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• Research report The teenage dream unravels: trends in youth unemployment

  By Brotherhood of St. Laurence 2015

  Analysis for the Youth Unemployment Monitor March 2015 shows how young Australians – especially teenagers – continued to bear the brunt of unemployment at the start of 2015.

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• Policy submission Submission to the Senate inquiry into the operation, regulation and funding of private VET providers

  February 2015

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• Research report Recruiting and retaining families in HIPPY

  By Fatoumata Diallo Roost, Nicky McColl Jones, Malita Allan and Eric Dommers 2014

  This study examined the factors that affect the recruitment or retention of families in the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) which is now operating in 75 sites across Australia.

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• Policy submission Response to the Industry Skills Fund Youth Pilot Programmes discussion paper

  November 2014

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• Policy submission Submission regarding the Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014

  October 2014

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• Research report Barely working: young and underemployed in Australia

  By Brotherhood of St. Laurence 2014

  By mid-2014, more than 15 per cent of workers aged 15 to24 years were underemployed, according to analysis for the Youth Unemployment Monitor September 2014.

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• Policy submission Response to the Productivity Commission's draft report on Childcare and Early Childhood Learning

  September 2014

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• Policy submission Joint submission to the Review of loading for low SES students made by NLEO (NGO Leaders for Educational Opportunity)

  September 2014

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• Research report Understanding employer engagement programs for disadvantaged jobseekers: an exploratory study

  By John van Kooy, Dina Bowman and Eve Bodsworth 2014

  'Employer engagement’ covers a wide range of approaches to assisting disadvantaged jobseekers. Our preliminary study proposes that there is a continuum of approaches from welfare-oriented to labour-market oriented.

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• Research report Lessons from a flexible learning program: the Brotherhood of St Laurence Community VCAL education program for young people 2010–2013

  By George Myconos 2014

  The Brotherhood of St Laurence ‘Community VCAL’ program is a response to widespread concern in Victoria about youth disengagement from secondary education.

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