YACVic Rural

Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) Round 14: Advocacy and activism

• YACVic will deliver over $102,000 in Round 14 of the HEY Grants funding to thirteen projects.

• LGBTIQA+
• Rural and regional
• Media releases
• Youth sector

Submission to the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

• Social Media
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Issues

Federal budget to address youth homelessness, stops short at poverty

• Media releases
• Rural and regional
• Housing and homelessness
• Government and youth policy
• Budget

Analysis: 2024-25 Victorian Budget

• Budget
• Environment + Climate Change
• Disability
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Education, training and employment
• Housing and homelessness
• Transport
• Government and youth policy
• Youth sector
• Migrant and refugee
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Youth justice
• Child protection
• LGBTIQA+
• Health
• Family violence
• Alcohol & other drugs

2024-25 Victorian Budget: Steps forward on misogyny, health; lagging on housing, mental health

• In a challenging economic environment, the 2024-25 Victorian Budget mostly maintains youth programs and invests in health, but falls short on crucial support for housing and mental health.

• Media releases
• Housing and homelessness
• Youth sector
• Health
• Budget
• Rural and regional

Letter: Victorian Government must deliver their promise of 500 housing places for young people with mental health challenges

• Urgent call for action: Victorian Government must deliver their promise of 500 housing places for young people with mental health challenges.

• Housing and homelessness
• LGBTIQA+
• Rural and regional

Youth Housing and Homelessness Alliance: Joint Statement to government response to Homelessness Inquiry

• What will it take for the Victorian Government to properly address youth homelessness?

• Housing and homelessness
• Rural and regional
• Government and youth policy
• Youth sector
• Infrastructure

Pave the Way: Investing in the Safety and Futures of the Next Generation

• Our joint submission to Victoria's action plan to end family violence.

• Family violence
• Rural and regional
• Housing and homelessness