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    A photo from the street of MCM's Frontyard Youth Services

    Frontyard Youth Services

    We provide multidisciplinary holistic programs to meet the needs of young people aged 12 to 24 who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

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    Frontyard Youth Services is a specialist youth service located in Melbourne’s CBD that works with young people 12-24 who are at risk of or are experiencing homelessness. Frontyard provides an integrated service model with specialist teams supporting young people to meet their physical, emotional, and social needs to develop pathways out of homelessness.

    Young people of all backgrounds can attend Frontyard if they are at risk of or are experiencing homelessness in Melbourne’s CBD, Greater Melbourne and throughout Victoria. As an integrated service Frontyard will provide the appropriate response, via our co-located services, immediate response and ongoing support or information and referral pathways to the local housing access points and community-based supports.

    We offer a wide range of services to cater to young people’s needs, including:

    • State-wide homelessness access point
    • Case Management
    • Circuit Breaker Accommodation Program
    • Youth and Community Participation
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Legal and Financial Services

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    Being the voice of change

    According to the latest Census (2021), around 16,902 young Victorians don’t have a place to call their own on any given night. It’s clear that things need to change. In addition to supporting young people around the clock, we strive to be advocates for change.

    We work with partners in the sector and in the community to provide education to the public. We advocate for more Commonwealth funding and work to change policies and societal factors that push people into homelessness.

    We take to the streets

    In addition to providing a full suite of support services in one central space, our mobile workforce takes to the streets. The Frontyard Assertive Outreach program aims to engage hard-to-reach groups of young people in their own environment.

    The program recognises the barriers that many young people who have experienced trauma may face when accessing services. Through purposeful, proactive, and persistent engagement, we provide support and interventions to young people in spaces where they are most comfortable.

    If you would like more information about this program or would like to get in touch with an outreach worker, please contact the Team Leader on (03) 9453 8557.

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    MCM places people at the centre of what we do

    MCM acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the waterways and lands where we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We commit to ensuring everyone we work with is safe, empowered, supported and respected, especially children and young people. We support and celebrate diversity of race, culture, ability, gender, sexuality and gender identity.

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