State ombudsman criticises government’s lack of knowledge about unaccompanied homeless children, failure to improve monitoring
specialist homelessness services for a place to sleep were turned away in a year, according to a new report that highlights the rising proportion of young Indigenous people who are homeless.on the uptake and effectiveness of homelessness services found between 2,300 and 2,600 children, aged between 12 and 15, sought help in each of the five years to July 2022.
He criticised the Department of Communities and Justice for failing to implement previous recommendations to improve monitoring and reporting, despite it saying it supports them. “What little we do know does not give us confidence that the improved policy documentation is achieving significant practical improvements.”On Monday night the NSW homelessness minister, Rose Jackson, said “many of the findings are disappointing and frankly unacceptable”.
“We recognise that we need to do better and part of that commitment is to provide more transparency and accountability.”A previous report from the ombudsman in 2020 highlighted how little was known about this group of children, including the cause of their homelessness, what support they needed and where they went after presenting to the services.
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