Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
- Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) is aimed at reducing homelessness in Australia. SAAP started in 1985 when Commonwealth and State/Territory funding programs were brought together. The object of the new arrangement was to grant financial assistance to the States to administer the SAAP program.[ [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/saaa1994359/s5.html Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994] ] These programs were aimed to provide transitional supported accommodation and related support services, in order to help people who were homeless to achieve the maximum possible degree of self-reliance and independence ][. Each of the states and territories runs a SAAP program,][ [http://www.community.wa.gov.au/DCP/Resources/Accommodation/Homeless+%28SAAP%29/About_SAAP.htm Western Australia SAAP information] ] , providing accommodation to 100,000 homeless Australians.]The SAAP programs are aimed at three levels of homeless people:; Primary Homeless : People without conventional accommodation, living on the streets; Secondary Homeless : People staying in boarding houses and people already in SAAP accommodation and other similar emergency accommodation services; Tertiary Homeless : People with no secure accommodation staying temporarily with friends or relatives in private dwellings [ [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/51c9a3d36edfd0dfca256acb00118404/34b1ea06ea93fe8aca25715e0028a3db!OpenDocument ABS definition of homelessness] ] ]References
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