Page 1462 - Week 04 - Thursday, 12 April 2018
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Health Medical Officers and Community Paediatricians is determined through a comprehensive intake and screening process.
More information is available at:
http://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/childdevelopmentservice/about-us
A number of homelessness services offer case management in an outreach capacity to families, including new parents. Four programs within the specialised homelessness sector provide targeted support to new parents:
• Karinya House and Erin House;
• St Vincent de Paul – Family Service;
• St Vincent de Paul – Young Parents Accommodation Support Program; and
• Toora Women – Family Program.
Karinya House provides supported accommodation for up to 11 women who are pregnant or parenting, along with practical assistance for household goods, baby goods and clothing and maternity requirements. The service provides a range of programs to support pregnant and parenting women including birth preparation support services and prenatal education counselling and support. Support is provided 24/7. Karinya House has a common area where women and their children can come together to share their experiences and support each other.
In addition, the following programs within the homelessness sector provide support to families, including new parents:
• Beryl Women Inc;
• Communities@Work – Reach Home;
• Doris Women’s Refuge;
• Northside Community Service – Women’s Program;
• Toora Women Inc – Coming Home Program;
• Toora Women Inc – Women and Children’s Program;
• Toora Women Inc – Domestic Violence and Homelessness Service; and
• YWCA – Housing Support Unit.
(2) The Child, Youth and Family Services Program (the Program) funds 26 community organisations to deliver holistic, wrap-around services for children, young people and their families, and supports for vulnerable children and young people aged 0 to 25 years and their families.
A significant focus of the Program is to provide outreach where deemed appropriate and of benefit to children, young people and their families.
The Program provides direct funding to community partners to deliver youth engagement services, focusing on providing outreach supports to young people. Youth engagement services go out to where young people are, providing services and a range of engagement and capacity building activities in these spaces.
Service providers funded to deliver youth engagement activities including an element of outreach under the Child, Youth and Family Services Program are:
• Belconnen Community Service;
• Companion House Assisting Survivors of Torture and Trauma Incorporated;
• Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation;
• Multicultural Youth Services;
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