Award of YARA Integrated Support Services for Vulnerable Youth and Families

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DCSSDS awarded a contract to The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Q) represented by Wesley Mission Queensland for the YARA service, which facilitates integrated services to vulnerable young people from birth to 18 years and their families.

The service improves wellbeing and safety through service integration, information sharing, identification of gap clients, brokerage, access to Youth Workers, and specialised support groups and living skills programs.

It builds family capacity via Youth and Family workers, parent support groups, and brokerage for complex needs, and aims to prevent entry or re-entry into the statutory child protection system through coordination of CNAP panels and collaboration with Police, Youth Justice, and Child Safety.

The contract value is AUD 5,447,233, procured via RFQ not in P2i.