Homelessness – Catholic Social Services Australia

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Homeless services working overtime as winter snap hits eastern Australia

6 June 2022 Member services within the Catholic Social Services Australia network are working overtime as freezing cold weather hits the eastern seaboard and forces homeless people off the streets. “Life on the streets is hard enough at the best of times but when the temperature plummets people sleeping rough need a safe place to sleep, a...

Demand for homelessness assistance doubles over the past 10 years

12 October 2021 Increases in income support, more social housing and a boost to mental health funding are necessary to address the ‘out of control’ demand for homelessness assistance according to the Catholic Church’s peak social services group, Catholic Social Services Australia. According to data released this week by Homelessness Australia the number of Australians with mental...

Sacred Heart Mission features in Homelessness Case Study

31 December 2019 Every day, Sacred Heart Mission (SHM) works to provide people who are experiencing homelessness with access to a wide range of services that work to address the underlying causes of chronic disadvantage and social exclusion. For more than a decade, SHM developed, tested and refined a program that addresses chronic homelessness — the Journey...

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