Community Support Services
Here's a list of community support services in Logan, QLD that help people facing disadvantage, unemployment, or homelessness:
Homelessness & Housing Support
YFS (Youth & Family Service Logan)
Housing crisis support for people 16+ who are homeless or at risk. Their Mobile Support team specializes in locating private and social housing and helping people find and maintain places to live with manageable rents, and they manage a small number of crisis accommodation properties for short-term housing while working on a long-term solution.
🌐 yfs.org.au | Free call 1800 913 213 (Logan area) YFS
Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ) – Specialist Youth Housing Service & STARH
The Supporting Those at Risk of Homelessness (STARH) team offers free, voluntary, confidential case management to help people find and sustain stable housing across Gold Coast, Logan, Lockyer Valley, Somerset and Ipswich. The Specialist Youth Housing Service supports 16–25 year-olds who are homeless or at risk, including a mobile support program and supported accommodation properties in Logan and Forest Lake.
🌐 wmq.org.au WmqWmq
HomeStay Support (Gold Coast, Beenleigh, Logan, Eagleby)
Helps people at risk of homelessness maintain their tenancies, both as early intervention before homelessness and as follow-up support after an episode of homelessness to prevent it recurring. Ozcare
Logan City Council – Homelessness Info & Referral
Council coordinates local responses and lists street meals, showers, and support schedules. Part of the Logan Advance to Zero campaign, a coordinated initiative across organisations, health services, government and community aiming to make homelessness in Logan rare, brief, and non-recurring.
🌐 logan.qld.gov.au/experiencing-homelessness YFS
Emergency Relief, Food & Financial Help
LECNA (Logan East Community Neighbourhood Association) – Springwood
Provides information, advice and referrals, emergency assistance, developmental programs and mediation services. Emergency Relief runs Monday–Wednesday 9–10:30am, alongside social groups, a weekly playgroup, Life Skills Education and Bringing Up Great Kids programs, and on-site counselling by appointment. They also provide low and no-interest loans (NILS/StepUp) for people across Queensland.
🌐 lecna.org.au | 📍 Springwood Welcome to LECNA + 2
Kyabra Community Association – Runcorn (main office)
Supports disability services, housing and homelessness, foster and kinship care, financial hardship, family/parenting support, and domestic and family violence. Runs the Play Bus, Early Years Education, and parenting groups.
🌐 kyabra.org | 📞 07 3373 9499 RocketReach
Community Friends
Primarily based in Brisbane CBD/South Brisbane but extends support into Logan City when resources allow, providing food, clothes, blankets, counselling, and medical care to prevent and address homelessness and disadvantage.
🌐 communityfriends.org.au Community Friends
Salvation Army Logan / St Vincent de Paul Logan
Both operate emergency relief centres, food vouchers/hampers, and op-shops across Logan suburbs (Logan Central, Woodridge, Beenleigh). Best contacted directly for current hours — services and eligibility change regularly.
Employment & Skills
EPIC Assist (Logan)
Disability employment services and job placement support; has partnered with LECNA on programs like a Certificate II in Food Processing through Skilling Queenslanders for Work, aimed at helping local community members find employment.
🌐 epicassist.org EPIC Assist
Services Australia (Centrelink) – Logan Central
For income support, JobSeeker Payment, Rent Assistance, and crisis payments.
📞 13 24 68 (Centrelink general enquiries)
General / Multi-Service
Logan City Council – Community Support directory
A central council resource connecting people to transport, support services and community initiatives across Logan.
🌐 logan.qld.gov.au/community/community-services-and-support/community-support
