The Youth Housing and Reintegration Service’s objective is to reduce homelessness affecting young people aged 12-21 years who are either exiting, or transitioning from child protection orders, are transitioning to the community following a period of sentence or remand in a Youth Detention Centre, or are homeless, or in inadequate housing.
The Townsville YHaRS program is funded by the Queensland Government, Department of Communities.
The Program has two components: a) Support Service, b) After Care Service
a) The Support Service will provide case management based assistance and brokerage. There will be four stages in the service delivery:
- Stage 1. Referrals and assessment.
- Stage 2. Initial intervention.
- Stage 3. Medium/long term assistance
- Stage 4. Follow up and evaluation
Geographical location: Townsville
Please read information pages prior to referring to the YHaRS program Support Service.
b) After Care Service
The After Care Service will support young people aged 17-21 years who are exiting care or who already have exited from care after being subject to a child protection order. This can include young people aged 16 years that are ‘self-placing’ or disengaged from the child protection system.
Provision of Case Management will be limited to young people in this client group who reside in the Townsville area. The main focus of this service will be provision of brokerage funding. Techniques similar to these applied in case of the Support Service will be used.
Geographic catchment areas/referral sources:
Townsville Local Government Area for Support Service clients and North Queensland and Far North Queensland (Department of Communities) regions for After Care Service clients eligible for brokerage funds.
Please read YHARS Guidelines and Information prior to referring to the YHaRS program After Care Service.
Townsville:
| Address: 16 Somer Street, Hyde Park QLD 4812 Phone: (07) 4723 4172 & (07) 4723 4213 Opening hours: 8:30am-5:00pm Mon-Friday |
| Chris Martin Program Coordinator Ph: 0417 847 619 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
Cassy Hinds YHaRS Administrator Ph: 4723 4213 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
| Dalen Steenhuis Program Worker Ph: 0437 083 516 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
Corrie Segboer Program Worker Ph: 0477 007 026 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
| James O’Hagan Program Worker Ph: 0419 315 427 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
Jodie Cronk Program Worker Ph: 0429 705 525 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
| Esperance Segal
Program Worker Ph: 0409 833 818 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
Mt Isa:
| Address: 71 Barkly Highway, Mt Isa Qld 4825 Phone: (07) 4410 9370 Opening hours: 8:30am-5:00pm Mon-Friday |
| Priscilla Lane Team Leader Ph: 0436 617 419 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
Sally Melville Program Worker Ph: 0436 626 267 email hidden; JavaScript is required |
| Esther Nwagbara Program Worker Ph: 0477 003 693 email hidden; JavaScript is required |