Have your say about the MYAN NSW priority areas for 2011-12

The Multicultural Youth Affairs Network NSW is a network of services committed to improving the opportunities and outcomes for multicultural young people in NSW.

The MYAN NSW works to develop appropriate policies, strategies and resources that address multicultural youth issues at the local, regional and state-wide levels. It does this through consultation with youth and family services, the multicultural sector, state and local government, and multicultural young people.

The Network is made up of community workers from the youth and multicultural sectors and government employees who currently support multicultural young people and their families.

The MYAN NSW use the term multicultural young people refers to those who are newly arrived, young people from refugee backgrounds and Australian born young people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds.

The role of MYAN is to:

* Coordinate information and action on issues affecting multicultural young people and their families state-wide.

* Provide input and respond to government and other policies and practices affecting multicultural young people.

* Lobby and advocate for multicultural young people to the local, regional and state-wide levels.

* Support and resource services working with multicultural young people e.g. training, workshops and forums.

* Participate in the MYAN Australia, the national policy and advocacy body that represents the rights and interests of migrant and newly arrived young people.

The MYAN NSW is revising its priority areas for 2011-12.

In 2010-11 the MYAN NSW focused on 1. Mental Health 2. Education and 3. Intergenerational and Family Conflict.

Please answer the following questions to help inform the work of the MYAN NSW and improve the opportunities and outcomes for multicultural young people in NSW. You do not need to be a member of the MYAN NSW to answer these questions.

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* 1. Please rate from numbers one to ten, where one is top priority and ten is not a priority, the issues that you think the MYAN NSW should work on as part of its advocacy and policy work in 2011-12.

  Not a priority at all Not really a priority Unsure Somewhat of a priority Top priority
Alcohol and other drugs
Education
Employment and training
Intergenerational and family conflict
Homelessness and housing
Identity and belonging
Juvenile justice and the law
Mental health
Mentoring and leadership
Racism and discrimination
Sexual health
Settlement issues
Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors (UHMs)

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* 2. Please state the reason why you said a particular issue was a top priority.

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* 3. Please rate the following activities according to whether you think they are essential or not essential for the MYAN NSW to undertake in order to work on its new priority areas in 2011-12?

  Not essential Not sure Essential
Policy positions/papers
Submissions to government enquiries
Meetings with the relevant NSW Members of Parliament
More research about an issue
Represent issues at interagency meetings
Consult more with workers
Consult more with young people

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* 4. Taking into account your work and position, how would you like to contribute to these activities?

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