Published Resources Details Report
- Title
- Multicultural Youth in Australia: Settlement and Transition
- Imprint
- Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2007
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-921352-20-1
- Url
- http://www.cmy.net.au/sites/default/files/publication-documents/Multicultural%20Youth%20in%20Australia%202007.pdf
- Description
The report concludes that the multicultural youth sector is generally under-resourced, fragmented and lacking coordination. The cause of this situation is believed to be the ad hoc and short-term nature of project funding, and the lack of social policy frameworks at federal and state level that address multicultural youth. In terms of programming, this research study found there is very little base line data available to inform the design of programs/services, and few evaluations of programs have been undertaken.
As of the 27-4-16 lit review indicators were: Settlement, Income and housing, Education and employment, Health, Identity and racism, Family and community, Justice and law.
Methodology: Literature review. The paper also draws on consultations conducted in each state or territory, with representatives from a range of government, community and service organisations who are experienced in working with multicultural youth.- Abstract
The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) commissioned the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI) to prepare two national papers in multicultural youth issues. These papers review and summarise the evidence on the needs of this group of young people, as well as examine the current policy and program responses to these
needs.
The Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI) is a community based organisation that advocates for the needs of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The Centre has a priority focus on culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) young people from refugee and newly arrived communities. CMYI combines policy development and direct service delivery within a community development framework. This approach gives CMYI strong connections with young people and their communities while enabling positive change on a local, state and national level (www.cmyi.net.au).
This paper, Multicultural Youth In Australia: Settlement and Transition, addresses the particular issues facing multicultural youth highlighting differences in experiences and needs among the groups of 'multicultural youth' - migrant, refugee and second
generation young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.