It remains an unfortunate fact that young people represent a significant proportion of the homeless and at risk population in Australia. In New South Wales (NSW), currently around one in four clients (26 per cent) of governmentfunded homelessness services are young people aged 15 to 24 years old (18,419 out of a total 69,715 clients in 2015-16). Although the proportion of 15 to 24 year old clients is lower than in previous years due to an increase in clients of other age groups, there were still 3,681 or 25 per cent more 15 to 24 year old clients of homelessness services in NSW in 2015-16 compared with 2011-12.