House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Office for Youth Office for Youth Ms SANDERSON House of Assembly Adelaide Office for Youth 201 Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (15 December 2015). 1.	What efforts are the Office for Youth undertaking to assist those young people who are struggling to find work in the current economic conditions? The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON House of Assembly Ramsay Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion Minister for Social Housing Minister for the Status of Women Minister for Ageing Minister for Multicultural Affairs Minister for Youth Minister for Volunteers Office for Youth The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised: 1.	The Department for State Development has primary responsibility for employment, including youth unemployment, in South Australia. In December 2014, the Commonwealth Government de-funded Youth Connections, which supported hundreds of South Australia's most vulnerable young people aged 13-19 to re-engage in education or transition to training and employment. In response to the Commonwealth Government's cuts to services delivered through Youth Connections, the South Australian Government (through the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion) worked collaboratively with youth services in South Australia to develop Successful Transitions as part of the 2015 Youth Strategy, It Starts with YOUth. Successful Transitions supports highly disengaged and 'at risk' young people in five strategic regions based on disadvantage and/or regional isolation. The program is delivered in Northern Adelaide, Southern Adelaide, Mt Barker/Murray Bridge, Limestone Coast and Port Pirie/Port Augusta/Peterborough Mid North region. The strength of the program is the ability of community organisations to deliver flexible, intensive support with an emphasis on building mentoring relationships between youth workers and participants.