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Social exclusion of homeless people in Italy

Social exclusion of homeless people in Italy. Lorella Girardi Patrick Nicoletto Vittoria Stoffie. Homelessness includes every person, who has lost his home and has fallen into a state of poverty, material and immaterial, not having enough money to pay a rent. .

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Social exclusion of homeless people in Italy

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  1. Social exclusion of homeless people in Italy LorellaGirardi Patrick Nicoletto VittoriaStoffie

  2. Homelessnessincludes every person, who has lost his home and has fallen into a state of poverty, material and immaterial, not having enough money to pay a rent. Definition of Homelessness:

  3. The size of the homeless phenomenon is difficult to measure. For this reason, over the years, it has been investigated with great difficulty. • The last published data are from 1999, which showed the presence of 17.000 homeless: Level and structure of homeless people exclusion

  4. 80 % men vs 20% women • 50% Italians vs 50% foreigners • between 28 and 47 yearsold • 20% caused by drug-addiction • 15% caused by alcoholism • 15% caused by mentaldiseases • 50% for otherreasonslikeloosingjob, eviction etc. Level and structure of homeless people exclusion

  5. The diffusion level of the phenomenon has increased dramatically: • if the homeless in Italy in 1999 were estimated at 17.000, it is currently possible to estimate 60.000 homeless. • 1999 ->17000 homeless • 2012 ->60000 homeless • Shortfuture ->120000 homeless (predictions) Level of phenomenom

  6. Marital crises, • Family break-up, • Breaking of engagements, • Juvenile escapes, • Phisical abuses, • Drugs, alcohol • Loss of job, • lack of a decent wage, • financial crise and debt accumulation Causes of homelesspeopleexcursion

  7. Tt is possible to identify four major types of local policies to combat extreme poverty and social marginalization: • system actions, • actions for social inclusion, • interventions aimed at strengthening co-existence and empowering the communities, • territory government interventions. Govermnental role in fighting with homelessness

  8. According to a survey conducted by ISTAT in 158 Italian municipalities, 727 institutions have provided at least one service to the homeless, in 2010. These institutions operate in 1187 locations, each one delivers on average 2.6 services for a total of 3125 services. Institutions and their actions

  9. 42.1% - privateorganisations benefit from public funding, • 41,5% - privateorganisations benefit from nationalfunding • 16,4% - public corporations Institutions and their actions

  10. Graphic 1. Types and geographicaldistribution of services

  11. Juridical form and nature of private organizations

  12. Graphic 3. Service and users for macro-type of service

  13. Services and service users by macro-type of service and nature of the organization

  14. The Foundation has a website - http://www.progettoarca.org-, which describes in detail the Foundation and aims to raise funds and donations, as well as people who want to contribute as voluntary. The Web site aims to find people willing to contribute to the project undertaken by the Foundation for financial or practical support. ProgettoArca Foundation Project

  15. Any questions? Thankyou.

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