Youth

FaCSIA provides the following services and programs for young people:

• Newly Arrived Youth Support Services (NAYSS)
• The Source - a website for young Australians and a way for them to have a say
• Reconnect
• Transition to Independent Living Allowance
• Mentor Marketplace
• YouthLinx (formerly Youth Activities Services/Family Liaison Worker (YAS/FLW) Program)
• National Illicit Drug Strategy (NIDS) - Strengthening and Supporting Families Coping with Illicit Drug Use (Strengthening Families) Measure
• National Youth Affairs Research Scheme (NYARS)
• National Youth Roundtable
• Ship for World Youth
• National Indigenous Youth Leadership Group

Service Delivery

The delivery of service and customer information has been subcontracted to Centrelink.

National Youth Mentoring Partnership

The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, together with Dusseldorp Skills Forum, The Smith Family, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Job Futures, have formed the National Youth Mentoring Partnership. The following is a link to the Partnership's website which provides important information for mentors, mentees and mentoring services.

• Youth Mentoring Network

Transfer of Programs to other Australian Government Departments

In December 2004, the following youth payments and programs were transferred to the Department of Education, Science and Training:

• Youth Allowance (for students)
• Fares Allowance
• Student Financial Support Scheme and
• Ex-gratia exempt scholarships

and the following youth payments and programs were transferred to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations:

• Youth Allowance (fpr the unemployed)
• Green Corp
• Job Placement, Employment and Training (JPET)
• Voluntary Work Initiative, and
• Personal Support Program