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Homelessness Australia (HA) the peak body for homelessness has welcomed the delivery of the final instalments of the affordable housing and homelessness agreements in the Federal Budget. “We are pleased to see that the final instalments in funding for the National Affordable...
The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) are coordinating the development of a national plan to improve the wellbeing of children and young people. A number of activities are in the pipeline, including a review of evidence for effective intervention with children and young people, and consultation with children, young people, parents and workers.
...Only a few short weeks ago, around 140 youth and alcohol and other drug workers gathered together in Brisbane to discuss issues relating to youth AOD use and develop priority areas for action. A huge amount of information was generated across the two days, and this has now been distilled into a report which contains an overview of the major themes that emerged across the two days....
Grassroots support services for vulnerable children and their families will benefit from access to a $5 million funding boost from the Australian Government.
Organisations working in the community across Australia will be able to apply for a one-off...
A new program aimed at tackling homelessness among Sydney men has found that access to a range of health, education and social supports can help homeless people improve their well-being, social and economic participation and access to sustainable housing. The Michael Project, run...
The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) have released the latest installment in their workforce development project, this time with a suite of resources specifically targeted at Indigenous AOD workers. The resource contains a number of documents including "Indigenous Alcohol and Drug Workforce Challenges: A Literature Review of Issues Related to...
The Federal Government will commit $60 million dollars over three years to help build community-based accommodation for adults with severe or profound disability. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said that twenty-one organisations across Australia will share in the funds through the...
Half of Australians seeking help for homelessness are under 25 and almost twenty per cent are under 10, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The report, ...
