Mission Australia

1. Pathways to Prevention - Miller
(Document Downloads)

Pathways is an early intervention program for young children and their families. The project promotes healthy development, positive relationships and strong communities. Miller Pathways, located in South ...

2. National Youth Survey 2005: Rural and Regional Responses
(Document Downloads)

... also involved in their communities, through sport, youth groups, arts and cultural activities and volunteering. However, the differences between the two groups emphasises, once again, that young Australians ...

3. Our Response to the Commonwealth Gov Discussion Paper - Increasing Indigenous Economic Opportunity
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... Australia recommends a holistic and integrated framework across all areas of social and economic wellbeing for aboriginal individuals, families and communities.  ...

4. Our Submission on Remote and Regional Communities
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Addressing the significant and entrenched nature of disadvantage within some regional and remote aboriginal communities requires a multi-layered, long term, community development approach. Such an approach ...

5. Caring in the 21st Century: Costs, Opportunities and Custody
(Document Downloads)

... families, employers, governments and communities in Australia.  ...

6. Crime and Social Isolation: Beyond Moral Panics and Bad Parents
(Document Downloads)

... ARC funded project investigating violence in rural communities and has recently been conducting community research studies in a number of south-western Sydney localities.  ...

7. Social Policy and Early Intervention - Ilan Katz
(Document Downloads)

This seminar is presented by Professor Ilan Katz, Acting Director of the Social Policy Research Centre, and Jenny Chaves, Services Manager for Mission Australia’s Communities for Children Initiative in ...

8. Social Policy and Early Intervention - Jenny Chaves
(Document Downloads)

This seminar is presented by Professor Ilan Katz, Acting Director of the Social Policy Research Centre, and Jenny Chaves, Services Manager for Mission Australia’s Communities for Children Initiative in ...

9. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Information
(Community Services/Community Services)

...  the most disadvantaged groups in our society. Mission Australia is dedicated to providing assistance to increase their opportunities and quality of life. Working closely with local communities – ...

10. Mission Australia’s Triple R Services
(Community Services/Community Services)

...  These services operate from NSW and work in many different areas and helps people in metro, regional and rural communities. There are many other activities that Triple R Services are doing in communities, ...

11. Alice Springs Integrated Youth Services
(Community Services/Community Services)

Alice Springs Integrated Youth Services provides outreach youth programs to four remote Northern Territory communities: Finke, Imanpa, Mutitjulu and Docker River. ...

12. Referral for Active Intervention
(Community Services/Community Services)

... under the Department of Communities. Its primary purpose is to improve the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children. Mission Australia provides this service in three Queensland locations - Inala/Goodna, ...

13. Communities for Children (NSW, QLD, WA, TAS, VIC)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Communities for Children is a federally funded program that takes a collaborative approach in seeking to achieve better outcomes for children aged 0–5 and their families. It is implemented through a ...

14. Pathways projects (NSW, VIC, WA, NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Pathways is an early intervention program for young children and their families. The project promotes healthy development, positive relationships and strong communities. Each of our four Pathways services ...

15. ABC Learning centres purchase – a ‘once in a generation’ opportunity
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... and care Support families and provide the best possible foundations for their children Be an integral part of local communities in which the centres operate Retain, attract and develop the best staff ...

16. We must act now to save a lost generation
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... as a non denominational Christian not-for-profit is well placed to work in communities with high numbers of unemployed youth across the country. We can join with smaller grassroots organisations, employers, ...

17. Leading charities provide a new start for ABC Learning
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... families to support them providing the best possible foundations for their children; · Be an integral part of the local communities in which the centres operate; · Retain, attract and develop high quality ...

18. Mission Australia to host community forum at Rooty Hill RSL today
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Mission Australia – the facilitating partner for the Mt Druitt Communities for Children program – is hosting a community forum at the Rooty Hill RSL today to discuss service gaps in the local area. Around ...

19. Mission Australia Launches SA Early Learning Centres
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Early Learning services would work with families and their communities to provide high quality education and care with an emphasis on supporting children to make a successful transition to school. “We ...

20. Feds should play role in urban planning to improve housing affordability
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... affordable housing options are too often located on the fringes of our major cities – away from jobs, transport and other essential services. “We’ve succeeded in building communities where disadvantaged ...

21. The Mission Australia Story
(Pathways/About Us)

... the disadvantaged and needy in their communities. Handouts and ‘soup lines’ were replaced with structured programs that looked at the causes of problems, and sought to find long-term solutions. Attempts ...

22. Annual Review
(Pathways/About Us)

... to help prevent drug abuse and anti-social behaviour among young aboriginal people living in remote communities We opened Roma House, a new accommodation service aimed at helping long-term homeless people ...

23. Ambassadors
(Pathways/About Us)

... Awards. Since 2002 Tania has publicly addressed many national and international forums, speaking on aboriginal and Youth affairs as these relate to remote communities, particularly those in Cape York. ...

24. Community Services in NSW
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... early intervention program for young children and their families. The project promotes healthy development, positive relationships and strong communities. Miller Pathways, located in South Western Sydney, ...

25. Pathways to strong families and happy healthy children
(Community Services/Community Services)

... the children and their families. We offer strategies for helping families and communities to both become stronger and be able to nurture and support their children. We provide a range of services along ...