Mission Australia was formed in 1996 when Sydney City Mission (established in 1862), Adelaide City Mission (established in 1867), Wollongong City Mission, Perth City Mission (also known as Jesus People Inc.), Brisbane City Mission, Mission Australia Northern New South Wales, Mission Australia Southern New South Wales, Mission Australia Group Training and Mission Employment all joined…
The Adolescent Program, formerly run under the name of St Saviour’s Cottage Home, operated at Goulburn until 1994. This service implemented individual care programs for children and young people with a goal of restoration and reconciliation with families as the option of first choice. The Program changed from a residential model in 1995 and in…
From 1977 St Luke’s ran a number of family group home and residential care units in Bendigo. Several of these home had previously been run by The Mission of St James and St John, and were transferred to St Luke’s in 1977 when it became an independent agency. Other homes were transferred to the control…
Foster Care Westernport was established in 1979. As well as providing foster care, it provided respite care for children with disabilities through the Westernport Interchange program. The agency had a separate foster care program for adolescents. In 1991, Foster Care Westernport merged with the Victorian Children’s Aid Society to form the new organisation, Family Focus….
Lisa Lodge was the new name given to the Home formerly known as Hayeslee House, sometime around 1994. It was run by the Lisa Lodge – Hayeslee Committee who managed a number of institutions in the Ballarat region. In July 2012 Lisa Lodge merged with Berry Street, to strengthen Berry Street’s services provided in the…
Harrison Community Services came into being in 1994. Previously it was known as Harrison House Youth Services. The name change reflected a broadening of services, to include families as well as young people. Run by the Uniting Church, it was based in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. In 2000, it became part of UnitingCare Victoria….
Barwon Youth was established in 2006, it was previously known as the Barwon Association for Youth Support & Accommodation. Barwon Youth continued to provide community service programs catered to adolescents. It became known as Barwon Child, Youth & Family in 2015 when it merged with Glastonbury Community Services and Time for Youth.
Wahroonga Hostel was opened on 1 November 1995 by the Barwon Association for Youth Support & Accommodation. It was a replacement property for Lismore House in the suburb of Newcomb. The new property was designed to have an improved personal living environment for residents of the youth hostel. Wahroonga Hostel closed in 2000.
The Barwon Association for Youth Support and Accommodation (BAYSA) was established in June 1981 to establish and run a regional youth hostel in the Barwon area. BAYSA ran Lismore House and later Wahroonga Hostel. They also operated lead-tenant properties, adolescent foster care programs, programs to assist adolescents who were homeless and other youth service programs….
Barwon Child, Youth & Family (BCYF) was established on 1 July 2015 as a merger between Glastonbury Community Services, Barwon Youth and Time for Youth. BCYF provided out-of-Home care, placement prevention services, early years; family & community services; youth services and specialist intervention services. On 1 April 2023, BCYF merged with Bethany to form a…
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