Ben Vasiliou CEO, Youth Projects Ltd
Ben impressed with a confident and strategic summary of his operations including expansion of direct night assistance to the homeless to a 7 nights weekly schedule.Cost-benefits to the community are substantial, such as $110 cost per contact translating to $3-26K benefits. Rough sleepers total 400 in CBD and nearby, and nearly 3000 young people in the City of Hume.
A focus on young people gives scope for putting them on a positive path for a lifetime. Other programs include helping people with disabilities move from school to work – of 800,000 disability people nationally, only 300,000 are registered for work.
He emphasised the need for holistic service – merely providing housing left many crucial gaps.
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