Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD), according to the National Youth Coalition for Housing the 2018 Youth Homelessness Matters day was held on 18 April 2018. YHMD is an annual day which seeks to highlight the issue of
youth homelessness
Youth homelessness is the problem of homelessness of young people around the globe.
Overview
Youth homelessness is a significant social issue globally, both in developing countries and many developed countries. In developing countries, research ...
in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
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YHMD is supported by the National Youth Coalition for Housing. NYCH supports and informs groups across the country who wish to inform the community about youth homelessness.
YHMD began in 2005 as an initiative of
youth workers
A Youth worker is a person that works with young people to facilitate their personal, social and educational development through informal education, care (e.g. preventive) or leisure approaches. All types of educative approaches are not ethical fo ...
from Blue Mountains Youth Initiative (BMYI), a Blue Mountains Region interagency of youth services that work with homeless young people. The Youth homelessness peak of NSW (Yfoundations) was equally concerned regarding the lack of public awareness about young people at risk or experiencing homelessness. Yfoundations was also concerned at the lack of awareness at the political and policy level and the lack of traction on the political/policy agenda.
Theme in 2010
The theme for the 2010 Youth Homelessness Matters Day was "Countdown- Everyone Counts".
Theme in 2011
The theme for the 2011 Youth Homelessness Matters day was 'Hide and Seek - the hidden nature of youth homelessness in Australia.
See also
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Homelessness in Australia
Homelessness in Australia is a social issue concerning the number of people in Australia that are considered to be homeless. There are no internationally agreed upon definitions of homelessness, making it difficult to compare levels of homelessnes ...
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Homeless Persons' Week
Homeless Persons' Week (HPW) is an annual event publicizing the plight of homeless people in Australia. The event is held in the first full week of August each year, and is coordinated by Homelessness Australia, the peak body organisation for the ...
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Yfoundations
Yfoundations is a peak body organisation of youth homelessness services in New South Wales, Australia. For over 40 years, Yfoundations has served as the NSW peak body representing children and young people at risk of and experiencing homelessness, ...
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Homelessness Action Week
Homelessness Action Week (formerly known as Homelessness Awareness Week) is an annual week-long campaign held in over 20 communities in British Columbia, Canada. In Metro Vancouver, the week is sponsored by the Greater Vancouver Regional Steering ...
(Canada)
References
{{Homelessness
External links
Official WebpageHomelessness Pledge has a long way to go, ReportageThe Young and the Homeless, Online Opinion
Awareness days
Homelessness organizations
Homelessness in Australia
April observances