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What's On - Current
March 2010 Have your say on the National Quality Framework for Homelessness Services
The Federal Government has released a discussion paper and scheduled a series of consultations as part of the legislative reform process that started in 2008 with The Road Home report.
The latest discussion paper, A National Quality Framework to Support Quality Services for People Experiencing Homelessness, examines a framework to define and ensure consistent service quality across homelessness services.
It is critical that we contribute to the development of this legislative and policy framework. CHP is in a unique position to contribute to this process based on our recent and ongoing experience with service quality and accreditation, and our strong consumer rights focus.
The discussion paper, as well as a schedule for the consultations, can be downloaded from the FAHCSIA website by clicking on the link below. These dates may change so please keep an eye on the FAHCSIA website.
We’ll provide a briefing for the sector in advance of the Victorian consultations and attending the consultations to hear and represent your views.
If you’re unable to attend one of the consultations you can contribute your ideas by:
* Emailing homelessness.quality@fahcsia.gov.au
* Writing to:
Ms Kate Gumley
Chair, Homelessness Working Group
Department of Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
PO Box 7576
Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610
By 15 April 2010 to ensure they can be considered.
We urge you, your organisation and your colleagues and clients to participate in this process and have your say.
Call for contributions: March edition Parity magazine - White Paper 12 Months On
“What is to be Done?” - The White Paper 12 Months On
The March 2010 edition of Parity follows on from the June 2008 “Green Paper” and the February 2009
“White Paper” editions of Parity.
Once again, the Council to Homeless Persons in collaboration with the Australian Government’s
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and Homelessness
Australia is producing a special edition of the national homelessness publication Parity to inform the homelessness sector of the policy and program responses to the White Paper The Road Home: A
National Approach to Reducing Homelessness.
Deadline: Friday 19th March
31-03-2010 Moving Out, Moving On book launch & event
Michelle Burrell, CEO of the Council to Homeless Persons invites you to celebrate the launch of:
Moving Out, Moving On: Young People's Pathways In and Through Homelessness By Shelley Mallett, Doreen Rosenthal, Deb Keys and Roger Averill
KEYNOTE SPEECH BY PROFESSOR BRIAN BURDEKIN Australia’s first Human Rights Commissioner and author of the seminal Report into Youth Homelessness, Professor Burdekin is Patron of the Lighthouse Foundation, co-organisers of this event.
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 from 9:45am - 11:30am
Location:
Yarra Room
Melbourne Town Hall
Swanston Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Please register by Friday 26th March. Limited places are available so early registration is advised.
29-04-2010 Measuring Family Violence workshop, Ballarat
Family violence is a significant pathway into homelessness for Victorian women and children. Domestic
Violence Victoria and the Council to Homeless Persons, together with the Family Violence Interdepartmental
Committee and the SAFER research team, will host a series of half-day workshops on measuring family
violence in Victoria and working with family violence data.
These free workshops are relevant to practitioners in the homelessness, housing and family violence sectors
and will:
• provide an introduction and overview of the latest data on family violence in Victoria
• provide an overview of how to utilise relevant data to inform policy and enhance service provision and
management
• outline developments in state-wide data collection and analysis and explore the limitations of family
violence data.
07-05-2010 Measuring Family Violence workshop, Mildura
Family violence is a significant pathway into homelessness for Victorian women and children. Domestic
Violence Victoria and the Council to Homeless Persons, together with the Family Violence Interdepartmental
Committee and the SAFER research team, will host a series of half-day workshops on measuring family
violence in Victoria and working with family violence data.
These free workshops are relevant to practitioners in the homelessness, housing and family violence sectors
and will:
• provide an introduction and overview of the latest data on family violence in Victoria
• provide an overview of how to utilise relevant data to inform policy and enhance service provision and
management
• outline developments in state-wide data collection and analysis and explore the limitations of family
violence data.
13-05-2010 Measuring Family Violence workshop, Benalla
Family violence is a significant pathway into homelessness for Victorian women and children. Domestic
Violence Victoria and the Council to Homeless Persons, together with the Family Violence Interdepartmental
Committee and the SAFER research team, will host a series of half-day workshops on measuring family
violence in Victoria and working with family violence data.
These free workshops are relevant to practitioners in the homelessness, housing and family violence sectors
and will:
• provide an introduction and overview of the latest data on family violence in Victoria
• provide an overview of how to utilise relevant data to inform policy and enhance service provision and
management
• outline developments in state-wide data collection and analysis and explore the limitations of family
violence data.
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