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 Welcome to MacKillop Family Services one of the largest providers of services to children, young people and families in Victoria, Australia. We focus on the long-term and you can be part of the solution with us.
If you talk to homeless young people you learn a great deal. Like how they fill in their time. How they wash themselves. And what they do at Christmas.
But there is another shocking fact. Nearly half of the young adults who are living on our streets, have been in the child protection system.
When the time arrives for 18 year olds to leave the care system, they often don’t have the ordinary, day-to-day resources and skills we all need for survival.
“The system” obviously lets them down.
The sad fact is that young people who leave care still face enormous challenges and uncertainty and then the care stops.
Read about one boy's struggle - the story of Sam: click here
At MacKillop we want to offer an Independent Living Support Service for young adults like Sam. To keep him and others like him, off the streets. Especially at Christmas. But we need your help. Please donate now.
This is just one of 86 services MacKillop offers to children and families in need. Our commitment is long term - not just bandaid solutions.
Our ongoing commitment to people is demonstrated through our Heritage & Information Service. It has been set up to assist former residents of the orphanages run by our founding agencies, their siblings and their family members. Read more...
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