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Cost of youth homelessness

ÂþÌìÌÃÈë¿Úresearch featured in report identifying health and justice costs from youth homelessness in Australia

05 May 2016


A new research briefing, , has cited a number of ÂþÌìÌÃÈë¿Úresearch reports. The research was produced by researchers from the Swinburne University Institute for Social ÂþÌìÌÃÈë¿Ú, the University of Western Australia and Charles Sturt University in partnership with The Salvation Army, Mission Australia and Anglicare Canberra & Goulburn.

... the costs to the Australian community ... for young people experiencing homelessness is an average of $17,868 per person per year

The research identified that the costs to the Australian community of health and justice services for young people experiencing homelessness is an average of $17,868 per person per year (not including other costs such as lower employment rates etc.). In 2014–15, 41,780 young people aged 15–24 were clients of Specialist Homeless Services, which meant an estimated $747 million of additional health and justice costs to the Australian economy.

The following ÂþÌìÌÃÈë¿Úresearch was cited in this research briefing:

 

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