About Us
Who are we
Alice Springs Youth Accommodation and Support Services Inc. (ASYASS) is a non-profit, community focused organization that has helped young people in Central Australia for over thirty years. ASYASS provides crisis and transitional accommodation, case management, outreach support, and advocacy to young people aged 13-24 years experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness and provides a range of support services to address presenting issues.
ASYASS believes that all young people have a right to secure, appropriate and affordable housing regardless of who they are, where they come from, race, ethnicity, culture, and sexual orientation.
Many young people are often disadvantaged in their access to housing through factors such as inexperience, family crisis and breakdown, financial insecurity and community prejudice.
Homelessness is defined by ASYASS as being physically without shelter, or in housing that poses a threat to a person’s physical, mental or emotional wellbeing. This also includes people who are unable to find housing and may be perpetually insecure.
Therefore, ASYASS seeks to ensure that young people have equal opportunity and are supported to obtain safe, secure, affordable and accessible housing.
ASYASS staff work in partnership with a wide range of local organisations and individuals to deliver a number of programs and services that assist young people and the community.
OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES
Our Vision
The human, social, and economic rights of all young people are promoted and respected within the community.
Our Mission
To create a community where young people are treated equitably and have appropriate access to goods and services that will allow them to live safely and comfortably as valued and respected members of our society.
Our Values
• We value a way that will increase the sense of belonging and connectedness to the community.
• We value and respect the people we work with.
• We are flexible in response to people’s needs.
• We believe that people have the power to change their situation.
• We respect people’s differences.
• We view people in the context of their situation, their environment, and their communities.
