Today is World Homeless Day. The purpose is to draw attention to the needs of people who have the experience of being without a home and provide opportunities for the community to get involved. Hope Street Youth and Family Services provides individualised specialist support services to 750 young people and young families each year. This included over 70 infants and children during 2021/2022.  

Hope Street’s service offer is place based in collaboration with local communities across the north east and north west metropolitan areas.  Services are provided via a range of program models designed on a continuum from immediate responses to emergency accommodation to stable accommodation and/or housing.   

Utilising strengths-based, trauma-informed, and solution-focused approaches, Hope Street’s youth-centred staff assist young people and their children to successfully transition through their situation.   This includes engagement with young people, development opportunities focusing on immediate needs, skills development and (re)connecting in education, employment and community.   

Please donate today to help us move one step closer towards our vision of a society in which all young people have a safe place to call home.

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Logo Credit: World Homeless Day