Annual Statistics

Street social work 2015

Country-wide aid for

• Street children in

• Runaways Double prize winner • Young homeless people

Street social work stations

Berlin . . . Supported by

Off Road Kids Stiftung (Foundation) Contact office: Tel.: +49 7726 37878-260 Schabelweg 4-6 Fax: +49 7726 37878-269 D-78073 Bad Dürrheim email: [email protected] www.offroadkids.de facebook.com/offroadkids Permanent Housing Placements - Overall Result 2015 of runaways, street children, young homeless people and preventative crisis intervention to avert homelessness

up to 18 yrs 18 - 20 yrs over 21 yrs Total Permanent housing placements 2015 • Street social work station - 4 10 24 38

• Street social work station - Dortmund 13 49 50 112

• Street social work station - Hamburg 3 10 21 34

• Street social work station - Cologne 8 39 33 80

• Elsewhere (Bad Dürrheim, parents hotline) 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 28 108 128 264 Crisis interventions and family stabilisations 2015 • Street social work station - Berlin 1 1 4 6

• Street social work station - Dortmund 6 16 15 37

• Street social work station - Hamburg 7 16 36 59

• Street social work station - Cologne 3 30 25 58

• Elsewhere (Bad Dürrheim, parents hotline) 17 0 0 17 Subtotal 34 63 80 177 Total 2015 62 171 208 441 Recurrences -2 -8 -7 -17 Total amount 2015 60 163 201 424 Monthly average 2015 5 13 17 35 compared to: Annual total 2014 44 157 176 377 compared to: Monthly average 2014 4 13 15 32 compared to: Annual total 2013 34 156 156 346 compared to: Monthly average 2013 3 13 13 29 Balanced total since 1994 3820

The table shows the absolute number of permanently In any given year under review, some individuals will housed young people who were living on the street be counted two or more times in the addition of the before receiving assistance from Off Road Kids. The monthly results. This is due to the repeated placement table also shows the absolute number of young people of recurrent individuals of a period of two or more whose personal living situation has been stabilised and months. This multiple counts are adjusted by deducting are therefore not homeless due to crisis interventions or the number of reoccurring cases each month. Multiple clarification of the familial environment performed by Off housing placements of a young person within one parti- Road Kids. cular month will be counted as one single placement.

Off Road Kids Stiftung 2 Successful housing placements 2006 - 2015 of young people due to the street social work performed by Off Road Kids

+ 13%

+ 9% 400

+ 10% - 2%

350 350 Cologne + 22% + 8% Hamburg Dortmund - 8% Berlin 300 300 Hotline + 23%

250 250 + 22%

200 200

150 150

100 100

50 50

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (177) (215) (265) (322) (297) (321) (354) (346) (377) (424)

Notes: •• Comparative data is only available from 2006, because the street social work stations in Dortmund, Hamburg and Cologne were opened in 2005. •• Young people who go back out onto the street are documented monthly. These numbers are not included in the figure above •• The effective radius of the Dortmund street social work station covers the entire area as far as .

Off Road Kids Stiftung 3 Assignments and assistance time expended to prevent homelessness among young people through street social work (including follow-up assistance)

New street children, runaways and young homeless in individual assistance 2015 street social employment other NGOs & Contact through... other kids Total work centers institutions 2015 39 294 114 114 561 2014 77 280 70 90 455

Total amount of youngsters in individual assistance (per month) Average per Total Berlin Dortmund Hamburg Cologne month & town per month 2015 (per month) 32 89 41 61 56 223 2014 (per month) 26 52 40 49 42 166

Intensive individual case files with clearing talks, guidance and subsequent assistance 2015

up to 18 yrs 18 - 20 yrs over 21 yrs Total

• Street social work station - Berlin 67 234 614 915 • Street social work station - Dortmund 212 1428 1309 2949 • Street social work station - Hamburg 77 322 824 1223 • Street social work station - Cologne 168 1448 1464 3080 Total number of intensive individual 524 3432 4211 8167 case files

Time expended in providing assistance per permanent housing placement in working hours (average)

Expended Permanent Work time working hours in total placements per placement 2015 28.437 h 424 67 h 2014 29.222 h 377 78 h 2013 27.266 h 346 79 h

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