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the hardest bit about being homeless is
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say you're sitting on a crate on the
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side of the street you'll see about a
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hundred thousand people will buy you not
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even notice that you insist and I reckon
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that's the hardest bit the main purpose
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of front yard is to provide a range of
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integrated services to young people
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between the ages of 12 and 25 who
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experiencing homelessness from across
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Victoria Melbourne see missions Brantly
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idea service has been the leader in the
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provision of Homa services for young
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people since the late 80s we've been
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working with thousands of young people
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each year who come through our door who
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are experiencing homelessness for a
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range of reasons be that family violence
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a family breakdown or experiencing
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significant trauma couldn't find housing
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because I was in a domestic violence
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type situation in my house and I was
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trying to find our accommodation but I
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wasn't working so I eventually found
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myself on the streets because I didn't
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know where else to go at the point in
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time my housing struggles didn't really
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start until I got exited from the system
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at the age of 18 and I was homeless on
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and off and then when I first came to
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find you I had the staff give me
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friendly they tried to get a gauge of
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what my living situation was like my
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relationship with my peers and my
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parents
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one of the main focuses of front-yard is
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to disrupt homelessness for young people
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and to reduce them from entering into
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long-term homelessness as adults frankly
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our addresses the issues of your
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timelessness by having a fully
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integrated service model which
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incorporates social workers youth
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workers lawyers nurses allied health
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therapists music therapy play therapy a
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whole range of services that are there
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to work alongside a young person to help
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them deal with whatever they're
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presenting with even though we might be
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working with people who have had some
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pretty awful things happen in their
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lives I think particularly in this age
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group there was always that chance that
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you've got a greater chance of being
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able to make some changes in their lives
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that may allow them not to remain firmly
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entrenched in homelessness for a long
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time some of the common mental health
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issues that we see are young people
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coming with multiple diagnoses that
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they've picked up along the way which is
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really confusing for their understanding
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of themselves and what's happening for
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them but then also for future treatment
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planning and all their coming to the
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service with really complex needs and
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presentations but have never ever been
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assessed or diagnosed right now it's
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been around for thirty years now and has
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learned over the years as to what is
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needed for young people who are
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experiencing homelessness or rough
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sleeping and so now we're adding 18 beds
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of crisis accommodation to our facility
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in King Street as well as a whole range
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of other services to go alongside that
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so things like street outreach we're
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developing a digital engagement tool for
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young people we're providing mental
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health and drug and alcohol services
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on-site and we're going to have 24/7
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staffing models and short young people I
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kept safe and have the services they
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need when they need them the whole
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community has got behind the
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redevelopment of freitag youth services
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from design right through to actually
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building and fit out of the other
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building we've consulted with young
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people the community the sector as well
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as working in partnership with state and
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federal government in terms of what
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Center for young people
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I think that the new front yard opening
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will be a lot better it's got more
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accessible to people living with
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disabilities it's updated it's modern
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it's what young people after things have
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been going better for me if it lives in
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increasingly it's more stable housing
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I'm national hold down work and in
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general I've just been my life has just
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improves exponentially
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I've wanted to be you focus since I was
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16 and I'm currently studying so far in
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York at RMIT in the city I came across
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front-yard a few years ago when I was in
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my 20s they've helped me out in the
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macula ways they've actually got me into
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some form of employment with my
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investors stuff when I was homeless they
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helped me out get an accommodation they
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helped me out of my legal aid and
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everything they are so good I'm very
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excited about the future I'm very
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excited about what we're doing and I'm
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very excited about the services that we
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get to provide to young people
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