New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has for the first time revealed the scale of children experiencing homelessness without a parent or guardian, and highlighted serious gaps in support services.
MCM’s Victorian Youth Homelessness Snapshot represents, on a given day in 2025, the reality faced by young people accessing MCM’s homelessness programs.
Inaccessible and fragmented systems are leaving young Victorians experiencing homelessness locked out of crucial mental health supports, with dire consequences, a major new report from Orygen and Melbourne City Mission has found.
The Youth Housing First (YHF) Partnership, an Australian-first collaboration between MCM, Junction Support Services, and Quantum Support Services, will provide stable housing and comprehensive support for 67 young people leaving care.
Since 2021 MCM Housing has worked with young people and local communities to design, develop, and construct their first two properties.
National coalition of community organisations calls on the Federal Government to ‘fix housing for young people’ as data reveals 44% still homeless after support
Victoria's youth homelessness crisis is becoming more entrenched, with services acting more as a revolving door than helping people find secure accommodation, as new data shows two-thirds of young people who access frontline homelessness services are returning.
MCM alongside other leading homelessness support organisations are calling on the Government to substantially increase JobSeeker and Youth Allowance in next week’s Federal Budget to tackle Australia’s youth homelessness epidemic.
Young people have distinctive pathways into and experience of homelessness, including having limited coping strategies and resources as well as being at high risk of further trauma, according to new research from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).
This year, we’ve been super impressed by the creativity shown by the teams of Sleepers who’ve registered to attend Sleep At The ’G 2019.