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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

Older woman with glasses counselling teenage girl at picnic table

“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.

A young person and youth worker looking at brochures about the youth justice system

“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.

Teenage boy from Iraq wearing backwards cap after leaving a juvenile detention facility

“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

Together, we’re making a difference

occasions of support were provided to children and young people in NSW and QLD through our outreach services, youth justice support and other programs

children and young people were supported with case management and stable housing

young people disconnected from mainstream education were enrolled in our independent schools