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Enhancing Youth Pathways – Mental Health Initiative
The Australian Government's "Better Mental Health Services for Australia" – Helping young people stay in education initiative will expand Youth Pathways’ capacity by 50% to 25,500 full service places from 1 January 2007. Services will also be enhanced to assist young people who may be experiencing mental health issues.
The information paper “Helping young people stay in education – Enhancing Youth Pathways” provides details on the Youth Pathways enhancement and other Australian Government measures announced in the 2006 Budget that will support this initiative.
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Youth Pathways
Youth Pathways aims to assist the most at-risk young people to make a successful transition through to completion of year 12 (or its equivalent) and ultimately, to further education, training or employment and active participation in the community. Nationally the programme will assist over 17,000 young people aged 13 to 19 years old each year by providing intensive individualised assistance and support to help young people to make a successful transition.
Eligible young people participating in Youth Pathways will receive services which include:
- Personal one-on-one assistance to help identify strengths, goals and barriers;
- Individual support to achieve their goals;
- Individual support and guidance to help overcome barriers, and;
- Other services aimed at better equipping young people to successfully make the transition through school and from school to further education, training or employment.
For further information on Youth Pathways: