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Artful Dodgers Studios, a program of Jesuit Community College, is a flexible and welcoming studio space where young people aged 15-27 years old can create art and music with the support of experienced artists and musicians. Established in 1996, Artful Dodgers Studios is one of Victoria’s longest running community cultural development programs.
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Guidance on climate action and resilience planning for neighbourhood house networks
There are close to 400 neighbourhood houses in Victoria and over a thousand across Australia. In a community emergency, neighbourhood houses are often the first to respond, and they play an essential role in rebuilding communities. Importantly, they also take a preventative approach, building the resilience of communities by addressing the underlying drivers of vulnerability in their every day work.
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Community Connections Mentoring
Worth A Second Chance is an advocacy campaign calling for a more humane, fair and effective youth justice system. Founded in 2018, the campaign engages the general public in calling for a reformed youth justice system underpinned by principles of prevention, early intervention, and restorative justice, and shares a positive and hopeful narrative around young people in trouble.
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Our advocacy, research and social policy work draws on our experience engaging with disadvantaged people, families and communities.We identify areas of unmet need, conduct and publish research and use our findings to advocate for change in keeping with our vision of ‘building a just society’.
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The Individual Support Program (ISP) provides individually tailored and flexible support services to young people who are involved in child protection care services, have multiple complex needs such as mental health issues, substance misuse, homelessness, or are living with a disability or histories of trauma. Individual funding packages are provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
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Navigator supports disengaged students aged 12-17 to re-engage with an education or training pathway. Signs of disengagement may include a pattern of absenteeism, school refusal, truancy or withdrawing from school. Navigator works intensively with young people, families, schools and support networks to address underlying issues in disengagement, help learners overcome barriers, and expand their opportunities to successfully re-engage with a learning pathway and thrive in education.
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Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility Transitional Support Program
The Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility provides temporary accommodation and wraparound support to men leaving prison in Melbourne who would otherwise be homeless – a circumstance experienced by half of Victoria’s prison population, and a factor that can see people return to custody shortly after release.