MCM’s Victorian Youth Homelessness Snapshot 2024 in partnership with Melbourne City Mission and Social Ventures Australia acknowledge and pay our respects to the past and present Traditional Custodians and Elders of this country on which we work. [...] 1 The macro-economic and budgetary data selected for this snapshot is based on the 2024 Victorian budget papers Cover: Residents in the lounge area of MCM’s Frontyard Youth Services located in Melbourne CBD. [...] MCM’s Victorian Youth Homelessness Snapshot 2024 The data supports the conclusions of existing research: Family violence leads to homelessness for young people.3 In turn, homelessness erodes mental health, increasing the risk of self-harm and suicide.4 And homelessness persists with no access to secure, supported, and afford. [...] MCM’s Victorian Youth Homelessness Snapshot 2024 In the 2024 Victorian budget, $13.8 million was allocated for the 2024-25 financial year to ‘Continuing Orygen’s Moderated Online Social Therapy program’, which is dedicated to supporting young people’s mental health, to continue the ‘Living Learning’ program that provides integrated mental health, education, psychosocial and vocation support to you. [...] While this includes new initiatives and ongoing funding for frontline services that support young people experiencing homelessness, it is unclear how much has been dedicated for young people.9 8 Note that there are two data points for which the number of years since and the age at which homelessness was first experienced is unknown.
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- Melbourne City Mission and Social Ventures Australia acknowledge and pay our respects to the past and present Traditional Custodians and Elders of this country on which we work. 2
- About this snapshot 3
- MCMs inaugural Victorian Youth Homelessness Snapshot represents on a given day in 2024 the reality faced by young people accessing MCMs homelessness programs. 3
- 177 young people aged 15 to 24 years old accessing MCMs homelessness programs 4
- Frontyard Youth Services 4
- First Nations 4
- CARM 4
- LGBTIQA 4
- About the data 4
- The data supports the conclusions of existing research 5
- Family violence leads to homelessness for young people 5
- In turn increasing the risk of self-harm and suicide. 5
- And 5
- Family violence leads to homelessness for young people 6
- 82 54 6
- 35.8 million 7
- Homelessness erodes mental health 8
- 45 64 8
- 13.8 million 9
- Homelessness persists with no access to appropriate housing 10
- 42.3 million 11
- Meanwhile the Victorian economy is steadily improving 12
- Real economic growth 12
- Victorian government revenues 12
- There is an to to address the systemic interdependent root causes of 13
- About SVA 14
- Social Ventures Australia SVA 14
- Melbourne City Mission MCM 14
