Young People
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In this first year, the Uniting Families Report has uncovered a richness in family types that are raising children and…
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This policy brief explores the evolution of a cash plus model designed for young adults to specifically address youth and young adult homelessness, the components of the model, its adaptable features across sites, and anticipated outcomes.
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We conceptualize research as activism and propose that policy can be engaged as a matter of social justice and a means to transform society via research and knowledge mobilization.
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This research utilises Carol Bacchi’s (2009) ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ approach to examine three state policies: ‘Towards Ending Homelessness for Young Queenslanders 2022–2027’, the ‘Queensland Housing Strategy 2017–2027’, and the ‘Queensland Youth Strategy’.
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The COSS Model is an Australian place-based collective impact approach that uses data gathered via population screening in secondary schools to identify and then support adolescents at risk of homelessness.
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This narrative review synthesizes literature to explain the need for MST, how it works, and evidence to support it works by focusing on two well evaluated programmes: LifeMatters and My Strengths Training for Life.
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Youth homelessness represents a persistent and significant challenge for service sectors with limited best practice guidance. The present multiple case study investigation was designed to develop a preliminary understanding of the guiding principles that attend the development of interventions that support youth exiting homelessness in the Canadian context. This work contributes to a growing body of literature that seeks to articulate best practices in the effort to address and prevent youth homelessness.
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When housing interventions incorporate supportive elements like case management, notable enhancement in health and employment outcomes for the youth are noted compared to housing-only initiatives.
