The Prom Hostel was established in 1986 in Dianella to provide medium to long term accommodation for young women up to 18 years old. It was run by a private management committee. The Prom, as it was known, closed in 1992. The Prom Hostel began in 1986 as part of the Youth Supported Accommodation Program,…
PICYS (Perth Inner City Youth Service) Household Network was established in 1980 by a group of agencies, primarily churches. It first offered emergency accommodation for adolesents at ‘The Cave’ and ‘Streetwork’. By 1995 PICYS was offering medium and long term accommodation to young people who were homeless or in crisis. PICYS (Perth Inner City Youth…
Peedamulla Station was used for employment and training placements for Indigenous youth from at least 1978. Peedamulla Station is mentioned in government child welfare records as a location where young Indigenous people were placed from at least 1978. Indigenous youth in the youth justice system were placed at Peedamulla for employment and training, according to…
Karratha Youth Housing began in 1987 to provide alternative accommodation for youth in the Karratha region. In 1995, known as Karratha Youth Development Service, it offered emergency accommodation for up to eight young people. In 2001, known as Karratha Youth Housing Project Inc (KYHP), it provided supported accommodation to young people who were homeless, at…
The Independent Order of Oddfellows (IOOF) Orphanage was established in Cottesloe in 1905, for the children of deceased members of the IOOF and, from 1919, children of deceased soldiers. The IOOF managed the orphanage and gave the children training in agriculture and domestic service. The IOOF Orphanage was closed by 1940. The Independent Order of…
Great Mates – Armadale Youth Crisis Accommodation began in 2003 to provide crisis and transitional accommodation to local youth who were homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. It is thought to have closed around 2007. Great Mates – Armadale Youth Crisis Accommodation began as a funded program of the Commonwealth/State funded Supported Accommodation Assistance…
The Golden Mile Youth Hostel was established in Kalgoorlie in 1989 and was run by a private committee of management. At that time it provided crisis relief and medium term accommodation to young men aged 15-25 years. By 1995, Golden Mile offered emergency accommodation only. It closed in 1999 and the building was re-opened later…
Ebenezer Home was established in 1968 in a private home and has since expanded to a number of homes in the northern suburbs of Perth, including Tuart Hill (Balcatta), Girrawheen, Marangaroo, and Balga. At first, it was an Aboriginal Education and Employment Hostel. In 1995 it provided emergency accommodation to up to 18 young women….
Cockburn House was established in 1989 by the Cockburn Youth Services Association to provide emergency accommodation services for young people (male and female). A sub-program of the Commonwealth/State funded Supported Accommodation Assistance Programme (SAAP), it closed in 1993. It was located in the municipal area of Cockburn, possibly in the suburb of Coolbellup. At that…
Calvary Welfare Services began operation in 1985 providing emergency accommodation and support services to teenagers and young people who were homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. In 1993, Calvary Welfare Services became known as Calvary Youth Services Mandurah Inc. Calvary Welfare Services was funded through the Youth Supported Accommodation Program (YSAAP) from 1987 to…
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