Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Data Collection

The Specialist Homelessness Services Collection (SHSC) replaced the SAAP National Data Collection (NDC) on 1 July 2011. For key differences between the SAAP NDC and SHSC, see Appendix Dof Specialist Homelessness Services 2011– 12 (AIHW website). The SAAP NDC provided nationally consistent information on SAAP clients and services from July 1996 to June 2011. It was jointly funded by Commonwealth, state and territory governments and comprised three main collections: • Client collection – the main component, captured socio demographic information about clients receiving support under SAAP, services required by and provided to each client, and client circumstances before and after receiving support. • Demand for accommodation collection – which operated over a 1-week period, twice yearly. It captured information about the number of people who requested accommodation at SAAP agencies, which requests were met, and reasons for this. • Administrative collection – collated from information obtained by state and territory government departments in the course of administering the SAAP program. It captured descriptive information about SAAP agencies. The following special issues collections were also undertaken as part of the SAAP NDC: • Casual client collection – discontinued from the SAAP NDC in June 2005 when the definitions of client and support period were changed so that many people previously counted as casual clients would be counted in the Client collection from 1 July 2005. • Accompanying child in SAAP collection – collected information about the children who accompanied an adult and received assistance under SAAP between 21 May and 30 June 1998. • Income issues collection – collected information on SAAP clients with no/very low income. It was conducted from May to June 2000. A number of methodological changes to the SAAP NDC occurred over time. Refinements to data items introduced in July each year are summarised in the annual reports for the data collection, available from the AIHW website. In particular, in 2005–06 a Core Data Set was introduced (collecting fewer data items, introducing a new statistical linkage key and incorporating changes to some definitions) and from 2000–01, the Client Collection captured demographic and support information for each child requiring assistance. The AIHW continues to hold data collected through the following surveys of SAAP agencies conducted by the AIHW outside of the SAAP NDC: • High and complex needs census (June 2008). • Youth homelessness pilot programme collection (1 July 1997 to 31 December 1999). • NSW access and exiting project collection (23 August to 1 September 2002). Access to SAAP data collected outside of the SAAP NDC is restricted.The scope of SAAP NDC data varied by collection component and over time. For more information, refer to the annual reports for the data collection, available from the AIHW website.

澳大利亚专家无家可归者服务数据集（Specialist Homelessness Services Collection, SHSC）于2011年7月1日取代了SAAP国家数据采集项目（SAAP National Data Collection, NDC）。如需了解SAAP NDC与SHSC的核心差异，请参阅《2011–2012年专家无家可归者服务报告》附录D（可从澳大利亚健康与福利研究所（Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, AIHW）官网获取）。
SAAP NDC于1996年7月至2011年6月期间，提供了关于SAAP服务对象与服务的全国统一统计信息。该项目由联邦政府、州及领地政府联合资助，包含三大核心数据集：
• 服务对象数据集：为核心组成部分，采集了接受SAAP帮扶的服务对象的社会人口学信息、各服务对象所需及获得的帮扶内容，以及服务对象接受帮扶前后的处境情况。
• 住宿需求数据集：每半年开展一次，数据采集周期为1周。该数据集采集了向SAAP机构提出住宿申请的人员数量、申请获批情况及未获批的原因等信息。
• 行政数据集：由州及领地政府部门在推进SAAP项目管理过程中收集的信息汇总而成，采集了SAAP机构的描述性信息。
作为SAAP NDC的一部分，还开展了以下专项数据集采集工作：
• 临时服务对象数据集：2005年6月起停止在SAAP NDC中采集。当时对服务对象及帮扶周期的定义进行了修订，2005年7月1日起，此前被归类为临时服务对象的多数人群将被纳入服务对象数据集进行统计。
• SAAP随行儿童数据集：1998年5月21日至6月30日期间开展，采集了陪同成年人并接受SAAP帮扶的儿童相关信息。
• 收入状况数据集：2000年5月至6月期间开展，采集了无收入或收入极低的SAAP服务对象相关信息。
SAAP NDC在运营期间历经多次方法学调整。每年7月更新的数据条目优化细则，可从AIHW官网获取的年度数据采集报告中查阅。其中，2005–2006年度引入了核心数据集（Core Data Set），该数据集采集的数据条目更少，新增了统计关联密钥，并修订了部分定义；2000–2001年度起，服务对象数据集开始采集每名需要帮扶的儿童的人口学及帮扶相关信息。
AIHW仍留存有其独立于SAAP NDC之外开展的以下SAAP机构调研数据：
• 高需求与复杂需求普查（2008年6月）
• 青少年无家可归问题试点项目数据集（1997年7月1日至1999年12月31日）
• 新南威尔士州准入与退出项目数据集（2002年8月23日至9月1日）
非SAAP NDC框架下采集的SAAP数据，其访问权限受到限制。
SAAP NDC的数据范围因数据集组成部分及时间不同而有所差异。如需了解更多信息，请参阅AIHW官网可获取的年度数据采集报告。