The experiences of young people: How do their living arrangements impact?

• Mission Australia

Youth survey homeless and foster care young people Sept 2009 final

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13 October 2009This report explores the experiences of young people who are homeless or in foster care.

In 2008, over 45,000 young people aged 11 to 24 years participated in the seventh annual Mission Australia National survey of young Australians. 375 of them identified as homeless or living in insecure housing and a further 135 were living in foster care.


This publication:

• Provides an overview of youth homelessness and out-of-home care in Australia.
• Compares the survey responses of these two groups with young people in ‘other’ living arrangements.
• Profiles a service, Lemongrove Lodge, which is working effectively with homeless young people.
• Makes policy recommendations regarding young people who are homeless or in out-of-home care.

Image: energeticspell / Flickr