Crisis Youth Refuge Queanbeyan

The Queanbeyan Youth Refuge predominately provides emergency and short-term accommodation and support to young people aged from 15 -17 years inclusive that are homeless. The refuges also provides other supports to young people between the ages of 15-24 yrs who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

The Service aims to provide assistance to young people and their families by:

• achieving restoration and/or reconciliation within the family (where appropriate)
• locate and move to other supported accommodation or independent living situations
• crisis, emergency and short-term accommodation
• crisis intervention
• family support
• living skills, social skills and personal development programs
• information, referral, liaison and advocacy with other agencies
• mediation, assessment and basic counselling (including financial)
• assistance and support in obtaining  and maintaining safe, long-term housing.

The Service is flexible and can support young people through a range of service delivery methods including case management, case work and casual on-off assistance