West Coast Youth and Community Support (WCYCS) provide crucial homelessness services to people on the Lower Eyre Peninsula

Their support includes providing or coordinating living skills, transport, mental health, medical, legal support, housing, furniture, budgeting support, education and drug and alcohol support.

Key aspects of this service includes:

• Providing quality support to people in the community facing barriers to the most basic of human rights of shelter.
• Undertaking a collaborative approach to investigating the housing and emergency accommodation options for single people in the Lower Eyre region.
• Providing early intervention and outreach services aimed at engaging those most in need of support.
• Maintaining community awareness regarding issues faced by people who become homeless or are at risk of homelessness.

Youthaven

Youthaven is a Youth Crisis Accommodation facility for young people 15-17 years of age. They provide emergency accommodation and an emphasis on life skills, learning to be independent and family reunification if possible.

Code Red and Code Blue

Code Red and Code Blue responses to extreme weather, aim to reduce the harmful effects on people rough sleeping by:

• connecting them with support services
• providing additional services including extended operating hours for services, increased shelter options, additional food services, sunscreen etc.

When a Code Red or Code Blue response is activated, the WCYCS team will visit known rough sleeper locations to make people aware of the supports available to them.