Interface Councils Staying Connected
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SubscribeThe Interface Councils lie at the interface of metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria, sharing aspects of both urban and rural communities. Characteristically, the population dispersion across the municipalities is concentrated around urban areas, with significant numbers of people living in rural townships. In all of the municipalities, approximately 70% of the population live in about 30% of the area.
In an arc around Melbourne from the south-west to the south-east, the Interface municipalities are:
- Cardinia Shire Council;
- City of Casey;
- City of Whittlesea;
- Hume City Council;
- Melton Shire Council;
- Mornington Peninsula Shire Council;
- Nillumbik Shire Council;
- Shire of Yarra Ranges; and
- Wyndham City Council
A number of factors have been identified as critical for healthy development in young people and a robust and coherent service system. These are:
- A positive, healthy start to life (from birth).
- Healthy physical, emotional, mental, intellectual and spiritual wellbeing and development.
- Positive family and peer relationships.
- Active participation in the community.
- Strong communities which welcome and engage with young people, encouraging and promoting their participation.
- A coherent, supportive and responsive service system, which promotes and sustains partnerships with service providers, young people, their families and the community.
- Approaches to service delivery which operate within a risk and protective factor framework, based on evidence of best practice and focussed on the needs of individual communities.
- A range of interventions and services which operate across the spectrum from prevention, early intervention and tertiary levels, delivering a range of universal and targeted responses.
- A positive, integrated policy environment, which is sensitive to adolescent development and the individual needs of young people.
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