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Youngcare
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Youngcare is a not-for-profit organisation creating choice and independence for young people (aged 18 – 65) with high care needs by providing fully accessible and age-appropriate living spaces, grants for equipment and home modifications and support through a national phone line. Youngcare is creating a future where every young person has the freedom and choice to live the young lives we all deserve. The Issue:Suitable and appropriate supported housing is one of the greatest areas of unmet need for people with disabilities in Australia. Currently, there are 12,000 young people being left behind in aged care, hospital rooms, rehabilitation centres – institutionalised accommodation – simply because there is nowhere else for them to go.Youngcare is boldly tackling this national issue by acting as the conduit for industry, government and community to work together to bring much-needed change to the disability housing sector.What we do:We are committed to supporting young people's choice to live young lives in quality housing. Youngcare's building program designs and develops age-appropriate housing solutions where young people with high care needs can live young lives with choice, independence and dignity in their own homes.To date, Youngcare has led the way across Australia in designing premium residential solutions. For 13 years we have been working and partnering with architects, developers and residents to help young people living in, or at risk of entering inappropriate housing. Young people with high care needs deserve the freedom to choose where they live, who they live with and how they love their lives, and it's up to all of us to make sure that happens.