Supported Accommodation Assistance Program client—homeless period

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element Concept
METEOR identifier:	269751
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Retired 10/02/2006
Definition:	The current period of unsafe, insecure or inadequate housing.
Context:	Long term homelessness is likely to have a significant effect on the outcomes resulting from Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) services. Working with clients who have been homeless for a long time may also have a negative impact on the resources of SAAP agencies. A SAAP client should either be homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless, as defined by the SAAP Act. A person who requires the support of a SAAP worker to maintain their current housing situation is at imminent risk.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Supported Accommodation Assistance Program client
Definition:	A person aged 18 years or older, or a person of any age not accompanied by a parent or guardian, who: receives support or assistance from a Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) agency which entails generally 1 hour or more of a worker’s time, either with that client directly or on behalf of that client, on a given day; or is accommodated by a SAAP agency; or enters into an ongoing support relationship with a SAAP agency.
Specialisation of:	Person/group of persons
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australia Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:	Homeless People in SAAP: SAAP National Data Collection Annual Report 2002-03 Australia.

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Homeless period
Definition:	The duration of a period of homelessness.
Property group:	Accommodation/living characteristics
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) National Data Collection Agency Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Supported Accommodation Assistance Program client—homeless period, code N[NN] Housing assistance, Retired 10/02/2006