FINISHED PROJECTS
Empowering the homeless, supporting experts and building innovative models of care for the homeless
1st year
Providing psychosocial support to the homeless and empowering professionals working with the homeless, profiling the practices and policies of care programs for the homeless at the local and national level according to examples of good practices of European trends.
PROJECT NAME
Empowering the homeless, supporting experts and building innovative models of care for the homeless
PROJECT COORDINATOR
CERANEO – Centre for development of non-profit organizations
PROJECT PARTNER
The City Red Cross Society of Zagreb
DONOR
Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy
THE PERIOD OF 1st YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION
November 1st 2016 – October 31st 2017
BASIC/MOST REPRESENTED ACTIVITY
Counseling and psychosocial support, building the capacity of service providers and building the capacity of civil society organizations
PROJECT SUMMARY
Providing psychosocial support to the homeless and empowering professionals working with the homeless, profiling the practices and policies of care programs for the homeless at the local and national level according to examples of good practices of European trends.
SPECIFIC PROJECT AIMS
- To empower the homeless with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate into the community and provide support to professionals who work with the homeless
- Develop a methodology for collecting data on the number of homeless people in Croatia
- To make the public and key stakeholders at the local level aware of the issue of homelessness and the need to develop services for the homeless
- Collect comprehensive data on the state of homelessness based on the existing Homeless Database
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
- Project team meeting
- Preparation and organization of psychosocial support for the homeless
- Preparation and organization of support workshops for finding a job
- Preparation and organization of two-day support workshops for shelter managers and experts working with the homeless
- A two-day working meeting in Ljubljana on the topic of data collection methodology on the number of homeless people
- Consultations and meetings with representatives of MSPM, CZSS and the Croatian Network for the Homeless
- Implementation of the methodology for collecting data on the homeless
- Creation of photo documentation on inadequate/illegal places of residence of the homeless in Croatia
- Organization of a forum and photo exhibition of inadequate/illegal and hidden places where homeless people live
- Production of a short documentary report on the problem of the homeless in the second year of implementation
- Presentation of a short documentary report about the homeless
- Public forum in Sisak
- Public forum in Čakovec
- Public forum in Virovitica
- Monitoring the homeless database
- Reporting and creating a brochure based on the processed data
- Final conference in Zagreb
- Dissemination of results
The three-year program “Empowering the homeless, supporting experts and building innovative models of care for the homeless” is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy.