Jewish Youth Crisis Housing
Homelessness affects people from all parts of the Jewish community, not just religious families.
Now is the time to take action as a community to end Jewish youth homelessness!
Pathways Melbourne, in partnership with the Lighthouse Foundation, is developing new crisis support initiatives and holistic programs to support vulnerable Jewish youth and their families, in a culturally sensitive manner:
Jewish Foster & Kinship Care
Jewish carers trained by Lighthouse to house Jewish youth in Jewish homes, with religious and cultural oversight via a carefully selected Jewish Advisory Committee.
A dedicated Jewish Safe House
Lighthouse's Therapeutic program provides highly vulnerable young Jewish people with a warm, safe, Jewish Lighthouse home, 24/7 live-in care, and a dedicated Jewish Therapeutic Case Manager to help them to heal from trauma and develop living skills.
Read the findings of the first independent Needs Analysis Study into Jewish youth homelessness and mental health in Victoria. Report summary HERE
To find out more contact our Youth & Family Programs Manager, Dassi Erlich HERE
How you can be a part of the solution:
Together, we can address Jewish youth homelessness
Pathways respects all expressions of religious identity.
Pathways is not affiliated with any religious institutions.
Shomer Shabbat and kosher catered.
Community Testimonials
"Pathways Melbourne is excited to be partnering with Lighthouse Foundation to look at what we can do to to work with the kids who are falling through the cracks and have no one to catch them."
Dassi Erlich - Pathways Youth & Family Programs Manager
If I report a family to Child Services because I don't think the children are safe, where will those children end up? So I'm to scared to report."
Religious community leader