The HoMie Pathway Alliance is HoMie’s certified education and employment program for young people affected by homelessness or hardship. Young people, aged 18-25, apply to join through their community support service. Over the course of eight months, from March to October every year, the Pathway Alliance provides intensive wraparound support for the participants, lowering barriers to employment and education, and creating long-term, life-changing, impact.

Paid Education  
Young people are paid to undertake a Certificate III in Business, co-facilitated by HoMie and a local Registered Training Organisation. Paying the young people to study means they aren’t pressured to choose between education, family duties, or work – they can study while being compensated for their time.

Paid Employment
Pathway Alliance participants are employed part-time at the HoMie Street Store or at a Pathway Alliance Employer Partner (Champion, Nike,) for six-months of the Pathway Alliance program. The young people work a minimum of three shifts per week during this time period, creating a consistent period of employment, while developing social and professional networks.

Paid Personal and Professional Development
Throughout the course of the eight-month program, HoMie, and its partners, deliver paid classes and activities for the young people engaged in the program. These include cultural awareness and inclusion training, budgeting and money management, fashion design and modelling workshops, resume and cover letter writing, and mental health and resilience training.

When the young people graduate the Pathway Alliance in October, they become part of our HoMie Alumni Program and are invited to ongoing events to stay connected to HoMie and other Alumni.