Who we are
Youth Off The Streets is a not-for-profit youth organisation. Our services and programs provide young people with safety, support and opportunities to build a positive future.
Our news & stories
“Young people need to feel safety and trust to disclose”
How can we talk to young people about domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV)? Youth Off The Streets’ Kylie Sharp takes us through the Safe Conversations training program’s approach.
“I couldn’t tell them what was going on”
Yousef’s story illustrates why young people from diverse cultural backgrounds are overrepresented in the youth justice system.
“Not everyone who does something wrong needs to go to jail”
Yousef was only 14 when he was forced into youth detention. Now, he is struggling to rebuild his life on the outside.
The scale of the problem
young people presented alone for homelessness support in 2022-23
42.3%
of young Australians report high levels of psychological distress
%
of young people accessing our Inner West Youth Homelessness Service (IWYHS) have experienced domestic and family violence
4 in 5
young people supported by our IWYHS live below the poverty line