Newly Arrived Youth Support Service (NAYSS)
The Newly Arrived Youth Support Service (NAYSS) initiative provides a multi function service to newly arrived young people aged 12 to 21 years from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and their families.
The NAYSS initiative allows organisations to assist newly arrived young people by providing services relevant to them at all stages along the continuum of assistance from early intervention to transitional support, and increase the participation of newly arrived young people in the economic and social life of the Australian community.
NAYSS providers use a variety of strategies to help newly arrived young people improve their level of engagement with family, work, education, training and the community such as counselling, group work, mediation and practical support in culturally and contextually appropriate ways.
To be eligible for support participants must:
- have arrived in Australia in the previous five years;
- have visa entry, although there is a focus on young people entering Australia on humanitarian visas and family visas; and
- be aged 12 to 21 years and be homeless or at risk of homelessness.
There are currently 14 NAYSS providers operating in:
Name of Organisation |
Area of High Need |
Cutting Edge Youth Services - UnitingCare |
Shepparton (VIC) |
Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues |
Moonee Ponds/Brimbank/Hume (VIC) |
Career Employment Australia Inc. |
Annerley/Inala/Greenslopes (QLD) |
Association for Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma |
North Perth/Stirling (WA) |
Granville Multicultural Community Centre Inc. |
Parramatta/Auburn (NSW) |
Mission Australia |
Fairfield/Liverpool (NSW) |
Southern Youth and Family Services Association Inc. |
Wollongong (NSW) |
Melaleuca Refugee Centre |
Darwin (NT) |
Australian Multicultural Foundation |
SE Melbourne (Dandenong) |
Anglicare SA Inc. |
Adelaide Metro |
Colony 47 Inc. |
Hobart & environs |
Mission Australia |
Toowoomba |
Multi Link Community Services Inc. |
SE Brisbane, Logan |
Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre |
ACT, Queanbeyan & Goulburn |
NAYSS Lead Provider
FaCSIA has engaged the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI) as the lead provider for the NAYSS initiative. This model provides practical support, services and resources to all NAYSS providers and assists FaCSIA to manage this important initative nationally.
Further information on CMYI and the lead provider role for NAYSS can be found on their website at: http://www.cmyi.net.au/NAYSS
NAYSS Program Guidelines
FaHCSIA has developed guidelines for use in relation to the NAYSS initiative.- NAYSS Guidelines - PDF [269kb] | RTF [ZIP][323kb]
Further information can be found by calling FaHCSIA on 1800 813 750 or email nayss@facsia.gov.au