Ruby's Home
How the Ruby’s Home Project Works
Ruby’s work with families & kids to live together
Ruby’s is a circuit breaker
Kids referred by:
Families
Police
Schools
Doctors
Govt
Kids stay at Ruby’s up to 3 days each week
Kids then return to their families for 4 days
Ruby’s work with families and kids usually up to 6 months
There’s never an empty bed in a Ruby’s home
Up to 15 teenagers accommodated weekly
Home is manned 24/7 by a social worker
Social workers work with the family
Allied health professionals also involved
85% return to live full time with their family
A normal family home not an ‘institution’
Ruby’s is an intervention program
Aims to stop homelessness before it emerges
Once homeless, it can reoccur throughout life
Rotary an ideal partner for Government
Rotary District 9705 Partners
- Shoalhaven City Council
- NSW Govt
- NSW Dept of Communities and Justice
- Housing NSW
The Operation of the Service
- Rotary donations are secured in a District trust fund
- Service provider applies for Rotary's support
- Rotary funds non-operational requests
- Govt covers: staff/running costs, maintenance
The Next Steps
The next steps to setting-up the project are:
- Established a Local Governance Committee
- Garner support from across the homelessness sector in Shoalhaven area
- Lobby your local NSW MP and candidates standing for the March 2023 election
- Establish relationship with Housing NSW
- Identify a suitable home
- Liaise with NSW Dept of Communities and Justice
- Seek financial support
- Apply for government grants
- Approach local/state trusts
- Seek philanthropists support
- Secure local business donations
- Promote the Ruby’s Project
- Find local ‘Champions’
Rotary’s Commitment
- Rotary may ‘top up’ establishment costs
- Rotary will be part of a Shoalhaven and NSW Govt working group
- Select an appropriate media spokesperson to represent the Project
- Encourage Rotary members to look for potential donors
- Promote the Ruby’s home to as many key people as possible
- The Project can encourage younger people to join Rotary