The Victorian Statewide Children’s Resource Program for the Loddon Mallee Region is part of the Loddon Mallee Homelessness Network and is staffed by the Children’s Resource Program Coordinator, who provides…
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The upcoming AHURI Discussion Series on ‘private sector involvement in social and affordable housing’ will feature discussion with developers, financiers and community housing organisations delivering affordable housing right now through…
The latest Census data is out, and as we thought the statistics are not great for the homeless people in this country, with a 5.2% jump on the 2016…
Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD) has been an exciting campaign since its inception in 1990. Started by a group of social advocates who believed too many young people were moving…
Did you know that almost 40,000 young people aged 15–24 years presented alone to a homelessness service in 2021–22? Of these young people, almost half experienced mental ill-health and…
Actively and effectively engaging with children and young people helps them build a sense of belonging, emphasising that their voices and needs are heard, understood, and considered. Emerging Minds has…
The City of Greater Bendigo has provided grants to support local groups to hold free Community Christmas meal events in December. The events are aimed at supporting local community connections…
It is that time of year when parents/caregivers are receiving children’s 2023 Booklists & School Uniform requirements for 2023. The financial stress of ever increasing costs of living and the…
The volume of social and affordable housing required in Australia can not be supplied by only one sector and needs to be financed, developed and managed by partnerships of government,…
Melbourne City Mission’s Family Reconciliation Mediation Program (FRMP) is pleased to invite you to participate in the one-day forum, Youth Centered Family Focused Interventions. Exploring what it takes. The forum…
Infants (0–24 months) are at a critical and formative stage of development. If exposed to domestic violence, they are at higher risk of neurological, psychological and physical harm. When working…
Homelessness and Child Mental Health – Emerging Minds Podcast- Statewide Children’s Resource Program
This podcast explores the topic of homelessness and its impacts on children and families – in particular, how it affects child mental health. Most importantly, it provides workable strategies and…
AHURI has released their latest report into Indigenous homelessness. Key points that have come from this report are: Australia-wide, one in 28 Indigenous people were homeless at the time of…
Anglicare Australia is calling on the government to undertake a series of urgent and long-term measures to stem a national crisis in housing, in what it says is a market…
‘Coming home’ Podcast Have you had the chance to listen to Juno’s podcast ‘Coming Home’? It traces the lives of three Victorian women from childhood to adulthood through their…
Well, it looks like the Census data has been able to identify that 1 million homes in Australia sit vacant, and there are calls for policy settings to change to…
The Statewide Children’s Resource Program is funded by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing to assist, support, and resource homelessness and other non government services to respond more effectively to…
There are many services for children, young people and families in the Central Goldfields Shire, but sometimes they are hard to find. This directory brings local service information together in one…