The Community Ownership Models works on the belief that if a community joins together to address problems within their community, that this is a powerful way for the community to recognise underlying issues causing these problems and to identify solutions.
The model includes case management of at risk and street frequenting young people to provide them with the necessary information, support and referrals, to allow them to make informed decisions, and reconnect them back into the community.
It also addresses issues of public space, and community perceptions of young people's use of this space, and strengthening the community through involving and maintaining local capacity. By being directly on the street, our street outreach workers are often the first point of contact for many transient and at-risk young people. They engage with these young people, identify the services and support they require and link them into those services during the day.
The City of Frankston has a new community outreach program to combat the rise in youth homelessness, crime and alcohol and drug related abuse for troubled youth in the region. A development committee made up of concerned local business owners approached Open Family Australia in 2008 to establish the program to assist at-risk and homeless youth aged 12-25 in Frankston.
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