The Health and Social Care Secretary has announced that £1.9 million will be given to councils by Public Health England to help improve the health of rough sleepers.
The funding will be awarded to projects that improve access to health services and continuity of care for people with mental ill-health and substance misuse problems who are sleeping rough or at risk of returning to rough sleeping.
This could include:
- 'in-reach' care models where specialist substance misuse or mental health workers run sessions in hostels or day centres
- 'outreach' models where specialist workers support rough sleepers at street level
- targeted interventions such as peer health advocacy that supports individuals to access and attend health appointments
Applications for a share of the funding should be submitted to
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