Evaluation reports and studies
Year of the evaluation publication:
2020
Country or region covered:
Scotland
Owner of the evaluation:
Rock Trust
Type of owner:
private - non governmental organisation
Year when the evaluation was conducted:
2020
Sector:
Youth inclusion
Language of the evaluation:
English
Language of the Executive summary:
English
Intervention described and evaluated:
The Rock Trust Housing First project supports care leavers aged 16- 25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in West Lothian. The Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) project operated as a 31-month pilot, starting in September 2017. It aimed to offer access to appropriate independent housing, provided through Almond Housing Association and West Lothian Council, alongside intensive, on-going support from project workers.
Methodological approach:
evaluation was conducted at the end of the pilot, and included: review of quantitative data completed by nine young people; in-depth interviews with six young people; interviews with project staff based at Rock Trust and Almond Housing; telephone interviews with seven professional stakeholders; a ‘light-touch’ evaluation of the new Pathfinder project in Edinburgh.