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Alice Springs youth drop-in centre aims to keep children safe throughout the night
A 24-hour drop-in centre in Alice Springs that provides young people with a place to safely hang out overnight could be “exactly what the community needs”, according to the manager of a youth service in the town.
Key points:
- The drop-in centre will operate 24 hours a day on weekends until December 17 this year
- The trial period will run until the end of the Christmas school holidays in January 2021
- The Minister for Territory Families says children will not be permitted to sleep at the facility
The Youth Outreach and Re-engagement Team Hub — which already operates as a daytime centre — has had its hours extended throughout Friday and Saturday nights as part of a trial funded by the Northern Territory Government.
“The community is…
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