3rd National Homelessness Conference

The Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations (AFHO) is making a call for papers and all people working to respond to and prevent homelessness are encouraged to submit an abstract. No previous experience presenting at conferences is required. The AFHO secretariet is happy to discuss abstracts and to assist people in developing their proposals.

Abstracts should include:
- Title of presentation
- Name, organisation and contact details of the presenter/s
- A summary of the presentation (200 words)
- Short biography of the presenter/s (200 words) including details of other papers presented at other conferences if relevant
- The format of the presentation: workshop, short paper, panel

Abstracts can be sent by mail, email or fax to:
The 3rd National Homelessness Conference
C/- Conference Co-ordinators
PO Box 139, CALWELL, ACT 2905
Phone: 02 6292 9000
Fax: 02 6292 9002
Email confco@austarmetro.com.au

Abstracts must be received or post-marked by the 14 November 2002.

All people working to respond to and prevent homelessness, or who are interested in social policy issues, are encouraged to attend: SAAP sector workers; domestic and family violence workers; youth workers; practitioners from services working in the fields of drug and alcohol, mental health, children, disability, veterans' affairs, housing, community housing, or correctional services; practitioners working with Indigenous people, migrants and refugees, and people from non-English speaking backgrounds; policy makers; Commonwealth, State and Territory government departments; local government representatives; academics; researchers; police; and school counsellors.

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