Hope Street is an established specialist youth homelessness provider in the North and West Divisions of Melbourne. Hope Street is a leading organisation with over 30 years of experience in the delivery of youth centred programs and practices that achieve effective housing outcomes with young people. As experts in this field, Hope Street has recognised the importance of practitioners across sectors who work with young people who are homeless, coming together to examine effective strategies to divert young people away from the homelessness sector.

Themes of the Forum

• Rapid Housing for Young people
• Early intervention and Short Term Responses to divert young people from the Homelessness Service System

Forum Outline

• Welcome and overview, Donna Bennett, CEO, Hope Street
• Speaker, Ksenya Kupres, BOOST Specialist Practitioner, from the BOOST Program, Hope Street
• Guest Speakers – Narratives from young people achieving rapid housing outcomes
• Speaker from the Private Rental Brokerage Program, VincentCare Victoria
• Speaker from the Private Rental Brokerage Program, Homeground Housing Service

Places limited. Light lunch and refreshments provided.