Our Homeless Children
Read the 1987 national inquiry into youth homelessness, examining causes, impacts, and policy recommendations for vulnerable children and young people.
Summary
Report of the National Inquiry into Youth Homelessness In 1987, after consulting with a wide range of individuals and organisations attempting to assist homeless children, analysing current policy directions and surveying the available literature, the Commission decided that there was a clear need for a national inquiry into homelessness as it affects children and young people. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides...Report of the National Inquiry into Youth Homelessness
In 1987, after consulting with a wide range of individuals and organisations attempting to assist homeless children, analysing current policy directions and surveying the available literature, the Commission decided that there was a clear need for a national inquiry into homelessness as it affects children and young people. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides that children are to be accorded such measures of protection as are required by their status as minors) The Declaration of the Rights of the Child provides, more specifically, that all children have a right to enjoy special protection, to receive adequate housing, and to be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation.' It was clear to the Commission that a large number of Australian children were being denied these fundamental human rights.
INDEX
PDFChapter 1: The National Inquiry into Youth Homelessness (Word)
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PDFChapter 2: Government responses to youth homelessness (Word) or
PDFChapter 3: Developments since the Inquiry began (Word) or
PDFChapter 4: The rights of the child (Word) or
PDFChapter 5: The experience of homelessness (Word) or
PDFChapter 6: The incidence of youth homelessness (Word) or
PDFChapter 7: The costs of youth homelessness (Word) or
PDFChapter 8: Families under stress (Word) or
PDFChapter 9: Family poverty and isolation (Word) or
PDFChapter 10:Children in the care of the State (Word) or
PDFChapter 11:Youth unemployment (Word) or
PDFChapter 12: The situation of Aboriginal young people (Word) or
PDFChapter 13: The situation of young refugees (Word) or
PDFChapter 14: Income support for homeless young people (Word) or
PDFChapter 15: Youth Supported Accommodation Program (Word) or
PDFChapter 16: Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (Word) or
PDFChapter 17: Private sector accommodation (Word) or
PDFChapter 18: Accommodation services (Word) or
PDFChapter 19: Health needs and services (Word) or
PDFChapter 20: Support needs and services (Word) or
PDFChapter 21: Legal needs and services (Word) or
PDFChapter 22: Role of the education system (Word ) or
PDFChapter 23: Job training and employment programs (Word) or
PDFChapter 24 A youth accommodation and support
services program (Word)or
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