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Youth health focus areas

Adolescent medicine Education Legal Sexual health
Bullying Gay, lesbian, bisexual,
& transgender youth
Mental Health Staying safe
Care & protection HIV & Hep C Parenting Young carers
Disability Homelessness Refugee & multicultural Young people's creativity
Drugs & alcohol Indigenous Rural Youth development

Adolescent medicine

Canteen - Young People Living With Cancer
Chronic Illness Peer Support (CHIPS)
Department of Adolescent Health, the Children's Hospital at Westmead
Livewire - online community for teenagers living with serious illness or disability in Australia
My Diabetes - young people with diabetes
The Australian Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare (AWCH)
The Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce (GMCT)
Transition Care

Bullying

Bullying No Way
Net alert - Protecting Australian Families Online
Racism No Way

Care & protection

Association for Child Welfare Agencies (ACWA)
Create Foundation (a program for children & young people in out-of-home care)
DoCS for young people
DVlink - Domestic Violence Resource Centre

Disability

Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care
Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association

Drugs & alcohol

Australian Drug Foundation (Includes Druginfo Clearinghouse, Centre for Youth Studies, Australian Druginfo Network)
Binge Drinking- what are you doing to yourself
Don't turn a nightout into a nightmare
Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre
Family Drug Support
NSW Health - Druginfo
Tedd Noffs Foundation
Where's your head at?

Education

Links to Learning (helping young people to re-enter mainstream education & training)
Youth Pathways (helping young people stay in education)

Gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender youth

Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service of NSW
Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
Twenty Ten Gay and Lesbian Youth Service

HIV & hep C

Hep C Council of NSW
Multicultural HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Service

Homelessness

Father Chris Riley's Youth off the Streets
Homeless Information Portal (Australian National Council on Drugs)
Innovative Health Services for Homeless Young People
Reconnect (Early intervention service for homeless or at-risk of homeless youth)
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program

Indigenous

Aboriginal Health Services in NSW
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Indigenous Health
Healthy Vibe
ReconciliACTION Network

Legal

Lawstuff
Legal Aid
National Children's and Youth Law Centre
NSW Ombudsman
The Shopfront - legal service for homeless and disadvantaged young people

Mental health

Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association
Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Ausinet)
Beyondblue
Headspace
Inspire Foundation
Mental Health Association NSW
Mindmatters
National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS)
School-Link
Transcultural Mental Health

Parenting

ABCD Parenting
Board of Studies NSW - Parents page
DoCS - Caring for Teenagers
Drugs and parenting
NSW Health - Family Help Kit
Raising Children Network - Young parents

Refugee & multicultural

Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues
Diversity Health Institute
Multicultural Mental Health Australia
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Refugee Health Service
STARTTS

Rural

Agstart - NSW Rural Assistance Authority
Young Australian Rural Network

Sexual health

Clued Up - Chlamydia
Family Planning NSW
National STI Prevention Program: Sexual Health Campaign
Sexuality and sexual health

Staying safe

Arrive Alive
Net alert - Protecting Australian Families Online
Young and new drivers - Roads and Traffic Authority
Youthsafe

Young carers

Carer Assist
Children of parents with a mental illness
Uniting Care Mental Health Family and Carer program
Young Carers NSW
Young carers of family and friends with a mental illness

Young people's creativity

Artstart - NSW Youth Arts & Skills
Australia Council (check out the links)
Australian Theatre for Young People
Community Cultural Development NSW
Foundation for Young Australians (check out the funding opportunities)
Heywire - A chance to broadcast your stories on the radio
Indent - drug and alcohol free all-ages entertainment in NSW
National Young Writer's festival
Youth Awards - The Source

Youth development

Police and Community Youth Clubs
The Australian Youth Development Program
Youth Development Roundtable 2007
Youth Services (with websites)

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