YANQ is the peak body for the Queensland Youth Sector
Youth Affairs Network Queensland
  • home
  • about
    • what we do
    • become a member
    • donate
    • our values
    • h*story
  • conference
    • 2014 conference
    • 2011 conference
  • news + resources
    • news from yanq
    • what is youth work?
    • become a youth worker
    • projects >
      • health projects >
        • stop drugging our kids!
        • sexual health
        • youth primary health development
      • youth disability advocacy queensland
      • multicultural youth advocacy network
      • reengagement in education
      • juvenile justice >
        • 17 year olds in adult prisons
        • youth in remand
      • workforce development
    • yanq publications >
      • research papers
      • policy submissions
      • media releases
      • network noise magazine
      • newtransitions journal
  • youth networks
    • yanq regional networks
    • youth interagency details
    • youth consultative network
  • COVID-19 Information for youth services
  • Online Forums
  • contact

Initial Youth Sector Strategy Response

7/7/2013

0 Comments

 
YANQ will be releasing a comprehensive response to the Strategy for Youth, released by the Queensland Government last week. In the meantime, YANQ believes that the Youth Strategy is deficient on may fronts, including:
  • The strategy is guided by a set of principles which includes: "building strong partnerships with the non-government sector and local and state government agencies to foster better collaborations". However, there has been no meaningful consultation with the NGO sector, nor any movement towards building partnerships.
  • Youth justice responses by government have been packaged under 'health and wellbeing'. We have just seen the shift of responsibility for youth justice from the Department of Communities to the Attorney General and we have seen many successful programs being axed by the Department. The government needs be more congruent and not include criminal justice punishment under the name of health and well being.
  • Programs like Youth Justice Conferencing, Skilling Queenslanders For Work and Youth Support Co-ordinators that have been defunded or lost money from the Department are being included in what is now being released as Youth strategy. Are we going to see at least the same amount of money returned to these programs? 
  • "A wide range of non-government support services including neighbourhood centres will be funded to assist young people or families address issues that impact on their personal, social or emotional wellbeing and safety" - What about youth services - why are they not mentioned? Is this new money or this is the recommissioning of existing money which would mean losing an entire youth service in an area and having the neighbourhood centre with a family/youth worker?
  • "A $3.2 million package of initiatives, increasing to $3.7 million in 2014–15, will strengthen the network of supports and services designed to provide more coordinated care for children and their families across Queensland" - Is this new money, and if so, where from? How does it strengthen the network of support services? Is this child protection money or youth sector money?
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Home / News + Resources / News from YANQ

    News from YANQ

    Keep abrest of happenings at YANQ - you can also link with us via Facebook and Twitter.

    GO TO SECTOR NEWS >>
    Follow @news_yanq

    Archives

    February 2023
    December 2022
    March 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    August 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    April 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    May 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    February 2015
    May 2014
    March 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    January 2012
    August 2011
    June 2009

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.