Leaving Care program reduces Homelessness by half

June 17, 2008 at 1:38 pm | Posted in Media | 1 Comment

ABC has reported that a pilot program run by St Luke’s Anglicare in Bendigo aimed at supporting young people as they leave foster care has halved the rate of homelessness in the area over four years.

As we’ve commented before, there are significant deficiancies in the supports available for young people who’ve lived in foster care once they turn 18. Its great to see a program have such strong results, hopefully we will start to see the program expanded to other regions in Victoria and across Australia.