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Brighter Futures is a voluntary, targeted program designed for families encountering problems that impact on their ability to care for their children. The program operates across NSW and provides families with the necessary support and services to help prevent an escalation of the problems they are facing. The program recognises that supporting families before problems reach a crisis improves family resilience, promotes healthy child development, and reduces child abuse and neglect. To contact Mission Australia's Community Services in NSW, please phone 02 9641 5000 |
| Half all youths in juvenile detention unsentenced: AIHW Thursday, 09 February 2012About 1,000 young people are in juvenile detention on an average night in Australia and almost half have yet to be sentenced for a crime, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The Juvenile Detention population in Australia 2011 report found that on an average night in the June quarter of 2011 there... + Read Full Story |
Still time to be part of Reconciliation Through Dining Thursday, 09 February 2012There’s still time to book a seat at Mission Australia’s Charcoal Lane Reconciliation Through Dining event, to be held on 10 March as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.
Sitting at tables of 10, to promote conversation and connection, dinner guests will be served a five-course degustation menu matched with wines.
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