Spiritus offers many programs which specialise in offering support for families and children to enrich and improve their quality of life.

Alina Families Program :

• Operating from Nundah, Alina works alongside families that are headed by a parent/parents with an intellectual disability. At Alina our staff work alongside families within their goals of parenting issues/challenges and successes. Alina works alongside single women within their own communities on connecting to their communities and issues of homelessness.

Amend : assisting mothers end the need for drugs

• The amend service is a home-based relapse prevention service for pregnant and parenting women who live in Brisbane or the Gold Coast and who find it difficult to access mainstream alcohol and drug treatment services. Participation is voluntary and free of charge.

Beenleigh Youth Accommodation Support Service

Based in Beenleigh this program provides:

• family mediation and/or counselling to prevent youth homelessness;
• fully supported short term accommodation for 16 -1 8 year olds;
• programs and workshops for young people and families;
• life skills to assist independence.

The Early Parent Centre :

Based in Inala this program:

• supports young parents under 25 years;
• social and peer support groups to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Kinections :

Situated in Woolloongabba & Ipswich, this program provides:

• marriage/relationship preparation;
• marriage/relationship counselling;
• divorce/separation - post separation parenting;
• domestic Violence counselling – men, women and children;
• sexual abuse victim group counselling;
• effectiveness training.

Operation Kinder Community (OKC) :

Based in Riverview, servicing Ipswich / West Moreton. This program offers programs to:

• to prevent family breakdown, child abuse and neglect, and youth homelessness;
• offer some assistance to ex-offenders and their families

Social Support Services Roma :

Services offered in Roma and Chinchilla

• supports young people at risk of disengaging from education/training;
• recruits, trains and supports foster carers (35-55 children in care);
• provides Mental Health Counselling;
• raising community awareness on issues related to mental illness.
• Enable services offered in Roma, St George, Mitchell, Injune, Miles and Surat.
• Working with those with a disability;
• Offering respite care.

St Mary’s Support and Accommodation :

Based in Toowong, this service provides:

• support and accommodation for young pregnant and parenting women under 25 years who are homeless;
• supervised care for young mothers and babies;
• short-term semi-independent living Nundah, Toowong.

TRACC LOGAN :

Operating from Springwood, Logan, Regents Park, Wynnum, Caboolture and Gold Coast, this service is for children and young people who have come from backgrounds of abuse and neglect. The program offers:

• six Residentials for children not yet able to be absorbed into foster care;
• foster care;
• intensive supported foster care (for children with challenging behaviours).

TRACC Strengthening Families Program :

 Based in Morayfield and Gympie, this program:

• supports families at risk;
• provides parenting/family skills in their own home;
• supports foster carers (see above);
• provides residential care for children & young people;
• assists children in care with achieving educational goals through home support