Youth homelessness crisis deepens with no emergency accommodation

Search Options	close
Search the following clips: All Clips

news science politics food economy art
technology health internet religion psychology

Sign Up Install Learn More Login


	Youth homelessness crisis deepens with no emergency accommodation

greg naylor

4-13-2008 11:44 PM

192 views

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from April 13, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2061404c-9994-4c19-9609-c2719cc7ecc6/C08DEA06-AB76-4153-940D-30E70DD39008/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory01n.htm" href="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory01n.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nenews.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nenews.com.au/Stories/chStory01n.htm"><P>WANGARATTA’S youth homelessness crisis is deepening, according to the head of a North East youth emergency group.</p> <P>NESAY chief executive, Glen James, has spoken frankly of the worsening situation, following the release of a national study into youth homelessness.</p> <P>The report, "<B>Australia’s Homeless Youth</B>", recommended increased investment in early intervention services, which is something Wangaratta is in desperate need of, with youth homelessness rising and a drop in the age of youth finding themselves at risk of becoming homeless.</p> <P>"<B>There is a rising proportion of young people in our local area that are out of home, out of school, out of work - very marginalised and in urgent need of support,</B>" Ms James said.</p> <P>NESAY helped 482 youth who were either homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless last financial year, with the average age of its clients first experiencing homelessness of 14.8 years.</p> <P>Ms James said of that 482, around 50 per cent were from Wangaratta.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C08DEA06-AB76-4153-940D-30E70DD39008/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips