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This booklet contains the key findings, policy and practice recommendations from the report Without a home: First-time youth homelessness in the COVID-19 period.
This is the first report that has been produced as a result of an important partnership between Mission Australia and Orygen. The report looks into the types of impact experienced by young people during the pandemic, and the particular groups of young people who have faced more challenges. The report also details how the experience of different and multiple impacts relate to increases in stress, loneliness, and psychological distress, as well as decreases in feelings of control, happiness and mental health and wellbeing.
This summary booklet contains the key findings and policy & practice recommendations from the report Clusters of COVID-19 impact: Identifying the impact of COVID-19 on Young Australians in 2021.
Each year, young people aged 15 to 19, from across Australia share their values, aspirations and concerns in Australia’s largest annual Youth Survey. This year, 20,207 young people identified concerns relating to COVID-19, the environment, equity and discrimination and mental health.
In 2021, Mission Australia conducted its 20th annual Youth Survey. This overview provides a summary of the key findings from this year’s survey, including their concerns about COVID-19, the environment, equity and discrimination and mental health.
Read about what we’ve been working on, our stance on important social issues and how you make a difference to vulnerable Australians' lives.
Our founding purpose - 'Inspired by Jesus Christ, Mission Australia exists to meet human need and to spread the knowledge of the love of God'