Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy today welcomed the Federal Labor Government’s investment of $1.2 million over the next two years to continue to support young people in the ACT who are homeless or at risk of being homeless, through the Reconnect program.
This funding is part of the Government’s $48 million investment Australia-wide in the Reconnect program.
With this investment, the existing three Reconnect providers in Canberra- Centacare Reconnect ACT, Gungan Gulwan Reconnect Program and Multicultural Youth Services- will be able to continue to deliver services such as counselling, group work, family mediation and practical support to young people, aged 12-21.
Reconnect operates across Australia and provides support to a broad range of young people, including indigenous. Newly arrived and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Last year Reconnect and Newly Arrived Youth Service (NAYSS) supported about 7,000 young people nationally and achieved outcomes in areas including accommodation.
The Rudd Government made addressing youth homelessness a priority when it released the Homelessness White Paper last December, which lays out a comprehensive plan to tackle homelessness.
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