The Oasis Youth Residential Service was established in 1978. It was originally known as the LASA Youth Refuge, a joint project of the Salvation Army and the Weston Creek Lions Club (LASA stood for Lions and Salvation Army). Its first location was in Kingston, and around 1986 the refuge moved to Waramanga. In the 2000s…
Lowana Youth Services, located in Kambah, was established in 1989. It provided transitional housing for young people experiencing homelessness and/or leaving youth justice institutions. It included a safe house for young women escaping family violence. Lowana Youth Services was closed by the ACT government in April 2012 as part of a re-design of specialist homelessness…