Karinya young mums 'n' bubs is a program for young pregnant women and young parents aged 16-19 in Northern Tasmania The program aims to address the gap in service by providing supported accommodation to this vulnerable client group.
The program will facilitate opportunity for young mothers to create a positive family unit.
The program will focus on four main areas for intervention:
- Addressing homelessness: A roof and an opportunity to address the immediate causes or determinants of homelessness;
- Child and maternal health: A healthy pregnancy, safe delivery, good health and nutrition in the post-natal period for both baby and mother;
- Transition to parenting: Support wrapped around the young woman and improved access to relevant services. Includes learning positive parenting skills; creating a positive family; and engaging positively with child protection and the foster care system (where this figures in the young woman's situation); and,
- The young woman's continued development: As a teenager, the mother continues to have adolescent learning and development needs of her own.
These include:
- Addressing the root causes of homelessness and any associated personal challenges she faces e.g. substance misuse, family breakdown, and history of abuse;
- Engagement with school or other forms of training and learning;
- Balancing parenting responsibilities with her own continued development.
The money donated will go into supporting the basic needs for our young mums 'n' bubs . The money will be used for education, recreation and motivational programs such as
- Education Programs e.g. first aid
- Music programs
- Art and craft programs
- Living skills programs
- Healthy eating programs
- Parenting and family wellbeing programs
