Mallee Accommodation and Support Program (MASP) will highlight the organisation’s approach to working with people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping at next month’s biannual Homelessnes NSW Conference in Wollongong.
MASP Director of Client Services Greg Robinson, Director of Practice Amy Cupper and Manager of Homelessness Support Trevor Gibbs will give a presentation on the organisation’s Assertive Outreach Program at the conference.
“MASP’s Assertive Outreach Program in NSW was born out of flood recovery funding from the Department of Communities and Justice in October 2023 to move away from the traditional office-based interaction and meet the community where they are,” Mr Robinson explained.
“Particularly those sleeping rough who were displaced by the floods at the time. Since then, the approach has been overwhelmingly successful in engaging many people who had not previously connected with MASP to support their homeless and housing needs.”
The Assertive Outreach Program continues to be run by MASP in NSW and Victoria.
In the 2024/25 Financial Year 68 clients were supported via the program, of which 15 were able to secure long term affordable and sustainable housing.
The Homelessness NSW conference runs from 10-12 March, with this year’s theme ‘A Place to Call Home: Strengthening Services, Sustaining Systems Change’.
