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The State Government has announced funding of $6m over the next four years for Hutt St Centre, Catherine House and Vinnies to help address homelessness in the city and assist vulnerable South Australians into secure housing.
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Centacare Catholic Family Services has partnered with Housing Choices Australia and Aboriginal Sobriety Group on an innovative project to prevent young people falling into homelessness after exiting out-of-home care.
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The State Government will provide $852,000 in transitional funding to Hutt St Centre, to enable the organisation to take on up to an additional 80 people experiencing homelessness between now and June 2022, providing them with intensive, long-term case management through the Aspire program.
Torrential rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the 125 business and community leaders who took part in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout at Lot Fourteen on June 17, with a record $907,000 being raised to help fund the organisation’s homelessness services.
The Walk a Mile in My Boots Challenge is on again this year, with participants being encouraged to go that ‘extra mile’ to help end homelessness.
Light, open and airy spaces fit-for-purpose are a feature of the Hutt St Centre’s redevelopment which was officially opened on February 28.
The merger of two organisations that support South Australian women at risk of or experiencing homelessness to access safe, affordable housing and recovery services is expected to provide even greater capacity to help the growing number of people in need.
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