Youth hubs scrapped in Alice Springs amid claims they ‘aren’t hitting the mark’
Kids are the territory’s future, but the chief minister says a program in Alice Springs town camps is letting them down. Three youth hubs, now consigned to history wasn’t making a difference to what we needed to see in Alice Springs, which is having kids not on the street, not causing trouble in Alice Springs. Tanganjira Council, which runs the program, has been criticised recently for falling short in service delivery. The evaluation showed that that wasn’t hitting the mark, so those programs aren’t going to continue. That 2.3 million will be used for for other things in Alice Springs. Like new youth workers patrolling the streets at night, Yipper In Your School principal Gavin Morris says it’s a sad day, but the decision should come as no surprise. It’s another example of what happens if you don’t get service delivery right. Some youth advocates would prefer to see money directed towards shelter and food security in central Australia. They’re the two really basic things. If you haven’t got those, you’ll forget about the rest as people are just living hand to mouth day-to-day. They’re in survival mode. Tongue injury Council declined requests for comment or interview, and the ABC understands up to 30 roles could be impacted with the possibility of redeployments. Or redundancies.