homelessness, as well as input from practitioners who provide direct support to these people.