The Youth Accommodation Program in South Hedland was established by the East Pilbara Youth Council in 1983, to provide emergency accommodation and support services for young people aged 15-25 years who were homeless or in crisis. In 2003, the service transferred to the Youth Involvement Council Inc. The program has had a number of names…
Yes! Housing (Youth Externally Supported Housing) is the name that was given in 1997 to Youth Focus, which had been established by Anglicare in 1991. Yes! Housing offered emergency accommodation and housing program for young people aged from 15-17 years in the Perth metropolitan area who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. Supporting young…
Swan Accommodation Service (The Junction) began in 1980 to provide emergency accommodation service for families and single persons, but by 1982 housed only homeless youth. In 1986 the Service offered accommodation at the Snow Bennett Youth Shelter in Dudley Street, Midland. In 2001, the service provided temporary accommodation at its crisis centre and in a…
Pregnancy Help was established by Centrecare in the late 1980s. In 1989 it was described as a supported accommodation service for single, pregnant teenagers, with three houses operating in the Perth metropolitan area, one of which was for crisis care. The service had closed by 1991. Pregnancy Help was established as a program of Centrecare…
The South Perth Refuge was established around 1983 by the Jesus People, who were also known as Perth City Mission and then Mission Australia. The refuge was described in 1983 as providing safe accommodation and support for up to ten young women aged 14-25 years, generally without children, with the length of stay dependent on…
Mission Australia Youth Accommodation and Support Service (YASS) was established in 1991 to provide safe and supported accommodation to young people who were homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. It remained open in 2013, with accommodation programs for 15-18 year olds. Mission Australia’s Youth Accommodation and Support Service (YASS) was established in 1991, funded…
The Kalgoorlie-Boulder Youth Accommodation Service has been run by the Salvation Army since 1999 in the West Australian regional centre, Kalgoorlie. It assists young people aged 15-24 years to make the transition to ‘independent living’.
Fremantle Youth Crisis Accommodation Service provides safe and supported accommodation to youth who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.
Fremantle Community Youth Services began in 1977 in a three-bedroom home on Quarry Street, Fremantle, offering short to medium term accommodation to young people. It was run by the City of Fremantle, and, between 1985 and 1989, it was run by Mofflyn Child and Family Care Services. In 2001 the service offered medium and long…
Marangaroo was the new name given in 1997 to the former Carine House. It was a Home for young men with disabilities, run by Mofflyn Child and Family Care Services in the suburb of Marangaroo.
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