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About ACYP Recovery Youth Support Service (RYSS)

The impact of disasters on children and young people is felt across all aspects of their life, from education to recreational activities, health and wellbeing, employment and housing.

Through a youth-led tailored and flexible approach, the RYSS successfully provided essential support, facilitated community engagement, and advocated for the wellbeing of children and young people in the Northern Rivers region in the aftermath of the 2022 floods.

The RYSS program has shown that a disaster recovery model designed for specific groups works well and can be adjusted for other at-risk groups. We are dedicated to sharing what we've learned from this program to make future disaster recovery efforts better.

Reports

How to get support
Contact us

P: 02 9248 0970

E: acyp@acyp.nsw.gov.au

Street address

NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

Ground Floor, 219-241 Cleveland Street, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012

 

Mailing address

NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

Locked Bag 5000, PARRAMATTA NSW 2124

 

The Advocate for Children and Young People is under the DCJ ABN 36 433 875 185.

Media

P: 02 9248 0943 or 0439 346 249

E: media@acyp.nsw.gov.au
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We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.

 

Informed by lessons of the past, ACYP is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.