Vision
That all young people have the opportunity to live in a caring family environment that fosters respect and responsibility and enables them to grow and develop trusting relationships so they become contributing members of the community.

The Program
The St John of God Foundation Horizon House project is aimed at meeting the long term needs of disadvantaged and homeless young people.

One of our Policies is that our young people must be engaged in activities during the day that are focused on either education, self development, training or voluntary work. Primary Carers live with the young people 24/7 with support from a secondary carer. There is no staff rotation, giving young people a sense of stability and security allowing the development of trust.

Why is this program so unique?
There are programs within the community that service many hundreds of homeless youth. Unfortunately due to the pressure of numbers and the lack of resources to deal with all of the issues that these young people face, they often return to the same service or are repeat offenders in an unbroken cycle of transience and crime.

Each St John of God Foundation Horizon House accommodates up to six young people at any one time, allowing the program we offer to address the issues which led to their state of homelessness ie: lack of education, low self esteem, history of abuse or neglect. Thus, the outcomes are long term and the young people who go through the programme are able to become meaningful members of the community and stand as role models for other youth in similar seemingly impossible circumstances.

On the Horizon……(Watch this space)!