Adults facing Chronic Exclusion

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Adults facing Chronic Exclusion

• Nick OShea
• Head of Programme

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The basics

• 12 pilots funded for 3 years
• Response to Cabinet Office report, Reaching Out,
  Tackling Social Exclusion
• 6million fund from CLG, DH, Home Office and DWP.
• Evaluation programme to demonstrate cost-benefit
  analysis
• User Involvement and feedback key to success of
  pilots

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The aims

• Identify new approaches to working with chronic
  exclusion
• Link-up health, social care, housing, employment
  and education systems
• Offer preventive, as well as crisis care
• Increase long-term engagement with services
• Focus on those with the most complex problems

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In short

• How to get people who dont want to help, to
  help people who dont want to be helped.

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Defining Principles
System change simplifying the complexities
associated with several statutory services
working together System navigation Offering
practical help to people to access several
services at once Transition points helping
people to negotiate difficult times in their
lives such as leaving prison, leaving care and
fleeing domestic violence
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Areas of Study

• Relationships
• Risk
• Resilience

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Next Steps

• Findings report December 08
• PSA 16
• Local funding