Girls can soar too

secure place to live, and attend schools during the day.

AFL Queensland chief executive Dean Warren said the girls’ house would achieve a 97 per cent retention rate

He said extending the program to women was “extremely important”.

“The House is an outcomesfocused commitment to the Federal and Queensland Governments’ Closing the Gap Strategy for indigenous education and health,” he said.

AFL Cape York House for boys opened in 2013.