Episode notes
Our special guest in this episode is Jody Pearce. She is the CEO and Principal Officer of Veritas House, a not-for-profit, community-based organisation that has been providing youth homelessness, foster care and family support services in Central Western NSW for 40 years.
Jody is also a Director on the Board of the Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA) and Yfoundations and is co-chair of the Regional Implementation Group for Out of Home Care in Western NSW. She has worked in the not for profit sector in Western NSW for over 20 years and has tirelessly advocated for quality service provision and sustainable funding in the organisations in which she has worked. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Services (Management and Policy) and a Bachelor of Social Science through Charles Sturt University.
Keywords
homelessnesshomelessyouth homelessnessyoung peoplechildrenaustralia