Students across Western Australia are returning to school this week but hundreds of young people across the state will start the new school year without a safe place to sleep.
Young people in Western Australia are finding it incredibly difficult to access housing through traditional channels.
The RRR Network will prepare a short report about the Roundtable and its discussion and share with the RRR Network community and other interested stakeholders.
At a state and national level, there is ongoing recognition that young people are a particularly vulnerable cohort that require dedicated, age-appropriate services to support their mental health and potentially cooccurring alcohol and other drug needs.
Local services have ideas for new initiatives, but a current lack of social and affordable housing is having a big impact on their ability on to assist their clients.
The focus was on both networking and exploring a range of key regional issues in the youth sector, including housing and homelessness.
The ACI is the flagship program at A Way Home Washington. It uses a By-Name List to track and drive evidence-based improvements to help reduce rough sleeping and chronic homelessness.
In his speech the Minister for Housing; Homelessness; Local Government Hon. John Carey MLA highlighted the issue around social housing of “getting the money out the door”.
The roundtable will be the first of many conversations placing a strategic focus on youth homelessness.
Shelter’s CEO Michelle Mackenzie presented Mayor Zempilas with his pledge signed at last year’s Lord Mayoral Forum highlighting the five core strategic areas to end homelessness which formed the focus of discussions with the two peak bodies.
We are in touch with the Department of Communities, Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia (YACWA), Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACOSS) and frontline services in relation to the Rough Sleeper Pandemic Plan.
Sandy McKiernan will be stepping in as Acting CEO for YACWA, as current CEO Ross Wortham takes a leave of absence for the birth of his first child.
Shelter WA developed the Unlock Housing campaign, in partnership with the sector, industry and people with lived experience of homelessness, with three core priorities.