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Welcome to the North & West Homelessness Network

 

The North & West Homelessness Network (NWHN), is a network of Homelessness Assistance funded services operating in Melbourne's North & West metropolitan region. For more information, view the About NWHN and North and West Homelessness Services page of this site.

As well as offering general information on homelessness assistance, this website facilitates communication between NWHN members, providing them with a range of relevant news and resources.

Homelessness Assistance Funded Services

The North & West Metropolitan homelessness service system (HSS) is made up of over 200 programs that are funded to provide assistance to people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Five of these services are funded through the Transitional Housing Management (THM). The remaining programs are funded as Specialist Homelessness Services to assist people to prevent or end the experience of homelessness.

Opening Doors

Access to Homelessness Assistance funded agency resources in the region have been streamlined with the introduction of the Opening Doors Framework launched in July 2008, and going 'live' in the region on 14 December 2009.

For more information about Opening Doors and regional models of access, please visit the Opening Doors section of this website.

LATEST NEWS

Pathways to a New Victorian Social Housing Framework - Public Consultation Closes on 31 July 2011
On 30 April, the Minister for Housing Wendy Lovell announced that the Victorian Government will begin a three month public consultation process on the future direction of social housing. Public consultation is open for three months until 5pm on 31 July 2012. More

NWHN Regional Consultation session on the new Victorian Housing Framework - Thursday 7 June

The NWHN invites you to participate in a Regional Consultation Session on the Baillieu Government's new Victorian Housing Framework, prior to the NWHN preparing their submission on the government's new policy. The consultation session will be from 10AM to 1PM on Thursday the 7th of June.

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Events

2012May
23 Case Notes and Record Keeping Workshop - 23 May
23 Handle with Care - Managing Violent and Potentially Violent Situations for Frontline Staff - 23 May
24 NWHN & NWCRP Regional Forum on Children & Homelessness - Thurs 24 May
25 Enrolments Are Open Now for the Certificate II in Hospitality Course Starting in June.
26 Invitation to Commemorate National Sorry Day - May 26 2012 at the Melbourne Town Hall
29 International Association of Public Participation’s Engagement without Borders - Tues 29 May
31 14th Annual Bruce Woodcock Memorial Lecture - Thurs 31 May 2012
31 'Just Say Goodbye': Parents who kill their children in the context of separation - 31 May
2012June
1 Restorative Justice Workshop - Fri 1 June
6 Cutting Through The Bull – Effective Communication in the Workplace - 6 June 2012
7 NWHN Regional Consultation session on the new Victorian Housing Framework - Thursday 7 June
8 Intimate Partner Abuse & Intimate Partner Sexual Violence and Introducing Executive State Identification ESI® in Working With DV Survivors - 8 June
19 GOVERNANCE: DEVELOPING THE BOARD/MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP - 19 June 2012
26 Measuring Family Violence in Victoria - Statewide Data Workshops - 26 June 2012
27 Property and Asset Management Workshop
2012July
25 12th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference - Family Transitions and Trajectories - 25 to 27 July 2012
31 Pathways to a New Victorian Social Housing Framework - Public Consultation Closes on 31 July 2011
2012September
5 7th National Homelessness Conference - Making It Home: The Real Issues in Homelessness - 5 - 7 September 2012
2012October
30 The National Housing Conference - Brisbane, 30 October – 2 November 2012
2012November
14 The No To Violence 2012 Australasian Conference On Responses to Men's Domestic and Family Violence 14 to 16 November
21 Standing Firm for Change: A Journey to Justice National Conference - 21-23 November 2012