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An icon for exit: The Mission Australia Centre 2005-2008
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This publication outlines the creation, operation and initial outcomes of the Mission Australia Centre (MAC), a new model of crisis accommodation and support for homeless men located in inner Sydney. Driven by the community sector, the Mission Australia Centre initiative brought together a wide range of stakeholders – clients, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, business people, philanthropists, and the broader community – behind a new vision for working with homeless men which goes beyond meeting immediate accommodation needs. |
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The experiences of young people: How do their living arrangements impact?
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Date added: 10/21/2009 |
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This publication explores the experiences of young people who are homeless or in foster care. Results draw from the National survey of young Australians 2008. In 2008 Mission Australia conducted its seventh annual National survey of young Australians with over 45,000 young people aged 11-24 years. The survey aimed to identify the important and emerging issues for young people through a series of questions on what they value, their issues of concern, where they turn for advice and support and who they admire. |
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In their own words: Insights into the concerns of young Australians
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Date added: 10/21/2009 |
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This publication uses the direct voices of young people to look at their issues of concern. Results draw from the National survey of young Australians 2008. In 2008 Mission Australia conducted its seventh annual National survey of young Australians with over 45,000 young people aged 11-24 years. The survey aimed to identify the important and emerging issues for young people through a series of questions on what they value, their issues of concern, where they turn for advice and support and who they admire. |
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The Families on the Fringe report
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Date added: 07/21/2009 |
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The Families on the Fringe report was a co-operative research project between The University of Queensland, Mission Australia, and The Benevolent Society – and funded by the Australian Research Council. The study interviewed families with young children who had recently moved from metro centres to the areas of Wyong (Central Coast, NSW), Camden (south-western Sydney metro fringe), Gladstone (coastal Queensland) and Oakey (an inland rural town west of Brisbane) and reports on the reasons for their move and the issues faced. |
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The Families on the Fringe report - Summary Snapshot
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The Families on the Fringe report was a co-operative research project between The University of Queensland, Mission Australia, and The Benevolent Society – and funded by the Australian Research Council. This document provides a summary snapshot of the Families on the Fringe report which can also be downloaded from this site. |
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Strange Bedfellows - Integrated Clinical & Non Clinical Programs at a Residential Treatment Program
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This paper aims to present Triple Care Farm’s (TCF) integrated treatment model and explore the model’s effectiveness as an integrated treatment program for young people with complex AOD and MH needs, evidenced by standardised outcomes measures.TCF is a residential rehabilitation program, specialising in integrated treatment for clients aged 16 to 24 years with mental health and alcohol and other drug issues. |
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Working for renewal
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An evaluation of Mission Australia’s UREEP a social enterprise and transitional labour market program |
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In Their Own Words
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Date added: 04/14/2008 |
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In 2007 Mission Australia conducted its sixth annual survey of young Australians. The survey is for those aged 11 to 24 years and explores what young people value, what concerns them, where they turn for advice and support, their level of engagement in the community and who they admire. |
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Left out and missing out: Disability and disadvantage.
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Date added: 01/08/2008 |
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Recent research by the Social Policy Research Centre, Anglicare, Mission Australia and others has found that where there is someone in a household with a disability, poverty rates are higher and hardship is more prevalent. |
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