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1. Together we can tackle housing shortage: MA Housing Chief
(Daily News/Blog)

... with the private sector. “All it would take is boldness by state and territory governments to unleash the capacity of this and other not-for-profit housing associations to achieve similar levels of growth ...

2. Katherine family finds A Place To Call Home
(Daily News/Blog)

... over a 12-month period to help them to build capacity to maintain an independent Territory Housing tenancy. On successful completion of the program, the family may remain in the house and commence a ...

3. Our partners
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... social capacity through early intervention and the empowerment of children and their caregivers, enabling them to participate more effectively in schools and wider society. Find out more...     ...

4. 2020 Strategy
(Pathways/About Us)

... for all our stakeholders. Sustainable growth By focusing on new business that is financially, socially and environmentally sustainable, we will strengthen our capacity to help Australians in need. ...

5. Concern at the number of homeless people turned away
(Daily News/Blog)

... with Mission Australia’s own experiences. Our data suggests that single women with children and families are likely to have the most difficulty in accessing accommodation due to a lack of capacity. “Anecdotally, ...

6. Working smarter
(Pathways/About Us)

By focusing on new business that is financially, socially and environmentally sustainable, we will strengthen our capacity to help Australians in need.   As of June 2011, Mission Australia had 3,551 ...

7. Service excellence
(Pathways/About Us)

... the capacity to steer their lives in a positive direction. In 2011 our 94 youth services helped 24,779 individuals and provided 18,214 incidences of support. Learn more in the ‘Pathways through a ...

8. Lead experts
(Pathways/About Us)

... mental health system through our involvement with the Minister for Mental Health’s Expert Working Group. Knowledge experts Our Research and Social Policy Unit (RSPU) is key to our capacity to advocate ...

9. Common Ground Sydney supportive housing initiative opens doors
(Daily News/Blog)

... the building running at full capacity,” said Mr McAnulty. Media enquiries Paul Andrews P: 02 9219 2080 M: 0409 665 495 To view photos from today’s opening visit our Facebook page   ...

10. Rossmore Community Preschool celebrates new look
(Daily News/Blog)

... ability.” These renovations have also allowed the preschool to increase their enrolment capacity from 25 children to 40 children per day. Part of the community: Rossmore Community Preschool is situated ...

11. State of inaction keeps kids in poverty
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... and 67 per cent of sole-parent families were turned away from services because of the system's lack of capacity. Any parent with schoolchildren need only think of their child's year group and it's likely ...

12. Homeless children left in the cold by patchwork reform
(Daily News/Blog)

... of sole parent families were turned away because of the system’s lack of capacity. Mission Australia along with Hanover Welfare Services, the Social Policy Research Centre, the Australian Centre for ...

13. Letter to the Editor from Toby Hall, CEO, Mission Australia
(Daily News/Blog)

... and housing – don’t have the capacity to cope with demand? Why is it that 60% of people who need help from government-funded homeless shelters are turned away each day? Many of the chief contributing ...

14. Norm's Blog: Day Two: Part two - Juma Ventures
(Daily News/Blog)

... set of comprehensive services, enabling them to develop their capacity for success in school, employment, community, and adulthood.   The key components of the Juma program model are: College Services ...

15. Unique childcare program launched in Elizabeth Vale
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Secure Families empowers parents and children to build skills and parenting capacity from the centre to the home,” said Carol Hampton, State Director of Community Services. “The program builds positive ...

16. Call to protect vulnerable boarding house residents
(Daily News/Blog)

... problems can adversely affect the safety, health, welfare and rights of residents. “Concurrently, the capacity of licensed boarding houses is declining, and there are concerns that vulnerable people ...

17. Fairfield Youth Connections (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

...  Education: working with local high school and youth service providers to develop capacity and resources in working effectively with homeless young people Early Intervention Outreach: Providing counselling ...

18. Communities for Children - Mt Druitt (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... environment in their suburb Coordination and implementation of child-friendly community events Capacity-building of local services to ensure their practices are child-friendly Advocacy to ensure ...

19. How will the carbon tax affect disadvantaged Australians?
(Daily News/Blog)

... be assessing the impact of the tax on our capacity to deliver our services to those most in need. For example, as one of the nation’s leading providers of services to job seekers, we’ll be monitoring ...

20. Celebrating NAIDOC Week
(Daily News/Blog)

... themselves in the long-term, and we can help give them the capacity to do that. Toby Hall CEO Mission Australia Further reading: New Aboriginal health clinic opens in Goulburn Taste of Reconciliation ...

21. Mission Australia opens new Dareton office
(Daily News/Blog)

... strengthen community capacity and engagement in the region. “Local people in the Wentworth Shire deserve full-time support,” she said. “We are lucky to have one of our current Support Workers, Amanda ...

22. More traineeships in Bellambi for people with disability
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... are living with disability but have the capacity and the will to work.” “That is why we are also making it easier for people on disability pensions to get and keep a job and providing employers with ...

23. Concern at numbers of homeless people turned away
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... is unacceptable,” said Mr Hall. “For our society not have the capacity to meet the demand of homeless families is an indictment on our values and priorities. “These latest results match up pretty closely ...

24. Minister launches our new southern base in SA
(Daily News/Blog)

...  “We have begun the process of engaging the community in conversation about the needs, capacity and opportunities in the region in order to identify the gaps in services. “Mission Australia intends to ...

25. MA welcomes budget focus on disadvantaged areas
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... think it strikes the right balance between incentives and increased resources for jobseekers and Disability Support Pension (DSP) recipients who have a reasonable capacity to work with measures that emphasise ...